The Little River news., 1920-11-17
MAN WITHOUT A PARTY
 IN SERIOUS PREDlcIMENT
The Negro Voter of Arkansas is the Ones Who Have No Party in
 Politics.

Little Rock, Nov 16.-(SpeciaD - The man without party is to be found 1 in Arkansas today. It is the negro voter. He is no longer part or par eel of the Republican party, and it is certain that the Democrats will not offer him a resting place. The Lilly White Republicans are positive that their action in eliminating the negro will be upheld by the National organi- zation, and that never again will a negro sit in the party councils of the state. The negro has been the cats paw of the Republican political lead CTS for 35 years. The negro, in fact, has been considered the real backbone of the Republican party in Arkansas. The up-to-date Republican leaders, Of whom A. C.. Kennel is the leader real lzlng that the negro was driving the white vote from the Republican party in Arkansas, began a fight several years ago for his elimination. The old time standpat Republican leader frowned on the efforts of the coming politicians, They said that it would never do. The Lily Whites refused to be coerced and continued their fight for an entirely white Republican party. Finally, the negroes, after listining to spread-eagle speeches by brethren who had returned from the North, de- termined that they were the Republi- can. party in Arkansas. The more it was told to them, the more they be- iisved it and negro Republican can didate for governor was the result. i The Lilly Whites welcomed the chal- lenge, as they had already decided that the time for the test had come. The negroes raised considerable sum and conducted a strenuous campaign to bring every negro voter to the polls on election day. From the returns from counties where there are large number of negro citizens, this propa- ganda had it's effect, and inA many of them,, the negro gubernational candi- date ra nahead of the white Republi can candidate, but it is the result in the entire state that counts, and Wal lace Townsend, the Lilly White candi- date, has so completely showed under Blount, the negro, that the question is settled for al ltime to come.
 Neyer Polled Full Strength. "The Republican party in Arkansas" says A. c. Kennel, "has never boiled it's full strength. Many of our electors supported the Democratic ticket be- cause they did not care to be associated with a party which so prominently featured the negro. They can all come back now, for we have forever eliminated the negro as factor in the Republican party in the state. We are going to be considered serously Ar kansas in the future. The recent campaign has demonstrated the fact that there are more Republicans in ! Arkansas than the Democrats would like to admit. sWe are going to force the issue in all coming elections, We are going to make it question of Citizenship rather than Partisanship. We are going to put out men of such i sterling character that the Democrats
 
 defeat do not know what is the pol itical future of the negro. can see none for him, unless he forms party of his own and even in that case, the future for him is not great White Way"
 A. c. Kennel is nephew of Col. ILL. Kennel, recognized head of the Republi- can party in Arkansas. He is expect ed to succeed Colonel Remmel as the state agent of the Mutual Life Insur- ance company, upon the retirement of Colonel Remmel, and the mantle of national Republican Committeeman for Arkansas will also fall upon his shoulders when it is relinquished by his astute uncle. Gus Remmel has as large an acquaintance over the state as any Democrat who has not sought state office, and without boosting a Republican it must be admitted that he is as popular with his acquaintan- ces as it would be possible for Demo- crat to be. | Ted Hughes Married.