Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-09-18
The April Crisis said:

says:
The April Crisis said:
! Only yesterday In Tennessee,
where real Republican movement
with high aims and efficient leader.
| ship has been led in the Western part
OF the state by II. II. Church, a re.
| publican convention composed only OF
white men calmly ousted every black
Republican. And it stands every
chance of being given recognit-
ion by tho National Republican Com
mittec, which refused to seat Perry
| Howard of Mississippi who was legal
ly elected and in the face of right
and Justice, put n white man in his
place. So that the Republican party
has practically said to the South,f
no decent colored man need apply and
we will recognize anything, decent or
indecent. among white politicians
! In confirmation OF this the Repub
lican National Convention took UP
| contests in II Southern States wher"
the issue was clearly drawn between
| Negroes and '~Lily-Whites." Three
| Of these were decided in favor of the
! Negroes and eight in favor Of the
Whites. In the Tennessee case r. r.
| CHLrch writes us as follows:
In reference to my contest. the Ma,
lonal Committee. as YOU will sec from
the enclosed copy Of The minutcg rcla
| tive TO the 10th Tennessee district
contest, was Of an unanimous opin.
ion that | was entitled to at least ono
| half OF the vote OF my district. On an
amendment to that motion tho dcci
SIGN was twcnty-siX to twcnty-thrco
that ] was entitled to full vote.
When the Committee on Credentials
met my contest WIS called ut 5:4J in
the morning. Each side was allowed
| Two minutes to present their side OF
the controversy and to my surprise,
| Instead of discussing the irregularity
o. my election, the lawyer for the con
testant only discussed the harmful
effect of the election Of Il colorcd man
, to represent this district In the Rcpuh
! iiGan National Convention. Ills argu
| mcnt was backed up by woman by
the name of Mrs. Eddie Mccall Priest
i"f Huntington, Tennessee, who does
Tot i've in his congressional district.
2"e ndd with her. ,our other white
| women said to DO from Tennessee.
The vote on unseating mo and my con
+, tcStant, G. b. Quinn was twcnty-thrcc
| to eighteen.
II. II. CHURCH.
1.-THE Republican Party is the Ship
-aii else Is the sea-" said Frederick
Douglass. Well, for Gods sake, give us
| the Sea!
! This brilliant man of letters makes
! cut strong case and with prcjudices,
! one way or the other rampant and
with passion in control, he would
| "win with hands down." But there
! are other phases to tho situation and
| other questions pending in the face
or this rankest piece of injustice ever
p"rpetrated upon long suffering race
OF people. He seems to overlook the
fact that Hon. Robert n. Church
and his associates have another
chance. With them sulking In their
tents and leaving the party, they have
no other chance. He overlooks the fact
too that the treatment Of Senator Hoko
| Smith of Georgia and Hon. Thomas
| &c. Watson of the same State by the
| Democratic national convention at
| San Francisco at the behest of the
National Democratic machine was
! every where as outrageous as the in
fanny perpetrated upon the distingu-
! ished leader of the Republican Par
| ty in Tennessee.
| In the one case partisanship figur-
| cd; in the other case race prejudice
! was i'll evidence. Mr.. Church had beer.
! sustained by the vote of the Nation
| al Republican Committee and almost
| sustained by the Committee on Gre
! d"ntials of the National Republican
| Committee itself. But is it good poll
| tics to end ones political life for
| such reason as this when it is
known of all men that these white
me-. occupied seats rightfully Lclong
,nG to colored men and that they appro
prsatcd the Stolen goods and wore
them without shame before the walk,
| ing throngs at Chicago?
DIR. Du Bois virtually advises Hon.
J Il. II. Church to leap into the sea- He
admits thereby that his own Party
(SocialisD affords no refuge He
takes this position too with Hon. Hen
;, ry Lincoln Johnson on the National
Republican Committee and in charge
OF the work among colorcd people.
| IL" takes this position with Senator
Warren G. Harding a statesman of
roputc and tho newly chosen
leader Of the Republican Par.
fty who has but recently enter
! cd upon his duties, assuring the
colored men OF Hon. r. r. Church's
type and all others that full mead
OF recognition and justice will be &C
corded them. His words have been