AT FEVER HEAT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1468, 17 June 1912, Page 5

AT FEVER HEAT.

TAFT-ROOSEYUT FIGHT,

NEGRO "DELEGATES HOLD KEY

TO bITUATION.

FARCICAL PROCEEDINGS.

By Teleeraph—PiTsS'iAssbciitipn—Pppyrißl 1 ' (Hec. June, ifc '5...5 ;p;aiO ■ ■ 'London;-; June, ifc The Chicago cprresiipiiue'.n.t.ot fha "Daily Mail," in. writing of -i'liS- T^i'f % aiitt velt prospects at .■EsPjiiWiMfi; . Convention, remarks liefptp: lias, a President appeared''.'■perspnaHy. at ;>■ party convention to' , .urge\.!!is.;p,wu.clainis' for re-election. ~■■';", . . . ■ ... : ; ,

The Hopublican declares, now Tests'. i '..-on:,.:a .hundred , .' , jiegro delegates, whose privilege is limited to :c.piiyfenj;jbn. They were delegared^^J;' Democratic SouthenrStafe, >ina-iiistriict-ed to vote fer Mr'!"T.aft, s vl)ut ;llr r; velt's managei'3 are;stafipii:ed ■■at:: : th'e. , i2.egi;b heatltiiiartci's Relegates with Mr. Vdifs ttanagers v ''>;i<> i -jyjttf. them in the same methods j , '"."; ..;.... ■.' ; ■: : .

The negroes are; ;"dfessetl, : for; tlio-.,fi'tci;' : . sion in-black coats/.'gorgeousV ties, and patent leather tweor the hotels aro unpurturbed ' Thtch. are being ;levejle(F'aga|nst Ono negro is of 800 dpllars <jei6b) : . : offerefi: tjy .iv : rap> perter of Mr. Tafti. '..■.' ■■ MR. ROOSE.y,Ett : .AHi?{.y.E.S, i "tAST EFFORT^cAS:yII):.ii)EI:EAT."; (Eec. Juney6;;jsls'fp;ui\ji : -i l New?. , yor.k;,V.:Junp i 5, ; Chicagb reportsistapvihai; . bility of a cpmprpmis6.'>;canflida.fe:.ansing.' from the Eepubli<;iin'ij-iinl£si;is: , .demed''' ; oil.; both' sides. ■J'.-.P.'. , ..",.■':■' '.... ■ ■ , , ','■■' ' : 31t. Taft is fe ■■gain; dele- . gates. *J'!:fiJ!i& ':>:''■ : ' '■' V: There was treineMpus .'enthiisiasm: ..oft; Jlr. Roosevelt's airrivalvin'.ofde'r■,'|p. pi'P-'-' test, against'the ■ Tait's suppprters^Hecla^hatjair..^ppser. velt is njakins a'Uai't ■'■effoffc ; 'td: ;ayert (!e- ' feat. :.■„ : Mr. Taft has uninstructed dclegatesViiinrt.-Mr/Booseveit .- 9. Mr. Taft is likely/j-tpsenter' ijieJ^raiV-: vention with a nbare/Ciiiajority* .over, 'Mis '■ principal rival. L''Tp?;;^ur^ : .'™mination.'. he will require pi .[atsolute.'majority' 'of the 1076 ';' . , . COMPROMISE::-CANDi,WtE; ' '. DEMOCRATIC .^ffi : NCE^ ; ■' The situation of uncertainty. JTiiero-Ts-increasing; liilk. i of a coinpromis'c^candidateJV' , '?'li*;-'-;!'. < ?J!''f , : in tho growing clinnMS^KtiiS-J)cmpci'ats: : is greater than : 'cvcri>>; '•)'!, \ : ". , THE ■■||»Ma3CS; • : A CTJRIOUs4ITtFAjiM^: v ';.;„■'; "Tho right of^;'citizchs;'oKttoUnitcd' :, ■■■ States to votefslrai!. : iiot; : b6i ! denied "or- ~'' abridged by by any State,';::on;^iccauni?pf; ; i&race;:V. colour,'or previqus'iifbmlition./oteervir;",. ■ tudo." J;? a;S' ;« ; 'S iiyJT'W. ■''?.'.■.'. ~v Thus reads thejiFifteenth': A'njenoirneiit 1 '. to the United StatesJCciistitu^i'oh, , in>ert-S ed aftor the clpso'tif tlio,Ciyii' , .War. ;'Des-";. pjte this clear '*.statraiient,iHb.a , -.-;political:r rights pf tho negrGes:,have.v:heett:"j'cduced.:: to a nullity by>.yH'j;;raannev.;/cf.. ; disfvaii7.; chiseiuent ineasure3'..violatiiig';'' : th<s.i spirit'; , if not the letter,'of.:the.Constitiition';;,,The , ; current and fairly :,f succeisnili;way-:: , bfi';dis-; ; franchising negroes'*';.'in r.the:':'?.Bouthern:.. States is to make α^eneralilawzexcludihg , ' illiterates from the ballot,'.white'ci , ..blacky, but putting the white .voters.jbackj.bv&i'' pi'pvision whichV-'admits 'an: ,, : , cestoys fought in ,,, the-: Civils^Var.;; ,, ;.;; These: ; provisions are supplementedSby*tho {'rei:; quirement of a receipt for,a poll , tax;paidi long before, and , a system iof: registration; : so administered that .it'can' slnvt'.'out'ipr. , ; admit a claimant at-tie.will-.of'.the'-ioeisj? trar. ■/ :'* :: ?*i^r*?x£ti~Wl;*'>il But, despite thia.pdlitical-.apostasy.ffche; negro constitutes a.' poetical'factor, whiclr cannot be ignored: without■ local?and ..Ba;,? tional peril. Hβ constitutes, one-ninth thoj numerical strength of the.American peb'-V pie, and is promiscuously scattered .qveri the whole geographical area:of ■' the United; States, ranging ~in', , Te3ative , .;de_nsity;.-from , -- ten to one in the Mack' belts'' of; the South"; to less than one'.per' , cent.;; in/;the> Higher, latitudes. He ,,, furnishes'oner-sixth'of tlie : .i wage-earning class/ ; antFis..inextricably,an-r: terwoven in the nationali'-indnetrialisarid:.; economic fabric! , .- , 'He;speaks..the J same : :lai{-.:. guage, conducts tho' 'same: ni'odes : ;"of vactiy-;!; ity, reads the • God after tho.(6ame'>.r.itual i ':as:/.his/\yhite}:. follpir-citizens.^t^-^;: , ?;'^" ' ■'':' ; ;" : ;

.THE V .'■; MR. EOOSBVELTiANDjBI^jpITOi^I; In reviewing!; the? A'me'nca'n*:;Pre3idential? campaign recMiUj-; ; 'the/Washii)gtoiV;corrc's-:' pondent of "The; Times".' .reninrtad-:.!that" personal and political aroused to a degree. , perhaps : '.-iunpanillel<;d'; since the whicKtireeedcd'the:; Civil War. The':.Con=ttitution,>;witli:;pits* almost sacred '■. and? balances, has been , attackcd , ;Vfhe";Pro'sideiit , - has been "betrayed", jby. : ;;;;hi3.'fe ; erstw.hilb\ friend and political ; 'sponscir.';: v ;th'e'(itradi.-.. tion started by :three: terms of Presidential' office::man -lias been. iguored;< w So"HyVftlte? ; servative.s. The «ltra-Hadicals/.j.0n i !- , -:.the. , other hand, rejoice ,, that'-the'-figh't■o's/.iOtf: and that the : the victory has entered.!. tlieJlis-tV-, Qrieacl; side the controversy : is.plentifully' : "s»ice&. with personal charges' , andtrecrimin'iitipnsSMr. Roosevelt is no:lons«r.!inj:ariyS«en£e!; the President's fyiend:?Conservatives , .atr , tribute his volte faca?tp-V9ieeij?iniWli(:yvtq-play second to "the Supremo"v,Cour't';::OMr[\;;:>Boos3velt;: forced him he recognised that;he;>as/a;:sfai*sma'ir;p.f; ; conservatively', •■■; constructive; ■.■.iitendt'iicies. , .-' well fitted to:biiisd:.Tvhoro--Mr.'' ! ;Eoosevclt, had cleared. :,Mr.<iTaft's'?i Administration;; has, it is at«j but it barreri;,' of good conitructiv«? ; i\rork!.:v'-.Cb!ild:,v:.the. President lie re-elect«d:a.nd;; : hisiparty; : ve;-' united, it is cortainthat-hiS'next.Adminis-; tration would be highly velt is a have ?iven invaluable,help,/M>the ; ninn. whose honesly/ ; is, r :),n:itliout cdoubti"; still/. as , - "fearless andM)Rgres>ive":;;;as| !\!t::;Roos«r velt proclaimed , it:;tp'::b'e!;'wh'pn:--,h , o'"p'ropose(V him for the Prssiclency^ifllWSJJ-Asiiinst , this Mr. Roo6evelt!.s"isupp i orte , r ,, ill saying that:;hojviHjnco?pt, ; tli.e.ii;Qiiniia:.tion the ex-Prisul.oiitfthaV- , doiib!- thji .mchfc tiling by his paiiy^n'ridt'thd-Cgiiliitrjh. ;I Mr:.. 'i'aft, they arKiie^hii.j.-failcd; ; 'a's.'aii: i efT : 'ectivo' , . reform Pre^ident;3ii?vilias.-.he'en/.liilijpwarm. about the I?oo«yeU-Mii^Ti.bUti.<;. , v:r;aiia .thiv country wantsrjeform: ! :aipii(,':'l'ii{f "l.iiies-'.pf tho=o jiolicies£-\Mr: i-Epsseyel & \vSs; .-fespoiisiblo for the' ; mistok;e'''of.:iMK tion. It would'vthvis ;l)e:/ : njipiitviptfc,. of him not fo ward to try toVriKh'tVhWSmistatai iiiviV^ivf* , the people wliatjtliey.rtvaii'Si.

The Badic^Cupe?f6.r:'" , Cor.rupiipri! ■ What U th&fjji&liicatism .w'li.ihH. _..Atfcj Hoosevelt 10-dnyl\ : i> 10poje=;:? . 1t. , . : c'ijif., r \>P. summed up siijj'glitijre.ii: , incn<sui-e of diivcb'.nooiil'iiivJffriv<"'r ujftihirl: jJ.rtc the syslcin of.-Varpfully^fllancjd- j talive Bov«rani«iit-'ipi ; nvii!eJl : 'ifix- ■!'»■ organic law ]:6feHie/iV< i 'dcralv tioveviiiiyiW and of the majoriiysor: ; uv K e with afgreatVid.«al! , .;&f -.Tifstico- :!];at: government, •aiidi'cspecitilly , ■.■Uic .gov.er.iy.. meiit of the;Sfatcs; ; ;;tcml3;(o^.ty ; ..;tp;bc.ni t.ho hands of :itnrejireVentiiJ"i>°c ; -ii."«in; ore:.-pi! :| less corrupt speciali-iintsMsfe,. y-Vt/Jj??"'!' latures, ;oftcii: '?.l«.i:le.(! Jit-. "machinn" influencßv'nnd'yn?t: ; .b'.r.:i'PW-?-r vote, nnc! :fyipMW, Federal Penatore^rtsKc-Mn^ytAteVl'.T.e"!*,. ■ f'niJusliiMS, ,, - wiiicfcWt&ft ■tui;a:W«^ffl\.,

1.0 b.bcpii.irnli;>d iiy ycsie.it ".:)w . c.oii'.vnlipiv systoin, '>y Sy-li'irh' iii!.i.mn*u>;> i.'i.U'. olli.M', i'l-oni, .(.|)i) (ioSytairiSs, ■ ■at.c fbosOH W liiii .pivjif/ft,?.' ii.v < i\'a.liHjiji|' ( : .Slijtp, >,i)iil liicaV: iftfiiycnUpiVs,' is l-j-k^vw'- : pvfino to liVs a : .|iii by SitoicSiuuiil piifi.lHiiojis. ,N'.qr .avo liicmljors. .of the , Slate ifmiicijiry ■.ahv.ay.s ■iiiviivuiic- fhmi , i'oiiruijt .iiifhU'iicc 1 . To-oure all iilfis This- iliWut 'liiiorvieiiticjjfi. n't' : the- pftnjjja i? 5 .iii't-iloii-,' Ji'ot 'li'il'iitsl -SJii-tis ■ScMatpis Jjn.t'lecifii-'liir Hio. jVofijiK; of flicn , S&f.&Si]cfc-ili«--oJ«c'ipit-b!li<a"ii!,siit'l.lU''i;,tiiltt-iyoglsln.tures. nnil- '.Excciitivos lie- subjecf .((S. ''the- -rocftjl; . : le.t..t : !ip..p.epi)!e. liate Uio pcfjv'pj , - .t3 .iniiihtp ; .]egjsl.ijtiprt , ; let lif** .iia^seil' by the K-gislatiir.cS jjis l.WoiTft-l j.i|i.pn:. iw.Si- , tion to , a ;ppi)ii!a.r yA)(:e; : fiiid. iol. .c;'m(li.(l:it.i'S ; .ba npni'miitcfi l>y tho raiilcfluil Jilp i't" t.iiti. : puffins.. ;". llp;fs -.iirtpinrlnnh st-iTI, .I,US. SaiVicals WOiiM ; sii.l.jmit life .li'viiltQitOMi".?. ttf tli.t 1 -Sijiies. lo . tli;6 fhma'rjsfrairit. That 'is. ilite- -.s-iiix Of ■ tli'S- wliolti. .niattei , j *n<l tlio ra'nipitigiV, i)S* : 'Jh;, 'J/a'ft arid Jlif; .Ifbosfevelt w:;i.U Tits . liiaiiily.' fpuglil., apurb i'.rpm ilia scimi-ji'ei^ : . soiial issujs.'nlr.piiijy; iiiej.ijionti!, Uppil. >ui'.. ■ Eao.-evft't's.TCMiui'ijciilaratipii iiv iavoiiv gi .'iviiiit isia.y: Oio eouveiiionfcly lyniioit t lib ,Vu.-. : .(Sail pf State CJirtishitiitipiis (>y *li« pepplci . S.iiinmKvi^d 1 yeiiy lirieHy , ,. JMh ■Kbus'SyDl.t's , ' p;piiit 'is tlJErt ifra-Cpuvtsfof vovi'iHsi Slats.S, '■besides .bei.ng , soni.ctimes: coryujit, iiaye,. iii pppnpjineiiig' , upqn. fl;b. ; coiisti.tut.i.on.aufy of: 'lie.ceisafy social ipgislafip.n, Inprie. ..tjjan :fen ■'out. oil toii.cli- %it.li tlto ';'Kpii;i.t ; ■ . aiid.. rkv'S of the )iri>esy'' .IW. cn:sts. of that : Ikind flici people slioiilil, ill; tlie Inst it?ptt, h'iy.e : tb.iih.end tlio {'pristifutibn ; ; ;Sb as' to ensure tliQ epns.titu.tibnality. of thtt ■ ■ia'w'.in tjueStipTi.i Tlife iludiciary; .Mr: lioose,. ' -velt arsuess r-iiJ.Kospilts, of •oiiglit to: Tcpr-e----■Sgii'fi. t'K€ :p>.#le, jiist. as tlie . Lejjisliitpo ■. aiid iEXeoutiye 'dp. Thft.wi-Presideitt, Mi ■ also, advp.cafei l.'i'w! : recftill- .of Judges; ■■■ffijte Kitlv fljoss proposalsi : niul ■especi^ : ally -vi-itlt .thst. epncermiig jjopujifr a.mpndr ■ ; meiit"pf Cpnstibiti'oiis, Cons«i'VfitiTes : liave ■■ tiiken. pained and. yiplent. issuer -J}.-hajj. :'tlie« flsky would beepine flf. ):lie cmcks :nnd i lialatos. of y.i h> :fov cwa- ■ iffdji.. pt wKiclt tii* ftitheira .of tlie.KepuMic: :*a : ye. wcieiyed:sp, iiiucU What tlu:re .be of stability or pi; >e.re 'ilie-'Judiciiavy to , bpvsuscep-, 'lible: tp ■dismissal: ; 'aiid'CoiisfcitatiotfsJto; ;.nmeh.dW«nt ,; .l)y:. ; tlie.-vote ..of.*, liiaipnty.' Hedic* tlie'-process, aroiind. .)iev^r. ; so, car^ : ■fullv; : it wp.ulcl niean: ■Iμ. tlieary ..Uie. ten.lvsation .of ■■Jsn-cU;il'n* and' Gbns.titutipn.3., . wriitpn ;uj)'pn :, watey,. .