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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30

ored youth for life. Manhood should
be the basis of all training.
What more is needed to make a man
resentful than an attack on his wife?
A being who would not defend his wife
against every foe is unworthy to be
called a man. Even among the lower
animals the males willingly give up
their lives in defense of their mates.
The present unhappy state of the
colored people in the United States is
largely due to the servile tactics of
the so-called leaders who have been
not only too cowardly to defend them
selves when attacked but have actu-
ally advised submission to great
wrongs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
THE NOTION INCIDENT.
(From the Cleveland Gazette.)

Major Robert Motion has recently
been installed as principal of Tuske-
gee, Ala, N. and L. Institute. He
made a favorable impression while
here in Rochester. Everyone regrets
to know that his wife was subjected
to such brutal treatment as to be
driven out of Pullman car in Ala
bama. It appears, according to re-
ports, that the riding in Pullman
car by the Motions had been subject
of discussion before the journey was
begun. Mrs. Motion felt that she was
clearly within her rights to ride in a
Pullman car anywhere it went. The
white passengers complained of her
presence and when everything was
opportune, they depended upon the
usual law-breaking officials of Alabama
to drive a defenseless woman out of
the car, in which she could travel with
comfort and ease, into a "jim-crow'
car, where vermin dwelt. It is very
unfortunate for the white passengers
| that their selfish ease and comfort
had made them snobs to the extent
| that they objected to the presence of
the wife of the principal of Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute-the
school that the country says is 1.-THE
colored mans finest educational
asset" Is it possible that any white
woman could be so robbed of the milk
of kindness and womanly instincts
that she would urge the driving of a
refined mother out of her berth which
she had purchased, which the com
pany had accepted the money for, in
order that white supremacy might eel
another boost? Above all do we re
greet the reported statement issued by
Major Motion. He did not stand by
his wife in her fight for her rights
He advised the submission to in
human oppression. He is quoted a.
saying that he has the highest re
gard for the traditions of the South
he having been born there" W.
commend him for his consideration
of the South, but we are amazed
however, at his foresaking his wife il
this hour of her humiliation. We ais,
have respect for the traditions of tn,
South that are humane and just, bu
we denounce and Cpl ose the recen
!, traditions of the South" which
make them lynch, burn, Cypress an,
degrade the colored race under tn
disguise of Southern chivalry an
greatness" The officer that ejecte
Mrs. Motion was a law-breaker an
coward. The Pullman company tina
received her money and gave her
berth had the right to protect her. ]
; we are to choose between life, respec
: and rights on the one hand and Tu:
kegee that will teach bringing sui
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
IS HE TOO, A TRUCKER?
(FrOm the Boston Guardian.)

1t is said that Major R. R. Motion,
principal of the Tuskegee Institute,
condones the recent outrageous treat
ment of his wife who was ousted from
a Pullman sleeper in Alabama and
compelled to ride in the "jimcrow" car
because Of her color.
If Major Motion is willing to con-
done such an outrage it is evidence
that he is not the man to be at the
head of great institution for the
training of young colored men,"
The first thing to be taught our
youth is manhood, for without that
they can never amount to anything,
and man who does not resent an at
tack on his own wife is certainly not
the person to teach manhood to others.
The beasts of the jungle will fight to
the death to protect their mates.
Major Motion has recently been in
stalled as principal of Tuskegee but
it looks as If he ought to be SUD.
planted by real man, who does not
respect Southern traditions as
Motion claims to.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
RESENTMENT NEEDED.
(St. Paul Appeal Editorial.

After having been granted Pullman
tickets from Montgomery, Alabama to
Savannah, Georgia. the wife of Major
Robert R. Motion, recently installed
as principal of Tuskegee Institute, and
Blanton Motion, his brother, were
elected from the car by two police
men and some of the best citizens" of
Troy, Ala. Although they had paid
Pullman fares and were interstate pas
sengers, both were forced to ride in
the jimcrow car.
The wires tell us that when Major
Motion was informed of the matter. he
condoned it saying that he respected
| the traditions of the South and had no
resentment against the people who
committed the outrage"
THE APPEAL has no hesitancy in
saying that if Major Motion is quoted
correctly and feels that way that he
is untitled for the presidency of an
institution which is designed to fit COL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
AN OPEN LETTER TO ROBERT
RUSSIA MOTION.
(From the Crisis.)

The Crisis hastens to extend to you
on your accession to the headship of
Tuskegee the assurances of it's good
does this all the more willingly be-
cause it has to some extent been the
mouthpiece of many who have had &C.
casion repeatedly to criticize the
words and deeds of your predecessor.
1t would be a matter of hope and
rejoicing if your assumption of new
duties could be the beginning of
new era Of union and understanding
among the various groups of Ameri-
can Negroes.
But understanding and cooperation
must be based on frank conference
and clear knowledge. AS a prelimi-
nary step to such understanding the
Crisis ventures in this open letter to
express to you publicly its hopes and
fears.
1t hopes that the aims of the COL
ored American have become suf1-
GENTLY clear to admit of no misunder-
standing or misstatement. We desire
to become American citizens with
every right that pertains to citizen
ship:
I. The right to vote and hold office.
2. Equality before the law.
3. Equal civil rights in all public
places, and in all public services.
4. A proportional share in the bene.
fits of all public expenditures.
S. Education according to ability
and aptitude.
With these rights we correlate ou1
duties as men and citizens-the aboli
ton of poverty, the emancipation Of
women, the suppression Of crime and
the overcoming Of ignorance.
The Crisis assumes-indeed, il
knows-that in these matters you be
lieve substantially, as we do, and thai
the real differences between us, ii
there be such, lie in matters of pres
ent emphasis and present procedure.
We assume, without demur, thai
following the late Booker T.. Wash
ington you will place especial EN-
phasis on vocational training, prom
erty getting and Cancellation of tn,
white South. These are necessar,
and against these the Crisis speak
policies, but they have their pitfalls
this warning word:
l. Only the higher and broade
training will give any race it's ult
mate leadership. This Mr.. Washing
ton came to realize, and this you mus
not forget.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
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2. Individual accumulation of wealth
must gradually and inevitably give
way to methods of. social accumula:
ton and equitable distribution.
3. Finally: Cancellation is wise and
proper. But how far shall it go? It
is here that the Crisis confesses to its
deepest solicitude in your case. It
cannot but remember it's unanswered
query of you in the case of the St.
Louis luncheon. It has before it the
heading of Rochester paper which
gives as your \opinion that from
North one gets distorted view, of
South" And finally, there is the re-
cent case of the Pullman car and your
family. -:
The Crisis will assume in all of
these cases that you have not been
correctly reported; that you did not
voluntarily give up lunching at the
st. Louis City Club; that you did not
. assert. that the South was maligned
usually at the North, and above all,
that you did not say that you had no
sympathy with the attempt of mem
bers of your family to ride on Pull
man cars in the South.
The Crisis knows only too well the
way in which Southern newspapers
put such sentiments into the mouths
of colored leaders; but the point upon
which we insist is this: that such
atrocious statements cannot be al
ways passed in silence.
| We do not wish the principal OF
Tuskegee to spend his valuable time
in answering calumnies and misstate
ments, but we do believe that when
so monstrous statement is made, as
in the case Of the Pullman car, some
thing besides silence and acquiescence
is called for.
I We hope to see, therefore, at Tus
kegee in the future carrying ou
and development of the best Of it:
past work and continued attempt tt
come to terms of understanding will
the best of the white South; but t
these policies we hope to see added ,
policy of making it clearly understood
to the people of this country that Tus
kegee does believe in the right t.
vote; that it does not believe in jim
Grow cars; that it recognizes tn,
work of the Negro colleges, and that
agrees with Charles Sumner tina
, Equality of rights is the first Q
, rights"
> This, then, is the forward step a
Tuskegee which the Crisis and it
{ friends look for under your admin!
: tratiOn, and it desires to express it
: earnest hope, and indeed its faitl
t that you will not disappoint your fe
low workers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
Unfit to Teach Our Children.
(From the Martinsburg Pioneer
proocl

This paper has no retraction to
make in the Major Motion affair. It
thought then and knows now that no
improvement was made by his pro-
motion. Booker T. Washington's pal
liation gave us double work for man
hood rights not only in the South but
the North as well for untold years to
come, and his successors ambition is
to be patted on the back and be called
"a good darkey'-to the lower regions
with the good darkey" class. Any
man who goes back on his wife when
abused for contending for her rights
paid for, to ride in Pullman car, is
unfit to lead and teach our children.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
Must Contend for, Rights.
(From Richmond Planet. }

(FTOm Richmond Planet.) =
We do not just understand the
position of Principal Robert R. Motion
IN the matter. .......... There is no
other course to pursue than to con-
tinue to contend for rights denied,
even though we are rebuked and dis.
appointed in so doing. No question
is ever settled until it is settled right.
We must continue to appeal to the
conscience of the American people
We must continue to attempt to en-
force our rights through the courts OF
the land, even though some of them
may be prejudiced against US.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30

"Crooking the pregnant hinges of the
knee that thrift may follow fawning"
brings wealth from the great masses
of white people alright, but it also
brings a vast amount of contempt.
There is so much bowling, cringing
and nauseating servility shown by
some of our people, is it any wonder
Amounted, and therefore vastly supe-
that even the 25th class of white
people feel that they are the Lords
rior to all colored people?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
,Shun Them az Vipers.

CFrom the Martinsburg PioneeryPress)
Just as long as the negro believes
he has a place." and is constantly
Jerking of his hat when out of 1t, he
will be the cause Of many others en-.
during hardships forever and aye. As
long as certain class of whites take
to this class of sycophants, the more
rigidly those who wear their sover.
eighty under their own hats, should
denounce, discard and shun them as
they would q viper.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
Stand Squarely for Justice.
(From the Omaha Monitor. J

Major Motion, please don't assume
the attitude Of an apologist. We are
hoping for big things from you. We
know and appreciate the difficulties
of your position. Stand squarely and
firmly for justice to your race. No
apology is due from either Mrs. Mo-
ton or yourself, because as a cultured
and refined woman she preferred to
ride in Pullman rather than in a
Jim Grow" car in which equal &C.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
Has Shown His Hand.
(From the Cleveland Gazette.

-Four days after the Inauguration as
principal of Tuskegee, Ala., Normal
and Industrial Institute the South
forces Major Motion to "show his
hand" and there is not even deuce
in it for the race. One thing sure
and that is from racial standpoint
he is certainly no improvement upon
Booker T. Washington.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30

Unless He Can Talk Like Man.
(From the Richmond Planet.)
Principal R. R. Motion has gone to
work. It would be well for him to
keep at it and to have nothing further
to say about that Pullman sleeping
car incident.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
Major Motions First Duty.
(From the New York News

(From the New York News.)
The future of the great work at
Tuskegee, may call for an offending
silence, but it will never be helped
long or to any great degree by an
abject surrender Of the races rights.
Major Motions first duty to himself
and his race is to set himself now and
at all times four square with the pro-
gress Of his people. -.-.-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
The Color Line.

(From the Chicago Evening Post.)
Major Motion is quoted as saying
that he bears no resentment against
anyone for the treatment accorded his
wife. II he were an American, he
would resent it holly and the railroad
would pay damages. AS an Afro
American he may not act on the i'm.
pulse of self-respect and chivalry; he
must cringe and submit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
THE HAND PICKED LEADER.
(FrOm the Kansas Elevator

(fTOm the Kansas EleVatOr)
The Elevator would like to know II
the time has not arrived when colored
men should select their own leaders
instead of leaving the delicate task to
the hands Of designing men of the op-
posite race, and if any colored man
can serve two masters at one and the
same time, and if as general PROPOSE
ton, the "hand picked leader" is not
always against his race?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30
serviIity Brings Contempt.

(From the Union, Cincinnati, o.
II the above is true (referring to
the "Moton 1ncident") then Major
Motion will rise to fame and fortune
as did his illustrious predecessor.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-09-30

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-08
WILSON'S DIPLOMACY

of
minister
the Washington correspond
strongly crczg the wisdom and justice of
connection with that
c submarines
published Enquirer will be found
connection with
papers this country on his
statements of which have
the following: lfftsa @&2p
the President who demand the right
President single modern author
responsible citizens who travelled
Cvenu o belgerent powers"
attitude RusoJapanese and
hardly made the statement
remarkable
Russia
IF England then determined that its citizens taking ON either
should the United like notice citizens
unwise position of President Wilson become
beigerents
under the heaviest sort political to aid him in that endeavor
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-08

narrowly
His
Wanting ambition ability qualities that him
the ranks
of he
presidency
in
his word good his
character Had
unaided
who
holiness
motive
eventually
There examples the Lmer kind the
without character impossible position
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-08
A Taxpayer.
NO SIN, SAY METHOD
lists FROM NASHVILLE"
Editor News

Editor News.
An article from Chicago with the
above caption was brought out in The
News one day last week. After a
conference with the Rev. c. W. Girls
Ter concerning the matter, | wrote to
Dr.. H. NJ DuBoSe, of Nashville, the
book editor and Quarterly Review
editor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, who lives at Nashville,
and is in intimate touch with Dr.. +.
S. Parker, requesting him to see Dir.
Parker and hand him the article
!. hich l had clipped from The News
and inclosed in my letter; and to get
him to sead me a disclaimer
| assured Dr.. DuBose that unless
disclaimer was forthcoming from Dr..
Parker that Brother Crisler and I
would open up lively fight on the
question.
| am just in receipt OF letter from
I1.. DuBosc, in answer to mine, from
which | quote as follows:
Il was about writing you fully as
to the Chicago incident and sending
you DR., Parker's disclaimer, when the
New Orleans Christian Advocate
came to hand OF course, You have
seen that. and thereto. have the full
est explanation. 1t was a most I'M
fortunate thing, and the disclaimer
will not overtake and undo all the mis-
chief. Parker was very much morti.
led over it,
In the New Orleans Christian Ad-
vocate of the End of this MONTH Dr.
Parker's disclaimer and explanation
appears. In this he CDR. Parker)
avs: 4 desire to say that no cham
pion Of the dance or any other of the
worldly amusements commonly IN
deretood to be condemned by the
Methodist Church. was heard or could
have been heard in the Church Union
Conference. Methodism throughout
The land still stands upon her historic
position; l. e., that dancing and all
other such worldly amusements are
forbidden, and put under ban. BY the
church by its rule prescribing diver
sions that cannot be taken in the
name of the Lord Jesus"
This utterance from DIR. rarkel
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-08
FORUM OF THE
PEOPLE
THE NEWS AND THE CITY COM
MlSSIONERS.
NV Dear Editor:

My Dear Editor:
| have heard much comment upon
your article of March 2, relative to
the kids skating ON Hattiesburg side
walks, etc, and being a constant
reader of The Daily News, very fine
daily, and paper that | would much
dislike to be without. have read with
interest each article in The forum col
umn from others. have 4 few words
to say which may not meet with our
good editors approval, but | feel that
! you will give space to ny sentiments
nevertheless. / appreciate a good pa
per and the interest yon naturally
manifest in the uplift of our thriving
little city, as well as its people, but
| wish to state right here that tilink
you are just little too .rastic IN
some instances as well as being too
dictatorial recall a happening of
some few weeks ago, when our editor
became very enthusiastic in bringing
about an enactment of a law govern
ing traffic, ETC. This idea was imme-
whom no doubt never haG such
thing on their minds until th6l read
it in The Daily News and set forth
Immediately to comply with the &C.
mands of The Daily News, instead of
first consulting the people. AS you
may know, this Daily News law went
into effect. A few days later our
demand on our City Fathers that it
was about time to enforce this law
and to behold | watched with interest
the result, which was thus: Said law
was Immediately put into effect. /
have always felt as though we were
living in a free country. but when
/ note the pressure that is being
brought to bear through the columns
of our daily paper AMI especially the
effect, | often wonder who is dictator
of the laws of our city, the City Faith
ers or the editor. Now. Mr.. Editor,
when you wish to agitate 6, delicate
question wherein all our citizens are
concerned, don't you think it would be
fair to all to first find the sentiments
of the entire people before you make
OUR laws, and then have our City
Fathers enforce them?
Getting back to the skating boys
and girls, maybe you do not approve
of their little antics that's bad enough
for you, but suppose the remainder
Of us would say that we cannot agree
with you? Then what? Be as it may,
if | wanted a law on the city statute
and wanted same enforced, | would
certainly club UP with our dear editor
and have him tell our Mayor and City
Commissioners how and when to do
it,