The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1928-06-23
b|SSAT|SFA ACTION
EXPRESSED OVER
{. O.P. PLATFORM


4 ,au itself where the party of Lincoln
s Mckinley. and Roosevelt was supposed
r. be carving on the cause of true
democracy Id equality. Black dele-
<Eyotes were there in reasonable num-
hers and strong sentiment against
"a brm. The Law Enforcement plank
.was adopted. tactily assumes that the
|4Fizhteer' amendment is the only
~'noretion OF the constitution that IS be-
Hing violated to any alarming extent at
*the present time, and therefore men
#tions that amendment only. The
Eplank. credited to Senator Borah, oil
E idaho. r'ho has often indicated
Fl friendly and sympathetic attitude to-
ward the Caucasian south in its treat
ment OF the black man, reads thus:
We reafhrm the American constltu-
nonal doctrines as announced by
GeeGrge Washington in his farewell
address, 70 Wit.
The constitution which ut any time
exists until changed by the explicit and
Authentic act by the whole people Is
sacredly obligatory upon all.
we also reaf1rm the attitude OF the
American people toward the federal
constitution as declared by Abraham
Lincoln.
=" We arc by both duty and inclina-
ton bound TO SICK By the constitution
in all its letter and spirit from begin
Ming to end am for tho honest en-
forcement Of the constitution. Our
-gafetv. Cur liberty depends upon pre-
Serving the constitution of the United
states, as our forcfather5 made It in
violate
The people through the method
provided by the constitution have writ
ten the eighteenth amendment into the
constitution The Republican party
pledges itself and its nominees to the
observance and vigorous enforcement
Of this provision Ct The Constitution
Other Groups Favored
Sngularly and acknowledgements
the black American were about the
ONLY large LARGE group which thu farm
aid plank inadequate. yet a great deal
III the platform is occupied With citing
the problems OF the farmers and the
remedies which the Republican party
has instituted already and intends to
institute In The future. If kept IN pow
er Says the plank IN part.
The Republican partv pledges itself
TO the enactment Cflegislation creating
a federal farm beard clothed with the
necessary powers 70 promote the es-
tablishment Of farm owned and con-
trolled sterilization corporations or as
sociations 70 prevent and control sur
pluses through orderly distribution
l we favor adequate tariff protection
n such of our agricultural products
- Ire affected b. foreign competition.
Z favor. without putting the gov
Ent into business. the establish
aof a federal system OF organiza-
cooperative and orderly mar
Nm products
Fgorous efforts Of this admin
ntoward broadening our eX
nlzal- Lie continued.
republican party pledges it.
e development and enactment
yres whizh VIC place the agri-
interests Of America on a ba-
= Economic equality with other IN
sry to insure It's prosperity and sue
Praises Women
The labor group is also given con-
siderable attention IN the platform
and even women as a group are praised
for their record IN pab.ic Office. Indian
citizens and immigrants are given SYM
palmetto mention WIN ItlildI ho dbDul
"the priceless heritage Of American
citizenship but the part Of the plat
form relating to colored Americans Is
so remote and obscure that 1t would
hardly be found at all we're 1t not for
the heading The Negro which nor
thern newspapers condescend TO put
over 1t. Il takes up about half an
inch Of print and is as follows
we erneW Our recommendation that
the Congress enact at the earliest pos
sble date a federal anti-lynching law
so that the fun influence Of the federal
government may be welded to eXter-
inmate this hideous crime
This bare, cold statement, intimat-
ing as It does that lynching IS the on
by grievance that the American bla L:
man has. and having been already
made and ignored in the platform Of
folr years ago, Is not creating any en-
thusiasm among the leaders OF black
Republicansism, but with nowhere as
yet to turn. they feel still forced to fol-
low the Republican banner and make
, the best Of what they can get through
their local or state power.