The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-09-17

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Especial by Nation1 Negro Press
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s fWashington, ID. ca Sept. l6.-The
Of, theNRast week In po-
Mttcal circles have >bHen very crafty
tn8 TO- the Republicans. The plans
;Smriaaped n out for theSeolored element
OF the party by chairman Hitch
cock, Col. w. L.. Wakd and Col. Du-
! Pont, are pleasing alike to the leads
ers and to the ranks and file Of our
people, and the campaign has open
ed wit han .'era Of Mpod feeling" aIf
around, Colored laSders from the
west, east and south have been In
conference at theySNew York head
quarters, and many Valuable sugges-
tioTs have been adoited by the man
ayers looking TO "a united effort to-
carrying the ,piyotaH states for Taft
aud Sherman. Whatever there may
tbeNoft rivalry annonGsthe men of In
fiueflce and ability In their earnest
striving to seSf who can be of the
greatest service fh prom oting the
cause, nearest to their hearts. The
speakers @hp are TO- carry the mes
sage to the masses Are Cooked and
primed"' with faetgSof history and
full tof hope for thsf future; the wri-
.ters have, their pencils sharpened to
q fine point, and thS workers are be-
stng instructed how and where to put
inv their best Ticks. IS Some have been
chosen for, resp onsi bilities-
and they repfsses 5lhe, best talent
prqcurable, sla sBal IbeS sal alsat-i
I'D as the faQIGtf t I'd emaud heir
~ a <.s r.; 81 I
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! Word comes from Philadelphia
that the largest denonstratioh made
in years by Negroes In that city, in
behalf Of the Republican party was
that of last Thursday night in the
Calvary Methodist Episcopal church,
on Broad street, near Fitzwaker. The
meeting was under the auspices Of
the Civil Rights League, recently Or
,ganized there to look after the polit-
ttcal interests and general welfare of
the colored people. The principal
speakers were two Of the most prom
inent orators Of the race, Hon. John
C.. Dancy, Recorder Of Deeds Of the
District Of Columbia, and Hon. VIII
liam, r.. Vernon, Register of the
Treasury at Washington. Mr. Dancy
was fired with enthusiasm for the Re-
publican party and for the national
ticket, and made what his admirers
considered "the effort Of his life. He
succeeded In generating in the great
audience Of 1000 ali the enthusiasm
he felt himself and every point was
greeted with vociferous cheers and
cries Of ''Thats SO! Hit 'em again!"
In the hour that Mr.. 'Dahcy held his
hearers spellbound he extolled the
record Of the Republican. party and
peeited its achievements in war and
peace, and described It's labors to
make the black man a full-fedged
citizen OF the. nation. The credit Of
the government, the protection OF
our people in the enjoyment of their
civil and political rights, and the In
tegrtty Of the courts are all bound
up, he claimed in the continuance in
power Of the party Of freedom, com
meycial expansion andtcivtc equality.
To the surprise and delight Of the
vast assemblage, Mr.. Dancy met the
brownsville question squarely and
placed all the blame for the vexati-
ous> episode on the shoulders of the
Democratic party. He made it very
clear that the Republican party made
the Negro soldier possible and that
the Democratic party is on record as
fayoring the complete elimination of
the Negro from the army establish
rnent. He recalled the fact that the
Republicans all favored the restora-
tion of the soldiers, differing only as
to method, while the r Democrats
stood like stone wall In opposition
to their return to the army on any
basis. He brought down the house
by declaring that it was idiocy for
any colored man to attempt TO prove
to an intelligent audience that the
Triumph of the Democratic party
would fnure to the benefit Of the Ne
gro and foolish to assert that the ell
ection of Bryan would be-a vindtca-
ton Of Senator Foraker, whose val
oros1s defense Of the race the demand
worthy Of the highest praise. A vote
for party which stood out against
Foraker and the Negro would be an
abandonment of all that the senator
had stood for last year, and would
be q fatal handicap to the plan of
adjustment arranged by Zine Ypssrty
leaders for the next session OF Con-
sress. Mr.. Dancy traced the entire
incident from the appearance of tho
troops at Brownsville to the dis.