The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-16
Roosevelt Manager Wires
That TetaaliiHgg Delegates
for T, r. Occupies All
His Spare Time
INSURGENT ELEMENT
HOLDS RALLY ON EVE
OF STATE GATHERING
Henry County Man, Lone
White Speaker, Luads Taft's
Rival TO Skies-Pollard
Stirs Crowd-Lily
Whites Weaken


Senator Joseph Al. Dixon, ut Mon
tana. Eoaseyelt's campaign manager,
will not be able TO attend the Black
and Tan convent Ian of Stale kepuh-
leans here today. Here Is What ne
wired The rirginian last night;
impossible for me- TO leave
Washington at this time. We are
TOO busy tofaiing up Roosevelt
delegates. TMents.~ix yesterday
in California, fourteen to-day int
Washington. six today In North
Carolina In addition. Ninth
Tennessee district. which first
held convention on 26th OF March
and instructed for Taft. wires Io-
day that because of Irregularities
in original call they rec.nny eaesi
at xtaion City today and elected
the same two delegates 10 the
national convention. RECALLING the
former Instructions for Taft and
unanimously rein~srueiinG them
Fur Roosevelt amid great en-
tl,asiasm.
tssgucdt .'JosispH VI. DIXON"
White Man speaks.
Fnbpi,ndFd enthusiasm prevailed
last night at rally Of the Black
and fmnS preliminary to the state
convention. which meets at high moon
i.lday I'm tho city auditorium only
Que white man spoke. He VAS VIII
tam VI. payton. OF MartlnsNille. for
s4er Commonwealth attorney of
Henry county. Ms told his hearers In
a aaif or Leigh neat Second that any
negro who paid taXss vas entitled L.
q vote aud repres. r1tatlun tn tae gov
-~Vrnruent He iaudcd Theodore Foose-
Welt 10 the skies and sounded the
death kneli of bossism ina the ranks
of Virginia Republicans. He told
hoW he steam roller did its work al
thu Roanoke convention in March
whom II took the combined strength
of all the bosses, including AFah
Martin ami atseefts- SaeFs4fs. to STAN
the Roosevelt tide aud save tn. day
-f..s-Tt.ft tho eleventh hour He
told how he alone waved "A Roosevelt
banner while the bosses Haunted TAFT
banners throughout the hall, and he
was not a delegate, either, Mr.. Pey-
ton beat n hasty departure from the
hail nj the conclusion of his spiel.
Pollard stirs Crowd.
II remained for j. X, Pollard, the
we'll known negro lawyer OF Rich
anord, to sarause the crowd To Its
highest pitch of enthusiasm. He told
how Roosevelt, through Senator
Dixon. had assured the Virginia In
surxenss of recognition at Chicago IL
the Taft forces failed To prevail He
could see nothing but victory ahead.
I'VE are for Roosevelt he ex-
claimed. because he ~ for as.
And the crowd rooted harder than
over. .w1hne.. the. hand !. hesa1 To, get
ready for II popular air,
senator Dixon sends you this mes
sage" Pollard went on. He wants
All men in the party irrespective of
color lines.
The speaker had 10 pause until the
cheering subsidized.
Pollard again scored a home run
wnrn tTe pointed oat that even II
Roosevelt did muster ont the Browns
vile regiment Of negroes for shoot
ing up that town. IL was Taft as sec
rotary Of war, who NaGst<'ss re order,
Jail Awaits Them.
IL ANYBODY tries to pack the conten-
ton today with the view of ramming
through a set of Taft resolutions, he
will be sure to go to Jail. This was
another point which Pollard drove
home. He said the police would be
On hand in full force to do their duty.
Pollard let II be. known that his con-
vention would not stand for crowd
like city street cleaners whom the
Brady Flegenheimer element used. II
was alleged, in packing BeiNidere
Hall several months ago prior to the
State convention I-Roannke.---
Expressions such as monster iiiy
whiteism' he passed out, with great
effect. 1t was high time for the negro
to demand his rights, he asserted 1t
had been the hope of the negro lead
ers to get at least 1000 names on
the poll books i'm Richmond before
the November election this wear IN
this however, they had been disap--
pointed. SO far. only little more
than 1000 negroes had qualified But
the work had just begun.
Il believe in the restricted ballot,
he declared. ANY man who is not
willing to pay s1.5o is not entitled
to suffrage"
Pollard. as we'll as the other speak
ers. lauded Roosevelt as the match
less leader of men.
Teddy Is Great Man.
DIR. J, III. Bugg, colered physi-
clan, of Lynchburg, even went so far
rs to reckon him as the greatest man
the world has produced, with the ex-
ception OF Christ himself. And the doc
tor did not mean to be at all sacri-
Iegious. William Henry Clay Brown.
i IT Norfolk. also smoke, and SO did
Fl. 4. Jackson, Of Blackstone.
The meeting was brought to rather
lcontlnued On Second paEee5