Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-04
POLITICAL FORECAST
State Conventions - CoIored People
TO Meet.

next week In New York, Massachu-
sets, Delaware and South Dakota,
when each of the states viii select
its delegates at large to the national
convention in Chicago. The Empire
state. of course. will be pledged to
Hughes. while South Dakota is GER
tain to instruct for Taft. The Massa-
ehusetts delegation will, in all prob
ability, go to Chicago uninstructed
for any particular candidate. The
same non-committal policy may be
adopted by the Delaware state con-
vention, although heroic efforts are
being made by the adherents of the
leading candidates to capture the
delegation. The New York state con-
vention win be held on next Satur-
day In New York city. the Massachu-
sets convention on Friday in Bos-
ton. and the South Dakota and Della
ware conventions on Tuesday. the
former in Huron and the latter In
Dover.
The New York convention will as
semble In Carnegie hall on next Sat
urday morning. BY peculiar coin
cidence this In the birthday Of Gov
ernor Hughes. According to the po-
litical wiseacres. the big four" to
be chosen to represent the state in the
Chicago convention will be General
Stewart l.. Woodford, President ia
cob Gould Schurman OF Cornell uni
versity, former Mayor Seth Low and
former Governor Frank s. Black.
George Won l.. Meyer, postmaster
general and an ardent Taft man, will
be chairman of the Massachusetts, re-
publican state convention. which will
meet In fremont temple, Boston, next
Friday morning to select four dele
gates at large to Chicago. At the
request OF Senator Lodge. the Massa-
chusetts party leaders have already
definitely decided that the convention
shall manifest no preference for any
candidate. Political allegiance among
Massachusetts, republicans Is divided
and It was feared that an attempt t.
secure the Endorsement of any presi
Dental aspirant would bring about
a fierce factiOnal flght that might re
suit seriously to the party.
A national conference of coloret
men will be held in Philadelphia oil
Tuesday, when an attempt will b
made to puneture the Taft boom
Roosevelt and Taft are bitterly at
tackled in the call for the meeting
which was signed by Bishop Alexan
der Walters. the Rev. William H
Scott and other leaders of the negrt
race. IL is likely that the convention
will seek to swing the influence of tn,
colored voters to Foraker or Hughes
The call says, in part:
In view OF the attempt OF tn,
present regime to perpetuate itself II
power in imperial fashion, and II
view OF the open candidacy for tn
republican party's nomination for tn
presidency of one who in his officia
position as a cabinet officer has Il
public speech In the south condone
the Acknowledgement of citizens 70
color in admitted violation Of tn
federal constitution. and who has su
pinely Endorsed the brutal and auto
cratic discharge of the colored soldie
without trial, you are invited to
national conference OF colored me-
and of their avowed friends TO coun
sci as to the wisest course to b
pursued politically by the colore
citizens of the country. espeeiall
those unrobbed of the ballot. VIII
are willing to use this weapon 70
the rights and liberties of their rae,
This conference will have special rel
erence as to what demands shall
made Of political parties as to the ns
tional platforms and most particular
ly as to what candidates for the pres
, idential nomination most deserve tn
support of the eolored voters"
Republicans OF the Sixth Indian
district will hold a convention 1
: Shelbyville on Thursday to nominal
successor to Representative Jane
L. Watson. A hair dozen promineT
republicans of the district are seel
Ing the honor and the contest is
lively one. The district Is ovel
/. whelmingly republican. so that non
ination will mean election. On nel
Friday, In GalesbGrg. the F1fteent
. Illinois district viii select two del,
, gates to the national convention. VIII
I win probably be pledged to Cannon
, Taft win likely gain two more del,
gates when the Fifth Minnesota diI
r trict convention Is held next Thurs
day,