The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-03-05

th4t NEGROES be lei away by the
clamor OF politicians He says.
AN Of the little liberties that re
enjoy politically we're given t. Hs
BY the Repnhllcan psrt Wien
were driver IKE re y he ii sr.et
for ie TIE tIrds and t6rerlns
5ners 81 the party came to our resenei
ana made Us nee men. And While We
have been aroused BY the lBtownsytl
5aIraIr, We should not be torgettuI Of
the fact that the Republican party
has done for US an that we have had,
done toward making ussmeni and We
should not be forgetful Of the fact
that the same Roosevelt who dis
missed the black soldiers, discon-
tinued a postofice in Mississippi
thus holding up the womanhood and
character in open defense OF Varda-
man and Tillman.
Eve should not forget that the
same Roosevelt who dismissed the
black soldiers, appointed and reap
pointed DR.. Grum to a high federal
position in South Carolina In open
defiance to the entire Democratic
party of the nation. / admire Sena-
tor Foraker, but think he and his
friends ~ carrying this battle too
far, making the negroes Of the South
the Iaushing8toclS of the world by
their present method of holding dual
and rump conventions. II Mr.. Taft
becomes the nominee of the Chicago
convention, / viii. with voice. pen
and influence follow his interests till
the polls close on election day in
November. Any other voice is det
rimental to the advancement of the
race.
"The negro CT this country is bet
ter prepared to take Kick at times
from the Republican party, than to
take a smile from the Democratic
party; for, II kicked by the Republi-
can party. We are mixed up with
them on committees and conventions
to such an extent that we can kick
back; but barred out of the counsels
Of the Democratic party, II given
smile, we are not so situated as to
recfprocate. Bishop Derrick. Bishop
Grant, DR.. E. C. Morris, j. E. Bush,
H. A. Bucker, DR.. Crum. George L.
Knox, Judson w. Lyons, Ralph w.
Tyler, W. T. Vernon. E. W. Lamp
ton, w. E. Mallison,I. T. Montgom-
cry, collector Anderson and hundreds
OF other negroes of national reputa-
tIon-even those champlonlng the
cause of Senator Foraker-will bow
to the nominee of the Chicago con
ventlon. and with unparalleled ora
tory plead with the negro to stand
by the party that has stood by him"
Hon. ]. E. Napier. a prominent col
ored lawyer and property owner Of
Tenn, in the Clarion,
strong negro paper of that city,
clearly gives his reasons for support
ing Secretary Taft against other. Re-
publican candidates for the Presi-
Dental nomination. After detailing
the race record OF President Roose-
welt, whom he credits with breaking
up what he terms "a system of Jim
Crowis1p." in federal appointments,
by placing negroes in positions never
before opened to them, Mr.. Napier
asserts his conviction that the Presi
dent in the Brownsville affair, was
not actuated by race prejudice. He
declares his support OF the President,
and says:
Il Judge his attitude towards the
race by his course as viewed in the
large sense, rather than by one Incl
dent which could be definitely proved
as born of race prejudice only by that
great reader of hearts, the Christ"
He then expresses his views concern
ing Secretary Taft as follows:
ITO begin with, he comes of an
old abolition stock, and the tradi-
tlonal attitude of his family has been
one of cordial friendship for the col
ored people. His course in Cuba and
the Philippine Islands shows that he
is a believer in the rights OF the dark
races. He believes In the Fifteenth
Amendment Of the Constitution, and
has said over ana over again that the
suffrage laws should apply equally
to both races. Such mistakes as the
colored people made in the early days
in voting, he sought in some southern
speeches to explain philosophically.
and to show that they were errors
out of which the colored people could
grow.
"This was done to Offset the claim
Of those southern whites who hold