The St. Joseph observer., 1920-05-15
PILED HoN0RS on NEGROES
AND FORGOT WHITE WOMEN
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to the San Francisco convention four
men and four women were selected, a
fifty-fifty division of the big honors.
based on the supposition that there
are as many women democrats in
Missouri as men, and that equal suf-
frage ishere to stay and therefore the
other sex is entitled to half of all fu-
ture political glory. The November
democratic voting strength, men and
women combined, is placed at soc, 900.
OF course it may have been figured
by the "geps" who controlled the
Kansas City event that Missouri only
has 10000 white women who will
vote the republican ticket next fall
and this being the case they then, in
proportion, were only entitled to two
of the big eight" delegates large
and the negroes, in proportion, 20 one
place for their $4,000 Missouri votes.
II such was the deduction it must
still be explained to the satisfaction
of the $4,000 negro women Republi-
can voters of Missouri why they were
left out in the cold when 1t came to
the big eight" 1t is true that a
negro woman was named an alter
nate and the other seven places were
given to white women, but 1t is an
empty honor since no voting power
goes with it. This colored woman
will be entitled to sit with her seven
white sisters, close to the real, noisy
big eight and look and listen, and
have the grandost privilege Of all,
paying her own railroad fare to and
from Chicago, and all her expenses
while in that windy metropolis. But
there is one reward ahead, equal race
suffrage exists in that city. The
White and negro delegates may stop
at the same leading hotels and eat in
the same dining rooms. If they pay
as they go. The color line is not
drawn in Chicago if a negro is well
supplied with money and freely scat
ters it.
st. Louis Negroes File For Congress
For the first time in the history of
Missouri, "gop" negroes now con-
sidering themselves an essential wing
Of that party, are contesting against
a white man for Congress in the
Twelfth District. AS st. Louis is
where the Etheopians are exception
ally strong. it is there that the un-
usual spectacle is being enacted.
William NJ. Venerable, a colored min
lister. and George L. Vaughn, negro
lawyer. have officially filed there
| against Congressman L. G. Dyer for
the Republican nomination. out of
the $4,000 male "gop" votes to be
cast there next November. IL 900 rep
resent the negro strength and only
1000 the white Republican portion.
The Democratic vote there generally
totals $4,000.
Negro "gopS' control the situation
in the Twelfth over their white parti-
san brothers by nearly three to one.
The failure Of the victorious Repub-
lican machine Of st. Louis to bestow
substantial appointments on negroes
in recognition of the fact that it takes
their $4,000 votes there to regularly
swing victory into the "gop" column
by plurality ranging from 10000 to
$4,000. caused this Ethiopian wing to
grow independent and aspire for high
! office. Rev. Venerable. who, as his
name implies, is held in high esteem
by the better portion of the negroes
OF the Twelfth Congressional District
was the first of the two black men tc
enter the contest. When it began tc
look like he would have an easy vic.
tory over Dyer, the negro lawyer
Vaughn, suddenly bobbed up for the
same honor. There are those who
declare that Vaughn was persuade ed
to get into the race by friends OF
Dyer. the present incumbent, to spill
the negro vote of the district and
thereby renominate the white mar
| by a narrow margin. The negro
friends of Rev. Venerable, however
are sitting tight and intend, if 1t /!
/ possible, to land the nomination fol
him. They seem to be In the ma
pority and ought to be able to put 4
over 1t is freely predicted tina
Vaughn will not receive many negro
votes and Dyer still less. 1t look
now as if the white "gops" of thu
Twelfth Congressional District, i
they "votelher straight" next Novem
ber win have to include the negro
minister. AS half Of the republicans
there are OF Teutonic extraction ant
/ therefore prO-Gorman, it will make
no difference to them whether thu!
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