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The daily morning oasis., 1919-04-03

In exclusive New York places Scotch higl
selling for dollar-apiece If they were sellin
price in Scotland they wouldn't be selling it.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-01
WILSON'S PEACE PACT

Theoretically the League Of Nation s may
be the worlds desideratum, but when adj
vocated by southern Democrat we view it
with an eye Of suspicion. President Wilson,
the foremost advocate Of this worlds peace
pact, is president of the United States be-
cause he received the vote Of the Solid
South and there is solid south because
the white citizens Of that section have lynch
ed multiplied thousands of black folks (men,
women and children) and have kept all Of
those not lynched in state Of terror
guessing who would be the next to swing.
It is not recorded that Huerta, the red
handed president Of the Mexican Republic,
ever with his own hands or by direct presi-
dental order killed any of his political op-
ponents, but they were killed by some one,
who was not punished for the wholesale
slaughter Of human beings, and Huerta so
long as that state of affairs continued re-
manned president of Mexico. So far as we
know Woodrow Wilson is an angel without
wings but he became president at the be-
hest of the most barbarous bunch of red
handed murderers known to modern civiliz-
alton and since he has been president that
murderous bunch has been the power be-
hind the throne. In a rather milk and cider
way President Wilson requested his chief
supporters to desist from lynching, but no
one ever believed it to be an earnest heart
felt request, and so it had no more effect
than would request to the March
winds that they howl no more If presi-
dent of the United States and that too in
times of war it was within his power to or
der the arrest and execution Of persons gull
ty of lynching human being, but no, no, to
have done that would have meant his loss
Of the support Of the Solid South and his
political prestige would have instantly van
ished With such record behind him how
can President Wilson become the principle
peace promoter of the world. Charity, we
are told, "begins at home,' and the same
should apply to peace. Free your own
country, Mr. Wilson of it's Ku-Klux Klan
that murders men, women and children by
day and by night before going to Europe
to organize the world into everlasting peace.
Under such circumstances it's plain to be
seen why the administration refused to issue
pass ports to colored men and women, who
would have gone to France and exposed the
United States proposed worlds peace pact,
while it's citizens were at that moment burn
inc colored men, women and children at the
stake whose only crime was disputing
white man. s word.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-01

the laborer and injure the capitalist the To-
quacious spell binder failed to explain. Tie
fact of the matter is such a strike would
demoralize the industries of the country
and the working people would be tie serious
sufferers Viewing the situation through
unbiased glasses some other way, other than
strikes must be devised to adjust the diff
ferences between capital and labor. The
strikers in Seattle have already lost five
million dollars and many Of them gone huh
cry and cold while the shipyard operators
are quietly resting on their oars, saying to
labor, "your move next.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-01
CAYTON'S WEEKLY

U. S. A.
In the interest equal rights and equal justice
all men and for "all men up"
publication of general information, but in
the main voicng the sentiments of the Colored
Citizens
Subscription 81 per year in advance. Special
rates made to clubs and societies
HORACE ROSCOE CAYTON. Editor and Publisher
Entred second class matter August 49, 1915, at
the post office at Seattle, Wash. under the Act OF
March 3rd, 1916
TELEPHONE: BEACON 1910
Office 303 22nd Ave. South.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-01
THE PASSING THRONG

THE PASSING THRONG
What some persons throw away as worth
less others utilize and reap rich reward
from the same. In one of the office build
ings Of the city the janitor had a large
quantity Of waste boxes of an unusually
large side, which he at first tried to sell
for fifteen dollars, but failed, then he tried
to give them away and found no takers for
some time, but finally an cold FOSSIL came
along and jumped at the offer of taking
them away He carefully knocked the box
apart and loaded it on a truck for his home.
It took three trips to clean up, which cost
him ten "bucks' - At his home he built
partitions and rooms, the regular lumber
for which would have cost about 800 and
has enough left to build couple of gar
ages, which he expects to sell for at least
$25 Moral Do not throw anything away.
If there is any disposition on the part Of
the white dentists of the city to snub col
ored patients, who seek their services then
such patients can be just as Independent
as the dentists themselves by taking their
aches and pains to cOlOred dentists, who
are anxious for their work. There are now
two colored dentists with prospects OF
third While the white dentists are turning
down colored trade the colored dentists are
taking coored or white and they have al
most as many whites as coloreds and as
result they are simply getting the money.
And now comes a. d. Richardson with an
up-to-date undertaking parlors and a we'll
arranged chapel in connection, in his hands.
His caskets tastefully decorate the walls
and his whole place impresses anyone en-
tering therein that it's business instead OF
a bluff at business. Mr. Richardson, the
head of the concern, claims to be the only
colored man in the Northwest that is
licensed emba]mer. With the business fOun-
dation he has already laid this undertaking,
it would seem, will be financial success if
but half managed He has assurances that
he will get much Of the Chinese and Japan
ese trade.
When Rev. W. d. Carter rose to tell to
the Equal Rights Club of Seattle his ex-
perience in trying to get to France to be
present at the worlds peace conference,
those present sat in rapt attention as he
told of the many efforts he and others put
forth to get the much coveted pass ports.
To fail in a worthy undertaking is very
humiiating, and so the Rev. Carter put
forth herculean efforts to succeed. The
Club gave him a rising vote Of thanks for
MS e11OfIS. 10 Tie SURPRISE VI dll TIC Hd't
some money left, which he turned over to
the treasurer Of the Club.
After number of months Of constant
employment in the Y NJ. G. A. service and
located at Camp eLwis Rev. b. A. johnson
has returned to Seattle and is casting about
to permanently locate here. His critics to
the contrary Notwithstanding, he is ripe
scholar and if he should decide to 60 into
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-01
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

"Unless labor gets what it demands every
shipvard in the United States will go idle, .
boastfully exclaimed a Seattle shipyart
striker. How such a strike would benefit
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-01

If the league Of nations is a success we
suspect Highmogul Wilson will issue an or
der, no women suffragist adOvates allowed.
Civil war in Britain would be one and
the same as Bolshevikism in high places.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-01

In the coming municipal election it's al
most Hobson choice proposition. If for
some reason you did not desire to vote for
the council ins and was relgiously opposed
to voting for labor candidates there would
be left but two other candidates to vote for
neither of whom can be considered in fav-
orable light The three ms in our opinion
should receive the vote of loyal, law abiding
citizens and should receive overwhelming
majorities The three labor candidates
were leading spirits in the late labor revo-
luton in Seattle and to elect them to office
would be placing the stamp Of approval on
that miniature revolution.
'Mr. Howard" seems to be a favorite
name for train robbers Jesse James was
the first train robber to adopt the cogno
men. The latest to sail under the name
was Arthur Howard charged with having
recently robbed a Great Northern train.
According to the hired press agent of
President Wilson the world is just dyeing
for Wilson, s soothing syrup which, it shak-
en- before taken, will make the lion and the
lamb lie down together and the millennium
will prevail among men,
"Church drives'' for "sheckels'' are be-
ing planned by majority Of the religious
denominations and if they succeed they will
have money enough on hand to pave the
streets of the New Jerusalem with dollar
bills
A campaign for the annihilation of coffee,
tea and tobacco is to be launched as soon
as rum has been completely dethroned. If
either of these luxuries are injurious "show
me'' and we are with you heart and soul.
Instead of President Wilson "trying to
speak your thoughts'' at the peace confer
ence he was trying to speak his thoughts
and he is now trying to make you think
they were not his, but yours
Perhaps Wilson's league of nations will
prevail in Europe, but it will have some
hard Shedding in the United States, William
Howard Taft to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Milk prices in Seattle are on the toboggan
and we truly hope they will remain on it
long enough for us to get all we can drink
at one time once more before we die
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-03-01

An epidemic of youthful robbers hangs
over Seattle like nightmare, which may
be the aftermath of the late deadly flue
epidemic.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-24
On the Good Ship Wabble

The undesirables who face deportation
fear a life sentence on the ocean, home
stead on the raging deep.
We propose to put them out and they
are not sure any one will let them in.
AS Ahasueruses Of the pillows, with no
Eugene Sue to describe their miseries,
they see themselves forever beating about
the Cape of No Hope, their vessel Fly
ing Bolshevik.
If such is to be their unhappy fate
these men of no land should be embarked
on the good ship Wabble. This craft, it
will be remembered, was side-wheeler,
which had lost one Of her paddles. SO she
circled about the broad expanses in
leisurely revolutions, with the helmsman
using the rudder to hold as much as he
could to a straight course.
But why should the deported object
to Trotzkyland or why should the empe-
ror of that land object to their arrival?
Alas! no one, no matter how crazy, is
crazy enough to want to go to Russia,
and Russia's present rulers are not in
sane enough to welcome those who would
go there
New-York tribune., 1919-02-24
Socialism andSutYrage
To the Editor of The Trihune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Referring in your issue of Febru-
ary to the New Jersey Anti-Sufrage As
sociations open letter to Senator Freling
huysen, the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation charges unfairness in the compari-
son of the Socialist vote for Governor in
1916 with that for Governor in 1918 with
women voting, and contends that the com
parison should have been between 1918 and
the preceding year.
The 1917 vote for Ellquit, 1892 il
New York City. was not q normal Socialist
vote and neither Hillquit himself nor "The
New York Call" official Socialist organ. now
claims that it was. ''In 1917 it is admitted
that the Socialist sentiment was abnormaly
swollen by extraordinary conditions" says
"The New York Call" of January 1, 1919.
1t represented sudden increase Of 1l5'
568 votes over the Socialist vote in 1916
in city whore the Naturalization Bureau
figures show there are in round numbers
117,O0O German-5orn men eligible TO vote
Hillquits campaign was conducted largely
in German, and ne repeatedly declared that
the election of Socialist Mayor in New
York would be mandate 20 open imne'
diate negotiations for peace"
William English Walling, the loyal So
cialist, said of the 1917 election: "Ths
Socialists gained only whore they were
supported by Germans"
Hillquit in The New York Call" has aa'
mitted that the 1917 vote for Socialist can
didates in New York was pacihst vote-S
protest against the war. In 1913 the wal
was practically over on Election Day.
1t was not only fair, II was mandatory, "
compare the normal Socialist vote for Gov
crnor at the last two gubernatoral cleo
tions. The figures would have been larger
had we quoted the Socialist vote for two
women candidates for Lieutenant Governor
and Secretary Of State who polled re-
spectivey 9.491 and 12Sl5 more votes 10
1918 than the Socialist candidates for Oo''
ernor, or had we taken the candidate ioi
State Engineer and Surveyor, who receives
1861 more votes than tho candidate io'
Governor, but we compared the 1915 vow
for Governor with the 1918 vote for 00''
ernor by all parties.
MRS. CARROLL P. BAsSETT'
President New Jersey Association Up
posed to Woman Suffrage.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-24
Dry to the North Pole

liquorless North America, from
Alaska to Mexico, is the forecast for
next summer. Canada's last "wet" region,
Quebec, becomes dry" by provincial leg
islation on May /. Already liquor has
been ruled out Of the other eight prov
inces, namely, Prince, Edward Island,
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario,
Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta and
British Columbia
Since lasG April, under the war meas
ures act, the importation, manufacture
and inter-provincal transportation of in
toxicating beverages have been forbidden
everywhere in Canada except Quebec,
where the act became effective on De-
cember 81, 1913. And even the sale of
existing stocks of liquor is forbidden by
local option in 1,097 Quebec communi-
ties. There remain only ninety "wet"
towns, including Montreal, where liquor
can legally be sold and shipped.
These ninety oases are to continue
only through March and April. From
May / until one year after the signing
Of the treaty Of world peace all Canada
will be experiencing prohibition brought
on as war measure to prevent waste
and increase national efficiency.
And after year Of peace, what?
The status quo onte-beltum, Of course. say
the SWEETS" Not by jugful, the "drys"
reply And the opposing forces are air
ing their arguments in page advertise
nyants in Dominion newspapers.
aEMeanwhile the government has no
New-York tribune., 1919-02-24

more definite plan than to validate for
still another year the existing order pro-
hibiting brewing and distilling. In the
interim it seems likely that the issue
will be checked up to the voters at a
Dominion-wde election after peace has
been signed
"Wait till our soldiers get back" is a
favorite "wet" argument in Canada as
we'll as here in the States. And that is
just what Canada is going to DO If the
men of Ypres and Vimy Ridge, with their
experience with Continental drinking,
want liquor at home their voices will be
heard at the polls when they return. In
that respect prohibition in Canada, if it
becomes permanent, may more clearly
than our own represent the will of an
entire people, including it's fighting men.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-24
One WGy Out

If Mexico should invite us to Join with
hcr IN forming an international commission
or our citizens and her own, to be empow-
cred to supervise the expenditure of the
money advanced and control the collection
OF money for the payment of the loans and
interest, then the whole problem would be
solved, and both peoples could be blessed
if not happy.
Nor is such scheme impossible 1t would
depend on whether the two peoples have
the more good sense. more adaptability to
new and difficult problem, or the more pride
of authority and the heroics of dignity.
Commercially we build houses, railroads
and public works on the basis indicated,
and feel no disparagement of dignity, and
many times nations have given to such COM
missions tasks of perpexing sorts. WHY
not so refinance q nation demoralized by
years of internecine frightfuness, with
millions of its helpless people praying for
relief?
New-York tribune., 1919-02-24
From The Detroit Neavs

S1lO,000,o00 Omitted States money!, and
VIII need for starter some two hundred
millions Omitted States money!, to re-
habllltate the railroads and industries and
TO provide for pressing obligations. The
United States and Great Britain can alone
help II they will---no other people can m
less possibly Japan. The United States is
the only one likely to help, and the help
would not come from the American Treas
ury, but only from American CAPITALISTS
by and with the approval of our govern
ment in arrangement with that of Mexico.
Can the conditions of such financing be
met? One first condition would have to be
the abandonment of all laws and DEGREES
OF conhscation of the property of for
eigners acquired under law Then the
capitalists of America would, l believe, be
ready to help refnance if they could see
any adequate security for money advanced
and if they could be shown substantial
certainty that the money would be wisely
spent for vital needs. Some such condi-
tions would be absolutely Indispensable to
helpful credit in money.
What material security can Mexico give
-NoHe such IS IN slght. The customs dues
have already been largely mortgaged to the
French to secure private loans. There is no
property Mexico could sell or hypothecate,
unless it be part of her territory and
she is debarred from doing this BY two
cohstitutons-or one constitution that is
alleged to be an amendment to another
There is no other promising way excent
by some mutually in the colossal Job of
financing and rehabilitation. I mean nm
tualty between the borrower and the lend
ers; some joint functions in spending the
money and collecting the income for nav
ment approved actively by the Mexican and
the American governments.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-24
Neither League
Nor Alliance
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | cannot refrain from, cor,.
latlng you upon the firm stand The Tr;h~S
has taken on the subject of the prono..s y
plan for league of nations. '''a
believe the position YOU hara -,
will be sustained by the Senate and Nv :.
american people as soon as the meaning ~
Mr.. Wilson's proposed plan is understo.s "
his plan is neither league of nation. :.
any proper sense of the word nor az :.
tenslve and defensive alliance.
All OF the authorities agree that in ora.-
to have an effective league of nation, ~,
OF the nations must be in. Mr.. Wilson
tertalned this view when he mads |.
speech recently at Carlisle, England ~
reason for this is that if only . w..
the nations are included those who ~
left out will organize a combination !,
position.
his plan is not an effective alliance -.
the reason that it does not provide for ~.
prompt application OF force in tho a,.~s
an emergency arises. In my judcmen+ ~.
American people are in sympathy with
France not only in her suffering h,. =
her position at the peace conference IN
lieve at bottom England is also in svrrno,,,.
with the French position. I do not believe
the representatives. of a single nation 3,
the peace conference are in accord with ~.
Wilson programme.
The iniquity of the whole move ,s +ha.
it thrusts into the background the savs-alr
practical and overwhelmingly Imperative
business of settling the issues Of this ua,
Tor the purpose of discussing plan os
doubtful efficacy at best, and which - !.
Is to be useful at all, must be plant If
slow growth
The Senate will probably reject the nlsr
because of its restrictions upon our sov
ereignty in the matter of the limitation ~
ornaments, the determination of whom
state of war exists between this count-v
and other nations, and the restriction upon
the powers of Congress in the matter ~
regulating our commerce with foreign ma
tions. Of course if we adopt this nlan wa
will have to give up the Monroe Doctrine
rms, together with the potential restric
tions placed upon our sovereignty, is seri-
GUS matter, and | do not believe the Amer
lean people are willing to make such
serious sacrifice for such little prospective
gain. On the whole, I am sure they would
prefer to leave the nation free and IN
shackled to act upon its own initiative in
the field of international affairs.
. l will state further that believe. should
the proposition to form sane league of
nations be raised at the proper time and
in the proper way, it would have favor
able reception in this country Any step
which has for its object and which tends
to organize the public opinion and moral
forces of the world, to give publicity to in
ternational agreements, and to clarity and
disseminate a knowledge of principles of
international law, will commend itself to
the good judgment Of all right-thinking
people. 1t is obvious that Mr.. Wilson by
pushing his present programme is playing
into the hands of Germany.
L. r. WHITLEY
New York, Feb %, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-24
Kultur in Nebraska

kultur dies hard, even in America.
The necessity for some such measure as
the Smith Bankhead bill, providing for
instruction in the English language of
those who are illiterate or do not speak,
read or write our language, is empha-
sized by the dispatch to The Tribune
from Omaha telling of the activity Of
the German element in Nebraska.
One town which had seven German
language churches before the war con-
Quoted services in English in obedience
to the orders of the State Council of De-
fence, but Immediately upon the disband-
ing of the council six of the churches re-
sunled the use of German. The same
conditions prevail throughout the state,
in many instances the pastors resuming
sermons in German in spite of the pro-
tests of the congregations, especially the
younger members
One public school teacher reports that
German is the only language spoken in
nlne-tenths of the homes in her district,
with the result that children go to her
school who do not know word of Eng
hsh. In the neighboring states of Mis-
souri, and Kansas bills have been passed
forbldding the use Of any foreign Ian
guage in elementary schools, but appar-
emily Nebraska is a laggard in Ameri-
canizatiOr