Show NEGROES ECHOES MAKE DEMANDS DEMAND At a meeting ot 06 negroes held in Mobile lobUe Ala to celebrate emancipation t tion day resolutions were adopted de Ie denouncing an alleged movement on the part of ot the white Republicans of ot the south to control the election of ot dele delegates delegates delegates gates to the next national c cOnye contention lYen t ion of ot tho the party Also the that they would oppose oppose the y of any presidential aspirant who rec recognizes recognizes recognizes the Lily Whites This is in indeed indeed indeed deed a serious matter for white whit Re Republicans Republicana publicans If It the negroes get together in the south they the can run the conven conventions to suit themselves and they can send solid delegations of blacks bl to t the Chicago convention Fully 90 per cent of the votes cast for Republican tickets in the south are cast by the negroes when the negroes are permitted to vote at all In Iii the north the negro vote for Republican nominees forms a percentage sufficient sufficiently ly large larg to make it worth reckoning with Indeed the perpetuation of Re Republican Republican Republican publican rule has been b n made possible largely through the tha votes votee of the brother Why he resent the attempt of ot the white Republicans to deprive him of ot the privilege of or par participating participating participating in party councils The best friends the negro has had have earnestly advised him to stay out of politics He cannot play the game with the white man and the themore themore themore more he tries the worse off ocr he is If It all the negroes in the country would follow tallow the advice of their greatest man Booker T Washington they would be immensely better off oft As they will not they are welcome as far as The Herald is concerned to make all the trouble they can for their fellow Republicans of the white race Negro delegations from the southern states may figure prominently in the next convention The race Is very like likely likely likely ly to be close At this time tino no candi candidate candidate candidate date has a commanding lead lend The votes are sure to be split plit among three or four candidates on the first ballot and nd perhaps on several ballots The negro delegates may hold the balance of power Would not that be a great spectacle for the country Think of ot delegations ns from states which cat CIll t no Republican electoral votes forcing the nomination of ot a candidate of their own selection It will be said that the same thing happens in ill Democratic national con conventions conventions conventions but the Democrats have at least the satisfaction of not being bur burdened burden burden den d dby by b the race handicap There are areno areno areno no purchasable delegates In Democrat Democratic ic national nat on l conventions And it is rea rca reasonably certain that if Ie the negroes do hold the balance of power at Chicago the candidate with Ith the longest lon est purse will m win the battle |