The Washington bee., 1908-06-20

tions and made up his mind to stand
up for the Negroes as usual, because
the Republican party is responsible
for the power of the black people.
and he felt firmly convinced that the
thoughtful element Of the race would
remain loyal to the ticket when the
heat of battle had cooled off. His
keen disCernment had shown him that
the active hostility against Taft has
been fomented by a few hot-headed
feudists.
The crowd that has been making
the fuss is noisy, but not so numer-
Gus as their volume of sound would
lead the uninitiated to believe, and
Mr.. Hitchcock is wise in paying no
attention to them. He vindicates the
judgment of those who pronounce
him "the new Napoleon of political
managers" by listening to the leaders
OF genuine power and dealing out
even-handed justice to the race, re-
gardleSs of the bluff and buster of
seekers of cheap notoriety. The Ne
gro masses will give Secretary TAFT
staunch support throughout the cam
paign and will be a large factor in
securing his triumph at the polls in
November. Mark that!
The suggestion that Mr.. William
Loeb, Jr, be promoted to a portfolio
in the Cabinet of the next President
meets with the warmest approval at
the hands of the colored people of
the country, thousands of whom feel
personally indebted to him for cour-
tesies paid them on the occasion of
their visits ia the White House.
No man knows the ''ins and outs"
of public life better than the oblig-
ing and talented Secretary to the
President, and his retention by the
Taft administration in such a respon-
sible post as Cabinet officer would
be a fitting recognition of his valua-
bic services to the nation through the
major portion of President Roose-
velt's term of Jfice. He would make
an admirable Postmaster General:
and, in fact, would administer with
credit any chair at the next Cabinet
table.
Mr.. Frank H. Hitchcock is very
likely to be named as chairman of
the National Committee. His mas
terly labors in bringing the nomina-
ton of Secretary Taft entities him
to the honor - and more. He is said
to be the choice of the genial War
Secretary for the place which
ought to settle the matter. Mr.. Ar
thur l. Vorys will, in all probability.
be made vice chairman. With Hitch
cock stationed at New York and
Vorys at Chicago we may look for
ward to a campaign that will wake
the echoes from the "piney woods of
Maine to the tide-swept shores about
the Golden Gate"
1t is understood that J. Thomas
Heflin, the "fre-eating Congressman
from Alabama" who made his name
hated by the people in Washington
because of his advocacy of the Jim
Growing" of respectable Negroes in
the free territory of the District of
Columbia, and because of his shoot
ing of an unarmed black man for
daring to ride in a street car with
white people, is to second the nom
ination of Bryan at the Denver con-
vention. 1t is to the Democratic
party, led by Hefiin and his ilk, that
the false prophets of the race, who
are holding mass meetings" at Chi
cago, would entruSt the welfare of
the Negro for the next four years
if they could have their way. But,
fortunately, the rank and file of the
Negroes are not fools, and the Wal
dron-Trotter Negro Democratic al |
lance amounts to nil