The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-08-28

local organizations offered planks,
which, although differently worded..
were the same in meaning. In the
matter Of lynching, the platform COM
mittee Of the Republican National Con.
vention, in the language Of a prominent
colored women, when we asked for a.
plank, gave us splinter" The other
planks offered for the abolition of seq
regation in the civil service, in the
Army, in the Navy, and on common
carriers, were all thrown into the dis
card. q ~ >A-.l - >: = r.
Recently THE APPEAL has written
to the nominees, Republican National
Committee people and prominent Re-
.publicans, asking that jimcrowism ebe-
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.
t. Now comes the information that a
segregated colored bureau is to be es-
tablished, with Mr., Henry Lincoln
Johnson, Of Georgia, at its head. Short
" after Mr. Johnson was elected a
member Of the Republi can National
Committee, THE APPEAL wrote to
him and asked him as member of
the committee to make a fight against
jimcrowism of any kind in the cam
paign. A ready addressed stamped en-
yelope was enclosed for a reply, but,
up to this writing, no. reply has been
Ereceiyed. - 4. =: sz.S&42- - --,z~e-
-. 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 with 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.. If white and
colored citizens of a common country
can not meet in a political campaign,
where on earth can they meet? This is
segregation with a vengeance and if
this is to be the policy of the Repub-
lican, 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
its reversal. Further, proof should be
given that it really has been changed
by having good colored speakers ap-
pear and address all of the large meet
ings in the large cities of the country.
There is no necessity for a segre-
gated colored bureau, and in spite of
the fact that some, who have axes to
grind, favor it, it's formation is really
an insult to the party loyalty of the
colored people. There might be some
excuse for organizing a foreign Ian
guage division for the purpose of
reaching naturalized Americans who
have a 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.
And it is said that colored women
voters will not be taken care of in
the regular women's department of
the Republican National Committee,
where they logically belong, but will
be turned over to the "colored" bureau.
The colored people of this, country
are not NATURALIZED, they. are
NATIVE BORN AMERICANS, and En-
glish is their mother tongue. Accord
ing to the census Of 1910, only 1876 of
the so-called colored people in the
United; States were born in Africa.
Having lived in America for ten or
twelve generations, the colored people
have a 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.
Now is the time to find out what
the party and it's nominees will do.
1t will be fatal to wait until after the
election to make demands So shrew5
politician as Henry Lincoln Johnson
knows that arrangements must be
made in advance. He arranged to
have himself elected national commit
:eeman early in the game, and then,
when prominent Republicans tried to
get him out they were unable to do 30.
II he had delayed he might not now be
committeeman. -.
We must get busy NOW. =. ~
Massachusetts Citizens Put It Up to
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