The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-01-12

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1.-THE other hand Il the Fusionists can
slip one over the plum may land in
Ithe large hands Of Gen. Luke 3.
| Wright. This is~about: the situa-
: tion at the present writing.
Ihe Future of the Hooper admin
lstration depends entirely upon the
basis OF adjustment OF the, present
Edi iterences between the factions.
They all want something and must
be satisfied Or the sea will be rough
all the way. It requires a strong
man and good organization to hold
down Affairs in this State, -
The Republicans are acting as a
united body now. The fight for con-
troll Of the party organization seems
entirely over. If the Democratic
| factions keep fighting each other
and the Republicans keep under the,
law and order standard it wilr be
very hard to prevent Republican
\ control of the State. @'.*
When Hooper is inaugurated. If
he has the good sense to keep him
self from dangerous alliance with
the warning factions within the
tDemocrattch party and avoids giving
fhis sympathy in the future to any
| sign Of division in the Republican
rnaks, 1t is a reasonable prophecy
that. the party. will carry the State
in 1912. This depends, of course,
upon the future acts Of. the Wash->
ington administration. -, - :
The Negro voters OF the State
will have to be thoroughly organized
under competent leadership in each
district. Strict attention will have
to be given to all colored men of in
Huence in every honorable walk Of
life. The men Of the State Of Ten
nessee are not much now on center
ing their influence in any one man.
Ihey are acting within the bounds of
their own reason and preserving
their own individuality, They are
not going to be brought to the same
dead level Of any one man Or any,
party again. The marks Of slavery,
nave almost left the men here capa-
bic of voting, as they have every
where else TN the South. They are
making strenuous efforts to free
themselves in political and eco
nomlc sense in the State of Tennes-
see. -They<are not passive any more.
They want something and mean to
use their ballots, in getting what
they want. They are after good GOV
ernment and good laws. They want
opportunity to prove their ability to
serve the State>of Tennessee as capa-
pie public servants on just a little
higher plane than formerly, : = ~, 4
Then furthermore = they want a.
ltfs1eg mere oppoftGaIfy than. that
now given, by the administration at
Washington through the postmas-I
ters and customs officials holding po-
sltions in the State of Tennessee.
They mean to bring pressure to bear
|along this line. Now that j. G.. Ma
pier. has Anchored at last" in dear
Old Washington, they will expect
him to do few things for the peo-
pie here at home. They will want to
see Mr.. Napier open up the way for
MS people to have larger opportu-
nifty TO serve in the ordinary posi-
t1ons throughout the State. They
would like to see more Negro letter
carriers in the postoffices at Nash
vile, Knoxville, Memphis, Chatta-
nooga and la fact in. any place where
the young men of the race pass the
civil service examinations success
fully. 1t has been reported here
that Maj. Wills, the Nashville post
master, has always passed around
his application for re-appointment
regularly to the colored people but
ne mas never been SO regular and
liberal in distributing the postofice
jobs among the colored people when
ever he could get around it, The
colored people have just been "saw-
Ing wood and saying nothing" but
endorsing Mai. Wills and the others
with regularity. They are not after
being Postmasters or Surveyors of
Customs, They will be satisfied to
land little more regularly a few
notches down In the service. There
area great many young men coming
out OF the high schools and other
educational institutions Of the State.
who have civil Service" stamped
on their foreheads and they honest
ly want the Jobs; they certainly do
need them. They are going to try
hard to land, after they are on the
eligible list. They mean to pay for
the jobs by giving ballots at cleo.
ton time to the Republican party.
They are not going to pay any cash
TO political bosses to endorse their
appl1cat1ons' after they. have passed
the examinations creditably.
IL the Republican party takes
Vigorous hold of the fortunes of the,
Negro in the State of Tennessee now,
IT. can feel assured Of the support Of
the colored voters in the future