The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-01
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DAY AT HoosIER CAPITAL 7. j
81 y st GREAT EVENT. /, ,t @tt;e

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4 Ex. Minister. Turner. banker. Napier,
and Prof. Wiliiams Tell the story
n Sol the Races Progress. g.
!! Indianapolis Ind, ept.-. 29.-Spa-
lSious Tomlinson Hall was crowded
/ tbis the doors on "Emancipation Day :"
,F1An immense throng, Including many
i ttsttofs from various sections Of the
II State,si turned, out to celebrate y the
\ 9Th anniversary OF the proclamation
aof emancipation issued by President
! LINCOLN, September <22, 1862. AL
1 though the prime sob3ect Of the gala
4 occasion was to tell again the story
a4ofSf freedom. and to give encourage
4 Ment to- this struggling people to
[ take up anew the cross and go for.
ward; it was generally regarded by
! everybody rs the formal opening OF,
| the Republican campaign among the
| Negro fS--for emancipation can con-
Ecern: only the Republican party,
(which conceived 1T, and, made it a Ay-
Ling fact. The enthusiasm manifested
was on earnest that the cam paign is
not, to beta spiritless affair. There
was life and vigorSiri every action,
and ,in every utterance. The eolored
! voters. here are: more closely untted,
than they have been IN ten years, ana
fthe Republicans are worked iuH to-
their old fighting form, Despite the
tehorts of willy Tom Taggart, !, who
THINKS he owns the colored VOTERS In.
| Tee sim pie, there arei no factional
differences among them,f and Taft
and Sherman stand to- poll the nor
Emal Negro vote In Marion county,
i and In every section Of the State!
II where, the colDred vote is factor.
! NREyan has a. few adherents, who be-
longs TO; the Observation-Disclosures brig
Eades"3fhnt' they are practically with
I out. influence and will cut no, figure
] intthe returns. Bryan has never inn
pressed the cslered = voters as a
statesman, ana as for John Worth
Kern his name is anathema, because
Of. his Well4known% aversion to deal
fing with Negroes In any capacity than
tthat of a servant. Kern ~ admitted
ITO. be deadpweighty to the ticket, as
4 far as the black voters are concern
1 led, for. he doesn't. class" with, men
of the ,Taggart, Sahm. and ~Lieber
type Of Democrats. -, =. -. = ~, -,
! James aE. Watson VIII run well for
l'GoYeEnor of Indiana, and The friends
OF, Fairbanks, Beverage, BookWal-
ter, New, Hemenway and Taylor.
white. and coloredb will rally to him
on election day. The eolosed press
hereyis strongly Republican, and; the
WORKERS. are eagers4for the. fray x.,.,.
! The orator .of6,emancinatioiI ON, day
was Hon! j.. Milton Turner, %'of Mis-
souri,, a. former minister TO Liberia,
and speaker OF national reputation.
His, address was an excellent one,
and teemed with Instructive historiI
cal points and emphasized the patri-
atic virtues Of Lincoln, Grant and
Sumner, and placed a wreath Of Iaii-
rel upon the brow Of the immortal
| Frederick Douglass and the brave
band who fought with him the good
fight to crush out the evil Of slave
ry ,a... -, T.. ~. -. -. >>># -. :.
I Attorney and Banker James G.. Ma
pier delivered an eloquent speech,
comparing the prosperity the race
enjoys today with the poverty and
Ignorance which characterized It be.
fore emancipation and in the terrible
years which Immediately followed
the Civil war, giving the Republican
party full credit for affording us the
opportunity that made Our glorihs
achievements possible. Mr.. Napier
said William Howard Taft is q true
4 friend to the Negroes OF this country,
and we shall make no mistake In
placing him In the Presidential chair.
The election. Of MIR. Bryan, he
thought, would result disastrouBly
! FOR the race and would prove: to be
a national calamity. The Republican
J party, cannot lose, in Mr.. Napier's
opinion, If the Negro voters do their
/ full: duty, as he believes they will. ..
| Prof. Jah1es II. Williams, Rush.
vtlie's favorite orator. closed the
! speech making endorsing the stand
taken by Messrs. Turner and Napier
in SUPPORT of the Republican tickets,
| State and National. . -
The managers are greatly pleased
with the successful outcome or the
! day, and feel that the cause Of Re-
publicanism has experienced distinct
/ REVIVAL
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TAFT SAYS CORROTHERs LIED.