The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-08
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Senator Elect a1tsts Appeals to
I Kentuckyy Negroes tS Stand by
Taft,: Who Ia1i HIT Right to
Question ords President. n % /

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Louisville, KY, octs About T.
900 persons gathersd4sn the CoIise-
um here tonights t0# hear United
States Senator-elsct o. Bradley
openYthe Taft cainpaAt$ in the South.
Perhaps 400 OF the tfong were. Ne
groes, who .cheered old-time ac-
quaintance enthusfa sally.
Speaking directly f them, Senator
Bradley said In paTt.
Appeals are, 6stni snade to-, the
Negro to vote the 3Ds1aScratic tlcket..
He is told that he should divide hia
strength IN order become; potent
in public affairs. i also told that,
the Republican part has failed to
protect him In htg 81 yghts;, that he
owes NO allegiance tPAthat party on
this account, and al 4d $50 over
body and soui to the*l ocratte par
ty. I ?, =, = ;.%s 4. p ;,E*
II beneve, the f5aeHroes of Ken
lucky know / am that3 friend. I have
always shown .nya6lf 10 be, whether,
asking for: their 'yatessor not. When
was quite a young man concerned,
IT TO be. MY duty tO4lelp that unfoF-
tunate class. n wentsto their meet.
ings when 1t was nottss1afe to go, and
when armed men, Surrounded their
house in anticiRattpn5 Of an attack.
from the Ku- -K1nx. IEadvised them
and sympathized vii tiEthem. | hefpE:
ed them to build their churches and
school houses. alWaSB advised them
tnat ,fi their future at lest was largely
IN their own hands, All that by hon.
esty, frugality& and ggbd citiEenahfp
alone they would spS Seed. ~ ,i55.
= Many a time i1as@ 1, volunteereaa'I
to defend them In, SlA Aco ufts without
fee 9or reward to Isp|f9st{sct them from
iniustice. =, When GseXbf Nor OF this,
Com nnonwealtha 4. was ESPECIALLY ral-,
yticular to heed theiH Eriee for elem
:eneg q !, ! and as thefe: ta Ict of that d-
listEs
than the sDagdoa of &c gorge Dfnniflg,
when t said that tfre dniai ii, however
humble : shall be punished8 s while, T
am Governor Rhe fglayss asrneznber of
a mob which comes to take his life
or drive him from his home, :. >
- = Puts 1t On Tlre0doye. ..-..a
: 81 have never failed Ito plead foE
Justice for this doWnrtFoaden unfor-,
tunate and oppressedr raee, and, ex-
pect inthe world to come,T whether in
thfs or not, to find favor'fn -thes sight
of God for listening to- the pleading
of the humble and helpless and .ex-
tending to them such aid as: was in
my power. - i%t
. ~ MY cQlored friends, beg you to
remember, in the language of Fred
ef1ck Douglass, the greatest man of
your race, that to the Negro the Re-
publican party is the ship, and all
else is. the open sea.
!. But you may say, What about the
brownsville incident? 1 beg you to
remember that the Democratic party
voted with substantial, If not with
entire, unanimity to indorse the ac-
ton Of President Roosevelt, and that
Mr. Bryan has publicly declared that.
II President Roosevelt stated the
facts; correctly. he would have done
the same thing.
Mr.. Taft was the Secretary of
war, and, as such was compelled to
carry out the order of the President.
he had no right to question It.
Whether the faction of! President
Roosevelt was right or wrong, he
was compelled to obey it. Will you
turn against Mr.. Taft, because he
complied with his duty and, his oath?
nope not; believe not. And, most
of all, I hope you will not turn
against the party he represents.
What are you to gain by such a
course? Not one word of promise is
held out to you in the Democratic
platform. Not one word OF sympa-
thy is expressed--indeed you are not
even mentioned in that document. On
the. contrary, the Republican party
tSN neither ashamed nor afraid to
speak words Of encouragement and
Kindness and to declare It's adherence
TO the enforcement of The fourteenth
and fifteenth amendmentsn
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