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Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-28
THE NEGRO PRESS SPEAKS
On Selling the Vote

The Pittsburgh American, Pittsburgh
Pa, quotes the Negro Associated Press:
Delegate venality is evidently on the
wane. At least one gets the impression
that it is fast disappearing from the infre.
quent gossip concerning it's prevalence
among the colored men who have been num-
bered as working forces in the Chicago Re-
publican Convention. No National Con-
vention in which colored men have been
active participants has been so free Of the
charge of this disgusting practice as this
years national gathering of the chieftains
of the party.
Heretofore charges of venal practices
have been counted as outstanding features
Of the part the colored men have played in
the varying deliberations Of the conflicting
elements seeking to shape policies and name
candidates. Even the names of mn popu-
lary PLACID beyond the reach of unsavory
implication have been dragged before the
public gaze and exhibited as clear.cut ex.
amples OF prostituted political activity. The
result has been distinct loss of respectful
consideration and a criminal dissipation of
political influence.
The turning of the road has been reached.
A new situation has made it's bow and
firmer place Of respect is about to be found
tor colored men in the higher councils of
the Republican party. Younger men with
fixed policies and clearer vision have come
upon the scene. Threadbare traditions have
peen cast into the waste basket of our
thinking and in their place has come the
determination to honestly fit in the machin.
cry which operates the working of the gen.
eral government.
Our hope for the future is to be found in
whatever makes for the sounder mainte-
nance of Republican institutions. Because
white men of uncertain knowledge of their
social responsibility practice bribery is no
reason why colored men should fall to the
level of the bribed.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-28
On Farming in Liberia

The Texas Freeman, Houston, Tex" says:
A farm of 25 acres of fine land is given
by the Liberian government to every Ne
gro from America, according to DR.. John
H. Reed of Monrovia, Liberia. now in this
country. In this land abundant crops of
coffee, sweet potatoes, rice, wheat. cocoa,
or rubber can be raised, and there are good
markets for them when harvested
Unlimited opportunity for progress is
what the American Negro seems to want,'
said DR.. Reed "And he can find it in Lii
IBERIA. l found it so, and so will every
other colored man who goes there and does
his part. Liberia needs American Negroes
and American Negroes need Liberia"
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-28
AS HE IS
(Bv William Howard Taft)

A trip through the South develops the
pleasant fact that the Negroes of that Sec
ton have shared in tbs general prosperity
They are better clothed, they are better
fed than they were before the war. Whether
the immigration of large numbers to the
North has impressed the whites Of the
South with the need of their continued
presence, one can not say, but that they
occupy somewhat better standing in the
community than they did before seems ap-
parent to the casual observer. There is
one circumstance in the situation, how
ever, which is disquieting. The South
voted for prohibition, both by states and in
the National legislature, chiefly because it
wished to lessen the decentralization which
strong drink brought to the Negroes. But
National prohibition is not working as we'll
as states prohibition. It has so increased
the price OF liquor Of any quality that it
makes moonshining most profitable. In the
cities the law has abolished saloons most
effectively, and their record of crimes is
much improved. But, in the country where
policing is difficult, moonshine stills have
been erected in many places and the sale
of liquor is general This affects Negroes
more injuriously in two ways. 1t enables
those who are working the stills to make
money enough and in short time they
will not work in the fields. 1t furnishes
the means of getting drunk to others and
leads to constant disorder and idleness.
How far a more rigid enforcement Of the
law may remedy this evil remains to be
seen. Of course, lynching continues in the
South, an evidence of the lawless spirit of
the ignorant and the vicious brutality ere.
ated by race prejudice, but the good people
of the South greatly deplore it, and the
protests Of leaders Of public opinion grows
stronger and more appealing.
In that charming city Of Augusta, with
it's fine colonial and anti-war associations
and with the refinement and culture which
the best type of the old Southern families
has preserved, there is as satisfactory a re.
South.
This city is fortunate in the leadership
of two men who would be distinguished for
ability, character and personal charm any.
where-Major Joseph B. Cumming and
Major J. G. G. Black. They are veterans,
soldiers of the Confederacy, and the Mes
tors Of the Augusta bar. The bar and the
community feel proud of their leadership
as we'll they may. They have, too, the pro.
found respect and confidence of the colored
people Of that city and region, whose sin.
cere friends they are.
Augusta is Negro educational center.
Rev. Charles Walker, D. D. known famil.
iarly as ''Charley Walker" is full blood.
ed Negro of real eloquence and moral
force, who has built up for himself, with
the aid of his white friends, an institu.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-28
THE SENEGALESE AGAIN

General Degoutte, in charge of the AL
lied Forces occupying the Rhine country,
says in La Petite Gironde, Bordeaux,
France, on the occasion of the departure of
the Senegales for Asia Minor:
1t is with the deepest regret that I see
the last of these men. They have always
shown themselves deserving of their glow
ing reputation. The conquests Of Central
Africa, Of Madagascar, of Morocco, Dix.
nude, the Dardaneles, the Somme, the
Aisne, ,erdun and the Avre, constitute
their titles to glory.
Through the cordiality, simplicity and
good humor which they have displayed IL.
their relations with the inhabitants of the
countries they have occupied they have
won the good will Of all they have met.
The propaganda of hate against every
thing French has not affected them. They
proudly point to the purity of their GUS
toms, the lofty ideals Of their duty as men
and soldiers and to their glorious past, in
answer to the accusations of people who
forget only too well their own crimes in
Africa, France and Belgium.
[ salute their flag which though new is
already shining with glory.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-28
CAYTON'S WEEKLY

Published every Saturday at Seattle, Washington
u. S. A.
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March 3rd 1916.
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Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-28

Meanwhile the Paris Temps remarks:
Some English officers have been arrested
and will be held for court-martial. They
have been charged with stirring up strife
among the Hindus and with having forced
an entrance into the temple of Deoli Brit
ish India)
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-08-28
La Petite GirOnde continues:

La Petite Gironde continues:
The mention made by the General Of
propaganda refers to America, whose pre-
judice against Negroes is well known. In
contrast to the almost universal attitude Of
the Germans we quote this extract from the
Christian Pilgrim, paper published by the
German clergy
''The black troops in occupation have on
the whole conducted themselves very
creditably. What complaints have been
made have been directed against that
shameless group Of young German women
who are not so much afraid Of being Sc
duced as of failure to seduce others.
Havas dispatch says:
The departure Of the Senales troops
took place unmarked by the slightest dis.
turbance
Some of the German women brought the
soldiers flowers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
Candidate Harding As He
 Appeared in Cornet Band

IWV ARhEN sI,l' .5l', C, HARDING is the who had musical inclination. Musi- cal America has come in possession of a photograph of the Marion silver cornet band, in which the republican standard bearer of today stands erect in showy uniform.
 The instrument upon which he per formed was first alto horn. It is an easy instrument to master, albeit one of the most important. It is said that MT. Harding took great interest in the band, but since entering politics he has given up the pract ce of music
 Marion is proud of its band, a twenty-five piece organization, which is heard at local concerts and in patriotic parades.
 An effort will be made to induce MT. Harding to practice a little and play once more as matter of senti- ment. But he is busy man, and will have sufficient excuse for de- clining.
 While the chances are against him reaching the White House, if he should be elected Marion will be tn. only cioy having band in which a President of the United States was an alto hornist, and good one, at that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
Many People Are
 Taking Alabama Coal

M DVICES from Pensacola are to SN the effect that since the first
 of the month six shiploads of coal
 for export have cleared that ship ping point. The following cleared last Friday:
 Steamer Umatilla for France, with three thousand one hundred and thirty-nine tons of coal; Steamer Cerosco for Antilles, Cuba with three thousand two hundred and forty-six tons; steamship Indiana Harbor for Valparaiso, Chile, with two thousand five hundred and nine- ty-four tons of coke.
 Prior shipments of export coal both from Mobile and Pensacola have been to Rotterdam. While it is to be re- gretted that much of the coal now being sent to foreign countries is understood to be low-grade picked up here and there by eastern export CTS, the size of the movement is an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
WHOSE MONEY AND HOW MUCH?

to any political information at all 1t has
 a right to know how much of this money
 iT coming from the representatives of
 protected industries that are demanding
 new tariff privileges at the expense os
 the American people, how much of it is coming ftom the financial interests that are schemjng to get control of the federal reserve nanking system and how much of it is coming from the railroad specula- tors who desire free hand in the ex. ploitation of those properties now that they have been turned back by the gov ernment
 Mark Hanna's method of collecting g. campaign fund seems to have been crude and primitive in comparison with the method now employed by the republican national committees, which has divided the country into districts and permits no available dollar to escape. It has long been evident that the republican man. a gers had no intention of relying on an honest presentation of the issues for suc- cess in the election. They have fallen pack upon the brute power of money and organization at a time when the country IS seething with economic discomfort.
 If their practices mean anything less than buying the presidency 1t would be : interesting to have an explanation from enator Harding himself. The republi- can boast that the money Is back of is true, but Whose money is it and what will the American people be asked to pay in the form of legislation and governmental favors for the millions that are pouring irto the republican cam paign chests?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
Price of Presidency
 As a Campaign Issue
E < 4

~ OVERNOR cox has charged N the republican party with raising slush fund of fifteen mil lion dollars to buy the presidency Senator Harding has made a formal denial. He says the accusation is ridiculous"
 This issue of the campaign brought out by Governor Cox threatens tenn. porarily to overshadow all other questions. It isn't probable that man of Governor Cox's experience would make such statement with out having the means at hand to prove it. The merest novice can see that if he fails to substantiate his charge it will hurt his own prestige and help the republicans.
 It is no secret that republican leaders have raised large sum of money to beat Cox. They are still carrying on this work and no poten- tial contributor will be overlooked. The "zone" system will put every available dollar into the campaign treasury. A we'll organized machine and unlimited poodle are expected to elect commonplace candidate. The republican fund may go over fifteen million dollars, but proving where it came from and just how much has been gathered in by the faithful" is another matter.
 The American people want the truth ana, if Governor Cox is in position toN give it to them he will strengthen hs, candidacy by making a complete exposure of republican campaign methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
SECRET SERVICE

From the Louisville Courier Journal1
 6CIIE habit of deduction which got the
 polite ider Zadig in to trouble with
 S the King of Babylon, and long
 time afterwsrd abazed the matter of fact Doctor Watson when applied by Sherlock Holmes t. the solution of mys- teries of crime is no part of the routine of the real detective, and perhaps Cap tain Donella, who ietires as the head of the federal secret service, in Kentucky to become an Indiana farmer, never sat up late at night to read "Shadowed By Three" CT patterned his methods after those of tEe@ heroes of Emile Gaboriau But if the real lifc detective is no wizard he is at least workman whose career is not barren of industrial results or of adventure which would be thrilling to readers if it were illuminated by the pen of gifted writer.
 Criminals are almost always wholly sordid The gentle man crook, if the term ''gertlernan'' connotes anything be- yond clean collar and well-pressed suit of clothing, doesn't exist detectives agree The sentimental porch climber, the chiva,~ous burglar, the Rallies whose manner is equalled only by Lis actual refinement of soul are bunk, but many crimes and cany criminals are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24

multitudes, while at the same time taking exercise that is both health ful and enjoyable, parading is un- surpassed. Just how much lasting good it accomplishes is problematical. Possibly it has as little effect in America as the workers parade in Glasgow, which the rent profiteers turned out and witnessed with as much satisfaction as the poorest spec tator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
Value of Training

That the great value of the pro- gramme of educational and vocational training of its soldiers to which the army has committed itself is recog- nized by citizens everywhere, as well as by officials" said Colonel Saffar- rans, the recruiting officer for the Alabama district. "is brought out in a letter of recent date from Gov. Hugh NJ. Dorsey of Georgia to Mai, Gen. David M Shanks, commanding the Fifth division at Camp Gordon.
 Governor Dorsey, in his letter, after having visited this camp and witness ing the educational and vocational training schools in operation, expresses surprise and qualification at the scope and extent of the courses of instruc- tion open in the schools and shops"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
JUMPING-THE JAZZ

From. the Los Angeles Times.
 The sober citizens of London and Paris alike deplore the invasion of the American jazz band.
 It was thought that Paris would stand for almost anything that tasted like music. but the high brows of the French academy are distinctly peeved over the wave of jazz stuff that has metaphorically swept the Parisians from their feet,
 In London they say it would be per missible to call the jazz a sport an ex- ercise. even devotion. but to call it music is crime. It is like introduce ing snare drum in the hour of silent prayer.
 But in spite of it's denunciation the jazz music continues to ginger up the legs of the dancers in England and France just as it does in little old New York Or Long Beach. Everybody says it cannot last another moon. and yet everybody lines up on the first of the month for the newest and latest rec ords of the orgies and excesses of the jazz band. Apparently the St. vitus dance as performed by the Prickly Heat Jazz Orchestra has become our national air. Anything that opens with couple of explosions and winds up at a saw-filing tournament is a paean of joy. Our music is being writ ten by a generation of boiler makers, ass1sted by the village barber.
 Everybody admks that two years hence jazs win be classed with piracy, mayhem and other felonies. It is said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
Parading Considered
 As a National Habit

ID Y twenty -four-hour strike, and
 O a street parade, thirty unions of Glasgow protested against an in- crease in rent.
 We have marchers in America. People whose memories are good will recall the overall parades which were to bring the price of clothes tumbliny down. Then there were the "Overallo clubs, whose members solemnly swore to wear denim "until the cows came home" or the profiteers came across
 These movements were spectacular and interesting. They furnished good "copy" for the newspapers and gave the public something to talk about but, alas, the "Overalr' clubs died Almost in the hour of their birth They may or may not have helped to reduce the price of clothes. It is . fact that there was reduction. but this may be attributed more to economic reasons than the efforts of "white collar" men who donned over. alls and made brave show for a day or two.
 America is perhaps the greatest parade country on earth. It may be said that we parade on the slightest provocation. We are a nation of ban ner bearers. As form of diversion, E way to entertain the sidewalk ]
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
From the New York World.

N LTl1OUGH the Harding campaign A\ is bankrupt in principle, it has un. = limited money, and money talks in American politics even wher
 candidates cling to the front porch lest they be trapped into committing them selves on the issues.
 Governor Cox asserts that at the low est estimate there will be-si5, 100000 in the
 republican campaign chest. and those fig
 ures do rot seem excessive in view of
 the elaborate rerarations made by the republican national committee to finance it's puppst candidate for President.
 Thanks tc The Worlds exposure of the Wood. slusE fund, the country knows that at least $3,00000 was used in the prelim- mary contests of the aspirants for the nomination, for tIe most part to influ- ence the primaries. Long before the ex- penditurs of these particular contribu- tions began. agents of the republican rational committee were rounding up the business interests affiliated with the re- publican party particularly those thas desire special privileges from the goverM ,nent, and obtained their pledges to campaign fund 10 elect anybody who might be nominated. Athough stoutly professns to believe that this was to be a yellow dog" year in which any repub- lican candidate could win at the polls. their campaign fund before the nomina-  tion was made and to insure to the or ganization an unlimited supply or money.
 The process of soliciting pledges is still going on, and if the country has a right
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24

mystifying and highly interesting. In the official records of criminals hunted down in any state lnd in any concidera- ble city, there is material for 100 best selling stories of crime. Tho life of tho secret service man is that of hunts man whose game is not always ap- preached easily, does not always fall at the first shot and often fights spiritedly when brought to bay
 Men who lead dull lives at desks or behind counters dream of exciting ad venture. Ship captains. deepsea fisher men, veterans of bloody wars chasers of criminals want to settle down upon farms and raise cows or chickens Some of them realize their ambition. Amons them is Captain Donella. credited with having tracked down 5000 counterfeiters.
 Unlike the actress, whose exciting mo- ments are make-believe the man who has seen active service knows what hes about, as rule, when he settles down,
 Doubtless veteran detective will make an enthusiastic farmer. a deep students of the chemical composition of the sous and balanced rations for live stock. Sher- lock Holmes of fict on would drug him self to death to avoid being bored to aeath upois farm, but Mir. Burns of real
 fife doubtless looks forward to spending lis declining years as a rural proprietor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
ASKING LITTLE

T understand you habitually refer to me as an old walrus.'" said MT. Grumpson to his neighbor, MT. Glip- ping.
 Why" replied Mir. Clipping, with some embarrassment that was just a. little pleasantly Mir. Grumpson. really Have great respect for you"
 "Oh, I'm not angry" said Mir. Grump- son. but detest the sea and never go about salt water. If it's just the same to you, call me some kind of land anil mal."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
BEYOND HIS SKILL

T was once prosperous. ma'am," said the tattered visitor.
 What did you do for livlngr
 T owned cure for inebriates." And I suppose prohibition put you out of business?"
 '''Yes, ma'am. People who have been drinking hair tonic. benzine and var nish need the-services of regular doc tor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
Rest Beneficial

Judge William E. Fort of the crimi- nal division of the circuit court. is en- toying his stay in Ocean City, N. J.' said Forney W. Brandon, deputy clerk T received letter from him yester- day and he stated that his health was much improved since he had been there. and that Judge Romaine Boyd was also there and was getting along nicely. usually cool there this summer. and that he felt sure the rest would be most beneficial othemN both. They will come back some time next month and be here for the opening of court in October'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-24
Praise for Jail

Jefferson county has one of the cleanest and best kept jails not only in the state, but in the south" said F. c. Burtage. q was curious to visit the jail so availed myself of the op- portunity few days ago, and I was most agreeably surprised at conditions prevailing there.
 D. T. Harris, the chief warden. is on the job all the time and sees that the jail is kept in the best condition The entire jail yard is washed every day flowers boxes With blooming flowers are placed on the front porch. This of course, adds to~the appearance and takes away much of the dull look which usually surrounds a jail"