The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-08-15
Roosevelt
% 81 Oulspoken
Continued from Page *One.D

rlS, have just received from him
an answer. Mr.. Harris is n Georgian,
the son Of Uncle Rcmus' Harris, n
0H!oE2tc TO this cCIvGnt :on. and in
this letter in speaking of my action
AIR. Harris shows tina: his mind and
my mind have met - tn. matter;
that he and those fer whom he speaks
look at it Just ( l would have hoped
they would look at it. He writes n
follows, after speaking of the new
conditions IT has produced:
Under ,ffse conditions it will b.
comc for the first time pu!sit.a thar
the Ncg.o who shows the quality
which entities him TO respect aud con-
hdente will, with The cordial will of
his whl:c nei?hbo:s. do his part IL
/ althy political work for he common
good. (ApDlauac.)
Nov, fIiend believe the white
3aI and the colCrcd man who rldeav-
Or to make the colored man discon-
tented with what We are doing are
tn worst foes Of the colored race.
Opposes IL publican Hypo"riSy.
I'VE &C standing against the bru-
ali CT the Democracy, the hypoc-
lisy OF the Republicans We are in
the first plac> beginning where all
charity must begin-at home We
are b SHINING by taking the steps TO-
do justice TO the 2olored ma,l in our
own states.
I've are setting &c standard in
2em!-soutacrn states likn VIC Vir-
ginia and Maryland here in this cot.
vent!on at this moment; setting tn,
standard in Wet Virginia AMI in
Maryland, ,ld setting standard 20
Nhith We can have reasonable hope
that our brethren CT the south. When
we no longer attempt to drive them,
VIII it is a mAtttrribf honorable OBJ
legation with them as with us, 10
wtrfoh We have'A Reasonable right to
hope that they thems alves will como
up land torwhich my, cayres rondent, a
delegate in this convention frc&1
Georgia, himself says h., believes they
will come up.
Now, friends, the easy thing for
me 20 have dCle in ,nis matter, if
lad been interested only in my own
political advancement, was to have re-
pt; ated the dreadful blunders made
for SO many years by the Republi-
ortN-.
northern delegations and brought him
| in from the south as a cheap method
of paying any obligation 10 him.
In Negroes RIAL Interest.
That might, have helped me; it
| would nave helped me with thosc
people who accept fine phrases as a
SUB; titutc for honest action. 1t Nigh:
have helped me 1t would have driv-
ell sill further down the black man
of th- south. 1t would have kept the
wEit2 man Of the south solidificd in
| an angry, vindictiye, defensive ALI
anCc against any party that did jus
| tice to the Negro; and it would hav5
EoWn is seeds a. the outset in his
| Progressive party, the seeds Of dis
Ealfect flower in the Republican con
Vcltion in this city six weeks ago.
| Nov, as | have advocated the ac
ton which, as far as | am able t
judge my own soul | believe with al
my heart is the only action that Of
fcrs any chance Of hope to the blaci
man in the south, to the white mar
lin the south; which has already Civ
EN- to the black man in the north
better chance than he has ever hat
before, and If / had followed or if
had advocated the following Of an.
other action ! should have berl fl
the position Of in incercly advocat
ing for the purposes Of temporar.
/ political advantage a course Of a.
ton which ha3 ben followed 70
forty-fvc years in the Repubica
party, and which has during that Pc
Rod hu,G the Negro Of the south, hur
the white man in the south, and final
, ly has brought to crushing III: aste
and death the great Republican par
~ itself.
"Now, friends, / th.'1k I can sa
, that / hav- at any rate met perfectly
fcarlca8ly, aid conscicntioaGly tn
question you have put TO me
Convention JrhoIda Ousting.
= without dissent the action OF III