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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
AFRO.AMERIcAN RIGHT WORD.


We congratulate our up-to-date con-
temporary the Chicago Defender on
its new make up" It is chock full
of news and presents fine appearance.
We are especially pleased that the
Defender has adopted the word Afro
American as a racial designation. It
is a shame that it is necessary in this
alleged land of the free to differentiate
between Americans, but it is true.
Who has not been Disguised by the
use of the word Negro with a small
''n'' as is almost invariably the case
in the daily newspapers. Although
the words Jew, Mexican, Filipino,
Chinaman, Japanese are always CAPT.
African blood have been described as
talized, Americans of more or less
negroes" and "negresses,'' as if they
were wild animals.
In view of the fact that not more
than one-third of the Americans of
African descent are of pure Negro
blood it follows that the word Negro
is not correct, while Afro-American
would include people of various per-
centages of admixture and if generally
adopted the daily papers would be
compelled to capitalize it.. The word
Afro-American has been used by THE
APPEAL for thirty years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
PLAYING WITH FIRE.

The Afro-Americans in Atlantic CITY
who are bending every energy to get
a jimcrow principal for their jimcrow
school ought to be in better business.
They are making a great mistake. In
stead of extending jimcrowism they
ought to fight it and have the jim
crow school abolished as it is contrary
to the laws of the state of New Jersey,
Segregation NEVER plays. Perhaps
the children of the men who are agf
tating this matter will curse them in
the days to come and they will be
justified in doing so. 49,
Any man who at any time justiies
and fights for the segregation of his
people from other American citizens
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
FIND NEW INDIAN TRIBES.
Party Discover Ten In British Guiana,
DR.. Earabee Writes.

Party Discover Ten In British Guiana,
pr. Farabee Writes. 5
Philadelphia. Colonel Roosevelt a.
the reported discoverer OF new river
in Brazil will have to share the laurels
In that field Of exploration with the
University Of Pennsylvania Amazon
expedition. whose leader, DR.. William
6. Farabee, announces. in a letter re-
ceived here. the discovery of ten hith-
erto unknown Indian tribes.
DR.. Farabee writes that the party
reached Georgetown, British Guiana,
on April 10 after q year spent in the
Amazon basin and the highlands which
divide Brazil and the Guianas. The
party, the letter proceeds. experienced
terrible hardships while traversing the
jungle and were compelled to live on
monkey and alligator flesh when their
regular food supply was exhausted. The
expedition emerged from the jungle
bareheaded. barefooted. hungry and
fever racked.
From Dec. 16 to April / we were
among tribes that had never seen
white men before" DR.. Farabee con-
tinues. None of them had ever seen
guns or salt or clothing or matches
They had beads and knives. All want
ed fishhooks. I made measurements of
men and women. took photographs and
recorded languages. -a
We visited the following tribes in
southern British Guiana: sWaiwai. Pari-
kutu. Wa1me. Chikena. Kat1awan. To-
neyan. Diow. Kumayonas and Uruk-
.wanas. None of these tribes is men
toned In Brinton's list Of American
races.
3 Several new tribes were found on
the Brazil side OF the Divide"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
ALWAYS RIGHT 70 PROTEST,

ALWAYS RIGHT TO PROTEST.
A number of colored newspapermen
met recently in Nashville, Tenn, and
among other things decided not to
protest against segregation lowing to
the changing attitude of the Southern
whites"
The attitude is undoubtedly chang
ing but it is for the worse. There
were more lynchings in 1913 than in
1912; the unjust franchise laws are
still in force; segregation in the gov
eminent service is matter of fact;
ghettos are being established in many
Southern cities; the jimcrow car is
still running; discriminating laws are
being enacted by "our good friends"
in the Southern legislatures. Thou
sands of wrongs are being done every
day. 80
THE APPEAL believes that the
newspapermen have made very SER
ious mistake in this the greatest crisis
since the civil war. We should al
ways protest against wrong. It is not
necessary to use violent or abusive
languages; protest may be couched
in courteous terms.
The principal mission of the colored
press is to aid in Fighting the wrongs
of the race. If it fails to do this
there is really no excuse for it's ex-
istence.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
4,422 FOREIGNERS IN
AMERICAN COLLEGES
Nearly. Every Country In the
World Is Represented.

Washington.-Popularity of Ameri
can colleges and universities with for,
eigners is shown by the fact that 4, 422
foreign studentsssattended these tnsti-
tutions in 1913, an increase of 81 in
two years.
They are distributed over 275 differ
ent colleges, universities and schools of
technology. ~
Canada. with 653 students, leads all
other countries. China is second, with
594, and Japan third, with 1856. Other
oriental or Asiatic peoples are repre-
sented as follows: India, 1852; Turkey.
143; Korea, 10; Persia, 21; Siam, 10.
OF Latin-American countries Mexico.
with 223, heads the list Cuba sends
200; Costa Rica, 20; Guatemala, Is;
Honduras, -; Nicaragua 1s; Panama.
%; Salvador, 10. ~.
From South America. Argentina
sends 43; Brazil, 113: Bolivia, 3; Chile.
r.; Colombia, 81; Ecuador, Is; Para
quay. 2; Peru. Is; Uruguay, 2; Vene-
Zuela, Z. =.r:
Great Britain and Ireland are repre-
sented by PIP; Germany. 1872; Russia,
124; France. IS; Sweden, Al; Italy, 38;
Austria Hungary, "a; Switzerland, 20:
=, Norway. 26; Greece. %; Spain, 20;
Netherlands, 10; Bulgaria, Is; Rouma-
mia, 6; Belgium, 4; Portugal. 8; Monte
negro, 1.
New Zealand is represented by Sc
students; Egypt, Is; Liberia, 2; South
Africa, Al.
From American possessions Hawaii
sends 1OS; Porto Rico, 215, and the
Philippines, III.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06

Fifty years ago when we were 60
ing to school one OF the things that
greatly impressed us was the uni
versal contempt that was held for the
traitor Benedict Arnold But things
have changed now according to press
dispatches in the daily papers, one OF
which is as follows:
ATLANTA, Ca, June 3.-Memorial ex
ercises in many cities of the South
marked the observance of the birthday
of Jefferson Davis today. In several
states the occasion was designated as
legal holiday"
Just think of honoring the day that
arch traitor was born! One of the
causes of the conditions, in this coun-
try today is because treason was not
made so odious that no one who
wished to be tolerated in any com.
munity would. admit he was one of
the traitors of 1868.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
% YEARS TO ACCEPT DIVORCE
When Husband Returns Wife Pays
Cost and Gets Deeres.

ssScSouO tleSOT00 WHO rays
Cost and Gets Deeres.
ToWanda, Pa. - Feeble with the
weight Of years, yet. determined in
manner, Mrs. Hanna Harrison entered
the courthouse and demanded the pa
pers In divorce granted her twenty
eight years ago. Prothonotary Estell
spent two hours searching the records
and finally found that back in the
eighties Mrs. Harrison had been grant
ed divorce from James Harrison on
the grounds of desertion. The decree
was to become effective when Mrs.
Harrison paid the costs Of the case
The conditions were explained to the
aged woman, and she said she knew
all about 1t and was ready to pay the
costs as required.
Then she explained that about the
time the divorce was applied for she
heard her husband was dead, and she
decided that divorce was not neces.
sary. A few days ago he returned
after an absence Of over thirty years,
and she decided to lift the decree. She
accordingly paid the costs and was
given the papers, which restores to her
her maiden name.
Il put him out Of my life forever
when I applied for that divorce, and
now I intend to keep him out" said
the woman as she placed the COURTS
decree in her hand bag and left the
courthouse. S11
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
"RETURNlNG" TO AFRICA,

The Richmond, (Va.) Reformer
speaks Of the colored people return
ing to Africa" Returning" is not the
proper word; it should be going"
The people who are going to Africa
are possibly descendants of Africans
who were brought here against their
wills hundred years ago or more.
The Afro-Americans who have start
ed for Africa are poor deluded crea-
lures who have been imposed upon by
scoundrels of the Chief Sam ilk. They
will sup sorrow by the ladle full.
Africa is not the place to go in order
to better ones condition unless the
immigrant is white man.
An Afro-American with a little CAPT.
tai who wishes to really improve his
condition should go to Brazil. In that
country he will find no color line and
his advancement will be limited only
by his own capabilities.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
is CASTE BREAKING UP?

Sir George Macalpine says that caste
in India is breaking up and that Chris
tianity is doing the work. He gives
caste ten years to die and says that
when it is dead there will be a great
influx from India into the Christian
church.
The Hindu who gives up his religion
and even his caste to get into the
Christian church is fool-he's jump.
ing out of the frying pan into the fire.
The Christian church is really the
greatest promoter of caste in the world
and if great numbers of Hindus break
into the Christian church they will
promptly be organized into segregated
churches in violation of the alleged
basic principle of Christianity.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
WALKS II MILES TO PREACH.
Missing Train For First Time In Years,
Sets Out on Foot.

Missing Train For First Time In Years,
Sets Out on Foot.
Qu1tman. Ga.-Proving that the no
table exploits of the old time circuit
rider are not beyond the clergy of to-
day, Rev. A. M. Rich walked seven
teen miles to keep his engagement with
his Quitman congregation at st. James
Episcopal church.
Mr.. Rich intended catching the after
noon train at Quitman from Valdosta,
where he has his residence and il
pastor of Grace church. He missed
the train. however. for the first time
In nine years. he insisted. He deter
mined to keep the appointment here
and started out to walk the distance
1t Is seventeen miles by railroad and
longer by the highway.
Mr.. Rich arrived ten minutes late
and none Of his congregation was
aware until afterward that he had
walked.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
BEGGARS WHO HARM.

Just now the North is overrun by
ro-American beggars, who are col
lecting contributions for colleges and
universities, which are alleged to have
been organized for the "uplift" of the
| race.
The Rev. H. 0. T. Hamphat, A. M.
! D. D., Phi. D., of Mussel Creek, Okla
! homa; Ketchuman Cheatem, A M, D.
D., D. c. L., of Heavenly View, Mis-
sissippi; the Very Reverend A. S. s.
Gobbleumup, P. D. O., of Bear Wal
low, Georgia, and host of other wor.
thies with queer names, weighted
down with string of degrees, con.
ferred by some 2x4 university, hailing
from strange towns, are telling of the
wonderful work they are doing for
their people and incidentally asking
for cash to continue their operations.
THE APPEAL does not object to
the collection of funds for proper edu-
cational purposes but is opposed to
some of the methods of these unctuous
collectors, WI 20 are evidently more in
terested in providing food and drink
and raiment for their own fat and
sleek bodies than in uplift work.
In order to curry favor with the
whites, they make false and disgust
ing statements in their speeches,
praise their Southern oppressors, up
hold segregation and laud their own
degradation. If the South is so at
tractive as they picture it, they ought
to stay there and not come North to
injure their brethren by their jim
crow utterances.
They have done incalculable harm
in the North and they teach the same
stuff in their schools that they talk
when on this side of Mason and
Dixon's line. God help the students
under their control.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
azr. 80 II ~ 5Sa - - s-.F.- a s-ll-.t
REBELS COIN MONEY.
Coins Not Pretentious and Look 40 II
Made by Amateurs.

Coins Not Pretsntious and Look 40 II
Made by Amateurs.
Juarez, Mexico.-1t is not generally
known that the Constitutionalist forces
In Mexico have coined money in silver
and copper. These coins were struck
in Chihuahua and are very crudely
done in fat, are about the most
amateurish pieces of money that have
been produced in many years. The
peso or dollar has on one side simply
"a del Parral, 1913" in wreath, and
on the other side, Il peso"
The half dollar is more pretentious.
On one side is the inscription, "Fuer-
zas Constitutionalistas, 1913" (Constitu-
tional forces), and in the center lib
erty cap surrounded by rays, a copy
Of the older style of Mexican coins
The reverse has 80 centavos'' in q
wreath, poor copy of the present
coinage Of Huerta. The copper piece,
which is said to have been made from
trolley wire melted down, is similar to
the so centavos, but has ''2 G" in a
wreath for 2 centavos. .,- (
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
WHEN is MIXED BLOOD INDIANS?

Many perplexing questions have
propounded to government experts, but
they are all mere incidents to the
puzzle now before the Supreme Court
of the United States. It is: when is
mixed-blood Indian?"
It is the contention of the govern
ment that the term mixed-blood can
be applied only to those Indians who
possess a quantity of white blood
amounting to one-half or more.
This question arises over the term
"mixed-blood" Indians, as employed in
the Clapp amendment to the Indian
appropriation bill of 1906, removing
restrictions as to sale, incumbrance
and taxation of the allotments.
The circuit court of appeals for the
Eighth circuit held that every Indian
who had an admixture of other than
Indian blood, however small, is a
mixed-blood. In the three cases de-
cided it was stipulated that one of the
Indians had one-eighth white blood,
another one-sixteenth, and the other
one.thirty-second, so the court dis.
missed the cases. The Department of
Justice then appealed the case to the
Supreme Court. '.m
BY the way, the question: What is
a Negro? has never been decided by
the Supreme Court and it would prob.
ably be as interesting as the Indian
case. THE APPEAL has always con.
tended that Negro is not a proper
racial designation for Americans of
African descent. To hear men who
are not more than one-thirty-second
Negro yelling themselves hoarse about
being Negroes" presumably for the
purpose of making themselves popular
with black men has always seemed
very 1udicrous. Afro-American will
cover all the various admixtures.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
DEATH OF SEN. BRADLEY.


In the recent death of Senator Brad
ley of Kentucky, the Afro-Amer1car
people have lost great friend.
He was one of the most destin
gulshed Republican leaders of Ken
lucky in his generation. An orator OF
unusual ability he had been promlnen,
before the people of his state and the
nation.
At the national convention in 1896
he was the choice of his state for
president, and received los votes for
vice president in the 1888 convention
He seconded the nomination of Grant
In 1880 and that of Roosevelt in 1904
In 1884 it was his oratory largely that
prevented the reduction of southern
representation in the convention
In 1895 he was elected governor OF
Kentucky by 1912 majority. Victory
again settled on his banner in 1908
when a Democratic legislature, by
eight votes, after a deadlock, finally
elected him to the senate. His term
would have expired March 3, 1915.
Many years ago, the writer was the
secretary of state convention in
Kentucky, over which Mr.. Bradley
presided, and was we'll acquainted
with him and knew personally of his
many kindly traits and his deep inter
est in the welfare of the Afro-Amer
leans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
UNJUST JUDGE DENOUNCED.

Judge Willis of the criminal depart
ment of the Superior Court of Los An
ge1es, California, sentenced young
colored man to thirty years in the pen,
itentiary for highway robbery. al
though his only loot was a white
girls kiss.
When the fact became generally
known that so unjust sentence had
been imposed white women sent in
protests, threats of recall and de-
nunciations. Deputations of white wo-
men visited the judge to demand that
action be taken to save the young man
from such severe punishment. Tele-
phone messages informed him that
petitions were being prepared for his
recall. Other women called in person
to say that steps would be taken to
| procure pardon from the governor.
The action Of the women shows the
difference between California and the
South. If the highway robbery" had
occurred in Vardaman's state there
would have been a lynching.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
THE REPUBLICS SHAME.

For the first time in the history OF
the United States, the machinery OF
the government of 100000 people is
being used to humlllate and degrade
100000 of it's loyal and law.abidine
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 Dear this badge of degrade
tioa-
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-
and women and the government which
they have so faithfully and efficiently
served has no right to place upon
them this badge of dishonor. --.
1t is not 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 to
establish that impossible thing, caste
in a Republic. ~.
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.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
DISTRIBUTES 23,317 JOBS.

Postmaster General 6urleson Has APP
pointed That Many Postmasters.
Washington. - Postmaster General
Burleson in the fourteen months be
has held Office has appointed 23,317
postmasters, Oil Of the presidential
grade and 1916 fourth class. =
There were on Jan. in the United
States and, its possessions 8.610 presi-
dental postofices and 1880 fourth
class offices, grand total of $3.50.
In statement announcing the appoint
ments Mr.. Burleson said:
AS shown by the above figures the
postmaster general has. within q Pc
Rod Of fourteen months, performed the
remarkable task Of selecting and APP
pointing postmasters at 80 per cent Of
all presidential offices and 81 per cent
Of all fourth class Offices"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1914.
SEGREGATlNG REPUBLICANS,

The Central Afro-American of Saint
Louis in timely editorial protests
against the action of certain branches
of the Republican party in Saint Louis
in putting the Afro-American voters
off to themselves and shutting them
out of the party councils in the forma-
ton of campaign plans. The Afro
American says
ESPECIALLY is it true of some wards
in this city, where the Afro-American
voters are directed to hold separate
meetings, where the only work they
can accomplish is to carry out the in
structions given them by the advo-
Gates of this segregation idea. 1t is
an idea entirely foreign to true Re-
publican principles, having no place
upon the roll of honor with the names
of Lincoln, Sumner, Grant, Douglas
and others, but very properly belongs
in the category Of ideas advocated by
Vardaman, Tillman, Blease and their
ilk.
No separate meetings are necessary
for the German, Irish, Jew, Italian or
any .EngIish-speaking race of Re
publicans, then why in the name of all
that is honest and fair are such meet.
ings necessary for Afro-American Re-
publicans. Afro-Americans do not de-
mand more than their share of re
cognition in appointments, based upon
their numerical strength, and they will
never be satisfied with less. AL
voters in the Republican Party should
have the right to express their pref
erences for men who desire their sup
port at the polls, and this can only be
done by Afro-American representa-
lives being admitted to the party
councils where the selections of the
party organization are discussed. Thi!
is the only method we know of where
by the party organizations can in al
truth act for a government OF tn,
people. by the people, and for th'
people,
Let us have ONE PARTY COUN
GIL participated in by representative
of ALL NATIONALITIES, then W,
shall have TRUE HARMONY, and