The northwestern bulletin., 1922-07-15
DYER B. y ,olASSES
SENATE JOGii,S,;::; BE-; = q s
COMMITTEE BY 8.b
Dyer Bill Passes Judiciary Com.
mittee Practically AS a
G.. o. p. Party Vote.
PARTY PRESSURE CAUSES
PASSAGE BY COMMITTEE
Bill Is Now Ready For a Place
on the Senate Calendar and
Will Cause Sharp Debates.
(Staff Correspondent for the Associ'
ated Negro Press)

(Staff Correspondent Tor tne Associ'
ated Negro Press)
Washington, d. c., July II
LYNCH LAW MUST CO." The Dyer
Anti.Lynching Bill has been favorably
reported for passage by the Judiciary
Committee of the United States Sen
ate, on practically party vote. All OF
the Republicans, except Senator
Borah. Idaho, voted for the bill; all
of the Democrats voted against 1t. Two
members of the committee were not
present and did not vote.
The favorable action of the COM
mittee is regarded as one OF the great
victories for human justice, and marks
an unqualified determination OF the
Republican party to back up the ten
cts of the platform adopted in Chi
cago, 1920, with action.
Every Colored newspaper through
ont the country, and a large number
of dailies urged upon the Senate the
necessity of passing the bill. Twelve
,ynchings and burnings at the stake
during the month of May added to the
intensity of the situation. and further
urged the importance of Senatorial ac-
ton.
PARTY PRESSURE USED.
II is an open secret that the strong
est party pressure has been used upon
the proposed legislation to stamp out
lynching in America. There Is not
Republican Senator in the Capitol who
has not been and is acquainted with
all of the details surrounding the i'm
portance Of passing the bill.
Delegations of bishops. college stu
dents. and individuals in various walks
of life have visited President Harding
at the White House, requesting the
Chief Executive to encourage IN every
wav possible favorable action on the
hill To all such visitors the Presi-
dent is known to have expressed deep
interest in the measure, and to have
declared that he will not hesitate one
minute to sign the bill as soon as it
passes the United States Senate.
SLIGHT CHANGES MADE.
Parts OF sections four and five, as
adopted by the House of Representa-
tives in January with vote of prac-
tically two to one, have been the
bone of contention" on the grounds
of "constitutionality. However, as
one well-known person stated: There
is no measure that could be proposed
that the Democrats from the South
would regard as constitutional. They
are against the kind of justice the bill
advocates on principle
It is maintained by those who are
following the legal phases OF the
measure, that the amendments added
by the Judiciary Committee of the
Senate do not take the teeth out OF
the bill, but reduce the arguments
against consttutionality, and render
the final passage more certain.
READY FOR CALENDAR.
The Anti-Lynching bill is now ready
for a place on the Senate Calendar,
and is being regarded with the same
degree of Importance as the other big
measures before the Senate. There is
every reason to believe that present
Senate will finally dispose of the bill.
The same machinery put into action
to have the Judiciary Committee act
favorably, has been put into action to
have the bill now placed on the cal
endar. Once before the Senate, some
of the sharpest debate heard in that
body for years is expected. The Re-
publicans are seemingly determined
that the usual "scare head" oratory of
southern Democrats will not be per-
mitted to befog the issue.
LYNCH LAW MUST CO." That
is the word being passed along by all
right.thinking Americans.