The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-10-14
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lcThompson's National News BureaSfJ us,
J washington, D. C.. ont. 14.--TRes'
political situation offers no new d..
lVe1opments at the national capitaISS
these days. The president is away
and there Is nothing to bring deiegat
tions or individual candidates here
Congress will not meet, for some
tlme' and there is nothing to call the
LOBBY together to influence SIegibssi
lamon.s A visit to the states, when
your correspondent paid a short time
ago, shows that those who sit I'm the
seat OF the anxious have their light
ming rods as high In the air as ever.
and are waiting with more or less
patience for the illuminating Hash
from the White House. With, the
strongest of field glasses they areF'
sweeping the horizon Washington4
wards. as Daniel is said to have, look
ed toward Jerusalem In We hthlicaI$
story. Aspirants from Kentucky
ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and y
Missouri are particularly tnHistenE
that something happened at onoesss
and Maryland, West Virginia. Flor.s
Ida, New York, and even Pennsyl-g
yan1a are getting their voices athuned
10 the note of c1amot for g. share on
the loaves and fishes of last Noyeni-sS &
| oers triumph. The argument ias5
heard upon all sides that willie. Prsa.sS
ldent Taft owes much to the ieade 4
or the Rooseveltian period, this ia \
essentially a: tTaft Admins ion.tsa Il 4
and the people who made TafEs ssaliIs
ing and election sure should haye Il q, !
Dig sayrso In the distributIonso Of thSSS
pie" ,..l. .,.5[ 's>'S .fs:'fs'S
+ust where thes4di MI lffa III 49,
Gated In the. mdnd OF the oIain5s fIsss
sher deponentj has not been able 2tsSssss
In the meantime, however. I'LL sS ~
Chief Executive Is taking IS itafnssssS
among the good people OF: California; Y
preaching lay sermons to the assa
pied multitudes' and, smiling $beaYrssS !
lngly upon all comers. = He has dt HIS y
ear close to the ground, no doitbe.
Out as yet is giving no hint al TSN
"hom or upon whom the official &c.
Vors Will be bestowed. For the pres: Il
ehc IL Is the consensus Of opinion
among the shrewdest of colored leadg!
ers that 1t would not be wise to Srt,..s
trude the question of patronage upon
the PRESIDENT at this time, since Slesss
mas shown no disposition to maketangsi
changes In the Negroes occupying tf<39E
larger berths and there Is q, constanasfs
I stream or promotions going on aamofles
! those within the civil service 7iurIs~Sl
d1ct1on. 1t is being borne In, rniRfss$
that there are many weighty rv.hb2 ss
iems conf onting Mr.. Taft, and unSfE:
'he unoerbrush is cleared away, .thaSS
matter of office must remain in abaYssg
ance' whether the anxious one M
white or, black. -. M
| Onquestionably' the President hal11
strengthened himself with the coz
ored people everywhere. by. fts a1sf4Ss
spoken utterances in opposit1on IL
the Straus Amendment which Is de-;
sighod by It's promoters to disfrans
chlse the bulk of the Negroes In
maryland. big batch of letters
mas been sent to the President ;byz8
prominent Negroes dn this city, con-
graduating him upon his firm and 4
! uheQulVoca1 stand on the subject
mat the President has been grats%S
NED over this evidence OF interest ann b
appreciation there can be no doubfa2,
In letter to Auditor Ralph W. Tv-
Ter last week, responding to q note Oh {,
tnahks' Mr.. Taft repeated his hope
that the amendment would be- slffa4
teated; that 1t was an OUTRAGEOUS
thing and that he wrote his letter To-
the publisher of the Washfn Rtors
ZINES with the purpose Of defeatinxg
IT, III possible. Placing the Issue Of
constitutional rights high above pep4
sonar reward, the thoughtful Negro
leaders are pushing measures rather
IMAM men and are possessing theiE
souls in patience until the time seems
ripe for the presentation of other
claims. W.
, The impression gathers that Pres.
1oent Taft, whose judicial tempera- Il
ment Is proverbial, purposes to go
SLOW In the matter Of appointments.
changes, etc, Of Negroes. He IA
said to realize that it is going to be
impossible to please everybody, and
be wishes to pursue the course that
! Will give the greatest satisfaction to
the greatest number, while praserv-
Ing the principal of a square dsspS.
to all concerned. Hewl to reconcile
the natural desire of the ssiBs'' To stay,
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