The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-06-27
Banks Gets Back at En-.
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He has made similar promises To
every colored man on the, delepa
, ton. N~ :,
Now, for my complaint against
the Taft administration First, r
nave never been satisfied with the
statement made in his inaugural
address touching Negro appoint
ments in the south. This he knows
t When he came into office we had
four Negroes holding presidential
post Offices, Today we have none
save IN the exclusively Negro town,
Mound Bayou, and there is no one
else there to fill it. | have not too
much confidence in his promises re-
!gardlng my people, for it is for
lthem that [ am battling. Ishould
mot even be g Republican, were it
not that it is party standing for
justice to all, regardless ! Of race,
color or previous condition.
MIR. Taft promised in my pres
ence to retain Walter Cohen in his
place at New Orleans. Cohen, who
Is delegate to this convention and
Taft supporter, will tell you the
!. president did not make good his
word. .
During the recent campaign for
Senator in Mississippi a. certain
prominent Democrat high in the
councils of his party announced
from Washington that the Prcsi-
dent would soon remove the remain
ing Negro postmasters in south
Mississippi. I.wrotc the President
protesting against it, also to some
OF his advisers, and was told that
I they would not be removed, but
they were removed, and in all cases
had the support of black and white
reputable citizens in their commu-
nifty.
In the case of Thomas I. KEYS
at Ocean Springs, who held the
office under Harrison, Mckinley
J. and Roosevelt, the Presidents ref
teree IN Mississippi, l.. B. Moseley
summoned him to jackson and ad-
Vlsed him that on account of being
"a Negro he could not have him aap-
pointed again but would try to get
HIM a place in Washington, and
against all of this | protested all
the time, but of no avail. ..:'"
= 1t is given out now at the Nc
fklnley headquarters that the Pres
I:ldent signed the new Federal Court
Rlll in Mississippi at my sugges-
ton. Perhaps this is true, but. I
want to add the following for what
1T is worth: ] did not know the bill
bad passed until advised by Mr..
Moseley and asking me to join in
a telegram to defeat the bill and
! ultimately establish the court at
Grenada. To this | objected, and
the next day under our agreement
to stand by him for National Com
mltteeman, he agreed to wire the
/ president to approve the bill. A
certain Democrat high in author
'lty called to see him a few hours
after my conversation with him,
land he told him that for his sake he
, would recommend the approval of
1.-THE bill. Moseley received a teIe-
gram that the matter had been ap-
proved, so did l. At other times
when we were not so near conven-
ton time, | have not been able to
- secure Mr.. Moseley's endorsement
. Tor a single postmaster in my coun-
ty, where the ratio of, Negro popu-
{latlon to the whites is five to one,
'eVen in small villages of three hun
dred people. Mr. Moseley is op-
posed to and fights bitterly any
man Of color in Mississippi who
ishows any. manliness and indepen-
dence in politics, and has never
headed a delegation to Repub-
lican National Convention that was
not selected, / will not say elected,
10y convention composed in the
main by officeholders, janitors, pro-
tcsslonal jurors Of his selection,
Democratic policemen are stationed
at the door, and some on the con-
'ventlon floor. No man could enter
without having ticket upon which
Moseley's name was printed. Re-
,publican conventions in Mississippi
are a farce, and every one there
knows it. Moscley may as well tell
the delegates to remain at home
and send them word whom he has
selected.