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Evening journal., 1915-03-18

ST PETERSBURG. Fla.-A cold.
stih wind greeted the Phillios and
their opponents. the Havana Reds.
here this morning II the weather
does not improve the game with the
Cubans is likely TO be postponed
Evening journal., 1915-03-18

1t is reported that the Caulk Com
pany. of Milford, will not have team
this. season.
Evening journal., 1915-03-18

y HOT SPRINGS, Ark Six innings
battle between Boss Carrigans regu-
lars and the second string is sched-
uled at Majestic Park this afternoon
And according Carrigan's plans of
testing" material il won't resemble
a tea party.
Evening journal., 1915-03-18

Weather permitting the Vandever
team of the All-Wilmington League,
will hold their first practice of the sea-
son, on Saturday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1915-03-18
ROCKIES AND REGULARS

BY The United Press.
MACON. Ga.--Chief Stallines again
tipped of his policy of forever drill
ing to perfection of his first string
machine in his division of the men in
the charity game between the regu-
lars and irregulars.
Evening journal., 1915-03-18

Charley Waters. who is working
for the DUPONT Company, at City Point
Va. was home for a three days visit
recently.
Evening journal., 1915-03-18

It is said that a baseball team will be
organized at City Point, No doubt a
good team could be formed, as there is
some good material there to pick q
team from. The boys we're out Satur-
day laying out the diamond.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13
IT PAYS TO ACETATE.

The colored people of the Twin
Cities deserve great credit for the
magnificent fight they put up against
the showing of the pictured lie, "The
Birth of Nation" They had an
awful hard fight and only secured par.
tlal success, owing to the technical.
ties of the law, which worked to the
benefit of the producers.
They, however, succeeded in having
the licenses revoked in both st. Paul
and Minneapolis, and last night saw
the last Of the production we most
sincerely hope forever in the Twin
Cities.
We should not be unmindful of the
decision Of that eminent jurist, Dis
trlct Judge John H. Steele of Mime
apolis, who fearlessly determined the
law UNFOLDING Mayor Wallace G.. Nye
IN his revocation of the license of the
Shubert theatre. Everyone does not
know the pressure that was brought
to bear upon Judge Steele to prevent
MIN from rendering his decision as he
ola, and he is entitled to our gratitude
Tor his sterling manhood. It is quite
gratifying, too, to know that acting
Mayor Henry McColl and the members
OF the st. Paul city council voted
unanimously for the revocation of the
license to show the pictures in the
Auditorium, and for this we are truly
grateful.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13
OUR NEED OF JUxrAPosITloN
(FrOm the Boston Gnardian\

That we much rather be-, and asso
clate among ourselves, is saying by
Colored Americans that has become
almost trite. That is a mistake: il
Is feeling of avowed cowardice and
innate inferiority. 1t is an utter i'm
possibilitay for the two races to suh
scribe to common governm ent, and
at the same time, each race work on;
It's own salvation. The theory" has
been tried and resulted into a CHASTITY
1allure; instead of making for har
mony and cordial good feeling be.
tween two races, it has Increase
race hatred AMI antagonism in leans
and bounds. We have needed too
long the advice from false and treach.
erous leadership that resistance is
wrong, that it only breeds race hat.
red and antagonism; that the thing
Tor us to do is to get property and
other rights will inevitably follow.
We have followed this "advice" faith.
FULLY and have been rewarded in
terms OF residence segregation, street
segregation, conf1scation and loss of
property, anti-intermarriage-which is
all OF the blacklist pieces of lesis.
latlon, since that it leaves our women
defenseless and at the mercy of white
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13
Exhibit Of Loose REASONING.

(From the indianapolis Worldly "
Segregation is good as we'll as bad
segregation in business forces the
colored people to support their own
institutions, but segregation in the
government is violation of the Con.
stitution of the United States.
We have more drug stores conduct.
ed by colored men; we have more men
in the clothing and dye business; we
have more ice cream parlors: we have
a bank which we didn't have hereto
fore, and we have more sense and
should have more cooperation in bust
ness.
little segregation in the depart.
ment stores and mems clothing stores
will help the good work. Photogra.
piers are doing good business. Col.
ored people have decided to have their
pictures taken by those of their own
race.
The colored man in business is com.
ing.-The Washington Bee.
The above, taken from our contem-
porary, the Washington Bee, gives an
exhibition of the inconsistency of loose
reasoning. "Segregation is good as
we'll as Dad.' This statement is GER
tainly misleading as regards all prin-
ciples involved. If segregation in
business is the force that makes COL
ored people support their own race in
business it is very low base upon
which to claim the right to do bust
ness. It would be very interesting
indeed to have explained the phases
or the degrees of segregation that our
contemporary has in mind which op-
crate satisfactorily when applied on
one hand and at once become Mega
tive when applied on the other. This
to us seems far fetched. Fundamen-
tails form the base of all phases of
men are willing to compromise basic
principles for a. mere shadow, then
fundamentals resolve themselves into
racial or national development. When
small shadows and not substances
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13
Must Judge A Group by Its Best.
(F'rom the Christian Register, Boston,

Mass.)
No one can be said to know anv
class of people. who has not been in
intimate and sympathetic relation with
the best as we'll as the worst of the
class. We compare MANY persons
who live in the South, and think they
know the colored race, with others
who have had no such contact, =, but
who have come into intimate and sym-
pathetic relations with large numbers
OF That race whom their Southern
friends have never known; and of the
two sets of people we should say that
the second knew the colored people
better than the first They know aspi-
rations among them that the others
do not know, or, knowing, do not
enter into and appreciate; they know
capabilities by direct contact with the
best Of the race which others are obi
vious of; they know qualities which
onl ~ respect and sympathy can bring
out; they know possibilities to which
otners by their very acquaintance are
Dnnded. II those who know the COL
ored race through the mass and by
observation merely could know what
Individual possibilities are demon
strated in growing numbers of the
elect and would be courageously can
did with themselves, they would re.
wise their judgments and possibly sof-
ten their prejudices. At any rate.
they ought to credit to those on whom
they charge ignorance of the colored
race the values that come from know
Ing how many of that race are the
equal of any members of the dominant
race in the highest abilities and in the
clearest aims. No estimate is worth
much which does not take people at
their best.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13

AssAiLs U. S. INDIAN POLICY.
Brigader 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.
IF there had never been an Indian
reservation" he said, "and if we had
never had an Indian bureau, the In
dams Of the United States would to-
day be thousand times better off
than they are, and this country would
not now be called upon to appropri-
ate $10,000,000 yearly for the man
agement or mismanagement Of the
bureau.
II say without hesitation or res
ervation that the true policy of the
government should be to permit the
Indians to attend our schools and to
eliminate the purely Indian schools
altogether. I would have Indians
enter government employ, and I
would assist them as far as possible
in entering business life. That will
accomplish far more than reserva-
tons will"
What General Pratt says is good
sound sense and applies to all other
nationalities and classes. The plan of
segregating any class Of Americans is
both morally and economically wrong.
The white Americans who insist
upon jimcrow cars, jimcrow schools,
jimcrow libraries, jimcrow public
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13

itarian and, above all, uncompromis-
ingly Christian. ..-..-
Were race differentiation held to it
must increase civil discord. When the
balance of numbers is as it is in the
South in America it must tend to
foster obscure preparations for civil
war and rebellion. If statesmen and
citizens face in the contrary direction
I do not say that they will attain i'm
mediately civil peace, but I am conf.
dent that they will be travelling the
only road toward it.
II do not suggest that race does not
greatly affect facilities for combina-
ton between humans in healthy
national life, but race difference is
only one of many schismatic agencies.
The solution of the difficulty involves
discipline for the white man as well
as the black"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13

orutes = separate schools, jimcrow
cars, and even legislating to exclude
further Negro immigration. These
are the evils resulting from non.
resistance" and rather be by our
selves" That with the same degree
OF effontry and terrible legislation
with which our property is taken and
confiscated, with this same effontry
and legislation will our political and
manhood rights be taken from us.
That Is a fact. Every congress of.
fers legislation degrading and mimi.
cal to our we'll being. Race preiu.
dice, therefore, can only be worn down
by attrition. We must send our
children, and go ourselves. to mixed
institutions and other places where
we can mix with the other races and
consequently become accustomed to
one another. ABOVE ALL THINGS
WE MUST WELCOME AND PRAC-
TICE JUXTAPOSITION.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13

parks, etc., etc., for colored Americans
are traitors to true Americanism and
the colored Americans who accent.
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.
TROUBLE FOR HYPHENlsM.
From all parts of the country in
formation is coming that true Ameri.
cans intend to fight hyphenism.
A national organization of Ameri.
can citizens of foreign birth or
parentage to discourage "hyphenated
Americanism'' has been formed i'm
New York. Twenty-four persons, who
responded to circular distributed by
a committee headed by William Lust
garten, formed themselves into a
provisional committee to encourage
the fight on dual citizenship.
A letter from Col. Roosevelt to Mr..
Lustgarten was read at this meet
ing. It said in part:
II welcome the work of YOUR So
ciety in working against the most
sinister and evil of all movements
which would tend to destroy our ma
tional unity and to split us into a.
tangle of warning German-Americans.
1rish-Americans, English-Americans.
French-Americans and Scandinavian
Americans. You and 1 are fellow
Americans-just plain, straight out,
ordinary Americans"
The Christian Register has this to
say on hyphenism: 49,. ..... -.
Why do we tolerate hyphens in the
names we give to our several groups
and classes? A hyphen is a danger
signal in this country-som it
is even peril. Why not allow a man
three years in which to get the hyphen
out OF his system, then test him by an
oath or a choice Of flags, and then
amputate the hyphen or else send the
man back home? We have the means
OF transportation-see all those in
termed German ships? A hundred
million dollars worth of them! And
the Thomas Cook agencies idle! The
situation has suggestive points.
Where is our Elijah who will say to
these hyphenates, IF the Lord be
COD, follow him: but if Baal, then
follow him."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13
AMERIcANs-THAT's ALL.

For many years 1t has been the
custom to treat colored people az
Aliens, although they are more than
ninety-n1ne 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 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??, 1915-11-13
WALLER AGAINST "NEGRo"
Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says 1t Causes
Mental and Physical Segregation.
(FrOm Amsterdam News.)

Noted Brooklyn Doctor Says It Causes
Mental and Physical Segregation.
(From Amsterdam News.)
Editor Amsterdam News:
Sir: cannot too heartily congratu-
late you on recent editorial discour-
aging the use of the word NEGRO"
There is no greater delight enjoyed by
the white people of the United States
today than the spreading use of this
unfortunate term. Why? They real
lie that it is the most potential fac
tor at work at the present to bring
about both physical and mental
segregation of the people of color. It's
use Is on the increase only because
our speakers and writer's, especially
DO Bots and Washington feel that it's
repetition, ad nauseam, is necessary to
retain the good will of the masses The
term Negro" is not only absurdlv in
accurate as applied to millions of COL
ored people, but it is also alarminly
injurious, for. the following reasons:
a.. 1t has never stood historically or
IN the present, anywhere in the world,
Tor anything noble or uplifting. Most
h1gh-grade Africans repudiate it.
D. In Africa and out of Africa it was
never applied to the higher types. but
to Gu1neas, Sudanese and Senegam.
bans only.
G. Its derivatives, "Negroism," NE
grofy," and it's compounds, Negro-head.
Negro-fy, Negro-monkey, are all clear
iy, In their associations, degrading.
d. It's feminine form, "Negress," is
Justly and correctly used to define
your wife and daughter and sweet
heart, If you favor the use of the mas
culine term.
e. 1t has been the word used by the
Southern whites for two centuries,
when formally speaking or writing
about an unworthy or criminal man
or woman of the race. For when he
speaks of the worthy he invariably
says "colored."
t. 1t is not differentiated in the mind
and thought Of the whites from their
tavorite and generally used (among
themselves) terms, "Nigro" and mig
ger"
6. AS stated by an eminent Japanese
diplomat it has an unquestioned in.
huence In cutting us off from the
thought, sympathy and cooperation
OF the millions of colored Africans. ASH
atics and islanders of the Yonder
world.
Very truly yours, -..= -. .....
OWEN M. WALLER, M. D.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13
THE ONLY SOLUTION.

Recently at the Church of England
Congress at Southampton, Sir Sidney
Olivier, who was governor of Jamaica
from 1907 to the end of 1912, put for
ward the claim that no solution of the
American color question was possible
except by a resolute disclaimer of the
color line and the race differention
theory.
Sir Sidney Olivier certainly knows
what he is talking about. In the
Island Of Jamaica, where he was GOV.
ernor for five years, there are about
100000 colored people and only 10000
whites and yet there is absolutely no
friction between the races. Jamaica
is British colony and the govern
ment is just. Colored men enjoy ev-
cry civil and political right which
white men have and there is no color
line.
Among other things Sir Sidney said:
my study and comparison Of con-
ditions in the United States and the
West Indies," he said, "has brought
me to that conclusion. American and
colonial politicians and public men
are not Exeter Hall abolitionists nor
evangelical Christian missionaries. I
do not expect them to adopt the meth
DDS of missionaries, nor. do sympa-
thize with all their programmes. But
it cannot be ignored that it happened
that the faiths of the men who laid
the foundations for the peaceful de-
velopment of the mixed community in
Jamaica were democratic and human.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13
THE COLORED MANS STAND.
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 for
the colored man for many years. Dur
ing slavery days the standard was
mainly one of health and strength, a
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 today, 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 a. rule,
colored people do not quite come I'D
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 coloreu musician, or painter, or
artisan, OF writer is too apt to meas
ure himself ny the many people be-
low him in skill instead of keeping his
eye fixed on the few who surpass him,
For this reason it is good for a COL
ored boy or girl to attend a school or
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 unfeeling white
school,nates; 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
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-11-13

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
shgnts 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"