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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16

Sunday morning Mr.. Trotter ap-
peared at Pilgrim Baptist Church and
made a short talk.
Saturday afternoon Rev. and Mrs
E. H. Mcdonald entertained at dinner
MIR. Trotter, Mr.. and Mrs. J. @. Adams
and Mrs. Allen.
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. B. S.
Smith, Minneapolis, entertained at
dinner Mr.. Trotter, Mr.. and Mrs. J. @.
Adams.
Sunday evening Mr.. Trotter ap-
peared at Memorial Baptist Church
and again in brief manner told his
story and received $3.50 for the cause.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Trotter was
given an auto ride about the city by
DIR. Val Do Turner in his new car.
During his stay in the city Mr..
Trotter was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. @. Adams; he left Sunday night
at 1880 for Chicago, delighted with
the success of his trip and with the
people of the Twin Cities. +-.
The expense of bringing Mr.: Trotter
to st. Paul and other expenses amount
Continued on Third Page
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16

President and making a contribution
to aid the cause.
The speaker told just what was said
and done at the famous White House
conference and it proved that the
newspaper reports of the incident
were badly garbled. 1t, however, had
the effect of bringing out much favor
able comment from the daily press,
showing they were not in accord with
the action Of President Wilson in per-
hitting race segregation.
Mr.. Trotter spoke for nearly two
hours, going over almost word for word
what was said by members of the
delegation, the President and himself.
He emphatically denied having said
or done anything which the President
could justly construe as insulting in
any way.
His remarks were punctured with
much applause by the large audience
that was fully enrapport with the
speaker
When Mr.. Trotter had finished Mr..
Robert Sterling Strong played a. solo
on the organ; he was followed by
Nine, Addie Crawford Minor, who sang
a solo.
A collection was then called for and
the sum of $26.06 was laid upon the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16

of this many colored people and their
white friends advocated Mr. Wilson's
cause, who would rather have cut off
their hands than have aided Mr.. viii.
son il they had known that he was
intending to draw the color line in the
departments upon the excuse that
there is certain point in the rela-
tons of the races where friction must
occur. To them that is neither abso-
lutte fair dealing nor advancing their
cause, but putting it back, because it
sets the stamp of governmental ap-
proval upon color prejudice. To ex-
9ect after this that the problem can
be kept out of politics, as Mr.. Wilson
Is quoted as urging, is to expect the
impossible.
With Mr.. Wilson's feelings as to
the ultimate solution of the race prob
lem, we are not today concerned. He
may or may not have constructive
programme to suggest. The issue is
simply whether hateful East Indian
caste shall be established in Washing
ton or not. We had supposed, after
the Investigations of last winter that
the vicious policy had been checked;
we understood that it was to be aban
doned gradually. In numerous in
stances the Jim-Crowing had, we know,
been stopped. The more discouraging
is it to find the President apparently
UNFOLDING what the World justly calls
the foolish indiscretions of members
of his Cabinet" There was no gen.
uine complaint as to the conditions
in Washington. ColOred and white
employees had worked side by side
for fifty years. Some of them had
been appointed by Grover Cleveland
one of his appointees to high place be.
Ing the father of Mr.. Trotter, a veter-
an of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts.
But the Wilson Administration went
out of its way to create the issue it
now deplores, and cannot see it's way
clear to admitting it's mistake and re-
verting to the only defensible position
of absolute equality in the Govern
ment service.
The way to deal with race preju-
dice in such matters is not to enhance
1t by yielding, but resolutely to con-
front it with refusal to give in. 1t
is surprising how often prejudice fades
away in given situation when it finds
itself wholly blocked. It is even more
surprising how frequently it is merely
a state of wind. Often there is NO
objection whatever to the presence
of colored people on the most familiar
terms, provided their position is clear
ly stamped as mental; let them sud
denly aspire to equal privileges, and
those same people become at once too
offensive to be permitted to breathe
the same atmosphere. The situation
in Washington would be restored in /:
twinkling to the old and absolutel!
satisfactory status if the highes
authority were simply to lay down tn
law that there was going to be /.
square deal for everybody in the de
partments without the slightest dis
elimination; that there can be onl.
one class of public servants-all to b.
treated with courtesy, consideration
and absolute justice.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16

table, and later presented to Mr.. Trot-
ter by Mr.. T. H. Lyles.
Mr.. Trotter again arose and told
some more of the National Independent
Equal Rights League and proposed the
ACCESSIBILITY of organizing a branch in
St. Paul.
He called for nominations for officers
and J. @. Adams was nominated for
president and unanimously elected.
Mrs. Val Do Turner was elected vice
president; Mrs. S. l.. Maxwell, secre-
tary; Mr.. T. H. Lyles, treasurer; Rev.
J. S. Strong, chaplain; Mr.. w. T.
Francis, chairman of executive board.
A number of persons came forward
and subscribed for the Guardian.
Slips of paper were distributed
through the audience and a. number
entered their names as charter men,
bers of the St. Paul Branch of the
Equal Rights League.
The meeting throughout was one
of the most enthusiastic ever held in
the city.
It was announced that the people
Of Minneapolis had arranged to hold
a similar meeting at St. Peter A. M e.
church Sunday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock.
At the appointed hour on Sunday
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
He APPEAL KEEPS IN FRI
7ECAUSE.

lit atm. publish all the news possible.
0-lt does 90 impartially. wasting no words
Sits correspondents are able and energetic
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
Mr.. TROTTER IN TWIN CITIES.

William Monroe Trotter, editor of
the Boston Guardian, orator, agitator,
leader segregation fighter and true
American was the guest of the Twin
Cities during the past week.
On Monday afternoon of last week
the editor Of THE APPEAL received
communication from Mrs. VIM. Mon
roe Trotter, stating that Mr.. Trotter
was in the West and would like to
visit st. Paul in the interest of the
Guardian and the National Independent
Equal Rights League if certain condi-
tons could be met. Mr.. Adams at
once called on several Of the men of
the city and they agreed that it would
be a good thing to have Mr.. Trotter
come. A proposition was wired to Mr..
TrOtter at Chicago which was accepted.
Mr.. Adams then got busy and formed
a committee as follows:
J. @. Adams, Rev. H. P. Jones, w.
II. Francis, Rev. E. n. Mcdonald, O. c.
Hail. Rev. G.. w. Camp, T. H. Lyles,
Rev B. N Murrell, DR.. Val Do Turner,
Rev. J. S. Strong, Rev. A. H., Lealtad,
Chas. s. Smith, w. r. Morris, DR.. r.
s. Brown, B. S. Smith, DR.. O. D. How
ard, J. Louis Erwin, j. H. Sherwood,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
SEGREGATION DENOUNCED.
Leading Daily Newspapers the Country Rebue President
Condoning the Jim Grow Policy of the Southern Members of
His Cabinet.

THE PRESIDENT AND sEGREGA.
TON.
(From the New York Evening Post.)
1t is sad blot upon the Wilson
Administration that it has tolerated,
nay, drawn the color Alne, without
real cause, save, as Mr.. Trotter truth
fully put it, the racial antipathies of
Messrs. Burleson, John Shelton Will
liams and McAdoo. For an Admins
tration which talks about New Free
dom and boasts of having bestowed
q new liberty upon business men, not
only to be blind to the wrongs Of full
ten millions of American citizens, but
to add to them is truly discouraging.
Mr.. Wilson can feel keenly for the
governmental wrongs of the Sub
merged IS per cent" of the people of
Mexico, of whom so many are Indians
and of mixed parentage, but he has
yet to say really sympathetic word
about the wrongs of the millions in
the South who are without voice in
their own government.
The difficulty lies, of course, in put
ting yourself in the other fellows
place, in having some appreciation of
what it means to be the victim of
prejudice and injustice, to be wronged
without the power to remedy the
wrong. That Mr.. Wilson is unable to
visualize this is, we repeat, the more
disappointing because there are so
many injured persons with whom he
does sympathiZe so understandingly.
His unusual vision and imagination
leave him, however, when it comes to
the Acknowledgement of women and
to permitting his subordinates to in
t11ct indignities upon American Cit
liens in the immediate vicinity of tho
White House. If he could only be one
OF the submerged 10 per cent of our
people in Washington for forty-eight
hours he could never have palliated the
wrong done, as he is reported to have
yesterday, by saying that segregation
was enforced for the comfort and best
interests of both races, in order to
overcome friction. He would know
then that it makes neither for the
comfort nor for the best interests OF
the races, but invariably leads to
added friction and creates deep and
lasting unhappiness among the segre.
gated. This problem has vexed him
and caused him heart-ache more than
once in his Administration, and it will
not cease to plague him until he lays
down the law that sets up equality oil
treatment Of all employees in the Gov
eminent service,
, Again, Mr.. Wilson is reported tt
have resented Mr.. Trotter's statement
that if this discrimination were MOI
ended, the Afro-Americans who votet
for him would vote the Republican
i. ticket, and to have declared that thi:
was political blackmail." But THU
is the time-honored American way o
showing disapproval OF an elective
:, officials conduct. When Mr.. Wilson
l was candidate for President in 1912
3 he declared: Should I become Presi
t dent Of the United States, they 9TH
9 colored people) may count upon m
I for absolute fair dealing and for every
q thing by which could assist in az
8 vancing the interest of their race i
the United States. On the strengt
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
NO JlM-cROW GOVERNMENT.
lErOm the New York World \

NO JlM-cRoW GOVERNMENT.
(From the New York Worldly
No President ever suffered more
from the foolish indiscretions of men,
bers of his Cabinet than has Mr.. Will
son. He had a further illustration of
it yesterday in his unfortunate inter.
view with delegation Of colored men
who called at the White House to pro-
test against the segregation of races
in Government departments.
The President should have foreseen
this unfortunate issue when Mr.. Me-
Adoo and Mr.. Burleson were carrying
their color-line theories into demo-
cratic government Mr.. Wilson told
the committee that there had been no
discrimination in the comforts and
surroundings of the colored clerks, but
explained that che had been informed
by officials that the segregation had
been started to avoid friction between
the races, and not with the object OF
injuring the colored men," The Presi-
dent failed to explain, nevertheless,
why no such rule had been considered
necessary until Mr.. Burleson and Mr..
McAdoo got into the Cabinet.
For narly half a century white
clerks and colored clerks have worked
side by side in the departments Of
Washington, under republican and
under democratic presidents. The
World keeps itself fairly we'll informed
about Washington affairs, but the first
it ever heard of this alleged friction
to which Mr. Wilson refers was when
Mr. McAdoo began his Tm-Crow pro-
ceedings in the Treasury Department.
The president thinks that this is
not a political question, but he is
wrong. Anything that is unjust, dis.
eliminating, and un-American in gov
eminent is certain to be political
question. Servants of the United
States Government, regardless of race
or color: For several years colored
man has been Collector of Internal
Revenue in New York He never
found it necessary to segregate the
white employees of his department to
prevent Friction; yet he would have
had quite as much right to do so as
Mr.. McAdoo had to segregate the col
ored employees of the Treasury in
Washington. .@ III.
While the Democrats of the coun
try have been trying to solve certain
great problems of government, a few
Southern members of the Cabine
have been allowed to exploit thei1
petty local prejudice at the expense O
the party's reputation for exact JUS
tice.
Whether the President thinks so o.
not. the segregation rule was promul
gated as deliberate discrimination
!. against colored employees.
Worse still, it is a small, mean
! petty discrimination, and Mr.. Wilson
> ought to have set his heel upon thi
|, presumptuous Jim-Crow government
Q the moment it was established. H
d ought to set his heel upon It now.
e is a reproach to his administratio
, and to the great political principle
Z. which he represents.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
THE PRESIDENT AND SEGREGA.
TON.

(From The Indianapolis News.)
The government, which makes laws
for all, collects taxes from all, and
summons all alike to its defense in
time Of war, cannot rightfuly make
such distinctions. When men and
women enter the public service they
ought to be ready to conform to that
principle. No one Is compelled to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
SEGREGATION PROTEST.
the American Meeting
Equal Rights League District Columbia
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color was the test of preferment
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Appeal Against to God ow-M
conclusion appeal
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of Nations in the firm belief that shall not
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
SAYS PRESIDENT LOST HIS TEMPER.
Leading Daily Newspaper Lexington Kentucky Supporter the
Administration, Sterny Rebukes President Wilson for
Losing His Temper When He Received the Trotter


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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
OUGHT TO GET THE MEDAL

The agitation against Segregation
and the formal protest lodged by Will
liam Monroe Trotter was the greatest
achievement of any colored man in
the United States in the opinion of
THE APPEAL.
We nominate him as the proper per-
son to receive the Spingarn medal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16

enter 1t, but having made his choice
he should comply with the conditions
Of his employment.
So the question is not wholly
economic, as Mr.. Wilson seemed to
think it vast is political as well.
not in the narrow partisan, but in the
broad sense. The people of the United
States as whole would oppose the
adoption by their government OF any
thing resembling the Jim Grow policy.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
Advocates Mail
Route West

The Gunnison Republican has
gone US one better in advocat-
ing a mail route est from Gun
nison to lola, which was suggest
ed two weeks ago in an interview
with Clyde Welch. The Repulbi-
can says
Every is anxious to know
the Vulcan smelter will be a sue
cess, as it is said TO be. Now tn.
people between Gunnison and
Vulcan, via lola, should get busy
and have a petition signed bv
all between here and Vulcan for
a rural mail from Gunnison to
Vulcan. Gunnison to Vulcan
one day, Vulcan to Gunnison
next for a starter; if conditions
warrant IT, can change daily
any time "
This extends the field of the
project, and very likely during
the winter season the round trip
would be handled as easily as
the one to Baldwin. By spring,
q mail carrier with an auto could
make the trip to Fowderhorn
and back with ease, swinging in
to Spencer one way.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
A Wsywsrl Ts.e.e

The chairman of the committee WAS
addressing a meeting at a teachers
institute:
MY friends, the school work is the
bul-house of civilization, mean-ah-"
He began to feel frightened.
''The bulhouse is the schoolwork of
civ"
The smile could be felt.
The workhouse is the bulschool Of
He was evidently twisted.
The schoolbul is the housework -
An audible snigger spread over the
audience.
The bulschool-"
He was getting wild. So were his
hearers. He mopped his perspiration,
gritted his teeth. and made fresh start.
The schoolhouse, my friends
A sigh of relief went up. Hamlet
was himself again
He gszed serenely around. The light
Of triumphant seifconhdence was en-
throned upon his brow.
''Is the woolbark-''
And that is when be lost conscious-
ness.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
Most Astonishing
Idea

Perhaps the most astonishing
idea ever presented to the people
OF Gunnison county was that
solemnly passed by the stock
growers at their meeting Satur-
day.
Whereas, the unoccupied, uD-
appropriated public lands lying
between the Gunnison National
Forest on the north and the
Cochetopa National Forest ON
the south, - it being from ! 800
to 10000 feet above sea level,
precludes any successful kind oi
agriculture. The same referring
to practically all unoccupied
public land yet in the county.
That Mr.. T. W. Gray should be
able to induce an association of
200 ranchman, practically every
one OF whom made their fortune
by agriculture above 800 feet,
to pass this resolution is certain
ly a tribute to his leadership.
We only fear that with the assis-
tance OF "Mary's little lamb" he
is leading the country straight
into the sheepfold.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24

delightful continued story en-
titled Parrot A Co." a romance
of the south seas by Harold Me
Grath. lie is the author OF the
Brass Bowl" and other famous
novels. and is one of the most
popular authors OF the day.
Watch for the commencement oi
the story and don't fail to get
every number.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24

Amn0AnA , - 01go ooaononrV
shsa Saaiieox. Am0
experience - demoasszzte1
Ne almost miraculous efft-
eacv, and harmcssnsss, Of Antityphoid vsccinasioa
Be vaccinated NOW b. your physician, you -
yoiIr family. II Is more vital than houss Insurance.
ASK your physician, druggist, send fos "Havs
you had Typhoidf" telling Of Typhoid Vaccine,
sesuts from use, and danger iron TyphoA cssrissa
Ttie 0Tvea AA09oAvong, 0numEV. C0
--''-f~a saeossss . ssav0s ssssa !. . sss ssuon0
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24

Opening guns of the 1916 poll
tical campaign are being fired
and echoes reach even beyond
the mountains. Here come the
Colorado democrats announcing
a jackson Day Banquet" at the
Albany hotel in Denver on Janu-
ary sth. Judge Tully Scott OF
the state supreme court will
make the key note speech, and
addresses will be given by Sena-
tor Henry Hollis of New Hamp-
shire, Hon. John T. Barnett, of
Denver and Others. 1t is to he
dollar dinner and all good
democrats are invited.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
PaESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sunday Dec. 26.
This is the last opportunity yos will
have this year to attend church. Don't
fail to take advantage of it, Sunday
the Pastor will speak on Peace and
Preparedness. What shall he our at
titude on the administration program
of defense?
l.. II. ROBINSON. Pastor.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
At the Churches
Mrnoossr CnUeCn

Sunday School 10 a. m.
Morning worship IL q. m. Sermon
The Wise Men" Mrs. Hazel Friend
ling and brother, Fritz Zugelder, will
give piano and slide trombone duet
Young Peoples Meeting at $40 p. m.
Led by Rev Carver.
Evening Worship $50, Sermon: ''The
Other Wise Man Miss Ibba Savior
will sing. Mrs. Fremding and Fritz
Zugelder will play Calvary.
CHRISTIAN X. CARVER, Pastor.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Services every first and third Sun
days. Holy masses at eight and ten
O'Clock. Evening service at 7:D. Sun
day School at one o'clock. Week dag
masses at eight O'Clock. Services
second and fourth Sundays of month at
Crested Butte.
FR. Wn. kIPP. Pastor.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24

Pueblo Chieftain:-
An amazing fact has developed
in congress. President Wilson
no longer is the leader OF his
party.
Fort Collins Review
Amazing, doubtless, but it did
MT develop in congress. 1t de-
veloped in the Sunday Chieftain.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
TK MN 9m1 n(Jlfi
ul6TuE suou nlnlll(s
Confinaed from e>sa ~.

scene n shepherds GO TO Bethlehem
10 search TOR the Christ-ChIid.
Scene HI The msnRer. The angels
sing o 'er the babe Shepherds have fo,snd
the child. Three kings of Orient arrive
and bring gifts
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
O1naSIlAs SClknCG

Christian Science services viii be
heid IN the psrior Of the La vets hotel.
Sunday. at IL q. m.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24

Next week NewslChampion will
publish opening chapters Of a
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24

1sreets for Turkey shoots for sale
At Nevs-Chamyion Office. 1 cent e.eh.
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
nuni.ad Ssssn Tuuksr Ea So

Sealed bids will be received by the
District Forester. Denver. Coicrsdo.
ap TO and including January IL, 1916.
for l .2ss,, eo0 feet h. NJ of hive Doug las
fir. l2s. go feet h NJ Of live t,ngel-
mann sprace. 81. go fest b. NJ. Of hive
alpine fir and le. 00U feet b. NJ of dead
Of sll species. sswtImber and tie timber.
more or less, upon designated area
within Z. 50 NJ X. West. N. NJ y.
NJ. on the watershed Of Red Greek,
Gunaison National Forest, Colorado.
No bid Of less than So ~ per N feet h.
NJ. for sswtimber. 3 lie each for stand
ard gauge and lie each for narrow
gauge railroad ties will be considered.
Deposit with bid $3.50. 00. The right to
reject any and all bids reserved Be
fore bids are submitted full information
concerning timber, the conditions of
sale, and the submission of bids should
be obtained from the Forest Supervisor
GunnisoA, Colorado.
Pub. Dec 17-24 81. 1915
Gunnison news-champion., 1915-12-24
lsasvisv ScAsA hssopan

Lsasvsv SD hssouon
To be given at the LonQview school. Dec
"a. 1915. at ~. m
Instrumental. "Hamoreski ---.-...-- Dvor al
Reva HeIner
Song, The star OF the East" scboo,
Play ---.--...-.-..---- Funny Little Visitors .
Ellen smith. Dora Moore. Florence
Fisher. Ernest Cunningham, Billie
smith. Grace smith. Ellsworth Moore,
CeceIia smith. and Claude Powell
Instrumental. "The swallow song Bohm
Reva Heiner
Play y--.--.--..-----..-..--"P Playing Santa Claus"
Viola smith. Lottie Powell. Gail Moore,
Grace smith and Ernest CUNNINGHAM
song. "Out ON the House Top" - School
Dialogue e-.--.-......-."ElsIe's Christmas Eve"
Viola smith and Florence Fisher =,
Florence Fisher
Instrumental. Ben Hur Chariot Race"
Reva Heiner II. T. PAUL
surprise