Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-07-12

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every thing was said that could be
said. Hon. Emmett J. Scott in par
ticular and other higher officials in.
, general received a vcritihlc COX.
roast" 1t did not halt the anti Negro
| campaign. SO what is alleged Mr.
Scott did not do was done by others.
! but it was done. In this conncctior.,.
! it would be we'll to mention William.
Monroe Trotter, Mrs. Ida Wells Bar
| nett, Rev. w. IL. Jernigan, Rev. A.
=. Powell; Rev. j. Milton Waldron,
; DR.. L.. W.. Moore and a host Of
others, all doing exactly what. DR..
| Dubois says should have been. done
What matters it whether it. was
: done by the one or by the other SO
| long as il was done? On the other
! hand DR.. w. l.. b. Dubois was on.
: record as having recommended i'll. the
! New York Crisis that we lets our
wrongs and our grievances wait, UNI
til after the war was over. BY what
schema: OF reasoning, can he now lam
, bast Scott for doing the very thing
that lie had advised him and others
; to do? Our esteemed literary friend,
proceeds to give even Hon. Ralph w.
| Tyler parting shot for concerning
| linn lie, says:
! The sending of Ralph Tyler final
, ly MS newspaper correspondent was
l,,,t "a 10,
late and, indeed unless Mr.: Tyler,
had special facilities accorded him, he
could send nothing essential past the
censor. FIc had no special facilities
and he sent nothing. But that was,
not all. Despite the fact that Mr..
Tyler had the same opportunities as
the editor of the Crisis to learn the
truth, he has since his return pub
lshcd practically nothing and re-
y vealcd no essential fact
i Why?
! Mr.. Tyler, was sent like most OF
the others were sent, handicapped
from the start. Only those. who stay
cd on THIS side Of the Atlantic in
their own right or went over there
untrammcled like Editor William Mon
roe Trottcr arc in Il position to speak.
In view of their restrictions and prom
ises, they would violate. solemn obi
cations, so to do. The Now York Girls
is concludes:
The Crisis therefore, leaves the mat
ter precisely in the position that it
was before:
l. Did Mr. Scott know the treat
ment which black troops were rccciv
ing in France?
2 II Mr.. Scott did not know, why
did he not find out?
3. If he did know, what did he do
about it?
We do not believe that there is
any Doubt. out ,:nat Hon. Emmett }.
, Sect bad been informed OF condi-
: tons as they existed in France and
in this country. The question is what
, could he do and what did he do about
: it? His duties were to receive com
plants and to forward those deserv
!, ing of consideration to the proper
authorities for rectification Of con-
, ditions and remcdying Of evils al
legged to exist as affecting colored
men in the army. If he did not do
this he is blamablc. If he did do
. this, thon he did all that could be
I expected of him to do. The only one
, who can answer this question with
accuracy and certainty is Secretary
Of War Baker. Why not apply to
him for information upon this sub,
t jcct?
!, To our mind, it seems that the
; gun OF the distinguished scholar
, and journalist should be lcveiled up
on the white officers guilty Of hav--
ing degraded, enslaycd and persccut-
, ed colorcd mon in the army and that
| the making of a scapo goat OF Scott
is only making it impossible to Sc
cure punishment Of those responsible
: for the outrages. While Dubois and
Scott are fighting each other, the
l Negro hatcrs in the War Department
. are laughingly making their escape
:, from criticism or deserved punish
= mcnt.
9 We have never favored the Booker
II. Washington school Of thought, OF
- which the Hon. Emmett j. Scott is
! the representative. 1t fayors too much
9 of Bringing, OF moving along the
D lines Of the least resistance, OF "bend
: ing the supple hinges Of tho knee,
that favor follow fawning." We
" have been impressed with that school
/. Of thought, advocated by DR.. w. e.