The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-15

OpcClAI W ne advocate.
Washington, Oct. 1O.-President
Roosevelt has given new evidence
that he is determined that the rail- !
roads of the country that take advan-
tage of their prerogative to separate
the races shall conform to the law re- !
quiring equal accommodations to all |
who pay the same fare.
The Interstate Commerce Commits |
sion, through it's attorney, has insti- |
tuted proceedings in the Middle Dis |
trict of Tennessee for, an Injunction,
to restrain the Nashville, Chattanoo
ga and st. Louis railroad from fur
Their disobedience to the commits |
sion'S orders; and, also, from fur
Their discrimination between colored |
and white passengers. These are the !
proceedings ordered by the President |
in the early part of the present year
against this and other railroads |
which have been most insistent in |
their determinations.
In this connection, It may be sta
ted that the Methodist bishops. who
made charges against the Southern
railroads last spring, made an APP
pearance~a few days ago at Atlanta |
before Special Agent J. Edgar Smith, /
OF the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, and renewed their charges, be- /
sides giving additional testimony,
showing discrimination against color
ed passengers on a number of rail-
roads, complaining that the Pullman |
Company will not admit Negroes onf
it's cars; that the roads force Negroes
into separate compartments, whereI
indiScriminate Negroes, who smoke,
drink and curse, are allowed. Some |
Of the lines complained of were the
Seaboard Air Line. the Richmond, l
Frederick and Potomac, the Southerni
and the Central Of Georgia Railroads.&c.
and the Pullman Sleeping Car Conn.,
pany. -.''''
Although a strong case was pre-
sented by the bishops, the compa-
MES, through their representatives.
denied the allegations and made /
some more or less plausible excuses,
none Of which, however, made anyt
impression upon the Special Agent |
The Nashville, Chattanooga and ST.
Louis had already been on the rack, |
hence the test case commences with |
that road. The injunction lookedt
tor will lie against all violators aftert
dusSbrocess is gone through TheI
bishops in the Atlanta party werei
Bishops w. J. Gaines, Henry M. Turf
nor, of Atlanta; Evans Tyree, off,
Nashville, Tenn, and E. W.. Lamp
ton, of Mississippi. 4
= Word comes that H. H. Myers, |
Register Of the United States Land |
office at Little Rock, Ark, has re- |
signed, to take effect at. once. A |
strong effort is being made to haveI
Sc1pio A. Jones, prominent colored |
lawyer of Little Rock, appointed as
his successor. Leading Negroes
throughout the country are endors-
ing Mr.. Jones, and it is being point |
ed out to the President that such a |
recognition at this time would have
a highly beneficial effect upon the
prospects Of the Republican party |
among the colored voters Mt. Jones
Is thoroughly competent; has prac-
ticcd before the. Supreme Court of
the United States, and is regarded as
the foremost Negro lawyer in the
southwest He was one Of the orig
lnal Taft men" and was an alternate
delegate to the Chicago convention in
June.
A colored. pressman has been ap-
pointed in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, the first to be assigned
to this office within it's history. He
was appointed through the Civil Ser