The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-01

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ltowpsman OF mine, and The spaoplA
have more 'respeet FOR & is Vhplis
Eshlp than Tor his poll AixsttkaTISs
The tSouble With D4& BoiA rs Tat w
: waited too, long to makaA h$S 4nn4nSs
\ IA pottA les IA man com 1au&tNR 81
his ags Is just as apt to- begin wrong
as rt8ht .:ofteners the former Z tNtH
4 the, latter. He, started at the wronR
end I'd serve the. race with ~ hich1 ne
Ia tdsn fed. !, Ho siss q strong. tired
tnan, And knows, much a that sis III
! books Mt hR is q Weaknng III poIi-
itifs, Tor ofE Shst impor tAnt and fnfri4
! cSts sieence ha' kna ws " al ssolatslS
tnothing: He Will be tisgustsd With
/ ht1nselS and with the. whole, politiSal
bAsins ass whens he discovers what 81
tSmhll nutnAe of lJekfoes he is able
I'd tmfsle& ana keep misled. There
Is no Widespread revolt against this
national ticket. as far, as I scan see,
The colofedt peopl3 can have no COM
ON cause With ,Bryan;and his fellow
ers, for the possible success, OF the
Democracy Is necessarily based upon
frauds against the ballot BOX, VIII
the Negro as the chief sufferer, ,A
Democratic President would name
enough justices Of the Supreme Court
! to give the party majority OF the
court--and then we might see the
end Of Negro citizenship, for 1t, might
not be- a diff1cult thing for this tribu.
nal Of last; resort to decide, In test
cases that the War Amendments were
improperly adopted. We can trust
Mr. Taft TO do the right thing hy%us,
fand i hope every colored man In the
fdebatable States win cast his, vote
for the Republican ticket, as the SAT-
est. way, to preserve ourselves, from;
Democratic. misrule, There are many
excellent Democrats In the, South, but.
they are not the controlling factors
and the record Of the party does not
commend Itself to the Negroes conf
dence, to put It in1ldly,'" ...''''E. >
What were. your I'M pressions of
the National NEGRO Business Leagues
Baltimore meetingr:'' ~, ~; =
| Well" replied Col. Rucker, 'r'f
think the recent meeting was q huge
success. That was the third ona I
have attended: 81 saw marked I'm
provement in both. the personnel and
in the quality of the papers present
cd. They were both Of a high order
and representative Of the spirit the
| race needs to give 1t standing among
| the worlds foremost business men.
| In the nine years of the Leagues ex-
istence the business 'of the race has
increased to a marvellous extent ana
1T has more than justified the expec-
tations of its promoters. An in
crease OF the number of banks from
two in 1900 to forty In 1908, direct
fy traceable to its influence, is a big
feather in the cap of the organiza-
ton" :. 'y,.->y..s..... -. ..-lE = -. :.
The Baltimoreans are a hospitav
BILE people, are they not?" 81. go =.
/ II should say they are. The treat
mert accorded the League by them;
! Was simply superb and could not be
7 Improved, upon. But that. Was to BE
Expected. for the. people of that city
never allow themselves to be 'exceIled
in their hospitality any more than
+ they do in: their 5business-~arid here
they acknowledge no rival ~. ~
Il presume Or. Washington has q
right to feel gratiied over the con-
tinued prosperity of the Business
League. ventured your correspond
ent. ~. 49, -
/ Yes: DR.. Washington has first
right to be gratifled with the
Leagues perfect organization, its
T. healthy growth, and steady accession
of the most subgtantfaI race builders
,, IN being praised ali over the country
for this one great. achievement, and
had he done nothing else in. his long
and useful career, he would be emit
tied to the everlasting gratitude of
his people, He has, pointed the path
that leads to the power that the
world most readily recognizes-the
path toward material, acquisition and
control of the markets. And, | may
add, in this connection, that any man
/ who can unite and keep a body of
tirSt-c1asss coIored men together, as
Ehe has done in the work of the Ma
tiona1 Negro, Business League, de
serves the pfaud1ts Of the entire Am
erfcan people. I was glad to notice
the trend Of good feeling toward Mr..
Taft, which peryaded the meeting,
although no formal, expression was
made by the Organization as such.
The league is: not a political body,
and matters touching politics are dis
Ecussed in private as individuals. AS
business men, anxioua to maintain
the high-tide commercial prosperity /
found the members. of the, league to