The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-02-01
HON. HARRY OLSON AND HON. CHARLES S.
DENEEN WARMLY RECEIVED AT
ODD FELLOWS HALL
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burdens, ne Is aoie 20 WORK out nj
salvation under the Stars and Stripes
"What seemed the curse of servi
tude, was after all the narrow gate
way of birth for the Negro to larg
er, fuller and more complete life il
a land where the great problems o
mankind are being worked out, ant
in view of the Negroes demonstrated
capacity we are convinced now tina
he has a necessary part in shapinl
the future.
I'VE must not think of the rela.
tons of white and black rs problem:
of race. The time is approaching
when the old blind prejudice will
cease, and we will consider those who
need encouragement and assistance
and recognition and reward on the
human, instead of the racial basis.
Races are human first and racial
afterwards. Differences go deep, and
abide; but Jikenesses go deeper yet.
We have some points of difference;
we have -innumerable points of unity.
From a world of facts now avail
able in support of my thesis, ! offer
a mere handful which are indisput-
able, and which find interesting. In
the Beaufort district of South Caro-
ina, a typical Southern district, we i
ind SO churches with 1889 men, S
oers, cared for by "a pastors. The q
church property is valued at S91, 625 I
and the annual funds collected for n
church purposes are S17,967. ?
'In a population here of $4,000 b
Negro, only one-quarter of one per v
,ent are indicted each year in the {
Circuit Court. There has been for c
'orty years a steady decrease in a
rhine. Nowhere else can we find h
,etter record. The decrease in litter b
ICY among the Negroes in Beaufort a
5 greater than the average for the ID
tate Wherever schools are provided
advantage is taken of the opportun- j
ty. II
From 1876 to 1912 in this dis 81
riot the value of lands owned by I
Iegroes has grown from $361,253 to g
SAB 400. The Negro has made a ii
uccess of truck farming, of cotton b,
of mechanical trades, of el
eaching and of the professions OPP tf
widens every year. AS his W
overs of mind are developed self
iscipline comes. AS he acquires M
roperty he gets habits of thrift, and pr
e secures the tolerance of men who to
ldge only by the external tokens of of
apacity. The Negro is the youthful tn
Ice, the race with its face to the To-
sing, not the setting sum-" tn
"The Colored people of the United UP
tates helped win the world warl af
hey were represented at Chateau sh
hierry and the Argonnel From our tn
vn city went the 9Th Regiment, COM ril
anded by my personal and my good ke
lend, Colonel Franklin A. Denison. SCI
eports from our commanders at the
ont have been uniform in praise
the courage and audacity of our ha
'lored troops on the western front. vi,
"You have a right to be proud of ha
'ur people, as the Republican party wO
ID the nation are proud of them! de-
There are battle fields in peace gu
mes as well as in war times. These sol
tiles are fought at the ballot boxes of
the primaries and elections. It ma
ould be your pride as well as your tic
ty to. select as a standard bearer ma
r the Republican party a man about mo
hose loyalty to country there has 20,
en- no question" yol
Judge Olson, who felt his oats is
yht sharp pitched right into the the
IN. Fred Lundin after he had finish tina
reading the above address, he has
fused the large crowd all the tine anc
a the r,aonla ror.l1 ,,o< ~.f~,;n 81.