The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-08-27

There Is a crisis at hand. Colored
Americans are halted between two
, and the deep blue sea- The devil be-
Ting the Democrats, and the Blue Sea-
The Republicans. And the Republican
Ship that Fred Douglas spoke about.
is having engine trouble.
One man said to the A. N. p. rep
resentative: Here are some practical
suggestions. The men who have stood
sponsor for the party principles should
shake the dust of Washington from
their feet and go about their busi-
ness. 1t is not generally known, but
that is exactly what Church did and
when the facts come out, he will be
more highly regarded as leader.
"Church spent more than two
months in Washington. When he saw
the trend Of things, he had a long
dent Harding. When the President
expressed his views, particularly on
matters of appointments In the South,
Church respectfully told the Presi-
dent that he could not be sponsor for
such a policy and that until the course
changed. his address would be Mem
phis. Tenn
Henry Lincoln Johnson should tell
stances he does not care to be Record
er of Deeds; Perry Howard should
resign as Special Assistant to the At
torney General; Charles Cottrill should
DR.. ]. r. A. Grassland should go
back to Missouri and practice medi-
cine.
".such course would show the Re-
not in this day and time be made
mere playthings. 1t would make
these men, and any like them, real
and not fancied leaders; II such a
course Is not pursued. and things con-
tinue as now going. there will be a
revulsion by the people themselves,
that will not be styed, and that will
surpass anything that has ever hap
pened in the Race. Things point that
Do They POInt1.
Do things point to the end that Is
expressed in the above statement?
Let's see.
Colored American citizens in the
hand held out to help them, except
the lone hand of Congressman Tink-
ham of Massachusetts,, are stirred
from center to circumference. New al
the making. What this will mean.
only time can tell, but there arr
and they are things going on that
are MOI under cover.
voting states. where the Colored
votes. under normal conditions, are
the balance of power, there is wides-
pread feeling of disgust, and disap-
ually LOOKING in three different d.
rections: Friendly Democrats, Social
lists and Independents.
They point to the fact that even
the Republican newspapers have fall
ed to back up the program of hu-
man rights declared for in the Re-
publican platform adopted in Chica-
go. Here Is a statement from a ma
tionally known citizens; The New
York World, an avowed Democratic
newspaper. gives us a far better play
of justice than the so-called Republi-
can Chicago Tribune, and a number
ike 1t. Last fall, the Tribune sup
ported President Harding on the Re-
publican ticket all other candidates
endorsed were Democrats, including
the Governor and County Officers,
with the lone exception of Senator
Mckinley. We have got to show some
of that same kind OF independence of
we get anywhere politically That
~oes for Negroes everywhere in Amer
ica."
Politically, the signs of the time
1oint to either radical change of
policy on the part of Republicans, or
,olttical catastrophe uneQualled in
the history of the party. I'VE shall
see what we shall see"