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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
AMERlcANs- ALL.

For many yeara it has been the
custom to treat colored people as
aliens, although they are more than
ninety-nine per cent of American
birth; and there is a growing ten
dency among the colored people to
regard themselves as aliens. This is
being encouraged by a. class of lead
ers who call themselves Negroes"
and yell about NEGRO Kultur" al.
though they have not more than half
and often less than one.eighth of
Negro blood. Such men ought to
stop the Negro" propaganda and be
Americans and demand justice be-
cause they are Americans and not by
the false assertion that they are
Negroes"
They should not have any rights as
Negroes" but every right of an
American citizen should be and will
be accorded them, if they fight for
their rights as American citizens by
right of birth.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

men from other countries are per-
mitted to attend West Point, so why
should Americans be excluded? And
the colored people are Americans,
not aliens. AS citizens they should
have ALL of the rights of citizen
ship, and one of the rights is to have
their sons attend West Point. That
right has never yet been denied to
them by law. Those who wish to
enter should make their entrance
through the proper channels.
Every true American ought tc
frown upon all such efforts as the
jim-crowists are making to segregate
American citizens. /
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
The MELTING Pot.

From the Chicago Defender.)
From Los Angeles comes the news
that the authorities there are con-
sidering what to do in relation to three
children, claimed to be of colored
parentage on both sides, and yet
showing neither in complexion nor
hair, trace of the Ethiopian. There
seems to be suspicion that the little
ones are of other origin and really are
not colored even by a trace. The ply.
Biological aspects Of the matter are
too much for the non-scientif1c.
II our friends on the other side but
knew what laughing stock, they
made Of themselves in our eyes they
would drop forever this question OF
color being a badge of inferiority, for
did they but know it not a great
percentage of those who term them
YES Americans can truthfully say
not a trace of dark blood courses
through their veins.
/ We who are on the inside know OF
thousands who have gone over on
the other side and are passing" The
reason for their leaving is obvious
Opportunities" the one thing we all
crave, and the one thing that is the
most difficult for the man of dark.
skin to find.
The world, but especially the United
States, is full of people who are un
conscious of the fact that they are
not simon-pure white, and again there
are thousands upon thousands who
are so lightly tinged-but know it
they find little difficulty in going their
way unmolested. But let their iden
tity be discovered and they drop i'm
mediately in the eyes of the narrow
and prejudiced far below their asso
GATES standard. Which only goes to
prove this bugbear prejudice isn't a
matter of color after all. It is well
for a great many that they are not
compelled to trace their ancestors
back farther than their father and
mother, for if they did undoubtedly
the next census would show an alarm
ing increase in the colored popula
ton.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
PERslsrENcY WINS.

pne OF the finest examples of per
slstency we have heard of lately, is
that exhibited by Mrs. Martha Wash
lngton, a former slave, now residing
IN Cincinnati, Ohio. Though " years
OF age she has enrolled in the West
night nigh school. She has been at
tending the evening classes from the
nrst year they were organized, Il
years ago, and she says she will not
quit until she has been awarded a
diploma on merit. The superintendent
says one Will be given to her for per
slstency II for nothing else. There are
lots OF young people we know whe
could emulate her example with grea,
benefit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

ing slavery days the standard was
mainly one of health and strength, q
good disposition" was also esirable;
a "bad niger" was harder to sell
than one who would make no trouble.
Taken altogether the standard Of ante.
bellum days for colored men was
much the same as that for HORSES
warranted sound and kind" and all
the rest. During the war, with the
splendid record of black men as SOL
diers, the standard held up for them
by the white man shifted, though only
slightly. After the war, and after the
Fifteenth Amendment began to oper.
ate, the white man gradually altered
his expectation of what the black
could be and ought to be. Whites diff.
fer greatly to-day, both North and
South, upon this question; as a rule,
the more civilized the white man. the
reader he is, in judging the colored
man, to see his great possibilities and
his remarkable progress, as already
shown. -.
The subtler problem, and more
vital to the colored people, is regard
ing the races standards for itself in
the various arts of civilization. And
his most serious obstacle is-not the
injustice of his white neighbors, evil
dent and regrettable as that is, but
the danger he continuously incurs OF
holding up low standards of attain.
ment for himself. If he is to COM
pete with the white man in business,
manufactures, arts, scholarship, ana
other pursuits, he must hold himself
up to as high standard Of excellence
as does the white man. AS rule,
colored people do not quite come up
to this; they have the faults of their
qualities; they are too easily satisfied
with attainment which is distinctly
second-rate III the worlds Bradstreet.
The colored musician, or painter, or
artisan, OF writer is too apt to meas
ure himself by the many people be-
low him in skill instead of keeping his
eye fixed OH the few who surpass him.
For this reason it is good for a col
ored boy or girl to attend school OF
college which white boys and girls
attend. Well-meaning friends of the
colored people have pitied such pupils
of mixed schools and academies be-
cause Of the many sights put upon
them by careless or unfee]ing white
schoo]1nates; but people who see more
deeply into the real problems OF che
colored race believe that it is better
for such affronted young people to
undergo the affronts and to remain in
the keen atmosphere of white stand.
ards of custom, costume, and scholar
| ship than to live in mild atmosphere
OF Establishment, among brothers
and sisters of their own race, all alike
half blindly cropping their slow way
out of the darkness. Better that a
colored boy should bear whatever
sights are put upon him by certain
narrow, selfish, white boys at Yale
or Harvard than to drift comfortably
| along in some Negro school which has
not got itself as yet squared to, the
world standards, in a world where
white men rule"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
NOT NEGRoES-JUsT AMERICAN:

NOT NEGRoES-JUST AMERICANS
This is an opportune time to call
attention to the fact that there are
more than 100000 native Americans
who for many years have been treated
as aliens because they are darker in
complexion than the aliens who have
become naturalized. The Supreme
Court of the United States has re.
Gently decided that the efforts Of the
south to nullify their votes are null
and void and that they are citizens
indeed. L. - .ss*..s.ss ss.ssc..,.is sy%
The colored citizens are native
Americans with several generations Of
American ancestors and there is alb
selutely no reason why they should
be differentiated in any way from any
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

are traitors to true Americanism and
the colored Americans who accept,
without protest, the. indignities and
degradations forced upon them, have
descended so low in the scale of hui
manity that there is no word in the
English language to describe the
depths to which they have gone.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
The MAN w, e pARzs

/ honor tho man VITO is rho con.
scientious discharge Of his duty dares
to stand alone; the VOL ID, with ienor-.
ant. intolerant ju~gment, may con-
denim, the countenances 81 relatives
may Be averted, and tho hearts Of
friends grow cold. but tho sense of
duty done shall be swseter than the
applause Of the world, tho ceunten--
ancss Of relatives or the heart. of
friends. Charles Summer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

colored people, If I can love them as !
love the people Of my own race, then
l Will know that our dream of broth
erhood for all races may come true,'
says Miss Florence MacFarlane, dele.
gate from London, England, to the
New Thought Congress, which met in
San Francisco recently. Miss Mac
t'arlane Announces her intention OF
going out to live among colored people.
The experience of the Englishwoman
may prove interesting but it offers lit.
tie that is new. Thousands of her
race and sex have not only learned
to love their colored brothers, but ito
love, honor and obey them"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
AssAILs U. s. INDIAN POLICY

ssS0SVSv TO1INys
brlgader General r. H. Pratt
FOUNDER of the Carlisle Indian School
declares that the policy of the GOV.
eminent In forcing the Indians to re.
main on reservations would deter
their civilization for hundreds OF
years. ="
III there had never been an Indian
reservation" he said, "and If we had
never had an Indian bureau, the In
olans OF the United States would to-
Gay be a thousand times better on
tnan they are, and this country would
not now be called upon to appropri
ate, $1o,ooo,ooo yearly for the man
agement or acknowledgement of the
bureau.
i say without hesitation or res
ervation that the true policy of the
government should be to permit thu
indians to attend our schools and r.
eliminate the purely Indian schools
altogether. I would have Indians
enter government employ. and ]
would assist them as far as possible
IN entering business life. That will
accomplish far more than reserva,
tons will"
Wnat General Pratt says is good
SOUND sense and applies to all other
natlonalities and classes. The plan OF
segregat1ng any class Of Americans is
both morally and economically wrong
The white Americans who insist
upon 1lmcrow cars, jimcrow schools
]lmcrow libraries, jimcrow public
parks, etc., etc., for colored Americans
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
Colored Lady Leads All.

(From Martinsburg Pioneer-Press.)
The worlds record in stenography
and typewriting is held by a colored
lady, in spite of allegations that as a
people we lack in grey of brain. Keep
a-coming sisters, for we are q new
Issue diffused through and through
with the worlds best blood, and its
bound to tell, because it is in giant
bodies.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
has every right guaranteed under the
Constitution.

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 colored brother down.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
The Lynching Of Haiti.
(From st. Luke's Herald.)

But, why not Mexico? Well, Mex
leo has a population of 100000. It
has several men calling themselves.
generals, backed by armies that will
light. We are a peaceable people; we
will not fight any people who can fight
back. The helpless and unarmed are
our prey. Just as we lynch helpless
Negroes this administration has lynch.
ed the Haitian government.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
Campaign Against Lynchina.
(From the Christian Recorder.

(From the Christian Recorder.)
There is no better time than NOW
to begin a National Crusade Against
Lynching in the United States. For
the rapidity with which this national
crime has spread, the barbarity with
which it is committed and the utter
d1sgraceful complacency with which it
Is regarded, should arouse the con-
science of the country In one united
protest against its further spread and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
The SIN OF SILENCE

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law. and
guiIIotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
msny.-EIIa Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

The word negro" applied to the
majority of the colored people is just
as much Of lie after it has been
capitalized as it was before. Be
Americans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

other citizens, native or naturalized.
y IS well to erase the hyphen and
the word negro" as a racial name for
! colored Americans ought to plotted
out at the same time, forever.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
He 10 A Real Man.

From the Pioneer-Press, Martins.
burgh, w. Va.)
Editor W.. Dabney, Of the Cincin.
natl Union, is busy day and night
these days fighting segregation and all
other forms Of discrimination In the
Queen City. This is noble IN him.
too, and especially so when It is
known that Mr.. Dabney Is IN an OF.
1cial position. Men Of that sort are
generally as mum as clam, but this
is not 20 In the case Of Mr.. Dabney.
He 10 . man.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

There can be only one solution of
the race problem, and that is the right
one-the absolute abolition Of the color
line. Any other settlement is tempo.
rary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

No question is settled until it is set
tied right. There will be no peace in
this country until the colored man
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27

Have Learned to "Love, Honor and
Obey" -..
(From the Afro-American Ledger.)
If I can live happily among the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
THE COLORED MANS STAND.
ARDS,

ARDS.
The Christian Register, the leading
Unitarian publication Of the country,
prints so excellent an article on col
ored mans own standards that we are
constrained to print extracts from it.
White men have set standards to1
the colored man for many years. Dur
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
FATE OF coLoRED PEOPLE IN OWN HANDS

1.-THE FATE OF THE CoLoRED RACE IS IN
ITS OWN HANDS. YOU WILL GET YOUR
RIGHTS WHEN YOU ARE FIT TO HAVE THEM
FOR WHEN YOU ARE FIT TO HAVE THEM YOU
WILL TAKE THEM AND UNTIL YOU TAKE
THEM YOU ARE NOT FIT TO HAVE THEM,"-
Hon Albert E. Pil]sbury. in speech at Faneuil Hail.
Boston, Massachusetts, August 1913 at Semi Centen
NAL of Fort Wagner. ~..-H.@I--. -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-27
Not Worthy Of Freedom.

N0C "VTC1y OF TreeU0m. :
(From the Richmond Planet.)
When race or an individual sub
mits uncomplainingly to oppression.
it is a practical demonstration that
the race or the individual is not wor-
thy Of freedom.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01
SENDS CLERK FOR WATCH.
Chicago Rubber Magnate Gets Watch
Pawned to Pay Fine Of Speeder.

A. R. Weber, general manager Of the
Para Rubber Company, has his gold
watch and chain again. A dapper clerk
came up from Chicago this morning
with cash to the amount of 1884 and
paid it to the clerk Of the municipal
court and he received in return the gold
watch and chain which had been left
by Weber ten days ago. The watch
had been left as surety for fine of
ten dollars and costs imposed against
"Miss Fife who had been the com
panion of Weber on a motor trip to
Kenosha on the day of the arrest. Miss
Fife did not figure in any way in the
little transaction today Weber sent
a letter to the clerk thanking him for
permitting him to leave the watch as
pledge for the fine. The watch is
valued at $3.50.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01
TO BACK CHAUTAUQUA.
Kenosha Men Who Paid Deficit Show
Willingness to Take Another Chance.

Kenosha will probably have another
Lincoln Chautauqua next summer as
the forty-two men and women of the
city, who were the financial hackers of
the Chautauqua this year, have signi
fed their intention of backing another
effort next year. Many people believe
that the failure of the Chautauqua this
year was due to the fact that many
other events were arranged in connec-
ton with the home coming and that
for this reason people did not care to
attend the high grade entertainments
offered on the Chautauqua program
The hackers have been called upon to
pay about fourteen dollars each to
make up the deficit in the funds but
at that eighteen of them have already
signed as guarantors for a Chautauqua
under the same management for next
year. People who attended the vari-
GUS sessions of the Chautauqua declare
that the programs offered were worthy
of much larger patronage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01
WORKS FOR RACINE SHERIFF
Police Expect no Trouble Locating
Woman Wanted on Statutory Charge

In the municipal court this morning
warrants were issued for the arrest of
Mrs. Mary Kertz and Tony Rufalo.
Ruffalo was arrested on Sunday night
and is now held at the city lookup and
the police admit that they do not ex-
pect to have any trouble locating the
woman as she is now employed as q
housemaid at the residence of the
sheriff Of Racine county. The police
declare that the crime charged against
Ruffalo and the woman was committed
in Kenosha on June 9th Rufalo is
said to have wife and children in
Italy and his relations with the Racine
woman are said to have given rise to
the story that the pair were married.
Should this prove the case Ruffalo will
be prosecuted on charges Of bigamy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01

Mrs. B. G. King and her daughter
Isabelle, have removed to Madison and
they will make their future home in
that city. Miss King, who was saluta-
torian of the graduating class of the
high school this year, will enter the
state university with the opening of
the new term. Miss King has been a
great favorite with the young people
of Kenosha and all will be pleased to
wish the very best things for her III
her university course.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01
TAKES OVER COLUMBIA THEATRE
H. G. Luedtke Purchases Elizabeth ST.
Theatre Property for $4,000.

The Columbia Theatre, located at
918 Elizabeth street and formerly own
ed by Charles Staley, owner Of a
string Of motion picture theatres in
Milwaukee, has been sold to II. G.
Luedtke. The consideration is an
nounced at $4,000. 1t is understood
that the new manager will make the
popular west side theatre even more
popular with its large number of pat
rons. Special features are to be
plentiful in the future and some of
the best screen productions of several
of the large producing companies will
be shown exclusively at the Columbia.
Mr.. Luedtke, the new owner Of the
theatre, has had wide experience as a
theatrical manager. He has been in
the business for ten years and has re-
Gently been managing a long line of
theatres in Illinois With the Column
bia added to these theatres he will be
able to book into Kenosha many of the
best releases of the big movie
companies.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-01
DcN'T WANT AN INSPECTOR.
Council Sits Down on Suggestions Of
the Wisconsin Inspection Bureau.

The city council of Kenosha is evil
IDENTIFY not in favor Of the employment
of an electric inspector. At the ad-
journed meeting of the council on
Monday night ]. E. Kennedy, an en-
gineer Of the Wisconsin Inspection
Bureau, who has been working in Ke-
nosha for the past two weeks, appear
ed before the council and urged the
appointment of an electric inspector.
Kennedy claimed that the fire loss in
Kenosha was the second largest in the
state and insisted that the city could
save $1,000 by proper inspection of
electric wiring. He was bombarded
with questions by the aldermen who in
sisted that the only good of such in
spection would revert to the insurance
companies. They insisted that the COM
pany had taken no steps to reduce
rates here even after Kenosha had in
stalled its motor fire department. and
they declared themselves as opposed
to spending any of the money of the
city for the protection of risks assum-
ed by the insurance company. The al
dermen finally agreed to refer the mat
ter to the fire department, but it is
certain that the plan will meet death
when it comes up again unless it is
shown that the insurance companies
will make some reduction in the charge
for insurance when an inspector is put
on. The big fire at the malt house made
Kenosha second in the list Of fire losses
last year, but in former years the fire
loss in the city had been very low.