Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-05-08
THE PASSING THRONG


for the Advancement of Colored People
was talk and such one as white men
seldom, if ever, make to colored persons
No, he offered no specific solution for what
ever troubles and anoyances the coored
people may meet in this country from time
to time, nor did he in any way discuss the
situation, but he did portray in language
so simple and plain that all present fully
understood, the manner and method man
had to proceed in life to reach the goal of
success. From all he said those present
were left to make their own differences and
draw their own conclusions. He himself did
not seem to think the colored man any diff
ferent from the white man and lust as
capable of mental expansion and moral ap-
plication as any other class of human be-
ings From his way Of thinking the color
Of ones skin had nothing to do with the
inner man. The Negro was in line for any
thing the Caucasian was in line for and yet
he did not say any of this in so many
words If the words of his lecture last
Tuesday evening had have been put in
print it would be next to impossible to read
the same and CLEAN therefrom the idea that
he was talking to colored people, In a
nut shell, his premises and his conclusions
from start to finish were magnificent, grand
and sublime, and no one could have listened
to what he said and to whom he said it
without reaching the conclusion that the
colored man Of this country is rapidly attain
ing that educational and citizenship stage
Of life which is enjoyed by the most favored
Of her citizens | have heard distinguished
white men speak before white audiences and
then | have heard the same men speak be-
fore coored audiences and they prove them
selves to be the veritable DR.. Jeckyl and
Mr. Hyde Before the white audiences they
were educators and logicians who foretold
the future with elegance and eloquence but
before the cOOred audiences they but uttered
conglomeration Of disconnected generai-
ties and solved great problems with the
sweep of their hands and the roar of their
voices. Not so with DR.. Suzzalo before his
recent colored audience, but he served to it
the same profoundly Of thought and the
same high or low conclusions Of the mis-
takes Of life as he would have to white
audience. It's refreshing to the progressive
colored man to have progressive white men
exchange ideas with them and the same
not based upon the fact that the one is
white and the other is black God has ere
ated all men equal though they widely differ
III mind and matter.
| did not witness the recent King County
Democratic Convention, but | read Of it
and if half | read bout it were true | am
Of the opinion that distance lent enchant-
ment There not being sufficient number
of colored men in this city and state for
the Democrats to feel justified in precipi-
tating a rough house with them. and feeling
duty bound to get into scrap with some
body on such occasions, they jumped onto
each Others necks. | intimated in my last
ISSUE that the Democrats would make no
mistake to pass a similar resolution as did
the Republicans, condemning mob violence,
but instead of condemning mob violence
they seemed inclined to practice the same
on themselves and | reached the conclusion
that it is as impossible for a Democrat to
be other than rough neck as it is for the
Ethiopian to change his color or the leopard
to change it's spots. But discussing Demo-
cratic shortcomings is waste of time and
words for Democracy is at the end of it's
row.