Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-18
PARTY
REQUESTS LION
AS AN EMBLEM
Independent Voters Have
Trouble in Getting Recog-
milton of Lily Whites
CAN'T USE LINCOLN BUST

A recital of the difficulties Of the col
ored voters of Marion County who have
formed a separate party in obtaining APP
proval OF a party emblem from the
county board of election commissioners
Is contained In a letter received by the
Times from DR.. James R. Norrell today.
DR.. Norrell is indignant because the
lilly white" Republicans on the board re-
fused to approve a bust o. Lincoln as
the new party emblem.
The letter follows:
Editor The Daily Times.
Dear Sir:-Once more must ask your
indulgence and the use of your paper to
advise the colored voters of Marion Coun
~ of the attitude of the Lily White Re
publican leaders. The events of the last
few days are sufficient to indicate to the
man or woman who thinks the far-reach-
ing influence Of these leaders, who ars
determined that the efforts of the Inde-
pendent Republican party shall come to
naught
We fled a petition setting forth our
candidates on Oct. g. 1920 and requested
'Ashat the party be represented on the
I Ticket with a bust figure Of Abraham
! 41ncoln, a man who, in his life, gaze
expression in thought and words to the
i principles of Republicanism, for which
: the negro has not denied his best efforts
F. and even his blood upon the battle field.
Abraham Lincoln did not represent the
publish element now in control OF
Marion County Republican politics. nor
would he, living, support the men in
control in their efforts to defeat the
desires and aims of our Independent
party.
We, in accordance with the law, re-
! 0ueated an emblem which appeals 10 all
} Of the colored voters, the bust af Abra-
ham Lincoln.
I ELECTION BOARD
DENIES REQUEST
The county board of election commits
sioners through their Republican ma
ljority, refused our request TO use this
emblem.
| we fled a new petition asking that an
elephant be used as the emblem OF our
ticket and submitted cut OF an African
elephant, and again the Republican ma
E5or1ty upon the election board Of this
county refused our request, and we
therefore were compelled to seek another
emblem, and accordingly submitted TOT
tquested that if they could not give US
the bust of Abraham Lincoln or the
AFRICAN elephant" that they give us the
permission TO use the lion" for our EN-
blenl so that the colored Republican yot-
ers of Marion County, who are tired OF
being boss ridden" and despised by the
Republican leaders OF this county organi,
Eafion, might arise in their might ana
show our courage and strength in sup
v~s6rting a ticket made up of representative
men and women of our race
We have every reason TO DeutNe ludt
the county board Of election commission
ers will giant this, our last request, and
not compel US to resort to the courts Tor
relief.
When you go to the polls on election
day If you vote on the voting machine
be sure and pull the straight ticket lever
bearing the Lion, and then you can pro-
coed to vote for any national or state
ticket that you want to support by SIM
ply pushing up the keys where We have
no candidates and pulling down the Keys
for the candidates for these offices where
we have no candidates. In this way you
Will run no risk of falling to vote for
our candidates and yet have the right to
express your sentiments for President
and the State candidates also.
II YOU use the Australian ballot you
can vote for any party on the red or
State ballot and on the local or county
ballot you will find the candidates OF
the Independent Republican ticket I'M
der the emblem of the Lion. Make
cross (x) in the little square opposite the
names of the candidates you wish TO
support, and then the election board viii
see 10 1t that your ballots are correctly
counted.
In this manner we will be able to prove
10 the arrogant lily white leaders Of Ma
rion County Republicans that they can
not carry Marion County without the aid
of the negroes and especially the law
abiding element. IL we do this now the
lawless element viii never again be rec
ognized by the Republican party as the
leaders of the colored men and women
of this county and in the future years to
come the real leaders of the colored men
and women will be welcomed into the
Republican party and their advice and
counsel sill not be disregarded or set at
naught.
HERE'S WHAT G. o. p.
Did FOR NEGRO.
- II we accomplish this we viii have
done more for our race bv making this
fight than the Republican party itself
has done for US in the last sixty years.
But what has the Republican party
dana for usa can rnmamher that the