The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-23
WOULD HAVE
STATE OF THEIR OWN

A negro State or Territory in the
Rio Grande Valley, partly IN Mexico
and partly in Texas. governed by ne
groes. but under protection Of the
United States, with this Government
given the veto power as 10 their laws,
Is the dream OF delegation Of fifty
negroes coming 70 Washington from
the States Of Alabama, Georgia,
Kansas. Missouri. Mississippi. Okla
homa and Tennessee. DR. NJ VI.
Madden. a negro evangelist and at
torney Of Oklahoma City, and Bishop
J. C. Campbell. also negro Of the
Free VIII Methodist Church Of St.
Louis, spokesman and chairman OF
the delegation, respectively, were at
the Capitol today communicating the
plan for negro State or Territory
to the members Of the House and
Senate II the Presidents health
permits. they hope to secure an in
terview with him before their eff
forts are terminated.
DR.. Madden, originator of the
scheme, while resident Of what is
now Oklahoma for the last twenty
years, is supreme president Of the
National Court of Protection Of Ierre
Haute. Ind. He says that the plan Is
nothing along the line Of the Gold
Coast colonization scheme Of Chief
Sam. who ten years ago underworld
10 lead beck-to-Africa movement
among the negroes Of Oklahoma. The
Madden plan is essentially the same
as that proposed at one time for the
American Indian whereby all the In
dams of the United States were to be
placed IN what is now the State Of
Oklahoma.
II is to be proposed that the Gov
eminent purchase 500 square miles
of land along the Rio Grande in Tex
as and a like area from the Mexican
Government Immediately opposite the
Texas acreage, into which all Of the
negroes Of the United States would
be moved They would formulate
their own laws and erect their own
Government. the United States to
have the veto power They would
be under the American flag. with al
legiance to this Government, but
otherwise allowed to work out their
own destinies The vanguard today
sought interviews with Representa-
tive Fess Of Ohio, chairman of the
National Republican Campaign Com
mittee; Representative Madden Of
Illinois and Senator Spencer Of Mis-
souri,
A unique position announced by
DR.. Madden in support Of the indie
pendent and free State scheme is that
the negro, while thinking to the con-
trary, is not in fact a citizen Of the
United States.
Every right the negro has in the
United States has been donated to
him without a title" said Mr.. Mad
den. THE Constitution of the I'm
tied States does not provide for the
citizenship Of the negro in America
The thirteenth amendment set him
free, the fourteenth amendment only
created position by which he was 10
become a citizen, but final steps un-
der the amendment were never TAX
en-. The fifteenth amendment guar
anted the right Of citizenship. The
white man makes, interprets and en-
forces the law, and all that the negro
does "a 10 abide by H."
According 10 Madden, a law should
have been passed adopting the negro
a. citizen Of the United States In
compliance with the fourteenth
amendment, since prior 10 the adop'
ton Of the amendment the Negro v.s
only property
this could BE- done nov ~ An act
" Congress" said Madden, "bus ths