The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-11-03
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E TENNHSSEE, WANDERING
ss'a AROUND LIKE WILD GREsE A..
E.. WITHOUT A LEADER. .
} leaders Helpless
AND chances are even for both par
ties, many Negroes being inclined
to vote their. own convictions, re-
gardless Of Napier or Ben Carr.

gardless OF Napier or Ben Carr.
Nashville, Tennessee, November 2.
Special. )-Politics occupy the
center OF the stage In the volun-
teer State at this writing. 1t is a
toss up whether Bob Taylor and
Harmony" or Capt. Ben Hooper
and Law Enforcement" shall
triumph on November 9Th. They are
the rival candidates for Governor of
| Tennessee.
Ham" Patterson, the present
governor, saw hard road to travel
II he was to have a third term. The
outlook was hopeless one Patter-
son withdrew as the Democratic
nominee. "Fiddling" Bob Taylor
has now come upon the scene to do
the rescue act. He proposes to save
the democratic party in the State, If
he has" to sacrifice his good fat Job
as United States Senator from
Tennessee. He is travelling over the,
State on "The Democratic Special
calling upon "the hill billies,'' Red
Necks, and Negroes to save the party
from destruction at the hands of the
Republicans and Independent Demo-
Gratis sometimes together and called
| 'The Fusion Party ~
Hooper, the Republican candidate,
is supposed to represent all there is
OF character and worth in the State,
of Tennessee. So the white Repub-
ffcans and Independent white Demo
| Gratis say; they also accuse "Our
Bob" Of being Ham Patterson's put
ty ball rolled to order for the oc-
casion Of Nov. 8th. Patterson, they
say~is "the' biggest CRATER who ever
sat In the governors chair. They
accuse him Of pardonipg a murderer,
Duncan eoQpsrUs Il aaAaa. 4Aassl ehhargsd. Yith;
being the hehch man Of thew hisksy
ring and about everything else in
the calendar Of evil doing. In the
light Of these awful crimes Hooper
has come out of the mountains Of
East Tennessee in answer to "the
divine CALI to save the people-te
rescue the State. Maybe he will,
maybe he won't.
The Negro Voter I'm The Contest.
| The colored voters in Tennessee
! are as much divided as "the white
folks. They have learned the game
Of politics In a measure. They are
divided into two groups. The Inde-
| pendent Colored Republicans led by
P. F. Hill and The Central Republi-
cans or "Old Liners" led by J. c.
Napier, the newly appointed Aegis-
, ter Of the United States Treasury.
| The Negroes have no state organ
1zation worth considering but the
leaders Of the two factions are travel
ing about the state and doing the
usual amount Of stump speaking"
in the interest of their candidates.
P. F. Hill and his crowd, are for
Taylor, first, last and all the time"
j. G. Napier Is supposed to have
charge Of the organization Of repre-
/ sentative" Negroes who are expected
te-stand- r-the-Republican party
and vote for Hooper.
The facts are so much in favor of
both candidates that 1t will be hard
to tell until after election just which
side will receive the most colored
votes. Some Of the best Negroes Of
the State Of Tennessee will vote for
Bob Taylor and Democratic suprem-
acy. They have the "Booker Wash
ington Fever. They believe in
cultivating the friendship of their
Southern white brethren. President
Taft encouraged them to do 80 in
his speech at the dedication of Car
negie Library Of Fisk University,
while he was candidate for the Re-
publican nomination. SO O. great
many have decided to vote with the
white men of South and the Demo-
> cratic party against the regular Re
publican organization. They are for
peace and progress" and believe
they can get 1t by voting Of the Dem
ocratic candidates.
On the other hand great many
Colored voters believe that whatso-
ever has been done--great or small
for the Negro, 1t has been done by
the Republican party and they pro-
pose to vote for Hooper for that
reason.
An outsider can easily see that
. the Republicans have done very lit
, tie for the Negro masses in Tennes-