The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-17
PREFER DEMOCRAT
To TAFT REGIME
NEW SOME WOULD SUPPORT NoNt-
NEE or OTHER PARTY. W RoosE-
WELT FAILS At CHICAGO.
TEDDY IS ENDORSE
BLACK AND TANs, IN STATE con-
XENTIoN. DESoUNCE LILY
WHITE BossEs--DELE-
GATES ARE NAMED.
TEDDY IS ENDOR SEQ

III Roosevelt faiis tn get the pres"
ideniial nomination, the best thing
for us to do is to vote for the Demo-
cratic nominee.
Such was the advice passed out yes
,erday by J. Thomas Newsone. re-
gro lawyer. Of Newport News, at the
State convention OF the black ard
tan wing of Virginia Republicans,
held in the CITY auditorium.
The time has come he assert
ed, fft,fi ttllsv--s4tslyrs ==tana=ap tor
his rights. If he can't get these at
rhe hands of the Republicans, he
must look 20 the Democrats.
.assaii Lily Whites.
Resolutions adopted at the meet
ing read In part as follows:
Fer many years the destiHies OF
the Republican party IN this State
+ have been in the hands of d small
coterie of official parasites, who by
selfish intrigue and misuse OF official
power have destroyed every vestige
+ Of that militant spirit that alone can
/ bring success,
! I'm the present campaign the CON
duct of this discredited organization
! has been such as TO demand i'm
! mediate and imperative protest.
White men who dared to Insist on
/ the inauguratsoR of n policy of mill
4 tant Republcauism were silenced
and discredited, while colored cleo
TORS were hagrsntly denied ali the
rights and privileges In the party,
| to which they had given such un-
selfish support.
I'VE denouncc the Lily White
| management OF the Republican party
| In the State Of Virginia, and declare
| our purpose TO fnstitute and support
an organization based upon the great
principles Of the national Republican
party of Lincoln. Grant and Roose-
! welt.
We declare for Theodore Roo@c-
! welt a. the man best fitted TO lead the
party to victory and pledge ourselves
TO work for his nomination at the
Chicago convention and his election
at the polls
Slate Goes Through.
The following slate went through
with flying coiors.
National Committeemeu-N. ii. G.
Brown, Norfolk,
'S'"Nt''N' ~ 80 .
Pollard. Richmond; J, NJ. Newcorno,
Petersburg: w. Nj. peyton. Martins
Vile; G. Jarvis Bowen, Norfolk.
misunderstanding Miller. Rich
, mond: George Rison, DanVille, A. w.
Harris, Petersburg; J. Thomas New
some, Newport News
state Chuirman--J. Nj. Newcomb,
Petersburg.
Electors large. s. Browning
Roanoke; w. +. Lawrence, Martins
Vile
1t was announced that u. A. Tersu-
, son and II. +. Bragg. both Of Rich
mond. we're ,'he delegates from the
Third Congressional district 10 Chi
cago
y Pollard called the convention
"a order as ta,nuorarv chairman. lie
denounced Republican bosslam IN
Virginia and nradicted n grea. future
fnr thn HACK and tans, He was fol-
| lowed bv pr. A. A. Graham. Of Ihoe-
has Temporary secretary. IDr. Ora
bor, referred Ia Roosevelt oa the
: Noses who was to lead the negro out
f,f an. l.anaaue of Lily Whiteisn.
Hardly 900 delegates were in at
tendance OF these goo were negroes.
Most Of the others came over from
! petersburg in bunch.
; Saal Makers Talk.
In This crowd was Mver saAI for
maj, chairman Of the Democratic COM
T75JfFa5 ar Tho C-0rKHfp t-tfv-- tic made
hr,ar .nnech In which ne foretold
~ can ng TART and the success OF
p,,osa,,e1,
w NJ pevtou. Of Martinsville
harargued ,ha delegates In n ringing
annech tba+ sayorad much of the one
~ dat;,ornd Wednesday nigbt in aha
nv IN leigh street He was the
| .otrta,t nf u,ortn CONGRATULATIONS ne
he. r.snp,ed his saat.
/ 55rsuf,sax>ssfe asssrrsou4 3, n nfrrya~ - ~.
| whites seafpd on tho PLATFORM we're
W pabiIv l. NJ Newcomb +.
Thonnas Powers w. e. Neweomb. all
~ petorahurp. T,r. + n ualligan. nj,
pr,nswtrk county. w p. Lawrence
~ eiartinsviIle
distinsuished ,ookinr old gem
to,,,an u,itb White WHISPERS was also
IN ,ha ,lntforp marty Through fear
thot a., g,,iobt ,ns., ,is {oh ~ his mos
e,t. Of w., nnn,on,ion uera generally
known he asked that his name bo
! ,,.tthhe,a ttn 10 salIc,tnr far a
sa,rin.y n,acbina Concnrn
| M t,,thcr n,sannaorea
~ g. nt,air - CO.. ~
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