The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-08-06
ROOSEVELT AND TaE NEGROES.

In letter to Mr.. Julian Harris Of Alfalfa Colonel
forth his views of the political position
Of the negro and defines his ideas of tho place he
should hold in the scheme of the party THAI is
being constructed by the colonel for the incl and
chiefly of the colonel In characteristic fashion COL
one Roosevelt balances and swings qualities and mod
fes. He makes rather clever effort ESCAPE the
dilemma that this question has presented to him. ard
whether not he has gotten by remains to be seen
Many letters dealing with the subject (of the posi-
ton the negro is to hold in the parv) have been
sent to me-" he tells Mr. Harris Those written by
men living in the North usually me to insist that
get from the South coored delegates to the national
progressive convention Those written by citizens of
the South ask that declare that the new party shall
be white mans party" a." declares the colonel
am unable to either proposal What he really
means is that he to agree to both and tries IN
First he pronounces his pet patitude about man
being worth while only in far is straight and
decent and declares that for Cypress any class
Oh our eloW citizens is not only wrong others but
hurtul TO ourselves Surely he says, mo man can
quarrel with those principles" Surely not II is nos
question OF principles, but of their Interpretation and
application Colonel Roosevelt thinks that the surest
way to render the for the organization Of the
new party impotent to help either the white man or
the colored in those regions of the South where
the colored man is numerous, would be to try
to repeal the course that followed by the re
publican party in those districts for so many years or
to endeavor in the states in question up pro-
gressive party by the methods which in those
states have resulted in making the republican party
worse than impotent." He thinks "it would be much
than useless try build up the progressive
party by appealing the negroes men who in
the have their sole standing from leading
ms no -
appealing to the best white the South the men
of justice and of vision well as of strength and of
leadership, and by frankly putting the movement in
their hands from the outset shall create situation
by which the colored men of the South will ultimately
get justice, it is not possible for them to get JUS
ce if we are to continue and perpetuate the present
conditions" q. xt8 ,~.@~..
These sentiments bear a very close resemblance to
those expressed by President Taft his inaugural ad
dress, which, moreover, have been carried into prac
tice very faithfully by Mr.. Taft in his policy ap
pointments to federal office in the South They are
utterly contradictory conflict with the sentiments
! expressed and the of action followed by Mr..
Roosevelt when he president Mr. Roosevelts at
ttude to the political position the negro the South
set forth very clearly completely his
ment of the question then when he repeatedly named
negroes to places all the South against the pro-
tests of the white people
Mr. Rooseves toward the negro in politics in
the South during the period his presidency in
direct and violent contradiction of everything he now
declares in his appeal the white of the South
to his guidance the solution of race prob
lem. He put a swift the movement for the or
ganzation of white republican party in the South
at the behest of certain negro representatives who
called him at the white house. after had given
/ encouragement to such movement
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The Bull Moose has charged the Windy City" with