The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-03-31
"HUSTLING" ON THE MAYOR
But Gets April Fooled.


M. E. Church, shack at 4l9 18th
Ave. So, pulled off another stunt
this week. He had scheme on foot
to get some easy money and he and
his agents were selling tickets for
lecture course for one dollar. Sew
eral prominent white persons were
to speak during next five months and
the Mayor Van Lear was the head
liner for Sunday, April LIST. The
Star informed the police and Mr..
Wasting, the Mayors secretary, said
he would attend to it. Capt. Calvin
of the police department., knew well
Malone and his old tricks, so he was
stopped. We do not know of any
complaint by any purchasers of tic
kets and there has been no arrests,
but it is a pure and SIMPLE bunco
game, staged by the most cunning
and degenerate of erstwhile Negro
preachers. The following is from
the Minneapolis Journal of March
Goth:
Mayor Declines to Speak.
Mayor Thomas Van Lear today de-
MED a report that he had agreed to
lecture in the St. Johns African M.
E. Church, 4l9 Fourteenth avenue S.
as had been announced on tickets
that were circulated in the court
house today. He said he had learned
that the lecture course was not for
the benefit of the church, and had
declined to speak. ~
This is the Negro, who has flirted
with the law in every conceivable
way, and bears a charmed life. He
has stirred up race prejudice in sup
posed real estate deals, and once had
proposed Jim Crow street fair, I'M
der a permit from the council. The
Star led the fight to block him-and
did So He was the agitator in a
deal when some prostitutes Shook
down" their landlady, and he left
town with the proceeds of the COM
promise. He was extradited to
Waterloo, Ia, for enforcement of
church funds and returned here as
ragged as a scare?crow. 1t is amaz-
ing why any white man, who has a
grain of sense, will allow Malone to
pose as a decent citizen, and those
who confide in him are the worst
enemies of our race. To regard such
as he, as a type of Negro manhood,
is characteristic of some supposed
white friends. Malone is drunkard,
thief and damnable rascal. He has
not affiliated in church work with
the Negro ministers of this city in
many years but has misrepresented
them. During a political campaign |
he was so drunk that Congressman |
Schall could not speak, Rev. Withers
can so testify. 1t was their meeting.
Malone is a big, awkward, uncouth,
cunning darkey, but the Negro
preachers have not denounced him.
He must have something on them.
During the Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference held here in 1912 Malone
was a recognized authority by virtue
of the documents he held and caused
some embarrassment to the friends of
the visitors. When a person goes
this far it is time for the police de-
partment to put their system down
on him. Malone was once on the
staff of The Weekly Advocate, but
he was stronger than Editor Mont
gomery and that is some strong, and
we believe they parted company. Mr..
Montgomery has many good quail
tiles, but Malone has not redeem
ing virtue It is too bad that the
Mayor is not acquainted with the
record of many of our public charac-
tiers. He intends to deal fairly with
all, and it is the, duty of every honest )
of the race to assist the ad-
There are few Negroes
here as compared with the white
population and we should value the
time of our public officials-The
privileges accorded us are often
abused. Let us so conduct ourselves
that our relations with the other race
will reflect credit on US and may it
not always be said in truth that the
Negro is the white mans burden.