The Lake County times., 1920-07-09
HARBOR
COLORED
FOLK KICK
Point Out Ihat Their Race IS
SIdn0efed dnd Nan[ txplaIl-
alton from CIVIC GIuD

+ Atty NJ MuIrays hubble ri
/ ridd4ug Indiana Harbor eI an unaessr
I abies. lmpealcEIng the city oHlcials assa
making 81 Indiana Ha4uo4 spotlese
city lasl night al meeting in, p
I Ctylc CIub rooms showed signs oL con
siderable dehation and imminent daA-
ger OF bursting Nith the eAeeptie.-
of Deputy Prosecutor John Stephens
who explained his stand on the sttua
tion and few words from Rev Elmer
Jones all 81 the speaking was done
by Atty. Murray and his coiored
brethren who apparently did not ap-
preciate ali Murray Is doing tor them
but complained OF the adverse pubic
Iity ~ hlch The colored race has receiF-
"a aullng the past wceh
FEW WHITE PEOPLE
only a handful Of white people were
IN AZ, endance- and most Of them were
persons v no had not been at the meet
ing last week but the negroes OF the
city y, ere represented by perhaps twlce
ss n.any as were At the former meet
ing II was noticeable fact thai
many oG the civic Club members wlo
were a last weeks meeting failed 70
appear for The meeting last night and
even Atty. Murray had appare1Qy
forgotten ana arlIved half an hour late
only after several telephone calls -
lis home and office
A REACTION DEVELOPS
The reaction 30 IN, meeting Of ,aS
week began 70 ie .,lo.. on the follow
ing day when Atty Murrays motives
san 10 Ls 1..,sl Ie@ by q lar-a
faction OF the cluo menters who wer-
adverse to entering upon any cam
paign for political purposes. Within
a few days the opposition had grown
TO such an extent that number whc
had attended the meeting admitted
that Atty. Murray had been TOO radi-
cal and had gone at the matter IN
the wrong way. The publicity given
in a Gary paper particularly met with
opposition in that the members as
serted Indiana Harbor had been paint
ed balcker than it really was and
would lose more than could be gained
through such publicity
COLORED MEN COMPLAIN
After President Jewell had failed n
his urgings TO get some Of the white
people TO speak and motion for ad-
iournment was before the house the
! reason for the large attendance OF
| negroes became evident when John
Clark. James Bowden and Atty. Davis
all colored made complaint that the
negroes CT the city had received a bad
name because of the statements in the
press OF last week that the murders
and robberies in the city were tho
work Of about four hundred bad ne
groes. The three men insisted that
the Civic Club give an explanation
70 the colored representative as 10
how such a number was determined
and demanded that no further estima-
tes be made until the persons who made
such estimates knew what they were
talking about. Atty Murray there
upon disclaimed all responsibility for
the statements but said there nigh.
be three or four hundred undesirables
in the city but a large number OF .nen
are whites.
CAMPBELL TAKES EXCEPTION
I. H Campbell a negro who said
he had travelled over the United States
for thirty years and had had the op-
portunity to see a number ot the peni-
tentiaries took exception TO Brother"
Murray's statement. 7 am in favor
of going out and playing Carrie Ma
tion and cleaning the city as a Job"
and insisted that mobs be avoided
That hangs crepe on the door" he
said If we have a mob everybody
course" He voiced the sentiment or
both whites and blacks when he de-
manded. What plan have you got laid
down TO stop these joints?" The only
information which his query elected
was that committees had been ap-
pointed but as yet had not done any
thing.
STEPHENS WANTS AFFFDAvITs
n,
put a damper on the meeting when in
response to urging he stated his posi-
tion and explained that thinking VIII
not convict man and it will be nee
essary for some one 70 appear IN court
and sign afidavits. furnish real eva-
dence, if violators are TO be convict
ed I am willing at any time to pros
ecute cases in which evidence IS sub
mitted to me but I viii not go out ana
set the evidence II Is negro nature.
70 roll the dice and in order 10 stop
gambling il would be necessary Fl
station policeman at the docks under
the bridges. al the plants. in the bsunk
houses and on every street corner II
don't think it is the proper thing to
80 out and lose S4O0 or $500 night
or for man to lose his bread and
butter but ! think ii + just as right
Tor a man to play penny a point rum
at tables provided Tor the purposes a
to play behind locked doors
WANTS A DAILY PAPER
Brother" Murray explained that II
is not his intention to correct the
morals Of the individual but that he Is
going o insist that those selected by
the people be stopped from conner
cializing vice lie expressed the hope
that he might soon have a daily paper
in the city which would print what
he wanted printed and have enough
backbone to come out for the truth
There are people in the city now who
arc selling their property az sse
riice and moving 10 other cities" n
said, because they wouldn't raise
children in the town and have 70 ans
wer for it later
Half a dozen women were present
but when called upon for few re
marks sat quiet and refused 70 sneak.
Rev Elmer Jones of the Methodsst
church when called upon stated that
this is time for action. not speech
es. T. S. whitmer prominent
merchant. had nothing 70 say Fag-
mer mayor Frank Callahan was pres
ent but made no remarks All ~ tha