The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-01-16
NEGROES DEMAND REP
RESERVATION ON REPUB-
LICAN STATE TICKET
(By A. T. Edmonston.)

jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 10.-St.
Louis Republican negro voters, easily
numbering $4,000, are getting ready
to demand from the party bosses there
all that is coming to them on the 1920
"gop" State and local ticket. 1t is be-
ing pointed out by the Ethiopian Re-
publican leaders that st. Louis would
be Democratic city absolutely were
it not for the votes of their race cast
at every general and municipal eec-'
ton, and the election of 1918, when Su-
preme Court Judge w. w. Graves was
reelected, but only because of the big
Democratic vote he received out in
the State, is cited to prove the asser-
ton. At that election Judge Graves
lost st. Louis by 1910 through the
fact that $4,000 negro voters were
lined up solidly for his Republican OPP
ponent. Had the negroes remained
away from the polls that election day
the white votes would have given
Judge Graves the city by lead of
nearly $500.
The activities and the preliminary
move Of st. Louis black "gops' to
get all that is coming to them in
1920 from their white Republican bro
theirs in the way of party nominations,
is shown by the following article, de-
failing this political move, from the
st. Louis Star Of Thursday, January
Is, carrying the caption of Negroes
Demand Right to Name Own Candi-
dates; Cards to Republican Leaders
Hint Ticket May Fail Otherwise
"Members Of the Republican State
Committe and other party leaders IN
st. Louis and the State recently have
received through the mails cards on
which is printed in red ink, AN APP
peal to Republican readers The APP
peal is demand that negroes be per-
mitted to name their own candidate
in the Twelfth (St. LOUISE Congress
sional District and that they also be
permitted to name delegates to the
National Republican Convention and
all other candidates from the negro
districts of the city. There is an init
nation that unless this is permitted
the Republican State and National
tickets may fail to carry in Missouri
"The cards are accompanied by
blank pledges for support of the 'Cltl-
zens' Liberty League with headquar-
tiers at 3137 Pine Street. The appeal
to the party leaders is signed by
Theodore j. Wolfley, Central National
Bank Building. WOltley is a former
newspaper man and at one time was
member Of the State Legislature
A. w. LLOYD, is president Of the
league, and d. W. Bowles, secretary
Lloyd is grand chancellor of the ne
gro Knights of Pythias Of Missouri
Bo%les IS negro lawyer
"Recelpts OF the cards mas causeC
considerable talk and the matter vii
be taken up at the state COMMITTEE
meeting at Kansas City tomorrow
The negro vote in the twelfth district
which Congressman Dyer represents
IS sufficient to control the district
There have been threats recently by
negro leaders to place negro IN nom
nation against Dyer.
The appeal signed by Wolfe.
reads as follows:
TO republican party leaders
twenty-five thousand negro men, eX
elusive OF the women, VIII be quallile'
voters IN st. Louis at the 1870 cleo
tlon, number exceeding the norma
Republican majority IN St LOUIS
Seventy-hve thousand negro men
exclusive OF the women, Will nave TN
right to vote in the State Of Missouri
at the l920 election, without the al
OF wnom the Republican National ant
state tickets may be defeated
square deal is the safest plan.
'lHEODOkE D. WoLFLEl,
"'Central National Bank Building
st. Louis
"Jan. /, 1920
"On the back of the Citizens Liber