The evening world., 1912-03-19
UNDERTAKES BURY
T,R,B BENEATH TONS
OF ELOQUENT TALK
so Colored Voters Hardly Give
Colonel Chance to Slip
in a Word Edgewise.
NEGRO VOTE IS ALL HIS.
Contributing Editors Sand.
wiched-in Remarks to Be Re-
ported in Full in Freedman.
NEGRO VOTE IS ALL HIS.

What might be called q chocolate drop
love feast was held In the outlook
ONCE to-day when the Contributing
Editor received . large delegation Of
colored brethren from Harisn and the
Bronx and was compelled 10 listen to .
series Of eloquent outbursts before he
could screw In . word edGswiss.
George Henry Payne. special Bronx
rainbowist for the Roosevelt cause. and
George c. Manchester, who likewise
dsbblcs In the prismatn pigments and
smears them wherever the r. r. boom
can he set a-boominG. escorted the
dusky phalanx up through the clois-
tered corridors and into an anteroom
near the Contributing Editors anctum.
There were between nifty and sixty
delegates In all. among them many I'M
~dertakers and clcrgymen-a handsome
majority Of undertaken. by the way.
but comedy men OF their race. with
dazzling ivory smiles. All were frock
coated apd silk HATED and their pa
tent leather shoes came Up the stairs
with . burst OF effuiEcnce.
Having marshailed his ebon ranks IN
dignined order. Rainbowist Payne
tapped gently upon the panel OF the
sanctum. There wa a sharp buzsing
sound . crash. and the Contributing
Editor burst into view. smiling with q
light that struck the ivory Of his call.
ers dim.
THE FIFTY BOW 40 ONE; THE
TALK BEGINS.
The nifty callers bowed - n man.
with sweeptng grace. whereupon Mr..
Payne presented J. c. Thomas. Prcsi-
dent Of the Roosevelt Coiored County
Committee. Mr.. Thomas bowed.
smiled. smiled. bowed and said. with
his right hand gracefully drapsd In the
lapel Of his Prince Albert:
we come 70 greet you. Colonel, and
to assure you Of U loyalty: ysssah.
| Colonel. of our undyinG loyalty. Some
Of W never took part In politics bsfore.
Aii the undertakers bowod.) Many Of
10 ere ministsss OF the Gospel. CIV the
ministers bowe1.) But We all Win you
lGodspeed. and We wish TO ~rettsrats that
We are With you from the start to the
finish. (Everybody bowed.) Yessah.
| Colonel. lot me present TO you our Treas
urer. Henry G. Parker. who 10 the lsrg-
est real estate dealer In Harlem. MI.
Parker. Mr.. Roosevelt. Col. Roosevelt.
MIR. Parker.
Mr.. Parker. q big. Immediately
dressed senegambian. stepped forward
and inclined his head. He was some-
what embarrassed aud had sumo dini-
Guilty In getting underway. Then he
said In a big musical voice:
Col. Roosevelt. We want . Rspubli-
can President. That's what all the col
ored folks are working for. Much
Obliged. Colonel" and Mr.. Parker 70.
tired behind q solid wall Of under
takers.
MI. Thomas came to the front again
with another ~forty-seven degree bow
and said:
colonel. I want you to meet Mr.,
George Harris. = Harvard graduate
the same a. yourself. and = distin.
gulshed journalist. Mr.. Harris il edi.
tor Of the Amsterdam News. (Ths
Amsterdam News Is a colored weekly. J
WON'T HAVE WILLS THWARTEC
sv sossEs.
ar. Harris. whose expression wal a
sombre as his skin. came forward with
real dignity. bowed and said:
Colonel, there are Hoo colored voter
IN Now York and we are going 10 %,
that their wills are not fhwartsd b!
vicious boases. We have absolute fsitl
In you. a. we have had In NO man sinc,
Abraham Lincoln. The col0red men 4
. unit will stand by you"
Journalist Harris bowed himself bacl
into The ranks OF undertaksrs. Masts
Of ceremonies Thomas came forth onc
more and started. Colonel, let m
present."
"One minute" cut In Col. Roosevelt,
consulting his watch with q fevc
gesture. Mr.. Thomas was waved bac
and the Contributing Editor let 20:
Gentlemen. Just let me say how gsa'
l am 10 see you here to-day As repre-
sentative business men and ciersymeI
As you know. one OF the things that
have been especially interested In he
been the movement for tho upbuiidin
OF the business element among the co
ored race. / feei that the same IL tru
OF every good citizen. but Isrhaps NOR
, true OF the colorei man. for he not onl
benefits himself and the colored rae
but ne benefits the white race.
"The colored man who shows that h
is a direct type of the self-respectinI
self supporting citizen 10 the man VIII
has one credit to himself. to his PEI
Pile AMI to the whole country. Gentle
men. all I am trying to represent
social Justice and Industrial justice {,
those vino are worthy. and that IL Il
doctrine OF the square deal"
FOR FULL REPORT, SEE u
piANAPoLis FREEDMAN.
3 Business of swapping teeth and II
Presence started to back, for the near
secret panel when there came towai
u him with a rush Carlo Beverly Ceoh