Show THE TIlE RIGHTS A AD AND D PROGRESS OF OP TILE NEGRO EGnO I From Tafts Taft's speech of acceptance Tho The Republican lican Ican platform refers to these amendment to the Ute Constitution that were pos passed cd b by the tho Republican party for tho the protection of tho negro The negro In n the theto 40 to years since ho was freed treed front from slavery has las made remarkable 1 progress Ho lie is becoming a. a more and more valuable member of the tho In which ho lives The Tho education of or the negro Is being expanded and Improved in every wa way The Tho bf bc bt it t men of or both races at the North as well ivell as at the thc South ought to rejoice to sc see growIng growing grow- grow Ing ng up among tho the southern louthern people an Influential element clement to encourage e tho ne negro ro In hl his hard lard struggle for Industrial Industria Independence and as as- political status Tho The Republican platform adopted at Chicago explicitly demands Justice for tor all men men without regard to race or color and just as explicitly declares for tor the enforcement and with out reservation In letter and spirit of or the tIme thir- thir fourte fourteenth nth and fifteenth amendments to the tho Constitution It Is II ne needless less to state slate that I stand with my party parly squarely on un that plank panl in the platform plat plat- form and believe that equal Justice to all and the fair fair- fairand and impartial enforcement of these men amendments is in keeping with the rea real American spirit of ot fair fall pia play |