The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-10-27
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Chicago, N, October -, 1917.

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soos South State Street
Chicago, m, October q, 1911.
Julias =. Taylor, Editor Bread Az:
I note BY current issue that Rhode
Island has just had silent protest BY
parade, in Providenes, on October Il
The Race should be very glad to kaow
that 1000 people made protest against
the awful Race Riot Of East St. Louis.
These silsnt psrades Of Rhode Island,
New York, New Jersey and the womens
prayer meeting Of Washington, d. c,
together with the meetings Of protest
in other parts Of the country are . very
fine start for beginning IN effort to DO
somsthing to put . stop to these out
RACES. Bat the danger Lies in stopping
there, in thinking that they have done
all they could when they have marched
and prayed and passed resolutions. /
would not, for . moment, minimize
these effects Of such q splendid begin
ming, but do want the Race to realize
that we must put q stop to these begin
nings. It is almost the same As il cur
soldier boys had eontented themselves
with existing to fight for this country
and feeling that they had done their
duty in defending their country when
they had taken part in a great parade,
with flags flying and bands playing.
But we all know that unless these
parades are followed up by hard work
in the trenches, all the firing Of guns
by every conceivable active physical
movement possible, the war viii not be
won.
By our parades, and protests, and
prayers, the Negro has succeeded in Sc
curing the Congressional Investigation
Of those outrages, but not a dollar has
been raised with which to keep some
one on guard to take note of the do
ings of this Investigation Committee.
Every one knows that even in the case
of an individual on trial his friends
must give him their moral support and
that he must employ a counsel to see
that his interests are looked after.
Nothing of this kind has yet been done.
The 1O,Oo0,Oo Of Negroes in the United
States have not raised a dollar to have
somebody on guard at the Congressional
Investigation, neither have we had any
body present at the trials of the fifteen
Negroes who have been sentenced.
The papers Of the country informed us
last week that DR.. Bundy has been ex-
tradited from Ohio into Illinois and
that he has been placed on trial We
also note that the authorities there
have been very anxious to get a crack
at Bundy as the alleged leader of the
body Of armed Colored men who shot
two police officers who afterward died.
As q Race matter in the three months
we have had to get ready for it; we
should have engaged the finest Grim
inal lawyer to be had and had on the
ground to protect the Races interests.
Dr.. Bundy has written here for help
and from no source is it forthcoming.
Please make il clear to our people that
the situation now needs dollars; that
the first step of our effort, prayers, pro-
tests and passing resolutions has passed,
and that we are now entering upon the
second stage when dollars will win the
battle. I an leaving today for Belle
vile, Illinois, as q representative of
the National Equal Rights League as
well as the Negro Fellowship League.
If could only get some money to take
with me from these members of the
Race who are protesting against this
treatment, in order that I might fight |
this ease Of DR.. Burdy's. Fifty cents
apiece from each protestor would fur
nish sufficient with which to fight
as it is I am going empty handed. Can
the Broad Az get me some money with
which to labor to defend the Races
in this trialf II 50, let me
hear from the country at my home ad-
dress.
Respectfully yours,