New-York tribune., 1908-03-17
MR.. TAFT PRAISES
NEGRO EDUCATION.
REIIETES RACE PROBLEM
rs REING SOLFED.
Calls Deportation Chimenc0EFa-
mrs Educational Test for Toters
at Armstrong Dinner.

at Armstrong Dinner.
Secretary Taft is confident that the heeio
,-or,lenn in the South is being rapidly solved
s,askine before representative Brooklyn au-
6fence at Plymouth Church last night the oecie
-a-v expressed in most optimistic terms Ms Ut
lief in the successful future of the negro race
The proposed deportation OF the race he oe-
- (bir,a-,cal The fear Of negro domination
~ The South he said. WAS dream and q hisH'-
,,ar. Of the past with the advantages Oh euu-
cation and opportunity the negro. he sdiu'
would take proper place in the f'ii'i0h' O.
fairs OF tho nation
NevertlaeIess the SecTotarE- ihou7''
deroninC unfair Acknowledgement o. ''e ~
said: IN a population where hilterdeE :
r,o-tionatelv ve,- large no ono eau o"'eC'
-e,-r- ,,n9er the federal Constitution 10 me es
-. - .lso+,rsI educational Or property
-..-,f.s,s.,o,e and do not understand fhat the
..-,,1...r ,,ol~-ed men of the country obJect 10
s-,, and enforcement of such a Law" pu1
So do object and have the risht [" onJect 10
=. -,isl enforcement Of such q Ian N suCil
- a. 70 exclude the Ineligible niack men
e,5 allow ~ vote the white men Nho are
.,-5si4s ignorant and ineligible
--he o,--zsiou Vas a meeting under the auspices
.. .ra Armstrong Association in the interests
crowded only d few negroes were present.
hcp-eve-
- = Ra,l-t5s president Of the Armstrong As
.ori5,ior. onenod the meeting. After announcing
- object of the gathering he introduced ROD
81 T. ogden Who acted chairman Mt Og-
den made 4 strong appeal for support for Tus-
1-.-as ard HAMPTON. Re than introduced DR..
Il Friszeu. principal of Hampton. VINO oe-
s--ired the work being done al that school
4,5--r~- " n q
90 IL. Taft. referred 10 the Secretary as one
who had done great deal in helping the move
-,ert for educating the negroes, he was inter-
rurted by prolonged applause
SECRETARY TAFT's SPEECH
Nj. Taft said.
feel that 1 owe an explanation 10 the audi
ence why l assume 10 speak upon the topic OF
r. evening A far back as l can remember,
ficb aries ne into the middle OF the Civil
War nv ideal OF patTlotlc feellilS.ueIl
go - r7oii4ical attitude OF my father ana
-~--rA- IS I understood twas closely aSso-
ciated with the hatred OF slavery ana sympathy
with the Negro race , .,-
sx-nnsthv difused itself into q strong po!iIicai
hgs II favor Of the maintenance OF tne loll!!aii
rights I the negro in the south. ,o, ~
perhaps rather by q desire Tor tSepuo oCan @ -
70 han for specific benefit Of the Negro rae.
Then oaTl EseI4 remember the last s.ano ma a.
W -. ,7irer1I,- 70 enforce the Fifteenth
Amendment. in which my faIher, az ~ -
@--.~e1 tool. = prominent part, when al tne
...T ,,o,.-a-s we're invoked TO protect the
psz-D against the infringement OF ms coiiS'i-
tutloraI rights &c. +o71oy-ire the
7s--5o- ~ 1S7e and the restriction IN tne a. LIS
nh ~ 1875 which stili remains 'it i'- -
bidding the summoning OF the army u, CT se
q posse conitatus. and 50 preVtI-I444rLS 49,, ard
= - 5rs--7,roer?r 20 protect the Su1Iraee anu
civil rights Of the negro
NEGATIVE POLICY TRIED
r,.-,,,,,,iran marty and the North Yielded
. - -aeari,,e policy Of allowing the s2ouLn , 70
49, o-- the problems Whlch PieS se-,Iorine
el1-ge LII, respect 70 the Negro rec -,,l,irS
=. = a-5 5oring the fraud and violence M n
7-er4 used 10 defeat the purpe9e .i,c+haning
reen-h Amendment lns1eau ol ;r+a~nosition
-, -7s-jorsl control and power OF mt ptri
s-- e - congressional elections the leNeio
election laws were reI'eeit-o- o-.i-a i,dicial
! - = nv cot thereafter 10 eAELC -.T - TO
.5t--jo- = - IN TWO states Of the SouI[l, aiiu
co-1a NOR or less intimately race % I.or+ed
the social and political prohlelhS S - than
zT5 - earn more and TO understand 49, .t. Sdas
I a-e- aid before the real attitude OF " oo'r I-taS
,r-or ~ -sce issue in the SouIiiriA -
This qaicken4d my interest IN lne Nloio w.
frr and gave ne new light upon IL Ga <
Ther ! vas called TO the far distant neld "
1he Philippines. and was there cna = eat;,F
ttls-7o- di44erirg OF course in many Iespects
from the race problem in tins country. pI'
which in is chief aspect has close reSeIl-
hlanoe The problem was ana is Ine "oIh :i oi
bringing g Christian race. originally troplcal
affected fv its tropical origin from a state
ot dense ignorance-seneral ana polIlca-I anu am!
q Industrial dependence one OF general and
Political intelligence and Industrial ndepeh-
dence
No lessons Of experience and actual trial have
beer more valuable in working out our
Problem in the Philippines than those Of Gen
va William Armstrong and Booker W aShins-
- II the uplifting OF the negro race IN tIe
United States Hence il is that when invited. as
! nave been here tonight. 10 take part in hon
" ~ lng Hampton Institute gratitude and adnira-
- lIlpei ne 20 add the new weight or my
- II emphatic praise of all that Is repre-
s-oeo NJ that great school for the industrial
ealcatlon Of the negro
HAMPTON MARKED AN EPOCH
The founding OF Hampton Institute constituted
-. ard historically an epoch in the develop
O eHO u the whole Negro race Seldom can
- - thing be truly said of the founding OF
80 -. educational institution To know the ma
90 Sfc historical importance OF Hampton
must keep in touch with the educational
1sss'nents through the South and able
Of -, -lsh between those which are in the line
,-Acts and anciIa-v
sn6 -u-seussing the history Of the development
thers f1ss IS Of The negro in this country. think
= 10 division Of the tonic 50 logical from
y4b,oL sl-p0lnt Of true political science as that
r,4n,e , made by the three great war amend
these =. - tle Constitution Under the heads of
o- ~ ceH consider the steps Ill the progress
the SEQ toward his position in society and
have e.. which ha and his well ,sishers would
Nor-h 0ourse Il is well known that when the
dis. entered upon the war for the Union 81
90 otbsoo any Intention 10 abolish slavery or 10
: rss mar restrict IL 10 tho territory in which
es-I.- VA lawful But Lincoln had said in al
free ans mat The nation could not live half
Nh - haf slave. And in 1862 John Stuart
ko-,b ieplylng TO those British critics of the
r4r,o. "ho contended that il was not fighting 10
Mad slavery but only to oppress the South
tba i,h 81 unanswerable argument TO show that
hton ~ 4e'e -: Tesult Of the conflict was the abo