The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-10-16

active consideration be given every
| possible voter. Therefore, this Is par
! tlcularly true Of Colored voters this
year. men and women, for the reason
| that thousands win vote because Of
| enfranchisement and migration. who
have never voted before
Much Confusion Of Ideas.
Among Colored voters, men and
women. there Is much confusion OF
cconsciousness. there Is a desire to do
| for the race at large. Factionalists
and Democrats are muddying the wa
tiers. They are endeavoring TO show
he dssp p9nt e the voters tiers aRq S
is true in the states named above.
and in additional states. such as
Maryland. ,Delware. Massachusetts'
Wisconsin. Michigan, Colorado, Kan
The letter OF sBr" Mcdonald Of
(, Texas written TO Roscoe Conkling
Simmons is being given wide cir
the attitude Of 'Roscoe himself" who
! through his newly purchased news
paper the ST. Louis Clarion, talking
more or less against Republican VIC
| tory, Is making the lay voter sit up
! and ask: What is II all about?"
Reports Of Associated Negro Press
representatives from every section or
the country where Colored people
1--we. indicate that the rank and file
been aroused to the Importance Of
even registering. There Is lack OF
organization. meetings. literature and
Approached on the subject and ask
ed: why aren't you people on the
job?" The reply is: I'VE haven't
heard from the county committee"
ing on the State Committee; the State
Committee people say they are wait
ing on the National Committee, and,
the leaders for our group In. the ma
tIonal bureaus say they are doing all
they can with the means at hand"
Where, Truly IN the TROUBLED
Now, where, truly, Is the trouble?
Why are there not more Harding and
Coolidge pictures up in the homes Of
Colored people throughout the coun-
try? Why Is there not more Repub-
lican literature in the homes? Why
are there not more meetings where
well informed speakers can discuss the
Issues of the day. and urge the peo-
pie not to neglect registering?
Whatever the cause, 1t should be
Immediately overcome. In the mat
ter of practical campaigning, there Is
no group of people who need greater
backing in 1920 that the Colored vo-
tiers. They should not be handicapp-
ed for finances, as has been repeated
reported from time to time.
The business side of the campaign
Is run on the bulge system" and
this has been the source Of wides-
pread annoyance IN many ways. Inc
publicity department under Phil II.
Brown, has been roundly criticized by
number of newspapers in the South
for falling to get business from the
committee" Col. Brown declares he
has been handicapped by portion
Of his budget going to the eastern
committed" and a decision not to
use advertising space in newspapers
of the Solid South" Southern edi-
tors are claiming that they have
thousands of readers in the North,
and they are noting that one or two
exceptions to the rule have been
made.
II is the opinion of those who are
anxious to see the Republican party
victorious, that provision should be
made for expenditures in the Same
proportion among our voters, as
among others. 1t Is claimed that this
is not being done.
There are a number of white people
in the Republican party who are not
frenzied with happiness over the inn
portant position the American Ne
groes occupy in the selection Of the
next President of the United States.
But the fact remains. and from po-
lltical viewpoint, 1t will be most I'M
fortunate II the election Is lost by
over-confidence, lack Of team work
and official Indifference.