The Denver star., 1916-10-07

filed with Information and sound ad.
vice to the race Messrs. Oliver Ran
dolph, James H. Penn, Samuel H.
Branch, DR.. W. G. Alexander, John A.
Hull and Louis johnson expressed the
views, desires and sentiment Of the
federation in the following statement:
We commend the effort Of the National
Association For the Advancement Of Col
ored People in its present movement to
raise q ten thousand dollar anti-lynching
fund before the 18th Of this month. We
urge all members Of this federation and
all the people Of New Jersey to oontribats
literally to this worthy cause.
As the now school year approaches We
call upon our people to take advantage
Of the excellent educational opportunities
Of our state. Our slogan should be, "Send
the children to SCHOOL," Tho only way to
equip the growing children for the duties
Of tomorrow IL to educate them. There
fore, we call upon all colored people to
this year than ever before. Let every
sacrifice DO made to educate the young
Lot US do our duty to our posterity by
leaving them prepared to meet the duties
that they will be compelled to confront
In spite of the fact that our laborin8
people are unjustly elbowed out Of oppor-
tunities to make a living. we congratulate
ourselves upon the fact that their record
az Industrious workers II clean. Their
present Industrial plight 10 based upon
race prejudice and il . poor reward for
their years of faithfuiness and fidelity
and loyalty. We call upon tho true friends
Of humanity to reopen the doors OF en-
ployment to colored mon and women that
have been closed to them.
Tho colored Industrial worker IL, as
rule, the typical American workingman
His Americanism alone should commend
h TIM f0 70 hU Arna
In addition to that. tho Negro working
man has no criminal tendencies. His sym
pathies are all American. He II neither
violent nor revolutionary.
We call upon all colored plen Of the
state Of New Jersey 20 cast their ballots
and exercise their right Of suffrage at the
coming election. We call upon the col
cred voters OF this state to consider intel
liGently the issues ard the principles OF
ehe coming election and to cast their bal
lots without regard to party ties. but for
the candidate best fitted for the office and
who stands square on tho race question
The obligations that cucumber the colored
voter of the north are great. Upon his
shoulders rests the double responsibility
Of casting his ballot not only for the best
interests Of himself and bis state but
also to cast his ballot so AZ to bring po-
fitical freedom to the voteless masses Of
his own race In the south.
We therefore urge all colored men to
soberly consider the heavy obligations
that rest upon them with regard to the
ballot, and we solemnly urge them to
cast their ballots In such n manner that
will reflect credit upon their citizenship
and VIII commend them to the other
American citizens in such a way as to
convince them that we are entitled to all
the civil and ,oiitical rights that belong
to American citizens.
We again bow our heads in shame At
D( rtsrAA nf ttDn <n0A
women and three colored men by q mob
of white people IN Florida. We express
the hope that the offenders viii be pun
ishsd according to law.