The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-09-03
PAPERS WILL FIGHT LILY
WHTTISM IN SOUTH.
(By A. N. P.)

Washington, D. c., Sept. 1.-Congress
Is on vacation. Col. Henry Lincoln
Johnson, lawyer, orator, political lead
er unconfirmed, has been i'll at his
home the President continues in the
pursuit of his duties as he "sees the
light and the Colored Americans
throughout the United States grit
their teeth with dismay and disgust.
The most hopeful sign of the
times is the determination of the
newspaper men of the race. on agree
ment in Atlanta, Georgia, to push a
campaign. Of education against, the
South This is a remarkable decision,
and 4 departure from old time meth
DDS OF 'following in the wake" -.
ed. and backed by the general public,
will let it be known in no uncertain
terms that they cannot accept the
policy of political slavery offered to
publican party. This is a righteous
sign, and points the way to "a new
era in Negro history.
In Atlanta, the state of peonage and
lynehings: the state where the Com;
by Secretary Miller of the Republican
National Committee; in Atlanta where
Booker 7. Washington was made ia
nous and where Sherman began his
march to the sea, Atlanta the Home
Of Henry Lincoln Johnson. and the
mecca of big Business" among Ne
groes, there has been started a pro-
gram of educational propaganda that
President, members of the Cabinet,
Congress. the Republican National
Committee, and all others that the
policy of political elimination is per
soma non gratia In other words. they
cannot get away with the shell
game"
Charles A. COttriII, AspIrant.
Here's an incident worth while,
enough to make the blood bile'' in
the breast of every political patriot.
Charles A. Cottrill. long. time politi-
cal favorite, and unswerving hacker of
Warren G.: Harding in the Republican
National Convention, has been offer
ed job.
On the SLATE" Cottrill was to have
been Register of the Treasury. but the
yicissitudes have knocked him sky
Presidential favor. The President, aid
ed and abetted by the Hon. William
Taft, has formulated a policy, you
know, and It does not mean that he
s6ns WfSeTe fSe1 cam White
folks. That would be terrible! The
southern whites might all quit their
Jobs. So. Cottrill was offered, after
Collector of Internal Revenue, for
Baltimore, with offices in Washing
ton" at the munificent salary of $2,-
500 per year
There you have it, a practical DEM
onstration of the latitude of mind"
on the value of Negro leadership.
Chairman Adams AEszd Questions.
The Hon. John T. Adams, Chairman
Of the Republican National Committee
has been asked in a lengthy letter by
The Associated Negro Press, to ex-
plain the attitude of the Committee
on the trend of events in the Repub
lican administration. The letter de-
tails the various complaints expressed
by Colored Americans, and is re-
garded as very much to the point.
At the gathering. of newspapermen
in Atlanta, a resolution was passed
urging The Associated Negro Press
gorial reply from Chairman Adams.
Chairman Adams. replied to the letter
asking for a conference on the matter,
but the same has not yet been held.
Mr. Adams set a date for the con-
ference, but 1t was impossible for the
A. N. P. representative to meet the
date because of a previous engage
ment. Mr.. Adams has requested a
later conference.