Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-07-03


whites to Il stand-still, with doz
ell others from Georgia were tho
ripe and juicy Georgia peaches that
lnGt contributes about 81 cents rev
capita, per year, for education Of
coIored youths.
Missouri was represented by DR..
Grassland and wife, Of st. Joe, Edo.
tor Nelson Crews, Attorneys Cail>.
way and Houston OF Kansas Guy.
Dr.. Curtis, Attorney Inge and Edi-
tor Mitchell and the lone dis,rIct dele
safe and alternate from ST. Louis
to lend color and tone to the SHOW
me- state.
Pennsylvania had Il scanL repre-
sem ation-that old neStor of journal
ism, as youthful as he was fifty
years ago, more or less. Chris Per-
~ Of The Philadelphia Tribune and
Editors Vann and Ira Lewis, Of The
Pittsburgh Courier, being among tho
fow gentlemen Of Color from Bots
rcnroes personally conducted COM
monwcalth.
DR.. Lattimer and Butler II. Wilson,
showed up from Massachusetts to
sing the praises Of Governor Cool
dge, and incidentally, to murmur
disappointment over the frigidity Of
the party for their race
Charles w. Anderson, Editors
Moore and Harris, Assemblyman
Hawkins, Murray and Lowdenized
Gilchrist Stewart, were tho examples
Of fame, thrift and agitation that
little OF New York" sent over.
Indiana sent DR.. Summer Furniss,
voteleSs alternate Attorney Hend
crSon, Editors Stewart and Manning,
hut the white-haircd editor Geo l..
Knox was conspicuous by his Nab
Scncc
Michigan sent over DR.. AmcS and
half dozen others from the city that
hopes to beat out Cleveland for pop
lation.
Kansas was represented by Editor
Belts, of the Wichita Protest and
Freeman Martin along with Il few
others, and Oklahoma. the state in
which colorcd man is as restricted
rs ii prisoner on Devils Island, was
there in person of Bill Irvine, a
former Ncnia, Ohio, product, and At
torneys Stewart and Brown.
Ike Nuttcr, who never knows what
il is to be beat was there from New
Jersey to agitate and to protest and
he did it without fear or favor
ohio, which state gave the party
It's presidential nominee, was there
unusually strong, and among its col
orcd contingent were Joseph l.. Jones
Cincinnati; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
w. FLEMING, Samuel Il. Woods, Cap
tain Will Green, Sydney Thompson.
Editors Forte and Tyler, Charles A.
C"ttrill, Alexander II. Martin, Char
Icy Doh, Rev. j. Wesley Carter and
Columbus two Bobs--Bob Smith dis
'rict alternate and Bob Allen, his
defeated opponent for that honor.
Perhaps the most outstanding fen
ture OF the convention. in social
way, for colored visitors, was tho
banquet given at tho Vinccnncs Ho-
tel, Thursday night, hy the local Chi
cago Wood committee. Fully 300 sat
Gown to "toothsomc feast and
How of oratory." William "BilI' Cow
Oh proved the very acceptable toast
master and the speakers included
Major John r. Lynch, cN-minister to
Liberia; DR.. Ernest Lyon, Wan. II.
Lewis, of Boston: Emmett J. Scott
and James a. Cobb, Of Washington;
Nelson Crews of Kansas City; George
W. Harris Of The New York News:
Charles W. Anderson of New York;
Major r. r. Jackson, of Chicago:
and Edward Wright, Chicago's 500
per day Colored city official; and
w. II. A. Moore Of the Negro Asso.
rated Press. !.
The banquet with everything
from soup to nuts" on the bill of
farcS.sans tho exhilarating Manhattan
sparkling Burgundy, and kindred ex-
llxlrs, ran as smoothly, and was as
enjoyable as lady's afternoon re-
caption or June Wedding.
just to al bit of pepper to the
affair. breezy Nelson Crew, Mis-.
sour1's prize orator, after laying
down successful barrage, sent II
shrapnel straight at James A. Cobb
and Ed. Wright lit n time fuse I'M
der Bill Lewis Of Boston. Cobb had
no chance for a comeback, but Har-
vardiS~ celebrated football player
came back at Chicago's 500 per day
EIiZc beauty In way that made
every one recall when Lewis used to
luck line and get away with it, Just
as he did with Wright.
The Appomatox Club threw open
the doors of its magnificent club
ht use Wednesday night where, with
crush Of feminine beauty gowned
IL gorgeous gowns and peek -a-boo
hodices and few hundred gallcnts
ali had cause to forget the animosi-
ties Of politics.
On Saturday night, Chicago's big
chief. Oscar DePriest, saw to it thai
TIE Peoples Movement of. which he
ia the founder propeller and respon
sible head, gave a smoker to the
visitors. It must be said that Chicago
with both Lowden and Wood money
easy on exchange, extended a cor
6ial welcome to the boys.