The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-11-20

Hawkins of Baltimore. Nd, who was
an Independent Republican cadidate
for the United States Senator. had the
following to say:
THE election of it's candidates for
President and Vice President, and a
number In both branches of Congress
notable event in American History.
Leaving out of consideration the
South. whore a large party of the
electorate is disfranchised. the YER
dict of the American people is prac-
tically unanimous.
The Republican party from the
Fourth of March, 1921 will be in alb
solute control of the executive and
legislative, branches of the govern
ment, with such majorities in the
Senate and House of Representatives
as will no longer permit of any rea-
Fonable escape from its duty to our
race group, on any pretext what
IF the party we have loyalty sup
ported doesn't enact of the all too
long deferred remedial legislation
securing our personal and property
lack OF power to do so. Perhaps, how
ever, and I hope I am wrong in
this, the tremendous vote, entirely
unprecedented with which the ma
ton has returned i to power may
weak race
Our movement didn't succeed, but
a foundation has been laid for the
election of Negro to Congress from
one district. and the election of a
number of members to the State leg
islature from sections of the state
where our numerical strength war
rants Il. The movement dIscloses
that there are more than 1000 in
depent Negroes in the state who
have thrown off the shackles of po-
litical serfdom.
Frederick M. Roberts, Claifornia's
lone Colored candidate, was re-elec-
ted and will represent the Los An
geles district in the State Legisla-
ture.
The following poem by Alvin D.
Smith which appeared In recent is
sue of the indianapolis Ledger OF
which he Is staff member has at
trncted wide attention and has pub
iished by a number of Indiana dali
Good Bye
Ye Democrats
Goodbye to all We Democrats,
With We LEAGUE of motions:
Republicans will now take charge
And stop your Mickey motions.
Goodbye We Georgia Democrats.
You tried to nut Cox in
New Yorlt's landslide was your down
fall
Thus Harding had to win.
Again. goodby We Democrats.
Exit. disappear, gol
Tn sure you see your time is out,
Black Americans voted So
The Kansas City Sun advises that
gangs of hoodlums in motor cars
rode, furiously through the streets
of the Eighth. Ninth and Eleventh
wards nd init n1fI 10
ting Negro women and men voters.
A bullet fired by these gangs 1odgfied
In the left shoulder OF W. M Greene.
a Negro.
The Eighth Ward hoodlum auro-
mobile riders made 1t their special
mission to assail any man seen wear
ing Republican badge. Two young
men wearing Harding badges Were
assaulted after they had refused a
challenge from the ''hoodlums" to re-
move the Harding buttons
With Oklahoma and Tennessee r-n-
ing into the Republican column, OPP
Of the race. 1t was in Oklahoma
that 'Presldent-eiect Harding made
one of his famous references to the
Negro citizens of the country. after
question had been put to him by the
Oklahoma daily newspapers. Senator
Harding replied that ne would nor
"he ~ to be President y he did not
tell the. people Of the South as he
tells the people of the North" there
must be equality before the law"
While there are MANY of the opinion
that southern Republicanism is mere
~ Democracy in disguise. there are
others who feel that there is awak-
ening of the better element among
the whites who desire TO give the
Negro fair play.
The vote of the women has PLAYED
an all important part in the results
OF the election. and It is plain 10 he
seen that henceforth this element
must be reclSoned with ut all stages
of the game. The women are more
determined than many imagined they
wculd be. and they have rho organ
iaation instinct that means so much
in political success.
This review of the recent election
by The Associated Negro Press gives
in practical detail the results and
feelings of the people with reference
TO political matters. It may be. said
definitely that the voters are think
ing for themselves. They are de-
fying tradition, and voting for them
selves They are defying tradition.
and voting on principle. as they see
There is no question but that the
voters expect to hold all who as
sumo leadership to a strict accounta-
bility
Contrary to the usual custom. sit
ting at ease after election, the news
papers. which are read by twenty
times as manv people as four years
ago. are talking not only OF inaug-
uration in Washington, March 4. but
are also talking about the elections
two years, four years and some as
much as eight years hence One edi-
tor has written the Associated Ne
gro Press as follows:
THE people have placed the re-
sponsibility of front line leadership
ON our newspapers, and we have as
sumed the duties with. solemn Germ
estness Products of long sacrifice.
d., he Of h.
fishers will not fail the people, nor
will we place job-seelSing and self
promotion above racial welfare We
know no North. South East or West,
but we do know results and that
is what we demand. In previous
years the people have been catoled
and fooled into following blind lead
ership: now they have repudiated 1t
everywhere. and the newspapers must
not only point the way but lead on
to victory
wORKMEN STRIKE WHEN Me-