Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-05-01
NEW REPUBLICAN ORGA nj.
IATION.

Under the tutelage and instruction
Of the Lincoln League, recently or.
Ganizcd colored political organization
Of Chicago, ILL.,, was staged in THE
city, Tuesday, April 81, 1920, one OF
he most remarkably enthusiastic pc
litical conventions ever held by col.
orcd mon in this commonwealth.
There are some features about it that
arc IS vet unexplained. 1t awakened
colorNi leaders to its support by re.
cont happenings in this State, the
dominating one being the bold. bare.
faced attempt to organize and launch
a Republican Party based strictly up
Oh the elimination of the colorcd cit
zcns as 4 part and parcel Of the or.
ganization.
Under the recognized leadership Of
Hen. G. Ba3com S. Slcmp, the Rcpub-
lican congressman from the Ninth
Congressional District, an all-white
delegation was sent from this State
TO the National Republican Convcn.
,ion Noticeably in this Bird Congress.
sional District, Il Republican Distric,
Convention was held and notice was
tivcn in ADVANCE that colored citi
| zcns would not be permitted TO par.
hicipatc in tho Proceedings. Those
who did go .hcro were barred from
entering Ivy the police force OF this
city. Similar conditions were notice
| able elsewhere in this State.
This action aroused the colorcd
people Us they were never aroused
triore. AS II result =, under the lead
ership of DIR. y. A. Ferguson, who
seems to have been the financial
aren't of the movement and who was
delegate to the organizing move
ment Of the Lincoln League ut Chi.
cago call was issued for Repub.
ltcan State Convention under tho
call of the National Republican, Com,
rlittee. Frequent conferences were
held and in some of these, leaders
from all over the State were called
to Richmond with their expenses
paid at the central headquarters.
II was decided to make n complete
state organization with party ma
chinery for the conduct of a thorough
campaign. In doing this, the regular
Republican State organization recog.
nized by the regular National Rr-
publican COMMITTEES was ignored
in that the meetings held
by them were not considered
legal and others were called in lieu
thereof and delegates elected There
Is one feature about the whole bust
ness and that is the plans Of the
white organization were followed to
this extent. Whereas, no colored
men were recognized by the white
Republican organization, so no
white men were recognized by tho
rolorad Republican organization.
Whereas, the regular Republican
State organization sent full set Of
white mon to the National Republi-
can Convention, this irregular Repub-
ltean State Convention sent a full
set of colored men to the National
Republican Convention. II it were
right to send all white men from
this State, to tho National Repubii-
can Convention, then it was right to
send all colored men to the same Con-
vention. II 1t were wrong to send
all white men to the National Repub-
lican Convention, then it was wrong
to send all colored men to the same
Convention.
White Republicans Of the latter
day type had been holding their
meetings and had opened their head
quarters in hotels where colored
citizens could not he admitted. These
colored Republicans held their meet
lngs in a hall where they could saw
whether or not white men could
be admitted. 1t was a case Of ttft
for tat" "Roland for their Oliver"
What is to be the final outcome Of oil
OF this and what Is expected to be ac-
complished by this kind Of politics?
Let us SEQ. This puts tho question of
racial discrimination within the Re.