The Denver star., 1915-05-22
Reaping A Harvest
Colored Protective League and Star Pick
Winners. All Elected Candidates
Will Keep Pledges.
This Year Epoch Making for Negro Solidarity. Leagues
Political School q Success.

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There elementary things 50 simple and evident in
this life that the stupid need be Of them
Poverty and starvation of this kind 1t is question
persons color: it question of flesh and BLOOD
which the little flower and the big oak need and seek
the smallest child and the largest person
Where color and lines drawn in the bread and but
line especially when taxes supporting the dis
the school directors and the city commission
have drawn anywhere and nearly everywhere it
time for kind of organization form itself for the
and preserving of the Negro and its ideals
The school directors and the city commissioners espec-
ally Otto Thum who buried deeply Tuesday that he
may wake up in the mornlng-decared upon the Neg
and his labor by saying I'VE will let live by jobs and
and die although the and are
gratis living the situation The Coored Protective
League formed itself the Negro enlisted Dr. Sharp
ley Greenee and H. B. Teller worthy warriors in whom
the Negro placed his hope and faith and behind whom he
placed his strength and ballots The candidates sowed seeds
Kindness good will and fair and faith the
public and consequence they eaped harvest o: votes
polls from only Negros3but their friends 1t pays
only the right kind seeds but due notice should
always be taken of the kind Of soil into which the seeds fall
Such the of the victorious candidates. Our last
words the elected candidates is, please cultivate
there will be another planting and reapng day
where sometime. Remember that The STAR is the only
paper that took position for and against candidates and
amendments Kindly put pin in that.
Otto Thum led the opposing forces and vanquished
and Generals and victors whom the League and STAR
picked receiving great wreahs and lauels 1t
battle for the STAR League and have
the pledges made good The elected candidates have given
the officers Of the League their word of honor fully
the organization Already responsibilities and
problems face the League brought by members of the
of whom have gone the elected cand
dates and attempted tell them that after the league had
endorsed them and record for them publicly they
surrepously worked for unendorsed man. Think o
of the socaed leaders doing that he elected Cand
date only affirmed his allegiance to the League The
STAR forget the words Of truth and
which from the lips of Dr. w. H. Sharpey nor car
Mr. Greenlee words of hope which ring
be forgotten by we'll the promises for
by the worthy and eshable gentleman and lawyer H.
Teller of the election Bert Martin personally
known and safely he the square always
and expect him help getting share Of the
patronage IHE STAR and the l. ague believe in these
and their words of good cheer nd substantial worth Ic
League HE STAR wishes congratulate president
whom all kinds of attacks made from without
within using private affairs destroy his
influence yet through all he has top. THE
STAR, like many others agree with him
thing and does but do believe he honest in his
race movement and his heart is III the work.
Success has been the League because DOCTORS lawyers
hod carriers Of all class and type and
linked and touched elbows alike and made success
in the school election and the election by
picking Sharpley Greenee and eer and nstructng for
favorable vote amendment which put Martin and Craw
ford in office The League did only endorse candidates
but gave employment fifty who attended school
at Nippon hail. where instruction given them to show
voters how for their candidates To much credit
be given the League and all the officers and
mittees for the good work they assisted in accomplishing
This activity only skrmish the real battle for our
rights lay just ahead between elections The League
has just begun its work with worthy and spirited
Men and women of Denver, the Colored Protective