The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-07-23
"EDlTOR ADAMS OUTSPOkEN."

Under the above caption The Rich
mond (Va.) Planet hands We editor a
few bouquets anent our Special AS
sistants' that we accept with thanks
Coming from the intrepid editor,
John Mitchell, Jr., they are doubly
pleasing. ,..-
Editor John @. Adams, of THE
APPEAL published at St. Paul, MIMI,
is as true as steel upon every ques-
ton affecting the rights and priv
leges Of the citizens of color in this
country. We have before us an ex-
tract from his issue of June II, 1921,
which reads mighty good to US.
Even those of us, who may disagree
with him as a matter of policy must
admit that he is fundamentally right,
and that we as people cannot
achieve permanent success other than
by following the lead of this dis
tinguished leader and by needing
much that he has to say. -.
THE APPEAL says: ....
William H. Lewis of Massachusetts
was appointed ASSISTANT ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED
STATES, a presidential appointment,
confirmed by the Senate of the Unit
ed States. Perry Howard of Missis-
slppi has been appointed SPECIAL
ASSISTANT to the Attorney General
of the United States. Lewis was an
assistant attorney general; Howard is
an assistant to the Attorney General.
There is a great difference in the
status. Lewis was an official: How
ard is an assistant to an official and
has been assigned to special work on
the claims Of colored people against
the United States. If the matter
stopped with Howard it would not
make much difference, but it affects
the citizenship status of every colored
person in the country and segregates
colored people from every . other
group of American citizenship, and
establishes dangerous precedent.
"While we are glad and appreciate
the fact that Attorney Perry w. How
ard got this appointment, the facts
stated are true. 1t is a precedent
that will confront us before we are a
year older. It shows that the pres
ent Administration is already PUSSY
footed" and afraid to meet the issue.
IT is deemed Uinadvisalb\e to launch a
fight for the confirmation Of a. col-
ored presidential appointee at this
time. If the Administration hesitates
to do this now, with all power in it's
hands, it will pause before making a
nomination later.
THE APPEAL says further
Now after 100000 colored men
served in the war 'sto make the world
safe for democracy, and with the Re-
publican party, to which the colored
voter has always been a faithful allv
in complete control of the govern.
ment, it is Infamous that the party
leaders should insult the people by
giving inferior appointments, and Il
is humiliating to think that colored
men will accept such places. It will
be noted that the men appointed are
Southerners.
Northern voters, who voted for the
Republican nominees and whose votes
were counted are not satisfied with
what has been DONE They feel that
it would been better to have had
nothing at all rather than inferior
appointments, which tend to lower
their status as citizens. Some high
class colored men ought to get few
high class presidential appointments
just as under former Republican ad.
ministrations.
Eve do not go so far as to advise
that these appointments be not ac-
cepted, but we do urge that they be
passed over without being credited
upon the bill Of recognition, to which
we as Republicans are entitled. Let
US have those presidential appoint
nents in keeping with the support
hat we have vouchsafed this coun.
.ry and the Republican Party in par
ocular. Thousands Of colored citii
zens have votes and they should see