Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-08-31
JIM CROW ROOM
OPENEDBYG.O.P.
IN FOR SCORING
Branded Republican Insult to
COIOred Voters of Ma
riOn County.
PASTOR AND BRIBE TALE

Editor The Times II promised the
readers of your paper to furnish them
the names of the candidates of the indie
pent republican party of Marion county
in my next article, but l have been in
formed that such a ticket cannot be
nled until after the sixty days before the
election. I hesitate to reveal the names
until the ticket is ready for fling in the
county clerks office the last OF next
week, but | believe that there has been
a great change in the political situation
as regards the colored voters of gtarion
county which warrants me in reasserting
that the colored voters of this county
are tired Of boss rule and will not stand
for it. The state advisory committee,
composed of Joe BrOyles, Big Jack, Henry
Fleming and Fred Moore, presumed to
dictate to Mr.. Wasmuth as to who should
not be on the advisory board, and Mr.
Jewett's man Friday, DIR. Furniss, was
turned down fat.
Joe Broyles and Big Jack both stated
positively that they'll have no Furniss
in theirs. Isn't this quite slap at jew
EFT and his administration? I was great
" surprised to find that this same negro
boss Broyles, who addresses automobile
iiHCcusc SuNctopcS III tAC oCNACAoAJ "a
states office and incidentally trucks them
back and forth, had taken charge of the
Jim Crow" department at the repub
lican headquarters in the SEVERN hotel.
Has this chariot driver in the secretary
Of states office grown to such magnitude
that he can safely claim 10 be the BLACK
boss" of the state of Indiana? Is it al
ways going to be that when man re-
ceives a position of any kind that he will
forget the important things that his race
has fought for and stands for?
FOUGHT THEM
FOR FIFTY YEARS.
We have been fighting for the last half
century to get rid of Jim Crew" cars
and yet in this enlightened age in this
glorious state and county, we find the
republican party opening up Jim Crow"
headquarters at the SEVERN hotel. What
further steps can the G. o. P. take TO
drive the colored man from their midst:
What further insults can the G. o. ?.
offer the negroes of Marion county? Is
this done in appreciation of the fact that
we have aided them in carrying both
thu state and county for the republican
pa ~ for over the last twenty years
Is this our reward for faithful services
rendered?
In the county headquarters we find en-
throned our enemy Harry Hendrickson,
and his faithful jester, Leo K. Fesler,
the tax juggler, and when we turn in
desperation TO the state headquarters
we are ushered into the presence of his
majesty, Joe Broyles, black boss Of
darker Indiana.
What say you, DR.. Furniss, are you
going TO stand for treatment like this
rsAL-
defeatC1 you? Can you take orders from
them: Are these the men that you are
going to consult in every move that you
make? Win you bow the head, bend the
knee and do homage to ringsters like Joe
Br0yles:
No doubt you are aware that Joe
Broyles requested me to resign from the
Union league, the only real republican
organization open to colored men. He
said I WIS no longer a republican be-
cause l differ with the gang In con-
troll of the organization of this county.
l called the black boss attention to the
fact that if he would request the resig-
nation of every man in the league who
was not in favor of the local ticket that
the LEAGUE would have TO disband, for
did not Jim Shelton, a member of your
board, an appointment of Wasmuth on
the advisory board as well as Fred
Moore, say that they were not satisfied
with the county ticket, and would not
support it in toto? He has never COM
planned about them.
PASTOR AND
BRIDE MENTIONED.
To all such DIRECTORS say that 1 am
still a republican, real republican, one
who has not forgotten the principles of
the G. o. P. for which many of our
forefather fought and bled | am. not
willing to follow either ice Broyles, or
Ringmaster Hendrickson or his consort
royal after false gods. l refuse to spend
another forty years I'm the wilderness and
to be ruled by such men as these lily
white leaders propose for us.
What about Rev b" who gave
Mr.. Watson to understand that he would
turn over his precinct to him for 100
bones cash?
Mr.. Watson may turn loose his coin to
Mr.. B and to men like him, but | will
tell him now that the negroes of Marion
county well know that since he has been
in congress he has done nothing for
them. Now, since he is making such
Il strenuous effort to return to the senate
let him tell the negroes of Marion county
why he didn't introduce in the senate a
similar bill to Moore's anti-Iynching bill,
We think that Merrill Moores has tried
to do the right thing by all of his