The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1916-01-29
STRONG PLEA FOR
FAIR TREATMENT
Up|ift Movements Should Not
! Practice Race Prejudice.
UGLY SITUATION REVEALED,

New York Age Takes Up Fight Start
Cd by Or. Robert e. Jones of New
Orleans on Anti saloon League,
Which He Claims Draws tho Color
Line In Its Work. ".'>'
In recent issue Of the New York
Age Editor Fred R. Moore calls the at
tenti0n Of the public and our race in
particular to the attitude Of some so
called uplift movements In which pref.
udice against the colored people is
practtced to an alarming degree. The
Agerpoints to the acts Of one of these
50 called uplift movements and backs
its, opinion by quoting from an edi-
torial written by DR.. Robert E. Jones,
editor Of the. Southwestern Christian
Advocate at New Orleans.
The statement Of the Age is in part
as follows:
"Those who take leadership In the
so called uplift movements would prob
ably be the first to deny that they en-
terrain feelings of racial prejudice
against the, Negro people, yet it is a
matter Of comment, more or less COM
mon among thoughtful men of the
race, that there is more race prejudice
in these so called uplift movements
than among any other groups Of peo-
pie. It is a strange thing that this
race prejudice in carrying forward
these movements never manifests it.
self against the Germans as Germans,
against Italians as Italians, against
Poles as Poles or against any other
group of our allen population. But
wherever the Negro. who is native
born citizen, is concerned Immediately
race prejudice rears it's ugly head, and
the leaders in these uplift movements
find themselves helpless-that is, too
weak to undertake straight out, stand
up position in opposition to such racial
prejudicel
"Our attention has lately been called
to the attitude and activities of the
SO called Anti-saloon league, one of
these uplift movements, and it's officers.
II seems that most of their activities
during the past six or eight years have
been devoted to the south. Taking ad-
vantage Of the DISTINGUISHING laws of
that section, which exclude the Negro
from voting. the officers of the Anti.
saloon league, so it is alleged, have
lg0ne to the southern white voters with
the~,cunning plea that their fight for
prohibition in the south Is not aimed
SO much at the whites as at the Negroes
Of the south.
i"Dr. Robert e. Jones. editor of the
Southwestern Christian Advocate at
New Orleans, is one Of the best known
and one of the most unselfish lead
ers Of the Negro people. So fragrant
was the prejudice shown by the repre-
sentatives Of the Anti-salOon league In
Louisiana that DR.. Jones was moved
to editorial protest against the dis
ordinations shown by the so called
flying squadron of the league. The
Negro people of Louisiana constitute
nearly one-half of the population of the
state. They were entirely ignored and
spurned when the Anti-saloon league
launched its movement in Louisiana
mot only is the Negro generally ex-
Guided from all meetings held in the
interest of and by whites, but nothing
was done to tie to the movement the
influence of the colored people as repre-
scented by their ministers and business
men. In, view of the prejudiced dis
position of the so called flying squad
ron,' DR.. Jones wrote in his paper a
full statement, which is called to the
attention OF the Negro people that they
may know what they have to expect
when they are dealing with such up
lifters.'
DR.. Jones' editorial says among other
things:
Moreover, recognizing the situation
we face in this city and in the south.
the colored citizens Of this city (New
Orleans) made an effort to secure the
services of at least one Of these speak
ers in order that the Negro population
might be somewhat aroused on the
temperance question. The state super
intendent Of the Anti-saloon league
was written, the chairman of the COM
mittee in charge in New Orleans was
written and other efforts were made
The Ministerial alliance. composed Of
all the colored ministers in the city,
appointed special committee to CO
operate. No response came.
During the presence Of the flying
squadron in the state the Louisiana
annual conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal church was in session In
Alexandria, Bishop Napthali Luccock
presiding. This conference had upward
Morris and others representing the con.
vention appeared before Judge Smith
with; attorney. and by o'clock the I'm.
junction was dissolved. the judge say.
ing to Dr. Jones: 1T is clear to the
court that you attempted to take the
convention in disorderly way The
injunction il dissolved
"Dr. Morris returned to the conven.
ton, finished the reading Of his ad
dress. heard the report Of the commit
tee 6n enrolment and finance: then the
convention elected officers. each being
unanimously chosen. From that time
until the close of the convention on
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