Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-03-02
THEN WE CAN KNOW WHAT WE
ARE DOING. AS 1T is, THE LABORER
IS BEING FED FROM A SPOON, THE
BOWL OF WHICH NO ONE CAN TELL
FROM THE HANDLE Chicago Defender.
BRILLIANT FINANCIAL SUCCESS

ing, yea not only not that, but there were
not to exceed fifty persons present last
Tuesday evening at the meeting called by
the Seattle branch Of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored People
to raise funds to aid in the deefnse Of the
colored folks under arrest for the East St.
Louis riots and for the maintenance of the
families Of the unfortunate soldiers Of Ft.
Sam Houston, but those present were there
to show their sympathy and to back up
their sympathies with the "almighty dol
lar" In less than two minutes after the
speaking program had ended and the chair
man Of the evening asked for volunteer
dollar contribution, hands went up and
twenty-five dollars were in the collection
basket. 1t is unfortunate that the house
was not full and overlooking and that $500
instead Of $25 raised and forwarded to the
National Committee in charge of this good
work. Let's hope that in the very near
future a similar meeting will be held and
that the local committee will be able to
raise the $500 it has set it's heart on doing
The speaker Of the evening was the Rev.
D. A. Graham and he spoke words Of truth
from start to finish, which were somewhat
as follows: E'Let it be understood that we
do not assemble here to condone crime and
we admit that the acts of the rotous
Twenty fourth Infantry which were COM
mitted at Houston on August 18th in the
sight of the law were criminal, for which
the punishment of death has been fixed, but
men sometimes commit crime under con-
ditions which are eXcusable and I believe
this is one of those instances. The world
applauds the name Of John Brown, who
was legally hanged after he had been con-
victed of not only treason, but murder. HIS
memory is now honored and revered be-
cause the crime he committed is now looked
upon as a conditional crime, which re-
suited in Lincoln emancipation act"
Dr. David T. Cardwell said in part:
''More loyal people to the United States
government could not be found than the
Negro but his loyalty for each other is so
limited that it is hard to find. Instead Of
full house here tonight there are but
couple or more dozen, which is due to our
disposition to let every other black man
hustle for himself-every fellow for him.
self and the devil take the hinder most one.
Had the Jews, the japanese or any other
class of citizens or sojourners in this coun-
try called mass meeting to assist needy
ones of their class, the meeting place would
have been famed, but here we are, speaking
to empty benches I am with this under
taking, heart and soul, financially as well
as otherwise"
sargent w. a. FIOOHIdu, WIN 10 q L.
tired member Of the Ninth Cavalry, said:
elm my opinion the reason those soldiers
took the law into their hands and went on
"a rampage was that they had not been
properly schooled in the army regulations.
Soldiers must obey the rules Of the army
and if they do not they will meet the same
fate as did those boys. l regret very much
the sad ending of the men and my sympathy
goes out for their wives and children and
it gives me great pleasure to lend financial
aid for their general relief y He read at
length from the army regulations, which was
greatly appreciated by those present.
observation-disclosures 'o,alwsyere. eatoinhii
John F. Cragwell said: eve are much
more loyal to each other than we are often
given credit for and we certainly are as
loyal to our country as is possible for hui
man to be. The families Of those unfortu-
nate soldiers, regardless of the why's and
wherefores, unless the colored citizens Of
this country come to their rescue, are
doomed to suffer and I stand ready to do
my part, full and complete. 1t is our duty
10 Oth