NEGRO III 10-
A RECORD
__ 81.IMi'il4e~. A.Dcl Hundred. Of
emD Away ID 4 Year
CilrcalatioD Pro..-am; Conn AH
A FACT
Wi~eJy Circillated Narlb. South,
Ealt And Weat; D..play Or CIa ....
ned AdYel'tilmeou 8riol Satiafac­tory
Kesurb.
.Survey Shows Race Vote T 9 Hoo. ,~~. .-.
PLAIN WORDS TO THE READERS WHY THE KENTUCKY NEGRO Will - HfDOHI H[Y-[All' IUAI .~. ::;. -::. :~-=~ ~:;t~~J,:~":~': :. ,!~:A~.~:~:'~ .7..~~ .~.~~~~ V~TE THE "TRAIGHT REPU8l1CAN TICKET r [[ 11 n .; :::~:.: cl~::: J Nf~HOfS Dnt~tlloN 10
of the United States. go to the polls and belp decide ..-bld of the two [Authored and Issued by the Colored Republican OfMOCHAlS'-NfGll~18l[ =~o~~::~t~~Uy~~:~;:: ;::1 t!:d~t t~e lnafJ::ro~~r ... !,,~~ State Organization]
& .. moe whid began with tbe I&llndlng of the camp&igD .. hicb Is about As this electlon draws nur. cerl&ln pe,...,,,,, ta- "To IIIUJtrate the mllUler In ... blch the Nesro
to do ..... with a heut to beart Wk with our re .. ders wbo are to go to lIuenced by Tammany money ue going among Is defrauded of the franchbe In many SolltherD
the polls Tuesday and vote. Negroee urging them to support Governor SmIth. states wbere the, are problblted trom puUelpa-
This dllty does not envolve upon us because of lbe loe.oJ. state and clalmlng tbat the Republican party Is unfriendlY Uon In primarIes. "hId In numbers of lnatlnees
. national recognition that the eampalgn brollgbt to lbe ... ·rlter. but It la a to the colored people and that Tammany and OOY' are lbe only forms of election held."
servlee and a duty that this paper has attempted to render ainee Its ernor SmIth are our friends. On this point Senator Reed stated: "lIarrlaoD
incipIency. ten year1l ago. an inter""t we have al .... ay. taken In all Que.- The followlnc bas been sent out from the Na- County. Texas. has 43.565 cltl%ens. Of tbose
tiona and ..... uers alreet\ng the race aud the .... bole people. U any tiona! Democratic Headquarters: %6.851 ue Negroes; and of Negroes over Zl.
~onltlo"" and opinions hue not always been the best; If we have Oo\,."..or SmIth d.,.". Dot ha..e. and Dever th.re are 5.135' men and 1i.IH women-al)-
made any mJatue in our concsluions. they have been of the head and .... bad • Negro wencb fit_ber. and In proximately 1%.000 Negro .. olen In that county.
not of tbe beut. and .. e bave no regrets. beulng In mind tbe words the employment of Negroes by the Stat" of They were not p"rmltted by tb. Tev.s law to par-of
Theodore RooeeTelt wbo said It Is the person who attempts to do Ji_ Yortt under bls admlntstratiOD this has tlclpate In tbe primary In tbat county. The elee-something
worth while will make miatuea. been dOD" only to fill such Jobs as thcy .... tlo" otflclal. never opened any polls. There .. as
edlt:.
e =::~ .. :r: ~d:: :..:e~: ~~ I~::~:;p.th:n:a~~:,,:o::- =:":;n!." '::tb, towlt: porters. Janitors, ::r:le~:~edhe!:e: !::~:':tlnd~~~:g p::~
denee and to serve theIr best toterest. The question of .. hal ts their We must not forget that It wa.s the Repnbllcan choIce tllr President of the United S .... t~i. It It
best interests Is what we have tried to brlng to their attention since we party wbld added the Thirteenth. FOllrteenth and not denIed. Tbe Senalar from Te>:al admits.
... rote our 1Irsl Unes about the campalgn before os. aud It Is wha.t we FIfteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution. fMonkly. that then was no elecUon held In that
are try!nc to do in tbese last words before tbe election .. hid Is to decld. These amendments gave tbe Nesroe.. cltl%6ll5blp county and In tbes. and albers; and yet In Har-
..,ur future oourse nut Tuesday. and th~ tf'tbt to vote. rilon Ceunty. If you please. the Delllocratic noml-mUd~:'
tn~d=:::;e=::::' :;t~~:n~h:a~a:ol:p:!aeal~:~=~U:~ Let us also not forget that the D.mocratlc Stat.1 ::S ~ ~e ~:m~':t.;::..r;e r::u~::as.U al=~
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tI:~ ~~~t~:!~;~~ ~: ;=~:e :~:::/~;.:~~~::: !::y ~~~~~~t: !::: .. :~n:lt~. ~::::: ~~:~:~:~:~1: ::L=~fl~~:t2~~:n ~~::
named the blgb ciLIIS. unselllab. upstanding leadereb, IP In lbe COUncils I A few example<.. quoted from a Ipeecb In the County; In KIng Couuty; In Lovin&, Oollllty;' in
 keep tbe Negro tllnlng np .. ard ot 100.000 dtl%en.. No black mau
more nallonal political progr In the nen four years than bas been from .. oUng. was permItted In the prImaries to calt a yate. II&-
1IIAoIle during the last twenty. "In the County of )!arengo. AIL. there werot. _use the st .. tu e fol'bade It. They .. ere not
according to tbe last censu •• 1%.360 Negro", IDOre -pennltted to yote In the primary beeauoe of the
th .. n t ... en -one years Of age. 1%.360 adlllt statut ... and In tho .... fourteen cOllDtiea 110 elee-
Ne~. and yet In the prl!$ldential election of tloa .. hatsoever ..... had."
1924 there were cast for Presldent Coolidge only In all the State5; ... here Repllbllcans bold COn-
...... nteen votes In that entirs county." trol. the rigbts Of the' Negro ban been protected
"The City of lfonlgomery. Ala .• h .... popula· and mended. It III In Kentncky and other States.
Republicans Confident; Stop Campaign
Activities Early
Wa bington. D. c .. Nov ••. -(lIY Ilofore un);nOW1l. unre&t. &lid admJ.t:t­the
A.ssoclatd Negro Press) WWI ed dJssatlsfaetion with the prese~
the casting of ballots In the pr.u-~aY Repll);llcan party keepa • QUlb­dential
election only a week &-way. HOn mark behind the Negro nnW
this unusual campaign of 1928 .. ill the 1Iba! votea are counted.
keep up its toterest and .. eertalnty Rep.bU ...... CoDJIdeat
clear until its entl,. The mixed ts- Quiet con1ld.enee .... em. to' reIp.
.ues- of religion and liquor. race lid ho...,. .. er. In lbl · Reptlbllean heLd­color.
the eJrort to crack the eoUd qltarters at the Barr .B1tlldlnc here.
south. as well as the cry of tammall,. lleports recelved by CllaIrman .Joa"
or Ku Klux bave weU-nlgh drowned . Hawldlta Irom his ... ark .... ecat­out
the old rellable political argu-\tUed- throU£1tout the votln, statea.
ments and r.logans of years past and are to the ell'ect that .. hatever ta,,­created
a puullng a1tulLtlon for deDCY there was to stray from the
many a voter. attempting to make fold ha ... ~ dlecked a.nd tIt&t •
a decision. substantial majority of Necroea wtll
It Is this attitude which for once YOte early if ,...,t otteJl ror lIDoTer
makes even the Negra Tote inte~ and CurtIs •
eSt.ing. While wblte Republican In the . meantime. a spirit of
leaders pretend to scoff at the Idea watchful waltln&, Is to be felt aL
that any appreciable number Of , tbe Colored Slnith (II'"
lIIack ballots will be east. for Smith. I Leagn. beadQuarfera In Ne ... York
the actual pooltlon of the 'colored IClty. where youthfnl ~rJlI&Jl of the
peopl~ tbls year. ulldoubtedly haa organlzatlon. JuUan D. R&toe, and
the poUtical dopeaters gnesalng. lehlef ot publlclb-. lAlItM A. W~ton.
Democratic activity o. a Icale here-l 1OIGUtl1lll ... P-. 6.)
SENATOR ROBERTS, RfPUBLlCAN
CHAIRMAN, -SPEAKS IN INDIANA
tlon of forty-three thoUl&lld p.rsOIl&. Among them where the rigbt 0( tbe Negro to .. ote haa been
are nIneteen thellaand .elCht bundred Negroe.. ddend.ed and preserved by tbe Repnhllcan party (By Cary II. Lewill) ,Hie tribute to the 1lepllbUea.n-~a
Out of 19.800 Negroes thera were only fourteen thlt thes" Tammany and otber Democratic lead. • Chicago. No ... 2.-Senator Adel- stand On the N"&'1'o lbe plllt ••
TOtes for the )Jep .. bllean eanaJd.te for tbe Senate ue trying to fool Ollr colored brethren. bert H. Roberts. bead or the Weft- yean and to.Buhrt 1100 ...... was ..
ot tbe U. S." Seudor Cole Blea..., and Senator Stepbe"" of ern iDlv\sk)n of the Bepubllc&ll N.- Or:ltorla! pm. ~ JlJeIuao ....
"Tn Andenoon Couaty. S. C .• the populatlon Is
15.000; the vote for Coolidge .... e • ..-en. In Dar!·
togton County, S. C .• 39.000 persona lived; the
.. ote tor Coolidge wu tbree. Edgelleld COllDty t
the bome of :3.000; tbe Tote for CooUdt;e
South CuoUna. are sending out o .. er tbelr fronk tlooal~, ,,!!,,",eil teo 11-.1- lie..,.. Mra...BQberts .. ere 4rlYea 'to ~ - - -
as Senators. and free of postage. througb the quorters toda, afte.. , . ~ Ln4., ~....- .. - -.2t_
.!nan to the .. hite voters of the. Sollth. tens of gagements at B1\19 '. &lid Ithe falb enterlataet thelD ","allY
tbousands ot coplea at peacbes they made last Richmond. lnel. AL IIDdr plaeea Ite He .... &CCOmp .... 1ed by ConaeU~
.print; in the United Stlte. Senate denollDdo2 spoke to packed 00.. aJId old cit!- lHebardson,
Berbul Hoo",r as belDJ< ton friendly to tbe enl- I zena recall that It remInded them of
(eo.t1 .... on ~ 8) ~:~.:.~r~~:':, ~ B':':I J)DlOCU'DC NEr.BO _______ , -:.::..:..:.:=~=...::.::=::...:.~ ___________________ --:-_______________________ loditorium and ...... pres.ented by ··· LflADl;a1l ADlllT S}.lTB
his colleagne. Senator Bolrn!r .. 4 On J'-\S DOXE l'i0TlllSG
tbe platform &at Concraman Hall tte lett:":c S:U~ of :. r;:
grO D<>mOtt;olic ~Iq rt ..... al­lowed
10 . IIIIdt.1ed oln .. Iby
GofeTDOr midi,. _!l n"\t(D IL~ l.J
thIS t>roN'edure It .toes ... me good
In tbnt It to"o our co'nt=tJon
that 8mlth h!l8 .Ione octhlng M
Governon acd would do !eM a
~eDt. Resd 'be Io>tter ~
.... ..en (roUl thp .'<'1;1'0 l~
Ie Readq_rfl'rs at _._ YdrIt:
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