The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-04-14
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Question | ] s! / d !, |
I Sincerity | ]
OF President Tl nnces o n n
Negro Pr Us lsss
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Senator'S sy;
BECAUSE THRY IN syE,Is $s ss
ANGLO SAXON ASYSss
THREATENED ! arN
'. PHASES OF ENCd q fsNfENT,,F II:
TO NEGIeOE,S..:t q n. e Is 3.;s
49,
Lone Kentucky Case
"'lere the apPointnient Of a. NEGRO u u
- supervisor Of the census was. con-
: s'eteretf' held to Indicate a. desire !
. or the administrations to IA St,bi.sssss 81
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(Horace d. Slater,

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Inc following Washington DissssS;
patch TO the Nashville American will
no doubt be Illuminating and intsr-
essllhg TO- Advocate Readers who, Ser
E maps mad been seeking In vain 'so,he9
expression OF favor toward the col "a
ored people from the present :aasf
ministration. = :. + : !: + $! i,sa$sz Is
Members Of Congress from South,
efn Districts in which the Negifu%
population is large are no little
disturbed over some fresh aspects sOfs,
the race questions which have Pei
Gently come under their observe foafstf5
IL IS net that they are uneasy @pye1i q =
their individual political fortunes ir q
the, near future, but they ffeefy !
aver that. they can not helm ~b1rtt sf,as9y Y
certain phases Of encouragement rex
Gently given the Negro who happens
TO-. be inclined to be am bitious nt,d
forward to push himselfEto the limit, /,
lAey complain that this encou rnsssrg
ment is by responsible factors of the
Iatt adlninistrafion, aud is pro- Tered
IN way which renders absurd the
early pretenses Of - that adnlfnist tras&
ton that 1T ,favors leaYing to the In
felligent people Of Sout hefn ceri
mNnities the solution Of their 7 oSiss siss h
rage problems ," I :. -. EEss i,
~ = 5. 5; = FA,ET2SfffSs agQI
T. : They say. that prssi hF 4 ftS
talk to the Southern \ peopiis
tthat line, in the light of ssubseque eaS
tnsidious events trfhing in .themselSSs
yes, but significant and tlisuafetinx
IN the aggregate, shows the Pr esisz5ai esiza
dents progressive ideas on the snbs;H.
iect were 4 mere blind. They ;pf6f feSa 4
now, to believe that President, Taft
cares nothing for the presentations
OF the undis!,urbed integrity of whitaN
domination in the South. Since not
a few of the administrators agehtsi
nave seen fit to promote Negro ag+S4
pirations to place Of responsibiiitYI
usually committed TO white persons 81
it's believed by these Southern Rep. q
res"ntatives that Mr.. Taft has allow.
ed his political machinery within tfiaa.
Government to be used to give eopse
to Southern Negroes for the purpose
of influencing Negro votes in North
,orn States and those border States In
which the Negro wields a balancing
power in elections" . T.. 20. .52}#$Ss
Corralling Votes ~ 4 a. 4j.l.
+ ''The machine Repu ublicans IN 5thS
Southern States--the State and MAJ d
ional Committeeman, with the Fsedr45
eral Office holders--are expected to%,
gather in all needed National cons
venton delegates from the So,lthsyJ8s d
quarter, while wherever else the NSs
gro enjoys marketable suffrage, hos
will readily cast his lot with the jads4
ministraton forces. In other words
the Southern Congressman geneTal~SSS
ly doubts the sincerity Of PresideAttt
Taft tss-iohs- ago ihtinaaHed- desire fer
the incarnation of respectable Re-
publican party in . the SouthernI
States. They are convinced that con- :
ditions are developing which bode
grave trouble, for the communities
in which they live and which they,
represent in Congress-. u 4 :, TO-
Negroes Urged On. ~ X
They complain that instances raEs{
growing in number in their yieinftisssy p
in which Negroes have BEEN perrs
suaded to aspire to Office and respoI-.
siblN business positions which, ever &
fsince reconstruction days, have been
In the control of the white people
and have invariably been held by
white people. save in the rarest In
stances, and never then without fric-
ton and unhappy results. This en-
| couragement, they aver, has been
steadily coming and growing from,
| the Taft administration, notwith-
| standing the painful race-passion~
provoking events OF the Roosevelt adj
ministration, the crumcharleston
| appointment the Indianoia postoffiGe
| i'm broglio and the Booker Washing
ton White House social exploit. Tho
| far.reaching harmful effects OF these !.
| incidents Of the Roosevelt feSiHig.
which Southcrns had come to believe
were in time regretted by Roosevelt,
appear in the minds of well~inf0Tm-
cd Southerners to have been disrt4
earded or ignored by Taft and sit
the fair promises Of the early months
OF his administrations arc under
CLOUDS, the silver lining OF which h.
surely fading" sg .tsj ,ss' &
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