The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-12-24
Vote On Color
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ways said the same thing more OF =
less in substance.
handicapped by Whites m
= do not need 10 tell YOU how m
much | sympathize with you. not be "
cause of YOUR color, but because you
do not have fair chance. handiz
can has been placed upon you by a
your fellow ceuntfymen, which Is al y
most impossible to overcome. GU I
have in a comparatively short time
since. slavery done much more than
any other race, under the ieaflal 2
handieaps which you have. !,
of YOU want to know whether the
Negro has improved do not look nj E
j last week, go back thirty or forty q
years, then there is no question. FER
a long time he could not do ANYTHING I
for himself. Now. all that he does Is {
for himself. and he carries a big
burden of the white man on his back
There are many things which could
be accomplished. which are very vital
and have an important bearing on
the future of the race.
u understand you people are
about to take the same position thnl
have taken long ago. You are about
to realize that you must fight Tor
yourselves and take advantage OF
everything.
No Republican
81 want to talk about politics, but |
: | do not want to convert anybody. |
While have voted nearly every tick
/, ct except the Republican, have
e never been Republican, or any
thing else for that matter. think
IS the Negroes ought to vote to help
Is themselves. | would not advise any
U body else to do that. There Is no
e, reasonable weapon that the NEGRO
r can get that he should not use. One
e weapon that does not cost much, Is
70 not worth more than it costs, is the
N ballot.
ST 6. o. p. Connection with Emanei-
e. patton Accidental
81 know how the Negroes have be
I'd come Republicans. Ii | had been in
o. your place, | would have done Just
ut what YOU did. 1t was through the
el Republican party and by an accident
Id of Fate that you got your indepen-
up dence. 1t was only to be expected
IL that you would be Republicans. but
st that was a long while ago. | think
rs 60 or rs years of steady voting has
rd nearly paid your debt. You ought
to get a receipt in full and go ahead
on your own.
"If | were in your place, | would
never consider anything unless 1t
were something for the welfare of
my own people, but | would not ad-
wise any other race to do that.
"When | talk to you about poll
tics, am doing it because want
you to use every weapon for the
welfare of your people who need II
E, the most You vote the Republican
ticket without stopping to think OF
-- consider. You might have been tax
A. ing money from the Democrats, bu
you have voted Republican. Aftel
all, il was an accident that emanci
&c patton came from them. 1t wa
bound to come; it could not be tina
'e human beings should be held forevel
in bondage.
Keep Politicians Guessing
- Political power is very importah
- A good many people would do thing
for YOU if they were in danger o
losing their Jobs in being Congress
20 men, senators, President, or some
&c thing like that. II they know the
can count your votes before they &c
into the ballot box, you cannot e.
poet much You must keep the pc
. lticians guessing until the last,
- Oscar DePriest
"You have mad only one Congress
man in years. Let us look at tn
position. Here is my good frient
Oscar Deiriest from Chicago.
have known him well for long tim
have never found time when i
was not true to his people. col
slider that the first and greatest vi
tue that any coored official ca
have. Ny friend, DePriest, is pre-
ty good politician, but he does nj
forget his people.
You ought to have two Congress
on men from Chicago, but she is dom
well to have one. There are Negro'
" enough in Harlem to have at lea
- two, but you have none. You ca
not WELD your power unless you "
vote independently. There a
enough Negroes in New York al
---. Detroit to give you four Congress
men. There should be at least OF
q from Cleveland. but you have ney
had any. This would make five.
Elect colored Men
wherever there are enough n
groes 10 elect a colored man. y
sA~ Huoulu eject Httli even II nc - vi
Democrat ticket. That does r
'e ,Ti make any difference. would j
dera care what his belief on tariff a
ugh. other public questions might be, /
DIS there is no other question as imp
tant to Negroes rs that of color.
Make Politicians Afraid
you must make the politiei
afraid They are afraid of PEG
with votes they can't get. You !
fine illustration when the Parl
Wash. case was presented to Congress. "
- ter White organized the work agal
Il his confirmation. His defeat dc
onslfates the benefit Of political
ton when it is devoted TO a part
lar thing. Republicans who 70
for him are being defeated. One
be defeated in OHIO when he sh'
his head. Other senators who vo
for him have gone down IN defeat
% Color Only Important Thing
. your power and rights would b
i been sacrificed to place that man
the Supreme Court bench You
- see the benefits Of organized act
Do eon doubt that thev fear no'
when II Is intellisentiV used