Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-09-25
KNOWS HIS BUSINESS.
cleveland O., Gazette.)

John Mitchell, Jr., Of the Richmond
(Va) Planet, in his paper Of August
IS, 1920, publiyncd the following cdi'
to,lal: Then follows our editorial. lie
Gays.
First Brother Mitchell our candi
Gacy for the ltepupiican nomih"i.|n
Tor Secretary OF State OF ono tc:'
minated OH the date OF the recent
pl imary. August 10, 1920. Therefore,
w were no longer Il candidate when
tic foregoing Planet editorial was
knocking" after Senator Harding's
statement Gin his speech Of accept
anLc) of his position Oh the SO call
ed race question, but has contln-
ucd, directly and indirectly, to tho
present. personal feeling" had no
place III our comment. We were only
stating political facts. Editor Mitch
ell, and all the old confrorc3 OF the
race press, have known Ralph Tyler
FOR years. How his reference TO the
latter's "crring,'" in this matter, must
have made them smile! We have an
idea that even our confrcrc of the
Planet did SO. too whom he wrote the
word orr" in connection with TylcrS
name. The later, has for many years
been knocking" about everybody and
everything he was not personally i'll
trreStcd in, but, until recent months,
always hiding behind the editors OF
race papers that published his stuff.
Tylcrs 'lily-white" Texas and other
stories, published against Senator
l!ardings candidacy, prior 10 tho
presidential primary in this state,
and. his "knocks" almost constantly
since were born Of personal piquc and
disappointment after starting out 10
support the Harding candidacy, carly
In the year, as aresufie OF his ailure
to get what he wanted from Senator
Harding's campaignmanagcr tho
Hon. Harry NJ. Daughcrty, from whom
he had secured check for one hun
died dollars with which to attend the
Lincon League meet held some
months ago in Chicago. Soon there
after Tylcr switched" to the support
OF the Wood candidacy and apparent
ly has not as yet become fully recon
cilcd to the Harding Coolidge candida.
ciCs for ii was only last week that he
took Il covert Cling ut the latter. We
are only giving our own personal
opinion when we say that we do not
think any of the Harding managers
who know Tyler, are at all concerned
rs TO his vote or alleged "mflooncc"
which is of far less consequence than
his one vote.
Ohio Afro Americans like those of
the entire country, where they can
vote and have their votes counted.
are us one man for Harding and Cool
idge and against Gov. James "Birth
o. Il Nation Cox and Franklin Haiti
Roosevelt and the putrid ESQ preiudic
Ell southern Democracy they as can
didates mainly represent. The two
standard bearers of the Republican
party, this year, are The most out.
spoken on the so-called race question
and I'll" best the grand old party has
had in many years, if not in it's en-
tire history. This is particularly true
OF Senator Warren G. Harding whom
we have known we'll for twenty years
when 1T comes to our peoples inter
cSts Gas American citizans) we re-
gard him as being second only to
that prince of orators, our great and
good friend Senator James Benson
Foraker, whose grand fight in the u.
S. Senate for "The Black Battalion
like the Senator will live in The
hearts and minds of our people as
long as they exist. Warren G. Hard
1ngs elevation to the Presidency
next March, will automatically end
many Of our troubles in this country
and those of Haiti and Santo Domin-
go, arbitrarily imposed by a miserable
southern Democratic regime (Wil.
son's) that caused many of our sol
der boys in France during the World
War to fight not only German enc
mics in front Of them but also pre-
JUDGED southern "Amcrican" enemies
tcrackers) in their rear, and kept
us mighty" bnsy here at home try
ing to preserve our morale as re
result Of the lynching of our men and
women with unborn babes; wholesale
denial of civil rights to soldiers and
civilians, male and female; the rank
est kind OF insults, particularly to
superior women Of the race, In the
governmental departments at Wash
ington. d. c., Acknowledgement
"Jim-crow" cars and segregation OF
many kinds etc, etc.
We repeat. Brother Mitchell, we
have no personal feeling in this Ty-
Ter matter only political, but plenty
of that. He must stop his Knocking"
Harding and Coolidge! Tyler did the
same thing for us in various race
papers during the recent campaign
ALWAYS camouflaging his attacks, as
usual. so as to mislead those who do
not know and watch him closely.
That is how he has misled our high
~ esteemed confrere and longtime
friend OF tho Richmond Planet. He
he's been doing this sort Of thing for
p1aNy Yeara and "1Afffn1 AWAY with