The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-28
NOW THAT CRACK
BECOMES CREv|CE
Split in Virginia Bull Moose
Ranks Grows Wider and
Wider and Wider
WOULD ELIMINATE
BLACKS AND TANS
Negroes of Richmond Will
Hold Caucus Tomorrow
Night to Determine Who
They'll Support

The same causes which led 10 the
formation Of the Bun Moose party in
Virginia and the sending OF delegates
to Chicago to contest the seats OF the
regulars" in the Republican national
convention are now operating to bring
about a wide split In that same Bull
Moose party formerly the black and
t. N" faction OF she g. Q. j. The spit
will eliminate In rival conventions
Tuesday. the lilly white" faction of
the "biack and tang TO meet in Roa-
roke with the third party regulars
and the black faction OF the same
faction. It gets mixed worse and worse,
TO meet here at the city auditorium
on the same Gay.
Preliminary to the contention here
the negroes Of the city Will hoId
1aass meeting tomorrow night al
Jchusor1's auditorium, 10 Leigh street,
at g o'clock, at which time, II is
planned they will declare their at
titude toward the three presIdentlal
tand!dates---Taft, Roosevelt and VIII
Tuesday morning, following The
mass meeting ana preceding the con-
negro leaders OF the state Will be held
at the St Luke bank building on
Marshall street. This conference viii
be something OF a caucus OF the
negroes who will attend the conve1-
don.
Roosevelt Faeoritc.
bstensibly the mass meeting Is Tor
the purpose Of reaching a decision as
to which of the three candidate Tor
III presidency the negroes Will sup
pr. but IL Is regarded as certain mat
Roosevelt vlll be the favorlte OF the
blacks In fact. while the mass meet
ing, in the call. is said to be to de-
t4rmine the attitude OF The negroes.
tho convention the following night IS
for the purpose Of electlng L con-
/ testiue- delegation to the Bull Moose
convention, which is to be held in
Chicago August 5tn.
Situation Complicated.
The situation is complicated one
and not devoid OF humor. the con
resting delegates to the Republican
national convention. held in Chicago
in June based their claims for recog-
milton principally upon the alleged
Z fact that negroes were excluded from
the city, county and district conven-
items which selected Taft delegates
Roanoke in March. The convention
which elected these contrasting dele
ga;ex was held here in May and COM
nrised whites and blacks, mostly the
latter, who protested against the
dominance Of the lilly white faction
Of the Republican party.
Kicked out by the national commit
tee, which met in Chicago prior to the
convention. tho ''black and tan rae
- Ia EtrI n
~ movement. White and black dweit
together in unity--for a time. Then
the storm began TO gather. the
"black and tan" faction itself split.
| the whites trying to Gust the olack7
and the blacks kicking as strenuousS
as when regular dyed-In-the-Wooi fo-
publicans. Now two more cohveh-
tons are to be held. one by the whites
| Of the Bull Moose party and one by
the blacks Whether the latter VIII
| split on the lines of black and mu-
| latto remains to be seen
| Speaking OF the mass meeting Mon
day night. J. r. Pollard, colored law
YER OF this city and a negro ieadsr
said yesterday
"Since there seems to be some mis-
conception as to the position colorec
voters of this city take on tbs various
subjects now before the pub!ic II
which they are interested. it is intend
ed to have public hearing and b,
Il proper resolution inform the country
lust where the Richmond negro voter.
stand"
II The negro leaders. said Pollard. arr
apprehensive of double squeeze" ny
which the negro Is to be entirely eim
mated, and to guard against II 1ae!
will hold their caucus and recon-
mend their delegates TO Chicac
This condition ia brought about D
the known fact that the leaders .
the .'Moore faction" have been
II conference with the white memoer
of the Newcomb faction. with no col
ore,f brother about, >. However, Hfea
pressure is being used to bring aDoa
II peace among the warning factions Q
the new party before the date o.
| their rival conventions of July 3oth'.
HI Al the mass meeting toihcrroF
night the question OF whether th
negroes will enter the Democrat
primary for the administrative boar
III will be discussed.
II Under the Byrd primary law ncSr
| Democrats are entitled TO vote.