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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-11-01

eral government and has caused hun
dreds of persons to write letters Of
protest to President Wilson.
Recently he was selected to repre-
sent the Afro-American people at the
Centennial Of the Battle of Lake Erie
and how well he did the work is shown
on the first page Of this issue where
the full text of his speech may be
found.
He was selected by the Chicago
Jews as the most suitable person to
represent the colored race at the jew
ish protest meeting held there last
Sunday. He made a characteristic
speech comparing the Afro-Americans
to the Jews. His address was so well
received that he was invited to speak
at an overflow meeting, where it was
acknowledged he made the best speech
of the day. It was an impassioned
appeal for justice to the Jews who are
prosecuted by the Russians in Europe
and the Afro-Americans who are per-
secuted by the Christians in America.
His remarks were greeted with deaf
ening applause by the audience COM
posed principally Of. Jews.
Just now, owing to the silence of
those who were in former years ready
to- defend their people and the large
influx of jimcrowists from the South,
there is great need Of a great leader
in Chicago, one who will not COM
promise on the rights Of the race and
DR.. Carey seems to fill the dill.
He must stick to his text and never
yield an inch to those who would drag
his people down. If he continues to
fight the battles of the race as he is
now doing without fear or favor, he
will in short time become the
acknowledged leader of the Afro
American people in the West and there
will be none able to successfully dis
tpute his title.
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The ONLY SOLUTION.

Recently at the Church of England
Congress at Southampton, Sir Sidney
Olivier, who was governor of Jamaica
from 1907 to the end of 1912. put for
ward the claim that no solution of the
American color question was possible
except by resolute disclaimer of the
color line and the race differention
theory.
Sir Sidney Olivier certainly knows
what he is talking about. In the
Island of Jamaica, where he was gov.
ernor for five years, there are about
100000 colored people and only 10000
whites and yet there is absolutely no
friction between the races. Jamaica
Is British colony and the govern
ment is just. Colored men enjoy ev-
cry civil and political right which white
men have and there Is no color line.
Among o.ner things Sir Sidney said:
my study and comparison of con-
ditions In the United States and the
West indies" he said, has brought
me to that conclusion. American and
colonial politicians and public men are
not Exeter Hall abolitionists nor
evangelical Christian missionaries.
do not expect them to adopt the meth
DDS Of missionaries, nor do sympa-
thize with all their programmes. But
1t cannot be ignored that it happened
that the faiths Of the men who laid
the foundations for the peaceful de.
-velopment Of the mixed community in
Jamaica were democratic and human
itarian and, above all, uncompromis.
ingly Christian.
Were race differentiation held to It
must increase civil discord. When the
balance of numbers Is as 1t is In the
South in America 1t must tend to
foster obscure preparations for civil
war and rebellion. If statesmen and
citizens face in the contrary direction
/ do not say that they will attain i'm
mediately civil peace, but am conf
dent that they will be travelling the
only road toward 1t.
Il do not suggest that race does not
greatly affect facilities for combina.
ton between humans in healthy
national life, but race difference is
only one of many schismatic agencies.
The solution Of the difficulty involves
discipline for the white man as well
as the black
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ANNIVERSARY OF ATLANTA's
-. SHAME. 60

CIV A.F z 4 q, I =
Seven years have passed since the
bloody massacre of innocent Afro
Americans at Atlanta, Georgia. and
we reprint Du Bois' famous "a Litany
Of Atlanta" that the race may not for
get the awful days when Colored men,
women and children were shot down
like dogs because of their race. Not
a single person who was killed had
been guilty Of any crime whatever.
The massacre was caused by the In
cendiary editorials Of the Atlanta
News and Journal, owned by: Hoke
Smith. since Governor OF Georgia and
now United States senator from that
state.
In his gubernatorial canvass Smith
also made incendiary speeches incit-
ing the Caucasians against Afro-Amer-
leans and demanding that the race be
disfranchised. This has since been
done by legislative enactment. .
Senator Hoke Smith is said to be
the author Of the Jim crow policy Of
the present administration and he has
the active support Of vardaman. Hef-
lin, Roddenbery and nearly every
Southerner In Congress.
Every Afro-American parent ought
to bring "a Litany of Atlanta to the
attention Of his children. Let them
commit it to memory-it is a gem Of
perfect English. Let it burn into the
souls Of your, children so that they
may know that IN its efforts to de.
grade the Colored race and reduce It
to condition not far removed from
I slavery. the South does not hesitate
to murder innocent men, women and
children. vs.
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acts of his subordinate officials are his
and he has the power to end this In
justice by a word.
We have not lost faith in the Presi-
dent and we believe that he will care
fully consider the many protests
which have been made and give the
word which a Christian Statesman
should give, that during his admins
.tration there shall be no segregation
or discrimination on account Of race,
creed or color among the servants of
the government.
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OUGHT TO CHANGE THE NAME.

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An SAfro-Amerfcan in Philadelphia
desired to take a summer course at
the =. M. c.. a. In that city but was
refused because Of his race. His
father threatened to give the matter
to the press and demand that the
name Christian be taken from the
organization. The young man was
then admitted.
At Newport, r.. /, the Y. NJ. G. A.
refused to renew the membership OF
the son of distinguished Afro-Amer-.
lean physician and also denied admis-
sion to another colored man.
In various other Northern cities
Afro-Americans have been refused
membership in so called Christian
Associations and dark-hued Christian
who had the temerity to enter white
Y. N. G. "a. in the South would be
taking desperate chance he might be
lynched for his audacity.
The American r. M. C. A. has been
one Of the greatest mediums for the
spread Of the infamous American race
prejudice all over the world. The little
booklet published by the Isthmian
Canal Commission Z. N. G. a, states
in plain English that only white men
are admitted to membership in Canal
Zone Z. NC a s.
Young Mems Christian Association
is a misnomers It Ifs not Christian in
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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1913.
THE REPUBLICS SHAME.

For the first time In the history Of
the United States, the machinery Of
the government Of 90,00O.0O0 people is,
being used to humiliate and degrade
100000 of Its loyal and law-abiding
citizens.
In some of the departments Of the
Federal Government at Washington
Afro-American employees have been
segregated from their former associ-
ates and fellow workers and ordered
to use separate retiring rooms. In
some instances cages have been built
to separate Afro-American and white
government clerks. No other class is
Obliged to bear this badge of degrade
ton.
There is no warrant in law for these
orders of subordinate officials. The
facts have been brought to the atten-
ton of the Department heads and
thousands of petitions, memorials and
letters have been sent to President
Wilson, but up to this writing he has
not seen fit to rescind this Infamous
un-American policy.
The clerks who have been humiliat-
ed by the segregation orders are in no
sense wards of the government. They
have won their places by examina.
tons in competition with white men
and women and the government which
they have so faithfully and efficiently
served has no right to place upon
them this badge of dishonor.
It is not a question of social equality
that chimera which so many Caucas
ians claim to fear, but of civil equality
which is the right of every citizen.
Heretofore the attempts to degrade
the citizenry have been the work Of
individual states in the Southern tier;
the Federal Government must be held
responsible for this new attempt tc
establish that impossible thing, caste
in a Republic.
Honest fair minded Americans fee
that the fair fame Of our country is
being trailed in the dust; they hang
their heads at this grisv wrong. 4
is the Nations shame.
We hold President Wilson respon
sible because in the final analysis the
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MONSTER MASS MEETING.

At Washington, .. c., Protests
Against Race Segregation. - Cause
Of Race Finds Able Champion.
Special to THE APPEAL.
Washington, Oct. %.
Three thousand American citizens
Of both races gathered at Metropol-
1tan "A. M. e. Church last night and
voiced mighty protest against the
un-Amertcan and un-Christian poll
Icy OF the Wilson administration in
segregating the Afro-American en-
ployes OF the government and the eff
fort to establish a system of caste In
this country. The crowd was so great
that it finally became necessary to
close the doors and several thousand
were unable to gain admittance. Ans
overflow meeting was held In the
street which was addressed by Prof.
Tunnel OF Howard University. The
crowd called for Rev. Walter II.
Brooks and he also delivered 4
speech denouncing the segregation
plan. -.
Oswald Garrison Willard, editor Of
the New York evening Post, was the
principal speaker at the meeting In
the church. Mr.. Willard bitterly de-
nounced segregation. He said in part:
Under the very shadow of the cap
1tol a. monstrous unwritten edict has
gone forth that the employees Of the
Nation with dark skins shall be set
apart at their work; that there shall
be introduced caste among Federal
employees. based not upon efficiency,
or lack of efficiency. but purely upon
physical attributes.
Asked to Keep colored People Cool.
~ have personally been appealed
to by high authority to do my best
to keep the colored people In cool
and just equipoise.'
1T is beyond me to influence them
much in this direction, but would
not il could. On the contrary lose
no opportunity to preach the doctrine
of peaceful rebellion and revolution
against any discriminat ton OF any
kind, whether It be against Jew or
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A GREAT RACE DEFENDER.

Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D., pastor Of
the Institutional A. M. E. Church, Chi
cago, Is looming up these days az the
greatest advocate of the rights OF the
race in the Northwest.
He has held meetings, presented
resolutions memorials and petitions
against racial segregation by the feu-
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{ SEE AND 1 AM SATISFIED"

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recent number of the New York
Illndependent contains an article by
Professor Kelly Miller of Howard
University entitled, 81 see and am
satisfied. It is a resume Of race his
tory and the professor expresses him
self as being greatly pleased with
what has been accomplished since his
advent on earth about fifty years ago
and with conditions as they are today.
Prof. Miller is nearer that great seat
OF American prejudice the National
Capital than the writer, but out here
in Minnesota THE APPEAL is inclin-
ed to regard the Miller view as some
what distorted.
It Is joke to say that the American
heart will beat true to the higher i'm
pulse. Christianity is all right until
It strikes the color line and then 1t is
q farce. Kelly Miller is black man
but even he does not realize the re-
morseless. unrelenting prejudice which
~. ". > "a .
resides In the average Caucasian
heart.
The professors soul "abounds with
reinsurance and hope" just as orders
have been issued by government off,
Gals which say that white and colored
employees must be separated in the
toilets.
BY the way-did not the professor
about fifteen years ago suggest .tself-
placement as the solution Of the race
problem?
With the United States government
segregating his race, with the various
states enacting jimcrow laws. with the
Christian church ordering Afro-Amer-
lean worshipers from the House Of
God, with innocent colored men still
the victims of mob murder, with hum
dreds Of thousands Of Caucasian
mothers instilling race prejudice into
their prattling babes, with Bishops of
q Christian church telling the country
that enfranchisement was crime and
United States Senators demanding the
repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment,
Kelly Miller is satisfied!
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a writer in one Of the papers says
that the spirit of Chicago is wanted
in the South. He of course referred
to the hustle and hustle OF the great
city. It might be well also to take
along little of the freedom from race
prejudice 80 creditable to the. city.
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At the Jewish mass meeting in Chi
cago to protest against the persecu-
ton of the race by Russia, Rabbi
Hirsch said that it would be well to.
utter the American protest softly
while so many Afro-Americans were
lynched in the United States.
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FIGHTS RACE SEGREGATION. ''
o. 9. Willard, New York Editor, De-
nounces Baltimore Plan. crltieisss
Wilson for Separation In Gov
eminent Departments. =.

S'HHSHb departments.
Baltimore, Md, Oct. 20.-(Special.)
The opening Of a fight against pro-
posed ordinance which would restrict
! Afro,American residents to certain sec
tons OF Baltimore was made tonight
by Oswald Garrison Willard of New
YORK at mass meeting in Bethel A.
, M. p. church. Mr.. Willard Is editor
| OF the New York Evening fost and
chairman OF the board Of directors of
the National Association for Advance
ment of Colored People. E.l-.1>-
The mass meeting was arranged by
the local branch OF the association.
MI. Willard attacked not only The pro-
posed ordinance but also the attitude
of President Wilson in permitting
segregation In the various eoysrn.
mental departments.
Compares Baltimore to Russia. =.
i am here to protest against the un-
American policy of segregation of the
races now attempted for the third time
by ordinance in this city," Mr.. Willard
said. We oppose this policy for many
reasons: It is contrary to the best
interests Of the community as it n.
opposed to the wishes and desires of
the colored population which it tends
to degrade; it is an attempt to estab-
fish on American soil the abominable
Russian Ghetto, from which hundreds
OF thousands are now fleeing.
1t is unavoidable, economically i'm.
possible and indefensible, and bound.
II attempted, to increase and not de-
crease race hatred and friction. Final
~, 1t is another step in the persistent
effort to create two unequal classes
of citizens within this republic-the
advantaged and the disadvantaged.
THE ghetto, the segregatine Of Ger
tain groups in city's life, has gone
out OF existence everywhere in Europe
save only in Russia.
DepIores Attitude of Wilson.
1Aat any American city can even
lean In this direction is an anomaly
and disgrace to our civilization. Let
us erase The name Of Baltimore and
call 1t our Kieff, our Odessa. our
Kishenev. our Moscow.
But. it will be objected, has not the
federal government recently set an
example of discrimination IN the de-
partments at Washington? Unde.
n1ably. The adoption Of the policy
was merely an expression OF the in.
nate prejudice Of the southern portion
OF the administration, the president
and certain members OF his. cabinet
But President Wilson's philosophy
is wrong. his democracy grayely ut
fault.
Those who in this day and gem
Grafton are seeking to establish two
classes of citizens, the disfranchised
and enfranchised, to say that there
shall be two kinds Of government EN-.
pioyes-they are on the high road to
conyulsing anew this land of liberty.
watch will never know peace and quiet
as long as there are determinations
among its citizens
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A RACIAL PARALLEL.

Rev. A. J. Carey, Pastor Of the lnsti.
tutional A. N. e. Church, Chicago,
Wires Approval Of the jews Mass
Meeting in Washington and Calls
Attentions to the Wrongs Of the
Afro,American People.
A great mass meeting was held in
Washington, D. c.. Sunday night to
protest against the action of the Rus
sian government in prosecuting Men
del Beiliss, Jew of Kiev charged
with ritual murder" Although it has
been proven false many times this
ritual murder lie has persisted against
the Jews for hundreds Of years.
Rev. A. J. Carey, D. D., pastor OF
the Institutional A. M. e. Church OF
Chicago, sent the following telegram
to the Washington mass meeting, ap.
proving the protest and calling atten.
ton to the similarity of the treatment
of the Jews in Russia and the Colored
Christians In the United. States:
Greeting. May your protest prove
effective. May God aid you In dis.
proving for all time the Infamous "rit.
ual murder" lie.
Caucasian Christians in this country
have treated Colored Christians in
about the same manner as Russian
Christians have treated the Jews. Just
now efforts are being made in some
parts Of the country to revive form
of the medieval ghetto, from which
Your race has just emerged, and com.
pei Colored Americans to reside there.
In. Ghettos are also In active opera.
ton in some of the Government De.
partments In Washington.
while you are protesting against
the wrongs Of your race in Europe
kindly say a word against the oppres
sion, persecution, denial of civil rights
segregation, disfra6c hisement and
mob-murders Of Colored Christians by
Caucasian Christians in the United
States
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American Christianity is travesty
on the real article. The main object
in the life of the average Caucasian
American Christian seems to be to
hold his black brother down.
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trade and then Southern members of
the Cabinet and Senator'S fear that
Russia could come back" at this gov
eminent on account Of the Atlanta riot
IN which so many innocent colored
people were killed and the large num-
Der OF Afro-Americans who are an.
nually murdered and burned In the
South.
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any sense Of the word. The meek
and lowly Christ has never entered
the doors Of the American 7 !. N. CA.
TIL initials Z. N. G. "a. evidently mean
Young Mems Color-line Association.
Either let Christ in or change the
name.
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RACE PREJUDICE.

am convinced myself that there is no more
evil thing in this present world than Race Pre-
judge; none at all. write deliberately is
the worst single thing in life now. It iustifies
and holds together more baseness, cruelty and
abomlnation than any other sort Of error in the
world Through its body runs the black blood
OF coarse lust, suspicion, jealousy and persecu-
ton and all the darkest poisons of the human
soul
----H G. Wells in N. Z. Independent
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Answering call for more copies
OF DR.. Carey's splendid speech, we
are reproducing it. S.
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Beware the ides of November. You
must now buy and burn coal.
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WILSON WILL NOT PROTEST 70
RUSSIA.
pedal correspondence THE APPEAL.

Washington, D. c., Oct. %.
It Is asserted on good authority that
resident Wilson will take no o1icial
cognizance Of the countrywide protest
sent by Americans against the perse-
cution Of Mendel Bells the poor Jew
of Kiev who is on trial charged with
numbering y Christian boy for ritual
purposes. First he fears the loss Of
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CUT THIS OUT or PAPER.
COLORED CITIZENS PETITION
NATIONAL PETITION AGAINST JIM CROW AND COLOR
SEGREGATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

sign name and address and mail Secretary Dele
CATION, 1888 7 ST. N w, Washington D. c. not later than
Nov petitions to be presented President Nov
6th)