The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1908-06-20
AERO AMERICANS DISPLAY MUCH
sITrERNEss AeAlNsF WILLIAM
n. TAFT.
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vas e Republican risking my life for
the party when Frank Hitchcock was
a boy in knee pants. he shouted. and
do you think that am going to allow
him to run his steam roller oyer me
or miner"
Bishop Alexander Walters. Jersey
City, n. ]. William Monroe Trotter,
editor The Guardian Boston Mass.
who cIassed Booker 7. Washington as
one OF the traitors Of the Negro race.
Rev. ]. Milton waldron. Washington.
ID. c., Rev. william h. Scott, Boston.
Mass, and W. t. Ferguson. Secretary
Of the Negro-American National Po-
litieal League, were among the other
speakers. and the arguments which
they advanced, against the continued
enslavement, Of the Negro to the Re
publican party, we're unanswerable and
cannot be brushed aside.
Sunday afternoon another lively
snti-Taft meeting was held In Bethel
church, DR.. H. c. Cress, led OF in a
very bitter onslaught against Roose-
welt and Taft, ard he also branded the
Negro once holders and those look
ing for jobs. as the bread brigade"
and that. they must be marked as the
real enemies Of the race, for they are
ever ready to do the dirty work Of
their white political masters.
Rev. E. l. Gillian. Of Columbus. o.,
followed DR.. Cress. and he briefly
spoke as follows: 'Denouncing the un-
righteous course Of the nation he de-
clared that extraordinary conditions
require extraordinary measures and
that the present condition is unpatal-
leled in the history Of the country.
He expressed a desire to stand on q
mountain peak and in a clarion voice
gather around him the friends Of the
black man for the Organization OF
new party"
Attorney w. F. Henderson, Of In
dianapolIs. Ind. was the next speaker.
and among the many good things he
said was as follows: THAT the great
ship Of RepubIicanism must be scut-
ted. He held that this action should
be preceded by a warning to the con-
vention that the pirates" in charge
Of the convention must not nominate
TAFT"
Rev. ]. Milton Waldron, President Of
the NegroAmerican National Political
League, wound up the speaking. and
In doing SO, he gave expression to the
following sentiments. namely. IL the
Negro vote couldn't be Jumped all at
once to the Democracy bridge would
be built so that the gap would be
crossed in two jumps"
We're fighting against national dis
reimbursement right now" he cried.
''Thsy may have us down, but they
haven't got US tied. I may be down
on the ground, but they won't tie-me.
I'll bite, and kick, and scratch Entil
die. Blood may aow. but III not per-
NIT them to rob me of my rights"
Monday morning. what was sup
posed TO be a Taft meeting. was called
to order in Quinn chapel. by John G.
Jones. But the anti-Taft forces rushed
into the church and took possession
Of the meeting, and Col Jones. started
on a dead run to the 22d street police
station, and returned to the church
with a wagon load OF policemen. who
took in the situation but refused to
make any arrests rtO break up the
meeting; and the anh-Taft Negroes
held the fort, and passed resolutions,
condemning the Secretary Of War and
President Roosevelt.
In the meantime. the HIy-white
leaders Of the Republican party. be-
coming alarmed. at so many unfriend-
" demonstrations, on the part Of their
former political slaves, ordered
Chares W. Anderson, Ralph W. Tyler,
and william 7. Vernon, three Negro
once holders. who are putting In an
their time. in doing politics in the In
iterest Of William H. TAFT. instead OF
tending to their duties which they are
receiving pay for. to come to
this city, for the purpose Of stemming
the anti-Taft sentiment among the
Negroes. and Monday evening they
held forth at Quinn chapel. and after
waving the bloody Shirt" william T.
Vernon. who claims TO be methodist
preacher. and who can lie ten thous-
and times faster than the boss devil
can run. wanted to know II there we're
any Negroes present who WORld vote
the Democratic ticket and hundreds Of
voices cried out -Yesi Yesl"
So the great Tart Republican meet
ing came near being turned into an
ant-Taft meeting