The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1906-11-10
Philadelphia, Oct %, Ioo6.

We tne Soiored citizens OF the City
OF Philadelphia, do unanimously and
most positively protest against the ex-
hibition of The CIansman" in this city
m the Walnut Street Theatre as an
nouned for rext week commencing Mon
day evening. the 29d inst. No agency has
done more 10 arouse spirit of antipathy
against the Negro and to bring about a
war OF races than this play. Lynchings
have been encouraged by the play and
because Of its dangerous influence it has
been driven out of a number of cities
IN the South and also in the West
We, the citizens, have determined that
1t shall not play in the Walnut Street
Theatre during the coming week without
making an effectual protest.
All citizen are called upon to appear
at the doors of the theatre on Monday
night to make an effectual protest.
DR.. N. F. Mossell, Rev. E. w. Moore.
d. D., Rev. Matthew Anderson, D. D.,
Rev. G. L. P. Taliaferro, D. D., Rev.
R. w. Fickland, D. D., Algernon r.
Jackson, D. D., Thomas G. Coates, NJ.
D., H. NJ. Minton, NJ. D., William A.
Davis, Pm. D., w. NJ. Stowe, D. D. s.
a meeting of the same gentlemen was
held at the Banner Building, 1923 Lom-
bard street, after church services. At this
meeting there were about two hundred
or more present. There were several
addresses faying the play and its au-
thor. Very few had seen the play
none wanted to see it. And all deterni-
med that every Constitutional right
should and would be exerted to keep
anyone from seeing it in this city. Every
speaker urged his auditors to keep with
in the law, to make no noisy demonstra-
tion-such as would give the authorities
an excuse to interior DR.. N. F. Mos
sell presided.
On Monday evening at seven o'clock,
the protesting citizens began to respond
tc the call there was only small dele
CATION, representing the dominant race
among them.
But it is said to the honor of our
good citizens, who knows no race, but
whose humanity is as broad as the habit
alton of man, there was enough and to
spare to save the city If it was tested a.
was Sodom and GomorTah. There were
from three to FIVE thousand present
but not more than twenty-five to fifty
had entered the theatre when the curtain
went UP. All went well until this even
and the-enemies ideal life upon tn,
Southern plantation, the worst type o.
the kborers there was being lived al
over again right here in Philadelphia
This, it was claimed was resented By
Henry Jenkins, a young lad, by an at
tempt to throw an egg upon the stag
and had his arm caught and held b!
someone behind him. Two or thre'
policemen was instantly upon him knock
in him senseless with the first blow ant
there upon the seat helpless, these angel
of hell Wed with each other to see whicl
could WELD his club fastest and hardes
and / am informed beat him as they wer
carrying him out This display of bru
tally was no doubt intended as a deter
ment to others who might feel incline'
to resent the portrayal of himself as tn
brute, a rapist. But it had no such ef
feet, for quite number tryed to get int
the house to help when the news got oui
but the door. were too strongly guarde'
by the policemen, who with few excep
tons were unusually considerate j
speech and manner. There was one othe
arrest, VIM. Butler Williams, who pre-
|, tested against the treatment of Henr
Jenkins. Both were taken out of priso
after twelve O'Clock, notwithstanding tn
. fact that efforts were APPARENTLY put fort
! to battle their reseurers, Drs. Mosse
and Stowe, Revs. Anderson and Ficl
; land, Lawyer Sparks and many others.
. They could not get charges preferred
which is usually prerequisite 10 gsttin
bail The charge Is malicious nisehie
bail $500 Terrible crime" no wor
der the cops tried to KIN him
After this trouble was somewhat OF
of the way, which was not many minute
loving to the fact that the friends @
/ jenkins outside did not know he Ia
been beaten up inside, the Director q
Public Safety asked some OF the Leader
, to get their people to 60 home and b
would 60 with them to see the Mayor
item o'clock next morning. This was ger