The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-15
READ WHAT THIS NEGRO PAPER
SAYS
Negroes Expect Equality of Whites
And Are So Promised by
Harding

Regardless of what Ed. Morrow
SAID In his address here on Saturday
night that the "Jim-Crow' law is a
dead ISSUE" read over the extracts
below from the Toledo Pioneer. a
negro publication of Ohio.
mere Is another such negro nnhI;-
cation in Louisville, Kentucky. adj
vocating the same issues. These pub
LEGATIONS are being distributed by the
thousands as Republican .campaign
literature through Kentucky and
Ohio.
Can white male or female en- .
dorse these sentiments at the polls
on November q?
The colored people have made
wonderful progress. No race has
ever equalled them But their pro
gress has been retarded by the inhu-
man, 1gnomiEious treatment accord,
ed them by the whites. Insult after
insult has been heaped upon them
all because the whites have failed
and refused to yield obedience to
constitutional law by recognizing the
fixed civil status of the blacks. Yes
the colcred people have made won
derful progress since their ancestors
were liberated from bondage a little
more than half century ago.
I'VE have been patient, long.
suffering people. but cur opportunity
is present in rhe pending election. If
the cOlored voters, men and women.
stand together in the coming Novem-
Der election We may be able to secure
in this State the full fruition of the
rights guaranteed us as a people un.
der the Federal Constitution. Six
members of our own race have been
nominated as candidates for member
ship in the Ohio General Assembly,
three in Cuyahoga county. two in
Franklin county, one in Hamilton
county.
"Six mel in legislative body may
hold the balance of power. and force
the majority to come to terms. The
Beatty bill had teeth in it. and the
penalties which 1T would have impos-
ed upon those who Disseminated
against cOlored people seeking admis-
sion to hotels. theatres, places of pub.
lie resort and amusement, ice cream
parlors, lighthouses, barbershops.
public libraries, hospitals. billiard
and pool rooms, schools, colleges and
times public cOnveyances on land or
water. would soon have put a stop
TO this Injustice to the colored PEG
pie.
This civil recognition must come.
1T is right conferred upon us by
constitutional law Gods laws make
10 determinations between the
whites and the blacks. They are all
His children. He looks into their
minds. hearts and souls. The wages
of sin is DEATH This penalty is Wis
tied upon white and black alike.
People cannot violate His law
and escape. The laws. of man should
be made to command the same re-
spect through their rigid enforce
ment.
1--WE believe that if the colored
men who are candidates for legisla-
tive hoLors are elected that these
wrongs to the Negro race will be
remedied. We will not only have the
benefit OF their help, but back Of
them will stand Harry L. Davis, can
didate for Governor, and former
Mayor of the city of Cleveland, who
has always been the loyal and true
friend of the colored people. He
will be our friend still. He cannot |
make any prediction promises, but |
what is in his heart will be written |
into the law if he is supported by a |
Legislature in sympa thy with him.
"More than that. we will have the |
moral support OF cur candidate for |
the Presidency, Senator Warren G..
Harding. In his speech of acceptance |
at Marion when he was notified OF |
his nomination, he spoke out unqual- |
ifiedly in favor of the rights of the
colored people. He said:
81 believe the negro citizens Of |
America should be guaranteed the
full enjoyment of all their rights, |
that they have earned the full meas
ure of citizenship bestowed, that |
their sacrifices in blood on the battle
fields of the republic have entitled
them to all freedom and opportunity.
American spirit of fairness and jus
lice demands
In other words, they would have
the RICH; to choose the hOtei at which
they might stop, the theatre which
hey might artend, or the places o.
and recreation to which
they might go, with no questions
asked and no insults offered. The |
Beatty bill provided penalties of 500
to $500 fine, and thirty to ninety
days imprisonment, or both, within
i,1e discretion of the court.
- with six of our own race in the
backed as they would be
by Governor Davis, and. with the
moral influence Of the incoming
of Warren G. Hard
ing. we do not see how we could
fail to put over g measure similar to
The Beatty bill.
with the Beatty bill enacted into
law, colored men and women will be
privileged to 60 where they please.