The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-03-21

Wii IeflPe tner prlnc1pIeS or Lincoln, |
Grant and Stevens from their shat |
tered and disorganized state, from al
post certain defeat to another Iglo-
fious, victory, In the interest of HUI
man liberty. -. q - y
brownsville. Wei simply ask that
you give Col. Roosevelt chance to
fright a hasty act, based upon the. rec
Concentrations of others. We can look
with much less bitterness upon the
act which drove one hundred, and six
ty-two men out of the United States
Army without honor than we can
upon the policy which drove nearly
tevery single Negro out Of Office in the
South. in the ill-judged attempt to
tSmake white Republican votes in the
lSouth. For Brownsville there might
fthave been possible cause and provo
cation; for Tafts Southern policy
Ethere was neither rhyme nor reason,
judgment nor cause. .
| And, therefore, men and brethren.
We 'beseech you, one and all, to give
your time, energy and means in every
possible and honorable way to bring
about the nomination of Col. ,Theo-
dore Roosevelt, trustworthy and re-
lllabie, and do all you can to encom-
! pass the defeat of President William
4f1oward Taft, who thinks that ten or
tmore millions of Negroes should &C.
icept his appointment%of, an Assistant
j Attorney General and Collector of
l(Customs as a panacea for lis degrad-
ling Southern policy. - =" -
IN addition to this Mr.. .Taft's policy
mas wrecked the reputation Of a party
l?that. has stood for fifty years.
L. lie came into power with a splendid
working majority in both branches Of
congress-; in three years time/his
'Epolicy. has turned twelve strong Re-
:, publican states into Democratic states,
land the House from a Republican ma
djority of seventy odd to Democratic
majority of seventy odd
Taft Closes the Door of Hone in
+ the Face Of the Young Negro"
3f4S President Taft's declared intentions
not to recognize the >worthy aNegroes
i Qf the South renders it impossible for
any God7fearing, self-respccting Negro
TO support him, and we desire to warn
tue leaders Of the Republican party
that If our prayers and rights are ig-
l1ored, We will not support him.
In addition to signatures which APP
\ pear below, out of inquiries sent to
three hundred and ninety-eight other
prominent ministers and professional
men of our race three hundred and
+ siXty-s1x have declared to us that they
are opposed" to the nomination of Mi
y Taft, and believe that tho nomination
of Col. Theodore Roosevelt is neccs-
sary If the party of Lincoln, Grant
and Stevens is to be successful in the
coming campaign. -
E Signed: Bishop J. S. Caldwell
Philadelphia, Pa; Bishop A. J. War,
ncr. Tennessee; Bishop G. l.. Black.
well, indianapolis, Ind; Bishop f. Ty-
rec, Nashville; .'Tenn.;' Bishop, G.. w
iClinton, Charlotte, N. c.. Rev. Dr.. G
wv. johnson, Boston, Mass; Rev. DR.
}. s. Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa; gen.
eral financial secretary A. NJ e. Zion
Church; Rev. G: w. Gaines, st. Louis
Mo-; Rev. DR.. B. G. Shaw. st. Louis
mo; Rev. Dr.. A. J. Calls, Chicago
FIJI; Rev. DR.. T. IT. Upton. Detroit
Mich; Rev. DR.. J, H. Bachlor, Allan.
'Etic City, N. j.; Rev. pr. J. W. Regis
Eteri tKansas, City, Kan. Rev. DR.. w
~. Matthews, California; Rev. Dr. w
LF. Beck, Maryland; Rev. DR.. G. M
ROliver, Pennsylvania; Rev. DR.. Fl. w
Hendricks, Cincinnati Ohio; Rev DR.
P. 3. Moore, Cleveland, Ohio; Rev Dr.
W. D. Johnson, Springfield, H. Rev
DR.. M. S. Kell, Evansville, Ind; Rev
tDr. I. N. Rowan, Indianapolis Ind.
Rev DR.. w. L. Lee, Pittsburg, Pa:
Rev r.. w. D. Clinton, M. D., Pitts
: burg, Pa; Rev. DR.. J. B. Colbert, Lou,
isville, Ky; Rev. A. Hannum, Lou.
isville, Ky; Rev. Dr.. r. J. Buckner
| Louisville; ReV.-Dr. M.-H9 Coffey