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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
"WHY JESUS WAS A MAN AND
NOT A WOMAN."

This book, which is just from the
press is the third book by Mr.. Tapp,
in which he interprets the Sex-Law
of the Bible. His first book on the
subject, "The Truth About The Bible"
came from the press about two years
ago. About year after that, his
second book, Sociology Of The Bible"
followed. In these books, Mr.. Tapp
contends that all sin of the Flesh is
in the Sex-Senses and that is the rea-
son that Jesus did not have natural
father. He is a lawyer and has done
a great work for the inspiration of
the Bible and the Divinity of the
Christ. He has answered all the
school Of the Ingersoll's, etc. He shows
that the fall of man was a matter of
the Flesh and the Sex and that the
Christ had to be conceived without
natural father in order to be a per-
feet man and Redeemer of the world.
His idea is, The Law of Sex is the
Key Of the Bible. The idea is arrest
ing the attention of the great thinkers
of the world. The books may be Sc
cured by addressing Sidney G. Tapp,
Kansas City, Mo. They should be in
every home and every library of the
world.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1915.
CHARITY Make EDWARDS.

CHAHIIY MAkES CO"AHOS.
Charity makes for slaves, towards
and sycophants, said Mother Jones"
of Colorado mine field fame, recently.
Her words are true.
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.
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??, 1915-02-20
"BACk TO THE FARM"

The cry of Back to the farm"
should now be changed to Back to
the ballot" The ballot is about the
only thing that will check these out
rageous assaults upon the constitu-
tional rights of the colored people in
this country. ... .
The foregoing is from the Richmond
Planet and there is more common
sense in those seven lines than is usu-
ally printed in seven. columns of the
average paper. Editor Mitchell has
certainly struck the key note of the
cause of the trouble. ST. ", .s... ...
The Georgia Supreme Court has held
unconstitutional an ordinance passed
by the Atlanta city council to segre-
gate the residences of white and col
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
'coWARDICE ON THE PLATFORM"

'coWARDICE ON THE PLATFORM
A recent issue of the Atlanta indie
uendent had a full page of redho,
editorial matter lambastig the coward
~ ours who call themselves Headers. .
If our esteemed contemporary will
keep up this kind of work for a while
perhaps our Georgia brethren may be
aroused from their lethargy and do
as the editor suggests, and these are
his words: Kick out of pulpits and
platforms every Negro leader who
does not protest against the indigni.
ties thrust upon u.s.
Under the caption "Cowardice on
the Platform" the editor says: mo
race or people in the history of civil.
cation ever endured a leadership of
more consummate towards. The aver
age Negro is coward in his own
esteem. Void of respect, appreciation
or manly resentment, he submits to
every indignity, with apology, the
white man inflicts upon him. When
we speak of towards, we do not mean
physical towards, but moral and intel.
lectual towards. The coward who
hasn't the moral courage to resent a
wrong. The coward who submits to
every indignity imposed upon him by
cowardly newspapers; the coward who
accpets every jimcrow accommodation
offered.
The Jews will not read a paper that
is hostile to the Jews. The Irishman
resents with all his hot blood insults
heaped upon his race by newspapers
and other nationalities. The Japanese
resents with all his manliness, with
all his soul, with all his might, every
wrong done him because of his race,
his color or his condition.
There is nobody a coward but the
Negro; there is nobody that kisses the
hand that smites him but the Negro;
there is no race so divided against it.
self and is such consummate band
Of bootlickers, towards and sy.
cophants as black educated leaders.
What we need is a manly leadership
one full of moral courage and intel.
lectual bravery. Men. who will tell
the race of indignities that they ought
not to endure, and how they may rid
themselves of the agencies that seek
to crush and undo it.
Let us have a manly race; and we
can only have manly race by manly
leadership"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
INFAMOUS LEGISLATION.

The Democratic House of Represent
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.
1t strikes at the very foundation OF
Christianity for among Christians of
every creed, marriage is regarded as
a divine institution.
There is no reason for such legisla-
ton. Caucasians usually marry Cau-
casians and Afro-Americans usually
marry Afro-Americans. The number
who marry interracially is wholly neg.
llglble. The real purpose of the Bill
is to place stigma upon the Afro
American people.
The Clark Bill is really an open in.
vitation to immortality and leaves the
Afro-American woman without protec.
ton and an easy prey to. vicious men
Of the white race. If there is to. be
any mixing Of the races it ought to
be done legitimately in Christian mar
rage and not in an immoral manner.
1t is not the proper function of the
Government to draw lines Of invidious
distinction between it's various classes
OF citizens and place on the statute
books a law which in effect brands
one group of citizens as unfit, chasing
it with imbeciles, idiots, detectives, de-
generates and criminals.
And then there is another point Of
view. The mixing which has already
taken place has not resulted in de-
generate specimens of manhood. The
first blood spilled in the Revolution
airy War was that of mixed-blood
|-Crispus Attacks. Frederick Doug
lass, one Of Americas greatest orators,
q patriot and a statesman was Of
mixed-blood. DR.. w. e. B. Dubois,
the great literateur and sociologist, is
q mixed-blood., DR.. Booker T. Wash
ington, the great industrial educator, is
mixed-blood. H. Y. Tanner, the great
artist whose pictures have been pur-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20

now hang In the Louvre, is a mixed
blood. DR.. Daniel H. Williams, one
Of the worlds greatest surgeons and
who was the first man surgeon in all
the world to. operate successfully on
the human heart, is a mixed.blood.
THE APPEAL could name thousands
of other mixed-bloods Of whom Amer
lea may well be proud.
Every colored person ought to get
busy at once and write to the Senators
who represent his state and ask them
to vote against the bill when it
reaches the Senate.
Do it now.
We are delighted to state that to
the everlasting credit of the Minnesota
delegation in the House, they voted
against the infamous bill.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20

try and to refute it successfully and
feeling great responsibility to do so,
spoke with positiveness, deliberate
ness and directness, looking the Pres
ident full in the eye.
Il did not quiz or catechize the
President, and did not attempt to
debate with him. The difficulty did
eliminated against and segregated in
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 ordeal
to listen to such a statement at length
by the Chief Executive of the Nation,
1 had at no time any temper, much
less lost my temper"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
TROTTER'S SPECIFIC DENIAL OF
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, 81 told him I was very sorry
if he still considered that I 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. l told the newspaper men
briefly about the conference, merely
describing it as a warm affair.
II had gone outside the White
House when Mr.. Tumulty called me
back and said: 'Trotter, you have vie-
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 1 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.
It seems very peculiar to me. after
the President had told me everything
was all right, that White House
statement should say that had Of.
Tended the President of the United
States" 81. g..
Did Not Lose Temper or Catechize.
Il want to say" he continued, that
neither in manner, language, tone nor
in any other way was 1 discourteeus,
impertinent or insolent to President
Wilson.
my whole attitude was that of en-
deavoring, on the spur of the moment,
to answer piece of masterful sophis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
NEARLY 100 WANT JOBS.
President has Long List of Applicants
~ for Johnson's Place,

President has Long List of Applicants
- for Johnson's Place. 49,.
Only 81 persons has signified direct
ly or indirectly, their willingness to
hold the Office of recorder of deeds
for the District of Columbia. A list of
the names is now before the President
No ladies are in the list.
The District has been without a re.
corder since last summer when Lin
coin Johnson, resigned, following a
gentle hint from the White House.
Following are the names of those
who want the job:
J. R. Anderson J. E. Brodie, Norris
B. Clarke, Alfred B. Cosey, J. J. Crane,
Johnson S. .Cravens, John w. Davis, J.
A. Dickson, Burton T, Doyle, Charles
L. Ebaugh, c. H. Eberle, J. L. Ed
monds, H. G. Evans, Joseph R. Fague,
B. T. Foster.
Carey S. Frye, Emmanuel M. Hew-
lett, James T. " Hill, Richard r..
Horner, Giles B. Jackson, w. D. John
son, John H. Kelly, J. w. Paisley, A.
A. Mathis, Richard S. Mitchell, Benja-
min F.. Lee, William Cranch McIntire,
Christian J. Goeckeler, George D. Sem
ken, J. P. Kaufman.
Robert w. Dutton, w. H. Holloway,
Bernard J. Brown, r. w. Nash, S. l..
Moore, J. J. Lightford, Jr.; G. w. Nc
Bath, William A. Orme, A. F. Jenkins,
Rev. R. B. Ronin, Prof. D. R. Stokes,
L. G. Bailey, James D. Sneed, w. H.
Nelson, William R. Page.
Charles E. Lane, Edward Beckham
James B. Lloyd, Walter S. Mccarthy,
John 1. Martin, Walter F. Miller, D. j.
Mohler, Paul W. Pope, Frank w. Reed,
Jerome R. Riley, James A. Ross, James
Schooler, Horace Spencer, William w
Still, Rufus S. Stout.
J. L. F. Talton, julius F. Taylor, B.
H. Tyson, J. M. Underwood, w. L. Ven
able, DR.. ]. Milton Waldron, L. G. War
field, Robert L. Preston, William E.
Gross, John B. Colpoys, Wilbur F..
Cleaver, D. c. Brantley, ]. T. Daven-
port, William J. Dryer, Prof w. E..
Reynolds.
Sully Jaymes, G. w. Tanner, Maurice
Lyon, T. r. Knox, Lee Crandall, James
w. H. Howard, Charles w. Lancaster,
Rev. George c. Clements, Rev. J. Fran
els Lee, DR.. A. Fl. Weathers, w. w.
Woodward, DR.. Lewis A. Griffith Cliff
ford H. Plummer, Rev. R. B. Robinson,
Adam E. Patterson, and William P.
Morton.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
Mr. WILSON AND "sEGREGATtoN."

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
in Washington. The whole incident
shows grimly and forcefully how deep
ly the colored people of this country
feel the Injustice which Mr.. Wilson's
and still inficts.
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 a year ago an
investigator was sent to Washington
and report printed. Since that time
representative of the national as
ISOLATION has kept in close touch with
the local situation, and on one oc-
caslon this representative appeared be-
fore 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
postoffice 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.
t1on In the lunchrooms or on the roof
garden. Segregation, nevertheless.
still exists in the Postofice 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 a 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 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 them. 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
]. e. SPINGARN,
Chairman Board of Directors Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
ABILITY CAUSES RACE HATRED.

A novel explanation of the Russian
dislike for the Jew has been given by
Count Alexander Scherbatskoy, coun-
cillor of the Russian embassy in Wash
ington.
The count said that Russians object.
ed to Jews because they were more
capable than the Russians and not be-
cause they were Of different race and
faith.
There is not much difference be-
tween the Jewish question in Russia
and the Japanese question in Califor~
nia," he declared. 1.-The Californians
know the Japs are more clever than
they are. The Russians know that
they can not compete with the Jews.
Their fear of the Jews is based on eco
nomic considerations"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
AFRO.AMERlCAN,
(From the Chicago Trib,

(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. II
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 a 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??, 1915-02-20

The Philadelphia Ledger is credited
with the following, published as good
joke: There was absolutely no evil
dence against the man you ,lynched."
mo evidence? Why he was as black
as the ace of spades" Well, there is
no joke about that, it's plain unvar-
nished fact that when an alleged GRIM
inal is black, that is the strongest evil
dence of his guilt. The prime cause
for nine out CT ten lynchings is the
fact that the victims are black.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
OUR NEED OF Jvx7APos41,oN,
from the Boston, Guardian

(From the Boston Guardian.)
That we much rather be, and asso-
ciate among ourselves, is a saying by
Colored Americans that has become
almost trite. That is mistake; it
is feeling of avowed cowardice and
innate inferiority. It is an utter i'm
possibilitay for the two races to sub
scribe to a common government, and,
at the same time, each race work out
it's own salvation. The theory" has
been tried and resulted into CHASTITY
failure; instead of making, for .har-
mony and cordial good feeling, be-
tween two races, it has increased
race hatred and antagonism in leaps
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
for 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 residinoe segregation, street
segregation, coniscation and loss of
property, anti-intermarriage- is
Oil VI CAO DAoSAO0L PAOCOD vi 406A0'
lation, since that it leaves our women
defenseless and at the mercy of white
brutes = separate schools, jimcrow
cars, and even legislating to exclude
further Negro immigration. These
are the evils resulting from mon
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 u.s.
That is a fact. Every congress Of
fers legislation degrading and mimi
cal to our we'll being. Race preju-
dice, therefore, can only be worn down
by attrition. We must send our
children, and go ourselves, to mixed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-02-20
Yours for equality of citizenship,

Independent
Natonal
atenun of
against Colored
States under sectional ~
we would awaken all patriotic citizens
attempt
atey abolition
now bill
the District OF Columbia And this
, w. 1"Oo
we cali upon the Congressman of
all other
u - ~ ~ 0"''o"o 0olo4''no
such law separating citizens
TAI vioauon OF democracy 1t class legislation
the citizens thus
may be later applied to segegatons
ent on earth and especially odious Segregation
oe based not upon color
Separate street object les
son to the people all
ton of Coored citizens
mnnte more Injurious the nations capital
ment DESTROYS equality
existence has
practice and infamy ' ~
We appeal all Christians
puoc and shifting the authors thereof
al onslaught
of common country
Signed by Emery Mary Rev. NJ W.
thornton rev W. Swain Crawford Major Wesley
NJ A. Shaw VIM. D. Brigham, Mrs. R.
Monroe Iroter secretary executive committee 40 Cornh