The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-16
BEARDTNG THE SOUTHERN LION.

Those preudiced hopefus Oklahoma City who expected
him by Democratic daily of that city must have been
sorey disappointed and chagned his ready to it.
ern state has been hitherto reasonable to
that at least startling It must have been highly So
There is however thing above all others which such
declaration bids fair to accomplish which has never before been
have been able because of the absence of Negro issues such
in the national campaign to acknowledge their compliance with
the stand of the candidate them in repudatng his
stand thus repudate the party and acknowledge the fact that
they were in heart not real Republicans
There be doubt but that his saying that the law
should apply to black and white alike and that the Negro under
the law the constitutional equal of other American cit
pecious doctrines of "a white mans party and the ena
ton Of the black man from party councils The issue is put
Can there any reasonable defense attitude?
Can Can argue successfully that they any way adhere to
chosen by national party ballot to be taken indicative of
what true Republican principles are?
It is our belief that such argument is impossible and
awaiting with much anticipation the reaction to this latest turn
given southern Republican affairs by Senator Hardngs speech
There be those among who feel that the qualifying
statement coming after the declaration of complete equality Of
Negroes and whites far the laws of America concerned
simply another indication trait ascrbed to Senator
Harding by his critics of being unwilling declare himself
Senator Hardngs qualifying statement the effect that
the should not be forced by law to endure relationship
dsastefu to them and be reasonably considered
cave of conjectmes to his meaning One of them that he
ayors equal Accommodations and the maintenance of Jim Grow
laws with the separation which they bring and the satisfaction
which they produce to reudced minds The other equally
tenab that Jim Grow laws should not be maintained other
separate carriers in that they equally dsatefu to anoh
er kind Of citizens
Whatever meaning ana however 1t is taken by
ea public is reasonable to that its discussion be
beneficial to our group in that it will substantial help in
our fight against the unbeaabe conditions which Jim Grow
laws as they are now administered imposed upon
Considered as whole this expression coming from pros
pectve president and delivered before typical southern audi
ence is amazing plain spoken and courageous
1t cements us firmly belief that in interpreting
the principles OF Repubcanism Senator Harding his
acterstc fairness and honesty and willing every
man his deserts as the American spirit of fairness demands
Certainly he has given the whole country both
south to know that his platform enuncated by him in his
ceptance speech reality and conviction and that what he
considers just in Ohio and New York equally just in Oklahoma
and Texas.
The general temperament of America not lead us to
suppose that in the event of his election there will be any start
ing or astounding changes in the treatment accorded
his convictions set forth in his speeches however give us
greatly increased hope that fight against the seemingly
unsuitable prejudice and discrimination against in the adj
mnratlon OF theaws conception of justice will APP
peal to him as unreasonable all timed unworthy notice or
impossible of satisfactory adjustment according to the con
ton
He is making it great pleasure to support him and do
not IN the hope OF special consideration but in the belief that
HIM we part of the American czenry and as such are
due the inaenabe rights to life liberty etc. others