Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-09-14
THE NEW POLITICAL PARTY.
What Afro American Papers Are Say
ing About tho Movement.

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| ing About tho Movement.
'For all time in the history of this
country after the election next No
vember the Afro-American will be
found in all parties, and If the bull
mooses accomplish nothing ek.e they
will have done well. 1t is mighty
good thing for the 'colored brother ~
| baltimore Afro-American Ledger.
1--WE indorse the spirit of Colonel
! Theodore Roosevelts letter to Julian
Harris, the Atlanta tGa.) Journalist,
for the position he takes on the race
issue in the south. He does not side
they really are. Except to dispute
what we all know to be true, there is
no room for argument to the contrary
of the colonel's position" - Philadel-
phia Solid Rock Herald
"At first the new Progressive party
looked like the solution of the whole
problem until Colonel Roosevelt ex-
pressed the wish that no colored men
in the south should have any part In
the birth of the new party. That In
itself is enough to give the lilly white
enthusiastics more encouragement than
they have received throughout the
whole Taft administration, and Mr..
Taft is the daddy of all the lily
whites" = Norfolk (va) journal and
Guide.
But is It a crime to support Mr..
Roosevelt, or would one be read out
Of the party of Republicanism by so
doing? Colored Republicans today
are divided between the two Repub-
lican candidates. Some arc for Presi-
dent Taft and some are for the former
ldent"-Detroit N1ich) Informer.
Theodore Roosevelt was more guilty
of ignoring the deprivation of the con-
stitutional rights of colored men than
any of his Republican predecessors
He was the first Republican to go fur
ther and add n positive act of injustice
and deliver shocking blow at our
rights. He was the first to call for
the political heads of all those old
fashioned Republicans who opposed in
Justice to colored men.'-Indianapoli
Ind) Recorder.
president Taft has been criticised.
but he is AN angel OF light to the
colored man as compared to the brutal
declarations of the brilliant Progress
sive candidate from Oyster Bay. n.
Richmond (Va.) Planet
Roosevelt the just. the champion
square dealer the redeemer OF all un-
fortunate humanity. the adjustcr or
peoples rights. the worlds reformer.
has at last thrown the die which Will
be the fate of all his aspirations and
the undoing OF all his political achieve
ments. In his endcavor to break up
the solid south he would disfranchise
the entire Negro race in the south. His
aim Is to create lily white party In
which the Negroes have no part.
Roosevelt knows that the Negroes
have been DISTINGUISHED in nearly all
the southern states. and. rather than
help them to regain their citizenship.
he treats them as n nonentty and
places greater barriers before them.'-
Harrisburg (Pa) Advocate-Verdict
"Mr. Roosevelts letter to Julian Har-
ris explaining his new Negro policy Is
vast cloud of words. Over the en-
trance to the Progressive party he puts
up the placard, NO Negroes Need Ap-
ply He comes out squarely for
white mans party in the south. Ne
gro delegates from southern states.
though chosen with as good a title as
any white man. were steam rollered
out of his Chicago convenhon.'-Bos-
ton Guardian.