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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13
TILLMAN ON THE ELECTION.

TILLNAN ON THE ELECTION.
The Hon. G. N. Tillman, the defeat
ed republican candidate for Governor,
has given his version of how it hap
pened. He attributes his defeat to
three causes: First, ninety per cent
of the Negroes were opposed to him;
second, the disaffected republicans,
some of whom did not believe in state
wide prohibition, others being dissat-
isfied with the present management
of state politics; third, the purchase
BILE vote.
Mr.. Tillmans analysis of the oppo-
sition to his election is rather surpris-
ing. In the first place he separates
the Negro voters from the republicans
who opposed him. Evidently, the late
candidate for governor of the repub-
lican party does not consider his col
Ored brother part of the same po-
litical organization to which he be-
longs. Again, it is surprising that a
defeated candidate should separate the
Negro vote from the "purchasable
element" 1t is one of the stock say
ings when explaining a defeat to
charge that "the Negroes sold out"
and when Mr.. Tillman separated the
voters of our race from the "purchas-
able element" he unconsciously and
perhaps Internationally paid tribute
to those of the race who opposed him.
There were large number of Ne
groes in Tennessee who opposed Mr..
Tillman. Their opposition may, in
part, be attributed to the position
taken by a majority of the Negro
newspapers of the state. The most en-
thusiastic supporters of Patterson,
however, would not claim that ninety
per cent of the Negroes were opposed
to Tillman. Such statement is verit-
able moonshine. Nevertheless, the
fact that the Negro did oppose Mr.
Tillman and Mr.. Tillman's admission
that the Negro vote was big factor
in his defeat should be a warning to
the powers that be that if they hope
to succeed in this state they must cast
off lily-whiteism.
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CONN UNIcATIoN.
Political independence.

To the Nashville Globe:
The position taken by thousands of
intelligent colored voters of this state
during the recent political campaign
and at the ballot box was an astound-
ing surprise to the "old guard" of pol
iticians who have heretofore strutted
abroad with peacock vanity, boast
ing of their ability to control and dis
pose of the colored mans vote. But
the lieutenants of the political pie
counters were knocked unceremoni-
ously from their self-exalted pedes-
tails, and now they are voluble with
excavations and deep-mouthed curses.
The colored men who had no ak to
grind other than that they thought
that they were being well governed,
which is in a sense sufficient at
least for the time being. They
thought they would let that do, rather
than fly to probable ills they know
not Of. In all likelihood the lily
whites would have been a deal more
unfriendly and unresponsive to them
than those who are now in power.
No longer will colored men submit
to the old regime which has been in
vogue for so many years of the past.
They have broken from the old moor.
ings and stood to the open sea of in
dependent political action No longer
will they stand to be hoodwinked and
led by irresponsible demagogues and
ward politicians, and they proved this
beyond cavil or doubt in the recent
election.
No one can accuse them of having
made this change for any mercenary
! reasons or considerations. They
merely asserted their manhood in nc
uncertain way.
JADECEE.
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the budget be made out before the
tax levy is made. He vetoes the
amendment to transfer resolution on
the grounds that the Council had no
right to change the source of the
transfer after the Board had fixed it.
In his message he says, in part:
This budget should be prepared
and submitted to the Council early in
each year, because, unuer the law, it
is the duty of the Council to fix the
rate of taxation, or tue tax levy. so as
to provide revenue su1ficient to meet
the demands called for in this budget.
Furthermore, and in the event the
revenue derived from the tax levy
thus made by the Council, is not suf-
ticient in the judgment of the Board
to meet the demands of the budget,
it is the duty of the Board, under the
charter, to report this fact to the
Council and at the same time furnish
ing an estimate of such deficiency,
and it becomes the duty of the Coun-
Gil to supply such deficiency by spe-
cial levy.
THE method heretofore pursued in
passing the tax levy law in advance
OF the budget is not only opposed to
the charter provisions, but is opposed
to good business principles. The
city's needs should be met. 1t is the
duty of the Council TO provide by
proper tax levy a sum sufficient to
meet these needs. 1t is the duty of
the Board to say what these needs
are. The Council by fixing the levy
in advance of the buGger, relieves the
Board of its duty and responsibility
OF determining the amount of reVe-
nue. to be expended, ana at the same
time possibly and probably makes it
impossible for the Board to provide
for the improvements that are essen
tial and necessary, and the conse-
quence of this is that the Council
men and citizens of Nashville are de-
prived of Improvements that are alb
solutely essential to the comfort and
health Of the community"
The message is a long one, and
goes into every point involved in the
controversy between Council and
Board. 1t is very clear and lucid.
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of the equality of citizens before the
law"
The decision of the Court, though
it avoids the direct question of man
hood rights" places the approval of
the highest court in the land upon the
separate school system of the South.
In making the decision the Court has
but emphasized public opinion and
public opinion has long since decided
that the separate school system of
the South is a matter that the South
will be allowed to settle without out
side interference.
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FIRST coLoRED BROTHER.
Robert w. Taylor Makes an impress
sion on the Curb Where He is
Meeting with Success.

Robert W. Taylor, who set himself
up in the heart of Wall Street as a
broker, has not only succeeded as
broker, but attracted attention on the
curb because Of his splendid personal
qualities. He has done, however, no
more than those who have known him
longest expected of him.
The Commercial and Financial
World, one of the leading financial
organs of the Street, contains in it's
issue of October Oath the following ar
ticle bearing on Mr. Taylor's business:
About a year ago this newspaper
had the pleasure of recording in it's
columns the fact that Mr.. Robert w.
Taylor, remarkably able Afro-Ameri-
can, who for fourteen years previously
had been Financial Secretary of Book
er T. Washington's Tuskegee Insti-
tute, had opened an Office in the Wall
Street district for the purpose of
handling stocks, bonds and other in
vestment securities as a broker. By
reason of his fine record and fine abil-
1ty, the prediction was made that Mr..
Taylor would make a complete success
OF his work, and now it is a pleasure
to say in these columns that he has
more than justified even the largest
expectations that had been enter
tanned. He now enjoys the respect
and complete confidence of the lead
ing men in financial circles, and his
clients have been able to make a great
deal of money.
Mr.. Taylor is now active in the
Curb Market, and is giving special at
tention to Cobalt Central, which has
been going up at great rate on ac-
count of a remarkable strike of ore
that has been made.
1T is no more than right and proper
to say that there is no more reliable
man in the stock brokerage business
than Mr.. Taylor. He has excellent ia
cilities for getting at the exact facts
in regard to stock, bond and other Sc,
curity values, and can always be de.
pended upon to give his customers a
square deal as President Roosevelt
would say. He has his offices at No
35 Broad Street, only a few doors
from the New York Stock Exchange
and right in the heart of the finan
cial district.
ut is one of the most encouraging
signs of the times when the colored
people can go into the stock market
upon an equality with their white
brothers, and make just as large
profits in proportion to the invest
ment. There is no reason why the
facilities of Mr.. Taylor's office should
not be used for that purpose by tens
of thousands of colored men and won
en- all over the country. He is a very
courteous and polished man, and al
ways ready to explain his methods t.
, those interested" Review.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13

Mr.. Roosevelt has not always struck
the popular chord in his various and
numerous long-winded letters to the
press. His letter in reply to the cor
respondents who criticized Taft foi
his religious or lack of religious
views, went directly to the spot. Tho
masses of the people believe in abso
lutte freedom as to religious belief
They believe that each man must de
eide for himself to what sect he will
subscribe to. These attacks upon
Taft's views were made by religious
cranks, the class of old (sometimes
yOung) busybodies who are forever
trying to regulate someone else's af
fairs. The type is as we'll known
among the blacks as it is among the
whites though they confine their &C
tiyities to different planes. They Dc
not represent the healthy spirit O.
the church, but the dwarfed and al
most fossilized goodness which, i
closely examined, shows the earmark'
Of hypocrisy. The healthy, spirited
church member chooses for himsel
where he will worship and allows
without question, the same privileg.
to all his fellow creatures. If Tai
lost any votes on account of his reli
gious views, they were so few that tn
result in a single voting precinct il
Philadelphia would not be changed.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13

The late ex-senator Edward Ward
Carmack was not admired by the Ne
groes of this state on account of the
vitriolic attacks made upon our race in
some of his speeches and newspaper
editorials. Yet this did not prevent a
just appreciation of his brilliance as
a speaker and writer. The terrible
encounter this week which resulted in
the death of such an accomplished
man will be regretted throughout the
state.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13

If ever boy were insane the youth
who murdered his former employee
because she turned him or, was plain
ly insane or moral pervert. In
either case the reformatory or the in
sane asylum would be the proper
place for his incarceration. A youth
with such undeYeloped IDEAS OF right
ana wrong should not be placed wnere
only the criminal side OF his life will
develop. This Georgia case shows the
inadequate provisions in most of the
Southern states for reforming black as
we'll as white children.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13
GAINESVILLE NOTES.

Prof. j. S. Wilson, Of Dickson.
Tenn, was the guest of Miss Annie L.
Withers.
The heavy rains of the first of the
week were highly appreciated by the
farmers in this vicinity.
The lecture by Prof. ]. s. Wilson at
st. Peter A. NJ E, Church this week
was thoroughly enjoyed by those who
heard it,
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13

If successful campaign for an edu-
cation appropriation by the legislature
is to be made, work should begin
is to be made, work should begin at
once. An organized and systematized
effort reaching every legislator through
his homefolks, should be made before
the solons come to this city. After the
legislators reach Nashville, statewide
and other issues will take most Of
their time. Suppose we wake up and
make an effort for an industrial
school?
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13
BEREA.

The United States Supreme Court
has given another very striking ex-
hibition of it's ability to dodge a
direct decision on the Negro Cues
ton. The case is that known as the
Berea College Case, of Kentucky. Be
rea College was founded for the coed
ucation of the races and was for
number of years conducted in perfect
harmony in accordance with the plans
of the founders. The school pros
pered and it is said did much to make
better the relations between the
whites and blacks of that section of
the state.
But with the installation of a new
president of Berea, DR.. Frost, the agi-
tation for the separation of the races
i was begun. Whether or not the agi-
N tation was fathered by DR.. Frost, as
has been charged by such reputable
"a newspapers as the New York Evening
:, Post, is not clear; however, the agi-
! tation resulted in the passage by the
{ Kentucky Legislature of a law prohib-
iting the co-education of the races
A test of the new law was begun
! and the state courts upheld it's consti-
c nationality. Now the Supreme Court,
W avoiding the real question at issue,
~ has upheld the act on the ground that
be Kentucky has the right to amend the
NJ charter of corporations created by
S that state Two of the members of
the court, however, dissented and
+, their opinion was written by Judge
Harlan, a native of Kentucky. OF
this opinion a Washington dispatch
says:
Contending that it would prove inn
practicable and unsatisfactory to sepa-
rate corporate from private schools,
Jar Justice Harlan, in his dissenting opin-
e. ion, said the court should meet the
entire question squarely and decide
\ whether it is crime under any condi-
C tons to educate white and negro chill.
o dren at the same institution. He did
not concede that it should be so re-
garded "Have We" he asked, "be
come so inoculated with prejudice OF
race that an American government
professedly based upon the principles
& of freedom and charged with the pro
lection of all citizens alike, can make
\ distinctions between such citizens il
r the manner of their voluntary associa
I tion for innocent purposes simply be
ii cause of their respective races?
h Further if the lower court b.
t reached, then state may make it {
L crime for white and colored people t
a frequent the same market places a
III the same time, or appear in an as
" semblage Of citizens convened to con
slider questions of a public or politi
e cal nature in which all citizens, with
out regard to race are equally inter
Al ested. Many other illustrations Nigh
be given to show the mischievous, no
to say cruel character of the statute
idn question, and how inconsistent sucf
legislation is with the great principle
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13

1t has been announced that Taft
will spend the winter in Augusta, Ga.
John D. Rockefeller will also winter
in the same CITY, These two men
could not harmonic before the cleo
ton, but if both attend the church Of
the eloquent DR.. c. 7. Walker, as Mr..
Rockefeller did last year, there will be
no ossible chance of keeping the
two apart.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13

In the death of Mr.. Luther Bowling
Nashville loses one of its most prom
ising young business men. Mr.. Bow
ling, besides being a young man VIII,
possessed sterling business qualifica-
tons, had loveable dispositions that
made for him a friend of every ac-
quaintance Such characters are not
often met, and when one such passes
from the affairs of this life to the
Great Beyond the city, the world is
the poorer thereby. The loving moth.
er which survives him can rest as
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13
TAX LEVY SHOULD COME FIRST,
SAYS MAYOR BROWN,

In his message Thursday night to
the City Council vetoing the second
section of the transfer resolution
passed at the last meeting of the
Council, the Mayor advocates that
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-13

If there ever was a need for Bust
ness League or Board of Trade now
is the time. Such an organization &C.
lively at work could create an inter
est that would mean that the Negro
child would not be sighted in the
matter of appropriations by the state
for education.
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sured that in her hour Of grief there
are hundreds of others who are mourn
ing the loss oil true friend.
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Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow will be sung with a vim
next Sunday.
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-, MI Walter M. Clark, who has been
III TOT several days, is able to be out
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The daily sentinel., 1908-06-17
AN ALL-NIGHT SESSION.
[By Associated Press. ]

Chicago, June 17.-After an all
night session the committee on Gre
dentials of the republican national
convention, shortly after 4 am. dis
posed of the last of the contests be-
fore it, closing the list with the cases
covering the entire state of Texas.
Taft Wins Them All.
Every case was decided by the
committee in accordance with the
previous decision of the national
committee, and in nearly every in
stance cited the delegate retained
was one who was instructed for Mr..
Taft.
Dissenting Report.
dissenting report will be made
by the minority of the committee.
Bitter Struggle.
Fourteen hours were devoted by
the committee TO the hearing of the
contests.
Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter of
Indianapolis, the member of the ere
dentials committee from Indiana,
voiced the protests of the men who
are classed as anti-Ta1t members of
the committee.
''They Were Railroaded."
''Of the cases submitted by the al
lies" he said, "those involving 10
seats had merit, but they were rail
roaded out of the nail without evi-
dence of their support by the COM
mittee.''
The debate before the committee
at times was sharp.
Mr.. Bookwalter said that the mi
nority report would be signed by at
least six members of the committee.
After the committee had finally
ENu1tnn r
ed that the cases of the allies were
weak in every particular and could
not have been decided otherwise than
as thew were
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-17
THE ANTI-TAFT
MEN KNOCKED OUT
AFTER LONG AND STORMY SESSION CREDENTIALS
COMMITTEE SEATED EVERY TAFT MAN--REPORT
ACCEPTED AND OPPOSITION Is ANGRY
BITTER FIGHT OVER PLATFORM

view of the fact that the Taft people
apparently had already in hand more
than enough votes 10 dispose of the
matter without delay.
A Row Here Too.
The committee on rules and order
of business also had trouble over the
proposition to reduce the ratio of rep
reSentation in future national con-
ventions. In view of these import
ant matters assumed today's conven-
tion will be largely perfunctory.
May Nominate Tomorrow.
If the comprise reached today over
the disputed planks in the platform
and of the battles over the commit
tee reports do not extend over night
there seems fair prospect tomorrow
will be clear for nominating speeche s
and that at the close of the day may
see the close of the convention.
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-17
MUCH TROUBLE IN SIGHT.
IBy Associated Press. i

Chicago, June l7.-Down to busi-
ness at last, the fourteenth Republi-
can National convention entered upon
the second day with several import
ant factors unsettled and with
trouble enough in sight to make prac-
tically certain at least of two days
more to be consumed before nomina-
tions will be made and the work OF
the convention completed.
Fight Over Platform.
The proposed plank in the plat
form relating to the Limitation of the
use of court injunction in labor dis
putes was of course the principal
bone of contention. The committee
on resolutions referred the question
to the subcommittee late last night
and adjourned until this morning
At that time surface indications
pointed to long and bitter struggle.
May BE Comprise.
Late last night, however, it be-
came known that comprise was
likely. Such a comprise would re-
move the factor which not only
would have greatly prolonged the
deliberations of the committee but
if carried to the floor of the conven-
ton would have precipitated a strug-
gle the final outcome of which would
be difficult to forecast.
Long Night Quarrel.
The bitterness which has been dis
played by the committee on both
sides of the question gave ominous
threat of storm of no small pro-
portions should the controversy be
thrown on the floor of the conven-
ton in its crude form.
Much interest was taken in the
announcement that the dissenting re-
port was defeated by the minority
credentials committee which will be
presented to the convention. But
this seemed much less formidable in
The daily sentinel., 1908-06-17
Waiting for Report.

Harry Daugherty of Ohio then an
nounced from the committee on Gre
dentials that that committee had
completed its work and would be
ready to report within an hour.
There was no possibility of trans
acting business until this report was
presented, and the convention set
tied down to await its arrival.
Knox Men Right There.
The Knox adherents, after taking
their seats, opened and distributed
flags of a dark blue color bearing
the words keystone State in white
letters. They waved them briskly
for few seconds, just to let the
Ohio men know that they We're pre-
pared for eventualities as well as
the Ohioans.
Two Pioneers Introduced.
Chairman Burrows interrupted the
regular order of business long
enough to introduce to the conven-
ton Henry Baker of Minnesota and
James d. Conner of Indiana, two
gray-haired veterans OF the party who
were delegates to the first republican
convention in 1856. Messrs. Baker
and Conner were greeted with con-
tinued rounds of applause as they
stepped to the front of the platform
and bowed their acknowledgements.
Marching Clubs There.
While waiting for the report from
the committee on credentials there
was a parade through the hall of the
visiting marching clubs.
Opened With Prayer.
Convention Hall, Chicago. June
1.-THE convention was called to
order at 1920 pm. and was opened
with prayer by Rev. William o.
Waters of Chicago.
The prayer delivered by Rev Wat
ers was as follows:
80 Lord, our heavenly Father, the
high and mighty ruler of the uni
verse, who dost from thy throne be-
Eold all the dweilers upon earth;
most heartily we bcseech thee with
the favor to behold and bless thy