The Colorado statesman., 1918-01-26
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 1918

vet the Post has said so, and it is
assumed he did. How then does such
an one size up as self-respecting, race
loving and God-fearing
Mischievous and untruthful state
ments are poor guarantees of self re-
spect and the race is poor indeed
whose most inveterate and ubiqui-
tous champion embraces in exagger-
ated measure those especial traits of
character, the possession of which
has caused succeeding generations to
remember with loathing such shame
less old rascals as Ananias, Uriah
Heep and George Washington Bings.
prayers are asked for greater 10y
atty to the country and government
Now where does Mr.. Judas come in
after that? Rev DR.. Simon P. w.
Drew not only drew pretty hard on
his imagination when, by implication,
he drew" this indictment against the
Negroes loyalty, but conversely, by
the same token, he endorses the eff
forts of those who seek to confine Ne
gro employees within certain specified
limits and who refuse to appoint Ne
gro women to clerkships even though
certified by Civil Service.
BY the same token too, Negroes are
asked to be thankful for the horrors
of East st. Louis and for the outrages
which precipitated the reprisals and
the tragedy of Houston.
The fact that the Rev. Simon P. w.
Drew is granted generous space in the
daily press for this and other stuff
which in a specious way voices a
propaganda with unwholesome and
sinister effect upon Negro status and
progress, is matter for serious and
prayerful consideration.
The Negro is accustomed to being
exploited, ridiculed and traduced from
without and is prepared to struggle
forward against all such odds, but to
combat the insidious thrusts of the
hypocrite and demagogue from within,
who demands no more for the birth
right of race than Esau did for his
own, is a vastly different proposition.
BY all means let us pray-not only
on February 10, but every day and
hour Pray that the Grace of God
may sustain us through every trial,
continuing us in that same measure
of loyalty and devotion. Devotion to
the real spirit and ideals of American
life and loyalty through suffering and
unto death to flag and country.
WE in the same manner and spirit
of the writer wonder at some peoples
idea of self-respect, race-love, etc, and
these are generally particular charac-
ters among us, who are accredited
great leaders, organizers and heads of
our various organizations and associa-
tions Facts are facts. and no sane in
dividual will dispute them, but when
any advantages begin to come to
portion of the population of any coun-
try by reason of world conditions fore
would not be fair or honest to credit
an individual an administration
with bringing about those conditions.
Well may the Rev. Drew request
day of thanksgiving among the people
of Germany and blessing for the kali
ser, after they shall have to accept
imperatively democracy in the form
that all liberty-loving people enjoy, as
If the kaiser during his reign did not
lend such a helping hand or take such
an active part in this conflict, the peo-
pie of Germany would not be begin
ming to see the dawn of the freedom
that long awaited them. Men after the
order of this race-leader help to make
our path thorny. and the evil they ac-
complish by trying to place us in
falsity of position takes us years and
possibly generations to overcome. so
that If they easily forget the in
crease of insults. lawlessness and suf-
fering that have been heaped upon us
and not so long ago with hardly any
attempt to suppress or hinder, the
Reverend gentleman and his support
ers would, as Jonathan Cover puts it,