The Colorado statesman., 1922-08-12
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
REPORTS dyer BILL FAVORABLY Y

exercise of every legitimate power
conferred upon and residing in the
federal government.
The proposed legislation is not an
invasion or subversion of the rights of
the states, nor is it designed to relieve
the states from the performance of
their duty to secure to all persons
within their several jurisdictions equal
protection of the laws; on the contra
ry, the proposed legislation is in aid
of the several states and will be i'm
partially administered by the people
of the several states.
1t is sincerely hoped and confident
ly believed that the early passage of
this bill as amended will have Il salu-
tary effect and go far toward insuring
that equal protection of the laws"
state and federal, to which "all per-
sons born or naturalized in the
United States and subject to the juris-
diction thereof are entitled
American citizenship is indeed
badge of honor it should be and this
bill seeks to make it, n shield of pro-
lection to every American citizen, man,
woman and child, native and natural
ized, who stands on American soil,
hedged round and guarded as they
are, by the constitution of the United
States.
In commenting on this action, Mr..
Johnson said;
"This favorable report by the judi
ciary committee removes the last con-
stitutional objection to the Dyer Bill,
the Senate may have had for delaying
action on the measure. SO long as the
judiciary committee deferred its re-
port, just so long could members of
the Senate plead to friends of the bill,
both white and colored, that any per-
sonal reluctance to press the bill was
based on doubts as to the bills legal
ity No longer can that excuse be of
fered. The Dyer bill has been declared
constitutional by the judiciary commit
tees of both the House and the Senate,
by the attorney general of the United
States, by eminent lawyers like Moor
field Story, Herbert X. Stockton and
many others, while nineteen justices of
state and supreme courts of the vari-
Gus states, judge of United States
Circuit Court, two former United
States attorneys general and many
other eminent jurists have signed n
memorial to the Senate demanding
passage of the bill These facts must
be kept clearly in mind by every per-
son who is interested in the bill and
we must likewise keep them in the
minds of the members of the Senate.
"The action of the judiciary COM
mittee is gratifying for number of
reasons. We have many opponents of
the bill. Those we know how to an
swer and to checkmate. But, unfor-
tunately, we have others, some of
them colored men and women, who
have been rushing into print declaring
that the bill had no chance of passage.
I sincerity hope that these persons will
now join in in the last great effort
necessary to put the bill through the
Senate. We urge every person in the
country who is interested in this meas
ure to send telegram today to each
of the senators from his state and to
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Repub-
lican leader of the Senate, urging inn
mediate vote on the bill.
"We are extremely fortunate in hav-
ing Senator Shortridge chosen to lead
the fight for the bill. He is the one
member of the Senate committee on