The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-15
WHOLE TEXAS TOUR at
TENDED; GREAT RESULTS
ACCOMPLISHED.
Record Breaking Attendance
and Responsive Audiences.
(special TO the Express.l


Palestine. Texas. May 13.-The tri-
through Texas ended here last Mon
day. Despite rain and a severe light
ming storm Palestine extended the
glad hand to the mighty Roscoe and
one of the most pleasing features of
the meeting at the City hall was the
large delegation present from the
white Chamber of Commerce. At the
conclusion of the speaking a delega-
tion of the white business headed by
Hon. W.. B. Flanagan invited the
speaker to return to Palestine at an
early date and address the white
people especially for the benefit OF the
fairer sex.
After the receipt of a similar ifivi-
tation from the Chamber of Com
merce and the Colored people OF
Orange Harrison M. Chilean, sec
retary for Colonel Simmons announced
that following the Republican Nation
al Convention in June. the Colonel was
going to take a ten days vacation in
Lamar county as the guest of Hon.
Geo. Guest and other friends ana
would then fill few of the. many
engagements he was forced to de-
cline on his last trip. Dallas. Gain
esyille Tyler. Quincy, Henderson. Pal
estine, Ciarksville. Gonzales. Orange
and Sherman are among the towns
asking for dates. Hon. Jas. b. Grigs-
by OF Houston. executive committee
man for Texas of the Lincoln League
of America and a boyhood frieno OF
Mr.. Simmons is in charge of the gen,
eral arrangements for the proposeu
itenirary.
Despite the fact that Colonel Sim
mons in his recent trip, was direct
ing a fight against MacGregor ana
his lily-white cohorts. urging repre-
sentation for the Negro In congress @
and demanding a correction Of the
vile conditions under which our people
must travel on the railroads, tne
white daily press gave WIDE puD.ici,ty
to his speeches and acknowledged the
good he was doing as spokesman lot
his peopie in getting their case be-
fore the nation and the South.
One Of the finest meetings on tne
entire trip was directed py a group
of young business and professional
men in heart OF the Brazos bottoms
nj Bryan from whence came X 10.
Goosby as delegate to- the Lincoln
League. AS nearly everywhere vise ts.s
the pavilion was not large enough
to hold the crowds. After descrioing
the speaking in column article the
Bryan Daily Eagle said:
1T is hut simple justice TO say
that Mr. Simmons is wonderluI
man. Slight of stature even TO
feebleness. yet with a mind rarely
thoroughfulness. his entire ADDRESS
was a burst of eloquence rarely II
ever equaIed by any one in Bryan.
His message is an eXhortation in
spring men to higher and nobler SER
vice."
The Fort Worth Record reported,
"Col. Roscoe Simmons. reputed to be
the foremost figure among Negroes
today. brought a timely message to
his people and one to which the
whites present gave careful attention
and frequent applause. The, address
showed a keen insight into affairs
international as well as national
The Beaumont Morning Enterprise
styling him foremost citizen or the
American Negro race" telling of the
5000 gathered. continued. The
speaking was also attended by large
rebresention Of the city's most prom
Using men. Among those present
were Mayor A. B. Steinhagen and r.
l.. Rogers"
The Galveston Morning News. under
the caption, Political Representation
for Race is Negro Speakers Plea be-
gan its article by quoting the Colonel,
There is one gigantic blunder the
American white man has made, and
that his failure to place a Negro in
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