The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-03-05
WHITMAN FAV0RS
JUSTICE FOR ALL
New yOrk'S Governor Proud Of
Our Success.
COLOR PREJUDICE A MENACE

In Presenting the Spinsarn Medal to
Dr.. Ernest e. Just States Chief Ex-
eeutive Says the Award Is Given In
the Spirit Of Fellowship, Brotherhood
and Of Anerieanisn,.
New York.-The National Association
For the Advancement Of Colored Peo-
pie added another victory to its many
brilliant efforts in behalf Of the colored
race In this country at its annual meet
city, on the evening Of Feb. II when
Governor Charles s. Whitman deliv-
cred an able address and presented the
Spingarn medal to DR.. Ernest Everett
Just Of Howard university.
Governor Whitman said:
II know you will pardon-perhaps
you will Appreciated very short
speech from me tonight, and know
that you will understand my leaving.
although l should be very glad to re-
main and enjoy the speeches which are
to follow, and am sincerely sorry that
I am unable to. In the gain or loss Of
one race all the rest have equal claim.
1t is altogether fitting that this great
audience, white and black, should unite
In doing honor to one whose achieve
ment and attainment reflect so much
credit upon American institutions,
American training and education.
American life, and particularly as they
do upon the colored race to which he
belongs. '--.-A-..-.. .s--.-- .---~.,,-..y,
"The brilliant young man to whom
the committee has awarded the Spin
garn medal has achieved distinction
In a field where competition is the
keenest and where real worth is the
final test In the New England col
lege, where few Of his race have been
found, he was the leader in scholar
ship, receiving special honor, and since
his graduation much Of his time has
been given to successful scientific in
vestigation, and his contribution to
medical science Is Of no mean order.
In the highest and best sense he has
been giving himself to his own people,
mOdestly and unselfshly giving Of the
results Of his own intellectual endeav-
or, trying to improve the medical edu-
cational facilities for the colored peo-
pie.
"A distinguished scholar writes of
him, His most recent work Is Of the
greatest significance and would insure
him a wide reputa ton were he white
man. ! have no right, Of course, to
take issue with this statement, for the
writer Is far better informed than am
|, but I am slow to believe. | hate to
believe that In the field Of medical
science my cOuntrymen are ungenerous
and unwilling to ward Just need
Of praise and the proper recognition to
q real scientist Of any race.
"Dr. Just has made the most Of the
opportunities offered to the boys Of our
land, white and black. His success Is
reason for qualification to every loyal
American, demonstrating as it does the
possibilities. with opportunity, Of
race which In years gone by has suf
fered so cruelty at the hands Of the
white man. 1t Is interesting, too, to
note that he was chosen from among
a long list Of candidates for this honor,
every one Of whom reflected credit
upon his race and demonstrated the
ability Of a people who a little more
than q generation ago were In dark
ness, to compete with other Americans.
and almost all Of them, as I am in
formed, are working with and among
the colored people. Education, i'm
proved conditions Of living. Opportu-
nifty and achievement. have not torn
them away from their own or separat-
ed them from their kinsmen and their
kind.
THE success Of this young man has
been called a lesson to the Negroes Of
this nation. And so 1t IL. 1t is just as
truly a lesson to the white man Of the
nation. His rights are dear to him.
that American institutions are wrong
and that the trainers Of the federal
constitution and federal laws are
wrong his rights should be just as dear
to us as they are to him. Speaking
for moment for the state, discrimina
ton as against any race or class or
creed must in the end lnjure all. We
are one people in New York. We have
a common duty and common destiny.
and for selfish reasons II for no other
the rights Of the weaker must be
guarded and protected by the stronger.
and the sacred privileges Of American
citizenship must be denied to none"
In presenting the medal the governor