The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-16
Negro Nominated for Alderman.
By Charles A. Starks.


Now all together! Through intelligent effort a Negro
W. c. Heuson well known attorney able and finely poised
has been honoraby and successfully placed upon the Re
publican Ticket candidate for Alderman in the Eighth
Ward by the regular Republican City Convention. This is
timely and right! We have excellent opportunity
elect Race office in the lower branch of the city
council.
This fully capable of filling that office with sig
nal efficiency thus bringing new strength, dignity and
solid prestige to the Coored people OF Kansas City:
Here have Negro working under the sanction and
approval of Republican Convention for office that
sents dstncively the Coored people This being true,
forty thousand Negroes of Greater Kansas City address
themselves to any Colorphobist who may be within the
rank of any party and who needessy fear that the White
Mans supremacy threatened social complications
will result if Negro elected from Negro ward repre-
sentng American home renters home builders and home
owners.
God knows that the Colored people need voice
place in the City Council of this great center where thou
sands of Negroes pay taxes as Willingly and good as the
thousands of Whites Here Negroes struggle to make their
way ndusrousy honestly and ntelgently in the spirit
of the New Age.
If the Negro had a crouch against American Instu-
tons he studying scientific espionage for the
the way if he foreign born and of doubtful ten
dences if he moblizng cryptic organizations to
utionize the governments he given to sackerlsm If
he producer of many traitors within his rank who
fegnng patriotism would readily plunge this country into
ABYSS he had not with the oaks of the forest
and hewed them along with Lincoln and the Fathers of this
Republics he is not susceptible to the dictates OF this New
Democracy then will that he is not entitled to
direct sympathetic representation which only his Race
Representatives willing to give.
And party party, the Negroes of Kansas City
consider it presumption impudence their part to
make efforts to elect Coored Alderman represent
Coored constituency Nor do efforts spring from
lated far fetched hints from Negroes in other cities
Though DO well to copy their solidarity daily
paper has rdcuousy asserted But the Negro tired Of
carrying burden of citizenship without having say
the councils of the people the vital things that affect
him virtually other groups affected Now, if
the Republican Party backs up the nomination of Mr. Heus
ton with unaloyed campaign well and good If not
then the Negro voters of the Eighth Ward will elect this
gentleman-anyhOw
Now people, there be but ONE Negro elected to this
office When consider that Mr. Houston is the regular
Republican nominee, this unqualifedy entities him to the
respectful consideration of party voter and he is
therefore the logical candidate to win representation for
the Raceand after all believe this the primary thing
after
When hear Old Men and Women and even Boys and
Girls discussing the Aldermanc situation lend and
this to word is what invariably hear: why two Ne
groes shouldn't for it should get out of the
and let the other win They shouldn't divide the vote up
that away cause neither could git it then they IL
do enuff to let the Democrat VIM This is public Opn
ion and have high respect for it, myself have not hesi
tated to tell the people that at the psychological time OF
the gentlemen will step down. unfurl the flag of brother
hood extend to the logical candidate take his position
should to shoulder with the recognized standard bearer call
his personal followers to his sde exhot them follow
his lead and give the command to march victory not
merely for the candidate but victory in the fight for Negro
Representation for his people, your people and my people
But, if you would cruelty this opportunity for Race
representation the of personal ambition then
other beside the above is strictly vogue you
would place individual aspirations above the possibilities Of
Race achievement then mistaken in their high
tmaOn of the BREADTH bgness and magnamity of the in
dvidual There is spirit manifesting itself in the
Kansas City Negro-we becoming constructive
day. We learning that the Right make
and not mar; that big things accomplished without
strong line of cooperating minds What have
enjoyed this town the fact that number of
have been willing work together in harmony for the
good objective. l. for one, consider this glorious