Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-10
NEGRO REPUBLICANS
LYNCHED, JOHNSON s
RIDICULOUS CHARGE

EIhDhUUAUUU UaEI1llOE
CHICAGO, July S.-The Senate
committee investigating campaign
tonight to take up the investigation
of Attorney General Palmer's cam
paign for the Democratic nomina-
ton. Chairman Kenyon announced
when the hearing was resumed here
today.
The principal witnesses in the
Palmer investigation will be Ed
ward F. Goltra, Democratic nation
Joseph T. Davis, an attorney of st
Louis. t-
A report that Goltra paid the ex.
penses of rs delegates to the state
convention which ousted Senator
Reed from his national convention
vestigated, it was said. Senator Reed
Is member Of the investigating
committee.
Negroes who have voted the Re.
appeared" and never have been
heard of again, Henry Lincoln John
son. of Atlanta, negro Republican
national committeeman, told the com.
mittee.
The committee was questioning
Johnson about lynchings in the
south.
''They don't lynch men for belong,
ing to the Republican party, dc
they?" asked Senator Kenyon.
, Negroes DISAPPEARED"
n,i a9h' YES N.n they do do Johnson s, re,
Republican ticket has disappeared
and no tidings have ever been heard
of him."
In Dublin, Ga. during the pre-co-
vention campaign. there was wild
use of money" the witness asserted.
II spent $3.50 there" he explained,
"but the other fellows spent more
than $4,000.
"The other fellows" he said, "were
the representatives of Major General
Leonard Wood, while / was working
for my national committeeman"
delegates" Johnson said he didn't
know. but they passed out plenty
of jack to the boys"
Johnson declared that hackers of
General Wood spent around 100000
in Georgia, while the Lowden sup
porters spent only 100000"
Clark L. Grier. former. postmaster
at Augusta. Ga, was the "pay-off
man" for the Wood people, he said.
adding that Grier worked under d.
rect orders from Frank Hitchcock,
former postmaster general in the
Roosevelt cabinet.
Palmer Race Here
Senator Kenyon suddenly turned to
the Palmer campaign in Georgia, ask
ing Johnson If officials of the depart
ment of Justice took part in the at
torney generals campaign there:
Hooper L. Alexander, of Atlanta,
was the leader" Johnson said.
two fiNYi-
ties of the department Of justice in
Georgia brought no definite informa-
Johnson told the committee that
IS per cent Of the negroes in south
er nstates were prevented from vot.
sion" He said the situation was
summed up in the following words,
which he attributed to speech by
Senator Hoke Smith:
"In Georgia no negro is fortunate
enough to vote. while no white man
. Johnson, who is said to have re-
ceived $4,000 from the Lowden cam
paign chest, was the first witness
called today.
Democratic Prices
Democrats paid from IS to $6,oog
generally spent more money than
the Republicans" Johnson told the
committee.
Not one cent given to me was
given to any delegate to the Rep pub
ness declared. He said he received
$4,000 from Illinois, but not from
Governor Lowden himself" He spent
$1,000 or $4,000 Of his own money,
he added, and $4,000 was raised from
When the witness. charged the
Democrats had spent more money
than he did and had bought votes in
local elections, Senator Reed, DEM
ocrat, interrupted to ask:
You don't care when you get So.
mot a Bit" the witness replied,
''but I would need about $4,000 to
combat some Democratic conditions
there"
The steam roller in the Republic
an national convention was an "in,,
stitution of benevolence," compared
with the Democratic steam roller in
Georgia, Johnson said, adding that
conditions there were controlled by
the administration.
Johnson said National Committee
man George Bean. of Florida; Cap
tain Henry Blum, Of Savannah, Ca,
and D. C. Gle, former postmaster
Of Atlanta, cared nothing about
Wood" but were ordered to pre-
petIc d uc1c6dlAOu LUZ 0hA' 11ilSlSOSh
to boss"
Johnson charged that offers of
misunderstanding were made openly
by Wood hackers to men Of influ..
ence to get Wood votes. MANY Of
the men backing Wood were former
postmasters," he, said.
Were any of your men offered
jobs as postmasters?" Senator Ken
yon asked.
mot directly, but they would not
let the crown be offered them too
many times" Johnson answered. 81
might have said I would use my in
fluence."
The committee completed it's work
in Chicago with the examination of
Johnson.
The committee will leave tonight
for ST. Louis, where investigation
Of Attorney General Palmer's cam
paign for the Democratic president
ial nomination will be opened tomor-
row, with a score Of witnesses to
be heard.
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