The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-06-16
Of
OLD GUARD
NEW AND CAPABLE
NEGROES IN LEAD
BRIGHTER FUTURE

~ "" iN''pbbiHah Natloual OonNcntlOf
hc Il ., Chicago la week. there wrr.
about ihrsr' score oi Negro delegates an.i
/ about twis,. that numi~r of alternatss
Among the mo-t prominent and bs-sl
known Nrgr" delegates present wer
Henry Lincoln Johnson, of Georyia,
| bonner Recorder oi D,se,i- oi the district
| II Columbia anil "nr of the able.t Law
yers and most brilliant orators oi tile
south. Mr.. Johnson APPEARED for about
seventeen contestsnt- from his state lie
lore the Republican National Oommitte
and Won all Of the cases. It In statesi
that the argument OF Mr.. Johnson Ire
'"re the committee MAS one OF the sblest
and i~--t delivered before tile great gov
,'rning body 81 the Republican party l..
u. j DAVIS. another son oi Georgia, oil
itoI "i the Atlanta independent and one
ga. Prom Louisiana there wrre Walter
Cohen. the wealthy Insurance man OF
Nrw Orleans. and J. Madison Vance, an
aide lawyer OF the same plsre. The-
from the SontlI of whom only . lev were
ia attendance
There were several Of the younger Neg
- . 'iitIcal leaders present among whom
acre i'hh Brown, tie motel editor from
kentIcky. Who was delegate t-large !.
itoirrt X. Church. Jr., Of Nashville,
Tenn another d-legate- att -lArgr, AMI
Attorney Casey, . brilliant young man
"i New Jersey, the first Negro " 20 ~ .
ieiegate from that state. New York
-ent Charls-- n. Anderson. editor Of the
Amsterdam News, aud t.ilchri.t stewart
nOts~i lawyer, ~ slternst--; Prnnsyl-
anna, Massachusetts And OHIO had Ney
r'~.s in their deirgatIOn A. did Minnes.. .
IilInoi-, Michigan, California, Indiana
and several other -tats-. West Virgins
--nt g.. D. Mitchell. business Manager
q tlIr West Virginia Collegiate Institute
and VI +. Whittico. Editor Il the Nc
l1O~eil TIme-. A. slternsts-- st-ls large.
hile T. ki~ard Hill. Bu-ine-- Manager
pi tbe McDo~ell Times. went A. alternst.
from tiie Jth Congressional district. tl,.
only congressional district in West vr-
giuia o. eirct Negro alternate.
Ia ~a- very notIcai,Ie THAT many Of tlls
Eastern and Western states THAT never
i,siOre -ent Negros-- ~ the National Con
eention we're represented m part ~ sons
81 Ham, ~hich g'<- u siO~ THAT "a
tl,o-e -s-ctiJn- where Negroes are not ~
numerous - IN Southern stats, the
i,i@ck man j. gradually getting 'le polis
I ical recognition o. ~hich be - entitled
t.rau-s II hi- voting strength and qusll-
qualifications.
Ia a. also evident that q new type Oi
Negro b. coming ~ tie front politically.
instead 81 tie long coat high hat preach
~ and professional g-,iitican who in a..
nain constituted tie "Oid Gusrd. -
There we're present At Chicsgo last week
tie young Negro bu-ine-- aud profession.
81 man ~i,o tDok csrr of himself and did
ut rel,,rt hi- sctiou- ~ tl,e white trD--
oi hi- -tste and stand in anti rooms am
b 'tei loi'l'ie- awaiting order and hi,
a ~ meal tcket
Tins = intended - no reflection upor
tie grand Old political leaders Of th,
race They rendered the race sDd th,
country great -ervice. They accomplish
81 much against great odds and they de
-erve thst their memory be cherished b,
the present generation and tbo~e vhs
have Mt gone ~ tlseir reward are out o
tie political turmoil-reiics Of by-gon'
political sge.
The new Negro i- learning 10 play th
POLITICAL game like his white brother
lie - lscomlng ie-- sentinentimenta
anil = recognizing the game Of politics o
. very cold hloosied Affair, uhers the On