The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-02
No NEGROES FROM SOUTH
CAN GET IN THIS CON
VENTION

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themselves to he Of a different typo
from those that now constitute the
Southern coioreu working forces IT
The Republicans parts.
Roosevelt approaches the negro
question. he says, from the tewpoint
OF the practical results that VIII ac-
cFue both to the new party and the
indi idual negro, lie Intends to create
"a party Ia the south that viii be di-
vested of what he calls the ''Venal.
office holding type of negro poll
tictan" In It's ESSENTIAL organization
the Progressive party south at the
Mason and Dixon line at least Tor
the time, Will be lily white
Menace, Ia Politics.
The colonel agRressively will puint
out IA his speech. so he said tonight,
that the negro politician of the South
RS ttaW constituted 1s menace 10
politics The Republican convention
az Chicago, he maintains, vas suited
by the votes If the negroes con
trniled las the federal machine
I'm the south. the colonel says
there exists ue real Republican party
excepting In North Carolina, Texas
and a couple Of other States Instead
Of straight Republican organizations
re points out the party Isl made up in
The south mainly Of negroes who are
appointed to federal jobs for their
votes 1T ratiufff ftidr1@--tffrse
ana what followers they are ahlc TO
accumulate.
VIII Shut I'M out.
70 draw The line for convention pnr-
poses. Roosevelt viii come out in
his statement Of Saturday with 4
definite proposal to ~hut out all
southern negro representation frum
the third party deliberations.
"%ot one negro delegate will get
into the chicago convention, said
tin. colonel deeisively
rt'rom the north there VIII h'
ulant of them. hut they are I" To-"
Of ID different class than those VINO
went Ia. tba Republican CONVEX }oP
representing the South and voted for
Mr. Tatt"
"A storm of disapproval has come
from negroes IN Mississippi who want
10 he delegates to the convention,
the colonel continued. They severely
object 20 our allowing negroes from
ohio. New Jersey and New YORK
being chosen a. delegates They
threaten 60 make "a fuss over It. Wei
We are going 10 get along without
them
There's Distinction.
Later on. after the third party has
ben fairly launched IN the south,
the colonel intimated, the negro prob
lern can be more definitely taken up
AT the start the party is to keep IT.
self aloof, leaving the colored office
holder and his following 10 the Taft
party The cnIonels ides is even
tualIS to root out the rotten borough
system that has prevailed in the
South, with the Republican party ever
sfncc the war. While the southern
negro is 10 20 avoided by the coloneFs
party, hts Northern cousin rs being
embraced in the ranks. 1t Is a far
different thing with the Northern
negro, SO the colonel maintains. lie
is not "A mere office-seeker and is
regarded by the colonel as of value
in building up the organization,
II am not afraid 10 approach this
negro problem in the South, said the
cx president tonight As in every
thing elise confronting the advance
ncft Of the third party's idea--the
tariff. the trusts. the economic phase,
| am Of free mind. and can say
exactly what J mean. find myself
held In no restraint by party ex-
pediency.
There's difference,
THE Democratic and Republican
parties are in far different fiN
Neither Mr. Wi'|an nor Mr. Tart has
met the situation ~ the negro In
politics sauarf'y The party leaders
are afraid cf IT,"
Nr Roosevelt read tonight the
speech Of acceptance Of President