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.tfiDITOH, - JOHN MITCHELL, JR.
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^SATURDAY, SEPTEMBHRi 30, 1921
THE DIVISION OF THE VOTE.
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The Richmond, Vu., Times-Dispatch,
tin Its editorial comment seems to fail
vto understand that tho southern coioi
?d citizen is just like tho southern
white one. He has like habits and
prejudices, although they may ho of an
opposite tendency. Wo are much impressed
"by one of tho statements cf
our able and esteemed contemporary,
when it says:
There is but one practical course for
the Virginia Negro?to divide, so ta?
as he votes, on party lines in accordance
with the issues of today.
To this, wo would add:
There is hut one practical course
"for the Virginia white man?to divide,
iao far as he votes, on party lines in accordance
with the issues of today.
This has been the preachments oy
' Theodore Roosevelt and ajll the leading
Republicans in this country. This is
the doctrine of the "lily-whites" in
Virginia, who in order to bring abon.
this condition have thrown the Negroes
of I ho commonwealth over-board, so no
<rpeak in order to Induce tho wnitu
people of Virginia to act In accord Jinr-e
with this suggestion. Tho souU.
ornors have professed a fear of so-call'*3(1
Negro dominntion and havo put
'this argument forth as a reason for
'their solidarity.
As a mattor of fact, it is on accoun
of old animosities and prejudices
brought about by tho late civil war,
which has produced this condition.
They do not trust tho Yankees yet.
They believe in States Rights and are
c/pposed to a centralized form of go.
-eminent, Hut time is bringing about
changes. President Woodrow Wilson
caused thousands of colored citizens
to revise their opinions concerning
States Rights. They have been able to
contrast this centralized power under
Republican Ulysses S. Grant and un iler
Democrat Wood row Wilson una
uifter a "coo,ling time" and a careful
consideration, they are now of tho
opinion that they have had enough oi
1 oth.
We take it then that the Richmond,
Ya., Times-Dispatch wants a live Republican
Party in this State as opposed
to a live Democratic one with
white and colored people voting accord
ing to the livo issues of the day instead
of being warped by their unreas
onahle prejudices in the premises. May
God hasten that day. When the wliUb
<olks got in that mood, they will find
1 lie coloreil folks faithfully imitating
them. Let our constitutional rights
i\lone and give to us those privileges
to which we are legally entitled, throw
open your primaries to colored voters
and then you , will witness a
full real iatiopi of your advice
and hopes, colored folks, Negroes, J
Afro-American will be ready and will* J
ing "to divide; so far as they have have
votes^ 011 party lines in accordance
vwith the issues of today.''
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A "NKW CHAMPION.
Tho Battling Siki, the Senegalese
black Frenchman, who hails fron.
Africa is now tho light heavy-weight
champion of tho world and the heavyweight
champion of Europe. Ilis defeat
of Georges Carpentier reads like
n romance. It was a case of over-con.fidence
on tho part of Franco's greatest
fighter. The indications are, how-]
ever that even had he been warned,'
the result would have been the same.
It was at first reported that the black
prizefighter fought without pugilib
He skill, but this view of the situation
has been revised and lie is admitted to
oe a world marvel.
The attempt will be made to force
Harry Wills the American pugilists of
African descent to meet, this new
pugilistic luminary before tackling
Jack Dempsey. but this is nut nf
question now, inasmuch as Dempsey
is already signed up to meet Wills.
Then WMJs if ho should win must
moot this new European "terror," who
hails from tho Western Coast of Africa.
Colored folks are naturally inter
A DANGEROUS
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Tlio Richmond* Vt?., Tlmes-DIsputca, j
ouo of tho ublost edited dully publtCn* 1
tions in tho South-laud and from a !
southerner's viow-point ouo of tho best j
friends of tho colored pooplo In all o\ |
this land, in its issuo of Soptombor 2'5,
1922, say a:
Richmond's Negro nowspaper, tho
Planet, arrives at a conclusion, it
nAight weJl have reached a year ago?
that tho Republican leaders of Virginia
have definitely decided it is best
for the futuro of that party that HkNegroes
glialj no longer vote its ticket
Nor will wo quurrul with another
statement in its columns, that tho Republican
organization in Virginia i?
maintained mainly for capture and dia
tributlon of Fodoral oillces.
Certainly on thoso two points wo
aro in agreement, but it soon readies
the crosB-roads, whoro it disagrees. It
says:. i
It is with conviction as to tho bos!
intorosts o.C tho Nogro raco to which
The Timo?-Dispatch has always boon a (
friend that wo urgo rojectlon of the
suggestion of tho Planot that Negroea
organize separately, and ondoavor to i
present such a solid front that somo (
day thoy may hold tho balanco of pow
er botween the 'major parties. Such n
course would be disastrous to our col
ored population. No thoughtful man 1
or woman can contemplate such a sit
nation with tho slightest degree of ap j
proval. It probably would be to the (
best interest of the Democratic party
if at any time the gap between the
size of the white parties should b> 1
come narrow for in that event most of
the Republicans would vote the <Joini ,
mint Democratic ticket to prevent con
trol of (he State by a solid block y. '
Negroes. It would, however, bo most
unfortunate for Virginia, for both
major parties and most of all for (ho i
colored organization and its members.
This is a plain statement of an opinion
without going into details for an
explanation as to why this course
would bo disastrous to the colored poo
pie. It gives tho usual suggestion ana
concludes as follows:
For fifty years tho Negroes have pre
seated an almost unbroken alignment
with the Republican party. They couU.
not expect much political recognition 1
from the Democrats, and (hey have not i
had it. Now they are forced bodily out. ,
of tho Republican ranks, for as Tho
TimesrDisnnfoh nrpillpimi r>n?.
lard hold out the olive branch, it was I
rejected. There is but one practical
course for the Virginia Negro?*o
divide, so far as he has votes, on party
lines in accordance with the issues ol
today. '
But what does this suggestion
mean? Lot us seo. Wo have always
been of the opinion and this opinion :
has been supported by past experiences 1
and by historic events thatdn disunion
or division, tliore is weakness and "in ;
union, there ,is strength." There is no
doubt in the world that the Negroes in
this State should divide, so far as he
votes, on party lines in accordance
ested in the contest. Now comes ?u<,
information that the Battling Siki Iiub '
a Dutch wife. This will not be relished
by the critics of black men in this
country. , <
Wo lire satisfied (lint some colored |
folks have begun saving money already
to visit the scene of the coh
flict, should it take placo anywhere in
this country. No matter which way
you turn or go, the black man is in
ovidenco and Ethiopia is appealing for
justice in every part of this and ovcry
other land. j
TOM WATSON OF GlCOIUilA.
Senator Thomas E. Watson of
George is dead, lie was best Known as
"Tom Watson." We had an opinion of
hi mi. which we might have emphasized
in these columns, but the remarkable
comment of the Now York Sun
along this same line is a veritable literary
gem and we reproduce it here:
The kindest thing that can bo
truthfully said of Sonator Thomas E.
! Watson of Georgia, who died yester!
day? Is that his mind grow faster than
his spirit. Ho was a man who had
energy, learning and cleverness, but
ho wasted tho opportunity to use them
welj.
Watson was a lawyer, but lie counseled
his people to break tho law. Ho
was a student of history but he reveled
in things which history has shown
to he wrong. He studied tho Constitution
but he preached against its finest
pr'nicples.
The American public would have fo/
given Ttfnv Watson his false theories
in economics. It would have forgiven
him his peppery temper and his inv
proper conduct in debate. But it could
not overlook his offenses in stirring
up race and religious prejudice or his
opposition to Iho enforcement of tho
universal service law.
. Those who hoped that Watson on liia
coming to the United States Senate
would reform were disappointed. His
charges against the conduct of tho
army in Franco, never substantiated,
were made with all the old venom, tho
old lack of respect for truth' and pro*
ceduro. Instead of emulating the ex :
imple of Hen Tillman of South Care
Una, who in lvis final days in the Sen'
ate won back much of tho respect ho
had lost in his turbulent years, Watson
became more impossible than evor.
Surely a Stato doos not always havo
the Senators she deserves. When Air.j
bama could boast an Underwortl in
. the Senate and Mississippi a William*
'?., ''>' ' :t ;v- ' M*v : }?'$'** '/?fy jt/r- ^'^^Sfv i o!
THE Kt<
SUGGESTION.
with tho issues of today* But wlion
thoso purty linos uro druwn iu a way
to prcscrlbo this samo Nogro lu his
fundamental constitutional and polill
cal rights and ho docllnos to suppon.
tho party or parties making sucn
proscription, it scorns to us that ho is
forcod to adopt a policy to protect
him against political extinction.
Our position is that tho Negroes as
a unit should act togctlior and to casi
I heir support in accordanco with the
transcendent issues of today. 1? a citizens
political rights aro in Jeopardy
and tho safety of his life and propuro
is at stake, all other issues aro to bo
subordinated to that one issuo. Tho
division of tho Nogro voto then rests
with the two pqiitical parties and not
with the Negro. When they all unite
to injuro and destroy tho Nogro as n
political ontity, they force a solidarity
Of tho Nefiro voto. A? an nrpnnl'/iMl
body, the Negro can forco political
rocognltlon and the right to hold political
office upon ono or the other ot
tho political partlOxS and It may bo that
In this light our esteemed- contemporary
rogards tho Negro's action as disastrous
to tbo Negro.
For our part, wo have always advocated
individual support of candioatet>
that is whero white men, who are
known to be favorable to colored- ones
i?ro nominated for office, wo should exercise
our individual preferences and
vote for them, even though they be
tlie nominees of the Democratic Phrty.
This is what wo call building* up intlividunl
friendships among tlie best
[ lass of white people of tire Southland.
In the present campaign, every colored
voter knows or should know that
every vote cast for a colored nominee
in the pending political struggle takes
uway a whole vote from a Republican
nominee and gives a half-vote (o tho
Democratic nominee. Were we to control
tho colored vote solhlKr mni
pet them to forget the past, we would
us an organization, in n spiritu of rctal
iation cast the solid hlack volo for the
Democratic nominees.
Many of us holieve that we can hello''
trust tlio devil than we can leave
our future in the hands of some of
those Republican hypocrites. To speak
plainly, wo are contending for the
rights and privileges of the colored
people in this commonwealth. We
would prefer to secure them under Republican
rule. If wo can reach our
goal through the aid and comfort of
tlio Democratic right, thinking people,
then God grant that tl>oso rights ar.t
privileges may come to us from that
source. Wo believe that the better
t'lass of white people in the South-land
aro our host friends and wo beliovt
ulso, if they are left to themselves and
to their consciences, they will accord
to us fair-play and Justice. We repent,
in division, there is weakness; "In
Union, there is strength."
it seemed strange that their neighbor
Georgia should be represented by ii
man who rose to office on the steps oundent
prejudices and who flaunted
h.'s own passions in the face of the
country.
To make further comment would bo
to mar a magnificent word picture. So
ends. 4
Matt N. Lewis, editor of the NewI
ort News Star has announced his
candidacy for the United States Senate
from this State on tlw> Republican
ticket. There is but littlo doubt, buv
what ho will be named at the coining
convention of the Party. This gives
thr> colored citizens and the while ones
too, for that matter. ? ii-no nnd trir... I
Republican for whom they can vote.
He is weSl-Unown nil over tlie State ol
Virginia. lie is deservedly popular, being
permanently allied with Virginia's
interests. We take pleasure in en-'
dorsing hinr for the position, whichhe
seeks and we hope that ho may pofl
the full vote of the party, which h*
jepresents.
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Hon. Mar- us Garvoy is now in tilt
fighting arena and Is now delivering
blow for blow in the contest with his
enemies and critics. He claims that
there is an organized propaganda in
"full swing," with paid orators ana
lecturers to misrepresent h'im nml ?ii?
work. Evidently, he is feeling tlieso
attacks keenly and he has put his followers
on notice to beware of this
movement throughout the country.
Ilis weekly address in the Negro World
of tho 30th inst. is particularly drastic
and vitriolic.
\
Supremo Chancellor S. W. Green
has Issued a proclamation suspending
the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias
of Missouri for failure and refusal to
pay the Pythian Temple taxes and the
Grand Lodgo of Ohio is in a state of
insurrection. Under Grand Chancellor
R. B. Barcus certain drastic resolutions
wore passed and will como up a*,
tho next session of tho Supreme Lodgo
Grand Chancellor A. W. Lloyd of Missouri
is outspoken in his position.
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OHMOWD FLAJtET, R1CH1
Tho Turks hnvo won In their baf
gaining with, tins Allfo* for tho reasoi
that all nations soem to havo hat
onouph war. Ono writer has brought t<
nil ml. Napoleon's laconic remark com
corning this war-llko raco ?f peopit
"You can kill a Turk, hut you canno
conquer him." This rccalls to mlm
the saying of tho trappers In tho K-.n
West. "Tho only good Indian is a dea'.
one."
Tho Now York Life, tho Mutual, ami
tho Equitable Llfo Insuranco com
panics doing a business boforo tlic
war Iii Europe estimated at ono tIrons
I -uul million dollars have retlrc<l from
business in all European countries except
tho British Isles.
Ireland got rid of ono war to plunge
boldly into another holocaust. As a
matter of fact, It is worse than the
provious shedding of blood sluco thoy
are busily ongagod in tho task of exterminating
each other.
Tho L/lborian loan of fivo million
dollars did not pass this session of con
gross and tho Dyer Antl- Lynching
Hill .la awaiting attention In tho same
body.
Making the world * miserable seem*
to lie tlio daily task of soino peoplo. To
be in their company is lo sit under h
shadow.
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You can try Retting to Heaven b.v
the short route, but you will bo suit
lo land in the other placo.
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You cannot do right, without inak
ing enemies, and unscrupulous ones
at that.
Some people believe ninety per cent
'of what they hear and practically all
thiit they see.
This is a world of trouble and wo
should not lie surprised when wo have
trouble..
Some times, it seems that one half
of the world is endeavoring lo rob the
other half of the same planet.
Yon may get by today doing wrong,
but yon will lose tomorrow or the noxt
day..
Peoplo, who treat other people right
are oi'ton treated wrong by this same
class of people.
I Don't gruinblo too much. Your
mouth is liable to grow one-sided.
Our likes and dislikes often load u?
into trouble.
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i( before you read it.
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This country is on tho #*o of groat
* ptospority. All you htvvo tor do Is to
1 llv? long enough to enjoy it.
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, ! Tho Turks seomod to know oxactly
1 whon to defeat tho Greeks ?nd to in
r j wist upon torms virtually at tlio gates
1 of Constantinople. All Europe it?
afraid to risk another war and bo
Islam is triumphant tor tho time Ot. i
ing.
i Our friends coutinuo to Bond in
. their subscriptions. They realize that
i they are needed right through hero
. now.
Wo have whlto friends as well as
1 colored ones. Both aro doing tholr duty
liy us.
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KW *WNCJi RICHMOIKH).
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1 There lis an- organized body of leaa'
ing whito men in tbis city, wB:o mako
1 it tholr business to-bdoat Kfclrmoncl.
Thoy uso'tlioir efforts to bring hwr?..
every convention of note. Thoy send
. out booklets setting forth tho revenuo
, of tho populaco anil' endeavor tor hav
(' loeated hero industrial and manufact*
l uring enterprises upon tho plea that
we hiivo here a contented and happy
populace.
When tho migration of colored peoo'p
to the North was tho all-absorbing
' jLopio. wo used tho columns of these
s Journals to check tho same and ha <.
fv'nco published flattering reports ot'
I conditions here lo iiuliico their return.
The body of will to citizens to which
we refer Is known as the Richmond
Chamber of Commerce. There is i??.
corresponding organization among
(lie colored pooplo, although
there should !v such an organization
Just now, the ltidvmoml Elks are he
ing aroused against one of the'r number
on account of a letter, which ho
wrole to (ho members of the Gra-i?.
Lodge of Elks and sent broadcast
over the country, "knocking Richmond."
It should not ho forgotten that the
people who are endangering our in
dust rial enterprise^ arresting ppopU*
without tho propor discrimination
and sending broad-cast over the country
unsavory reports concerning tho
colored people and using the Assoclnt1
ed Press as a moans for disseminating
this erroneous Information aro also
"knocking 'lftichmonflV and aro doing
incalculable harm to both tho better
I uiiihs in colored pooplo and to the better
class of white people.
Prom our observation, we have soma
of lli-o best white pooplo in the count*.?
located right, here. Thoy are (loins
what they can to al<\ those colored' peo
pie, who mean right and who are en-J
! <lenvoring to tlo right. The other kind j
of white folks havo thoir innings at j
times and they tend to distress all j
classes by their luck of judgment, but j
. let us pray God that sooner or l iter,
we can wait "Till the day break and 1
the shadows flee away."
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(Preston News Scrvico.) !
Now York City, Sept. 27.?Miss Anna
Jones Robinson, aged 24 and iMiss
Enid P. Thorpe, aged 25, was graduat5
cd from (lie L?nw Department of ITnnt
er College here last Juno. It is said
that these are the first colored wo-i
men to ho given a degree hy this institution.
Both of them taught school in
Harlem while attending the law
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