Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1906 — Tuft Takes Hands Off. [ARTICLE]

Tuft Takes Hands Off.

Washington, Nov. 22. —Secretary Taft’s hands an* off In tho matter of tln> discharge of three negro companies of the Tweuty-Fifth Infantry. The *(“<•- retnry Issued Ids promised bulletin on the affair setting forth Its history In succinct sentences and announcing that he had rescinded his order to delay the dishonorable discharges. Mr. Taft says that the president's attitude Is unchanged. It appears that the only hope for the eolored soldiers lies in their own willingness to testify against the nieml>ers of tin* battalion actually guilty of "shooting up" the town of Brownsville. Tex.