The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-01-08
NEGROES
JAPANESE
AND JEW
Deliver Great Speeches
At Emancipation
Celebration
HOLD CELEBRATION IN ALLEN
EXPERIMENTATION
BILL CONDEMNED

CINCINNATI. Jan. The fifty sec
ond anniversary Of the emancipation
proclamation wss celebrated last evening
at Al en- Temple. Sixth and Broadway.
with musical program and conference
OF races on matters of interest to each
race The speakers of the evening were
Rabbi l.ouis Cro-smsnn; "A. 7. Yam
mamOta, of Japan. who T. at present ta-
king a special cour~s. oi study at Lane
Seminary; w. T. Vernon. President of
the Campbell Collegr at Jackson, Miss.
and former RegiSer Of the United States
Treasury, Rev. Garland Penn. Secretary
81 the Free,iman's Aid Society, and Rev.
Charles =. Williams, pastor Of Allen
Temple, who was Chairman of the meet
ing.
Rev. Williams, in hi- address, stated
in part that America should lie open 10
all racs,s, who measure up 10 the correct
standards of right living, and referred
To the immigration bill passed by the
senate a. a cowar ily thrust at the Negro
and declared that the real object OF the
bill was to prohibit other races from set
ting in America, but fear Of certain pow
er- was stronger than ill-founded preju-
!:ee and they weakened before the throne
Of racial hate and offered mp the Negro
as living sacrifice o. their race preju-
dice.
In introducing Rabbi Grossmann. Rev
Williams stated that DR. Grossmann rep
resented race Of people who have struck
for VIA. they wanted and have startled
tine world with the work which they have
accomplished, Dr. Gros-mann advised
the Negro t. make his life the ls-t he
knows. Light your own candle" said
he, 'and others will light from you, and
the world can't contradict your right To
what you have. Equip your lives with
moral strength and the mt step toward
Americanism h 10 feel your moral inde-
prndence lie said the Jews solved the
problem Of getting out Of Egypt 10y mind
ing their own bu-iness and living their
own lives
VI. 4. \ ammamota wa introduced a.
representative II country that ha-
come forward by IeaI- and bounds Mr.
\ ammam"ts spoke ON the customs of
Japan and higher education, and assured
tie Negrn that where there ~ grit there
j. a way for all natiOnalities in America
W. 4. Vernon said in part The
progress 81 the Negro race since the Owl
War has lesn most phenomenal and u
day, within half century, he stands the
vindicafion 81 the prophecies 81 hi-
frirnd-. AMI in spite of discouragement-
handicaI- and often time- unjust dis
criminations he has male -t-siy prog
rc-- in our glorious republic, and ha-
ieen loyal IN war and in I,eaoe Refer
ing b. the Immigration till, Mr. Vernon
said ''lt - rather strange that a rare
that has never furnished dislOyal mem
lrrr should l,c tie target Of any man, and
that laa should be ps-ss-d prohibiting
otl,er- Of hi- kind from joining him on
American soil The effect 81 such legi-.
lation = but o. exclude patriots and faith
iul citizens. who VOL q give the last full
measrre If deyotion, ~ the great Lincoln
would expre~ Il, ior their counfry's flag
u lelie,e in the final triumph Of right,
and ltcau-e of this Ne will not despair,
but look o. the letter element 0f ule
dominant rare Tor Justice. have found
good men II the white rare, North and
Spuih. ~ho stand for fair play and re-
ward ior merit whether white or blsrk
citizens"