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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
CHARITY MAKES EDWARDS.

"Charity makes for slaves, towards
and sycophants," said Mother jones'
OF Colorado mine field fame, recently
Her words are true. f4. 49,
Men cheat their employees out of
what Is their just due and become rich
and when they have accumulated mil
lions they pose as "philanthropists'
and endeavor to perpetuate their
names by giving money for libraries
or charities" or Christian CD asso,
Citations. r.
Instead Of being great philanthopists>
these men, in many cases, are simply
thieves who really ought to be in
prison for having robbed their fellow
men.
No class has suffered more from the
"philanthropies'' of these rich thieves
than the colored people and their ne.
farious work has been aided by so.
called colored leaders who have taken
the role of public 'mendicants and have
begged for money to organize jimcrow
institutions and thus prevent their own
class from securing their rights as
American citizens.
The product of the segregated insti
tuition is usually crop of young col
ored people with slavish instincts;
cringing towards, servile sycophants.
Great God deliver. the people from
such charity and give them justice:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
NO ILLEGITIMATE BABIES,

1t is the consensus of opinion of the
leading thinkers of the world that
there should be no illegitimate chill.
dren, that is, that babies should be
declared legitimate by the state,
even if born out of wedlock.
A new law was recently passed by
Norway, giving the so-called illegiti-
mate child right to his fathers name.
The expenses of it's rearing are d.
vided between father and mother in
proportion to their ability to pay, the
basis to be the financial status of the
weather. parent. And the illegitimate
Norwegian child is an heir to the
fathers property and on equal terms
with the children born in marriage.
Nature knows nothing of illegit-
macy; she cares naught for marriage
certificates and there is no reason
why the innocent babe should be de-
graded and ostracized because Of the
sins of it's parents.
Such law would be especially valu-
able in the South where wealthy eau
casians are the fathers and mothers
of many children, of colored women
and men. The equal Inheritance feat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1915.
ANNIVERSARY OF ATLANTA's
SHAME

The recent lynching of Leo Frank,
a Jew, in Georgia, has aroused the
country more than the murders of
thousands of colored people in the
South during the past twenty years.
But only nine years have passed
since Atlanta, Georgia, was the scene
of one of the most uncalled for and
bloodiest riots ever recorded in his
tory. Colored men and women were
ruthlessly slaughtered because of race
hatred; not a single one killed had
been guilty Of any crime whatever.
The massacre was caused by the in
cendiary editorials of the Atlanta
News and Journal, owned by Hoke
Smith, since Governor of Georgia and
now United States senator from that
state.
In his gubernatorial canvass Smith
also made incendiary speeches incit-
ing the Caucasians against colored peo-
pie and demanding that the race be
DISTINGUISHED.
Senator Hoke Smith is said to be
the author of the Jim crow policy Of
the present administration and he has
the active support Of Vardaman, Hef-
lin and nearly every southerner in
Congress.
THE APPEAL reprints in this is
sue "A Litany Of Atlanta by Dr.. w.
=. Burghardt Du Bots, editor OF The
Crisis. It was written just after the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09

artists: poets, scientist, and educators.
Prejudice Still Exists.
Since attaining personal liberty.
the colored people are still the VIC
tins of relentless and unreasoning
prejudice which throws all sorts of
obstacles in the path of advancement.
1T is considered presumptuous for
an individual of the colored people
to aspire to any employment other
than mental tasks, and there have
Deen recent instances where even
your right to be considered among
the laborers in this city has been chal-
lenged.
mot long ago, expressions such as
this were common: WIN. what d.
you think? The mayor has put some
mggers' to work out at the garbage
plant!' Just as though colored men
are not to be considered human be-
ings.
What of His Critics?
criticism such as those enumer-
ated are un-American and have no
place IN this land of freedom and on
portunity. If inquiry were made CON
corning the nativity of these critics
IL would probably be found that a
number of them had come, or their
immediate ancestors had come. to this
country to escape tyranny and onnres-
sion In some foreign land and to find
opportunity in this land of the free
and, having found it, would shut the
door in the faces of others.
IL is easy to understand the atti-
tude OF our own citizens of southern
ancestry, who feel obliged to de-
nounce the colored man in order tn
JUSTLY the questionable acts of their
1oie1athers, but such sentiments are
entlrely inexcusable when spoken nv
tne children Of oppression from anv
place in the wide world.
10 deny equal opportunity To tho
colored man in this land would he
~ VI harmony with American his
e y: Untrue TO the sacred principles
VI ilDerty and equal rights, and would
n mdAe d mockery OF our boosted civili-
zation ana Justice, and render mean
ingless the word opportunity. Believ-
ing tnls as do, you can rest assured
tna', 50 lar as my power and influence
co. the colored man will get snmare
deal. SQUARE
NOT vote Catching" Scheme.
Inls is no new position for mo
nor is 1t advanced as vote catching
scheme. l had the honor to be nresi,
oent OF the Perry's victory centennial
commission from Illinois, and. as such
member of the governing board of
me ten states which participated in
the celebration. 4"
"On investigation it was found tha+
~ per cent. of Perry's sailors were
colored, and thereupon I did mvse1f
tne honor to introduce a resolution
proposing to invite a prominent rem
resentatlve of the colored race to
participate in the exercises commem,
Grating the victory. 80
THE resolution, although opnosed
was adopted, and I was afterwards
fortunate enough to secure the dis.
JUNCTION for my friend, our distinguish
ca chairman, DR.. A. J. Carey, who not
only reflected glory on himself. bnt
credit on the colored people and his
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
THE HYPHENATED AMERICAN.

'7e 7YPHENATED AMERICAN.
Oswald Garrison Wizards recent
speech against hyphenated American.
ism was a telling one. ,..
Mr.. Willard was himself born on
German soil and of German father,
yet he is amazed at the divided citi-
zenship of some Americans Of German
ancestry. a..
He referred to Carl Schurz, and his
true Americanism and said what
would amaze him more than to find
unnumbered. Germans who, like him
self, come to this country to escape
the very militaristic autocracy they
now uphold, today, denouncing the
nation that adopted and sheltered
and fed and clothed them"
Other races have shown strong
tendencies to form distinct bodies.
Mr.. Willard said, but the German
propaganda is, so far, the most ex-
tensive.
He then asked if it were true, as
commended, that, the German Kultur
and political system were superior to
the scheme Of life and government
in America, why the hordes who have
focked here did not go to Germany
instead. ~.
Mr.. Willard said, that to allow ma
tlonal1stic groups to develop in this
country such as they have in Austria
Hungary would be most disastrous.
He said, such a proposal was Gun.
thinkable to true minded American"
For many years 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??, 1915-10-09
coNDoNINes coLoRED OURS.

THE APPEAL approves of every
word Of the reprinted editorial from
the Chicago Tribune and wishes to
add few words of excoriation of the
contemplate colored ours who contin-
ually praise the southern people and
condone many of their infamous acts.
1t is not only contemplate but Grim
inal. The extension of race prejudice
in the North has been greatly aided
by these fends in human form who
have been paid in cash or the appella-
ton of good negro" to laud the brut-
al, barbarous, unhuman, unchristian
un-American South.
When the Georgia senate recently
passed a law forbidding white persons
to teach colored pupils some Of these
human skunks rushed into print to de-
fend the action, saying that it would
benefit the colored man.
The white Georgians who burn and
hang and legislate against their col
ored fellow citizens are saints when
compared with colored men who con-
done their crimes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
"WHY AMERICANS FAIL !"

1t ID notorious fact that in spite OF
Fan-American congresses, long-winded
editorials in American newspapers.
etcetera, the United States is far he.
hind Germany, Great Britain, France
and Spain so far as trade in Latin.
America is concerned.
A book by A. Wyatt Verrill on
South and Central American Trade
Conditions of Today" recently issued
oy Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, has
this to say under the heading, "Why
Americans Fall"
Race or religious prejudice, con.
descension, discourtesy or bluff have
no place in Spanish America. The
Latin-American is a gentleman first
last and all the time. He has never
acquired our habit of being a gentle
man in private life and a boor in
business and he expects others to be
as courteous as himself and if they
are not he judges them ACCORDINGLY.
He may be white, brown, yellow or
black, but he remembers that one of
his ancestors was probably a plumed
grandee of Old Spain. You may scott
at his ideas, you may laugh at his
faith, you may curse at the "lazy
Greasers," and through it all he may
smile, treat you with respect and po-
likeness and greet you with express
s1ons of the greatest pleasure, but in
his heart he despises you for an i'll.
bred Yankee pig" and thanks God
that he is of Spanish blood.
On the other hand treat the Latin
American with courtesy, praise the
buildings and industry Of his town,
admire his beautiful women, visit his
places of interest, and speak his Ian
guage and you may command respect.
admiration and true friendship and
every entertainment and comfort will
be yours"
THE APPEAL has printed number
OF editorials along this line showing
that Americans have lost millions Of
dollars through their jimcrow methods
and it is great satisfaction to have
this view upheld by a great authority
thoroughly familiar with conditions. 4
Race prejudice is an expensive
proposition for those who indulge in
It.
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ment that applicants for licenses to
pra ctice certain branches Of surgery
must state whether they are white,
OF "colored' and furnish photographs.
me plan of compelling applicants
TO furnish photographs was put into
the national civil service rules to
n1noer the appointment of colored
people and Jews to places in the gov.
eminent service, even after they had
passed the required tests. Preiudiced
heads OF bureaus look at the photos
ana II II Is apparent that the appli-
cant belongs to either of the pros.
crlbed classes he is promptly rejected
The citizens Of this country are
Americans and that one word ought to
De sumclent description under any
and all circumstances and neither the
national nor state governments have
any right to inquire whether he is
white, colored, redheaded, baldheaded
or plgeontoed, or whether he has
corns on his feet or a wart on his
nose.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
groes born in Africa.

groes born in Africa.
It is wrong, unjust and un-American
Tor the government to segregate it's
clerks by color in the Departments
IN Washington, and it is also wrong, I'M
just and un-American for the govern,
ment to issue a separate and inaccu-s
rate Census Bulletin as it has done in
the case of the bulletin, Negroes in
the United States.''
The United States assumes that a
group of about 100000 people are
negroes and proceeds to so classify
them. More than ninety-nine per cent
OF the persons so classified were born
IN America of American parents. and
tne1r parents were Americans and so
on back for ten generations.
II a man whose ancestors for many
generations is not an American. who
is entitled to the name? IF a white
man can become an American in two
generations, why should a person of
any other color born in this country
Tau to arrive" in the same space Of I
timer?
inc name Negro" applied to a
group OF citizens in this country ia IN.
accurate, because it does not include
forty or fifty million other Americans
VINO nave more or less Negro blood
The expression "pure race" is amv+h
so all great writer's on racial questions
agree.
Inc mixing Of bloods in this country
mas gone so far that it is Impossible |
10 determine with any degree of accu-
racy who has Negro blood and who
mas not, and for the Government r.
select about 100000 people and saw
mat they are Negroes" and by that
act to aid in making them a separate
treatment In church and state, is to
perpetrate-a great wrong.
1t is an Infamous thing for the gov.
eminent of this great republic to dro ~
'ne Color line In any way. In a re-
public every citizen should have ex.
actly the same status so far az tho
government is concerned.
Ihere is no reason why Democra.
cy should attempt to classify it's ci+-
lzens by their blood. All persons
oorn IN this country should be con-
s1dered Americans without anv nra.
fixes or suffixes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
MAY WOE AND BITTERNESS At.
TEND Them.

FOR more than quarter of the CEN
tury the editor of THE APPEAL has
struggled to give the colored people
OF the West a newspaper which would
detend their rights. A complete file
has been preserved and the editor is
proud to say that not single false
note has been sounded. THE APP
PEAL has always advised it's readers
never to relinquish a civil right and
to aid their Southern brethren to re.
gain the many rights which have
slipped away because of the activities
OF Jim crow propagandists,
THE APPEAL has never been a
profitable business proposition in it.
SELF, the editor has made his living out
OF his job printing Office and from
other sources of income, but he feels
that he has done something to aid
the colored people and the conscious
ness of having fought for the right, in
a measure, compensates him for the
ears of hard work and the expenditure
OF thousands of dollars
The editor of THE APPEAL is a
father and the one thing he has en-.
deaVored to impress upon the minds
OF his children is self respect, especial
ly as it relates to demanding all the
rights of American citizenship. He
is a poor man and has little of this
worlds goods to bequeath them, but if
they. have learned their lesson well
and will suffer hardships and priva.
tions and even prefer to die rather
than degrade their souls by willingly
accepting any treatment which is in
any way inferior to that accorded to
other Americans, the editor will pass
into the Great Beyond happy in the
thought that he has left his offspring
a priceless heritage.
The editor of THE APPEAL would
rather see all of his children in their
graves than to feel that they will ever
even in their minds consider the pro-
position of becoming Jim crowists and
If they are ever willing to give up
liberty and become servile sycophants,
may woe and bitterness come to
them, as it should, to everyone who
sells his birth right.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
TINsEL cHIVALRY.

me Southern Caucasians are con-
tlnually yelling about their chiyalrous
regard for women and their determin:
atlon to protect females from assaults
etc., but in view of many happenings
IN the Southland it is evident, that
that their chivalry is of the tinsel
variety. =, )
Last year Caucasian went into the
home of respectable colored woman
in Wagner, Okla, and attempted to
assault her, but was shot by the
woman before he succeeded. When
the ch1valrous Oklahomans heard of
the happening, the colored woman
who killed the white man in protect.
Ing her virtue was lynched by an
orderly mob of the best citizens.,';
IN another Southern state recently,
colored man was walking along the
street with his sweetheart when a
white man made an insulting remark
about her. The colored man promptly
Killed the white man and a few hours
later he was lynched by mob of
leading citizens" ~.
Inc ch1Valrous men Of Georgia have
allowed law fixing the age of consent
1or girls 10 years, to stand upon the
statute boks, and in nearly every
Southern state it is lower than it
ought to be.
me Southern boast about defending
the honor Of women is a LIE. South
ern chivalry is tinsel. .,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09

William Hale Thompson, mayor of
Chicago, has made a great name for
himself by ignoring racial lines and
giving the colored people representa-
ton in the city Offices.
At recent crowded meeting in Chi
cago he told why he did it
The mayor had a written address to
deliver. He tried to deliver it, but the
hum CT the assembled crowd discour-
aged him. So after reading about a
third OF the speech he tossed it to one
side and concluded:
III could read the rest of this speech
to you few in the front rows, and the
rest of you could read parts of it to-
morrow morning in the newpsapers,
to which I have sent copies. But 1
won't finish.
Let me repeat that I am proud to
be here, and let me add these words:
l am asked why I have appointed col
ored men in my cabinet.
Here's Why He Did It.
Here is my answer:
Il. Because the persons appointed
were essentially fitted and qualified
for the positions they were selected
to fill.
Y. Because, in the name of human
lty, 1t is my duty to do what l can to
elevate rather than degrade any class
of American citizens
z. Because during the pre- election
campaign gave you my word that, if
elected, l would give you a. square
deal, and Bill Thompson keeps his
word"
Mr.. Carey Talks.
The subject of the mayors appoint
ments to office was introduced by the
Rev. A. J. Carey, who presided and
presented Mr.. Thompson.
"The colored people," Mr.. Carey
said, TASK no favors and no sympathy.
nor do they ask any return for any
support they may give to any cause,
political or otherwise They ask only
for what they deserve as American
citizens.
Whatever Mayor THOMPSON has
done, whatever he will do, he will do
not out of sympathy for the descend
ants OF race once enslaved but for
American citizens who have earned
their position .--
Cheers interrupted the speaker.
On the Way to Washington.
William Hale Thompson may not
be elected president in 1916" he
went on, "but I'm sure he will be in
1920. l helped elect him alderman: I
helped elect him county commission
er; | helped elect him mayor. And
my work will not be complete until l
have helped elect him PRESIDENT:
Then the storm broke and the
crowd went wild. -e H.. -
In his speech, among other things
Mayor Thompson said:
II know that in some quarters I
have been criticized severely for an.
pointing a few representative colored
citizens to positions of honor, and
trust, and dignity. I am glad to take
the full responsibility and the honor
OF making every one of these appoint
ments, and l want to ask my critics
to be as manly and to come out into
the open light of day with their un-
American sentiments.
"Too much publicity is given the
shortcomings and frailties of the col.
ored man and too little publicity is
given his genius and skill.
I'VE read in the daily prints column
after column of sickening detail of
crime or misdemeanor committed by
some weak, abnormal member of the
colored race, but seldom do we see
accounts of the contributions to the
worlds work by colored sculptors,
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riot, the author being at that time a
resident of Atlanta.
September, 1915, being the ninth an
niversary of the massacre and, the
|0 ~
recent renaissance of burnings and
lynchings in Georgia render the publ
cation timely.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
sEGGREcATIoN BY CENSUS.

Negroes in the United States" is
the title Of pamphlet gotten out by
the United States Census Bureau. The
title Is misleading, for there are only
s473 real Africans in the United States,
according to the Census. that is Ne
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09

Many colored people are adyocat-
ing self placement" for the race as
the solution Of the race problem. The
more the race gives the more its
enemies will demand. Never willingly
rennquish any right.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-10-09
BOOM FOR THOMPSON.

Twin City Republicans Want Him to
Run for President.
minneapolis and st. Paul Repub.
llcans are planning big reception for
Mayor William Hale Thomson NJ
chicago. They regard him as GOOD
presidential timber and plan to start
boom for his nomination.