Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1908-12-18
"IOW LONG,"

Will the publishers Of some of Gu,
so.call"d Afro.Anerican Race Journals
soon real'z. no" near they come miss.
ing the mark ,hey claim to be trying ,c
hn? We know Of one at least who
gives much prom nence in the columns
Of his publication, TO matters of but
little or no importance when it is con
corning. Some particular elias, il
which they ming'e; but ma tiers con.
corning those who are not continuously
trying to come brft re the pub ic in
print, and do not happen to br in at
tendance at every little social function
or luncheon given By some society foil,
| seldom Ct men,i,n. If the meaning
of Race Paper is filing its columns
with such as, rs.-eave a ca,d party
or Mrs. chtertuiDed at Tea' or Mr.
Ca led on Miss, then it's mission has
been well filed. We do 0Ot Obi ct /.
liking note of such matters, bu. W hen
we are ohtideut tia, new Of far great
rr importance to the general pub'i,,
# The publishers a, d are ei, her wholly
ignored or if mention be made, at
il is very much abbreviated or vail
placed IN front of the article to leave
the leader in doubt then wt say, DO not
,tiv al rr.tit yyit h n X ar.
nnn and call yonr .)u l'ca'i"n Race
advocate and sup ,orter. We ackno"-
ledge many articles Of the higher order
app, ar from tine 10 time in The col
nmns Of those papers we hear speak Of
but when you so boldly discl inmate.
When people and things are worthy of
recognition, then you are epgendering
strife aud dlscold amor g our race here
by pulling down one SIDE of the build
II! while reating the other
verify What l have above said by
citing at least two ius,anc,s If rtce Mt
occurrence. FirS': IN tle eve Of the of
the opening of the Prince Hall centen-
NAL at Boston, Mass, last September.
1he publisher Of the Omaha Enter
prise" gave a half column to the fact
that himself and associates were going
to attend this great gathering of ma.
sons, and since their return, hvae made
mention of the trip on more than one
OCCASION
This he had a perfect right to do,
but you have never seen in any issue !,
Of the "Enterprise" one word about
your writer meeting him in Boston on |
he same mission as himself. But If
one of his favorites had gone to Coun-
Eli Bluffs or South Omaha, his or her
name would have appeared in the COL
INNS of the columns of his paper. or !
his fact we care but little only so far
IS it goes to show the discrimination
ndulged in as above charged.
Another of more importance &C.
:urred in the issue of Nov. 9th last,
lhich cannot be construed as personal
S might be the case just cited. We
ave good reasons to believe that the
ditor of the Enterprise learned from
nore than one source, the nature OF
he business that Mr.. E. T. Banks was
ttending to in Omaha when he made
mention Of the following:
Capt. E. T. Banks of Des Moines.
owa, spent several days in Omaha on
usiness this week.
But this think can be easily ex-
lained. The fact seems to be this:
hat the 'hatchet' that was supposed
o have been buried some years ago
etween Missouri and Iowa, was lett
With the handle uncovered.
AT least so far as a portion Of the
Omaha Missouri faction is concerned.
Because they, 1--WE mean some OF
hem) have been very active in organ
ling the new chapter and command
Try under Ill.
Therefore, Having the strongest rea-
ions to believe that the "Enterprise"
new when it gave the meagre account
# Mr.. Banks visit to Omaha, that his
business here was to help set up
:ommandery, and in which fact great
are was taken that the organization
,e given no publicity, for motives we
,elieve, purely antagonistic.
We think 1t Is about time Negro
ournals such as claim Tor themselves,
ace advocates place upon their ban.
Ter the motto: TRUTH, Justice and
Equality to all. Theme, and not until
hen can we say in this we have a Me-
,ro race paper. -"
H. X. Hillon,