Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-04-17

fundamental principles as the basis
'or their ideas arc no longer popular
and they have gone In hiding. 1t Is
u familiar saying: LET them fry in
their own grease" This is about
what leaders in all walks OF life arc
doing i'll the face Of the demagogues,
who have secured possession and arc
'lprofaning the temple"
'Chickens will come home to
roost,' is a familiar adagc and wat
CT will seek its level" is n funda,
mental axiom, just as true as it is
that fundamental principles will
ultimately be paramount All kinds
OF cXpCdicntS are now being resort
cd to and put into operation, both In
me governmental experiments ana
n party p,a.rorms. The latest plan
! Il some of these Give for today
'hlS party managers is to change
the fundamental principles of tho
parry and to discard the platform
principles Of more than half q cent
join in and help to win success at
the polls.
They do not know that this same
element will bring untold trouble TO
inc party after they get in which
VIII be much greater and more en-.
harrassing than it would be il they
bad remained on the outside. The
Fan now is to drive colorcd members
OF the party out in order that Negro
i&llhg democrats may come in This
ShortSightcd policy may give victory
Ill one congressional district in the
southland and defeat in several
States in the North-land Colored pco-
tie, as usual are protesting, but this
protesting does not take Il pcrmancn,
'orm or result in an organization T.,
protect not only our political rights
out our civil and industrial rirbta
rs well.
slavery left us with many handi
CAPS and embarrassing waits. bui
no one of them has proven so disas.
Gous TO our peoples interest as much
II" thiS insane feeling Of jealousy
among our leaders and the inabili-
" to practice team work for tho
benefit of the body polite and orr
People as a whole.
Colored folks ara practicing tho
doctrine Of Every man for himself
and God for us ALL" 1t may be that
tue nucleus Of a political organixa-
tloh upon sound financial basis
may bring about tangible results
"hout fifty years after all of this gen
Grafton are dead.
Still, we should make the effort.
Ibis "lily-white movement" Ia mn
outrage, disgrace to our Christian.
civilization. White folks. who can
stand colored folks around their fire
sides ana In their places Of business
SHOULD be able to stand them around
the camp'fires OF q political Republi-
c1n meeting. We would like mighty
well for many of the Democratic
White folks to come into our Repubu
can meetings, but we see no reason
why we should give up our seats n
them aud go on the outside. when
t"o-thirds of the seating space in tho
Republican organization is vacant
and they have plenty of room, wsh
up front in the meeting place.
Past experience has been that
white Democrats, who will not stand
coiored people In the same party with
thom, will not stand the white Repub.
hrans, who have been in the party
curing all of these years Let lis put
aside race and color and espouse fun
camental principles, principles that
nave made the Republican party tho
champion of human rights and uni
'ersal liberty in this great land of
ours.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ss'asllyssEVNsa' sE1Hsry@
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