Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-07-12

IsOll ou! ou lIlDeTCy Ldll, TOli Ou
Ever at morn and evenings hush,
Low in the dust is laid the hand
That strove thy temple fair to crush.
Let freedoms flag in triumph wave
The eagle wide her pinions spread,
Let Liberty's banner float on high,
For savery-yes, fore is dead.
- Virgie Whitsett, -Vewton, Io,ca
MORE CONVENTION NOTES.
Messrs. II. f. Sawfoot, of Peltay, an1
j. f. Blagburn, of Des Moines, distin-
guished themselves as presiding otfic-
ers. They sienced unnecessary DIS
cussion and let nothing interfere with
the business of the convention. Amaze
quaintance with the rules Of order is
necessary to govern any assembly.
Mr. T. e. Barton made some god
remarks in the convention and the In
PRODUCTION and the adoption of the IS
olution to call theattention of cong,ss I
to its duty was timely. Every Aro-
American organization, both greatthd
small, should do likewise 1t cannot
do any harm. In the state of Ohio a
Negro member of the legislature intro
duced very important measure in re-
gard to making every county in the
state responsible for the work of.
mobs, and allowing the heirs Of tLe'
victim to recover damages. The ADJ
failed to become a law because the NeA
groes Of that state failed to give any
expression of opinion. If they had
shown proper interest and had sent in
a petition TO that Legislature there
would haze been S ,ch a law on the
,f& l>at Cfo TO 70 ~,
right of petition is admitted and the
clan will observe it and the true states
lplainer.
| There We're more young men and
lyoung women in the last convention
that in any previous one. They made
a good impression. AT the banquet
they particularly distinguished them
selves I t was a feast of 3fea son and a
flow of soul" Geo. e. Taylor, the Inas-
ter of ceremonies, was happy in his re-
marks and introductions. The work
should be materially assisted by| the
young people under the instructions oi
| the older ones who have had experience
along many of the thorny paths of life.
The Judgment that mature years Alspg
should be combined with. the vigJ p|o
fire of youth lWi
| If you see anything thel eofyvention
has failed in, come to the na,as conven.
ton prepared to improve il, not to de
Tstroy.
| In slavery days the Negro attempted
to accomplish everything by PRAYER,
But there was not one of them ever
escaped from slavery and followed the
north star to Canada who did not put
| his heels and his head together. In
like manner. the work before the Ne
groes of Iowa and he United States
will be accomplished only by putting
their brains, their hearts and their
| hands together. Prayer and religion
only resulted in a continuation of slav-
cry Make the world better ty living
in it. = =
For the first time since the organiza-
ton Of the A. p. A. Sioux City failed to
be represented. She has always sent
good workers and counsellors and was
greatly missed.
Missouri held one state convention
and will soon hold another. The first
meeting was called by a lot of adven-
turers They are well known-but not
favorably-in Iowa. Nebraska held a
large meeting at Beatrice short time
ago
Let the good work go on.
The Afro-American association Sc
lected this paper as its 'sotficial organ"
Such selection brings to Us RESPONSE
bility which we fully recognize and
will do our best to fulfill While we
are given this responsibility we hope
that the responsibility of members of
the association will not be overlooked
or sighted. 1t should be remembered
that we do not receive dollar for the
publication of the calls for the meet
ings the proceedings of its annual
meetings and such other news and in
formation as shall occur during the
year. We think we have right to
expect each and every member of the
association to take the paper and pay
for it. The mem bers expect us to full
fill our duty by publishing itsnews and
we expect the mem bers to appreciate
the same by taking the paper and ask
ing their friends to take it. Let the
lamp of reas son burn.
The report in last week S Iowa STATE
BYsTASDER was the work of Miss leila
Davis. 1t was her first experience and
has been pronounced good by impartial
judges 1t is well known that Iowa
has many such young ladies. They
have attended school, graduated with
honor and find themselves prepared to
do work requiring a trained mind, but
with no opportunity. They receive
many compliments, but when there is a.
position that could be obtained for one
of these young ladies so traibed, TIE
men have been known to rush in AID
take a menial position without giving
the hundreds of good andl worthy
young ladies single thought Two
years ago young lady of cJlop was
committee clerkship, in the Legislature
bat the men were too busy looking
after cuspidores, brooms, niops and
like menial places to look tor such a
young lady. The day is drawing to a
close when the Negroes of Iowa will be
satisfied with such places, and the
further fact will have to be recognized
sooner or later, that there are more
than one or two Negroes in the state
who are entitled to places. Such
methods are causingIdissensions in the
heretofore solid phalauS of the Negro
Republicans of the ssate. There are a
dozen places where man can get
employment to one for a woman. These
matters require unselhsh devotion