Show NEGROES HAVE NO USE FOR TAFT Roosevelt Square Deal Not the Kind of Square Deal the Black Race Wants SORE OVER BROWNSVILLE NEW YORK COLORED FOLK OUT OUTSPOKEN OUTSPOKEN OUTSPOKEN SPOKEN New York Au War Secretary Tafts Lexington speech in which he lie discussed the tho negro question was discussed yester ester day In the tho negro churches and at several meetings In the Colored Y M 1 C A in West Vest street a large audience of men and women applauded J Douglas an attorney who was caustic in his arraignment of the secretary for his cringing ard and apologetic presentation of the subject Dr F M 11 Jacobs r of the First Memorial A M I B E Zion church of Brooklyn asserted no speech speechmaking speechmaking speechmaking making could square Secretary Taft with the negroes for his part in the Browns Brownsville ville Villa affair President Roosevelt said Dr Jacobs made Taft back water when he for a time held up the order of oJ dismissal of the negro troops from the army and expressed views at Lexing ton Ky regarding the negro President Roosevelt might make moke him back water on that proposition also If he were to suc sue succeed succeed to the presidency Secretary Taft the preacher went on did not have the manhood to stand up and tell the south In a manly way of the political crimes that it for years ears has com corn committed against the negro but had to apol apologize apolo apolOgize o ize to the south in telling it of Its po iniquity and if he were elected president he would consult the south as us to terms upon which he should deal with the negro I 1 am tired of this business of voting for white men who make platitudinous speeches to the negroes when they want I Republican nominations and negro votes vote I on election day I shall hereafter be as I dumb as an oyster and as silent as a astone astone stone unless the Republican party nomi nominates nominates nominates nates men who are manly men and wille will give e my ray people a square deal but not a Roosevelt square deal At the Colored Mens Branch of the tho Y M 1 C A meeting in referring to Secre tary Taft Vh a lawyer said The secretary straddled and fade him himself himself self ridiculous at t Lexington and an ordinarily ordinarily intelligent layman could have made madea a better presentation pres of the subject than he did He lie is supposed to be learned in the law has been honored with high judi judicial judicial cial ial honors anI an mentioned rn for the United Stat Stats s supreme yet he apologizes to those who violate the moral law His cringing and apologetic speech did more to weaken his candidacy in the minds of men than anything else elso he h could have done Mr Taft is pledged to carry out the policies of Roosevelt but the tho race rare want in tho th presidential chair who Is going oln to t carry carr out policy in dealing with the thene negro ne ro If it is to be on the Brownsville order The Tue Rev J E McMullin of Colon Panama wh who is a visitor here said raid When I consider the condition c of the therace therace therace race I feel as if it there Is nothing of right righteousness righteousness left in me melIe He lIe then told how the negroes digging the Panama anal anaI were being tr treated saying they were being worked to death eath for eighty cents a day and that when they complained they were vere fined find 40 in ingold Ingold ingold gold and imprisoned besides The American Am rinn white man is in Pana Pann Panama Panama ma said he lie h and I am sorry SOrI for it There Is no humanity there It is alt all in humanity The humanity there consists in seeing s ing that the sick die and that the dead are robbed of what they leave leav I would advise all aU negroes to stay away from the isthmus |