Franklin's paper the statesman., 1911-07-22
so THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW

The desire for worldly possessions.
prompting man to sacrihce his
friends or to sell his soul for "a mess
OF pottage." is in the same class with
the over vaulting ambition OF the Den
yer Independent to shine as journal
istic magic worker in its endeavor TO
curry favor with traducer OF the
races professional men and women.
as was exhibited In the last issue OF
that paper. Its readers will recall the
effulgent and bombastic tommy-rot
that was dished out to them in front
page write-up OF n certain white doc
tor in town: this article is in keeping
with the well known practices OF his
dupes who drum up for him all the
Negroes and Japanese in Denver who
have no faith in their own physicians.
Such n spectacle as greeted the
eyes OF our colored men and women.
who are dentists. lawyers. undertak
ers. brokers, BARRIERS, druggists.
preachers and physicians. is enough to
make them sit up" and ask them
selves what is the next thing that the
devil will produce for their undoing
, and humiliation before the people.
IL is alleged by the colored physi-
clans that there Is not another white
physician in town known to them who
takes more delight in defaming color
ed physicians. who goes further out OF
his way to cast slurs upon them. and
who more fagrantly disrcgards all the
laws of the code of ethics" in his
dealings with colored physicians and
coIored patients. 1t is also alleged
that to some colored people he has
expressed surprise that the State
Board of Medical Examiners would IL
cense colored men and women to prac-
tice medicine. And this is the man
that our colored weekly holds up to us
AS the choice of its editors and one OF
its proprietors. He Is the man that
stands as the idol of some of our so
cial leaders and church pillars. they
take sweet pleasure in singing his
pr1ses on every occasion. and at the
same time knock the colored physi-
clans. Some of these people are loud
mouthed in preaching race unity and
race love. Some of them are educat-
ing their children for the professions.
and give entertainments and sell tick
cts for these entertainments to our
professionals. and II Is n fact that
these same parents never patronize
our colored professionals. colored
physician or dentist or druggist is not
good enough for them. o no, All
their certificates for sickness sent to
the colored lodges must be signed by
n white physician. The relatives OF
our colored professionals are COM
pelled to stand in club meetings or
lodge rooms and listen to these same
people gush over with the praises OF
this same white man or some other
one, while their words fairly drop with
honey in their glorification OF our
family doctor"
Listen to this: The Atlanta Inde-
pendent says THE Irish, German,
Jews and all other nationalities take
pride and even glory in the men OF
their race who stand in representative
places. for they feel and know such
places do not go to the men because
of th nselves alone. but because OF
desifc to recognize people deserving
of recognition. July 15, 1911.
Some may feel disposed to think
that these sentiments against race
"knockers" are too severe Don't you
think the colored professionals have
n right to be sensitive along this line?
and don't you think they have right
to feel enraged and insulted? Don't
vou know that they are fully aware
that certain self-appointed leaders and
Idictators never lose an opportunity to
nrejudice the minds OF the community
against them and their life calling?
Their slander and envy and malice arc
aarved IN in clubs, swell social func-
tions. prayer meetings. and across the
back fences. and the pity OF the wnoie
matter is that their lies and knock