The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-09-04
NEGRO Y. M. c. A. CLUB.

| Negro Morals Commission, Results
in Exposure of a Gang to Represent
1.-THE Needs of the Negroes" Who
Would Trust Them7 The Stars
Prophecy Fulfilled.
The New Negro Morals Commits
sion met last Sunday, about IS per
sons attending. Chm. Jimmie Lane
and Atty. Franklin not present. The
report of the last meeting showed that
committee had been appointed "to
investigate the advisability and pos
sibility of establishing a Colored Y
M. c. A., and for same reasons a club
had been formed, viz. Rev. Withers
Rev. Toombs, Rev. Jackson, Will. M
Smith, L. T. Jones, Rev. Carter, Mrs
M. O. Cannon, Miss Eva Walker. A
committee was named to investigate
the financial condition of the treas
ury. The meeting was called to hear
political. talk by Mr.. Williams, can
didate for Mayor, who did not appear
Rev. Jackson was asked to speak. He
said he would like to hear from some
of the sub committees. He also said
II am not quite in harmony with this
procedure (speaking of reports Of
committees) because the primary OBJ
ject of our meeting was to hear an
other speaker and / do not care to be
substitute. l do not think it fair tc
the persons present. Mr.. Smith said
that at the election there was al
executive committee appointed and
asked who they were. Chm. Trevan
reported that Messrs. Blackburn, Har-
per, Marshall, Saunders, 'Sellars
Schuyler Phillips, Rev. Toombs, ]. S
Wright, Rev. Jackson, and J. S. Ire
van. Chm Elk Committee were ap-
pointed by Chairman Lane. Mr.. Sci
lars resigned after stating reasons
Rev. Jackson said che had not been
consulted. I want to work freely and
in the open, where I can review the
work. Not that | am unfavorable tC
such work. | have place where
can add much to what is done and
do not care to be tied down to any
lcommittee." Resolutions were pre-
scented commenting Detective Hard
ing on his arrest of Glover Shull
Secy. Jones seemed to worry about
the publicity given the work and
wanted to know us it the views Of
this body to make known the work OF
this body public" and challenged the
right of the Editor of the Star to re-
main, as he was not entirely in sym
pathy with the commission. Rev
Jackson said that he was to be 'ques-
toned when meetings were held in
this church and he tolerated no such
actions. Messrs. Blackburn, Wright
and Marshall Intercepted the Editor
as to his remarks and publication de-
rogatory to the Commission. Editor
Smith said he had no explanations
to those who could intelligently read
what he had published. He said that
the Commission as a whole was dis
graceful organization, a set of grafters
and prosecutors, who had organized
out of the real moral commission and
had attempted to pull off their political
Ipropositions-had been a party to the
persecution of Mr.. Shull, without at
lacking the other club-men, and had
as he prophesied attempted, to beg
the white people, to permit them to
solicit funds to build Jim Crow Y.
M. c. A. He condemned the whole
for their actions, and it was apparent
that work was done under the name OF
committees, by individuals without
the knowledge of many who were sup
posed to be interested. He stated
that he would appear at any time and
prove their procedure, with Atty
Franklin and his demoralized COM
mission on the same platform-also
that Chm. Eddings, Messrs. Sellars
Saunders, Harper and J. N. Wright
stood for the original object of the
moral commission" Rev. Toombs be-
ing forced by Rev. Jackson, said he
expected Mr.. Williams to talk politics
to them, Rev. Jackson said that when
he heard that the meeting was called
he asked that Mr.. Williams confine
himself to other issues than those
political. That he did not intend dur
ing his administration to bring politics
in St. Peters Church. We commend
Alderman Williams for his non-recog-
milton of such an element, either
politically or morally, who cannot
even truthfully present themselves in
public, also to Rev. Jackson, who was
fair enough to go with them "only in
the right" We have seen Mr.. Wiley
the Secy. of the white Y. M. C. A.
about this Negro branch-and if there
is to be branch (and we hope there
will not be one for many years hence),
we are assured that Rev. (?) Toombs
and Rev. 90 Withers and Messrs
Smith and Marshall will at least be
far from the base of financial supplies