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“VOX POPULI, VOX DEI”
(The Voice of the People Is the Voice
of God)
And That’s That
By G. H. W. Bollock
displacement of the present farm
bloc, industrial bloc, western, eastern
and southern blocs by Roman Cath
olic and Pretstant blocs. This would
be most unfortunate.
In this campaign some very strange
alignments were made. The Jew and
Roman Catholic were joined in one
cause to elect Smith. The Roman
Catholics endeavored to establish for
ever the idea that a Roman Catholic
is just as fit to be the chief executive
of this nation as a Protestant. They
were put on the defensive as a church
and they fought valiantly and united
ly to break this prejudice down. The
Protesants, on the other hand, saw
that it was a showdown for them and
they unitedly fought to hold their
own. The Jew had no particular in
terest in either of these controversies,
but feared that if it were established
that a Roman Catholic could not be
president a Jew could not. He, too,
joined in with the Roman Catholic to
establish that if a Roman Catholic
can be president, a Jew can also. For
this reason alone both Roman Cath
olic and Jew feel rather downcast at
what they construe a disastrous de
feat to their cause. This is unfortu
nate for the added reason that the
Protestant world feels a kind of false
chestiness because they interpret the
result as an establishment of their
superior strength and the general be
lief in their cause. Thi» i< fal»e. This
is not why the victory was won. This
election was won on the strength of
the soundness of the economic policy
embodied in the republican platform
and the superiority of the republican
candidate’s experience and prepara
tion to administer the affairs of the
nation. They merely put their O. K.
on the way the republican party
promises to deal with the farm re
lief, the tariff, and business of the
nation.
In the state election, we have some
very interesting aspects. The repub
lican state ticket was almost to a man
elected. The state went to Hoover by
almost as large a majority as its
previous average of what its last vote
has been. This was surprising. We
account for this result by the defec
tion of Norris. We confidently be
lieve that the course of Norris did
more than anj other one thing to
cement the regular republican forces
together in a common, united deter
mination to demonstrate that it could
get along very well not only without
Mr. Norris’ help, but despite his un
timely opposition. We now return
to him our grateful thanks.
Most of the other candidates elect
ed were our choice. We should have
been very glad to have had “Dick”
Metcalfe sent to the senate instead
of Howell. Our choice for supreme
judge was Frank Howell. Our choice *
for state representative from the
Tenth was Barnett, and we should
have been very glad to have returned
him there. But the voice of the peo
ple is the voice of God, and we bow
to their will. It seems assured from
the returns that Dr. McMillan is
elected to the state legislature from
the Ninth. He was not our choice.
We opposed him for reasons stated
in our previous issue. But here again
the people decreed otherwise and we
hail him as OUR representative and
wish him success in the position to
which he has been commissioned.
We very profoundly regret that
Judge Rait of the district court was
defeated. We know that his experi
ence and preparation much better fit
him for that post than some who will
succeed him. But here again the peo
ple decreed otherwise. These results
were brought about by various causes
which we shall not stop to enumerate.
As a whole, the results of the elec
tion, national, state and local, were
very satisfactory. We accept the re
sults in a sportsmanlike way and
felicitate the victors and cheer the
victims.
MOVE ON, OMAHA
The people of Omaha did a
wise thing in voting for the
street railway franchise and
for a new county hospital. The i
street car company can now go
ahead planning for efficient
and satisfactory transportation
service which we believe it is j
desirous to give to meet the de
mands of our growing city.
The county hospital can be J
buinlt. Omaha is on the up
grade. Let us all boost and
push her along.
LINCOLN NEWS NOTES
Mr. John C. Collins met with a
serious accident last Thursday eve
ning, when he was hit by an auto at
Ninth and Rose streets. He received
several cuts about his face and
head, but no bones were broken. He
is confined in his home, but is im
proving.
Mrs. H. W. Botts spent several
days in St. Joseph, Mo., on business.
Mr. Boswell arrived in the city last
week, and is at the bedside of his
wife, who is quite sick at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Alma Wiley,
1911 K street.
Mr. Walter Young of St. Joseph,
Mo., spent last Sunday in the city
with his sick mother, Mrs. Pinkie
Boswell.
Rev. J. W. Carter, pastor of the
original Baptist church of Chicago,
III., is spending his vacation in the
city. He delivered two most ex
cellent sermons for the Rev. H. W.
Botts and his church, Sunday.
Mrs. E. J. Griffin returned home
last week, after a two months’ stay
in Louisville, Ky. She visited rela
tives in Bowling, Ky., arid in Nash
ville, Tenn.
The Rev. John Adams of Quinn
chapel was in Omaha Sunday.
Mrs. William Dean is yet confined
with sickness at the home of Mrs.
A. L. Wilson.
Rev. S. H. Johnson of the Newman
M. E. church was in attendance at
his annual conference the past week.
HONORS FOR NEGRO WRITERS
Boston, Mass.— (By the A. N. P.)
—Honors are still coming to colored
writers. To be listed in either of the
yearly anthologies, that of O’Brien
or The O’Henry Prize Memorial, is a
distinction coveted by the finest
American writers, not only has the
fortunate author grained the approval
of outstanding critics, but he has also
the pleasure and gratification of be
ing in the best of literary company.
This year the Saturday Evening Quill
club of Boston, an association of Ne
gro authors, is receiving the congrat
ulations of authordom. In the list of
“Best Short Stories of 1928,” Mr.
O’Brien has included the names of
three members of the Quill club at
tached to four stories selected from
the first annual publication of the
club, which appeared in June. The
names of the authors are not un
known in Negro literary circles and
it is not the first year that Dorothy
West and Eugene Gordon have had
recognition in the anthologies, but
their continued appearance is guar- |
anty that their good work is not ac- 1
cidental.
Besides Dorothy West's story, “An j
Unimportant Man,” and Eugene Gor- M
don’s two stories, “Coldblooded” and *
“Alien,” the “Black Madness” of Ger
trude Schalk was also selected by Mr. fl
O’Brien.
The fact that these writers are |
young (two are in their early twen- i
ties) is also a good augury. A
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LAUNCH DRIVE TO SAVE
CHURCH 100 YEARS OLD
New Orleans, La.— (By the A. N. J
P.)—Faced with a financial obliga- I
tion amounting to $5,000 which falls
due on December 9, extensive efforts i
are being made by the congregation I
of the First African Baptist church, 1
one of the oldest colored congrega- 1
tions in the country, to raise the 1
amount in a financial drive to be
launched on November 11 and to con
tinue for one week. “Old Baptist,”
as the church is also known, is
one of the landmarks in the re
ligious life of the population of New
Orleans and Louisiana. It is more
than 100 years old and is said to be
the mother church of all Baptist
churches in the state.
The roar of the campaign cannon
has died away. The battlecry of the
propagandist has ceased. The politi
cal warriors have stacked their arms
and broken camp. The smoke and
amell of the most furious battle ever
waged in this nation have cleared
away and we now look over the field
to pay homage to our successful
heroes and eulogy to our dead. Upon
the sepulcher of our unfortunate bel
ligerents we place this epitaph: “You
fought a good fight; you have kept
the faith.” But the voice of the peo
ple is the voice of God.
Now we return to normalcy in
mind and vocation. As we weigh our
victories and lament our defeats, we
take surcease in the inevitable dictum
of the people who have spoken out
loudly and in a language that admits
of no doubt or argument. We accept
their decision as final.
At this writing it is absolutely sure
that Herbert Hoover and the republi
can ticket, both national and state,
have carried by a volume and decis
iveness unequalled by any American
president. He has broken down more
precedents and tradiaions than any1
other presidential candidate in the
history of this nation.
Like a great and capricious hurri
cane, this political storm started in j
the northeasternmost tip of the At
lantic seaboard and traveled at a ter
rific speed down the Atlantic coast,
skipping Rhode Island and Massachu
setts, and spreading four ways, it
swept on in its fury, leaving only the i
six deep Southern states of South
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louis
ian;.., Alabama and Arkansas without
co’ jplete wreck and these only after
damaging them so that hasty repairs
will have to be made to save them.
Many surprises were furnished by
these results to the most optimistic
and pessimistic partisan. For in
stance, the most optimistic republican
did not confidently expect New York,
Texas, Florida, Virginia and North
Carolina going to the Hoover col
umn any more than the most extra
vagant democrat expected Rhode
Island and Massachusetts going to the
Smith column. Few of either expect
ed New York going other than to its
native son. In a word, nobody con
fidently entertained the idea that
40 of the 48 states would go to the
republican cause in the face of the
popularity of the democratic candi
date. But the electorate thought dif
ferently. They acted differently.
And we must accept their decision as
final. “The voice of the people is
the voice of God.”
The inevitable aftermath will be
forthcoming in the form of various
excuses and explanations as to why
this or that thing happened, but with
no avail to change the result. One
thing was absolutely assured: That
the nation’s satisfaction with the
Coolidge administration and their
confidence in the ability of Herbert i
Hoover to continue those policies
were indorsed beyond a shadow of
doubt.
Whatever consolation the advo
cates of the wet cause, or the dry
cause, the religious cause, the farm
cause, or whatnot cause, the vietori
ous party will not begrudge. Nor
will they say to them nay.
The net results of this election are
that Hoover and Curtis carried all
the states in the Union except eight;
all the electoral votes in the college
except 89; gained over a dozen seats
in the house and six seats in the sen
ate. In a word, the new president
will have a working majority of his
own faith in both houses of congress.
The most signifcant feature about it
—the one that brings most pride to
the candidate—is that Mr. Hoover
not only carried his own home state
but also the home state of his op
ponent. This is no mean feat in this
election owing to the fact that Mr.
Smith was born and reared and spent
all of his private and official life in
that state, that he had been elected
four times as governor of that state
and is now chief executive of that
state.
There were, however, some very
unfortunate aspects to this campaign
which will be construed as settled by
the results. The religious issue was
most unfortunately made the goat of
combat. This fact will leave a bitter
ness between Roman Catholics and
Protestants that will not soon go
away. It will be the first step in the
direction of a religious or denomina
tional war which may result in the
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