The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-27
WE'LL PLEASED, AS, ARE; Me-
GROES IN GENERAL, WITH
CONVENTIONS ACTION
Thompson Thinks
Advocate Correspondent Sees Much
'h Platform which Should Appeal
70 the Race--Worix for Welfare Of
Colored Porters.-The News in IL
Nutshell: -: =. 49, ...',- .-.
(By r. W." THOMSON. J


Washington, D. c., June 26.-Pres-
ident Taft has been renominated.
The fight at Chicago and during the
pre-convention period was bitter. Eve
ry point was vigorously contested,
and every victory came as the result
OF clean-cut political generalship and
the loyalty Of men who believed In
the Righteousness of their cause. 1t
was a battle of wits ). at brute
strength-a struggle ur = against
expectations-of SOL y ,hievement
against theatrical - ,y-and tho
verdict lis one y III meet with
the approval cI sober, far-seeing
and unselfst> -Eriotic elements Of
the Repub>S ,arty and the nation
when the spots engendered dur
ing the campaign shall have been
healed up. The angry words uttered
in the heat of the titanic conflict will
be forgotten within short time.
will lose their keen
edge and the true-blue Republicans
will awaken to the fact that still
greater campaign awaits them-that
everybody must get together to avoid
the calamities that may lie in the wake
Of Democratic triumph at the polls
in November. The past now belongs
TO- history. The future welfare of the
Republican party is the concern that
must be faced in spirit of generosity
and good-fellowship This is the at
titude Of 80 per cent Of the Ameri-
Cans-black and white--who last week
waged'"waFfare. against one another
with might and main. The battle
was fought on fair field, and the +.
contenders were giants. No reasona-
BILE soldier will sneer at those who
went down to defeat, If they prove
to be cheerful losers. The victors
will bear their laurels with becom-
ing modesty. Theodore Roosevelt
fought game fight, and he had some
gallant men in his command. Will
liam Howard Taft manfully maintain
ed his side Of the contest, and won
because he had tradition, achievement,
the prestige Of the party record and
the confidence of the safe and sane
factors of the body polite, in solid
phalanx at his back. 1t Is regretta-
fle that there should be split" over
the result. Optimistic Republicans
cannot bring themselves to believe -
that the break Is to be, permanent.
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divisions before, and they have been, :
composed happily before seriousl dam-s
age was done. 1t does not require a.,
long stretch Of the imaginationS. to
generate t.e hope that conditions are
not SO bad this year that harmony
cannot be secured long before the, =
campaign is under full headway. i.
Great interests are at stake, and the
ants is apt TO bring the conviction
that 1t Is far better to effect an ami =
cable arrangement within party lines
than to play into the hands OF the
rel. That some white man and some
black ones will hold out with the
new party is to. be expected; but, it
is the guess Of the cleverest political
forecasters that the rank and file OF
Republicans, of both races, will with
In the next sixty days be found march
Ing, shoulder to shoulder, under the
banner Of William II. Taft as the
duly accredited standard-bearer of the II
united party Of freedom, commercial
advancement, constitutional stability,
and equality Of all men before the T.
law. Whatever course others may ,
take, it can be put down to a certain
ty that the bulk OF the oolored voters
of the land will give their support to
the regular" nominee OF the party
They have wisdom enough to reafi2e.
that the "old ship is perfectly sea-
worthy, and that there is no justifl-"
cation for taking to the boats, to risk
capsizing in a tempestuous and un-
charted political ocean. .. 49,.
Colored Delegates "Stayed Put"
The peculiarly gratifying feature of
the Chicago convention was the IN
shakable loyalty Of the colored dele
gates to their pledges and instruc-
tiops. Cajoled, threatened, tempted
by money and patronage, and besieged
at every turn by every blandishment
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