The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-14

planks offered for the abolition Of seq.
regation in the civil service. in the
Army, in the Navy, and on common
carriers, we're all thrown into the dis:
card. - = <r~21f.%. 3
Recently THE APPEAL has written
to the nominees, Republican National
COMMITTEES people ana prominent Re:
publicans, asking that jimcrowism be
eliminated, and we were led to believe
that. in spite of the fact that the
Republican National Convention had
sidestepped clear-cut plank for equal
rights for all Americans, there would
be no segregation in the campaign.
Now, comes the information that a
segregated colored bureau is to be es.
tablished, with Mr.. Henry Lincoln
Johnson, Of Georgia, at it's head. Short.
ly after, Mr.. Johnson was elected a
member OF the Republican National
Committee, THE APPEAL wrote to
him and asked him as a member OF
the committee to make q fight against
jimcrowism of any kind in the cam.
paign. A ready-addressed stamped en-.
velope was enclosed for reply, but,
up to this writing, no reply has been
received.
The Cleveland Advocate is authority
for the statement that Mr.. Johnson
will select speakers "who will address
colored gatherings exclusively and no
speakers will be assigned to speak
from the same platform awith a white
speaker and before mixed audience"
If this IS true, it is the most outrag-
eous segregation Of which we have
ever heard in politics. II white and
colored1 citizens of common country
can not meet in political campaign,
where on earth can they meet? This is
segregation with vengeance and ii
this Is TO- By the policy of the Repub.
ncan National Committee in the pres
ent campaign, THE APPEAL does not
hesitate to say that it is Infamous and
should be reversed Immediately. It
should not only be reversed, but wide
publicity should be given to the fact Of
it's reversal. Further, proof should be
given that it really has been changed
by having. good colored: speakers ap-
pear and address ali Of the; large meet.
ings In the large cities Of the country.
There Is no necessity for segre-
gated colored bureau, and in spite OF
the fact that some, who have axes to
grind, favor It, its formation is really
an insult to the party loyalty Of the
colored people. There might be some
excuse for organizing q foreign Ian.
guage division ), Tor the purpose of
reaching natdraAzed Americans who
have . limited knowledge Of the En-.
glish language. All other Americans,
either naturalized Or native born of
English, Scottish; Irish, French, Ger
man.. Spanish or other descent, who
speak English, will do business through
the regularly constituted bureaus at
the national headquarters. go, ;.7.~A-.'-.|s
The colored people Of this country
are not. NATuRALIZED, they are
NATIVE BORNTAMERICANs, and En-
glish is their mother tongue. Accord
ing to the census OF; 1910, only 4ss of
the so-called colored people in the
United States were born in Africa.
Having lived in America for ten or
twelve generations, tie colored people
have clearer idea Of real American
ism than the millions of foreigners
who have come later and have done
less for the country. And they feel
that they are entitled to the rights OF
citizenship In all their fullness. 8 =
Now is the time to find out, what
the party and its nominees will do.
It will be fatal to wait until after the
election to make demands SO shrew5
a politician as Henry LincoIns Johnson
knows that arrangements must be
made in advance. He arranged to
have, hin, eolf o1ncfod ,,a%3ors ~ .,.>,r,,,,s%