Evening star., 1920-09-11
INEFFICIENCY LAID
TO DEMOCRATS IN
HARDING ATTACK
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tive, the like Of which were exercised
oy no other person on earth.
ihose powers have not yet been
surrendered. Under them. SO far as
a draft into effect tomorrow and I'M
press our citizens to be sent to fight
anywhere in the world. It is not
enough to say this will not be done.
y! object to the existence Of any
such powers in time Of peace. The
only agency now seeking to bring
this condition to a close is the repuh.
lican party.
Must Preserve Congress.
The indepence of the Congress
must be preserved. It is not the fortnne
OF legislatures to be popular: thew do
not catch the public fancy. Being hu-
man. they may err. But no legislature
ever usurped the liberties Of a country
and no country ever lost it's liberties
until its legislative representatives had
been stripped Of their independence and
their power
There are grave assaults being made
on our system of representative gov
ernment by minorities organized FLOR
special purposes. Their motives are per-
sonal qualification and private interests
rather than the public welfare There
is no objection to these minorities be-
cause they are minorities. The rights
OF minorities are as sacred as the rights
sure because they consider nothing but
themselves
Negroes Reply to Senator.
Conventions Of negro Baptists in
session at Columbus and Indianapolis
sent the largest delegations. and a
camp meeting spirit ruled yesterdays
celebration. The first group came up
singing. Harding Will Shine To-
and 'Amens" and 'Halleiutahs" fioat.
ed heavenward with. "Oh, Boys' and
You Tell 'em's" as the succession of
orators poured out their professions
Of loyalty to the party of Lincoln and
Henry Lincoln Johnson. republican
national committeeman for Georgia.
headed the group from the national
Baptist convention at Columbus,
which was the first to be addressed
oy the nominee. The afternoon speech
tional Baptist Convention, Incor-
porated. which is meeting in Indian
apolis; the National Equal Rights
League. the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church and the Methodist Epis-
copai Church.
Some Who Spoke.
Besides Johnson, those who made
speeches included the presidents OF
both of the conventions: William II.
Lewis of Boston, a former assistant
attorney general: Charles cottrili OF
Toledo, former collector of internal
| revenue at Honolulu: Mrs. Thomas W,
Fleming of Cleveland, head Of the
| colored Noman's bureau Of the re-
publican national committee, and
Halle @. Brown. president OF the Ma
| tional Federation of Colored Wom-
ans Club.
| A prayer opened the meeting. The
visitors focked up the front steps OF
| the Harding residence and kept the
| candidate busy for a half hour shak-
| ing hands.
| Two hundred thousand votes from
negro women were promised the SEN
| ator by the woman speakers, one OF
whom praised his stand for party
| government and said the women OF
her race would claim representation
| in the government in proportion to
! their numbers.
| One of those who conferred with the
| senator during the day was William
| Monroe Trotter Of Boston, executive
| secretary of the National Equal
Rights League. He asked that segre-
| CATION of negro employees Of the fed
| eral government be abolished, and de-
cIared afterward that the nominee
had given the request appreciative
| consideration.