The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-21
I'm IN LINE FOR BRYAN !!
NEGRO AMERICAN POLITICAL
LEAGUE QUITS REPUBLICANS
The Organization Has Membership
of ACCOMPLISHMENTS Will Get
Three-Fourths Of Negro Vote.

A special correspondent to the
Spartanburg Herald from Washing
ton says closely following the state
ment of President Gompers that the
American Federation of Labor would
support Bryan for the presidency,
the Negro American Political League,
with headquarters in Washington,
has stated positively that it ill~sup-
port the Democratic nominee. The
decision, according to the statement
of Rev. ]. Milton Waldron, president
of the league, Is not so much be-
cause of desire to see the Demo-
Gratis successful, as it is because of
a desire to see William Howard
Taft, the creature Of Theodore Roose-
welt, defeated. The league president
sent the following telegram to Mr..
Bryan:
Hon. William ]. Bryan,
Fairview, Lincoln, Neb.
1--WE congratulate you upon your
nomination to the presidency by The
representatives of the American peo-
ple-not by the hirelings Of boss
and we predict your election next
November by a handsome majority.
Judging from assurances given us
by our people throughout the North
and West, you will receive seventy
five per cent of the colored vote.
(Signed) -. Milton Waldron, D. D..
President of the National Negro
American Political League"
The organization OF which DR..
Waldron is president is said to have
an affiliation of 100000 members,
including the membership proper
and those of other organizations af-
fliated with it. The affiliation OF
the other organizations was affect
ed after the nomination of Taft by
the Republicans at Chicago on June
18th. At a conference of those who
were in Chicago for participation IN
the councils Of the Republican party,
committee. consisting of j. Milton
Waldron, d. D., Of Ohio, George w.
Gaines, D. D. of Illinois. VIM. Nun
ro Trotter, D. D., Of Massachusetts
and Bishop Walters, of New YORK
was appointed and authorized to de-
eide upon the best method to deteat
Taft. The conference had previous
" voted unanimously not to sup
mort Taft. The league has opened
headuuarters in Chicago, and Will
start a newspaper next week to WORK
against Taft.
In statement the reasons for the
action of the league in fighting Iatt'
the president says:
eve went to Chicago with the
ayowed purpose Of heartily support
ing the Republican party should 1t
return to the principals upon "h'ch
# was founded. But when on reach
ing Chicago, we found that more
than two-thirds of the delegates 10
the convention were office holders
appointed by President Roosevelt
and pledged to carry on his policy
of destroying all those who oppose
him whether they were good men
or bad, in the right or in the wrong
and when we learned from state
ments repeatedly made by Mr. Roose-
yelt's representatives at the conVen-
ton that he had decided to recognize
the Lilly White" faction of the party
with the avowed purpose OF eventual
" eliminating the negro from poll-
tics in the South. in the hope OF
building up there strong hepubll-
can organization. and when no eforts
ON our part or on the part OF the ola
line white Republicans could induce
Mr. Roosevelts delegates to pledge
the party to relnstate the discharged
negro soldiers who are innocent ol
narticipation Of the shooting up OIL
brownsville. We decided, after re-
peated and lengthy conferences win
more than two hundred representa-