The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-30
SIDE LIGHTS OF WASHINGTON.
(By A. N. P.)


New York City has set tho pace for
direct action" that may well be fol-
lowed bv the rest Of the country. and
in kecpin~ with the urgent sugges-
tions Of The Associated Negro Press
committee representing the famous
st. Marks Tvceum and allied organi-
rntiors called upon Senators Calder
md Wndsworth of Now York. and
put to them. certain direct questions
on their attitude on lynChinC and other
subjects Of american Justice. They
carried with them. unknown to the
senator's AZ first. an official steno-
grapher. who took a rcrort of the
entire conversations and the same Is
reported at a gigantic mass meetinG
held in ST. Mark Methodist Episcopal
church on the evening Of April 28
MrS Rose Pastor-StolIcs. also spoke
Mt the meeting The Committee con
nan: Benz. T.. Thomas and w. c.
Holloway. with Miss BESSIE Darden
as Stenographer. They also called up
on Senator Mccormick and Represent
ative TinIen
Representative Dyer addressed =
mnase meeting under the auspices of
the N. A. A. c. p, the audience tav-
ing the capacity Of Howard thcater
the conditions of peonage in The
! South, saying that nothing that han
pened in the world was as bad n s
Some conditions in the South" Ne
q y
President Grimke presided.
The oldest Colored religious organ
ization in the District Of Columbia is
Mt Zion Methodist Episcopal church
organized in 1916. Rev Albert ]
mitchell Is the present pastor, and the
church is very active in community
work. conducting . community house
! encouraging business and Industrial
enterprise, and the membership also
conducts p cemetery. The church is
n %Se'&N2 " ". 2S'0 and D"n0arton ave
Hon. Thomas w Fleming. Of CIeve,
land has Informed the Associated Ne.
gro Press, that he has never entered
into any alliance or plan with the
| Hon. Cherries \: Cottrill Of Toledo
whereby it was to he understood that
one was to look after state matters
| and the other national matters. Mr.
| FLEMING Is p member of the CITY
! Council Of Celeveland. and has beer
mentioned several times in connection
with the post Of Minister to Haiti TT,
is an Original Harding man" ant
! is one Of the unquestioned leaders IN
Ohio in matters political and civic,
In discussing that matter of the nro,
I tests of certain white women agains
the appointment of Colored Register
Of the Treasury. one Of the hghes
officials in the Republican party saic
! 70 a Representative of The Associated
| Negro Press: you don't suppose any
one is going to nay any attention t.
| that do you?" That ought to be en-
tightening.
Hon. Richard n. Elliott, member o
! Congress from the Sixth District o
Indiana, and a resident Of Corners
/ Vile, is unalterably opposed to lynch
ing, and is strong advocate of {
| law against it, He is serving hi
third term in Congress, and is a clos
nersonal friend of President Harding
He is held in highest esteem by tn,
Colored people of his district whicl
| is also the residence of Hon. Cornell
| ius n. Richardson. at Richmond. TIT
sixth district is the home of Senator
James e. Watson, at Rushville, anC
iel Brascher of the Associated Negro
Press, who was born in Richmond
and reared in Connersville. 1t i
needless to say that Mr.. Brascher il
men from his native home, both o
whom have known him from boyhood
Rumor persists. in the air of tn,
derson is again being considered TO
! the important post of Collector of thu
Port of New York. He has beer
| known to say that he seeks nothing
! but nevertheless he seems to have SOM
very energetic advocates. In the mat
ter of appointments there has becom
n bit of anxiety, but before the ink II
this is cold. the President amy hav
sent the name of the more Colore,
statesmen to the Senate for confir
nation. There will be a goodly mum
Der of Colored appointments, and Will
there may be protests from Demo
Gratis. careful investigation amon
Republican senators by the Associate
Negro Press discloses the fact tina
once the men are named by Presi
dent Harding, they will be readil
confirmed. The Senate does not seer
to be in a frame of mind to dilly
dallying on the principles of justice
1t is a delightful prospective. accord
ing to those who are viewing tn
landscape from the Washington mon
Mment.