The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-10
ELIMINATE NEGROES.
That is the Advice Southern Repub-
licans are Giving President.

means are GIVING f'FeSIueHl.
Washington, December 5.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been told by
Southern Republican leaders that II
they are permitted to eliminate the
negro in a quiet sort of way from
party councils down there the growth
of the party strength will probably
be rapid Figures have been submit
ted to the president tendingto strong
ly confirm the desires of the South
ern leaders.
He has been shown that in South
Carolina and Mississippi, where the
national leaders insisted on putting
I'D several negroes as electors, in the
recent presidential election, compara-
lively small gains were made. while
in the Southern states where the elec-
toral tickets were made up wholly OF
white men the gains were surprising
ly large. Flatfootedly the president
is told that the Southern Democrats
of many years standing, inclined Tor
business and other reasons to support
the Republican national ticket and
Republican candidates for congress,
will never do so long as the ticket
contains the names Of negroes.
The discovery has been made that
in the congressional district IN Geor-
sia in which the mother of President
Roosevelt was born the Republican
gains among white voters were so
great that Taft carried the district
by a majority of 1000 and that
clean white Republican could have
been elected had there been a candl-
date in the field. No candidate, how
ever, was put up. Taft carried tWen-
ty-seven counties in Georgia, polling
$4,000 votes, nearly all white. The
Repu blican electoral ticket IN that
state was composed OF white men
solely.
= North Carolina showed tremendous
Republican gains foa. an electoral
ticket made up wholly of white men.
Three Republican congressman were
elected and there were gains all along
the line, more than 100000 votes be-
ing polled.
Virginia Republican leaders treat
ed the negro with consideration IN
their state convention that nominated
the electors, but not a single olacK
man was put on the ticket. The gains
in Virginia were surprisingly large.
For the benefit of the president
the results in these states are con-
trasted with the results in south Car
olina and Mississippi, where negroes
were placed on the electoral ticket
and where small gains only were
made. In South Carolina about j.
700 white men voted the ticket any
how. but the Republican leaders
there, including John G. Capers, COM
missioner of internal revenue, nave
been told frequently that the negro
electors caused thousands Of white
men to refrain from supporting the
ticket.
IT is learned definitely that the ne
groes named upon the tickets in those
states, hopelessiy Democratic, by di-
rection of the Republican national
committee, which desired to prevent
the cry of discrimination against the
negro on the eve of election.
Unquestionably, Presldent-elect
Taft must face the question OF will
insness to Lily White the South In
important features. He will be ad-
vised that if the party there is to
make progress the negro will have to
be relegated to the rear in every way
except in the distribution of minor
Offices, with recognition nationally by
the filling of several good offices In
Washington. In party conventions
few negroes will be allowed to take
part, but they will be no longer per-
mitted to actually dominate in num-
|ber of votes in such bodies. At least
that is what the Southern leaders
are planning to do in the next ad-
ministration and they will have to be
held back with the strong hand OF the
new president or they will carry out
their program.