The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-12-27

these show that 50 per cent. were
teachers. 10 per cent. preachers, 6
per cent. doctors. > per cent lawyers
or SO per cent teaching or ,LEIgilg
in the professions; go per ,ont Of
those educated in the south remained
and worked there and so per cent
Of those educated in the north return
ed for work. A menace" says the
Constitution. unless We arousa and
keen our white boys in the from o.
the procession. No suppression of
Negro education. even were that pos
sible. but competition will give to
the dominant race the advantage as
sumed by natural capacity. YET
there are white people wn1 snccr at
Negro Schools and graduates and try
to heHttIe the wisdom. learning rcas-
on and culture of the Negro.
In these days Of advancement JHe
colOred people who will not mcato
their children for usefulness. are those
who are being fast eliminated. Ev-
olutiun is relentless. That some of
our race stand all the day ilIv J3on
the street corners. or swarm NJ tho
railway stations. is nothing To our
progress. The few helatcd sUr"I0"ns
Of this class cannot long resist the
power Of the on-moving tide, OF of the
upward tendencies of our age and
race.
The last tendency Of the age To
which attention is caIIop. Is the pocU-
liar suffrage regulations passed by
several Southern States for the ex-
press purpose of DISTINGUISHING Neg
TO voters.
These provisions. we are informed,
are to be passed upon by the Sup
preme court. To my mind. it is OF
small consequence whether they shall
be declared constitutional or UncOnsti-
tutional If one scheme
is defeated. another will be de
vised. no doubt until one shall prove
successful. Those who frame mis-
CHIEF by law have not exhausted their
ingenuity. We should not let suffrage
agitation eat ont our common sense.
like the foolish boy who held the fox
inside his coat until il had eaten ont
his yitals. For the time being. at
least. let us lose sight of Negro dis
fIanchisement laws, and diligently
seek to formulate wise policies that
shall be helpful in raising new stand
ards and fixing new presidents along
other IireS. Devotion TO the lower.
always excludes attainment of the
higher. ct MS uphold the principle
that our word once given shall be our
bond and that a verbal contract shall
he kept as upbroken as a written one.
Let there be a perceptible decline IN
all forms of lawlessness. and let in
temperance and vice among MS no rig-
orously suppressed. Continued com
missions of misdemealOrs lose for us
the sentiment of the public. while
crime and violence on our part. but
contribute 20 the success Of lynch law
am the burning of human beings It
is by the masses taking 4 higher
stand FOR intelligence. honesty.
Law and good citizenship. that We
shall he recognized and dealt with as
a responsible people IN my opinion.
full Justice for the Negro lies along
the lines as herein suggested. and
through self-eiucation self-imprOve-
ment. seIfreIiance and selfhelp. which
seem destined as nothing else to open
for him the barred door of equal
rights. equal-privileges and eIuaI-op-
pOrtunities Then. when this door is
opened. and not until th,n. will our
rightful claim to the ballot be cOnced-
ed by the tendencies Of the age.