The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-30

~ LuB SOlOIeO voters OF lne NAJlOn :
We are now on the home stretch
of the greatest political drive of this
day and generation to dethrone the
Democratic olligarchy which has been
created. encouraged and fostered, by
teh autOcratiC South, and led by that
dreamer Of world power aud world
dominion, Woodrow Wilson.
We have never had such an oppor-
tunity to display real patriotism and
Party devotion. The nation expects
much Of us. The Party expects even
more. {
In some states there are complaints
On the part of Colored voters against
candidates on the Republican ticket
Tor the Senate and lower house OF
Congress for divers reasons inspired
by designing Democrats and mercen-
airy ColOred leaders with q view OF
Inuddying the waters that the Demo
cratic candidates might escape uns
A0ticed and unobserved with power
and position. But please be 1t remem
bered hat no matter how conserva-
tive any Democrat candidate for Con-
Eress may be, you cannot get away
from the fact that if these Demo
cratic candidates are successful, they
go to Congress and come under the
lash OF the Democratic whip. For
eight years the Democratic whip has
been in the hands of Southern leaders
and these Southern leaders in Con-
gress have introduced legislation
ANFa,hfnI fhn aaI- yvh,n 3t r,n,-H
the setting back of the wheels of
progress Of our group. Therefore,
you cannot disassociate the Demo
cratic Senator OF Congressman.
whether in Missouri, in Maryland or
in Ohio. from the Tom Watson of
Georgia or the Pat Harrison of Mis-
sissippi and their kind.
At this crucial period of reconstruc-
ton following the world war when
the political structure is in chaos
ana being re-crystalized, it is our
racial duty to see to 1t that men are
placed in power who will stand by a
president who will administer the af-
fairs of office in the interest of all of
the people irrespective of race, creed
or color.
Have no misgivings as to our presi-
dental candidate and do not be led
away by the contentious and bicker-
ings touching the covenant of the
League of Nations. Great as may be
the issues involved in the League of
Nations, they are of but small conse-
quenCe when compared to the Consti-
tuition of our nation, i'll the enforce
ment of every letter of which. We,
above all other people, are most vital.
ly interested.
To the end that you may the more
clearly see the Importance of voting
and voting right in this election, we
beg to call your attention to the fact
that we have witnessed an unprece-
denied spectacle in the Democratic
candidate having condescended to the
low level Of injecting the race issue
- a presidential campaign.
u may be that the Republican
Party has not lone all that we might
have desired done-it may be that it
has not done all that it might have
done-but we must confess and admit
that the Republican Party has done
all for the American Negro that has
been done.
Let us see to it by every influence
that we can command and by all of
the activity that we can bring into
play, that our vote is brought out and
counted and that we may be a most
vital factor in thi selection OF Senator
Harding and a Republican Congress
which will mean a new birth of free
dom to US and a new impetus to
world progress and humane %endeavor.
HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON,
r. r. CHURCH,
CHAS. A. COTTRILL.
National Directors Division Colored
Voters.
BY Perry w Howard, Secretary,
Western Division.