The Denver star., 1915-02-13
As Jim Crow Cars Preceded Lynching In
Carolina, Same Viii Result In Our
National Capitol
Every Negro Called To Protest To Congress.


Every Negro Called To Protest To Congress
hang my head for shame that committee of the An
Saxon Race which belong has reported to the Con-
gress the United States bio provide for
colored American citizens the District of Columbia the
seat the National Government Such bill if presented
at the close of the Civil War fifty would have
cited less comment.
1T is rather late in county history separate any
cla Of fellow citizens class facilities for
ttsaye Representatives of the Hebrew, Irish, Tuetonc
Slavic and Latin may ride where they please If
Booker Washington whom Harvard conferred degree
of LID; Prof. Pckens. who was honor at Yale
Du Bos the editor CT The Crisis former Assistant At
torney- General Lewis; and William Monroe Troer must
be put into separate in Washington being unfit to
associate with their fellow citizens is time vigorous
test made.
This is objectionable in the capital ofthe Ma
ton than elsewhere Visitors other
Library other public buildings
will have object lesson hourly before them in the
ton and degradation of our feltew citizens.
One provision of the law which it sought pass is
fine $1,000 imprisonment months for anyone
who violates its provisions, and this applies those in
charge of taxcabs vehicle where fare is
charged Conductors authorized special
police for its enforcement
That this part Of previously determined and clear
Ily defined Southern pocYis from letter written
the editor of this by Yhos H Caraway who of
those who the proposedaw and who the
ober 1918.
Personally shall every that tends
Ition and occupation and believe that measures OF that
kind will be passed at the coming term of Congress
From this appears that he wishes coored people to
live only certain part of the city ride only Set
for them, and deprive them of occupations
where they an honest living.
The writer of this editorial takes this ground that
regaton always badge of lneriory and intended
and that any segregation based color alone is always
wrong. Let think that would do with class
society Three will always be wide gulf between the
educated and the ignorant the vruous and the vile the
and vulgar and the gentle and refined but all these
conditions based having one-eghth
thirty Of African blood in his veins but based
upon conditions which the individual change he will
The writer believes the time has when the colored
should repuae the leadership of those who advise
further forbearance and subservency and submission
everything proposed the visit of the editor
of this paper the White House he had in at the
back door with basket asking for cold vicua all would
have WELL but when he the front door of the
White House and looked the President straight in the
and asked for justice he met With the remark that he
spoke with background Of passion and that the tone of
Ibis was acceptable. No doubt he spoke with
some warmth He would be less than human if he had
not when he felt that he spokesman OF 1o,oooooo
American citizens asking for favors but for rights he
should repudiae the leadership which to be
concerned with the advantage of eghorn pull
for farmers and the fact that there not yet hog
with the fact of the loss of the ballot ynchngs African
cuson ntermarriage and finally separation in based
color alone Let leader who shall get
the of the barnyard and into the of free
dom and the rights of man.
Let lose the freedom Tor which Garrison Phillips
Sumner Andrew John Brown and host of others laid
down their lives remember, has said, that
age of and let all Northern Senator's Representatives
ministers editors agitae aud protest until the lowes