Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-03


TO choose those representatives; If
We are not good enough TO be repre-
scented, at least, as human beings.
we are too good to be misrepresent-
ed by oar enemies. We ask of this
nation therefore tie enforcement of
The l4th and 18TH amendments.
II drives the nail home" az one
blow when it says:
1--WE ask for an abolition of Jim
Crow ears on railroads and the sub
stitption of FIRST and secOn1 class
airs, which would separate men ac-
cordiug TO condition, ard not accord
ng to color"
II tears OF the mask of hypocrisy
when it says:
"The menace Of the drunken un-
reasoning mobs hangs ever above as
Since 1885. 260 Georgia Negroes
have been lynched and burned with
out the semblance of a legal trial.
not so mention hundreds OF unac-
cused persons who have been muir
dered"
i leaves nothing unsaid. when it
adds;
eve ask. further. representation
on the juries OF the state. Trial by
ones peers is one of the funiamen-
tal rights OF common law, and this
is systematically denied i'm Georgia.
lt tells the "start-saled" truth
when it says;
"Colored men are punished in
this state without intelligent dis
elimination. old and young thug
and mischief-makcr. and often men
and women. are herded together af-
ter unfair trials before iuries who
would rather convict ten innocent
Negroes than let one guilty. one es-
cape. The sentences inflicted are
cruel ana excessive: % per cent. Of
the convicts are condemned for life
ana go per cent for 10 years and
more. White men often escape con
viction or are promptly pardoncd.
These slaves of the state are chen
SOLD body and soul TO private capt
talists for tho sake of gain. without
the shadow Of an attempt at refor-
nation. and are thrown into rclent-
less competition with free Negro
laborers.
"The fortune of many "a promi-
ncnt white Georgia family is red
with ,he blood and sweat OF black
men Justly and uniustly held Co la
bor in Georgia prison camps; the
state to-day is receiving $225.000 @
year of this blood money and boast
ing OF her ability TO make crime
pay"
r. would De well to have that ad-
dress typc-written and sent TO
President Roosevelt Despite an OF
this. despite the fact that the Cit
liens of color constitute the bulk OF
the Republican vote in Georgia. the
larger proportion OF the Offices Of
responsibility and trust are being
filled 10y The white contingent. thus
emphasizing the very inequality of
which this Equal Rights Convention
complains.
We think we sec peculiar signi-
hcance I'm this movement in this
Southern state. when it is consii-
cred i'm conjunction with the recent
rousing mass-meetings held In New
York and Washington. IL is the
beginning OF an organized protest
against existing conditions and an
nouncements OF the birth of the
great movement which will have for
it's purpose the overthrow of the al
legged Observation-Disclosures method
OF making appointments TO office
throughout the country I'm general
and the Southland in particular.
This movement. too will have the
cordial approval and support of
those old-ume Republicans. who re-
sent the importation into the party
OF Democrats. who come not only
with their uniforms and equipments
of the other side. but bring with
them their socialistic and Negro
hating principles as well. Tne Pres
ident of the nation is establishing a
new party and his effort in this di-
rection viii be met by the Constitu-
ton League in the North and the
Equal Rights Association in the
South, with the members of both
fraternizing and voting in each
organization. What will the enI be?