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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES.

That valiant defender of the rights
of the colored people, John Mitchell,
'Jr., has an editorial in his paper, the
Richmond Planet, which is a gem. We
reproduce it in full:
DIR. H. B. Frissell has issued a pa
triotic address to the colored people
Of the country and from every stand.
point save one, it is an admirable
production. We are disposed to take
issue with him, however, when he
says. .-.,..
LAS DR.. Washington and DR.. Motion
have proved by their lives of quiet
unpretentious service, the colored man
is going to secure recognition, not by
demanding his rights, but by deserv
ing them"
A right is a thing to be demanded
privilege, a thing to be deserved
If DR.. Frissell had said that the col
ored man is going to secure recogni
ton by demanding his rights and by
deserving them, we would understand
fully that he recognized that the citi
zen of color is entitled to every right
and every privilege enjoyed by any
other citizen. We pause to remark
that the colored people in this coun
try will never come unto their own
as long as they believe that they are
inherently inferior and that they are
not manly enough to deserve their
rights, and after deserving their
rights, to demand them. z<....-. g..
The badge of servility, better known
by the look of cowardice and the
hating attitude of submission to any
wrong, is what is handicapping us
more than anything else. Colored PEG.
pie who could lead a charge at Ell
Caney and San Juan Hill should walk
upright, and, while being respectful
and obliging, should demand their
rights when necessary and "dig deep
in their jeans to secure the neces-
sary legal rights which will make them
respected by their enemies in the
courts of this country. Manhood is
what is wanted, and not .servile sub
mission. A blooded white man hates
a cringing citizen, be he black or
Il - -
white, and he admires manhood, self
respect and courage in a Negro as
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
OF One Blood.

tGerald Stanley Lee in Mount Tom ,
l am human being. I do not nro-
pose to be cooped up or shut in in nv
love and criticism to mere eoqraphi.
cal streaks or spots Of people on a
planet: This planet is small enough
as 1t is, when one considers the
height and depth-the starry height
and depth-of the human spirit that
wavers and CLOVIS through us all
wagner and Shakespeare, Tolstot and
Mol1ere! Though the cathedrals quar-.
rel together and sing praises with
slege-guns to their own little foolish
national souls, and rain bombs on
eacn others naves, l take nv stand
Dy the great bells ringing in their
towers, by the souls of their poets
overriding the years, by the PRAYERS
and songs Of their heroes. artists in.
ventors, by the mothers and the little
children. "-~-,,'''~' WV .''''o
We are all in the same world W.
are all alike. I will not saw Of anv
one nation what I will not say Of the
others; and will not say of any man
what will not say Of myself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26

Mr.. J. G. Adams, Editor THE APP
PEAL, St. Paul, MINI.
Dear Mr.. Adams: Your contribution
of five dollars ito defeat any jimcrow
army and navy legislation which may
bob up in Congress" is gratefully &C
knowledged and will be applied to the
salary of the legislative agent we
have employed to watch for the intro
duction of such legislation in the pres
ent Congress. --.
1t goes without saying that the N.
A. A. c. P. will oppose any and all
legislation which further restricts or
abridges the civil rights Of colored
people in any respect. -.
I hope your initiative may persuade
many others to contribute like
amounts. Very truly yours,
(S1gned) ROY NASH,
Secretary.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26

Former Alderman Oscar DePriest
of Chicago is being tried under an
Indictment to protect gambling
houses in that city. The trial will to
a great extent be spectacular battle
between colored attorneys. Attorney
Edward s.. Wilson, assistant states
attorney is to make the opening adj
dress for the state. The famous Ed
ward H. Morris will be the chief aid
for the defense. 1t will be battle
royal. ~
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>FAILURE TO FIGHT COSTLY.

mat strOng defender Of true Ameri-
canism, the Cleveland Gazette, edited
by Hon. Harry G. Smith, a man of
whom all Americans may we'll be proud.
printed an editorial in a recent issue
which is so accurate an exposition of
the costly blunder the colored people
have made in failing to fight for their
rights that we reproduce it. We trust
that every reader will read it care
fully and ponder over the truths ex-
pressed. .,. h..
1T has not been so very many years
since the adoption of the war amend
ments to the Constitution and the be-
ginning of systematic effort on the
part of our enemies to nullify the ef-
feet they were expected to have and
its subsequent good. Since these ef-
forts at restriction began, they have
grown and multiplied rapidly and
much Of it has been due to our refusal
to fight the issues raised with all our
resources, before they became opera
tive. In the South DISTINGUISHING
constitutions have come, separate or
"jim-crow' railroad and street cars;
peanut" galleries in theaters for our
men and women, separate bars in
saloons, "jim-crow" city parks, swim
ming pools, schools, "jim-crowism" in
dental offices, churches, Y. M. C. AS,
etc. Indeed, there is apparently de-
sire for segregation of the races in
Heaven, if some of them ever get
there. These things have all crept
upon us since emancipation and the
elevation to citizenship supposed to
be equal to. that of all other Ameri-
cans. We have lost ground, South
and North, because we have not
fought, and when we have resisted,
nave lacked leadership, while other
supposed leaders have played into the
hands of our enemies. As race, we
have been burlesqued, abused and hui
inflated by the thoughtless (some,
members of the race), as well as by
those hostile to our interests, simply
because there was lacking proper re-
sentiment on our part and a determi-
nation to take stand for our rights
with all the power at our command.
The world loves a MAN, a fighter!
on who thinks as much of himself as
any other like creature on earth. To
such aggressive MEN, unjust restric-5
tons will in the end yield and break
down, because they will ever refuse
TO recognize them. In cases of lux
uries Of life such MEN will not ac-
cept the limitations though they
greatly desire them and have the price
demanded. In the case of necessities,
they will fight restrictions and limit
as far as is within their power, the
demand for them.
a MAN CAN BE FREE IN A FREE
COUNTRY ONLY WHEN HE RE-
T TAIN THE RESPECT OF HIS FELL
Low CITIZENS TO THE EXTENT
HE RECEIVES THE SAME TREAT
MENT FROM THEM THEY EXPECT
FROM HIM" s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
|COLoRED OFFICERS RESERVE
CORPS.
Segregated Training Camp for CoIored
Citizens Will Be at Des Moines. Ia.

Segregated Training Camp for CoIored
Citizens Will Be at Des Moines, la.
Special to THE APPEAL.
Washington, May 23.-The War
Department has designated Des
Moines, Iowa, as the site for the
training of colored officers. The
camp will have a limit of 1850 men
and $50 of these will be non-com-
mlssioned officers from the colored
regiments of the regular army. The
camp will open in June, the APPLICANTS
reporting about June 5, and instruc-
ton beginning about June 49, Only
colored men of good education will be
considered. The camp will be under
the jurisdiction of the central depart
ment. Many applicants will come
from Howard University. A colored
man who was barred from the regu-
lar camp at Chicago has been ordered
to report at Des Moines.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26

Alien enemies are barred from
working at the Chicago stock yards
under the terms of the proclamation
of the President. Already there are
more than 1000 colored men en-
ployed there and when the alien enc
mics go out on June 1, loyal colored
men will take their places. -s4.~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
A NEEDED WAR MEASURE.

:. The government Of the United
States ought to stop lynching as a
needed war measure. AS military
necessity, loyal patriotic citizens
ought to have chance for their lives
and no man even though he be inno-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
ANY prejudice whatever will
be nsurmountable II those who
do not share In Il themselves
truckIe to it and fiatter it and
accept It az a law of nature"
John Stuart Mill.
FUND TO AID AMERlCANlSM,

The following letter is self-explana
tory.
st. Paul, Mimi, March 80, 1917.
DR.. w. E. B. Dubois, National Asso.
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored people, New York City 49,
Dear Dr. Dubois: The colored peo-
pie of the United States are passing
through one of the most dangerous pc
RODS of their existence.
Surrounded by foes without, some
of whom come as wolves in sleeps
clothing, pretending to be friends, the
most subtle enemy is the foe within,
the creatures who are willing to COM
promise with the outer enemy and
barter away the rights of American
citizenship. :.-. s.
There is no need to write a long
statement Of the many dangers which
beset the colored American, as the
conditions are well-known to every
thinking man. ... - ~.
In order to do in a humble way
what I can to change conditions am
sending $500 to be the nucleus of a
fund which I trust the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Colored People will endeavor to raise
for the purpose Of fighting any jim
crow army legislation which may bob
up in the. congress which convenes
April 2.
Bills for segregated West Point
and other pernicious measures will no
doubt be introduced. Such Infamous
legislation should be fought to finish
and the N. A. A. c.. P. is the organ
ization to do the work.
The money sent is to be used as di-
rected and for no other purpose what
over.
Yours for Americanism,
J. @. ADAMS,
Editor THE APPEAL.
THE REPLY.
The National Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People, 20
Fifth Ave-, New York City.
April 6, 1917
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
CONSISTENCY, THOU ART A
--r ss- JEWEL. :"

The Chicago Tribune, noted for it's
inconsistency and Illogical reasonins,
has an article on Home Rule for Ire
Land and a free Poland. It also says:
We can find plenty of reasons for
insisting that the war shall free the
Armenians from the Turks, shall give
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26

APPEALS EDITORIALS HAVE "PosE, LOGIC COURAGE"
Hon. Richard ereener Late Consul Scholar
Lterateu Writer and Diplomat Of
Great Charles Sumner, Lauds THE APPEAL
AS who Sumner
competent
of editorials: -~' 1~o-0 ~0
(Signed T. Greener.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26

Commends Protest by Guardian and
P'anet-Race Will Protest Till White
America Accords the Rights Which
Belong to Every American Citizen
Steady Decline Of Rights Under
3. T. Washington Policy.
(From the Boston Guardian.)
Washington, D. c., May 1, 1917.
Dear Mr.. TrOtter:-I have Just read
in the last issue of the Guardian your
editorial, including the editorial of Mr.,
John Mitchell of the Planet, in which
ne administers a very just and timely
rebuke to DR.. .Frissell for some things
which he says in the last issue of the
Southern Workman.
Rights Declined Under Washinoton.
1t is amazing that at this late dav.
and after the STEADY DECLINE OF
OUR RIGHTS UNDER MR.. WASH
lNGTON'S POLICY of "quiet. unpre.
tentious service" that DR.. Frissell
should be attempting to revive that
pern1cious, un-American, humanity,
heresay Of quiet submission to wronu.
What God directed his prophet to do
was: Cry aloud, spare not, lift I'm
tiny voice like a trumpet, and declare
unto my people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins y
And that is what we have been doing.
and will continue to do, until White
America needs the message, turns
from it's evil ways and accords tn the
colored man the rights which Justly
belongs to- him as much al to anv
other American citizen.
ct friReA1l lIndn.~A>.JT% .
All Time.
Dr.. Frissell had just as well under
stand now, once for all, that the policy
for which he stands, as regards our
rights, will never be accepted by the
colored man. And the incubation of
such policy comes with very little
grace from white men who never
think of following it when their own
rights are involved.
Think colored Unlike Whites.
1t is because, after all, they think
that the Negro is made of a little diff
ferent clay. and therefore that it is
alright FOR HIM TO QUIETLY SUB
NIT TO WHAT WHITE MEN
WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED To
SUBMIT TO, AND, WOULD NOT
SUBMIT TO WITHOUT THE MOST.
PROTEST?
Put Themselves In Our Place.
It some of our white friends would
put themselves in the place of the
co1ored man, and realize that there is
no essential difference between the
colored man and themselves, they
would he saved from com - - -%I,s,5s y
lsh things which they recommend at
times
Let the Agitation Go On.
Let the Planet, let the Guardian. LET
all the colOred newspapers. continue
70 speak out, and, in every other legiti- !,
mate way; LET THE AGITATION co
ON. It is in vain for DR.. Frissell, or
any one else to try to stop 1t.
Yours for equality Of rights for all
citizens, regardless Of race or condi-
ion. sss-.ss5a
FRANCIS Il GRIMKE
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
Not Worthy Of Freedom.
(From the Richmond p,.,.

(from the Richmond Planet.)
When race or an individual sub.
m1ts uncomplainingly to Oppression.
II ls q practical demonstration that
the race or the individual is not wor-
thy Of freedom.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
Secretary,

Those who desire to aid this work
should forward their contributions to
the fund, direct to the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement, 70 Fifth
Avenue, New York City.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
GOD GIVE Us MEN.

God give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds great hearts, true faith and ready hands,
Men whom the lust Of Office does not kill;
Men whom the spols Of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor-men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries without winhng!
Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking.
j. g. Holland
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
HAMPTON AND TuSkEGEE.

The Following Article is Taken From
The Cleveland Gazette, ana is Only
One of>Many Such That Have Ap-
peared From the Trenchent Pen Of
Rev. William A. 8yrd.-Read and
Ponder.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26

much 50 as he does in an Englishman,
Frenchman or German.
SIS The colored man is going to obtain
This rights, Dr.. Frissell, by demanding
them and by deserving them. Selah!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26

The Republicans in Congress are
fighting the press gag law to a. finish.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
THE SIN OF SILENCE

70 sin BY silence whom We should
protest makes towards out Of men.
Tho human race has climbed on nro-
test. Had no voice been raised .o.in.+
Injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
quls't'on yet would ssrvs tho law, and
eu'''otlnss dscids our lsast disputes.
The low who dare must .ps.k and
spsak sgaia 10 right the wrone. of
many Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
Let the Agitation Go On.

FRANCIS ]. GR1MKE.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-05-26
LET AGITATION GO ON, SAYS
REV. r. J. GRIMkE.

Commends Protest by Guardian and
P'anet-Race Will Protest Till White
america Accords the Rights Which
Belong to Every American Citizen
Steady Decline of Rights Under
B. T. WASHINGTON Policy. -
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-12

Pierre. s.. D., July 9.--The report of
the state dairy expert. just out, shows
that of the 20 brands Of condensed milk
sold in South Dakota by manufacturers
outside the state, only three contain
the state requirement Of solids. and
only IL contain the required amount OF
fat. No condensed milk is manufac-
tured in South Dakota, and the dairy
expert is making an endeavor to have
these outside firms raise h standards
OF the quality of the condensed milk
to meet the state law, which re-
quires that Is per cent OF the product
must be solids, and that ~ per cent
must be fat.
Housewives can secure the list COM
plete showing the analysis of these
products from the dairy expert at
Brookings, and thus know which
brands are best to buy, AS this mat
ter pertains a good deal to food given
young children and babies, as well as
table use for adults, h matter is I'M
portant,
The dairy expert reports h a very
little o-Ieomargarine is used III the
state, only IA few OF the cheaper hotels
and restaurants serving It. and then
only when butter Is high in price. Abb
eelnce of what might be termed a poorer
class OF people, such as are found IN
large cities. accounts also for it's lack
of use.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-12
Writes Letter to Defeat Amend
ment to Prevent Council of
Defense Members Selling
Wares to Uncle Sam.
THREATENS WAR PLANS
Machinery Evolved to Aid in
Conflict Would Be Disrupt
ed-Declares Graft Pre-
vented by Safeguards.

Washington, d. c.. july 9.-President
Wilson, it was learned today, has writ
ten a letter in which he asks that the
Kenyon amendment to the food control
bill to prohibit persons acting in an
advisory capacity for the government
from making contracts with the gov
ernment be withdrawn.
The letter is Understandable have bee
sent to Senator Kenyon. The president
takes the position that the passage of
the amendment would disrupt the bust
ness machinery which has been organ
lied to assist the government.
A great stir has been caused by the
letter.
Will Insist on Check.
Senator Kenyon said that il such a
letter had been written to him he was
not yet aware of it, as he had not re-
ceived it. He said that though he was
the author of the amendment it now
was in the bill by authority Of the COM
mittee on agriculture and no one had
any authority to withdraw it. He mad
it clear he intended to press for it's
adoption.
Washington, d. c., July 9.--Prestecnt
Wilson has thrown the weight of his
personal influence against a provision
Nv lpou 1iI Nhi'iit i 10
said, practically would disrupt the
machinery of the council of national
defense. The provision in question
would forbid any person connected with
the government from selling to it any
thing in which he has an interest.
Would Upset Plans.
lnasmuch as the greatest business
interests of the country are represented
on the advisory committees of The
rn111rI thn az, rfy -@,,t ~ ~. 50,
the president thinks. would disrupt all
the machinery set up for an efficient,
economical conduct Of the wal by mar
shalling the country's best brains and
President Wilson has written q letter
saying, such legislation would be a
calamity. He pointed out that business
men ON the committees have not the
power to demand the price they shall
receive for commodities sold the gov
whether or not they are in
terested in them. All sorts of safe
guards, the president stated, nave been
taken to prevent advantage being tasey
Of the government.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-12
FORMER BLACK HILLS
MAN HAS DISAPPEARED
Elk Treasurer Of Spanish War
Veterans Suddenly Leaves
North Dakota Town.

Lead. s. D. July Elmer Hart, n
Black Hills man. who has returned from
IN overland automobile trip to New
.hgIand. n. d., reports that George d.
Mcclellan. a former Lead man, who
some months ago TOOK up his residence
IN New England. a. disa appeared under
mysterious circumstances.
A year ago Mcclellan was arrested at
Belle Fourche, and taken to Lead on Il
.harge of having embezzled a sum OF
money from the Spanish-American war
veterans. He subsequently was released
on bail and the embeZzleInent charge
against him finally was dropped. He
was supposed to have returned to New
England to resume his duties as man
ager of a general store in that city. Now
his disappearance is reported
The New England people say they DO
not know what has becomr of him.
About a year ago, shortly before his ar
rest at Belle Fourche. he han been at
Sand Greek on a fishing trip with has
employer from New England. who died
suddenly en- route. Whether the man
died of heart failure or was killed by
the o~verturning of the car in which he
was driving was definitely de-
termined.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-12
HOLD FARMER FOR ATTACK
ON WOMAN IA YEARS OLD

Ramona, S. d., July 7.-As the result
Of his preliminary hearing, Earl But
tiers, a young man formerly engaged in
farming near Ramona, has been held for
trial at the next term of Lake county
circuit court on the serious charge of
attacking a well known woman of RAJ
mona aged a. after he had made her a
prisoner in the farm house formerly oc-
eupied by himself Il family, he having
U the aged woman to accompany
hin to the house on the pretext la he
wanted her to clean up the house for
him.
He is charged with a statutory of
tense. At the time originally fixed for
his preliminary hearing he feigned in
sanity, and did it so we'll that the hear
ing was adjourned for a short time.
When the hearing was resumed he
evidently had concluded to abandon tho
insanity plan and appeared to have full
possession of his mental faculties. Great
excitement was aroused by his alleged
crime and for a time threats OF taking
ms life were made by some of the angry
friends of the aged woman who was his
victim.