New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-06
NO THIRD PARTY SEATS
FOR SOUTHERN NEGROES
Florida Contestants Make SO
Strong an Appeal White Dele"
gates Are Thrown Out, Too,
COL ONEL APPROVES ACTION
Indignation Follows Provisional
Committees Decision, Re-
iected Ones Tearing Oh
Roosevelt Bandannas.

rr.. .tsff CORRESPONDENT Of The Tribunol
chicago. Aug. with Colonel Roose-
Welt approving the action. the provisional
national committee of the thlru Pd't!
today cast the negro into the dlscaIu'
The committee refused 10 seat negro oe'e
cations from Florida and Mississippi !"
the convention The delegates were COR
testing the seats Of white men who hau
the favor Of the committee members from
those states In the case OF tlorlIa thu
negroes presented their side so torcloN
that the committee had to throw out the
whites. but would not seat the negroes
Thus there was no Florida delegation IN
the third party convention.
The Mississippi case was prooaoS q"
more vicious slap at the negroes thah ti'e
Florida decision. There b. f. Fridge inc
national committeeman, said that ne
wanted q white mans party, and would
hive nothing TO do with negroes, except
that they might follow in the dust OF mo
band wagon by voting the white TICKET
on Election Day. Perry W. Howard He"u-
ing the negro delegates. asserted tha' inns
exceeded the authority of any provisional
national committeeman, and WIN "Hi'e9
called convention which sent nm anu
others here as delegates. The committee
voted not to seat them and did seat the
Fridge white delegates.
In addition TO all this, the committee
unanimously adopted resolution pralsihe
and approving the sentiments on the
negro issue expressed by Colonel hoOse-
welt in his letter TO Julian Harris. IL
adopted a resolution offered by Francs
j. Heney that hereafter each state snouiu
ne the Judge OF the regularity OF its own
delegates Where the state laws make II
possible. delegates are expected TO bring
with them certificates Of their election
from the state authorities The third party
men expect that by the time tn" next
national convention Is held all the dele
gates will be elected under the direct phi
mary system, duly certified by each Sec
rotary Of state. and that there will be NJ
ground for contests before the credentials
or any other committee.
4 negro in the shouting group that
waited outside the door of the committee
room to hear the result tore Roosevelt
Dandanna from his hat, where II had been
doing duty as q hat band. He threw it on
the floor and was about TO wipe his feet
on it, Then he hesitated and picked II up
NO" he said, with grin; Il reckon
T'll save ii and use It to shine my shoes"
Colonel Roosevelt had nothing to say
10 the negroes or about them. except that
his letter to Julian Harris contained his
views on the negro question in the South.
Give them my letter as E tract" he
said. -,..
The committee disposed OF tic Ohio
contests Gall white without delay. Four
delegates contesung the seats Of A. O.
Zwick. r. II. Farr John Reed and Otto
O. Lightner were thrown out The Zwick
delegation asserted that the contestants
lad been put in the field BY the Repub-
lean organization in Ohio.
The contesting negro delegations from
Florida and Mississippi took their seats
before the newly appointed committee
an credentials tonight, and there was a
long and bitter fight. The committee met
at tho Coliseum and decided TO hold open
sessions. W. Frank Knox. Of Michigan.
ex-Republican state chairman, was elect
ed chairman. a blanket resolution was
passed seating the delegates from all
states where 10 contests were reported.
The Ohio contests. involving a local fight
in Cincinnati. were passed. and the COM
mittee plunged into the Florida cases,
FOrtY-fve minutes was allowed each side.
II. L. Anderson, provisional national
committeeman from Florida and head OF
che white delegation, fatty charged In
mis- argument to the committee that the
Taft organization was responsible for the
negro contests.
The credentials committee finally voted
10 throw out both the white ana negro
contesting delegations from Florida. by
q vote of IS TO the white delegation was
thrown out, and then, by a viva voce
vote. the resolution Of the provisional
national committee throwing out both
delegations was adopted