The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-22


field Mckinley, collector of the port
at Georgetown, and William H. Lewis
assistant attorney general of the Unit
ed States, and besides few usual Me-
gro appointments had retained the
following Roosevelt -. appointments:
Ralph w. Tyler, auditor for the Navy
Department; Charles w. Anderson.
collector Of internal revenue "a New
YORK City; James A. Cobb, assistant
United States district attorney inJ
Washington City; S. Laing Williams,
assistant United States district attor-
ney in Chicago, and young Matthews,
assistant United States district attor-
ney IL Boston, In an endeavor to in
fuence the Negro voters in the Mas
sachusetts primaries. Aside from this
the President during the campaign
condemned lynching' In an address at
Howard University and sent a bouquet
to Madam Terrell And therefore It
was contended that the Negro should
support Mr.. Taft for reconciliation.
Taft Determinations Against Negro.
On the other hand the Negro consid-
cred what was against the President:
CD in the discharge of 1928 Negro
4th class postmasters; CD the dis
charge of Henry A. Rucker, the last
colored Georgia official, though en-
dorsed by the best whites of his state:
CD tne dismissal Of Joshua A. Wilson.
colored postmaster at Florence, S. c..
though endorsed by a majority of
waite: in that section; (4) the dis
missal of over 10S colored federal ap-
pointees in Texas; 60 the discharge
of Mr.. Christian, colored postmaster
for rs years at Yorktown, Va, over
the protest Of white business mel; (6j
the reduction of DR.. john NJ. Prather
and Jere Brown in the immigration
service because they Were colored;
CD the refusal of Benjamin Bundy
consular appointment because of color;
(S) the order to Director Durand not
to permit colored enumerators to
count white people in the South; CO..
MS statement in letter to Fisk Univ
ersity that the Negro race should be
treated separate and distinct from the
white race; GO all this record of
discrimination and more carried out
in accord with 1.-THE Taft Negro policy
announced in his inaugural address
inat colored men would not be ap-
pointed to office over the objection Of
Southern prejudice.
RooseveIt's Record on the Negro.
The record Of Colonel Roosevelt on
the Negro citizen was just the reverse.
He announced as his Negro policy that
ne would treat colored citizens on their
merits the same as other citizens. In
accord with this policy he abolished
| the postoftice at Indianola because the
white patrons refused to treat justly
a, capable and efficient colorsd post
mistress. He appointed Negroes to Of
lice IN the South as he did white men
according to qualifications, character.
&s He forced a reluctant Republica. -,
Senate by repeated nomination to con-
firm DR.. William D. Crum, collector
OF the port at Charleston, S. c.. He
opened up new Offices for the Negro
tcitiZlns of the North when it took
courage to do it by appointing Charles
w. Anderson, collector of iir(ternal
revenue in New York City; Ralph w.
Tyler, auditor for the Navy Depart
ment, and three assistant United
States district attorneys in different
sections of the country. He condemn
ed lync1ing not for political purposes
but to stop it and stated in letter
to Fisk University that the Negro
Ishould be educated as other people.
TIE repeatedly announced to the roi1u-
try that the door of hope should not
be closed against the Negro because
| or color, and that all men, black as
well as white, should have a square
deal
The Judgment of Negro Masses.
The great masses Of Negro voters of
the North and border states carefully
considered the race policies of Taft
and Roosevelt, together with the fact
that Taft recommended the discharge
lof tine Brownsville soldiers, and reach
ed the conclusion that the Taft Negro
policy was detrimental to the whole
Negro race, and that Colonel Roose-
welt was the real and tried friend of
t1e Negro citizen. The NEGROES,
therefore, joined hands with the great
massIs of the white citizens and en-
phatlcally announced in unmistakable
terms as often as they had the oppor-
tunity that Roosevelt was the un-