The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-12-02
CLAIMS PREJUDICE RAM
PANT in WASHINGTON DE-
PARTMENTS.

Washington is different with Con-
gress in session. Washington is
different to begin with. 1t is diff
ferent from the big industrial and
commercial cities, where there is
hustle; hurry and scurry. Here,
everything moves slowly - except
prejudice. That is about the swift
test moving thing in town, and
those who compare things now--even
under Republican control with
what they were twenty-five years ago
under Mckinley administration, or
twenty-six years ago under a dem
ocratic Cleveland administration, or
twenty-six years ago under a dem
ocratic Cleveland administration, in
office and out, will be forced to adj
nit that prejudice here has had
fine run for its money.
Race prejuulce IN washington,
the nations capitol, where the very
acme of government idealism would
be supposed to be reached, is fine
field for cynics, to say the least.
The appeals to justice, equality and
fair play are traversity upon the
dreams Of the founders of the ma
ton. It's all a huge joke in Wash
ington, due Sue," as the prom
Using offspring of the writer dubs
it.
Prejudice is so rampant here, and
indifference to 1t by the authorities
so glaring, that one is made to
shoulder what the answer will be
another score of years, if the old
cursed things keep on.
Take Treasury Department.
There is the Treasury department,
for example. There has been dis
covered an unwritten law in this
department to the effect that all
Colored women must be accepted
only in the registers division, and
then must be segregated Precedent
would require a Colored Register
of the Treasury, and IL President
expects to succeed himself in 1924
he could make good political play
here.
However, 1t has been discovered
that there is young woman from
Boston in one of the divisions,
failed to Cease" Her work is eff
ficient, and she has been promoted
to a position paying $3.50 year.
Presto, some one found that this
capable young lady is living with
"Colored people," Hence. she has
been called in and informed that ii
would be wise to be transferred to
Boston, at $1450. The young lady
cannot see the point, and refuses
to go. Congressman Tinkem Of Mas
sachusetts, who says he is going to
compel the southerners to permit
all citizens to vote. is backing the
young lady up in her refusal. The
matter has been taken up directly
with Secretary Mellon.
Another Case i'm Point.
Down in Virginia, Colored clerk
was promoted to be clerk in charge,
in the railway mail service. He hap
pens to be well qualified, and a
brother-in-law of a prominent pub
lie official in Chicago. When 1t was
discovered that this man is run
ming in charge, the two Senator's
from Virginia, several Congressman.
prominent citizens and business
men, entered a strong protest to
Second Asst. Postmaster General
Paul Henderson, son-inlaw of Con-
gresham M. B. Madden of Chicago.
They said, This is a white line"
meaning that while in the South
Colored clerks run in charge over
some lines, former P. M. G.. Bur-
Lesson, made dead line
1t happens that General Hender-
son is made of the old fashioned
clay of justice, and, so far as he is
concerned, is determined to wipe
out the follies OF the color line.
Henderson has told the clerk to stay
on the run, and his opin on Of pre-
judice of this kind would change
the temperature.