The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-04
Reorganization of G. 0. P.
in South May Accomplish
UndOing of Negro Voters in
Southern States.
(By A. N. P.)

,Washington, T.. c. June 2.-'LILY
WttlTE,' the Infamous, notorious. ne
farious, scareligious, deBased ideas. is
on the rampage again! If Lily is
permitted to run. loose, as now ap-
pears to be the Republican program,
so far as the South is concerned may
God help America and the G. O. p!
President Warren G. Harding. than
whom, no finer exponent of human
justice, by word of mouth, ever oc-
cupied the Executive chair Is seem
ingly being invcigled to acquiesce in
program that has for its object the
eliminauon Of Colored AMERICANS from
absolute consideration in southern
This amazing condition Of affairs
Is thoroughly presented in four
column, even tempered. frank edi-
torial in the Atlanta Independent. is
forth the establishment Of a Com
mittce Of One HunGred." which seeks
TO re-establish the Republican. party
among whites i'm Georgia, and v'ry
obviously has for its ultimate object
the elimination of Henry Lincoln
Johnson, and his following. both white
and Colored, in Georgia politics. Pres
idont Harding has, according to lat
est information, az published in the
Independent recognized this commit
tee, and through Chairman VIII H..
Hayes, of the Republican National
Committee, declares his decision in
the premises. is without appeal.
SIemp and Hitchcock Confer.
Congressman IascOm Slemp, of Nir-
ginia, and Frank II, Hitchcock, form
err Chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, and former Post
master General under President Taft,
have been known by The Associated
it is well founded opinion, that the
subject of Southern political condi-
tions, as they affect Colored Ameri-
cans. was thoroughly discussed.
t. ,l,, %
the committee, of the Republican
National Committee. that has the
matter of dealing with the delegates
to the National convention, under con
sideration. Congressman Slemp is
known as a Lily White" of the first
degree. according to Colored leaders
of Virginia Frank Hitchcock, for
years, has been known to be obsessed
publican party in the South in which
Colored citizens would practically be
Eliminated, except possibly. that miser-
able few of Uncle Toms" who would
do the bidding of their masters,
The situation has reached crisis
in Washington, and has superseded all
other considerations. The subject of
patronage has become nothing, as
compared with it. In fact, on the sub
iect of patronage, Robert Il. Church.
of Tennessee. had an extended con-
ference with President Harding about
three weeks ago. The conference was
one of confidential exchange of opin-
ions and policies Mr.. Church has not
apprised tn Associated Negro Press
Of the details of the Conference, but
it has been learned from reliable
sources, that President Harding was
painfully frank in letting it be known
that there are to bC certain limita-
tions on the administration in ap-
pointing Colored men to office. In
other words the Harding Admins
tration in seeking honestly to apply
the tonic of justice, will not go so
far as to appoint Colore people to po-
sitions that will bring forth bitter
! comment from white southcrners.
| SO serious has be come the political
status of the Race, in the Republi-
/ can party, that all reactionalism has
ceased, and all the well known leader
ers throughout the country are pre-
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