The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-04-20
BY NEGROES OF THM1f1nf1 RaEsIa
WHO MAY LINE UP ~ q
THE DEMOClTsATS,E
Balance 81 B r POW ] i
IS Held BY CoIored Voters %W1l6 SSee
s Dissatisfied With Hooper
: Listen to Blandishments OF tGS On.
5 position. -" ~. s.>, y
Especial to The Advocate. !,

Oper is not such wOndex&IE
!. after all. The lndepsnaapt
democrats and the Republicans WHO
formed the combination to drive Pat \
terson out of politics and ;"refdiunr
Tennessee are not as powerfult aftHr
they get on the job as they were be-
fore they. secured it. The ,Whals
thing seems to be crumbling. \ Mar,
per is square up against good stiT
storm and there are more breakSrs
ahead before he accomplished tife.
wonderful things he set out :teS IA.
Furthermore he. has to endure the
humiliation Of having his veto Of the
Nashville charter bill turned dqq4Ngny by ::
the Senate. = EiSN
The Democratic politicians Of, Ten
nessee are going to have some, fan
with the Lilly White" Republican
Governor Of Tennessee. WhsnS they,
get through with him at the present
gait they are travelling Coy. Hooper
will prefer to- have 1T ~Gstraigif4ts,-
instead of half and half" the next
time he makes a bid for Office. *. s>1>
The whiskey and elections laws aof
Tennessee are causing trouble ::nuW;:as
they always will be until settled risslaf.
Charges OF corruption and bribery
nave been limited at and "the ;deviktis
to pay for the way the wise lesfsfa.
tors of Tennessee are acting. c.<<% Il
'rhirty-four members Of the, I.eais-
lature have emigrated to DecaE&S,
Ala, and other points of the State
'Their object was to prevent the re-
peal Of the Manufacturers Law and
OF the Statewide Prohibition In ssIlpli-~
cation to Nashville. MemphiBs and
Chattanooga. They. are FtfsiUnfstHsza-. q
twenty Republicans and fourteen Yn-
dependent Democrats. It ID hssfaHa 20
tell now what good the move car, ac-
complish e.. = = = :, Z
There will be no harmony In Ten.
dessee politics as long as the Demo
crats are split and there win be no :
permanent Republican success with.
out the aid of the Negro voters. The
hepubllcan party organization VIII
1ind this out eventually and be sorry
lor pitching the Negro out of It's par,
ty organization. ~.
Ihe Negroes Of Tennessee are %. !;
ing to stick close to the Democratic 2
Iarty in 1912. There Is a er6Wffes
disposition among them to lay asfdsS
the old traditions connecting them e., !
eternally with the Republican orkani.
Iation' they are in a class by tfffxs@flS@ @
serves and are bound by no party stfss
Whatever Democrats tsff tine :
state are making the strpngest bids
for the support OF the Negro voters
ana II things continue in theiR pssss :
ent way when 1919 rolls around 1hai + !,
negroes will help swell thesHSa,lS.ss
cratic majority for Governor ~ YTtssiEs TafiSs
nessee and President Of the United
States, if Woodrow Wilson is ..,tka
Democratic nominee for the honor. = :, y
Taft has proven himself to be Ss;,,IIch
good political trimmer" and hair, .
splitter, the Tennessee Negro voters
nave faith in his methods as remedies
self preservation. sars,
making friends fast with their Demo.
cratic neighbors and the signs ara
that they Will all be on the same; ;bante {
wagon in the next election. . - 4sss As4. .
raps' will be sounded SOON and,
the Negro political soldiers win
march out on dress parade. p. n.
Hill has already sounded his call. He
may be able to line up the other lead
ers under his "Independent Colored !,
Republican" Standard. If he succeeds.
then there will be some real fun.
Hill is not out for Office. He has
some very positive political convie1
tions and the courage to stand np for
them. .... - s%@.SH
,p,' ~. {. t,i.'
The Negroes Of Tennessee voting
solidlv for candidate can elect any
man who runs for the Office aHd e.
cures reasonable share Of WFifH
voters. They can elect the mayor OF
Nashville and have whole heap to.
say about the man chosen to run
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