The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-05

testants for votes, Mrs. Gould supports neither. She urges the election of ne- gro because she knows that "he will not attempt to revive congressional disou- tation having for it's object social equal itys.' and because she believes his elec- ton would be a recompense for the crimes which the nation has committed against the man of Africa. Of the ne- gro in question. she has tested the men tai poise, and is convinced that he IS possessed of Integrity of mind"
 Mrs. Gould's candidate is Reverdy D. Ransom, to whom, in her mellifluous' saccharine accents, she refers as "Dr' Ransom" The doctor" from a recent statement which he authorizes. offers for Congress on the ground of his con viction that because certain negroes are in the trenches of Europe, he should be
 In the halls of Congress.
 WORLD TAKES NOTICE
 The fact that Mrs. Gould had thrown her suffragette- prohibition influence to pr" Ransom was developed some days ago when she attended a mass meeting called in the interest of that candidate. She was accompanied at the time by her eolored maid. With the exception ot three newspaper reporters, she was the only white person enclosed in the hall.
 So radical was Mrs. Gould's departure that the New York World dispatched -ts woman reporter to talk with her. The reporters story, immediately after ,ts publication flashed to Washington, fol- lows in part
 q am afraid I can hardly explain in terms that will carry conviction. Frankly, I merely acted in accord with the deepest and most sincere promptings of my conscience. When 1 tell you tl.at am a southern woman, a Clemmons of Clemmonsville, N. C., you will under stand that l have on theories of race equality to exploit.
 'KNOWS THE SOUTH"
 T want to see the negro in America get simple justice and opportunity to develop all his possibilities for good and useful citizenship. To my mind, the blackest page in our national history is our treatment of our citizens of Afri- can descent. It sickens me to the soul to read frightful accounts of negro lynch lings in the south for supposed offenses which white man might commit With impunty.
 Tt is worth remembering that the bogy of racial equality has two sides to it. In my studies of the problem, and have lived in the south and know 1t as only a southerner can, I have found that there are more white men ready to break down race lines and cohabit with black women than there are black women de- sirous of living with white men. That is so elementary there can be no excuse for overlooking it."
 BREAK DOWN THE SOUTH"
 Mrs. Gould said she did not know the colored candidate at all well. She had first seen statement of his platform and had been impressed with the fair ness of the demands of a section where thefe are more negroes than anywhere else in like area in the world for repre- sentation in Congress. Mrs. Gould con- tinued:
 From my conversations with Mir Ransom I have come to respect highly his intellectual integrity. I know he would be the last man to stand for dis ruptive theories of racial equality but I do believe that in Congress MT. Ran som would give expression to a protest against injustice to his race in which the best of the white race join with the 10,- 100000 negroes of the country. It would be a splendid achievement to break down the solidarity of the solid south based on racial discrimination.
 SERVING DEMOCRACY"
 Mrs Gould has been numbered among the ranks of the active suffragists. Asked why she had espoused the cause of the negro rather than support the prohibition narty candidate in the spe-' cial election, who issa woman, she re- piled that she was torn between two competing claims.
 Not only as woman, but as a firm believer in prohibition-a cause that is very near my heart and for which would go to the stake if necessary--I wanted to support Mrs. Colvin,'' she de- clared. T have shown my devotion to the cause of suffrage. I have done all in my power to further the cause of national prohibition. No human being has greater cause to hate the liquor tra1- fife than l, but it seemed to me that could not serve the cause of democracy better than hy exerting my strength in behalf of MT. Ransom's candidacy" OF BUSINESS
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