The Washington bee., 1912-01-06
CANNOT MIsLEAD THE NEGRO
The Negroes of Michigan for Taft

ne HCSlSSS -
An Open Letter TO the Detroit
Leader.
To the Editor, The Detroit Leader:
As the correspondent mentioned in
two issues of the Detroit Leader, to
local papers. / G., The Detroit Free
Press. of Sunday, November 10Th,
7oTT. supporting Taft and the regular
Republican party as against La Fol
1ette and insurgency among the Afro
Americans, l have the following IN
answer TO the Detroit Leader.
There never was time when 10y
atty was not loyalty" such ideas are
foreign to its true meaning; to be
Ioval at all times under any and all
circumstances is real and true loyalty;
TO be otherwise Is pure mockery- 30
far as we Afro-Americans are con-
cerned we have nothing TO bTag on
the Roosevelt politiCes; TO the CON
trary, some parts OF 1t was denounced
by thousands of Afro-Amerlcans as
damnable outrage against the race
Colonel Roosevelt too, had MS PEI
hobbies relative to the southern poi
ICY" He appointed bullGozlhg
Southern Democrats to ofhce III PreI-
ereuCe Of staunch and loyal coloTed
Republicans. and also had IN ms caDl-
net a real soldier of Confederate IaI!e'
He too, cOndoned acknowledgment Oy
his silence and favOrltlsm OF the very
leaders Of the movement. 80 much
for Col. ROOsevelts policies and the,
AfrO-AmerICans.
AS TO President Taft. Taft was no
more responsible fOT this late Demo
cratic success than the Leader was,
and Is responsible for Denby's defeat
in the First Congressional District OF
Michigan. Why try to make capital
of the Brownsville order Of discharge!
We were told by the press land L
think it was true) that Secretary Iatt
advised and begged Col Roosevelt not
TO dishonorably discharge the soldiers,
etc. AS a subordinate, what else
could Secretary Taft do then, but TO
obey the orders of his superior OthceT
than bv issuing the Brownsville or
der? "a hot head" possibly would
have resigned, but Secretary TAFT was
and is not a "hot head"
President Taft, to my knowledge,
did not declare for color line IN OF
fee holding" before nor after ne be
came President. To the contrary, he
has gone a few steps farther than
Roosevelt or any other President.
Through him we have an Assistant
Attorney General. Will you think OF
that for a minute? So much for Pres
ident Taft. Will the Leader tell US
when and what and where did Presl-
dent Taft preach separation OF the
races from the White House? 1t Is
possible that the incident slipped my
memory.
AS to La Toilette and insurgency.
Tt will not be by La Toilette and IN
surgency that we can prevent the
Democrats from winning on all lines
in 1912. to the contrary, La Toilette
and insurgency will be the means
through which the Democrats Will
make a clean sweep, because, II, per
chance, La Toilette is nominated, It
will mean a disruption Of the party.
Unity on all lines and not insurgency
IS our only hope in 1912.
With me, excepting precedent ana
Republican custom IN the nomination
of Taft, it is not question OF Presl-
dent Taft. Col. Roosevelt, nor Mr.. La
Toilette in particular but It Is the
welfare. political welfare OF the
Afr0-American, the Republican party
and the principals which are involved
in this insurgency effecting the black
mans" end of It, There is plenty OF
time after election in 1912 for the
Leader to say that mans loyalty IS
plain foolishness," because he Is not
willing to separate himself from the
things he knows did all for the amello-
ration of the AfrO-AmerlCan.
E--,1,- ba1Iay-a IN that LOYALTY that
f.. does not falter under any and al
circumstances. I am willing to stand
alone in defence of my opinions oi
the Republican party, and for what il
has done for the race. No insurgen-
cy for mine The Leaders suppress.
sion of the above sentiments anC
facts was not fair, even in politics.
P. L. CARMOUCHE.
34I Erskine St.
Detroit, Mich, Dec. !, 1911