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fundamental principles as the basis
'or thoir ideas arc no longer popular
and they have gone In hiding. 1t Is
Il. familiar saying: LET them fry in
their own grease" This is abou,
what leaders in all walks Of life arc
doing i'll the face of the dcmagogucs
who have secured possession and arc
''protaning the temple"
"Chickcns will come home to
rooSi, is Il familiar adagc and wat
or will seek its level" is n fuuua.
mental axiom, just as true us it is
'na, fundamental principles will
ultimately be paramount All kinds;
OF cNpcdicnts are now being resor;.
cd tn and put into operation. both in
nc governmental experiments and
n party Performs. The latest plan
II some Of these Give for today
only party managers is to change
Tie fundamental principles OF Tia"
party and to discard the platform
principles Of moro than half q cent
III! III ofder [" get newcomers 10
j IN in and help to win success at
the polls.
They do not know that this same
'ic'licht VIII bring untold trouble to
the party after they get in which
VIII he much greater and more ON.
''rraSSinS than it would be il they
RAD remained on the outside. Tho
Fan now is to drive colorcd members
oi the party out in order that Negro.
Hating democrats NAV como IN ,,,b 10
S'ortSiShtcd policy may give victory
Ill one congressional district in the
Southland and defeat in several
9'a'es in the North-land. Colorcd PEG.
ic, rs usual are protesting. but this
protesting does not take Il prrmonru,
'orh or result in An organization to
''o'o'' not only our political rights,
out our civil and industrial rirbt,
IS we'll.
'''' us Win many handi-
cars and embarrassing waits, bu,
no one of them has proven so disox.
l'ouS to our peoples interest rs much
d" '''S insane feeling Of jealousy
among our leaders and the inabili.
" To practice team work for tho
h>nefit of the body polite and our
Eeoplc as Il whole.
Colorcd folks ara practicing tho
doctrine of every man for himself
ana "ou Tor us ALL 1t may be that
I'VE nucleus Of political organixa-
'loh upon n sound financial basis
may bring about tangible resuHs
"hout fifty years after all of this gen
Grafton are dead.
Still, we should make the effort
This 'lily-white movement" Ia mn
outrage. disgrace to our Christian.
civilization. White folks, who can
stand colored folks around their fire
sides and In their places of business
should be able to stand them around
the camp-fires OF a political Rcpubli-
Gun meeting. We would like mighty
well for many of tho Democratic
white folks to como into our Rcpubl,
can meetings, but we see no reason
why we should give up our seats n
them aud so on the outside, when
two-thirds of tho seating space in tho
hepub1can organization is vacant
and they have plenty of room, wA
UP front in the meeting place.
Past experience has been that
white Democrats, who will not stand
co'ored people In the same party with
thom, will not stand the white Repub.
h'ans, who have been in the party
curing all OF these years. Let us put
aside race and color and espousc finn
eamental principles. principles that
have made the Republican party the
champion of human rights and uni.
'crSal liberty in this great land OF
ours.
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