Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-11
NEGROES PLEDGE
THEIR SUPPORT
To HARDING IN
1920 CAMP PA|CN
Five Delegations Represent
ing Various Organizations
In North and South Call
AT Senator's S Home.
LOYALTY OF NATIONS
BLACK RACE PRAISED
One Contingent Came From
a Baptist Convention at
Columbus, and a Camp
Meeting Spirit Ruled Day,

tnY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wtRUl
Marion, O.. Sept, lO.--Five dele
cations of negro republicans, rep
resenting various Organizations of
the race in the north and south,
gathered at Senator Harding's
front porch today and pledged him
their support in several hours of
characteristic demonstrations and
oratory.
The republican nominee made
two speeches praising the loyalty
and attainments of the nations
negro citiZenry and promising that
the federal government will not
tail the American negro" He ask
ed that they make service to eoun-
try the every day standard of their
citizenship and declared his abb
horrence of the use OF brutal and
unlawful violence against the
black race or any other class.
Hears Negroes Grievances.
In several private conferences
Senator Harding also heard the
grievances of various negro lead
ers and assured them he would
make q careful study of the situa-
tion. Lynching and segregation of
negro federal employees were two
of the things for whose suppression
the visitors made n plea.
Conventions of negro Baptists in
session at Columbus and Indian
apolis sent the largest delegation
and camp meeting spirit ruled
the day. The first group came up
singing Harding VIII Shine To-
night" in parody of a revival
hymn, and "Amens" and Halle
| lujahs" tloated heavenward with
"Oh, boys" and ''You tell 'em' as
the succession of orators poured
out their professions of loyalty to
the party of Lincoln and Grant.
Prayer Opens Meeting.
Henry Lincoln Johnson, repub-
! ican national committeeman for
Georgia. headed the group from
the national Baptist convention at
Columbus, which was addressed by
the nominee in the morning.
The afternoon speech was to
representatives of the National
| Baptist convention. Incorporated,
the National Equal Rights league,
| the African Methodist Episcopal
church aud the Methodist Episco-
pal church.
! A prayer opened the afternoon
meeting. Then the visitors flocked
up the front steps of the Harding
| residence and kept the candidate
busy for a half hour shaking
| hands.
Two hundred thousand votes
from negro women were promised
/ the senator by women 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 number.
Pershing ON Hand.
At both the celebrations Gen. j,
j. Pershing, an overnight guest at
| the Harding home, was an added
attraction that helped stir the en-
! thusiasm of the visitors.
To each crowd he made a short
speech praising the service of the
negro soldiers in the war but not
touching on political subjects.
One of those who conferred
with the senator was William Mon
roe Trotter of Boston, executive
secretary of the National Equal
| Rights league. He asked that seq
regation of negro employees of the
! federal government be abolished
and declared afterwards that the
nominee had given the request APP
/ preciative consideration,
Tomorrow Senator Harding will
speak to delegations of business
men from Chicago, Detroit and In
diana cities.