The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-19
SENATOR HARDING OF OHIO.

BY j. SILAS HARRIS,
President of the Negro National Edu.
cational Congress writes interest
ingly of the Republican nominee.
Senator Warren G.. Harding, the Re-
publican Presidential nominee, is one
Of the most forceful characters in
American life, statesman of ripe eX.
perience, unquestioned ability, and of
highest character He is a man of
courage and of firm convictions and
may be depended upon to safely guard
the interest of the people. Today, he
is the nominee of the Republican par
ty, but after the election, the Presi-
dent of the American republic; deal
ing out exact justice to all regardless
of race, creed or color. Like Lincoln,
he is a humanitarian with a heart
full of sympathy for the struggling
masses-the ffiendless and poor.
In him. every TRUE American,
white" and black" will find a friend.
He is firmly grounded in the princi-
pies of the federal constitution, and
will demand respect for the FLAG
upon the high seas and in every land
beneath the sun.
A gentleman, a scholar, a statesman,
Christian; Warren G. Harding, an
ideal American will be triumphantly
elected at the polls next November.
Under the direction of Ex-Alderman
DePriest and Morris Lewis, Secretary
of the Peoples Movement Club re-
ception was rendered the delegates
last night at the handsomely appoint
ed home of the club at 3140 Indiana
| Avenue. The place was crowded with
the visitors and the many friends and
members of the organization.
Among the other newspaper tribe
that has drifted into the sanctum of
the Associated Negro Press headauar-
ters are Uriah n. Murray, MD, edi-
tor of the Boston Chronicle; Nelson
I Crews of Kansas City, Missouri, editor
of the Kansas City Sun; George Har-
/ ris, New York City, alderman and ed
! itor of the New York News, and Liedt
W. A. Belts of Wichita, Kans., editor
of the Wichita Protest.
| The entertainment committee of the
! AppomattoX Club entertained the Wis
/ iting delegates and their friends with
an automobile tour. starting from the
nl1 nh Of A ~ nd or
the Vincennes Hotel.
One of the real "show places" of
Chicago is the dental suite of Doctors
Chapman and Tansil, Avenue Building,
31st and Indiana Avenue There are
no finer equipped dental offices in
America.
A reception to the visiting delegates
and their friends was also given last
night by the members of the Apo
mattox Club at theis beautiful club
house on Grand Boulevard.
! Or. j. r. A. Grassland of St. Joseph,
Mo, was here as one of the four dele
gates at large from that state. He
was former minister to Liberia.
One of the most interesting men
present was William Anderson of
Smithville, Texas.
Over 200 delegates to the conven-
tion attended the banquet rendered to
the visitors by the citizens committee
! Wednesday night in the large dining
room of the Vincennes Hotel. w. r.
Cowan served as toastmaster, and the
following program of toasts followed
the dinner:
General Wood and the Negro-Maj
John R. Lynch.
International Relation-sDr. Ernest
~. Lyons.
The Citizen Soldier-Maj, R. r.,
Jackson.
The Negro Press-G. F. Richardson,
Junior.
Solving the Problem-Bishop A. J..
Carey.
The Negro in the West-Hon. Mel
son C. Crews.
Reducing Southern Representation
Hon. E. H. Wright.
Our candidate--Dr Emmett ]. Scott.
Making Democracy Safe-W. II. A.
Moore.
Americanism-Hon Charles w. An
derson.
Remarks were made by w. H. Lewis
of Boston and James A. Cobb of Dis
trict of Columbia.
Claude A. Barnett, Nahum D.
Brascher, David Hawley, DR.. Leonard