The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-17
SENATOR CHANDLER
 MAY HEAD GOLFERS
Disgruntled Whites and Me-
 groes Still Talk of Belting
SUCH RUMORS ARE IGNORED
Who Adhere to the Ad- minlsteration Do Not Believe
 That Anything Serious Will
 Result From Opposition.

Chicago, June )-Repub- licans are still talking of bolting the con- vention and putting another ticket In the field. Little importance is attached to 1t, but it is all an interesting sidelight of the republican partys big show. Sen ator Chandler of New Hampshire is the name with which they are conjuring.
 IT Roosevelt or Taft is nominated as the republican candidate an independcnt republican conyention will be held in Chi cago immediately after 'the close of the present convention to nominate cand- dates for whom negroes of the country and as many millions of independent re- pubicans can vote next November
 This was the ultmatum of the National Negro American Political league as ex- pressed by its president the Rev J. Mil- ton Waldron, yesterday Waldron con- tinued:
 ''The ticket will be headed by some such well known man as Senator For aker. and indeed, we have hopes Mr. Foraker may accept such a nomination. He knows we would be perfectly accept able to the entire negro vote, and to as many white independent republicans as negroes. We believe we can assure him of the solid vote of eight southern states.
 We already have several hundred ne- gro delegates in Chicago representing all sections of the country and with the nomination of Mr. Taft or MT. Roosevelt hurry call immediately will be sent out for the independent convention. It is not necessary that regular lengthy platform be framed, for the fight will be purely for q presidential candidate, who will pledge himself to be fair and just and to support the constitution as far as tho negro race is concerned.
 ''The National Negro American Poit- ical league is confederation of the Nl- agara movement. the Afro-Amercan council, the New England Suffrage league, the Boston Suffrage league, the Independent Negro Civic and Political league and the Constitution Brotherhood of America, with the purpose of banding the negroes into a separate political party. It already has enough strength to affect the regular parties. There will be no attempt to nominate a negro, and the whole fight will center on carrying out the slogan, Anything to defeat Roosevelt and Taft "
 Twice tonight squads of police were summoned to preserve peace at meetings involving the Taft and anti-Taft senli- ment among the negro voters of the city In the forenoon, when the anti-Taft cru saders captured a convention called by the republican loyalist negroes, pitched battle was narrowly averted. and at night when a reception for negro delegates to the convention was heldlSy the Taft sup porters, the electric wires were cut and the church was plunged into darkness for an hour and a half At the night meeting a squad of police stood around the church, as it was feared that the anti-Taft contingent might repeat their action of the morning and capture the meeting or cause some disturbance.
 In spite of the presence of the police there were several interruptions and some hooting and hissing when one of the speakers defended President Roosevit and Secretary Taft in connection with the Brownsville affair. Incidentally ForaNer shouters gave vent to their enthusiasm, and while every mention of the repub- lican party was applauded. 1t was evi- dent that a number of the anti-Taft fac- ton attended to demonstrate their disap- DrOyal of his candidacy. W.S,