Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-09-18

loIk SFlSls, III It's september issue
says:
The April Crisis said:
Only yesterday in Tennessee,
where a real Republican movement
with high aims and ctticicnt leader.
ship has been led in the western part
Of the state by II. r. Church, a Re.
publican convention composed only OF
white men calmly ouYted every back
Republican. And it stands every
chance of being given recognit-
ion by the National Republican Com
mittec, which refused 10 seat Perry
| Howard of Mississippi who was legal
ly elected and III the face of right
| and Justice, put Il white man in his
place. So that the Republican party
has practically said to the South,%-
no decent colored man need apply and
we will recognize anything, decent or
indecent. among white politicians.
! In confirmation Of this the Repub
| lican National Convention took up
| contests in II Southern States whc~~
! the ISSUE was clearly drawn between
| Negroes and '~Lily-Whttcs. Three
|
| Negroes and eight in favor Of the
| Whites. In the Tennessee case r. Il.
| CGhrch writes us as follows:
I In reference to my contest. the Nat
| ional Committee, rs YOU will sec from
/ the enclosed copy Of The minutes rcla
! tive to the 10th Tennessee district
| contest, was Of an unanimous opin-
! len that | was entitled to at least ono
| Ealr OF the vote Of my district. On an
amendment 20 that motion the dcci.
| SIGN was twcnty-siX to twcnty-thrco
/ that ] was entitled to full vote.
! When the Committee on Credentials
met, my contest was called at 5:i5 in
the morning. Each side was allowed
! live minutes to present their side or
| the controversy and TO my surprise,
| Instead of discussing the irrcgularity
| o. my election, the lawyer for Inc con
| ;oStant only discussed the harmful
! effect of the election Of Il colorcd man
to represent this district in the Rcpuh
| lican National Convention lii, nrgll.
mcnt WAS backed up by woman by
! Ike name OF Mrs Eddie Mccall Priest
| ri huntington, Tennessee, who does
, rot i've in his congressional district.
! 3''c ndd with her, lour other white
| women said to be from Tennessee.
J Tho vote Oh unscating ne and my con
J tCStani, G. b. Quinn was twcnty-thrco
| to eighteen.
II. r.. CHURCH.
! 1.-THE Republican Party is the Ship
--l,l else is the sea" said Frederick
Douglass. Well, for Gods sake, give us
| the Sea!
This brilliant man of letters makes
cut Il strong case and with prejudices,
! one way or the other rampant and
| with passion in control, he would
"win with hands down." But there
are other phases to the situation and
other questions pending in the face
OF this rankest piece of injustice ever
prrpetratcd upon a long suffering race
! of people. He seems to overlook the
fact that Hon. Robert n. Church
| and his associates have another
| chance. With them sulking In their
| tents and leaving the party, they have
no other chance. He overlooks the fact
| too that the treatment Of Senator Hoke
Smith OF Georgia and Hon. Thomas
| g. Watson Of the same State by the
Democratic national convention at
San Francisco at the hehest Of the
National Democratic machine was
! every where as outrageous as the in
! fanny perpctrated upon the distingu-
! ishcd leader Of the Republican Par
ty in Tennessee
| In the one case partisanship figur-
! cd; in the other case race prejudice
was i'll evidence. Mr.. Church had beeI.
! sustained by the vote OF the Nation.
. al Republican Committee and almost
| sustained by the Committee on Gre
! dVntials Of the National Republican
! Committee itself. But is it good poll
| ties to end ones political life fol
! such Il reason rs this when it is
! known OF all men that these white
. men occupied seats rightfully belong
ing TO colored men and that they apprt
! ~ .t~bt'i lilc SlOlcH SODiS, anu Nolt
them without shame before the walk
| ing throngs at Chicago?
Dr.. Du Bois virtually advises Hon
! Il. r. Church to leap into the sea. II,
admits thereby that his own Part,
; (SocialisD affords no refuge. II,
takes this position too with Hon. Hcl
: ry Lincoln Johnson on the Nationa
Republican Committee and in charg,
OF the work among colored people
| II" takes this position with Senator
Warren G. Harding statesman o
reputc and the newly chose.
leader OF the Republican Par
tg who has but recently enter
cd upon his duties, assuring TIT
colorcd men of Hon. r. r. Church,
type and all others that a full meat
OF recognition and justice will be a,
corded them His worflc lova hoo,