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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: MOXDAY MOBBING, NOVEMBER S, 1908
NO MAN
appreciates
the economy of a pair pf extra
pants more than the man who has
tried them. They make your coat
and vest do double service. And
then too nothing does the old pair
more good than a few days rest.
We Sell
The Paragon
$5.00 to $10.00
ONE PRICE tO EVERYBODY
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”
• i>
>aay it l* liberty or soul and mind from tha
thousand and on* worries caused by lack of money that tha strong
man !• fighting for. Liberty to tha present day man, means money
ahead, and In the bank: Free of debt.
All men should save and flght for his financial liberty. Save, save
—part of every dollar you make—and
We pay • P«
.. . _ I now while you can.
» pay • per oent compound Interest.
..j loan money only on First Mortgage Real Batata Securities—
that's why me are *o ««*«•
"Safest for Savings"
Equitable Banking & Loan Company,
Geo. A. Smith, Pres. Macon, Ga.
JESSE B. HART
Tuu«ixl Director
Lady AsaUUnt
Private Ambulance
Personal Attention Given All
Bneinees.
Office Phone 487
Be»idr»oe Phone 760
a •. Punto* m» CUy.
PUSSLEY A OLAY,
UNDIRTAKIRI.
Always span. Bit and Bit Mulberry ft.
Oldest exclusive undertaking home In
Mason. Phene 4*a. Prepared to ^ fin
telegraph or telephone order* on short
notice. Carries** te funeral II.SO.
FUNRRAL NOTICt. _
rr>WART.—The taaeral eepioes
Mr. o*mond I*, Stewart. eon of Mr. and
firs. Jehnft. Stewart, of Wayside, ,Joooe
»t&At w ,!? rfSJ. V, V5W
the family are invited. Interment at
Roe* HUl cemetery.
HEIMATH HALL
see Walnut Street.
heeuter meals for men and
eente. Ouelnee* women II cent*,
■roakfaal 7 «e • e. m.
pinner IS to IlSO o, ra.
and women fa
Supper, 1:00 to 7:60.
A free real .rocmi convenient for tut.
ef’tewn chopper*.
Canfield Oil Co.
Sells Gasoline,
Turpentine and
nil kinds of Oils.
Twa BISS COUNTY HUMAN! SOCI*.
TY (CHARTERED),
Tbla soelety will pro*emit* ***** el
ever-toedier wousdtnc. starving. or drtv-
tn* oaBt animal*, *M other case* of crii-
wSt 9mW.H
—GO TO— ,
WESLEYAN
The host instruction is tho
eheapoet.
TO MOCCASIN SLIDE
THE Ml FLEW
BUT ONLY THE ROOF OP HOUSE
WAS BURNED—ANOTHER
RUN YESTERDAY.
TV* Or. «.p.rtmrnt hM tv. run.
yut.rter, knit Milter iwum t.
mu eh.
Tte Ant «m te !.;«*, iNwiii
.•Mp'ion. «U term tli. PyiM.n huilfl-
'te on Sltilterrr ttr»«t. A rtetel us
flu. (U»rf <mi>te m Im. .bout tk.
kulUin. ud tbl. (AT. rite I. tk. te*
llte that tter. lu Or. Mnuukm.
«• uteto.Ptac te tte flu. « u .bout
«l tk. Sr*taiu could do.
Tte MMte ilvm lu turmod hi
frui. box U. ud III. Ill* ut on tk.
rood -f a hour. 1. IImujIi Slid... oc-
cuyiid 'r • nocr. Mmu k.mte ll.it
teSjteSM Tk. rote VHbunwd o* A.
On tte ink C»r» whra Iter. .r. ..
mi ik. k.r... «ra .iwvUod kjr th.
boy. ite. five item, iauat .. ...
J—• Wrrt unot. TbU la mC Sou
on Hu. ' oo tote tte two run. only
nn.J .■ ' Hfcto. dor tte bom., .n<t
bolnc a bMUtlfUl day. th.
tteroudbly tk. outls..
ORAND ItAKDfl, Mich!, Her. L—
&u^r W '£'\l SSySiiS
14th year. H* was bom In Otseco coun
ty. New York. In lift In 1147 he began
began buy Ip.* oouthem timber land and
wa* one of the first northern men U>
make auoh Investments. He and his as
sociate* are anion* tbe largest holders
of southern pine today.
lie founded tha tdflagsg of Horsey
Byart and JUMwln. Mich., and waa on*
of tho first to demonstrate the value of
northern Mlchltun land for agrtcultu-
ml purposes. He wu always a republi
can and waa a delegate at large to th*
attonaTronv*ntion* of lilt and IBM
oeveraJ tlm** dletrlot d*legate, H*
w.
K? n-Monj^umu.
VOTES 10 SPARE««
— SIB[
Candidate Expresses His Gon«
ildence Before Leaving
Chicago
J. Bryan, democratic candidate’ for
president, left Chicago today tor a
tour tomorrow through Kansas. To
morrow night he expects to reach hi*
home at Lincoln. Nob., where he will
participate in a "home demonstra-
Mrs. Bryan left the candidate's spe
cial train hero today and went direct
to Lincoln. More than a dozen boxes
of llowors. which had been given her
during tho trip through Indiana on
Saturday, ware taken boras by Mrs
Bryan.
Won’t Make List 8tates.
'Before leaving Chloago Mr. Bryan
aeld: *'I do not care to make any
list of atate* in estimating the result
of the election, for. whit* I think that
tha result Is mere certain In soma
state# than in others. I should not want
to discourage democrat* in the legs
cettaln states by making discrimina
tions. I believe that we shall have
vote* to spare In the electoral college
and a considerable majority of the
popular vote."
That Horrible Delay.
fipeaking of his delay in reaching
.Chicago Saturday night, Mr. Ilryan
said: "Th* trip arranged for Satur
day was a long one, with a large num.
bar of stops. The meetings were un
expectedly largo, and In some places
ths speaking stands ware some dis
tance from the station. We had to
ride slowly through the crowded streets
to raach the stands. Then there were
three changes of railroad. Finally,
our locomotive broke down and the
sub-engine had to be turned around
at the next station and that caused
a delay. I never before had aucb a
series of delays In this campaign.
A Surprii* Coming.
"I am very mueh pleased with the
reports T have had from Illinois. I
believe the mpuhllrans of this state
have an unpleasant surprise coming
when they read th* returns from their
state on election day."
Watched Fifteen Years.
"For fifteen years I hava watched
the working of Bucklen’a Arnica
Salve: and It has never failed to cure
any aore. boll, ulcer or bum to which
It waa applied. It haa saved us many
a doctor bill," eaya A. F. Hardy, of
East Wilton. Maine. 25e, at all drug
atores.
WEALTHY CAPITALISTS STILL HOLD
CONTROL IN EFFECTIVE MAN-
NER.
NBW YORK, Nov. 1.-—A tplrft of con
fidence In (hf future was present Ih the
financial dletrict last week and found
Its reflection In tbe Arm undertone of
the stock market. The action of that In
dex of the financial opinion was effected
by the near approach of tho national
•lections. The fact it that even has been
looked forward to *s marking a definite
period of repression and Withholding of
orders In all departments of Industry,
which .would be released for executioi
ti I—-fir i bs sd * am g
HICCOUGHS KILL
E. V. OJflSKELL
Suffered for a Week With
Stubborn Attack With
out Relief
CHOLERA KEEPS
JACK TARS CHECKED
AHOY, Nov. 1.—Tore thousand me
the second squadron of the A mart out
fleet were allowed to land today and
were served at the reception ground*
with an Kuropean luncheon and a Chi
imapsfi
oholYrl *nV aSiu*^ U m *****
Admiral Ian. of th* Otita*a* navy, te-
ErZjtt
» Jn Xwarsa
ajsftus* SrinE
|ffVs?SLir ,n * , ‘ tw * ,fn 1
mu " r •
LEAVES FRENCH HOSPITAL
rr-5“5WStte& •Ysnz
is
n*»e»-itated»5arttra Mm la tW Fi^ocS
•eylum.’ He._lef|_
LOSES HEAVILY IN FIRE
M17UUCIUIY. ns. Nov l.-Rrs teday
ajrias‘
Tb*f fJ# was discover* \ at •:!# a. m..
and tbe employes af the rempiay battled
imh Ibe El* for several befere
th# fUawe wuU W oxttpgvtshed. Tbe
rnt , lrr .^Z ,n J.r UM * tlTV bln apd gep-
etwl emcee af tbe MMSiy, with a beard-
ing-hiMHe. betel and two private rest-
det-ce*. were bn reed t ethe ground.
tb« K** t at llOe.vM.
MAN AND WIFE ON TOUR
AROUND WORLD BY AUTO
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—The flrat lap
of a very ambitloue autqmoblla trip
was completed yesterday whan Mr.
and Mr*. II. A. Hover, who live ntar
Log Angeles, reached New York on
their way around th* world. Tney
started ffom a little town called Tla-
junna, which marks the boundary line
between tha United Btateg and Mex
ico on the Pacific coast, on‘April 11,
‘ t, and when they land at Han Fran-
:o, as they plan to do lu the winter
1*12, they expect to hevo covered
more than 75,000 mile*.
The trip le not being taken as an
endurance teat and It la not their In
tention to try to emaah any speed
records. Mr. Hover, who has spent
the greater part of hla llfa In perfect
ing systems of irrigation In the west,
waa In poor health last winter and he
la taking thta trip with the outdoor
life which it offer* ns a means of get
ting well. He has been accompanied
all the way serosa the continent only
by tits wife. And yeeterOiy aitemo.tn
both appekrod to bo In excellent health
and spirits.
COLUMBIA STATE GETS
SB, 161.39 FOR DEMOCRACY
COLUMBIA, B. C., Nov. L—The only
a ntic*) feature ef the day In South Car-
n* has bees tho oloai
Mwspuper of “
fur (he natli
fund. A total
t'United bv
•tat*
ATLANTA, Q*. Nov. 1—Earl Yarn
Dorn Haskell, a prominent ottlxen of
Atlanta and a leading official of the
Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals In Georgia, died here this
morning at an early hour after suf
fering tor a week with a stubborn at
tack of hiccoughs.
_ ... Mr. Haskell waa born In Mississippi
The stock iratkot gsvo proof that t»ie «f- In 1862.
fectlv# .control in which it I* held and Ho terv ©d In the United State*
which Is bellevud to bt exer*. la^d by «rrriv and fur several years tauxht
groups of tiio wealthiest capitalists In “ y
the country was aot. relinquished. It is among the Indiana,
to go loick to the opening
THE BLUNDER
OF AJNTURY
Geo. A. Post So Character
izes Public’s Attitude to
.Railways
—
country waa
— nr to go
of HOT to And a record of pr
higher than those touched last week by
tiie influential xtneks.
Optimistic Tendency.
That much has been accomplished to
wards restorations of a price level for
securities commensurate with the recov
ery in this businesn Is Inferred from
such comparisons.-and this inference was
.... •- - n - Us* profits
a motive for th* sale*
on holdings of seonrltb
•“ dur * '—
market. The quarterly statement of the
United States Hteel Corporation was an
effective factor in maintaining confl-
•Shansi!
markets havo been i
of ths war outlc *
ila* by the Sute
r subscrlptlnn Hat
democratlo campaign
1B.uU.BI has bees co?.
I ef H.161.
demoorats
dsneo. The inersase In tonnage of _
tilled orders on hand over the preceding
quarter, although small, shows the first
Increase In that Item wince th* decline
mand of I*srl* for gold. Ktudents of tiie
December quarter of The week’s
sdvioes from Iron and steel trade were of
Inci easing demand from consumers and
of growing disposition on the part of the
railroads to placs orders for equipment.
The advancing tendency In the price of
copper was traceable to similar causes.
IlrportM of grorg earning* of railroad* for
th* Icier weeks ff October show Increas
ingly favorable comparisons with last
year and last year’s tamings were still
at large advances, over previous year*
The Money Market.
In the money market of -
* me. Foreign money
relieved of the strain
—Jopk In the Balkans, but
are still affected by the ununneased de
mand of Paris for gold. Htu<fets of the
United States government finances ex
pect an eeriy call on government bank
ing depoaltarlep for a return of funds
to tha treasury. The October deficit
amounts to a round 810.000,000. the aveil-
able cash balance Is below the tradi
tional limit of safety and tho obligation
to redeem the tU4.000.000 one-year notes
put out to relieve the acute financial
crisis last year confronts the treasury
on November to. This prospects seems
to bo viewed with entire equanimity
by lenders and borrowers, as evidenced
by tho sagging tendency last week of
rates for tTms loans. *
ddw¥to thTpark
[IS TO G8
AND WILL SEE FOR HIM8ELF WHAT
HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT
IS GOING ON.
f Mr. W. A. Huff,
t tho fair by the scQ---.
now that unless there Is
_.Jnf amid the *ce««sne did so much to
build.
From hlr'.hrdsldo Mr. Huff lisa done
much In th# way of completing his worit
at the fair, but from the first he has
been anxious to see with Ms own eyes
how ths fajr looks. People toll him of
this and that, how the agricultural dis
plays are the boat over, and of th* ma
chinery and the Implements, and of Hap
py Street being hnppy and all that sort
or thing, but It Is not Ilka seeing It.
There were ten thousand things that
Mr. Huff wanted to do and have done,
and would have done had ho not met
with that unfortunats accident that
fined him to a ward at the ho*
Many of these things were done, so he
told, but no wants to aea for
RUSSIA TALKS REFUSAL
BT. PETERSBURG, Nov. L—Inter-
eat .in Lie Balkan situation Is cen
tered In the ppsltlvo statements ol
several parliamentary leaders that
Russia haa determined to drop the
Idea of tho proposed International
congress and will rofuse to recognize
the annexation by Austro-Hungary of
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
This information, although purport
ing to be from official sources, la not
entirely exact. Russia has finally
committed herself to th* principle that
the question of the annexation of tha
province* may be discussed in a con
ference of the powers, and Austria
will permit tie status of Bosnia to be
Included in the program, but only on
condition that the delegates will rs-
fraln from questioning her motion,
and content themselves with register
ing the abrogation of the article re
ferring to this matter In tho Berlin
treaty.
The foreign office states that the
negotiations between Russia, Austria-
Hungary and other power* on this
question are still In progres* and con
siders that on acceptable formula for
submission to tho congress may ul
timately be found. It Is difficult,
however, to foresee how a satisfactory
agreement may be reached without
one side or the other withdrawing Its
contention.
hospital.
himself.
Dr. Elder, who looks after his patients
as though tbsr were so many children.
In anxious for the general manager of
the fair to sed-and hear soma of it. and
for this reason, when the day In bright
and the sir balmy, ha will take him down
In a carriage for an airing.
FORJLEGTIQN BATTLE
WASHINGTON, Nov. l.-Generally
fair weathor for election day wa* pre
dicted by the weather bateau tonight,
pt from the north Pacific coast over
northern Rocky Mou*r I 'gH
ntaln state*.
WOMEN, LOVELY WOMEN
The grandest of feminine attractions
Is a beautiful head of luxuriant hair.
Glorious hair! Great poeta have aung
Its praises; artists have endeavored to
portray It accurately, but have seldom
succeeded.
Are »-ou a woman?
Would you crpwn yourself with glo
rious hair? Would you add doubly
to your nresent at tract ivenesa?
Then go to the drug atore of King
ft bllphant ard ask for a bottle of
Parisian Sage, the great hair toeilc and
beautlfler. A large bottle coats but
50 cents, and In one week's time it
will change harsh, lusterless, untidy
hair into soft, silky and luxuriant
hair.
Parisian Sags la fully guaranteed by
King & Olfphant to stop falling hair,
cure dandruff and Itching of tho *ealp
in two week*, or mongy back.
It kills the microbes, thst'p how It
cprea, dandruff. It is a pleasant and
Invigorating -hair dressing, does not
dye tho hair, and la not sticky or
treasy.
"I have used Parisian Sago two
weeks only, yet In that time I find my
hair has wonderfully Increased In
beauty, thloknoas and luxuriance. But
what surprised me moat wa* the dis
appearance of all dandruff. It pleases
me to recommend such an efficient
remedy to all my frtendu. Gratefully
yours, Mrs. Maud Hegar. 617 West
136th street, Now York city."
For sale by King ft Ollphaqt, or by
express, all charges prepaid, from Gi
roux Mfg. Co.. Buffalo,' N. Y.
YOUNG WOMAN WANTS A
HOME AS WELL AS WORK
Salvation Army headquarters
there Is a young woman who Is adrift
on the world, and who want* a home
where she can work far her living.
Those wanting such help are re
quested to confer at onea with Capt.
Coleman of the army, who can give
all Information.
FOR SHAME!
PITTSBURG, Nov. 1.—"For what
the railroad* hava done for the up
building of our country, and for the
prosperity of every individual In it,
paons of praUs should be ohauted by
tbs populace. Instead, they seem to
be almost, universally damned. That
such a situation as now confronts us
should exist la the colossal business
blunder of th* century."
So said George A. Post, president
of th# Railway Business Association,
in an address at a dinner to Rawden
Evans, the retiring purchasing agent
of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Rail
road. M r * P 0 * 1 * wh0 t,ao
dent of tho Standard Coupler Com
pany. continued:
"Th* Railway easiness Association
has set out to mako friends for the
railroads. Wo have a direct and vital
Interest In bringing about a better un
derstanding between the railroads and
the public. If we succeed, it will be
greatly fo our advantage. We do not
seek to cloak our personal Interests
in the welfare of the railroads. W
are proud of It.
Average Man Obligated to Roads,
"That the railroads have so many
enemies is an astounding anomaly. If
there over waa a business man who
had the best possible natural advan
tages for making friends, it Is th<
railroad official. . Every time he does
a stroke of work he is benefiting some
body. The average man is being
continually brought under obligation to
the railroad. Does It not bring him
hla food, his ’clothes, hi* shelter, hla
furniture and hla fuel? Does It not
spend 81.250,000,000 a year, of which
he gets a share? Does It not support
2,000,000 men. either directly or Indi
rectly through concerns from which
It buys goods; men, who with their
families, buy his groceries, dry gpods
or furniture, rent hts house, buy his
land, or employ his service*? If thero
Is an institution tn the world that but
ters more parsnips than the railroad,
what Is it?
What Railroads Have Don*.
'Allow ms to give you a brief re
aume of how the railroads have done
their work, and what they have got
for doing it. The coat of building a
mils of railroad has risen in twenty
years 22 per cent. What did the rail
roads charge the public for doing the
work, and what profit did the proprie
tors take on their Investment? The
average rate of hauling a ton of freight
one mile fell from 10.S mills to 7.7
mills. As for profits, the dividends
on stock and the interest on bonds
In 1887 were 81 per cent of tho gross
receipts, and In 1906 only 24 per cent.
Money Must Bt Found.
"The money to be used by the rail
roads to keep pace with the times and
tha demands upon transportation fa
cilities, must be found and spent. Not
bscause It means employment for those
who work for concerts which aupply
the stuff, but because If it is not forth
coming and spent, the country will be
up against the most disastrous chaos
of congestion in business ever known
in our history. It so happens, how
ever, that if the securities can be sold,
and the work of construction and pur
chase is undertaken, It will mean em
ployment for us and those who look
to ua for work. That is why the Rail
way Business Association war organ
ized—to aid In bringing about a last
ing peace between the public and tbe
railroads, if It Is possible to do it."
TRAGIC DEATH
OF YOUNG MAN
8UPP08EDLY WENT TO 8LEEP
ON TRACK AND WAS STRUCK
BY TRAIN.
Mr. J. Osmond Stewsrt. a well
known and highly esteemed young
man of Jones oounty, waa killed on
ths Southern railway near ‘Dame’s
Ferry yesterday morning.
Mr. Stewart was a fireman on
freight train No. 26,. an dearly yes
terday morning one of tha car* ran
off the track. He was sent back to
flag the coming passenger train, and
when he arrived at the switch sat
down on the crosstles of the track,
and is supposed to have^gone to sleep.
The engineer on th# passenger train
leaving Macon at T:S0 did not see
him, and he was run into and knocked
completely down tha embankment,
where he was found.
H# was picked up by No. 16,
momlpg train from Atlanta, and
brought to Macon, where he was Im
mediately sent to th* Macon hospital.
An examination of hia injuries showed
that the bait of his skull was frac
tured. and his left arm broken !n two
Pisces. Although everything was
done for him that was possible for
the hospital physlelans to do* ha died
within two hours after hla entrance
Into tha hospital.
Th* young man was 22 years old,
and lived at Wapslda, In Jones coun
ty. Ha wa# a son of Mr. John R.
Stewart, and beside his parents Is
survived by three brothero. Messrs.
Frank and John Stewart, of Atlanta,
and Mr. James Stewart, of Wayalde.
The death of the young man wa* a
sad one. He waa just starttng to
learn th* railroad business, and was
In lint of promotion.
The funeral of Mr. Stewart will be
held at 12:20 today from Burghard'a
ADVERTISEMENT.
BRYAN
A NEGROPHIIE
HERE IS WHAT
YOU MUST ENDORSE
The Demooratle Candidate Is More
ef a Noqrophite Than Either Par
ty Ever Offered, and the South
Has Nothing to Hope
« From His Elec
tion, • \
LULIE L. POLLARD ON FIRE
AND PRACTICALLY RUINED
NEW YORK. Nor. 1.—A wireless dls-
ftqawer^Caraeax of the
Tte Cclt.d SI.U. jrinbote r.flurtS ,u
ffom Foraaadtaa. via., on Oetebsr it tot
fbnadsfphla» | fib# wu of 471 tons bur-
The Traitor
Is Coming
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
The Democratlo candidate for the
presidency refused to enter the south
during the campaign because he would
hava been questioned on his record.
Here Is the record as developed and
not denied on tho eve of the election.
It Is of Interest to southern people as
showing the probable attitude of Mr.
'Bryan should he b* elected;
In 1891 he refused to vote In the
democratlo caucus of tho house of
representatives for either Crisp or
Mills because they were Confederate
veterans.
His daughter was sent by him to a
college where both sexes of both races
were on terms of social equality.
As editor of tho Omaha World-Her
ald he advocated the nomination and
election of a negro in Douglas county,
Nebraska, over a respectable white op
ponent.
Born in a section of Illinois pecu
liarly unfriendly to southern institu
tion*, he now lives In a state that per
mits marriages of white and black,
and the president of the Cosmopolitan
Club of New York, formed and con
ducted In the Interest of mixed mar
riages and social equality, is a Bryan
campaign speaker. ’
He recently served lunch from his
residence on his lawn to a marching
club of one hundred and fifty negroes,
his family assisting.
He denounced President Roosevelt
and General Taft for dismissing the
negro regiment that shot up Browns
ville and murdered th* sheriff.
The convention that nominated
Bryan hooted the name of Robert E.
Lee. Its • band played "Marching
Through Georgia," broke up the Geor
gia delegation and attempted to take
away the flag.
Below is a copy of a letter circu
lated throughout the south by aid of
the Bryan campaign fund.
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Aug. 1, 1101.
-—Dear Comrade: We are at a crisis
in the history of our race. For forty
years we have been voting solidly the
republican ticket. In return for this
support the party has given offices
to a few members of the race here
nnd there, but to every apeal we have
made to the perty for our rights we
have been told that the general gov-
ernmnt can do nothing, and we must
look to the states ‘ in which we live
for protection and the right to vote.
With the Republican party in control
of the presidency and both branches
of congress and the supreme court,
disfranchisement amendments to the
southern constitutions have been per
mitted, JIm-crow car laws have been
enacted, the race has been excluded
from the ballot box In almost every
southern state, tho colored militia com- '
panlea In the south have been dis
banded. tan thousand negroes—most of
them Innocent—have been lynched, and
thousands of our people are today held
In peonage; and ( to make bad matters
worse, a republican president dismissed
from the army, without trial, one hun
dred and sixty-seven brave and foyal
negro soldiers In order to appease the
wrath of certain negro haters, and by
direction of this same republican'pres
ident "Lily Whltelsm" waa Indorsed by
a republican convention at Chicago
and the loyal colored republicans war*
qiven to understand that Mr. Roosevelt
intends to eliminate th* negro from
politics in the south, and the man
whose life t^as saved at San Juan HUl
by the brave black soldiers and who
wa* elected by the colored vote, went
out of hla way in several speeches and
In a state paper to brand our race as
criminal and vicious.
Blore than two-thirds of the dele
gates to the Chloago convention were
officeholders under Mr. Roosevelt, and
were his willing tools In -npminatlng
Mr, William H. Taft. In return for
thle support Mr. Taft pledpod himself
to carry out the policies of Mr, Roose
velt, and William H. Taft has repeat-
adly stated in pubic that he favor# tho
disfranchisement of the neqro. To
vote for Mr. Taft In tho coming ejec
tion la to cast a vote m favor of the
elimination of the rteo from polities
ond make possible the disfranchisement
of our people in the north and west,
and to set the seal of approval upon
the outrage committed upon our brave
soldiers, and finally say to the world
that we are Incapable of resenting an
insult. ,
In six or eight northern and west
ern states the negrbes have sufficient
power—If they vote as a unit—to de
feat the Republican party next. No
vember. and In this way convince the
leaders that our race will not support
the party unless It treats ua with fair-
ness and Insures to ua tho enjoyment
of all tha rights and privileges guar
anteed under the constitution. Every
race except ours haa used Its votes tn
Improve Its condition. We have until
the present supported the Republican
K rty. notwithstanding the fact that It
■ deserted us at every point.
THE NATIONAL NEGRO AMERI
CAN POLITICAL LEAGUE was or
ganised to help our race make effective
Its protest against the outrages heap
ed upon It by the Republican party.
And after a careful consideration wa
have come to the conclusion that the
time has come when the race ought
to be independent In pollt'cs and vote
for no party that will not pledge to
M< !! it with J-.iM.rA, The l«*que hs*
been in communication for week* with
Mr. Bryan and the leaders of hit party,
xnd they have assured ue that they
rfesire tho suoport of our people, and
If any number of them vot# for Mr.
Bryen. and h.. Is successful, they will
treat the negro with fairness and give
him ths proper recognition In th* mat
ter of appointment to federal posi
tions and do whatever else th*y oan
to so# that he is given all the rights
nuaranteed under the constitution.
These things being true, w* are ad-
viilng our people, in order to rebuke
th# Republican partv and bring It back
to It* original platform of principles,
to vote this year for Mr. Bryan; and
to those who do not care to voto for
Mr. Bryan, we ray vote for any oth»r
candidate for the presidency excer*
William H. Taft. In this advice, we
are heartily endorsed by thousands of
leading men In all walks of Ufa among
nd by tens of thousands of the
’■common people" of out race. Wp
must bring the Issues pf the campaign
end the fact* of this letter to the at
tention of our people throughout Amer
ica. . .
rsignedl J. MILTON WALDRON,
Tesld^nt the National Negro Ameri
can Political League.
tFlgned)
WU. MONROE TROTTER,
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