Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-09-27

looking to the proper enforcement OF
! the 14,h and 18th amendments, as
! we'll as the 1Ssh amendment.
1.-The above complaints are brought
to your attention in all sincerity;
and while they are not he'd out as
a threat against the party, yet some
| remedial action should be taken If
/ the press is to be held responsible
for healthy Republican sentiment
throughout the country"
The declaration that threat made
is not a threat intended would seem
ID be all the more ridiculous and
appears to have been a "sop" thrown
to those rock-ribbed Republican
editors, who did not like the Ian
guage used. To those who under
stand thoroughly the English Ian
guage, every one of those eight
provisos, except the seventh one,
constitute a charge against the Re-
publican Party of the Nation and its
accredited officers.
Moreover. if these complaints are
net remedied, any one of the news
paper men subscribing to the docu-
mena has the right to "bolt the
Party" AS Republican document
cit is not worth the paper on which
il is written, and it would have been
the part of wisdom, had it never
seen the light of day,
Why then was an open letter adj
dressed to Chairman William M.
Butler instead of a private one, If
the communication was not meant
as a threat? But who signed this
interesting, double-back action polit-
zeal document, which could we'll have
been fostered and promoted by "the
Democratic contingent across the
way? Editor Ben. j. Davis says
their names are;
1W. E. Rock. Editor. The Echo.
Red Bank, N, j.; Munroe Mason,
Editor, Blue Helmet, Boston, Mass;
Melvin j. Chisum, Field Secretary OF
the National Negro Press Association
Salisbury, Md; VIM. H. Ferris, New
York, N. Y; S. r. Anderson, Edi-
tor. The Clarion, Bluefield, w. Va;
Robert L. Vann, Pittsburgh Courier,
Pittsburgh, Pa; Alfred Haughton,
Boston Chronicle. Boston. Mass.
e.. Washington Rhodes, Editor, Phil
adephia Tribune, Philadelphia, Pa;
Arthur w. Lynch, Editor. Public
Journal, Philadelphia, Pa; B. S.
Clark. Uniontown Journal. Onion.
town, Pa; R. F. Douglas. Editor,
The Pittsburgh American, Pitts
burgh, Pa: J. A. Sa6iler. Editor,
Eastern Observer, Montclair. N. j.;
w. T. Andrews, Editor. Herald and
Commonwealth, Baltimore. Md;
George w. Harris. Editor, New York
News; B. ]. Davis, Editor. The At
tanta independents, Atlanta. Ca;
West A. Hamilton, Editor, Washing
ton Sentinel, Washington. D. c.;
j. Finley Wilson, Editor, Washing
ton Eagle: VIM. NJ. Kelly. Editor.
Amsterdam News, New York; j. H.
Whlttico. Mount Mcdowell News. w
Virginia" &.
We are frank to say that they
made fundamental and racial rights
primary and the Republican Party
interests secondary. Personally. we
endorse every word therein contained
We conclude though that these gen
tlmen from a racial standpoint had
transcendent ability with but little
judgment.
Gentlemen. that document should
have been addressed as an official
communication to the Chairman OF
ahe Republican National Committee
and it's contents should not have been
disclosed without che assent and
consent of the official head of this
great political organization. If this
consent were first obtained. then we
have nothing to say about the matter.
One thing is observable. however,
the Colored Department Of the Dem
ocratic National Committee Is work
ing with the regularity and certainty
of a "Trip hammer, while the
Colored Department of the Republi-
can National Committee seems to be
handicapped by petty chickering's and
discord. A leader of trancendent
organizing ability alone can remedy
the trouble. Where can such man
ager be found? Selah>