The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-09
NEGROES MAKE THREAT

Northerners Fail to Bulge Roose.
vslt's Views on Race Question.
Chicago, Aug. 6.-After mature de.
liberation Colonel Roosevelt decided
to receive some of the colored dele.
gates. The delegation. when they
vent into see him, was headed by DR..
w. A. d. Venerable Of st. Louis, prss.
ident Of the Colored Mems National
Progressive league.
They went TO tell the colonel that
the negro Of the north meant to
sand BY his colored brother In the
south, and that II the colonel ad.
hered to his decision In the Julian
Harris letter not to allow the seating
Of southern colored delegates in the
convention, he would surely lose .
great majority Of the negro vote in
the .orth.
Colonel Roosevelt replied that what
he had said had been said after ma
ture consideration. that he had done
what he thought best for the negro,
and that they must make the best Of
IL. That ended the interview, and
the negro leaders went away to hold
an indignation meeting at the local
branch of the Colored Mems Nation.
8l Progressive association. When
they got there Dr. Venerable said
that he already had obtained a prom.
ice from the negro delegates in the
northern statea ~bo have seats
the convention, and they numbe,
about a dozen. to remain away today
in case Colonel Roosevelt still main
talned his attitude.
But when the negroes returned to
their quarters, Il became apparent
that there was a considerable faction
opposed to DR.. Venerable. This fac.
tion was headed BY w II. A. Moore,
local lawyer. Moore presided ana
offered resolution expressing con
ndence In Colonel Roosevelt and the
National Progressive party. DIR. Ven
cradle jumped to his feet at once and
made q bitter attack on the colonel
After q near-riot had been preventet
by Moore. he declared his resolution
adopted. A Venerable left the room
In disgust he said his organization
represented progressive negroes In
40 states and that he would do all In
his power to see that the northern
negroes did not vote In the conven
tion.
The committee on credentials, after
a heated session with the o0!o-ed del
egatiOns from Florida and M,sl ;ssif,
Dl. In which Senator Dixon and C. p.
Alston, leader OF the Florida delega.
ton, engaged In a verbal duel. decid.
ed to seat the Lily White delegation
from Mississippi and Oust both the
cOlOred and white delegations from
Florida, because the whites refused
20 enter the convention with the
blacks. each delegate to have half Z
vote.
| ID. w. Garry and p. W. Howard
who headed the colored delegations
from Mississippi and Mr.. Aston
gathered their brother delegates
around them In the corridor Of the
Congress hotel. and their discussion
look on the nature OF an indignation
Sleeting.
They talk about the use Of tho
steam roller at the Taft convention,
said Mr.. Aston: why, a steam rollel
would be useless here, AZ the Pro
gressive national committee and Col
onel Roosevelt are using n rocl
crusher, but I guess they will find I
few black rocks they can't crush
They needn't think that the norther'
negro voter will not resent this treat
ment OF the southern negro. We car
take care OF ourselves. and we pr"
pose 70 do 30. We do not intend
submit to the decision OF the nation'
committee and viii carry our fight t
the committee on credentials on tn,
floor OF the convention"