The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-06
COLD HANDS GREET
COLORED BRETHREN
Mad. Glad Old Days Gone,
They Yearn to Help
Pick Winner.
NJ PREACHER Is ONE

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tion Of virtue and self-denial or the
part Of the Republican organization
when II cut down the number Of negro
from well over a hundred to
Just twenty-five has produced a most
interesting and amusing situation In
this national convention Of the party.
One might fancy oNhand that the
patriotic services of the colored dele
would have been moro In demand
at this convention than any ever held.
Here are "A dozen or more candidates
all fishing for votes, all eager to aug
ment their small strength, all scrain-
bling to make just a littlo better show
ing on the first ballot than the other
fellow. but not one OF them Ia making
a fuss over the colored brethren.
It's amazing. It's pathetic. II might
even tie described as hesrtrending.
Pause for a moment to consider the
plight Of the colored brother. all dressed
w NV Nv lfo'' ~ w ~ ,ototNoc
Hotel. the Auditorium Hotel and the
Blackstone Hotel, NOT - mention half a
dozen other hosteiries In the Loop dis
trict. are all cluttered up with cand,.
dates headquarters that look the same
sound the anne AS candidates head
quarters used to look and sound.
Room 4 standt That's All.
White visitors get the same unctuou,
greeting. the same old glad hand. The
negro visitor gets Just as much stand.
Ing room AS his feet are entitled "a
that's all. Not one of the licensed OF
unlicensed boom pilots has summoned
the colored brother 10 help save ths
nation. Bill Bailey Is out IN the cold
and nobody Gems 10 want him 10 com>
IN.
The whole thing was exempiined thi,
morning IN a corner Of the lobby OF IN,
Congress. Seven colored delegates Sa'
viii folded hands upon the helihops
bench. They stared with troubled eye
at the milling thronx ~ white delegates
and waited for IA call that never came
ltN COulTV I unufTSlilu ". EpiTSllpN
II wasn't according To the way tho gam,
had been played, ought to be played
Somebody had taken the Joy out Of life
One recalled the old DAYS, the sad
bad, mad. glad old days of the convsu'
lions when ebony was popular wlIri
the political managers made d fuss ov-i
the colored representatives OF the part,
In the south. Why. they had ~scarcel,
arrived In town before they were hailed
eNuberan,iy.
Managers Tor rival candidates button
hpled and pulleY-hau lsd them. inquired
about their preferences and tastes, askco
what they wanted 10 do to a,nuse them
selves Did they need a little change
just for spending money? IL No. take II
Br'er Bailey, and enjoy yourself
The wheel Has Turned.
But the wheel has turned for Bill
bailey. I, may he "A good thing for Bill
and for tn" Republican party. but II 10 u
situation that makes II less pleasant
for the once popular colcrei man. Fol-
the pas, day or Two they have been try,
ing TO locate themselves. When they
Nrst came TO town they drifted to Franz
iiitchcock's headquarters in the Con
gress Hotel and stood hopefully IN the
anteroom. But somehow Mr.. Hitchcocl
was too busy TO see them and nom oi
Hitchcock's lieutenaIts had a word o.
cheer to offer. They departed d~olefuliy
Then the word got around among then
that John W. Weeks u MaSsachusett,
! might be Il good man to call on. They
focked 10 Weeks's headquarters, where
they were received amicably, but no
pressed 10 stick around.
same at the Fairbanks rooms. a
Cummins's and NJ Bur'on's, Tn,
Colonel's various sets Of headQuarter:
had no ''mc for them. And then tn
gloom settled. They realized that the,
were just barely among those present
that's all.
This afternoon one encountered TN
colored delegates wandering from hote
TO hotel, listlessly. hopclessly. Group
and crowds Of white delegates were buzz
, zinX merrily, but they let the colorct
brother drift past and turned not .
glance in Mis- direction. As matters stanc
he viii be left to vote for whom h,
I~leases,
Some indication OF his preferences wa,
easily obtained, All want to he with
the winner. naturally, but most of then
In their hearts are for Col. Roosevelt
They like Justice Hughes and ~oulc
gladly supper, Root II they believed
Root could be nominated. The chances
are that the Colonel will get the ma
jority of them for Il ballot or two. .
Banker and Famed Preacher.
As has been raid, only some OF the
went scouting for the traditional favors
Perhaps half Of the number. or n littl'
less than half, disdained that sort o
thing, They are a new kind Of ~coloret
delegate, OF "A type not familiar at ma
tiondl conventions.
Some are business men with larg
interests. There is Church of Nash
willie, Tenn, who Is contestlng for
seat as delegate at large. He Is presi
share OF the 1000, 900 his father left
c. T. Walker OF Augusta, Ga, Is on,
Of the best known colored preacher
In the country. He used to be pastor O
the Mount Olivet Baptist Church Il
New York city, which is the larRes
negro church in the United states, an,
when he resigned he refused an offe
made by John u. Rockefeller to increas.
his salary $1,000 a year II he woul'
stay at Mount Olivet,
II there Is one thing the colored dele
gates are emphatic about II IL their dis
like for Wilson, That might be ex
pected from the Republican colored men
but these delegates insist that the dis
like for Wilson ~ strong all through
the negroes Of the country and that tn,
President will get few colored votes
They have II against him hat he turned
many colored men out OF ofice and ap
pointed none and that he sent a whit,
man to Hayti as Minister. when II hat
always been the custom to have tn,
country represented At the negro 70