Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-09-03
WALTERS SCORES TAFT.
Negro Bishop Also DenOunces Course Of
Republican Party Towards the Race.

Republican Party Towards the Race.
New York, August 29.-Henry Wat
terson, of Kentucky, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, today gave
out at the Democratic national head
quarters in this city an advance copy of
an address which is to be issued by AL
'exander Walters, of the African Meth
odist Episcopal Church, to the colored
people of the country. In his letter,
Bishop Walters alluded to Judge Taft
as "a party to the blackest conspiracy
ever perpetrated against negro SOL
diers."
Bishop Walters accuses President
Roosevelt and the Republican candidate
of having practically endorsed the lilly
white movement in the South, which
has for its ultimate object the practical
elimination of the negro from politics, 4"
and adds that the appointment of the
Hon. Luke E. Wright, of Tennessee,
an ex-Confederate soldier and Demo-
crat, to succeed Mr.. Taft as Secretary
of War, was big bid for Democratic
support.
''The Republican party" he contin-
uez1, ''has shown itself impotent to en-
act further legislation in our interest.
This Is evident from its failure to have
Congress pass a bill to have lynchers
tried in federal courts"
THE Democratic party" he asserts,
lis the only party that can change the
discriminatory legislation which has
been enacted against US without great
political upheaval amounting almost to
a revolution. Wherever we have had
sense enough to help the Democratic
party, notably n'New York City, DEM
'ocrats have always shown a willingness
to treat US with consideration.
After stating that he had been inform
ed that DIR. Washington had abused him
Tor urging colored people to vote for
B ryan, the Bishop declared that he
mt rely urged colored people to divide
the r vote. and Judge for themselves of
the ,Inestions at issue, although he him
self would vote for Bryan.
The above press dispatch was clipped
from the columns of the Lynchburg
News of last Su uday. 1t was published
in that paper without editorial COM
ment, and, so far, we have seen no ad-
verse criticism in any of the Demo
cratic newspapers.
Democratic newspapers IN this State
have made the race issue then chief re-
lance for keeping Virginia in the Dem
ocratic column. Even now number OF
them, the Richmond News Leader COZ
spicuously so, are bringing the race
question to the front as the only means
of arousing the white vote in this State
against the Republican party, and its
candidate, Judge Taft.
What does the News Leader and all
the Democratic papers in Virginia think
of the tone of this press dispatch?
Mr.. Watterson has special charge of
the newspaper department at National
Democratic headquarters. He was Sc
lected for that work by Mr.. Bryan, and
he it is who is sending out the address
Of the negro bishop, Alexander Wal
ters.
This address is an urgent appeal to
the negro voters to vote for Nh. Bryan,
and demonstrates that the Democratic
candidate is artfully trying to array the
negroes against Mr.. Taft by pointing
them to the Brownsville incident.
Colonel Henry Watterson, Southern
editor and an ex-Confederate soldier, is
doing this work for Mr.. Bryan.
1t viii also be recalled that shortly
after his nomination Mr.. Bryan was