The Washington times., 1923-12-11
c. {. 7. FACING
COI0REDVOTE
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Races Leaders Turning to
Democrats, Elections Show.
Their Demands.
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of having joined himself to an anti
negro faction in Delaware. Senator
Bayard Of Delaware Democrat, Ii
in the United States Senate today,
in succession to du Point, not be-
cause Of any shift of sentiment In
Delaware about the tariff or about
the World Court or about any other
so-called great ISSUE" but -princi-
pally and dominantly because the
negroes OF Delaware refused ALSO
Iutely to go along with du Pont
after he had gone into an alliance
with the Delaware "Hly-white'' ele-
ment, headed by Congressman Caleb
Layton, who also accordingly ID
with US in public Life no more, hav-
/ ing given way to Congressman
William III. Boyce, Democrat.
These disconnected negroes are
engaged now in playing one party
off against the other; and while
statesmen may occupy themselves
in high thoughts about the railroad
question and about international
peace it IL not at all beyond the
bounds of possibility that the next
presidential election may be decided
in great close States like New York
and Indiana by q swing Of the
negro vote. If pacified. toward the
Republican and il outraged and
vtndictive, toward the Democrats.
The next election may be q negro-
determined election. That Is the
parties in the midst Of all the
hot air about supposedly loftier is.
sues which soar SO high that the
down -on-the-g precinct-major.
ity issues get forgotten.
Negro representatives have en-.
deavored to present to the Ad.
Hninistration q platform Of three
distinct demands.
.One-The passage Of a Federal
anti-lynching law.
Two-A wholly negro medical
staff for the negro Federal hospital
at Tuskegee, Alabama.
Three. The pardon OF the negro
soldiers who were sent to Fort
Leavenworth to be imprisoned after
the disorders at Brownsville, Texas
in President Roosevelt's time and
who are asserted by their negro
friends to have been totally limo
cent of having had anything to dc
with those disorders in any way.
1t appears that the negroes, az
i
political prisoners" whom they
wish pardoned.
Attitude Of Coolidge.
President Coolidge in his message
committed himself to a Federal
anti.lynching law. The other two
planks in the negro platform for
administration action remain to be
considered further.
Meanwhile the quarrel which to-
day the negroes in dense crowds OF
angry representatives are wagine
with the Republican National Com
mittee has to do with the proposed
reduction Of the number of dele
gates from Southern States to the
Republican national convention.
| This reduction would mean that
Arkansas would lose five delegates
Georgia, s; Louisiana, s; Mississippi
8; South Carolina, q Texas, 6-s
total Of IS.
| The protesting negroes who have
teen Grating ana gesticulating ant
quoting the Constitution and thu
Bible to q subcommittee of the Re
publican national committee arr
al guing really as follows:
"You Republicans allow the
Democrats in the South to dis
| franchise us In outright violation
Of the spirit, If not Of the letter, Of
the Constitution. You permit the
number Of voters, in the Southern
States to be reduced. It then be
comes your duty-according to the
Constitutional reduce the repre-
81 ntation of the Southern States In
Congress, and, therefore, accord
Ingly in the electoral college which
! elects Presidents.
"You do not do IT.. You do not
reduce the power Of the South in
electing Democratic Presidents, but
you turn on us; and, because you
have allowed the South to deprive
US OF our constitutional rights, you
! reduce our power in the nominating
of Republican Presidents. You are
taking a Democratic crime and
giving to it a Republican sanctifi
cation"
That is the argument Of the gal