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ANTI-TAFT
C0L0RED VOTERS FIGHTING
SECRETARY
PREFER TILLMAN TO PRESENT
CANDIDATE
Blacks Assert Attitude Of Roosevelt
and His Protege Has Been
AntagonIstIc to Their
Race -
b. Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-A letter
addressed to Representative Rainey of
Illinois by Walter S. Thomas of Ohio.
chairman of the Afgro- American
league, with headquarters at Columbus.
Ohio, was read in the house today. Mr..
Thomas. referring to a speech some
time since in the house In reply to one
by Mr.. Rainey, declared that the negroes
of Ohio refuse to be led like dumb
driven cattle to the voting booths and
there cast their. ballots for President
Roosevelt. his secretary of war, or any
man he may see fit to support for pres
ident of the United States at Chicago"
The letter points out that a grave in
justice was rendered the negro race by
the discharge of the companies of the
Twenty fifth infantry, and states that
the negroes of the country will support
no candidate for president who does not
stand squarely upon the broad princi-
Piles of justice.
In conclusion the letter says: I'VE have
almost reached that point where we
can say thank God for Senator Till
man, for we believe him to be at least
honest in his expressions and we be-
Iieve him square in his life. I am abb
solutely convinced of this one fact
that should Secretary Taft be nom
mated for president at Chicago the
colored voters of Ohio and of the whole
United States, SO per cent of them at
the least calculation, would cast their
votes for the straight Democratic
ticket for president or remain away
from the polls, thus making the cleo
ton of a Democratic president abso-
lutely certain"
Support Foraker
An enthusiastic greeting was given
to Senator Foraker of Ohio today by
the Baltimore conference of the A. M.
E. church, in session here. In intro
ducing the Ohio senator Bishop Gaines
raid him cordial tribute as the friend
and defender of his people.
The senator referred to the great
work of the A. M. r. church In uplift-
ing and making better the black race
In the last forty years. and said 1t now
had everything guaranteed to 1t except
"some political rights
you see," the senator added, II try
to stick to my text, but before / know
1t I lose my religion in talking to you.
/ lost it when 1 heard of the butchery
at Atlanta a short while ago. 1 lost
1t again when I heard Of the Browns
vile affair
II would not have referred to that
unhappy blot II you mad not insisted
upon It, And / lost 1t only few days
ago when I read of the action of the
Virginia Republican convention at
Lynchburg that ignored the delegation
of your race. I think 1t was shame,
and 1 do not care who knows 1t. I
don't care to criticize my party, but I
do condemn those who represent It, The
question that was raised in that Vir-
ginia convention will be carried for
settlement to the next national con-
vention at Chicago. We will find out
there whether the party OF Lincoln, of
Grant. and of Mckinley is a Lily White
party. If 1t is, I assure you that there
will soon be new parties in the field
which will stand for the rights OF hu-
manity. Religion and that kind of
politics go hand in hand"