El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-07
NEGROES HECKLE TEXAS REGULARS
BLACKS GET BEST OF CONTESTS

Texas. nut lives in New York" and
was laughed at again
This organization OF lily whites, q"
asserted Mcdonald. referring to the
regulars. has banded together in
Texas TO control the patronage Of the
state and they wouldn't let Jesus
Christ in if he didn't agree to vote
with them"
Chance IN White Counties.
saThey plead for a chance to build
up the party and say keep the negroes
out" he shouted. Let them 60 into
the more than one hundred counties
I in Texas that had no negroes and
build up a party and show you what
they can do. Then let them talk about
making the Republican party in
Texas a white mans party"
AS showing the extent to which Nc
I Donald went in presenting his case,
he read from a stenO graphic report
Of the proceedings OF the convention
Now listen" he said. You will
see that when / went out. all the dele
gates followed me, for the first words
of the chairman after I left was.
and he read; You will notice, gen
tlemen. that I took 1t empty"
Mcdonald asserted that the chair
man referred to the hall. 'Al the
delegates went out with me" he con-
Guided.
Beer Bottle. Not Hall.
When the regulars explained the
words Of the chairman, a different
light was thrown on it and the ma
tional committeeman gave the negro
the horse laugh. What the chair
man had reference TO when he said
Il took IL empty" was a beer bottle
that had been handed up 10 him to
use as a gaveL and not the condition
@Gooseneck Bill" has aged rapidly
Of late and is gray haired, but he
has lost none Of the fire OF his ora
tory and he was a match for the
Texas regulars in his debating. He
wore a natty gray suit Of clothes,
black string tie and a gold ring
with a big (reaD diamond on one
hand. T. Marion Wright, a white
man. Of Fort Worth. started present.
ing the Mcdonald side OF the case, but
Mcdonald soon took it out Of his
hands and fought his battle alone
z. H. r. Green did not put in an ap-
pearance and viii not be here, it is
said.
Negroes Win Elsewhere.
The farce Of the Texas hearing was
repeated in all the others, except that
in most cases the negroes got the
best Of # For instance, in Georgia.
many Of the committeeman spoke
privately OF having murdered the
party to placate the negro vote in
Ohio, Illinois and Indiana" William
Lincoln Johnson, a big black negro,
with a good head and a keen mind,
it must be admitted. won every con-
test there over the white men con-
testing for places.
johnson presented all his own argu-
meuts, and, while in few district
hearings, two or three white men sat
at his table. ne was constantly sur
rounded by negroes Some OF his own
following told me he was a profes-
HmHa-
did not have national party affairs
to mix in, he mixed in negro lodge
matters and got factions stirred up
so he could manage to get himself
hired by one side or the other in
litigation
White Men Turned Down.
A white man from Georgia, who ran
as a Republican against Hoke Smith
for the senate at one time, was
among the contestants; also a white
man who had been the party's nomi-
nee for governor in the state, but
both we're turned down for the negro
The man who ran against smith said:
Gentlemen, If you want TO build up
the Republican party in Georgia
take IL ont OF the hands Of this pro-
fessional negro politician Georgia
is against the league Of nations and
the Wilson policies We could do
something in Georgia if you would
uaLAA Us u AAAeEA1 L-Ar ne AuAANe-A ke-- ~
respectable. One OF these negro
leaders said TO me; 'Why do you
want any more Republicans in Geor-
gia2 We haven't got federal offices
enough to go around now That is
what they think Of the party"
The name Of Sidney Bieber was
often mentioned in the hearing OF
the South Carolina and Georgia con
tests. Bieber, former fire marshal
Of washington, D. C., and later pub
Usher Of the Globe. Arizona, Silver
Belt. spent all Of the spring in the
southern states as the representative
Of Gen. Wood. trying 10 line up the
votes. Bieber identified himself with
the white element and in the victory
lost.