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Where Does Your Congressman Stand?
A QUESTIONNAIRE

We hear that darkest Russia promises national unity to Poland, autonomy to Finland and religious freedom to all. What is free America going to do for her ten million colored citizens? To find out the National Association has sent the following questionnaire to all candidates for Congress:

September 22, 1914

My Dear Sir:
Will you kindly fill out and return the attached questionnaire by October 12? This is being sent out by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to all candidates for Congress of the Republican, Democratic and Progressive parties. The results will be published in THE CRISIS, the organ of the Association which reaches 150,000 readers, in the white and colored press of the country, and in handbills for distribution by our branches. 

The names of candidates not forwarding their answers by October 12 will also be printed and colored voters and their friends advised to vote against them. Very truly yours,
J.E. SPINGARN, 
Chairman of Board.

1. Will you, if elected, vote against any measure abrogating the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments?
2. Will you, if elected, vote against-
a. Segregation in the federal service?
b. Residential segregation in the District of Columbia?
c. Segregation in Jim Crow cars in the District of Columbia?
3. Regardless of whether you advocate racial intermarriage, will you oppose the passage of a law making such marriage in the District of Columbia invalid, since the enactment by states of such laws has led to the degradation of Negro women and children?
4. Do you under any circumstances justify lynching?
5. Do you favor the enforcement of Clause 2 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?

Many nominations have not been received as this goes to press and many to whom questionnaires have been sent [[strikethrough]] to [strikethrough]] have not had time to reply. One hundred and thirteen replies have been received. Of these 49, listed below, gave favorable answers to all questions. We also give an analysis of the 64 unfavorable and doubtful replies. Replies received after to-day, October 8, will be printed in handbills for distribution to our branches before election. Over 1,400 candidates will receive the questions.
Candidates Who Promise to Vote Right. 
The following give favorable answers to every one of the five questions:

THOSE WHO ANSWER "RIGHT"
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| State | Party | District | Name |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

| Indiana | Republican | 5th | Shattuck |
| Indiana | Progressive | 6th | Russell |
| Indiana | Republican | 7th | Moores |
| Indiana | Progressive | 7th | Hibben |
| Indiana | Progressive | 9th | Ford |
| Indiana | Republican | 9th | Purnell |
| Indiana | Republican | 11th | Stricler |
| Indiana | Progressive | 12th | Widney |
| Indiana | Republican | 12th | Lane |
| Indiana | Republican | 13th | Hickey |

| Kansas | Republican | Senator | Curtis |
| Kansas | Republican | 7th | Simmons |

| Massachusetts | Progressive | 5th | Osgood |
| Massachusetts | Progressive | 7th | Ranger |
| Massachusetts | Rep & Pro | 8th | Dallinger |
| Massachusetts | Republican | 9th | Roberts |
| Massachusetts | Progressive | 9th | Newton |
| Massachusetts | Democratic | 11th | Horgan | 

| Michigan | Progressive | 2d | Probert |
| Michigan | Republican | 2d | Bacon |
| Michigan | Progressive | 4th | Harvey |
| Michigan | Republican | 4th | Hamilton |
| Michigan | Democratic | 10th | Hitchcock |

| Ohio | Republican | 1st | Longworth |
| Ohio | Republican | 2d | Struble |
| Ohio | Republican | 3d | Brown |
| Ohio | Democratic | 4th | Cunningham |
| Ohio | Progressive | 9th | Whitney |
| Ohio | Democratic | 10th | Martzolff |
| Ohio | Democratic | 12th | Hogan |
| Ohio | Republican | 14th | Williams |
| Ohio | Republican | 19th | Cooper |
| Ohio | Progressive | 21st | Miller |
| Ohio | Republican | 22d | Emerson |

| Pennsylvania | Progressive | at large | Walters |
| Pennsylvania | Progressive | 1st | Burt |
| Pennsylvania | Republican | Senator | Penrose |
| Pennsylvania | Progressive | 3d | Weinstock |
| Pennsylvania | Washington | 6th | Drake |
| Pennsylvania | Washington | 7th | Tomlinson |
| Pennsylvania | Progressive | 13th | Stewart |
| Pennsylvania | Progressive | 15th | Stokes |
| Pennsylvania | Progressive | 16th | Heffner |
| Pennsylvania | Progressive | 25th | Lockwood |

| Rhode Island | Progressive | 2d | Ball |

| Washington | Republican | Senator | Jones |
| Washington | Republican | 3d | Johnson |

| West Virginia | Progressive | 2d | Keim |

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WHAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES SAY
| State | Name | Party | District | 1 Abrogation of 14th and 15th Amendments | 2 Segregation: Federal Service | 2 Segregation: Residental |  
 Segregation: Jim Crow | 3 Inter-Marriage | 4 Lynching | 5 Enforcing 14th Amendment |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ill. | Ashton | Progressive | 1st | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer  | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ill. | Harris | Republican | 5th | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Unsatisfactory | No answer | No answer | Satisfactory |
| Ill. | Harmon | Progressive | 8th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ind. | Seiler | Progressive | 1st | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Vague | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ind. | Bland | Republican | 2d | Unsatisfactory | Vague | Vague | Vague | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ind. | Purwell | Republican | 9th | *Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ind. | Wood | Republican | 10th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | No answer | Satisfactory |
| Ind. | Barnhart | Democratic | 13th | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer |
| Kans. | [[symbol]]Anthony | Republican | 1st | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer |
| Kans. | [[symbol]]Brady | Progressive | 2d | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer |
| Kans. | Bertch | Progressive | 3d | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Kans. | Welty | Progressive | 4th | Satisfactory | Vague | Vague | Vague | No answer | Satisfactory | No answer |
| Kans. | Dykes | Republican | 6th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | No answer |
| Kans. | Davidson | Progressive | 8th | *Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ky. | Bristow | Republican | 7th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Vague | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Mass. | Burdick | Democratic | 1st | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory |
| Mass. | Lewis | Dem. & Prog. | 2d | Satisfactory | Vague | Vague | Vague | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Mass. | Kincaide | Progressive | 4th | *Unsatisfactory | *Unsatisfactory | *Unsatisfactory | *Unsatisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Mass. | [[symbol]]Lawrence | Progressive | 12th | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer |
| Mass. | Morris | Democratic | 15th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | [[No answer]] |
| Mich. | McCarty | Republican | 1st | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | [[No answer]] | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Mich. | [[symbol]]Smith | Republican | 3d | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer | No answer |
| Mich. | Dodge | Democratic | 6th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Vague | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Mich. | Smith | Democratic | 8th | Vague | Vague | Vague | Vague | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |

| Minn. | MacKintosh | Progressive | 3d | Satisfactory | Vague | Vague | Vague | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer |
| Minn. | Nelson | Democratic | 8th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Minn. | Jepson | Republican | 10th | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Minn. | Swensen | Democratic | 10th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Vague | Satisfactory | No answer |
| Mo. | Akins | Republican | Sen | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ohio | Madden | Progressive | 1st | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ohio | Matthews | Republican | 5th | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | No answer | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
| Ohio | Baxter | Progressive | 5th | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory |
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Transcription Notes:
4/13/2020 - I have transcribed the left page in its entirety, but ran out of time prior to getting started on the right page. I will pick up on this tomorrow, unless someone else picks up from where I left off, which is completely fine as well. Thanks, Russ 4/14/2020 - Incomplete, please do not complete and mark for review until right page has been completed - I had messaged TranscribeSI to have this reopened as it was submitted prior to being completed. 4/14/2020 - Table completed.