Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-11
The White Mans Party:

In at least two instances, one
of which was that of Georgia,
the Republican National Com
mittee on credentials has ruled
in favor of negro delegations,
seating these and unseating the
so-called lily white Repub-
licans.
The negro, Henry Lincoln
Johnson, is again made sure OF
his place as national committee
man in Georgia, together with a
negro woman who recently
was elected national committee
woman for this State.
Just so long as the negro is
given prominence in the Re
publican party. just that long
will the South remain solidly
Democratic.
1t is not question of pref
erence, but of necessity. And
il is unfortunate for the South
that there cannot be more than
one party.
The Southern white mans
opinion is stated very clearly by
anegro weekly paper, the Allan
ia Independent, when it says:
The Democratic party has al
ways been, and always will be,
white mans party. For the
reason the backbone and brain
of the party is in the South and
it will be centuries before the
South win be reconstructed to
the end that it viii recognize the
political equality of the negro,
because he feels that political
equality is the first step in the
direction of social equality. The
negro is not wanted in the Demo-
cratic party; never has been and
never will be, and the Democrats
have always been honest in their
position, in spite of the effort
of few mercenary negroes who
butt into the Democratic fold to
seek a tainted dollar. These
negroes who attempt to align
themselves with Democrats will
not get anywhere for the reason
that the South is going to die
tate the policy of the Democratic
party.
This negro paper states that
political equality and social
equality are not the same. one
being a personal question, the
other a public question. We
can appreciate the viewpoint Of
the negro, but he is wrong.
Public questions are personal
ones-they are vitality personal.
When the negro is given the
freedom of the ballot. he should
also be given the right to occu-
py public office--any public
office, from the highest to the
lowest. This cannot be done.
1t is not best for either the ne
gro or the white man. 1t can
bring nothing but trouble to the
door of the negro.
The white race is the domi-
nant race and it will ever be so
in the SOUTH. 1t never has
and never will take orders from
the colored man; he will not
work under him or for him.
Placing negroes in political Of
hce in the South-or elsewhere
- is placing white men and
women UNDER the negro and
subject to his orders. Nothing
but racial friction and prejudices
can be the outcome of such a
practice.
About the only politically ac-
tive negroes are those seeking a
place at the government pie
counter. While every negro de-
sircs political equality. down
deep in his heart he knows he
cannot secure this in the South,
Therefore he goes his way. car.
ing little and worrying less.
The negro is not to be blam
ed. 1t is the Republican party
that is making of him a politica
football. flinging him a crust a.
payment for his vote in tn,
Northern States. The immedi
ate or future welfare of the ne
gro race is a matter of small
concern to the white man Of tn,
North or the Republican party
Get his vote. get it cheap and
make the South pay the bill, is
the C. o. P. slogan.
The immediate past history OF
the Georgia negro Republican
party is given by the Albany
Herald in the following ed
itoriaI:
Henry Lincoln johnson, who
since the early days Of tie Hara-
inc administration has been Re-
publican national committeeman