In 1908, Taft received over 114,000 votes, and the Republican candidate for governor 107,000.

In 1916 Hughes received 120,000 votes as against 168,000 for Wilson.
What was done with the negro when he was thus rendered politically helpless?
Was there an attempt to take from him other things than the ballot?
The answer must be in the affirmative.

Men advocated segregation in common carriers, in public places, and even in places of residences.
An attempt to confine appropriations for negro schools to the amount of taxes directly paid by the negroes has been made; men have sought office on a platform of practical serfdom for the negro.

But although some few have achieved temporary successes--at least they have been elected--their programs have not been carried out.

The "Jim Crow" car is common and the negro schools do not get appropriations equal to those of the whites, but little else has been done.