The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-18
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Taft Talks to Large Negro
Audience, Encourages In
dustry and Thrift.

Augusta. Jan. 17.-Introduced to a
big audience of men. comprising the
negro Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion Of this city today, President Elect
Taft discussed the Christian uplife of
the Y. NJ. c. A. work
DR.. Walker, known as the BLACK
Spurgeon,' who introduced Mr.. Taft,
said the negroes of Georgia owned a
million acres Of land in the state and
paid taxes on twenty million dollars
worth OF property.
This report Mr.. Taft regarded as
most encouraging. IT gave him an H.
lustration of the oft-expressed belief
that the race question must be settled
by the negroes themselves becoming
Indispensable 10 the country In which
they lived This meant industry In.
formation and thrift acquired by con-
slant individual effort He dwelt at
length upon the advantages of Y. NJ.
c. A. work to bring out this end. and
illustrated his point by picturing the
temptations and depression of Amer
leans In the Philippines and the help
which the association Is rendering
tertalnment for the leisure hours. 1t
was his belief that the Y. NJ. c. A.
mad brought about in this country more
tolerance between the various religious
denominations. AS an example of this
he gave a detailed account OF the sit
uation in which the government found
itself with respect to the friar lands
in the Philippines.
Concurrence. he said, had been OBJ
tanned from a body OF clergymen rep
resenting the various denominations
that no protest would be made by them
when the government should take up
the negotiations necessary to acquire
title to these lands. Their purchase
for s7000,000 he said, had saved what
would be a bloody revolution in the
Philippines.
Forty years ago" he said, "it
obtained this concurrence. There
would have arisen among the demon.
nations an objection to 1t on the
ground that it was recognition of the
Roman Catholic church contrary to
our traditional custom.
After he mad described the Y. NJ.
C. A. work on the ]sthmus Of Pan.
ANA. where four Clubs are running,
each under the direction of an expert
enced Y NJ. G. A secretary, paid by
the government, where ten or dozen
ministers are also employed bv the
government with Dlan TO establish
two or tnree more clubs. Air. Tlt: re-
marked;
1T is possible we vii! 5e charged
with having Glched that money rom
the public treasury, but If we have,
we have accomplished a good work
with 1t. think, also, Inc eX9nndim
could be defended upon strictly legal
grounds. We have entered the 18th
mus of Panama and introduced there
some fifty thousand souls Unless We
take especial pains to have their mcI-
ality looked after, unless We furnish
ministers, churches and Christian
clubs. we are going to have such a
soturnalla Of evils, such demoraliza-
ton, that we will never build the ca
nal Hence, IL we are to be i'm
peached for spending that money, II
Will be in good cause"
MI Taft arrived here from Atlanta
at O'Clock today.
Fred w, Carpenter, who will accom-
pany Mr.. Taft 10 the white house as
secretary to the president, got here to
day from vacation In California.
The statement is authorized from
Mr.. Taft tnat no person has author
ity to represent the president-elect as
taking any attitude whatever regard
ing the senatorial publication in Ore
gon The need Of such a statement
has been impressed upon Mr.. Taft by
information that his name was being
used In efforts to break down the Or
egon primary law.
4 E. H. Hartman is expected here to-
morrow.