The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-15
FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1908.
THE NEGnoEs, ORGANIZATIONS.


The Brownsville issue, so long a
DOGGY and a nightmare in the Repub-
lican camp. has been quietly put &c
sleep at last. To Senator Foraker, the
redoubtable and unterrfied, belongs
the hand that rocked the cradle. His
sudden defeat at the hands of the
President is humiliating and complete.
Long placarded as prckly and pugna-
oious proposition, a brstling bad man
with whom 1t was not safe for little
ones to play, he came into the Senate
on Wednesday, kowtowed three times
toward the White House, kissed the
penitential lash and pleaded humbly
yor forgiveness.
This, of course. is metaphor. What
the Senator really did was to allow
the Brownsville vote to be postponed
until December 16tll-in short until
after the election, or, let US say. for
ever. And not merely this. When a
Democratic Senator proposed that the
matter should be taken up for settle-
ment next Saturday, it was Foraker's
unhappy enlinence to move the tablinS
OF that resolution. AT a moment when
he could either have forced considera-
ton of his bill or compelled the ad-
ministration to run away from 1t, he
elected to hoist his white flag AS for
the negroes. they may look sharp and
hunt UP the Taft bandwagon at the
proper time.
But, since Senator Foraker is neither
fool nor coward, nor yet again a
proselyte who has seen vision, the
quest for light upon these strange do
tngs is inevitable. Rumors Of a peace
pact between the two Republican fac
lions in Ohio have been afloat for some
correspondent of the New York Press,
Republican newspaper. openly charg-
ing that deal between Foraker and
the White House has actually been
sealed. Foraker's pressure of the negro
question has been, of course. con-
slant menace to the Presidents cher
ished wishes, and the anti-Taft bolt
in Ohio has made the situation in that
State somewhat acute. Foraker. a,
home and abroad, was the grca,
stumbling block In Taft's highroad
to the nomination. The Senator thus
had much to give: but he also had
much to get. His term in the Senate
expires next year, he wants to be re-
elected, and he realizes that he cannot
accomplish this against the opposition
Of Roosevelt All intelligent observers
IN Washington. says the Press cores
pendent. agree "that Foraker did not
Except any gold brick, either from the
administration or the Taft men. They
are sure he has the goods"
Now Foraker. placated by "the
goods" will doubtless employ his large
prestige with the negroes to smooth
them down with promises OF SQUARE
deal to come. and SO swing them in
line for the White Houses fayorite
son. The prediction that he will pre-
sent Tafs's. hha.me on the floor of the
convention is doubtless unduly enthu-
stastic; but the gain to the Taft can
didacy by the prostration Of Foraker
is OF the utmost Importance In In
olaha, something like s per cent. OF
the voters are negroes; in New York.
3 per cent; in Illinois, per cent: In
New Jersey, per cent; in Ohio <
per cent; In Connecticut, 5 per cent.
IN missouri, 10 per cent. These are
all pivotal States, States in which the
result in national campaign might
be open to doubt. In close elections
the negroes may hold the balance ot
power IN any or all Of them. But this
TACT cannot be shaken in the face o,
she administration at Chicago now. The
negroes Will vote for Taft. What e1se
is there for them to do?
II Foraker threw over the co,o.a,
orother for the sake of holding or
10 MS seat in the Senate, he con,
vincingly demonstrated that he is
PRACTICAL politician. But when :
q comes TO practical politics of the Lir,
'nat sets results, we and all Others ii
t'h measure up as mere ba he
In swadding clothes beside The d.,
mating figure of Theodore poosa,.a,,
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Titled TAKERS FOR sOCIAIIS,,
me political interest attached r.
certain Ohio congressional district =,
inc coming campaign is of entrancin,
quall1S. TO the aid of Mr.. whar,o
d.
socialist candidate for Congress wi,
come the Duchess or Manchester an,
the Countess of Warwick. Both =
these eminent personages are 10 tak
the stump in behalf OF the socialis
cause and Will especially concentrat
their efforts toward defeating Mr.. Con,
the Republican candidate.
To have the gentler members OF
real ar!stocracy address them in tow
hall and at country crossroads for tn
sake of any cause whatever is a dis
tinction that the old voters of a futut
day Will recall with pride. But whe
the cause is socialism; when these ia
ladies' proclaim that they themselve
f have no right 10 be bewitchinr
gowned--as they certainly Will be-