The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-27
Banks Gets
Back atm
GIVES HIS VERSION
OF The BREAK BETWEEN HIM
AND TAFT.
Attempt TO Discredit
Him With his Delegation and the
Race is Resented by Mound Bayou
Man, Who tells Startling Story of
the Methods Pursued by Republic
cans in the South.

cans in the South.
: Chicago, ILL.,, June 22-What is
leXpected to be the last word in the
controversy arising over the return
of $8OOOO to the Taft forces by
I Charles Banks, of Mound Bayou,
who east his lot with Roosevelt
was said by him in circular here
yesterday.
In the early days of the Repub-
+ lican National convention, Mr..
blanks created sensation by pub
\ licly announcing that he had re-
turned to the Taft managers 5000.
given him->to defray the railroad
and other expenses Of members of
the delegation from his state. To
minimize as much as possible the
effect this statement might have
on the other delegations and the
public at large, the assertion was
made that Banks had retained
$4,000 of the 81, 100000 which had
been entrusted to him at him own
request.
In answer to this charge Mr..
Banks says:
When [ addressed the letter to
]Director Mckinley a few days ago
intended to have no more to say
III a public way touching the mat
ter during the Convention. While
l. have known that at their head
i jquarters they have been trying to
Idiscredit me with every Negro who
visited them, [. find now their hand
in the open:
First, | reaffirm the statements
made in my letter Of last week.
IThey claim they have some data
they could publish which would
reflect much discredit upon me. |
call upon them to publish it, and
insist they vouch for the truthful
ness Of the same.
AS to the matter of their trust
ing me with a few hundred dollars,
again assert that it was their
proposition. They say ] had the
money several weeks; that is un-
true. 1t was not over fifteen or
twenty days before the convention.
THE impression they aim to create
IFS obvious.
In support Of myself / desire to
trefer them to the following firms
at Memphis, Tenn, each of whom
have carried a debit against me,
based mainly on my word, during
the past twelve months ranging
from Ten. to Forty Thousand Dol
lars: Messrs. Stewart Gwynn Co.,
Messrs. w. A. Gage & Co., Messrs
|Gcorge II. Webb & Co. L also refer
them to anyone else, also the Gov
ernor Of the State of Mississippi,
with whom am personally ac-
quainted and with whom I have
had dealings, and my own attorney,
one Of the leading attorneys in
|my county.
Now as to the bribery publica-
tons, back of which is the Taft
management, [ would state that
the man Shumpcrt, who is a
preacher, stated to a man here as
a delegate, who is in my employ in
Mississippi as an attorney, and
who holds mortgage against
Shumpcrt's home now long past
due, that he desired sufficient help
to pay same, and when he called to
see me I promised to do what
could to help him. | have helped
him before these days, and when
he tries to create false impressions
he knows better than anyone else
that he does less than man, say
ing nothing Of being minister Of
the gospel.
AS to the man Buckley, whose
affidavit they publish, he repre-
sents nothing and could not be
here now by the free and untram,
mclled expressed desire Of the Re
publican Of this district. And
speaking Of bribery he has stated
that Mr.. Moseley, the National
Committeeman from Mississippi,
has promised to allow his to name
certain poStmaSters Immediately
after the convention is over. This
most likely is true because Mr..
Mosclcy will make such promises.