The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-02-04

approve envy of the findings reached
by the commission after due DELHI
Grafton. When the compromise bill
was presenfadi . sigh of relief from
all sides Went UP, and it was hoped
thnr}2tAe Incident would be happily.
closed by the time President ,Roose-
Welt relinduished the: refnsS of Office
on the fourth <ofg sMaBch:l!t -: s-%<
"A ES ~ q 49, ", 81 S,$
=. But, NJ Ia iafintbfthe ornauesrle..
In the shaISe of The splid opposition
OF. .,tie hem ocfafs In Congress, who,
give It out frankly tthat they will not.
support any propagation looking to
the reinstatement Of the: :colored s5l-
diers, guistysor not guilty; A stub
born l,rLIsaer js threatened. which.
:hST ii.rfy the r.atter. beyond the
life Of the etat Congress. Senator
Fsrsker in sAtthts time unable TO
bring thy; Issue tn a vote, but is max
ing de:erm' neG effort to do SO,
and may &ucGeed ere this reaches the
eye OF the public. The attitude Of
the Democrats Is, exasperating to the
lerel-headed people OF the nation,
and the opinion is freely expressed
that The incident should now be clos
cd az quickly ss. possible ITO the end
that the men may be cleared Of the
shadow that" has made them misera-
bic f6r merry months and that the
b tsiness Ut, Congress may be allowed
to 50 on " fthout further delay. The
Negro Deln6cratsz-or the element.
that supported Bryan last fall as
"rebuke' to the President for his;
action in the Brownsville matter.
arc coming In for their share Of the
blame. A wellabrown Republican
who took an 'abtive' part with Sena-
ter Foraker befots the Chicago con-
venffon,, but who gave Taft loyal
support in the campaign and was
bitterly assai1ed as renegade"
''race, traitor" ETC., by his compan-
ions who went the other way, now
calls upon these Bryan Negroes to
go up to the Capitol and work with
the erswhi1e' party allies and have
them to permit the Negro soldiers
to enter the door the Republicans
would open. unto, them, This au-
thority who is lawyer Of pro
nounced ability, Is no less friend
of Senator Foraker now than he was
last year. although standing by Taft
as loyal Republican should have
done, is of the opinion that the only
way the Trotters> Corrothers, Larks,
Dubois, Hendersons. Wafrens o and
other rampant iBryanites can repair
the damage they tried to do to the
colored men who remained true to
the best interests Of the soldiers, is
to use their influence to induce the
Cumbersome Baiieys, Tillmans ct al,
to withdraw their objections to the
bill now pending. They say that all
Of the abuse, 1smbooning and as
saults Of the campaign will be for
gotten IL the Boston Guardian,
Brooklyn Eye, the WaIdron-Corro-
thers-Waller pnlplteers and and all
the rest of the kickers will unite and
ask the Democrats to- grant the col
cred soldiers square deal in this
inSlance. and thus save their own
faces from the imputation Of bad
iularlcnt which subsequent events
are indicating that ttey showed in
the contest Of 1868. If the threat
en"1 Glibuster can b.; prevented, and
sduare-toed vote secured, the
Roosevelt-F,oraker measure will
pass The, prospect is yet bright,
!. and the colofed people, regardless of
Z ncttan&i alliance. are. 1ubiIant The
Z <.o,nIgfo snise As ii dfgnified one, ana