The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-10-26

Ihoav has anything to say about that.
Rut when the Negro does something
that is not nearly so serious there Is 3
great hue and cry. 49,
Denies statement quoted.
ssI want to say that I never made
that statement attributed to me to the
eject that I could get any White
woman I wanted. I can lay my hand
mon the Bible and swear that l never
made such q statement.
sMy father was q Christian and my
mother is Christian, and know what
II means when swear by the Bible.
want to say that I never said any
thing of the sort about any woman OF
any color.
s'But I do want to say that am not
a slave and that have the right TO
choose who my mate shall be without
the dietation Of any man. I have eyes
and I have a heart, and when they fail
70 tell me who I shall have for mine
1 want to be put away in lunatie asy-
lum.
$50 long as I do not interfere with
auy other mans wife I shall claim the
right to select the woman Of my own
choice. Nobody else can do that for
me. That is where the whole trouble
lies"
The pugiist had some strong remarks
to make concerning the Negro minister
who denounced him from the pulpit
week ago.
''I have been no hypoerite," he said.
ssI have told the truth about my af-
fairs, and I know that my character
viii bear inspection probably a little
more favorably than that Of the man
who denounced me when, if he had been
sincere, he would have called on me
and tried to save me-"
Joseph Levy, a member of the White
race was also present at the meeting
and after Mr.. johnson had finished his
statement arose and stated that he was
present at the time Mr.. johnson held
his conversation with Mrs. Cameron
and distinctly heard every word that
passed between them and that Mr..
Johnson did not make no such state
ment.
Chairman B. F. MOseley, then selected
= Louis B. Anderson, DR.. George C. Hall,
Edward H. Wright, Julius F. Taylor
and George W. Ellis to prepare a state
ment for the press and the public which
appears in these columns on the John
son Cameron episode.
Rev. D. P. Roberts, Pastor Of Bethel
Church, DR.. George C. Hall, Edward H
: Wright, Assistant States Attorney
James A. Scott and Major John r
Lynch to address the meeting.
Rev. Roberts, spoke in part as fol
lows:
There is but one feature of the cas-
that 1 care to speak of and that il
this: If Jack johnson has violated
any statutory law, he should be reg
ularly proceeded against and tried fol
his offense, not as a Colored man, but
as citizen.
Every man, Colored or White, WHIT
acts in a way or conducts his business
in a manner as to injure public morals
and who persists in doing so, after hav
ing been warned to desist, should b
tried by the courts, and, if found
guilty, punished, and whether he is con
: vieted or not, he should be ostraeiseC
by all who believe in common deeeney
and good morals.
That some white men, engaged in thu
same kind Of business as is Jack John
son, are guilty of all the refraetions Of
law, with which Jack johnson i
charged, is, to my mind, true. The!
: too should be prosecuted, not as Whit
!, men, but as individuals whose bushes
; is a threat and a menace to pubi
> morals.
That girls and young women are al
lowed in such places, as mattresses o
e entertainers, is a gross violation Of tn
: most liberal and eommonest moral code
1 yet it is no greater an assault upol
= women virtue and public morals thai
e it is to allow young Colored women, il
n houses of prostitution, as maids an
n entertainers, while young White wOmel
IS are barred from such positions.
y The fact is, the law abiding and sci
e respecting citizens, regardless Of rae
religion or politics, should combine 70
d the purpose of putting an end to a
It such as tend to debaueh the young o
e all races and to lower the standard o
e morals among the people.
D In all cases, the courts and the peopl
k should proceed against the violators Q
= statutory, as wen as Of moral law, i
o such a way as not to diseriminat
d against, or in favor Of any one, b
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