The broad ax., 1924-10-04


somewhat sorry for what he did. He
refused to say anything as to the pur-
pose Of his conference with Morton.
AT the same time meeting was being
held in the same place, the Appomat-
tox Club, in which among others,
Joseph Bibb. editor OF the Chicago
Whip, and William Lewis took part.
The Whipp is known to have inde-
pendent tendencies and to favor po-
litical discrimination in local cam
campaigns. 1t is believed that Lewis
may seek to divert the Whip to active
Democratic supports
Third party efforts to entice the Ne
gro vote are being aided by southern
Democrats. The idea among them is
to take Negro encourage Negro sup
port from the Republican party to La
Toilette, thereby weakening the Re-
publican party and assuring Demo-
cratic victory. Correspondents for
southern newspapers in the North are
writing long stories to their papers,
playing up particularly the goodness
Of the Third party adherents to the
Negro. One writer, sending to these
papers, tells Of La Toilette meetings
where Negroes have been allowed 10
speak, to sit on the platform with
white women, to address white wom-
en- and everything, just the same as
though he were at a Republican rally
in the southern states. This CORE
spondent describes this equality in the
following paragraph:
The Negro was introduced by the
white chairman Of the meeting as
'Comrade Lieutenant Clark and the
remarks he made were given applause
by his white hearers. During the
course Of the meeting the white chair
man moved his seat over BY the Negro
and with heads close together there
was conference between them. With
the sight Of young white girls as
ushers Of Negroes being shown seats
by them and Of a Negro on the stage
with the white men and white women,
it looks as if the La Toilette Wheeler
party is to be hand in hand with the
Negro in this campaign. 1t was GER
tainly scene Of equality of races on
the stage occupied by the speakers.
The correspondent gives himself
away when he states that there were
more than 1900 in the audiences, more
than half of whom were white women.
This kind Of propaganda IS being
assiduously spread BY southern papers,
the thought being that southern Ne
groes who read them will write to
their friends and relatives in the North,
advising them to look into that La
Toilette party. Clippings will be sent
and message will be got over to the
northern Negro voter, a message
which he will wonder about because
the stories will be telling OF things
happening right around him that he
does not know anything about. The
southern Democrat is hoping that the
Negro voter will conclude that La
Follette's party is even better than
the Republican and flock over to the
Third party.
La Toilette followers are making
some. bids for the Negro vote on their
own hook. They realize that the Re
publicans have it now. If they can
get just a few voters to see La Fol-
lette, there'll be deadlock at the cleo
ton and then who can tell what might
happen. La Toilette might slip into
the presidency. just few Negro
votes would turn the trick. Show the
Negroes something and start them
stampeding into the Third party.
Whether you care anything about the
Negro or not, their support now is
worth its weight in gold, good honest
to-goodness gold.
For that reason they are taking ad-
vantage Of every opening they can.