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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
DR.. SPINGARN's SECOND TOUR.
Wetf-knoWn White Advocate Of Justice
to Tour Country AGAIN.


to Tour Country Again..
DR.. J. e. Spingarn, chairman of the
board of directors of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Col
ored People, and one of the most con-
slstent white advocates of justice and
equal rights for Afro-Americans, is soon
to make second tour of the country
IN the interests of the cause of our
race. 1t will be remembered that last
January he addressed meetings in De-
troit, Chicago, Quincy, Kansas City,
Topeka, St. Louis, indianapolis, and
Cleveland, attra citing very large audi
ences wherever he went, and nearly
everywhere winning wide publicity in
white papers for the cause of Justice
to the Negro.
DR.. Spingarn will speak at Whining
ton, Delaware, on November 22nd, at
Howard University, Washington, D. c.,
on November 23rd, and at Harrisburg,
Pa, on November Oath. His main tour
however, will not begin. until next
January, and he then expects to speak
In Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Dayton, Colum-
bus, Springfield, st. Joseph, Omaha,
Des Moines, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
Milwaukee, and other cities. He hopes
| by succeeding tours to cover every
part Of the country and to carry his
burning message Of freedom to the
whole nation. All those who are in
| terested in his coming tour, which like
all his other work for our race is car
ried on entirely at his own expense,
can obtain further information from
Miss May Childs Nerney, secretary OF
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth
Avenue, New York City.
DR.. Spingarn was for twelve years
Professor of Comparative Literature
In Columbia University, New York,
and he is writer and scholar OF in
ternational reputation. He brings to
this cause not only Learning and ripe
scholarship, but eloQuence, practical
experience, and a passionate sincerity.
He was born in New York thirty-nine
years ago, and for the last ten years
! he has given untiring devotion to the
| cause Of black folk. He is a man OF
independent means, who has never
asked pay Of any kind for this work.
The National Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Colored People, Of
which he is chairman, has a member
; EMP OF ABOUT 5,OOO, With branches III
/ over thirty cities all over the country;
and its official organ, 1.-The Crisis, -
published under its direction, has a
circulation of over $4,000 a month
Among its other directors are Miss
Jane Adams and DR.. c. E. Bentley
Of Chicago, Archibald H. Grimke Of
Washington, Moorfield Storey of Bos-
ton, and Oswald Garrison Willard,
John E. Milholland, Rev. John Haynes
Holmes, DR.. w. e. B. Du Bots, Charles
Edward Russell, Miss Lillian D. Valid
Miss Mary White Ovington, Mrs.
Florence Kelley, Paul Kennaday, and
William English Walling Of New York.
1t Is the only organization in the world
IN which both white and colored
people work together for the equal
rights OF black folk.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
TELEGRAM TO PRESIDENT Will.
SON BY DR.. w. SINCLAIR, UN.
ABLE TO BE PRESENT WITH
DELEGATION
Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. c..

Honored Sir:
Unavoidable circumstances make it
impracticable for me to join the dele.
cation as field secretary of the con-
stitution league of the United States
who are to present memorial to
you on Thursday, the 18th inst. in.
voking your Intervention against the
segregation of government EMPLOYEES
at Washington or elsewhere on the
ground of race or color / respect
fully submit that such segregation vi
olates the spirit and letter of the Con
stitution of the United States. forces
hardships and degradations of Col
ored employees, undermines ciyiliza-
ton, is subversive of American in
stitutions, contravenes every prin-
ciple of righteousness and justice and
is a shameful reproach to our Chris
ton religion. Segregation represents
not the ideals Of freedom but the
ideals of slavery. We pray that you
as the Christian President of this free
and Christian nation will use your
great powers, which are more than
amply sufficient to remove this foul
blot from our civilization.
(Signed), VIM. A. SINCLAIR.
Field Secretary Constitution League.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
MR. WILSON AND "SEGREGATiON.'

New York.-To the Editor of THE
APPEAL. Sir: The interview of Will
liam Munroe Trotter and the delega-
ton of colored gentlemen with the
President of the United States brings
forward again the burning question of
the treatment OF colored civil servants
shows grimly and forcefully how Deep
ly the colored people of this country
feel the Injustice which Mr.. Wilson's
government has inflicted upon them
and still intlicts.
The National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People has been
fighting segregation in federal depart
ments ever since the first rumor of it
was made public. Over year ago an
| investigator was sent to Washington
and report printed. Since that time
| representative of the national as
sociation has kept in close touch with
the local situation, and on one &C.
casion this representative appeared be-
tore the civil service committee and
helped kill the bill of Edwards Of
Georgia and Aswell of Louisiana max
| ing segregation legal throughout the
! federal civil service Much Of the
segregation has disappeared.
When the U street station of the
postoftice in Washington was abol-
ished all the colored men employed
lost their positions, but through the
Intervention OF this association three
OF them were reinstated. When the
! bureau of engraving and printing
moved to its new quarters it was the
original idea to segregate colored and
white people throughout the entire
building, but through the efforts of
this association there is no segrega.
ton In the lunchrooms or on the roof
garden. Segregation, nevertheless,
still exists in the Postotfice Depart
ment and in the Treasury, and pos
sibly here and there in small de-
gree in other places.
1t still remains true that for the first
time in half century President OF
the United States and distinguished
members of his Cabinet have deemed
It necessary for the peace and quiet
of these United States that clerks in
the federal service, having passed the
same examinations and receiving the
same rate of pay, must be separated
in their work if the ancestors of any
of them had a drop OF Negro blood
In some cases the "colored" clerks
have been so white in appearance that
the officials themselves have made
mistakes in classifying tn EN-. In other
cases clerks of all colors have pro-
tested against the attempted separa
ton. Always the separation has
caused humiliation and Inconvenience
and added COST
| J. E. SPINGARN,
Chairman Board of Directors Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
TRoTTER's SPECIFIC DENIAL or
lNSOLENCE TO PRESIDENT.
Interview in Boston Globe Of Nov. II,
1914.

William Monroe Trotter, whose re-
marks on segregation in Government
departments stirred President Wilson
at hearing in the White House last
Thursday, arrived in Boston yesterday
afternoon, and, after denying any
thing offensive either in his speech or
manner, told of the way in which the
report of the hearing was given to the
newspapermen.
GAS we left the President" said Mr..
Trotter, II told him I was very sorry
if he still considered that l had Of
tended him. The President smiled
and said: o, we'll call it all right
when we came out our delegation
caucused in Sec. Tumulty's room as
to what we should say for the news
papers. I told the newspaper men
briefly about the conference, merely
describing it as warm affair.
II had gone outside the White
House when Mr.. Tumulty called me
! back and said: 'Trotter, you have VIC
lated every courtesy of the White
House in quoting the President to the
press
81 told Mr.. Tumulty that had done
so in ignorance of the rules, and apol-
ogiZed. He accepted my apology.
Then I asked the newspaper not to
! publish what I told them, and they
! consented. Mr.. Tumulty said he was
! satisfied and left. -- ..
White House Statement Issued.
THE report of the conference was
then given out from the White House
1t seems very peculiar to me. after
the President had told me everything
was all right, that a White House
statement should say that I had of.
Tended the President of the United
i States
Did Not Lose Temper or Catechize
81 want to say" he continued, "that
neither in manner, language, tone nor
in any other way was I discourteous
| impertinent or insolent to President
Wilson.
my whole attitude was that of en-
deavOring, on the spur of the moment
to answer a piece of masterful sophis
try and to refute it successfully anG
feeling great responsibility to do so
I spoke with positiveness, deliberate
ness and directness, looking the Pres
ident full in the eye.
II did not quiz or catechize the
President, and I did not attempt tt
debate with him. The difficulty die
eliminated against and segregated il
Of my race and to say that I should
regard it as benevolence and so rep
resent it to my race.
! although it was a trying ordea
to listen to such a. statement at length
by the Chief Executive of the Nation
I had at no time any temper, muc1
less lost my TEMPER
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
NEGRO AND NEGRESS,"

Some of the Colored people of Bos-
ton are protesting to the editor of a
daily paper there against the use Of
the word "negress" when referring to
ColOred women. The justice of the
protest must be apparent to every man
and woman of color. There is no more
obnoxious word, no word more insult
ing than is the reason for it's use. And
yet what real opposition for it's use
can COlored people man when great
number of our men refer to them
selves as "Negroes?"
NEGRO" is no more a suitable name
for the Colored people of this country
than "dago" is for Italian or "Sheeny''
is for the Jew. And to capitalize it
gives it no more dignity nor respect
than to not do so.
This paper referred recently to the
power of the White press over it's
Colored readers. That power is not
more plainly shown in that the per-
sistent use of the word negro" by it
has caused even the races leading
men of thought to adopt the word.
This having been accomplished the
White press is now beginning to use
the most offensive term "negress" as
descriptive of COlored woman.
Colored people should avoid the use
of the word negro" wherever possible
It has been used in such a manner
by the White press as to throw it
into disrepute. But if we, ourselves
use the word for Colored men, logical.
ly we can not object to ''negress" for
Colored women. Regular writer's on
this paper never use either word and
when negro appears in these
! columns it is used by others.
The very etymology OF the word
shows it is not a proper noun and
hence can not be used as the name OF
people. And, whenever it is used
| by prominent Colored people they are
! either consciously or unconsciously
kowtowing to the Whites, whether
they call themselves the Negro Bust
ness League or the recently formed
Negro Fraternal Congress.
. THE APPEAL heartily approves the
above excerpt from the Louisville
{Ky.) News. The colored people who
use the word "Negro' in describing
themselves are making terrible mis-
take. They may mean we'll but they
are certainly misguided.
The w.rd NEGRO" ought to have
died with slavery. When the former
slaves were liberated they were ne
longer Negroes" but Americans ant
they ought to be proud of their Amer
lean citizenship and endeavor to make
it reality and not try to put them
selves into a pariah class.
There is nothing more ridiculous
than a yellow man or a near-white
man yelling himself hoarse about be
ing a. Negro" He is stating false
hood. An American black man ough
not be called NEGRO" but an Amer
lean.
Negro" and "Negress" as used b!
Caucasians in the United States ar
terms of derision and carry with then
the sense of scorn, mockery, contemp
and ridicule.
The use of Negro" and "Negress
aid in the differentiation of the col
+ ored man from other Americans. l
helps discrimination, makes for injus
tice and leads to segregation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
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. Mad no voice been raised against
injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guillotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-EIla Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
the MAN WHO DAREs

scientious discharge Of his duty dares
to stand alone; the world, with iqnor-
ant, intoIerant judgment, may con-
denim, the countenances of relatives
may be averted, and the hearts Of
friends grow cold, but the sense Of
duty done shall be sweeter than the
applause Of the world, the counten-
ances Of relatives or the hearts Of
friends. Charles Summer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
CANAL NEUTRALITY RULE.

Only Six Fighting Ships Of Warning
Nations May Pass at One Time.
Washington President Wilson re-
Gently issued a proclamation announc-
ing the neutrality regulations for the
Panama canal zone
It provides that all vessels of be'lig-
erent nations shall be allowed to pass
through the canal in the order OF their
arrival at either end, but that twenty
four hours shall eiapse between the de-
parture of vessels flying the flags Of
two nations that are at war.
War vessels shall pass through as
rapidly as possible and shall not re-
main in waters adjacent to the canal
longer than absolutely necessary. No
vessel shall remain in the canal more
than twenty-four hours.
The docking and repairing facilities
of the United States shall be used by
belligerent ships only to make repairs
that are necessary to their seaworthi-
ness.
War vessels shall not be allowed to
provision in the canal zone except
when absolutely necessary and then
shall take on only enough to meet their
needs until they arrive at the next port
Aeroplanes are forbidden to cross the
zone or to make landing at any point
on the zone.
Commanders of belligerent vessels
are forbidden to embark or disembark
troops in the canal zone except for the
purpose of making necessary repairs
Not more than three vessels tlyins
the flag Of any belligerent nation shall
anchor in the waters adjacent to thu
canal at one time. and not more thar
three. making six in all. shall pas.
through the canal at one time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
REASONS WHY MEN DRINK.

"Toothaehe," "Heavy Cold" and "etsn,.
ach Trouble" SO They Say.
Columbus. lnd.-A survey Of the
causes that take men into the city
court here shows that toothache Is TO
blame more than anything else. Next
to "toothache" is "heavy cold" and
stomach trouble" runs poor third.
Nearly every man who is arrested on
an intoxication charge has some such
excuse There are few. however. who
admit they get drunk Just to be drunk
and have no excuse to offer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
INFAMOUS LEGISLATION.

The Democratic House of Represen-
tatives has passed an Infamous act,
prohibiting the intermarriage of white
and colored persons in the District of
Columbia.
The vote was about four to one but
the fact that sixty members voted
against the Infamous measure shows
that the idea Of justice is not yet dead.
The bill is an insult to one-tenth Of
the population of the United States.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
AFRO-AMERlCAN.

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
We are not ready to concede that
any body Of citizenship has less stand
ing under the law than any other. If
the south wishes to make any such
issue as this it will find that the
north, where there is prejudice, is
nevertheless restless when as part
of the nation it is asked to declare that
the main principle of the nation is a
piece of hypocrisy and does not apply
where it is inconvenient.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
net and began to enforce in their de
partments the principle of the Jim

net and began to enforce in their de-
partments the principle of the Jim
Grow law.
The segregation practiced is wroqg in
principle because it is disagreeable and
unfair to one class of public employees
who have right to be treated by their
Government without discrimination.
The race affected had right to be
heard in their own behalf and showed
a proper spirit in going directly to
the President with their grievance.
We fear that the President has lost his
head. He is certainly not so happy in
these extempore statements, made un.
der the irritation that so easily besets
him as in his more studied deliver
ances which compel the admiration
even of his political opponents and
often skillfully covered up the falla'
cies of his reasoning character of the
policy he is commencing.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
LIFE SAVER HEIR TO $4,000.
Father Of Child He Rescued Twelve
Years Aqo Makes Request.

Years Ago Makes Request.
Jacksonville. Mich. - Twelve years
ago Oscar Diceman. now of this vii
lage. saved little girl from drowning
in canal in Holland He was pro-
fusely thanked by the child's father
and shortly afterward came to this
country and forgot all about the Incl
dent.
A few days ago. however. he receiv-
ed letter from the old country say.
ing that the father had died recently.
and in his will provided bequest OF
$4,000 for the man who had saved his
daughters life
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
MANY Jewish Heroes,

Berlin.-Seven hundred and ten Jew
ish soldiers have received the iron cross
from Germany. Many of them refuse
to wear their decorations on the ground
that they are emblems of another faith.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
J. e. MilholIand's congratulatcry Tel

J. E. MilholIand's congratulatcry Tel.
egram.
Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 13, 1914.
Mr.. VIM. Monroe Trotter, Race Lead
er, The Guardian, Poston, Mass.
You have rendered great service.
That interview with the president is
a memorable event in the history of
the race struggle in America. You
were easily victor. Never has Mr..
Wilson appeared to less advantage. l
congratulate you on such a display of
moral courage, answering loyalty and
genuine Americanism.
JOHN E. MILHOLLAND.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16

No wonder American girls are SO
sweet, according to statistics they
spend 1854, 100000 for candy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-01-16
THE APPEAL

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 1856 Union Block, 40 E. 4th St.
j. @. ADAMS, Manager.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-11
THE HIGHWAYS MAKE GOOD.

IN SOME parts Of the state there re-
Mains a lingering disposition 10
criticize large expenditures for
roada on the ground that such OK
penditures are for tho benefit of auto
mobile travel only. Much OF thus
kind Of opposition has been overcome
by the demonstration which has been
given thar good highways are worth
quite as much to the horse-drawn We
hicie, whether buggy or freieht wagon
or tie and timber wagon. In energy and
time saved. as they are 20 the auto
mobile owner. In time IL will All dis
appear through the simple iemonstro-
ton OF efficiency.
But the automobile itself is over
coming this kind Of prejudice against
modern highway construction. Last
week more than q hundred automo-
biies passed through this sity bound
east and west, and every a lefi here
from ten dollars np Of money which
never would have been left In New
Mexico hut for the highways which
permit through automobile travel
The same was true last week In ga-
ton. Las Vegas. santa re ana the in
%tervening towns and villages Il has
been true all during The summer at
clayton in Union county. and al Dem
ing In Luna county. in h Pecos val
Iey and even in the san Juan val
ley. The motor ears carrying travel
.ers from other states have invaded
every nook and corner Of the state
They have proved and viii continue
10 prove the 5esi miss araTsFor gossd'
roads building that could 30 desired.
They produce the immediate cash re-
suit which h often necessary 90 con
vince certain people Of ihe Va. 'ow Of.
keeping up with the march OF prog
ress.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-11
FIEAITF7,
OhTALKS @
NJ WILLIAM BRADY MD
Physic And The LiUer

A CORRESPONDENT writes that
~ he had a evere cough last
winter which the doctor at
tributed to his liver. Now, long
months afterward, the cough is bet
ter, thanks TO the Doctors treatment.
but could we suggest something no
can take for his liyerg Would We
recommend compound ~licorice pow
der as a habitual laxative? BY what
he reads. Il seems u the liver is kept
In order the whole Fyatem viii work
smoothly and uncomplainingly. Is
that not so?
II Is not 20. We protest against
the Idea that tho liver IS concerned
In every dose az physic. That no
tion should have succumbed 10 a
natural death at the time people
stopped reading Old Doctor Roots
andherhg' Almanac.
II anybody Knows Of a laxative or
rhysic that ciirs Up the liyor any
more than 30 necessary 20 the
bowel, We would appreciate n tip
ahout u, bcceuec We wouldn't want
TO numbor that medicine among our
favorite remcd.cl We may b. en-
tircly mistaken about the functions
u purposes oi the liver, but we be.
Hove Il ~ a rood organ to let alone.
As q place Of Torrance. the human
liver has Il ovor the heart like a blk
top. We dare rly moro bunk "a
printed about TITO human liver than
eve was csplo.tci by tho advance
agent ~ o ~tliroe-Iing circus. As a
matter Of fact, what We know about
the action Of Grurc GA the liver you
could put in your eye AID pose foT a
lrgtclarl portrait
PerhapD II doesn't worry the liver
cny, this popular notion that all
cor.g ~ pAyzlc ..ualo n ont an n fair
target. At any Iaia. the long uf.
leriur OF goes u1 patiently and
auiCtly doing itl roih just about the
SEINE. whatever ply 'c. you take or
refuse to take. lv our old friend,
colonel, Dtert1 ul ~approci.lIc in.
fucnOc. o. i.Hti iaal tc.ei.
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