The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-02-02

veins course an amount of pure Cher
okee Indian blood almost equal to that
given him by white ancestors. en-
phatically refused to take the examin-
alton in company with negroes. He
will leave for Oklahoma today or Sat
urday. maintaining his refusal to ae-
cept an opportunity to secure a Ten
nessee license to practice law by en-
tering the mixed company that faced
him Thursday.
of Memphis, were at the federal build
ing at 10 o'clock to conduct the exam
nations. -Four negroes had appeared
to take the work and make application
for licenses. Mr.. Lynch, who gradual
ed at Lebanon only Wednesday night,
with high honors, and who had looked
forward to taking the examinations
and passing them easily, had to balk
when he saw the negroes in the class.
He informed the secretary of the board
James l.. McRee, that he would most
certainly not enter a class numbering
negroes, and walked out. Several of
his classmates accompanied him to the
hall and assured him that with them
it was a case of necessity, and that if
they could help themselves they would
also refuse.
Mr.. Lynch was seen by a reporter
Thureday afternoon, and was asked
for statement relative to the Incl
dent. He said:
Personally, feel sorry for Tennes-
see boys who have to take examina-
tions with negroes / was under the
impression that the Tennessee laws
prohibited mixed schools, and con.
slider the taking of law examinations
| by whites an dnegroes in the same
room as tantamount to allowing whites
and negroes to attend the same law
lectures or to mingle in any school
room together. | understand thevcity
attorney of Nashville recently held
that Japanese could not enter Fisk
| university, for the reason that the
state law specifically forbids negroes
to attend school in company with other
rases / am unable to see how the
statutes can make examinations by
whites and negroes together and the
taking of any other educational test or
examination by a mixed class.
In Oklahoma we have succeeded in
keeping the negroes strictly to them
selves, everywhere and in very way.
| helped ratify a constitution that gives
safeguards against such a thing as |
have run up against today, and as
much as | wish to be lawyer,I would
rather stop right now than go into a
class with negroes. My people would
disown me il | should do such thing,
and whether they would do so or not,
| would see the whole business in
very uncomfortable region before |
would enter class room or take an
examination in company with negroes.
No, thank you. I'll ga back to Okla
homa'
Mr.. Lynch has been one of the most
promising and popular and hard-work-
ing members OF this years senior law
class at Cumberland. He was regis
| ter of deeds for his county i'm Okla
homa for three years, and has been
prominent in the public activities of
his section, although young man. He
is almost giant in stature, and has
the reputation among his classmates
of being a very forceful speaker, He
has a magnetic appearance and voice
adapted to clear and perfect enuncia-
ton, and his classmates prophesy that
within few years he will be heard
from in the public life of Oklahoma.
He is democrat of Strong convictions
and in recalling the acts of a republi-
can administration years ago with ref
erence to the Indians of his country.
says he will remain an uncompromis-
ing friend of democratic adminfstra-
ton and principles a 81
Fifty near-lawyefs are wrestling
with the questions propounded by
State Law Examiners Judge Cook,
Judge Burrow and J, L. McRae at the
Custom House Thursday morning. The
examination Will be finished this after.
noon. The examiners say that out of
the fifty applicants for admission to
the Tennessee bar. perhaps thirty-five
win be successful. This is the usual
ratio. Out of the fifty, there are four
negro applicants. Those taking the
examination are as follows: G. NJ.
Allen Lebanon; II. A. Austin, Asher
Vile; Robert &C. Blake, Nashville; Her
mon A. Bailey. AIlus. Okla: T. o.
Brand, Jr.. Brownsville; George c.
Bell. Knoxville: A. Byron Broadbent.
Woodlawn; f. A. Bealer, Lebanon;
John G. Carter, Nashville; ]. E. Coop
er, Lebanon; S. p Darnell, Nashville: