The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-10-29

'MllmaRt with It's ~ jim i'm ecrr rs wisrn
Sfisfranch jsement J. and platforms de-
3ssttrnctt 1aXof civil liberty point, to 4
5ettsrment or their status, and they
VIII have name OF Bishop Walters
SOD tstrfesrf though he present them
ever So blandly and persuasixely% = =
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No money is being spent on the
bronze Democracy;; hence, ,:inde,
IlendenGa'I ia a scarce comm9d1tys IN
these parts Lawyer, James +I'.tY.
Htll, the some time leader Of the COD
ored sRemocrats, is attending strictly
70 his law practice, and trying To
earn living and buy a, /: home for
himself and family He Is, tby all
odds, the ablest f the lot, but grow
ing wearY;of thesi party's in4Ifatlt,xde
and recognizing The futilltyDf3 Ut
tempting to apol6Eize foEtha & shq st-
comingsssfa the uhfec onstructdd boGf-
bons, hesg0t cold feeS'EE and Gnit tie
business,an; disgust. a. e. Mounting,
who succeeded to the leadership OF
the remnant. is working at some lit
tie job at the Democratic headquar-
tiers In Chicago. but quietly admitting
the hopelessness OF his case, is doing
mis- best to suck the little juice re-
manning In. the lemon, preparatory to
al retirement from politics for four
more years. The indianapolis World,
bis personal organ, under the man
,agement -Of ,Gur1ey Brewer, is a
staunch Taft advocate, as is the Re-
.corder, George Sewart's baper,S which
has ~ a strong city and State follow
Ing. Tom y aggart, wins could for
"a erly,.ibe depended upon to furnish
the 'sineVs Of war" is taking care
Of his hotel interests at French Lick,
and is passing out no. crisp green
backs this year to his old allies of
,sGolor. Negro Democracy, is at a low
'ebb in the Hoosier commonwealth.
+. ! Finally, the Negroes Of Indiana
nave no earthly use for John: wv.
Kern, the Democratic candidate for
Vice President. They would not vote
for him for Governor, and will have
none or him for the second. office in
the nation. Kern has been known
Tor years as a rank Negro-hater.
When Taggart used to court the
black vote, it, is known, that Kern
mad no sympathy with the move
ment, believing the Democratic party
to be q white mans party. He plain
ly indicated on more than one occa-
sion that he had no faith in the pre-
tensions, Of the Negro to Democratic
leanings, and never took kindly to
the idea Of having to- come into per-
'onal contact with his colored fellow;
2arEsans on terms of equality. fWhen
under for Governor In / 500,
le was very bitter against the Negro
toters, and after his second and still
more disastrous defeat for the Gov
'F1io Eship in 904, he was furious
Ind INDUCED IN a TRADE OF abuse OIL
Vegro suffragans that would have
lone credit to Thimah himself. He
'Ven went SO far = as to hint very1
BROADLY . that Southern metnoGs
'ught to- be employed to keep black
hen away from the polls. So, the /
Negro democrats are not "tearing}
heir shirts to land Kern into the
ice Presidency, and no Negro Re-
publican would prefer him to Sun
~ tjtm" Sherman. Indeed, it Is pret-l
y generally admitted that, Kern = has
'rought no strength Of any kind to /
he Democratic ticket, and EogaH in
ents and purposes, the nomination
vas thrown away when it was hand
d over to him.
Hon. w. T. Vernon, Register of |
he Treasury, who spoke to an i'm
pense crowd here last night at Tom
inson Hall, has put new life into the
ampaign- He presented the issues
Without bombast, and convinced his
hearers that only to the Republican
'arty can the Negro look with any
iope for the future, either in eiViII