The Twin City star., 1914-03-13
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We have before us the March mum.
ber Of The Crisis, publication edited
by Prof. w. e. Du Bois. and sup
ported by the National Association for
Advancement Of Colored- People. What
this society stands for or what good
it Is doing or its method Of carrying
out the purpose its name indicates Is
yet to be discovered.
There appears in the March number
an article entitled, Booming the Cri-
SIS" in which the editor throws bou-
quets at himself in an effort to con-
vince the public that the Crisis is the
only newspaper that stands up, advo-
Gates and fights for the manhood
rights Of the Negro.
Mr.. Du Bois is a former citizen of
our town. We know the man, know
his worth and what he stood for in
the community life when he lived here.
He never took time to register or vote
and to put into practice what he ad-
vocated until 1908. and he lived
among us quite fifteen years. In 1908
he was found in Ohio and other places
advocating burbon democracy, which
stood and still stands for jim-crow
cars and Acknowledgement.
The very first time he qualified to
vote In the place he lived for quite
fifteen years he was found In demo-
cratic harness, helping to forever rivet
around his own angles and those of his
race the manacles of disfranchise-
ment, jim-crowism and race proscrip-
tion. Yet this erstwhile refugee from
the thickest of the fight boosts him.
self and little paper as the only read
Negro journal standing for manhood
rights Of the race and the only paper
capable Of using the Kings English in
discussing public questions. The In
dependent would not pay any atten-
t1on to Mr.. Du Bois' criticism If It
was not that we believe it our duty to
expose all hypocrites, shams and
frauds.
Mr.. Du Bois says that the Afro
American Ledger, Cleveland Gazette
newspapers in the country that stand
for principle. The Negroes of this
country would like to know whether
Mr.. Du Bois stood for principle or
dollars when he stumped the State
OF Ohio In company with Tom Blod-
gett for the democratic party in 1908.
The Negroes Of this country would
like to know whether he voted for the
party of disfranchisement against the
party Of enfranchisement in 1908 and
1912 for money or principle. The Ne
groes would like to know who paid his
expenses in the campaign in 1908 in
Ohio and would like to have him ex.
plain how he expects to cure dis.
franchisement, jim-crowism and race
prescription by voting for the demo-
cratic party that inflicts all these af.
flictions upon Du Bois' race.
We care absolutely nothing about
what he says about the King English
and whether the Age, the Bee, the
Freeman or other Negro publications
self-supporting stand for principle or
not, the press of this country regards
Mr.. Du Bois as mercinary, as a cow
ard that runs away from every fight.
as a hurtful agitator, as an enemy to
his race. ignorant and basicly so, of
how he can best preserve friendly and
cooperative relations between the
races in this country. He ran away
from Atlanta during the riot when the
souls Of brave men were tried and
when the democratic party pitched
their greatest battle against human
rights and against free institutions,
he deserted the flag and enlisted
against us for democracy against our
cause.
Du Bois' idea Of truth and principle
Is to clip and publish from the Asso.
ciate Press all the outrages against
the Negroes by the whites Of the
South. Every Negro that is lynched.
mobbed or murdered by a white man,
every Negro sent to the penitentiary
for an infamous crime or every time
a Negro is punished for any crime,
Du Bois publishes the information in
his paper; and is not intelligent
enough to know that he Is libelling his
race. He thinks he is standing for
principle. He thinks to parade our
shortcomings and our vices to the
world, when they involve society or
white man, 1t is standing up for
principle.
1t is very seldom that Du Bois says
anythink about the advancement of
the race, success and achievements
unless such success and achievement
Is accomplished by Du Bois or some
one Of his exclusive bunch. But the
Negroes Of this country have long ago
taken Du Bois' measure and know
what he stands for. They know he
can't make a living unless put on a
salary somewhere. He is a failure,
simply an agitator. The little paper he