The northwestern bulletin., 1923-09-29
President Not Making Speeches
but Admits Being Interested
in Race.
SLEMP 'EASED BY WHEN
VISITORS ASSEMBLE
Statisticians Busy Gathering
Data to Be Used in Repub-
lican Machine.
Staff Correspondence

Washington, d. c., Sept Is
President Coolidge is seeing the
Brother" and the SISTER" Is this
indicative of Puritan good will in the
face of the Slump Of Slemp?"
Henry Lincoln Johnson, from Geor-
gia, sir, is the latest individual
of national prominence to be receiv-
ed at the White House. Johnson was
preceded by william II. Lewis OF
Massachusetts, and Boston-an alum
nus of Amherst, the alma mater OF
the President.
A group of colored women, and a
delegation from a secret fraternity
are among those who have been able
to lease by" the Virginia secretary
and opponent of the Dyer Anti-lynch-
ing bill, and get the immediate and
direct ear of President Coolidge. All
visitors came away smiling, and with
hope in their heart.
The President is not making
speeches and giving out long state
ments. He has indicated, however
certain trends Of thought. He is a
genuine student of racial conditions
in America. He admits this fact HIM
self. He is studying, and Is deeply
concerned about the effects of migra-
tion on economic life in the North,
and has stated that the coming North
of several hundred thousand in the
realm of Colored America makes the
whole subject of racial relations ma
tional rather than sectional.
Southern Votes Cut Down.
Hon. John T. Adams, chairman OF
the Republican national committee
has issued the findings OF the commit
fee with reference to cutting down OF
southern representation, and 1t Is
found that the brethren OF the South
have lost 14S votes in the shuttle,
affecting the Republican national
convention.
The statisticians have figured with
a keenly sharpened pencil, or late
model calculating machine. The
process of elimination has strangely
enough affected most those south
ern states where the Children of the
Sum" have heretofore had most to
say in providing delegates for the
uuadrennial fracas. Georgia, Lincoln
Johnson's native heath; Mississippi,
Perry Howard's former stomping
ground; Louisiana, the baliwick OF
Walter Cohen; South Carolina, where
Joe Tolbert, white, is backed by col
ored supporters. and Texas, the home
of Bill" Mcdonald, all came in for
a heart-rending trimming.
On the other hand, all Of the Lilly
White" states, including Virginia,
the home of "Slemp the slump" get
increased delegations. One of the
New York newspapers, commenting
on the southern outlook from the
delegate viewpoint, and the power to
be welded by Slemp, goes on to say
that while Colored America, North as
well as South. feels very chilly about
what's going on, 1t Is the opinion that
the bad feelings and i'll temper of the
voters in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Michigan, New Jersey, Della
ware and other similar states where
votes count" will be looked after fol-
lowing the nominations.
New Trend of Activity.
There is a new trend of activity
cropping out among the voters in the
North. It centers around the inner
workings of the forces at 1916 Penn
sylvania avenue. who, 1t is charged,
have played personal and sectional
politics" rather than nationwide. 1t
is argued by those who have been OBJ
serving the doings, that these forces
have been very little concerned about
the states other than the ones in
which they have lived.
1t is pointed out that If they are
going to be credited with leadership,
then that leadership should embrace
the states where politics Is being
played with votes rather than with