The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-06-16
Fayette
Negroes; Ne: O : !;
AFFIRM TANsIR ALLEGIANCE TO
RERUBLICAN rAtRrY
AND OKGANIZE.
Rssko1plcy Evident
But Conservative Leaders Keep the
Bolters Within the Reservation,
Though Endorsement of Primary
Was Lacking.

Montgomery, June 15-The wide
ly hearlded and much talked OF
convention Of Negro voters was held
here this afternoon and was as salts
factory to one excepting a "hot
time as would be a shredded wheat
biscuit to hnnSry tramp. This
does not smsssgRKe1 msgRe1 laV "thepe was not
"hot time%asS : hiasfhg hot time ON
tap, but the @1iTfasaa}cstsh hWgs III the
minority and Just could hot over
come the dominating influence of
such, conservatives as John 8. Noel,
state SSMMi itteeman, and Anderson
Rotssn, member at latEs 81 the Third
CongTessional committee" ".'' :" .''''- +"
Some had come cpfBhRred to de-
nounce .this thing an9 that thfnss
with their bottled orat6ry tRsyS QWsrA
more than anxious to assert their
independence Of Dixon or any other
influence and to make the walltin
ring with "Give me liberty or give
me DEATH, but Coleman Of Mt. Car
bon, who presided, and who, by the
way, was once turned down without
so much as an acknowledgment Of
the receipt of his application by Mr..
Gaines for postmaster at Mt. Carbon,
SADLY. perhaps, but firmly, most
certainly, would have none Of 1t.
He stated, after having been in
duced into his office on the motion
Of. Mr.. Noel. that the object Of the
meeting was not to denounce or en-
dorse anybody, but rather to adopt
ways and. means to safeguard the
future political welfare Of the Neg
roes Of the county. He plead for
unity Of action. pointing out the
futility Of each pulling as he saw
Ht.. To. complete the temporary or
gal.iEatip,st ,t s,s 1zfs Chi Id was named
as secretary. and the Advocate cor
respondent. assistant secretary.
Mr.. Noef ALSO urged upon the men
assembled the urgent necessity Of
unanimous action and warned any
who might be present to report the
proceedings to their white bosses,
against any such traitorous doings
He was warmly seconded by Rotten.
of Fayetteville, who sought to cor
rect the erroneous impressing that
they had come together to express
indignation to any real or fancied
slight at the recent primaries. So
strong and oft-repeated were his
denials as to recall childhood fable
Of the mice which somely resolved
to bell the cat.
Many other speeches of the same
tenor were heard, each and every
speaker affirming his allegiance to
the Republican Party, through all
carefully -feffained- from endorsing
the Payne~Aldrieh tariff. bill. the,
long and short haul, clause of the
railroad bill, Mr.. Cannon''s attitude
toward. the insurgents or the meth
ods bN which, Mr.. Ellis lost out.
Andnspeaking Of Mr.. Ellis defeat
your correspondent is reminded that
a member Of the county executive
committee, in fact, three of them
say the Negroes themselves are to
blame, in way, for that 1Rueh h-deplor-
ed event. There wereB mesent af,
the committee meeting" when ttfel
resolution Which practically Cfimin-
ated Ellis was passed, seventeen
Negro members, majority. They
could have nipped the nefarious
scheme, for scheme it appears to
have been, in the bud, had not
snap judgment" been taken on
them. The more outspoken acknow-
lodged they had been caught nap
ping, but did not think, out loud
that they should throw any bout
quets at those - who o had entrapped
A committee to draft resolutions,
setting &orth the aims and objects
Of the proposed organization was
named by the chairman J. s. Noel,
William Taylor, Anderson Rotan,
Stanley McNorton and Luther
Brown comprising it. They recon-
mended, and their recommendations
were adopted by the body, that a
county organization be formed Of
magisterial district representatives
to meet annually, except during
campaign years, to adopt plans by
which the interests of the Fayette
county Negroes would be conserved.
J. M. Ellis was exonorated from any
charges made or implied Of having
entered into conspiracy to double
cross his constituency, his integrity
was upheld and his leadership com
tnended. ~ Il SaNM
The resolution went through like
u creased streak Of lightning and the
temporary organization was made
permanent A, w. Slaughter, Of
Montgomery. was UNANIMOUSLY elect.
ed vice president, William Wilker
son, Mcdonald, corresponding sec,