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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
Agreed to Be "Set Aside"
(F'rom the Eagle, Washington, D. {

(From the Eagle, Washington, D. c.
No, the colored delegates to the M.
E. General Conference, held at Sara
toga Springs, N. Y, recently, did not
walk out" They simply assented to
arrangements to be "set aside"-to be
segregated into colored general
conference, to be presided over by a
white bishop, being denied the privi-
lege of directing their own labors in
the Masters vineyard. Two years
from now the two wings of the M. E.
church, North and South, will unite
and the separation of the colored
membership and the refusal of bishop
ric honors to the 100000 colored com
municants are designed to- clear the
way for the approaching "love feast"
There is verify in the assertion that,
in it's primal manifestations, the
church is a social organization, with
religion as by-product.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15

scene as if by magic when the word
that the Negro had been taken in
charge by the mob was heralded over
the city. AS the smoke rose to the
heavens, the mass of people, NUMBER
ing in the neighborhood of 10000,
croWding the City Hall lawn and over
flowing the square, hanging from the
windows of buildings, viewing the
scene from the tops of buildings and
trees, set up a shout that was heard
blocks away. Onlookers were hanging
from the windows of the City Hall
and every other building that COM
manded sight of the burning, and as
the Negroes body commenced to burn,
shouts of delight went up from the
thousands of threats, and apparently
everybody demonstrated in some way
their satisfaction. *"
The body of young Washington was
burned to a crisp and was left for
some time smouldering in the remains
of the fire. women and children who
desired to- view the scene were al.
lowed to do so, the crowds parting to
let them look on" says the newspaper
account. One father, when questioned
about the propriety of holding his lit
tie son on his shoulder where he could
get a good view, is reported as saying:
my son son can't learn too young
the proper way to treat Niger"
At r. o'clock the crowd adjourned
for lunch, as usual; but by quarter
past one some of the boys were back
to continue the fun. A cowboy who
had ridden in off the range created a
diversion by lassoing the corpse and
riding all over town with the remains
dangling at the end of his lariat.
When the head bounced off as he
galloped through the reservation.
the ghetto where the Negroes and
prostitutes are segregated, some little
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
THE MOTION INCIDENT.
Comments of colored Contemporaries Major Motions Failure
Resent the Humiliation of His Wife and the Insult .
to the Colored People of the Country

Major Motion is in no sense a leader
of the colored people, but the fact that
he is at the head of Tuskegee gives
him influence and he is doing the COL
ored people great wrong when he
fails to resent any wrongs. He was
picked for his job by white people
who are not looking for the real well
fare OF the country but for their own
selfish ends.
II the trustees of Tuskegee really
mean to serve the colored people they
should ask for the resignation of Prin-
cipal Motion and put in man who will
race VIZ
Manhood is the basis of all real
progress.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
A BRAVE GOVERNOR.

Governor Dunno OF the state of I'LL
nois is a just and brave man.
He has just signed the sixth re-
prieve he has granted to Elston Scott
a colored murderer under sentence OF
death at Murphysboro, III. The last
reprieve stays the hanging until Octo
Der q, because Sheriff James White
of Jackson county has steadfastly re-
fused to grant the governor assur
ances that the execution would be
conducted decently.
1t seems that the sheriff had plan
ned to make the hanging gala public
event, but Governor Dunno is deter
mined that the state shall not be so
disgraced.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
THE WACO HORROR.

THE APPEAL prints in this issue
the special report of an agent of the
National Association for the Advance.
ment of Colored People, who was sent
to Texas to Investigate the recent
man-burning at Waco, the center of
Texas Christian Civilization.
The report says: "This is the &C.
count of one lynching. 1t is horrible,
but it is matched in horror by scores
of others in the last thirty years, and
in it's illegal, law-defying, race-hating
aspect, it is matched by 2,842 other
lynchings which have taken place be-
tween January 1, 1885, and June 1,
1916"
What are we going to do about
this record? The civilization of
America is at stake. The sincerity of
Christianity is challenged. The Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People proposes i'm
mediately to raise fund of at least
$4,000 to start crusade against this
modern barbarism. Already $4,000 is
promised, conditional on our raising
the whole amount"
THE APPEAL has made a con-
tribution to the fund and hopes that
every American who believes in the
supremacy of the law and the per-
petuity of democracy to give to the
cause according to his means.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
A GREAT GRAFT.

A national colored democratic league
has been organized for the purpose OF
making AFRAID on the democratic bar.
rel. The four members met this week
and elected themselves officers.
Resolutions indorsing the admins.
tration of President Wilson and his
jimcrow policy were adopted by a
unanimous vote of four.
Is Mr.. Peacock explained an elaborate
plan ITO get next to" the democratic
national campaign fund which was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm and
shouts of LET me get to it!''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
Servility Brings Contempt.

y (From the Union, Cincinnati, o.
If the above is true (referring to
the Motion Incident") then Major
motion Will rise to fame and fortune
as dld his illustrious predecessor.
"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
that even the 25th class of white
people feel that they are the Lords
annolnted, and therefore vastly supe-
rior to all colored people?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
Waco and Americanism,
(From the Chicago Evening Post }

(F'rom the Chicago Evening Post.)
If Americanism is more than a
mere shibboleth of patriotism; if, as
we believe, it has real meaning that
gives the word worth, then Ameri-
canlsm must be shocked and humili-
ated by the horrible story of the
Negro lynching at Waco, Texas.
1t is no defense to say that the
Wretched victim in this instance had
confessed to a hideous crime and
been convicted by a court of Justice,
Rather is it an aggravation, for here
there was no risk that justice would
not claim the full penalty. The burn
ing of the man for the delectation of
mob of Waco citizens under such
circumstances is bloodthirsty
brutal horror too black for words to
stlgmatize. 1t was the gratifying
OF a lust for vengeance as guilty as
the lust that provoked it.
The thing is the more cruel in it's
wrong to Americanism at this time
because the people of Texas have
been crying aloud for the repression
OF mob rule on their own border.
They demand Intervention to compel
order in Mexico, yet give themselves
to lawless violence in their own
state
In the forefront of the Villa chase
the colored soldiers of the Tenth Cav
airy and Twenty-fourth Infantry have
held conspicuous place; they have
done excellent service. How greatly
the ideal of Americanism must be ex-
allied in their minds by the knowl-
edge that American law cannot pro.
tect from the mob a member of their
own race.
AS perilous to Americanism as the
moral treason of the politico-racial
hyphen' is the treason of those who
defy law and humanity and brand
their country with the mark of bar.
barism in the eyes of the world. II
the guilty towards in Waco cannot
be apprehended, every citizen in the
iowa should be DISTINGUISHED. II
would be small injustice to those who
were not participators, for in mat
ter of this kind, where the com.
munity tolerates such outrages an6
protects the perpetrators, it should
bear a measure of the responsibility
The votes of men who practice an
archy are not desirable votes. Dis
reimbursement is the least that may
; be done to protect Americanism.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15

1t is said that on account of the
high price of all building material all
building operations connected with
the large fund raised for the segre-
gated Y. M. C. A. and Y. w. C. A.
will be dispensed with for the present.
1t would be better if the buildings
were dispensed with entirely. No
good can come from "jim-crow'
public or quasi-public institutions of
any kind.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
Unfit to Teach Our Children.
(From the Martinsburg Pioneer
procc

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-
motlon. Booker T. Washington's pal
natlon gave us double work for man.
MOOD rights not only in the South but
inc North as we'll 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
pala 1or' TO ride in a Pullman car, is
unnt TO lead and teach our children.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
Answer to Jimcrowjsts,

(From the Union, Cincinnati, o.
The friends of Roy Miller are con
graduating him, as he passes to high
school, the only colored child from
the Hazelw0od School, with the high.
est average in the class.
Hazelwood, o.
Prof. Dabney:
Kindly put the above item in your
paper, as we are very proud of it.
especially after the county superin:
tendent and some of our friends"
tried to get "a Jim Crow School" out
here last fall. Yours in the fight
against Jim Crow and segregation,
~ Mrs. Geo. W. Allen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
Has Shown His Hand.
(From the Cleveland Gazette J

(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 a deuce"
IN 1t for the race. One thing sure
and that is from a racial standpoint
ne is certainly no improvement upon
Booker T. Washington.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
Stand squareIy for Justice.
(From the Omaha Monitor !

n 'He OIHdna MOn1tOr.)
MAJOR Motion, please don't assume
tne attitude of an apologist. We are
hoping Tor big things from you. We
hno" and appreciate the difficulties
ol your position. Stand squarely and
nrmly for justice to your race. No
apology is due from either Mrs. Mo-
ton or yourself, because as a cultured
ana refined woman she preferred to
nc! rae IN Pullman rather than in a
jim Crow car in which equal &C.
commodations" are not provided, and
IN which the conditions are seldom
sanitary or pleasant.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
Must Contend for Rights.
(From Richmond Planet.)

We do not just understand the
posltlon OF Principal Robert R. Motion
III lne matter .......... There is no
other course to pursue than to- con-
tlnue 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??, 1916-07-15
Major Motions First DUTY.
(FrOm the New York News

\from the New York News.)
The future of the great work at
Iuskegee, may call for an offending
silence, but it will never be helped
long or to any great degree by an
AFFECT 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??, 1916-07-15

1t was Japan, nation NOT
WHITE, that has called the hand
of the first president of the United
States who has used his high Office
to discriminate against the colored
part of this nation. BROWN Toxic
dictates to WHITE Washington. so
mote it be.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15

After telling the story of the recent
"jimerow" reunion of the M. E. church
North and the M. E. Church South, the
Cleveland Advocate asks, "Whither is
the M. E. Church North bound?" In
reply THE APPEAL begs to suggest
that it is HEADED FOR HELL.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15

DR.. Ng Poon Chew, formerly con-
sui in the Chinese service and editor
of the first Chinese newspaper in
America, says China has too many w.
]. organs. He says the great need of
his country is to inoculate fighting
spirit into its younger generation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15
No Very High Opinion.
From the Nashville Globe

we entertain no very high opinion
OF President Motions explanation to
the Associated Press CORRESPONDENT
at Montgomery, anent that sleeping
car episode. We trust he was in.
correctly quoted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-07-15

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 1t and to have nothing further
70 say about that Pullman sleeping
car incident.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25
THE RECALL ELECTION

The citizens of Boise will undoubt-
eddy sustain Mayor Robinson and
Councilman Eivhelberger in the recall
election to be held on Thursday next,
as the opinion is almost universal that
these officials have done nothing for
which they should be recalled-and
this is the sole issue. 1t is conceded
on all hands that the officials have
been honest and the only reason adj
vanced for the recall is that their pol
icy is not in harmony with the desires
of the Realities. To remove the Off
Gals for this reason would be to force
an election under the recall provision
at any time which a few dissatisfied
individuals might determine. For it
is certainty that the petitions would
be signed whenever circulated and
against any official. This is not the
object nor the purpose of the recall
law. The way to discourage the abuse
of the law is to vote for the present
incunbents So that the terms of Office
Of city officials will be for definite
and determined period
There should be less factional dis
putes in Boise and more united effort
for the material advancement of the
city. We have recently had an ex-
ample of united action in the passage
of the good roads bond issue and the
enthusiasm aroused in that contest
would have carried our citizens on to
other endeavors If it had not been for
the turmoil of the recall election--
most inopportunely timed. Granted
that a large number of our citizens
may not be satisfied with the policy
of the present officials; it must be
conceded there is also large element
no uphold these officials. Under
conditions those dissatisfied
'ue" abide their time until regu-
'''o'u ion, for it is a certainty that
e "a ~ fcials are chosen and the
: NV " y of strict law enforce
,,ont oha,aod there would be large
- - So. of recalling the new
element DESTROYS nd be ceaseless agi-
men, and there WOO 80 =
tation -,
For .ncse reasons and Il. tbe;r
citizens of Boise will 81, ~ ~ ~, :,
present offcials-and that 80 -
will only be invoked in III &C. -.
when necessary to rid the city Us
honest officials, That is its puTl
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25
H. A. ALDEN
1891 Main Street
Attorney at Law
and
Notary Public

SUMMONS (For Pablication)
In the District Court of the Third
! Judicial District of the State of
Idaho in and for Ada County.
Anna Noble, as Execu- }
trix of the last will and
testament of Robert Nob-)
lie deceased
Plaintiff, )
Asaph d. Clark. R. B. Hill,)
c. II. Turner, The George
A. Anderson Co. a cor
poration, w. H. Gibberd,
The Pacific National Bank,1
corporation, and George
w. Green, Trustee in
Bankruptcy,
Defendants.
The State of Idaho Sends Greetings
To Asaph d. Clark, r. B. Hill, c. H.
Turner, The George A. Anderson
Company, corporation, w. H. Glib
berd, The Pacific National Bank, a
corporation, and George w. Green,
Trustee in Bankruptcy, the above
named Defendants.
You are hereby notified that a com
plant has been flied against you in
the District Court of the Third Ju-
dicial District of the State of Idaho,
in and for the County of Ada, by the
above named plaintiff.
This action is brought to foreclose
two certain real estate mortgages, one
! for the sum of $4,000 with interest
thereon from the 22nd day of April,
1913, $248.o3, taxes paid by the said
Plaintiff and interest thereon, and for
$500 attorneys fees on the said al
legged First Cause of Action, and for
the sum of $7266.SS with interest
thereon from the 9th day ofOctober
1913, and $500 attorneys fees on the
said alleged Second Cause of Action
and for costs Of suit, all of which will
more fully appear in the Complaint on
| file herein, TO which reference is made
And you are hereby directed to ap.
pear and answer the said complaint
within twenty days of the service Of
this summons. If served within SAID
Judicial District, and within forty day.
if served elsewhere; and you are furth
er notified that unless YOU so appear
and answer said complaint within tn,
time herein specified, the plaintiff viii
take judgment against you as prayeC
in said complaint.
Il Witness my hand and the seal o
said District Court, this 9Th day 0
April, 1916.
Il (SEAL)
STEPHEN UTTER,
Clerk
By B. CLYDE EAGLESON
Deputy
| ]. L. Midday, Attorney for Plaintiff
| Residence at Boise. Idaho.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25
BOISr ,.,rNNpM11CcA LINE

nat is interesting testimony that /
is being broughtout in San Francis
CO as to the value OF the Western
Pacific railway. A prominent railwa"
official testifes that in his opinion
the road as it stands at present IS
worthless but that if $l8,0O0,0OO are
expended in the building OF feeders
the present value of the existing road
could be safely put at $lo,OO0,OOO.
1t would seem that the universal rec
ognition of the necessity OF feeders
for the Western Pacific would make
their building an assured fact as soon
as the company through reorganiza-
ton can command the necessary
funds The addition of $l0,O0O,O0O
in value above the amount expended
in the building OF feeders would APP
peal to capitalists.
The interest of Boise in thematter
is of the very greatest; for the feed
ers would include the Boise-Winne-
mucca branch and would place this
city on a main line, would shorten
the distance to San Francisco by 600
miles and would open large terri
tory that would become tributary to
this city. AS the logic of the situ-
alton demands the construction OF
the road not only from Boise's
standpoint but from the standpoint
of the WesternPaci6c itself it would
seem that work will be underway
Just assoon as the court proceedings
are over with and the company is in
position to obtain the funds.
In the meantime our citizens should
not overlook any opportunity to pusf
the matter along. Its a good thing
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25
STEPHEN UTTER,

STEPHEN UTTER,
Clerk.
By B. CLYDE EAGLESON,
Deputy.
-. L. Midday, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Residence at Boise. Idaho.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25
STEEL ORDERS DOUBLE

New York-For third time this year
the monthly statement of untitled or
ders of United States Steel Corpora
ton, issued last week, broke all rec
ords. On April 30 the orders stood
at o,829,65 tons, an increase of 498.-
$50 tons over those on March 81,
which broke the previous high rec
ord of 8,568,966 tons on February %.
The untitled orders of the corpora
ton have more than doubled in the
year.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25

The growth and development Of the
union labor movement has been in
harmony with the progress Of man
kind. The unorganized laborer is alb
solutely at the mercy of the employ
er, but the organized laborers are
factors who must be dealt with upon
plain of equality. Join the union
Of your craft, attend its meetings and
become factor in the onward march
of humanity.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25
NOTICE no. CREDITORS

Estate OF Samuel R. McLeran, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned Mary H. McLeran, execu-
trix of the estate of Samuel r. Nc
Leran, deceased, to the creditors OF
and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers. within
ten months after the first publication
OF this notice, to the said executrix,
at the office of c. Hunter. No
527-8 Idaho Building, Boise, County
of Ada, State of Idaho, this being the
place fixed for the transaction OF the
business of said estate.
Dated May 10Th, 1916.
MARY II. McLERAN,
Executrix.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25

Former Senator Fred T. Dubois,
who was power in Idaho politics for
more than twenty years, recently UNI
derwent serious operation at the
Mayo sanitarium for a malignant
throat trouble. In recent wears, Mr..
Dubois has maintained only voting
residence in Idaho, living for the most
part in Washington, D. c.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25

Once more we call attention TO the
splendid support given to The Gem
Worker by the business men Of Boise
as evidenced by our advertising coll
umns. The reason forthis support
lies in the loyalty of union members
to their paper and the fact that the
very best publicity experts have as
certained that the pulling power OF
a labor peper is far in excess of that
Of a general newspaper according to
circulation. You can aid US in the
upbuiIding Of The Gem Worker by
patronizing our advertisers. That is
the way to do II.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25

In the Oregon primaries Justice
Charles f. Hughes received major
ity of the votes cast in the Republican
primaries for the Presidential nomi-
nation His nearest competitor was
Senator Cummins, of Iowa. Former
Senator Burton, of Ohio, was poor
third.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25

On June 9TH the Republican nation
al convention will meet in Chicago
and at the present writing one guess
is as good as another as to who will
be the nominee
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25

W. ]. Bryan has enlivened the po-
Iitical situation by public assertion
that he has reached the point where
he can no longer cooperate with any
political party that does not advocate
national prohibition.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25

Just as soon as the recall election
is out of the way there should be
united effort upon the part of al
of our citizens for the material up
building of Boise.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-05-25
DR.. C. X. All FoNC

Pioneer Chinese Physician
Who has successfully cured mil
lions of Natures complaints with
Natures own remedies during his
40 years practice in Idaho.
Every case under his personal
care and supervision. All remedies
prepared according to needs OF
patients.
Consultation Free Pulse Diagno-
sis soc Office 210 N. 9TH St.
Telephone 220l-W P. o. Box 1888
Boise, Idaho