The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-14

and this being the case they then, in
proportion, were only entitled to TIVE
Of the "big eight" delegates-at-large
and the negroes, in proportion, to one
place for their 10000 Missouri votes.
If such was the deduction it must still
be explained to the satisfaction of the
10000 negro women Republican vot-
ers of Missouri why they were left
out in the cold when it came to the
"big eight" 1t is true that negro
woman was named an alternate and
the other seven places were given to
white women, but it is an empty hon.
or since no voting power goes with it.
This colored woman will be entitled to
sit with her seven white sisters, close
to the real noisy f'big eighth and look.
and listen. and have the grandest
privilege Of all, paying her own rail-
road fare to and from Chicago, and
all her expenses while in that windy
metropolis. But there is one reward
ahead, equal race suffrage exists in
that city. The white and negro dele
gates may stop at the same leading
hotels and eat in the same dining
rooms, if they pay as they go. The
color line is not drawn in Chicago if
negro is well supplied with money
and freely scatters it.
st. Louis Negroes File for Congress
For the first time in the history of
Missouri, "gop' negroes now consid-
cring themselves an essential wing of
that party, are contesting against
white man for Congress in the Twelfth
District. AS st. Louis is where the
Etheopians are exceptionally strong
it is there that the unusual spectacle
is being enacted. William NJ. Veneer
able, a colored minister, and Geo. L.
Vaughn, a negro lawyer, have Off
cially filed against Congressman L.
C. Dyer for the Republican nomina-
ton. Out of the $4,000 male "gop"
votes to be cast there next November,
900 represent the negro strength
and only 1000 the white Republican
portion. The Democratic vote there
generally totals $1,000.
Negro "gops" control the situation
in the Twelfth over their white par
tisan brothers by nearly three on one.
The failure of the victorious Republi-
can machine of st. Louis to bestow
substantial appointments on negroes
in recognition of the fact that it takes
their $4,000 votes there to regularly
swing victory into the Cop column
by a plurality ranging from 10000 to
$4,000, caused this Ethiopian wing TO
grow independent and aspire for high
office. Rev. Venerable. who as his
name implies, is held in high esteem
by the better portion of the negroes
of the Twelfth Congressional District,
was the first of the two black men to
enter the contest. When it began to
look like he would have an easy vic
tory over Dyer. the negro lawyer,
Vaughn, suddenly bodied up for the
same honor. There are those who de-
clare that Vaughn was persuaded to
get into the race by friends Of Dyer,
the present incumbent, 10 split the
negro vote Of the district and thereby
renominate the white man by mar
row margin. The negro friends of
Rev. Venerable, however, are sitting
tight and intend, if it is possible, &c
land the nomination for him. They
seem to be in the majority and ought
to be able to put it over. 1t is freely
predicted that Vaughn will not re-,
ceive many negro votes, and Over still
less. It looks now as if the white
"gops" Of the Twelfth Congressional
District, if they vote he: straight,
next November will have to include
the negro minister. As half Of the
Republicans there are OF Teutonic OK
traction and therefore pro-German, it
will make no difference to them
whether they vote for q negro or a
white man, as long as he is of their
political faith.
Not fer years has the Democratic
outlook in the Twelfth Congressional
District been as good as 1t now is. If
the combination, composed Of Vaughn
and Dyer beat Rev. Venerable, the ne
goes who are behind the minister
will either stay away from the polls
on election day, or cross the Republi-
can entirely and vote the Democratic
ticket. On the other hand, half of the
white "gops" there will not support
Rev. Venerable for Congressional hon.
ors, regardless of how high he stands
among his race, if he is nominated,
but vote for the Democratic nominee
to defeat him and to punish the ne
groes for the audacity displayed when
they persuaded two of this race to as
pire for the high honor of representing
st. Louis District in Congress.
Congressman Dyer is one of the
"big eight" the Kansas City conven-
ton named to represent the Missouri
"gop" minority at the Chicago Ma
Liopal party conclaye.