The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-04-27
IN TEN LEGISIiATt}Rxs IS
CHAN WEAKNESS or NJ
Gt sa HOOPER.
Negroes Said SsS 1ptEhin1 !,
opmcnts q Prepsrine tots
Get ''Theirh When the Issue III 4
Joined In Next Campaign.
Especial, to The Adyocate.

1
this writing the Tennessee legisIa-
tors who are playing hockey with
the school of state lawmakers ara
still in Alabama and things are go-5
! ing merrily on with those who are
sticking on the job. They are the.
regulars, few independents demo-
Gratis who have broken the - fusion
traces and some republicans who ara
not satisfied with things as thy are
being carried on. -..t':s}S5
The present state Of affairs existed
during the Patterson administrati0iff
when things were so warm and the
regulars wished to block legislati0n.
The independent democrats and the
republicans blamed Patterson theti.i
Now the regulars are charging Cow
ernor Hooper with being responsibfes
for the disorderly condition. OF He;
tennessee Assembly: The wh0l8a
thing Is a. Kind OF comedy. and eaTss:
| tainly reflection upon ~ 'SMh3EeF
Supremacy. 1t .is pretty cSrtaih $GaSEsi
some strong influence ts> behind ktsI
!
and that they will not return u1ataa
they see some bright hopes ahea
Governor Hooper has been chareba
with furnishing "the hiH..hil.iea .asaSis
red necks' with the cash to pay a8-
penses while they are away. fssIaasss55
While the independents aFsa8 sa-sss
publicans are in. Alabama, /, tins
lars and the independents RSssa 4 ksssyfs
publicans who remRiR here bsih
them are making laws to suit 7EhSaIi-i'
selves and Governor Hooper is us
ing his veto which is about az Uaa4
less a thing in the present situasfoDs
as 1t was when, Patterson made use
Of it during his administration when
he had hostile legislature to- tleats
with. No man can tell what the end
will be. These Tennessee politicians !
are different species than can, he$
found anywhere else in the country
The election law has been modified \
again. This time It Is supposed to
represent the ideas and best inter:
ests OF the regular eInocrats and !.
they have all the best Of the thing.
| The change in the election law dur
ing the last Assembly under the Pats
terson regime gave Hooper and hi81i
people the chance to get in. THESE
eternal changes will perhaps go on
and on until the Tennessee politicians
receive some divine inspiration that /
will make them for the state in-s
stead Of for themselves. .v--.,S
The independent CoIored RepuBlf-
cans will not meet until the two
wings Of the legislature are united
again. p. f. Hill had rallied his
forces and everything was in readi-
ness to- start something. AS soon
as the runaways and the stay-at4
| homes get to shaking hands again,
the ADMINISTRATION co1ored
politicians" will put on their
think caps and do some planning for
the next campaign. <....> ,,E
No new leader has been developed.
The old-timers wilt be at work for
different sides WITH which they tine
up. The white factions very largely
are controlling the different Negro:
factions in the state. AS the white
leaders go, the Negro leaders follow:
and they generally do great service
for the side they support. #,A,
The signs now point to a renewal
Of the Republican factional fight and
the Negro will be strictly in it. The
old followers Of Brownlow are get
ting active again ana their influences
Is already being felt among the Me-
groes. 1t simply means that the
party men are not entirely satisfied
with Hooper and that he Is not strong
enough to heal the old wounds of
the past that kept the party so divt-l
ded in this state. The Brownlow Re-;
publicans may perhaps get the snps;
port of the Independent Colored Raa
pubiicans. Hooper. Republicans Will
also have their Negro supporters In
the coming campaign. There Is ,&
possibility that the progressive sleA
ment Of the Republican party wifi
have the sympathy of the majority
Of the Negro voters in Tennessee
~tbs the next campsign. .s.%tst.@ III
resident Taft is certainly not sa
popular man With the Negro voters
Of Tennessee and 1t Is very ioub4fna
II hc can have their support for HIS
denomination. II he Is renominafeA,
he will hardly receive their suppbyt
at the ballot-box Taft's policy wG
closing the door Of hope In the faeB
} Of the black man In the South IN
order to play good genaS of pod
tics with the whites OF the a0u1A
has not met with the approval ~
the majority OF voters IN thia akafsg
They loved the Roosevelt policy 10