Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-04-24

you keep on dat dirt road it's ten long
miles; if you take dat locomotive, it's not so
far, but, warming up to the situation.
eff you take dat spatchegraph, God bless
your soul, honey, you are dahr now
''Never touched me-" joyfully exclaimed
$. "A. Perkins, whom | met on the streets in
Seattle last Tuesday. "You bet your sweet
life l will be in Bellingham, when the Re.
publican convention assemblies there, and
believe me, I'll be there with bells on. and
will accept the decision of the convention
just like a good Republican, Mr.. Per-
kins leaves for Chicago the next day after
the Bellingham convention closes, where he
as chairman of the executive committee of
the National Republican Committee will
SIT IN judgment on any contest that may
come to the convention. know of one con-
test coming from Mississippi, which had
it's origin in the Lilly White politics Of
that state 81 have no patience in the
world for that Mississippi rot and if I do
not put the hydro.headed monster to sleep
for all time to come, it will not be my fault.
Once before that Mississippi mess came be-
fore me and | took fendsh delight in the
support of Perry w. Howard, the colorcd
contestant, and he need not lose any sleep
about my vote in the coming CONTEST
*
Blackie is back with box of fun, though
I'm told he made no mon, on the troting
horse or the racing colt that split the air
like thunderbolt But Blackie is a sport
that's fn of game, though his purse be
wee bit lame. | got crmp from the last
long trot, which looked mighty good but
got my pot. But Jay Eye See and little
Joe, look good to me before they 90, so T
kissed my roll and said farewell, then bor-
rOWed buck to touch the bell, for a
thousand "buls' to bring me home, where
money is made from the ocean FOAM So
here | am again on the job feeling mighty
fine but ain t no snob.
But | was told by the cuckoo clocks
Blackie is back with a "box of rocks"
which came to him from little Joe, that lead
the bunch to the end Of the row, and among
his friends he's spending the coin and to
them he is the prince of DeNIoine Blackie is
back, for I saw his car rising the hill like
the morning star. Negroid Way was all in
style when Blaclzie swept by wreathed in
smiles And now the town will be full of
life for Blaclie is back and has no knife
"The navy is alright, as far as it goes.
Dut SO Tar as the young cOlOred man IS con-
cemed it does not go far enough On the
various ships the coored man is subject to
even more color discrimination than he is
on land, and God knows that is saying
good deal. There are about fifteen col
ored men on the ship with me and they are
not permitted to in any way come in con-
tact with the white men. There are about
twenty Filipinos and they are all in class
to themselves. However, they think them
selves quite above the colored man, and
the white men refuse to associate with them
| think the white sailors dislike the Fill
pInos to a greater extent than they do the
colored men. That, | am inclined to Think
IS due to the fact that the Filipinos refuse
to be cOlOred folks and for that, the whites
seem to just mOrtally hate them. When my
term is out then no more L. S. Navy for