Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-11


unable to get close enough to the
feed trough to get anything for
himself or his adherentss was tFeNc
stored to favor and presumably.
to power as the result of spec
tacular fight before the commit
tee in Cleveland Wednesday.
When the distribution of fed
eral offices in Georgia began I'M
der the Harding regime, johnson
was not recognized. He was
still national committeeman, but
he was informed that he would
not be allowed to control po-
Etical patronage in his state. In
stead, j. L. Phillips, of Thorn
asville, was recognized as Off
eial representative of the admin
istration in Georgia, and on his
recommendations the choicest po-
litical plums were distributed.
The reputation of johnson
was regarded as definite turn
ing of the Republican party
from black to white leadership
in Georgia. Johnson, a negro,
was persona non grata at the
White House and the various
departments in Washington,
while Phillips, a white man but
having an official status in the
party organization, was the rec
ognized distributor of patronage.
Phillips had the backing of most
of the leading white Republicans
of the state.
1t was supposed to be a fore
gone conclusion when the ma
tional committee met at Cleve-
land that the contesting delega-
ton representing the Phillips
faction would be seated. But
johnson and his supporters were
on hand, and the negro commit
teeman made a dramatic and
what proved to be an effective
fight, the climax of which was
reached when a letter of the late
President Harding to C. Bascom
Slen.p was introduced, in which
Harding declared that in recog-
MIXING the Phillips faction
blunder had been made, and sug-
gested that steps be taken to
right the wrong. That letter
turned the trick" effectively.
and Johnson won out by a vote
of % to IA, after he had haran-
gued the committee for an hour.
lie made an eloquent appeal for
recognition of his race and fac
ton in Georgia and called at
tention to the fact that Phillips,
selected to be the official repre-
sentative of the Republican par
ty in Georgia, is under indict-
ment in the District of Columbia
for extensive frauds against the
government. A. S. Anderson, of
Millen, presented the case of the
anti-Johnson faction.
Thus is the most recent hope
full movement for the organiza-
tion of white Republican party
in Georgia disposed of, at least
temporarily. The Lily White
special has been run into a sid
ing on ORDERS from Cleveland,
and the Henry Lincoln johnson
express has the right of way to
the national convention.
From today. the white Re.
publicans of Georgia must take
orders from Link Johnson. If
he desires a federal office. he
must bow the white knee IN the
colored boss.
IF Mr.. Coolidge is elected this
fall, Link will hand out the pie,
to whom he desires and at
whatever price the traffic will
bear.
Those white men, who believ-
ed it possible to build in Geor-
gia a white Republican party,
have seen their dreams go "a
glimmering. The black and tans
are on top. The lily whites are
the outlaws" and will be treat
ed as such. The white Repub-
hcans-those men who would
vote the C. o. P. ticket from
principle-deserved better
fate.
The South should have two
parties. 1t needs two parties, but
the price is too great. White
political supremacy will not be
sacrificed.
The Republicans need, not
delude themselves with the
thought that they can break
the solid South. Not as long
as the negro remains as a politi-
cal protege of the Republican
party.
The Southern Democrat will
ever stand firm on this question.
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The Twentieth Century Limit.
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lbs miles. That's all the Cen.
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