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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-05-13

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
I'VE ARE ALL ALIKE"

In the midst of the base, unjust, un-
American talk about race segregation,
which Southern whites have started
in Chicago, the statement of men,
Der of an oppressed race, sounds like
voice of fairness in the. wilderness
of race prejudice.
A great hullabaloo was raised over
the sale by Rabbi Hirsch of his for
.mer residence at 1912 Grand Boule-
ward, to colored man. It was con-
sidered a matter of sufficient impor-
lance to warrant the sending of re-
porter of the Chicago Tribune to in
terview the seller.
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch, the famous
Jewish leader, was asked by the re-
porter: ..... -
What are your views on race seq
regation?" -~a- Z. 7: 2. al. a.
Rabbi Hirsch replied: :.
From my point of view we are all
alike. Colored people are just as good
as whites. 1 would rather have good
black neighbor than poor white one"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
An ApoIoelst.

(From the Washington Bee.)
The Bee, at the time Major Motion
was named by committee of apollo
gists, said then that he was a Hand
Picked Leader"
The condition of the colored race
In this country is due to these 'hand-
picked leaders," Now, in the first
place, Major Motion represents a class
OF white men and not the Colored
Americans. 49,, ..-.
He Is not only "hand-picked
leader but an apologist who fails to
resent an insult. Would any Ameri-
can white man of any nationality at
tempt to make excuses for an insult
to his wife by a common carrier.
Has this not been the policy of all
hand picked leaders? This hand
picked representative apologies for
the insult offered his wife while en-
route to her home. Will Major Mo-
ton, the newly installed principal of
Tuskegee, enter suit for damages?
No, he would offer an apology to those
who had insulted his good wife. The
Bee has always been an admirer of
Major Motion, and thought that he
possessed manly traits, that would
commend him to the thoughtful con-
sideration of the American black
race, but The Bee must confess that
he is a hand-picked leader and an
apologist. ~ =. -, r.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08

the United States, but the abolition
lists had already unsheathed their
hammers William Lloyd Garrison,
Frederick Douglass. Wendell Phillips,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Sum.
ner and hundreds Of others hammer.
ed" the great evil until the slave hold.
ers' rebellion came, when hammers
were exchanged for guns, and with
the assistance of nearly 100000 former
slaves, who fought nobly. the great
blot was wiped from the escutcheon.
The work of the hammer is not yet
complete Thousands of social wrongs
still exist which must be hammered
until they disappear. 81
Thousands OF men, such as women
slavers, jimcrowists and their ilk, men
who would barter their birthrights,
must be hammered until they beg for
mercy and reform or are knocked into
hell. r.. = 4 + .
Great is the hammer! Long may It
exist to knock down the Wrong; to
build up Right. ..-..,- z.e... +
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
INDIANS AGAINST SEGREGATION

INDIANS AGAINST SEGREGATION.
Three hundred members Of the
American Society Of Indians, in an
nual convention at Minneapolis, voted
for the abolition of the u. S. govern
ment Indian Bureau. -<=s.z7z
The reasons given by speakers are
that Indians should be regarded the
same as other American citizens and
do not need supervision.
. A remarkable thing in connection
with this announcement is the fact
that the editor of THE APPEAL. in
9 wire to the President just before he
left Tor the Peace Conference at Paris,
in December, 1918, suggested the
same idea in reference to the Ameri-
can Indian. 5s.2..
DR.. g. q. Eastman, Amherst, Mass,
president Of the organization, in an
address said the Indians were not I'M
derstood and would not be in the
United States, until an Indian is presi-
dent
Even the American Indian, who was
robbed Of his country by the eau
.casian, sees the menace Of segrega-
ton to which 50 many colored men.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08

An attempt was made to buy out
Rev. John F.. Thomas, pastor of Eben-
ezer Baptist Church, whose congrega-
ton has purchased a Jewish Temple
in the Hyde Park district, but he re-
fused to be party to the scheme and
he says that his congregation will
move into the Temple when the pay
ments have been completed.
Ex-Alderman De Priest, head of the
Peoples Movement, is raising a fund
to take care of the mortgages of those
threatened with foreclosure and will
see to it that insurance policies are
taken out for all who are not protected
against fire.
Leading colored citizens, pastors of
all the churches and heads of organ
izations are advising their members to
stand pat and be not afraid. 1t is
very evident that the colored people
Of Chicago will not waive any of their
constitutional rights.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
REv,v,NG. WAR INSURANCE.

Soldiers and sailors who have al
lowed their war insurance to lapse
should take note of the new treasury
decision whereby men out of service
eighteen months or more may rein
state their policies up to Dec. 81, 1919,
on payment Of two months premiums,
provided they are still insurable ply
sically. ..-......s.s. - ..-....
Many Of these policyholders have
dropped their insurance because they
are young and without dependents.
But beyond question most of them
will some day be married and have
dependents and will need insurance.
Life insurance is regarded today by
our most substantial citizens as the
necessary equipment of every man of
family, and many banks are publicly
advocating it as a measure of thrift.
These boys Of the army and navy
can never again get insurance as
cheaplysaszit is offered by the govern.
ment, and the terms for reinstatement
are exceedingly liberal. It would be
the part Of wisdom for these boys to
get their policies launched now and
at least partly paid for while they are
unburdened, financially, by family.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
WILL NOT WAIVE RIGHTS.

80
Venal colored men in Chicago at
tempted to sell out the colored people
but they were promptly rebuked by
the decent self-respecting people
An organization known as the Ken
wood and Hyde Park Property Own
ers Association held meeting to pre-
pare plans to segregate the colored
people or at least to drive them out
of the Hyde Park section. The color
ed people were characterized as "un-
desirables," "coons,'' "'darkies," ETC..
by speakers who were appealing to
the prejudices of the Southerners who
composed about nine-tenths of the
audience.
Then another meeting was called
and a few venal jimcrow Negroes
were on hand who tried to sell out
their race. The whole plan was an
infamous one. The colored men who
were in the plot were the hirelings
of the Hyde Park whites and hoped
to make lot of money out of the
scheme, but the community made it SO
hot for the Would-be traitors that they
did not attend the second meeting
with the whites. There were only
six colored men who agreed to segre-
gate themselves and they have long
been known as jimcroWists.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
Is 1t Fair?
(From the Monitor, Omaha,)

(fTOm the Monitor, Omaha.)
To stand before the God Of heaven
and earth with trumpets and loud
voice and proclaim: Thank God we
U. S. are not as other people are,
We write upon our books laws grant
ing to all our people equality" Then
write other laws abrogating the pre-
vious regulations? And when you do
not think it feasible to put them in
print, simply make, it an unwritten
rule that serves your purpose as well !?
To covet your neighbours goods
(rights) and If he should demonstrate
with you, to slay him?
For a so-called democracy to have
two or more interpr relations of the
same word, each contrary to the
other?
To assert that man is incapable
Of accomplishing a meritorious deed,
without giving him an honest chance
for a try.
To call man whose distant parents
or parent had Negro blood a Negro
and white man whose parents were
Indian. Malay or Monaghan a white
man still?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08

group has no real knowledge of the
other groups. -
. The meeting of the various racial
groups at a public picnic does not
carry with it the obligation to con-
tinue and enlarge relationships. Each
person must determine for himself to
what extent he wishes to go in his
social dealings with his fellows.
do not doubt the rectitude of your
intentions, but after my exposition of
the case, you may be able to see that
there is an un-American trend which
you yourself had not previously real
lied. ss
l trust that next year you will have
an ALL AMERICAN PICNIC, to which
ALL of your employees will be in.
vited, in order that racial hatreds
may be curbed and every man, no mat
ter what his nationality may regard
his fellow workman as an AMERI-
CAN-nothing more-nothing less"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08

: It seems that the best means for
promoting the welfare of the colored
people would be the scattering of col
ored families all over the country.
In communities where there are only
a few families there seems to be lit
tie or no friction. Trouble seems to
be caused by the coming of the
Masses :-~
An example of this is right here in
Minnesota in the town of Bemidji,
where there are not more than a dozen
colored speople. Charles W. Scrutchin
q colored man Of African ancestry is
the leading lawyer, having a good pay
ing practice, his clientele being all
white. He has the respect of the en-
tire population and is received every
whore with the same cordial welcome
that is given the whitest man in town.
There is no race problem in Bemidji.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
DECLINED BECAUSE UNAMERI-
CAN.

The Department of Publicity of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac
turing Company of Lester, Pennsyl
vania, gave a segregated picnic for
it's colored employees: A long account
Of the event was sent to THE APP.
PEAL but we declined to publish be-
cause we felt that the segregation
was un-American. We reprint here
with the body of the letter sent to the
Westinghouse Company, which gives
the opinion of THE APPEAL as to
the Importance of cultivating the feel.
ing of Americanism among all Amer.
lean citizens: - --c..,...
"Your matter is respectfully declin.
ed because THE APPEAL, which is
AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER does
not care to give publicity to a story
which on it's face appears to be un.
American. We so regard it as it is
the exploitation Of the fact that a
segregated picnic was given for the
"colored" employees. That is drawing
the color line. 80, =
So far as we know the Wrestling.
house Company has not given sep.
arate picnic for each of the following
groups: German, Irish, French, Brit
ish, Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, Aus.
trian, Lettish, Finnish, Bulgarian, Ser.
bian and the one hundred and one
other nationalities which are employ
ed and there is no reason why picnic
should be given exclusively for "color.
ed" employees. - 49,. r.. - ..
Possibly some Of the colored EN-.
ployees desire such picnic, but that
is because many have come from the
South and know nothing but segrega.
ton. Instead of encouraging such a
desire, it should be the aim of an
AMERICAN corporation to encourage
the mingling Of all of it's employees
of the various racial groups in order
that they may learn more of each
other. Ninety per cent of radical pre-
JUDGE is due to the fact that one
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
FEAR OMAHANS LYNCHED lNNO.
- CENT MAN.
(From the Boston Post.)

(From the Boston Post.) ..
Omaha now is gravely questioning
whether Will Brown was guilty of the
act for which wild mob lynched him
after night Of lawlessness. Every
day that dawns brings increasing fear
that the awful deed was committed
upon man innocent Of any crime"
except that Of having a black skin.
These revelations have aroused tho
respectable majority of the communi-
ty almost to the limit of endurance.
It is reported that strangers visiting
the city are making pilgrimages to
the smoke-smirched hulk of the Doug
las County. Court House, once the
pride of a happy CITY, Their horror
adds but fire to the Indignation of
Omahans. Citizens demand the pun
ishment of the lynchers, and declare
they are going to get it. Already
one hundred arrests have been made,
and prosecutions are at hand.
The deep revulsion from that wild
orgy is a good thing for Omaha. It is
a good thing also for America.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
REBs TO HONOR K. XXX,

5 Headed by the Robert E. Lee camp,
whose membership, includes Gen. K.
M. Vanzandt, commander In chief of
the United Confederate Veterans, a
movement has been launched by local
veterans in Austin, Texas for, the
erection of a monument to the Ku
Klux Khan, which fourished in the
south in reconstruction days, for the
purpose of intimidating and murder
ing colored people to prevent them
from voting or exercising any rights
of citizenship. 1t will be recalled that
Texas is the state in which Secretary
Shil1ady OF the N. A. A. C. p. was
brutally assaulted about two months
ago because he was endeavoring to
aid the colored people.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
!; and, some, actually

ere Indifferent; and, some, actually
claim desire. sss=
Through the influence Of certain
prominent colored men a negro"
bureau was established in the Depart:
ment OF Labor, as a war measure.
The war is over and it should be
abolished. Cut out the word negro
In the government service If all citi-
zens, regardless of race or color, are
moi subject to identical conditions be-
lore the law, then American democ-
racy is fake.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
WILL HELP REMAkE BASIC LAW


Edward H. Morris, noted lawyer,
and Rev. Archibald J. Carey, militant
Methodist preacher, have been elected
members of the convention which will
meet at Springfield, Illinois, January
6, 1920, to remake the constitution of
the state.
AS these men stand high in their
respective callings and are widely
known as brave fighters against jim
crowism in any form, it may be as
sumed that they will see that the
rights of the colored people are safe.
guarded in the basic law. ~
Col. Franklin A. Denison, Colonel
of the famous Eighth Illinois infantry,
was also a candidate, but was defeat
ed by a combination of Democratic
and Republican voters in the first dis
trict, although he polled a large vote;
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08

Even President Wilson is overlooked
at the success Of Gov. Coolidge, the
Republican winner in Massachusetts.
It was an unprecedented thing for a
Democratic President to congratulate
Republican victor, but Mr.. Wilson
evidently now realizes that the Demo
cratic party is largely composed of
the elements of anarchy and disorder
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
ALL HAIL, "fHE HAMMER!"

ALL HAIL, THE HAMMER!"
For many years we have heard a lot
about throwing the hammer" into the
discard and giving time to "construc-
tive work." Many have said: Build
up; never tear down. *.
But knocking and tearing down are
Just as necessary in the economy of
things, as building up. Battering
down Wrong is a useful process and
must usually precede the building up
Of Right.
Foul as 1t is, hell itself is defiled
by the fouler presence of John" That
was tho terrible verdict of the con-
temporaries of King John of England.
In his person were combined insol-
once, self1shness, unbridled lust, cruel
ty, shamelessness and tyranny. The
barons rose against him and demanded
. change A. D. 1915, they invited the
King to a little meeting at Runny-
mede and they informed the absolute
monarch that there must be some ma
terial notifications in the autocratic
power of the King. John did not relish
the demand but he realized that he
stood alone and that the barons had
their little hammers" up their sleeves
and were ready to use, them, SO he
granted the Magma Charta. The Great
Charter was discussed, agreed to, and
signed In single day. Thus modern
democracy and liberty had their origin
In hammer" work. 49, .-..-> { =.
In the sixteenth century the Cath.
Ollie Church had grown corrupt. The
priests were guilty of immortality, ex-
tortion and all the other crimes in the
decalogue. The 1nquisition was work
ing overtime. When conditions were
at their worst, Martin Luther appeared
on the scene armed with hammer"
and he battered down the Devil so
braced Christianity and this in the
strongly entrenched in the church.
Thus began the Reformation which
separated the Protestant church from
the Romish See, and conferred in
benefits on mankind.
For many years the American col.
onies had been oppressed by England,
the mother country. The colonies
protested against taxation without
representation. Mother England re-
fused to heed the cries Of her children,
90 In 1776, the colonists revoltsd, the
hrst blood she'd being that Of Crispus
Attacks, a mulatto, whose valor the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts has
commemorated in enduring granite
and bronze on Boston Common. The
continued .'hammering" Of the colon.
lists finally brought the liberty which
was proclaimed, July 4, 1776.
In the seventeenth century, African
slavery was inaugurated in America.
William Wilberforce and others ..ham-
mered" at the vile wrong in England.
The agitation was continued until the!
year 1884 saw the abolition Of slavery
In all British colonies.
Bond-service had strong hold in ];
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
Hates the Term "Nsaro,"

Il hate the term Negro because II
Is being used in terms Of hatred. II
is the cause Of the segregation of the
Negro; 1t is being used In contem pit
In public places; it is an excuse Tor
DISTINGUISHING him; and it is an ex.
cuse for lynchinE him. Only ono.
tenth Of ono per cent of tho colored
people in America can trace their
descent to Africa, and there IL no
more right to call all colored people
Negroes than to call all white people
Turks or Armenians' -Ex-Assistant
United States Attorney General VIM.
H. Lewis. Boston, Mass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08

zenship, including the right to die with
white men for their country, is it any
reckonable menace to responsibility
and intrinsic leadership to open a few
more industrial doors to their proved
abilities and usefulness? While we
write, a moving-van is unloaded by
two white men and one colored man.
The colored man is the boss, the
white men take his orders. There is
not the least trouble about it. There
would never be trouble If it were not
made by people of the temper of the
anonymous objector.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
INFORMATION WANTED.

Anyone who can give any informa-
ton in regard to the whereabouts of
Mr.. Edward Pool, who is, or was, chef
on one of the railroads running out
OF St. Paul or Minneapolis. His mother
is dead, and his aunt, Mrs. G. A. Neal,
1923 Lawton Ave-, st. Louis, Mo-,
wishes to find him in order to settle
up some property.
Anyone who can give any informa-
ton will confer great favor by do
ing so. Address as above.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
DURHAM DEAD.

Former U. S. Minister to Haiti Dies.
Journalist, Lawyer, Diplomat.
Hon. John Stephens Durham, con-
sui to Santo Domingo in 1890, later
United States. minister to Hayti, is
dead. He was at one time assistant
United States district attorney in
Cuba, preparing defenses against
claims made before Spanish treaty
claims commission following the Span
ish-American war. He later resumed
law practice.
Mr.. Durham once served as assist
ant editor of the Philadelphia Bulle-
tin, was a graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania, and had been in Eu-
rope since the war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
ONE WAY OUT.

THE APPEAL has received copy
Of the printed court calendar of the
County of Clearwater, in the 18th
Judicial District of Minnesota for the
General October Term of 1919. There
are Sc cases on, the calendar and
Atty. Charles w. Scrutchin is attor-
ney of record in q of the cases.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
THE SIN or SILENCE

TO sin BY silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
injustice, ignorance and lust, tho in !:
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guiIlotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right tho wrongs of
many.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08

1t is sad to think that there are
colored men who are willing to barter
away their rights as American citizens
tor the doubtful honor of being patted
on the back and called good negroes"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
should Open the Door. to Opportunity
(From the Christian Register.)

(from the Christian Register.)
A circular sent out to employers in
a large city, calling attention to the
number and quality OF young colored
men trained in the schools of the city,
and asking cooperation and counsel
in making their services available
brought one reply which though anony-
nous is significant of an opinion still
widely influential Kindly send them
to Africa, instead Of mixing them
with us. :, AS the expression Of an in
dividual desire these two. points are Of
course admissible, but as practicable
measures it is curious that any intelli-.
gent person should seriously entertain.
them. Does any one suppose that the
colored population OF the United
States could be sent to Africa, or that
# they were sent they would 60? So
long as they are here, and have al.
ready been mixing for more than
century, and have the rights OF citi-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
JOHN BROWN.


John Brown, ant.sIavery agitator, seized Har.I
pers Ferry Oct is, 1859, in attempt free the
slaves. He was arrested, tried and hanged on Dec.
2 Of the same year.
Estates not great
Except men may make them;
Men not great except they do and dare.
But States, like men,
Have destinies that take them
That bear them on not knowing why where.
All merit
From Drawing the unequal;
All glory comes from daring to begin. zs74z4
Fame loves the State s-z=z*z= sEs.[ i
i That reckless Of the sequel,
Fights long and we'll, whether to lose or win.
From bouIevards ~ l.. p -~S ~
O'erIooking by Nyanzas, - -
That statured bronze shall glitter in the sun
With rugged letterinq s.5r - -...-.~
John Brown Of Kansas,
He dared begin. He lost, =zrs.@5 -
But losing won. -
I.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08

Worlds Record, But Not Justice.
(From the Chicago Post.)
Seven minutes for a death verdict
in Arkansas probably is the worlds
record. OF course, the man was
black.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
Regular Southern STYLE,

Because he had bought Pullman
tickets for his wife and daughters
John Leonard, who runs a barber shop
for whites only at Yazoo City, Miss,
was taken into the woods Ly a mob,
stripped and severely beaten with
horse whips
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-11-08
"Ne0roes and Dogs Not Allowed"
(FrOm the Nashville Clarionl

Down in Houston, Texas are some
elevators in public buildings labeled
NEGROES AND DOGS NOT ALLOW
Ed. Generous Classification! Sucl
signs as these account in such meas
ure, for the exceedingly rapid name,
In which the Colored men are depopu.
lating the South. They can be neither
blamed nor censured for leaving a
town like this. They have hearts and
souls and human pride, just like the
people Of other races.