The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-09-25

Causes Campaign Managers to
Put Stop TO Such Talk.
Chicago. Sept. 23.-H is rumored
that Franklin d. Roosevelt. Demo-
cratic candidate for Vice-President
has been automatically called to
the carpet for his utterances in re-
ference to his connection with the
outrages perpetrated in the Negro
republic of Haiti His assertion
made in early speeches that he
knew something about the govern
ment of countries south of us. that
he had been running a couple of lit
tie countries himself in connection
with his duties as assistant secretary
OF the navy. and had written the
constitution of Haiti, seems to dis
please Democratic censorship.
Unless this statement should be
placed side by side with that made
by Candidate Cox concerning cam
paign contributions to the Republi-
can party, It would be accepted as
the most reactionary of the irres-
ponsible gab-rot that have character
lied the Democratic campaign. It
takes a cold-blooded statesman to
acknowledge responsibility for the
situation in Haiti. and since the
Democratic candidate for Vice
President can find source of con-
graduation for his connection with
IT one is prone to wonder whether
he needs to submit himself to
mental specialist or a specialist in
consciences.
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At any event IL is being said that
Franklin D., has been told, gently
but none the less firmly, that his
speech will not do the cause any
good. and If he would try in the
future to forget to say it, the effort
would be greatly appreciated. The
interest of Mississippi Pat Harri-
son, who is reputed to be the au-
thority Of breaking the news to the
candidate of course, had no con-
nection with Haiti and the outrages
committed against the natives, but
is due to many and recurring evil
dences that the people are not en-
thusiastic over the candidates as
surance of securing votes in the
League of Nations by filching the
moral suasion from any little ma
ton.
The assumption of the Democratic
candidate is too distinctly drawn to
serve the Democratic causes. Haiti
owes money to America bankers, as
does the Negro Republic of Liberia.
1t appears that the latter country
owes this country S7,000,000, $5,-
100000 of which has been advanced
to II since the world war began.
From the singular intimation of the
Democratic candidate we are led
to infer that this loan was placed
for the purpose of buying the votes
of Colored nations in the League
of Nations This might have been
the Democratic administrations pur
pose, but whether it was or not,
the Democratic candidate for Vice
President, while Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, sent marines down to
Haiti to shoot down thousands of
Negro natives. and goes on the
stump asking for Endorsement of
political preferment, Boosting of
what he had done to the oppressed
people down there.
Taking the votes of Negroes, de-
nying them the rights that belong
to them is nothing new in the DEM
ocratic curriculum. Congressman are
elected in the South and electora
votes acquired by this method, but
this is the first time that the vote |
of a Negro country has been in
danger Consequently, it is assum-
ed that Franklin d. has undertaken
the progression of Acknowledgement /
First, his party DISTINGUISHES the (
Negro in the South. and now he !
proposes to disfranchise Negro re-
publics in attempt to even up voting
strength in the League of Nations. |
If the United States must depend
upon such methods as these to as
sumo a position in the Covenant, it
must be agreed among Americans,
white and black, Jew and Gentle,
that it is better out of it,
However, the vice-presidential
confession indicates that |
the Democratic party is running
true to form and is advancing its
orthodox that the Negro has no
rights that a white man is bound to
respect from application to individ-
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