Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-04-10

mediate and absolute restoration of free
speech, free pres, peaceable assembly, and
all civil rights guaranteed by the Constitu-
ton We demand the abolition of injunc-
tons in labor cases. We indorse the effort
of labor to share in the management of in
dustry and labor's right to organize and bar
gain collectively through representatives Of
it's own choosing
With rapt attention did I listen to what
she had to say about the above platform and
the aims and objects of those promoting it
and then in answer to all she had said l
asked, land does all this mean probable
third presidential party?' to which she re-
piled in the affirmative. In view Of the fact
that | am a colored man, however much I
might or may be interested in this or SINH
lar political propaganda, l would come out
flat footedly against it, and that too despite
the fact that | might greatly sympathise with
it, I remember how the Progressive party of
the immortal Theodore Roosevelt fame made
the election of a southern Democrat possible,
and for the past eight years that president
and his supporteds have spent the most Of
their time and talent making it hard for the
colered man, and while the Democratic party
seems to have almost hung itself, yet any
third party movement will tend to resucitate
this two-thirds dying party, and of course
weaken the Republican party. AS little as
does the Republican party do for the colored
man, yet it s million times more in an
uplift way than the Democratic party does
and the colored man that will turn his hand
for the continuance in power of that party of
murderers and border outlaws would vote to
enslave himself along with his wife and
children. I know this is an unfortunate po-
sition for the colored man Of this country,
but it is so. and there seems to be no i'm
mediate remedy for it. So long as the South
votes soidly for the Democratic nominee
for president of the United States just so
long must the colored man necessarily vote
for the Republican nominee for president.
This of course will be taken advantage OF by
goats in sleeps clothing, but, as said above,
there is no other alternative for the colored
man Of this alleged Gland of the free and
home of the brave,'' but to be voted and |
therefore am compelled to decline the invi-
tation to become an active member of the
Committee of 4S, and refuse to discuss the
issues Of it's platform.
Twenty-four husky men of the regular
April jury panel lined themselves up to be
excused from jury duty last Monday morn
ing and among that number myself, but
not single woman called for jury duty
turn to pour my lamentations into the ears
Of the presiding judge a feeling of shame
came over me for wanting to shrk my duty
and had not my family been in actual need
of my daily earnings and the suspension Of
Cayton's Weekly the result of my remain
ing on the jury, l would have reconsidered
my plea for excuse, and done my duty. [
am now in my sixty-second year and that
was the second time in my life I had been
called for jury duty and each time l wig
gled out Doubtless | will never again be
called and I will go to St. Peter with at
least one black mark against me- Unless the
men show a greater disposition to serve on
juries it will only be question Of time when
the most Of the jurors will be women. It is
a fact that the women are showing a great
deal of interest in voting and sooner or
later the women will do the most of the vot-
ing Of the country and we men will con-
tinue in our money mad career, which often
leads us to all manner Of crime.
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