The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-04-08
NOTABLE CAREER
OF P. Il. BROWN
Kentucky Editor Stands High
Among His Fellows.
HONoRED BY REPUBLICANS.

Secretary Of State Committee Elected
Delegate at Large to National Con.
vention, Which Meets In Chicago In
June, by Big vots-InflusntiaI Lead
Or In Many Campaigns. .
BY JOHN e. BRUCE crit"
BY vote Of 1853 against 1923 for his
opponent (white) Phil H. Brown, Sec
retary of the Republican state commit
tee Of Kentucky and editor of the Sat
urday News, Lexington. KY. was
elected delegate at large to the nation
al Republican convention, which as
sembles at Chicago in June. Mr..
Brown is one Of the most widely
known and popular Negroes in Ken
lucky. He Is a man Of fine character
and of recognized ability. He has been
in active public life for quite twenty
five years.
He is a printer by trade and worked
at the case in the government print
ing office at Washington for a number
Of years. He is writer Of no mean
ability. His style is forceful, direct
and pleasing. He has written special
articles for some Of the leading papers
in the west and was for q long period
a contributor to Puck.
His election as delegate at large is
compliment to the Republicans Of both
races In Kentucky no less than to the
distinguished recipient Of their suf-
frage, wfiose sterling worth, rugged I'm.
tegrity, unfiinching loyalty and patriot
ic devotion to the interests Of his race
command the admiration Of white men
and the gratitude of black men. who
are always glad Of an opportunity to
show him in what esteem he Is held
by his fellow citizens.
The forthcoming national Republican
convention will have fewer Negro dele
gates this year than any previous ma
t1onal convention. and 1t Is extremely
fortunate that the states sending Ne
gro delegates are selecting men of the
mental callber and political experience
Of Phil H. Brown. The Lily Whites
Of the south and the milksop Repub-
licans Of the north have succeeded in
reducing the representation from the
south. where the bulk Of the Repub-
lican party, which is largely black and
loyal, has its habitat.
In plain. unadulterated, imprinted
Saxon the reason Is that the 80 called
white Republicans Of the south, calling
themselves Lily White Republicans,
have for years been obsessed with the
fear that the great black majorities in
these southern states, II permitted to
have their votes counted as cast,
would again come into power in the
south and the occupation of the white
political adventurer. like Othello's.
would be gone.
Self preservation being the first law
Of nature the Lily White Republican
came into existence in obedience to its
demand, and has passed the word from
the farthest south to the farthest
north to delimit the political progress
Of the Negro in the south, where his
numbers are dangerous when array
ed against the political ambition Of
white men who have lost the power
to hypnotic his race.
hope some one Of the Negro dele
gates to the Chicago convention In
June will challenge the right Of the
national committee to reduce the rep
resentation from the south. The rea-
sons advanced by 1t are not the true
reasons, and we know 1t. There Is an
element Of unfairness and injustice in
the suppression Of the voice and the
votes Of hundreds Of thousands of
voters In the black belts of the south
who, because they are Negroes, have
been disfranchised by states having no
legal right to do so.
The United States created the states
and recreated some of those states that
were in rebellion against them and Is.
therefore, supreme over all. In max
ing these blacks a voteless and voice
less majority and compelling them to
pay taxes for the support Of govern
ment the Lily Whites of the south and
their northern accomplices have Gre
ated q condition akin to that which
forced the thirteen colonies to rebel
against the mother country in 1776. If
taxation without representation was
tyranny In 1778, what is its name in
1o16f
Not the Land.
Visitor-How does the land lie out