Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-31
BY c. NJ. STANLEY,
Especial Dispatch to Morning JournaD
stCOpyright 1921 by Albuquerque JOurnai)

~. t-tn 10 l!A wv OHiy III plI ihiiS
non, ept i the entire south. There
ua0 aeS5icu biy as been misunder-
star1ta| on the mass physchology
81 ths negro and misinterpretation
e.alH confession or certain
alancas iu the audience which
Hasa the president speak.
Crowd Could Not Hear.
It was estimated there were be-
tween 10000 and 10000 people in
Capitol park during the address.Nlt
was physically impossible for them
to hear what the president was
saying. A section on one side was
reserved for negroes and the sec
ton was filled almost to suffoca-
ton.
Every time the president turned
toward them they cheered as only
negroes can cheer a republican
president. Most of them couldn't
hear q word being said. Those on
the other side who likewise could
not hear in turn began their noise
making, many of them thinking
perhaps that the president had said
something very pleasing TO ms
colored hearers. IT is true tnat
there is and probably always Will
Be those in the south and elsewhere
who are Jealous of any suggestion
of Justice to the negro race. Some
OF them were probably in Wednes--
days audience, but they do not
represent birmingham. nor do they
represent, Alabama.
II Is 4. fair assertion that the
daily newspapers of Birmingham
IF
OF Birmingham. Here is what the
Age Herald said editorially on the
presidents speech:
president Harding offered a
practical, common sense solution
OF the race problem. His views CO
incide with the best thought IN
this part of the country and VIII De
cordially approved. He spoke on
the broad grounds of humanity
and an equality of opportunity but
he drew a sharp distinction be-
tween economic and social recog-
milton. "a
southern leaders, white ana
black, have already accepted the
doctrine laid down by PresldenS
Harding.
politics In Race Question
1T cannot be denied that poh-
tics has had much to do with ag-
gravating the race question in the
south. The cry of black DONNA
ton has served demagogues ever
since the civil war and continues 10
do so. This is due largely TO the
fact that negroes have been closely
identified with the attempts OF tne
republican party to gain a foothold
in the south and have been useu
time and again by politicians lot
their own selfish ends"
The Birmingham News, after
pointing out that the president
has expressed the southern view
point" proceeds: $40,
1.-THE south will have no quarrel
with President Harding upon ms
address. If the speech was greet
cd IN a measure of silence 1t was
because such statements from
president would be astounding ana
Inc people were thinking ana re"
flecting. 1t was not matter LOT
cheering but for study.
HThe colored contingent was
somewhat vociferous - because
some of his sentences they did not
thoroughlv understand and that is
me only danger in the utterance. II
the negro leaders understand thor-
ouphlv and can make 1t plain 10
their people then the atmosphere
will be cleared to considerable en-
tent. but the great trouble is Win
n,anv of the colored leaders that
they are given to talking TOO fnucn
on matters which they have not
thoroughly digested.
Profound Impression.
1.-THE presidents address maze
profound impression and II VIII ao
a vast deal of good IN the years
that are to come"
The afternoon Birmingham POST
sounds a dissenting note editorial
~ IN the following language:
ya.In common with many others
who have told the south how 20
meet the negro question, President
Harding is thoroughly versed in
theory, but of the actualltles Oh
racial relations he is apparently
not fully informed.
'The Post can understand ana
appreciate the silent resentment
with which the presidents words
wee heard by his white audience.
-.The speech bore all the ear
marks of political maneuver and
was spoken not to the throngs be-
fore him, but to the east and the
west.
s.'It was a tactless address and n
violation of the proprieties of the
circumstances of the presidents
visit to Birmingham"
4 An Incident of the Parade.
In contrast to this view, how
ever, consider an incident of the
presidential parade Wednesday in
connection with Birmingham's
sefni-centennial celebration. One ]
of.the units in the parade was the
"tS71 club" citizens who came to /
birmingham the year of the towns
incorporation and who have lived q
here during the entire fifty years i
of9the city's history. George B. /,
Ward, former mayor of Birming- I
ham was two years old Ia 1871
when his parents came to Birming- ]
ham. A negro barber named
Frank McCree came to Birming- t
ham the same year and opened a
shop which he has operated con-
tinuously since. Mayor Ward
DRIVE his own car along with the
1871 club in Wednesdays parade,
AMI sitting on the back seat of The
car at his invitation was Frank
McCree. That is fair example of