The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-25
NEGROES IGNORED
BY THE ROOSEVELT
STATE CONVENTION
Lively Discussion Followed
by Naming Lilly White
Delegation
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
GETS ENDORSEMENT
Chairman ]. O. Thompson Chides
Negroes for Their Small Attend
ance-Negroes Last Night
Named delegation

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the Roosevelt persuasion organized in
Birmingham yesterday. In addition to
the formation of an Alabama exec
utive committee delegates to the Roose-
Welt convention were named. There was
also a live discussion between the races
as to whether or not the negro ele
ment should be given recognition and
toward the conclusion of the session an
Endorsement of the woman's suffrage
movement was granted.
The feature of the four-hour session
was the application of the steam roll
ler' in reference to the ambition of the
negroes who participated As a result
of being completely ignored the ne
groes last night met and selected a
full "black and tan" delegation to Chi
cago to contest the seats 6f those
named by the convention earlier in the
day.
]. Q. Thompson, Oscar r. Hundley
and w. F. Tebbetts had the meeting
well in hand, and the programme
which had evidently been previously
mapped out was put through over and
against certain murmurs of protest,
but without material friction. Roose-
welt. naturally, was Endorsed. but an
effort made to instruct the delegation
for Judge Lindsay of Denver for the
vice presidency was frowned down by
the leaders of the convention.
Negro Question Interesting
Present were II negroes, one of
whom was w. II. Nixon. the republican
divine who, according to a dispatch of
the Associated Press, claimed to have
been offered bride in Chicago by the
lieutenants of President Taft. Nixon,
in a we'll modulated voice, and in lam
guage of a picturesque variety, pro-
tested vigorously against the apparent
purpose of the convention to withhold
representation on the delegation from
the negroes. This provoked a reply
from J. o. Thompson. who was serv-
ing as chairman of the convention, and
lin his rejoinder Mr.. Thompson upbraid-
ed the negroes for the fact that their
attendance was so small.
Another instance in which the
steam roller was used against the
black and tan element was when Joe
r. Thomas, a doctor of this city, was
prevented from concluding a speech in
which he had made reference to the
existence of political equality, to the
fact, that man is a man, 1T matters
not what his color, to the passage of
nowhere in the land is now heard the
disturbing cry of the "pat-e-rollers."
AS the negro was warming up to his
task asfew Kisses came from the north
east section of the room and there
might have been demonstration had
not DIR. j. w. Hughes arisen to state
point of order.
Nixon gave notice when the steam
roller" had rubbed out whatever OPP
portunity he might have had of being
commissioned a delegate to Chicago,
that he intended to enter protest,
at headquarters, If necessary against
what he termed unfair treatment and
treatment not in accord with the teach
ings and sentiments of the turbulent
Teddy" himself
Delegates and Committeeman
The following delegates were named to
attend the Roosevelt convention, each
having been given possession OF half
vote:
First District-w. f. Tebbetts. A. j.
Spencer
Second District-c. H. Scott. ]. M.
Green.
Third District-Byron Trammell. E. p.
Johnson.
Fourth District--G. C. Nicholson. j. C.
Hollingsworth..
Fifth District-G. C. Thompson, P. E.
Alexander.
Sixth District-w. T. McElroy. A. T.
Hendrix.
Seventh District-E. B. Wallace, ]. II.
Cross.
Eighth District-Will cochrane. f. j.
Lambert, Jr.
Ninth District-Jack X. Thomas, George
S. Obear.
State at Large-J. o. Thompson. oscar
r. Hundley, w. r. Farley. ]. w. Hughes,
c. ID. Alexander. d. r. Manasco.
Mr.. Manaseo, who was president of the
late Bessemer club of the Southeastern
league was represented as having been
previously "a life long democrat"
The executive committee of the new
party follows;
First District--W. F. Tebbetts, w. t.
Henderson, Sid Berrey.
Second District-A. B. Long, ]. M.
Greene. T. J. Scott.
Third District-E. r Johnson. J B.
Daughtry. E. w. NOVEL;.
Fourth District. &. 14ollingsworth, w.
A. Brown, w. c. Eddler.