Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-05-27

buckeye State Is occupying a most nc
culiar position. He is an uncompromis
ing advocate Of all the rights and priv
ileges for the citizens Of color common
~ known rs Negroes. In principles. lie
lines up squarely with Trottcr Of Mas
sachusetts, editor of the Guardia,
Adams, Of Minnesota editor of the An.
peal.
lilo is treading tcnderly upon the
question Of the Harding policies in
dealing with tho colored people Of this
country, for those policies are -four.
square In opposition to his teachings
OF a lifetime. You cannot find him say
ing one word against the statesman.
for whom Ire has done so much and in
"hHse favor, he worked night and day
IN order to elevate him to tho White
House Of the Nation.
We cross over to Tennessee. where
that remarkable political proposition
resides. We refer to Hon. II. r. Church
VINO loads the Republican forces in
that Stt2to In combination with right.
thinking white men. He is Familiarity
known as Bob Church and his personal
ity Is so winsome that to be in his
presence for brief period of time IA
20 be won over to his way of thinking,
If you are unprecedented.
He is "biding his time" with the
nope that political conditions will
chango and that the political bucca.
heers, who have come into the Republi-
can Party from the Democratic Party
with the underlying desire to seek tn .
4Havas and fishes" only with no re.
gard for principles will tire on the way
side and drop out or that the Rcpubli.
can leaders of Washington will tire Of
them and then the regulars of other
days will come unto their own again.
We have no need to name Hon. Hen.
ry Lincoln Johnson. Our columns
have already been surfeited with infor.
nation concerning him. We place Edi.
tor Benjamin J. Davis in tho same
class with Adams, Trotter and other
leaders. We have no need te name Rev.
M. a. N. Shaw and that persistent
prince Of leaders,, Rev. w, II, Jerni..
gan, Rev. J. Milton Waldron and their
like. TO call their names Is to recog.
n1ze their principles. Shall we fight In
side Of the Republican Party or shall
we align ourselves outside Of it,?
This is the question upon Which
some agreement should be reached.
The policy Of the Republican leaders is
to retain enough OF tho colored vote to
achieve success and to drive enough Of
the oolored voters into tho Democratic
organization to rob tho campaign of
the race issue. This gives the colored
people an opportunity to line up. Shall
we follow tho dictates of those who
would map out policy for us or shall
we frame and operate under our own
policy?
we have not named Hon. Marcus
Garvey in this comment. We place
him III the industrial, the economic
Held with Africa as his home and cou,
try. We have not named DR.. r. r.. Nc,
ton. He is exclusively In tho Industrial
Held and 80 far as we can see. ho
: should remain there. We have only
named a few Of our leaders. There are
hundreds Of others, but we believe that
most Of them can be ranked under tho
leadership OF the men, whom we have
named and II not under them as lead.
ers' they will line up In the classes out
lined. Certain 1t Is. the cringing, cora
promising Negro leader has had his
day. Those now upon tho field OF ac..
ion are determined to stand and walk
upright.