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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
"NEGRESS" is NAUSEATING.

The following from the Chicago
Tribune is manly protest against the
use of word which is particularly of.
'ensive to colored women.
OBJECTS TO "NEGREss."
characterization of the Tribune.
in two recent issues you published
'ery fine and highly commendatory
Editorials on Race Progress and Com.
mon Sense" yet, Notwithstanding that,
yesterday you state in glazing head.
lines the death of Nine. Walker,
Wealthiest Negress.' That word
"Negress" is nauseating in the eye
sight of all colored women and should
be eliminated from the vocabulary, in
which it has no rightful place. Above
vi, your paper should be the leader
a this regard, IT you really have the
'elfare of the colored race at heart.
SAMUEL 2. C. WESTERFIELD.
The colored men who persist in u.s.
ing negro" as a race designation are
Hrgely to blame for the common use
Of word which should be avoided.
The colored people of the United
States are Americans-that's all. The
use of negro" and "negress" is the
cause of many determinations against
the colored people.
The word "negress" is nauseating,
and so is the word negro" when
used as a racial designation for the
colored people Of the United States.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The Republican platform adopted al
Chicago is made up of the usual array
of "glittering generalities." Some OF
the planks are good and some are
very bad. The anti-lynching plank is
a namby-pamby affair in which the
party urges instead of pledges relief
Efforts were made to have a strone
equal rights plank adopted and sew
eral were offered but all missed fire
principally because Southern fire
eater, former Senator Marion Butte,
Of South Carolina, made a speech in
which he declared that the "Sout1
will never grant civil rights to the
negro" This frightened the North
ern members of the committee and
equal rights" were thrown into the
discard. A Chicago colored delegate
tried to bring up the matter in the
convention but he was promptly
squelched.
THE APPEAL was on hand with a
plank as follows:
1.-THE Republican Party reaffirms its
belief in the absolute equality of all
citizens of the United States, before
the law, without regard to race, color
or creed. This being basic prin-
ciple of the founders, the party now
pledges the immediate repeal of all
national laws in conflict with this prin.
ciple, and the abolition of all national
governmental rules and customs, in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
THE REASON,

The Boston Guardian edited by Will
liam Monroe Tratter, is the paper
which stands first and foremost in
the battle against jimcrowism. The
following editorial from a recent issue
is timely:
The reason that a preparatory Y.
M. c. A. or civic centre is a step
backward is that in the North it
means nothing less than an invita-
ton to white men conducting places
Tor public patronage or recreation,
to refuse, deny or segregate all COL
ored patronage and point to such an
institution as a just reason for so
doing, and soon the idea as we'll as
the practice of setting colored Ameri-
cans of by themselves in all places
for public accommodation will spread
until, as in many cities throughout
the North will be found segregating
or denial in theatres, restaurants
and such places, until it reaches the
puU4lC SCuOOlS.
Every attempt to help in any way
the singing out of colored Americans
as a race, in this country, for whom
must be maintained separate places
of public accommodation, must be
defiantly fought, not even lending cal
to the argument so common in cities
| of the middle West that such sep
arate institutions furnishes "jobs'
for our men and women.
The colored people can not sell thei,
citizenship rights in education an(
with the proceeds, pay the salarie.
of a few persons who may get EN-
ployment in such Jim crow insti
buttons.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1920
"BACK TO ABYSSlNiA."

A lot of ignorant black men, attireC
in fantastic garments, bearing alof
the flag of Abyssinia, and led by ar
alleged. Abyssinian, paraded in Chi
cago Sunday. The procession finally
halted at corner where the Abys
,sinian leader burned the American
flag. This action was resented by the
crowd composed of colored and white
people and in the melee two white
men were killed and two colored men,
Including a policeman, were danger
ously wounded.
The toughs in the crowd tried to
start a race riot, but sober white men
and sober colored men stood together
and trouble was averted. Colored men
formed a posse, hunted down the men
charged with murder and turned them
over to the officers of the law.
The next day the Chicago Tribune,
which for years has done everything
in it's power to stir up race prejudice,
laid the cause of the trouble to the
writings Of DR.. w. E. B. Dubois and
the N. A. A. G. P. and in bitter edi-
torial intimated that these Influences
were endeavoring to force "social
equality what ever that may mean.
1t is not likely that three men in all
the motley crowd even knew that
there is such a person in the world
as Du Bots.
Then came some colored men who
played into the Tribunes hands by
giving out interviews which either de-
nounced Du Bots or damned him with
faint praise by saying that his philos-
Ophy was all right for high brows but
dangerous for the men in the ordinary
walks of life. One of the most dis
gushing of these is alleged to have
been given by Mr.. Anderson, said to
be one of the assistant editors of the
Chicago Defender. We trust Mr..
Anderson did not say what was as
tribed to him, as from his talk the
readers Of the Tribune would be led
to infer that he was an advocate Of
segregation Of every kind. And then
he commented on intermarriage which
really had no place in the controversy
having been interjected by the Tri-
bune without any reason whatever.
Mr.. Anderson appears to have done
some queer talking when he said he
was very anxious to keep the African
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26

the civil establishment, on common
carriers, and in the Army and Navy,
which in any way discriminate against
equal and Identical treatment of all
citizens on account of race, color or
creed" @
The foregoing plank was sent to
more than one hundred delegates to
the national Republican convention,
together with letter requesting that
the person addressed take a personal
interest in urging it's adoption by the
resolutions committee. But it failed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
ORGANIZED LABOR ERASES
COLOR LINE,

1t is with considerable satisfaction
that we learn from press dispatches,
that the American Federation of
Labor at its annual convention in ses-
sion at Montreal, Can, June 10, wiped
out the color line'' and warned it's
affiliated International unions that
colored workers must be given full
and equal membership with white
men. This is certainly as it should be
as it should always have been, for of
one blood God made all men; and, He
is no respecter of persons. His crea-
lures surely would make no mistake
in following His example.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
HARRY SMITH FILES FOR
SECRETARY OF STATE

|. Hon. Harry Smith, the intrepid
editor of the Cleveland (Ohio) Ga
zette, has filed for the Republican
nomination for Secretary of State OF
Ohio. Mr.. Smith was a member OF
the Ohio Legislature three terms from
1894 to 1901 and had as fellow mem
bers Ex-Governor Frank B. Willis and
ex-Congressman Ralph D. Cole, who
will be the next Governor of Ohio
He is eminently fitted to fill the office
with credit to all concerned and he
has THE APPEALS best wishes for
success,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
SAINT PAUL

PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER- Mrs.
Harriet E. Williams, stenographer for
Atty. w. T. Francis, suite 1923 Metro
politan Bank Building, corner Cedar
and Fifth Street, will do typewriting
for anyone desiring her services, at
reasonable rates. Tel. Cedar 894S.
Mr.. C. w. Allen, leading funeral
director of Mobile, Ala, arrived in
the city Monday, from Iowa Falls,
Ia, where he spent a few days visit
ing his son, Clarence, who is attend
ing the University of Iowa. He is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Johnson,
SIS st. Anthony avenue.
The Afternoon Art Club gave
Kitchen shower on last Monday at
the residence of Miss Lucille
James, St. Paul, complimentary to
Miss Adah Lewis, who this evening
becomes the bride of Mr.. Hiram K,
gibbs. Other guests were members
of the Maids and Matrons club and
friends.
See "The Greatest Mother on Earth
at the Church Club
Mrs. Ethel Maxwell, president of
the Minnesota Women's Federation,
Mesdames O. D. Howard, R. D. Will
ey, j. H. Sherwood, May Black
Mason, Mildred Johnson, E. B. Set
tie, Mamie B. Coleman, w. S. Archer
and others are in Duluth this week
attending the annual meeting of the
Federation.
The executive committee of the
st. Paul Branch, N. A. A. C. P. has
received valuable information re-
garding the alleged assault in Duluth
that was the cause of the dastardlv
lynching in Duluth last week. Fur
ther investigation is being made and
report will be given to the public
in the near future.
THE ANNUAL JOINT PICNIC
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
MEMS EPISCOPAL CLUB OF ST.
PHILIPS, ST. PAUL, AND ST.
THOMAS, MINNEAPOLIS, WILL Be
GIVEN AT sTUB6's BAY ON WE'D
NEsDAY, JULY II. TAKE NOTICE
AMP A. eovERN YOURSELVES Ac-
Fun lovers will not forget nor fail
to go over to the BIG OVERALL BALL,
OF On to Kansas City Marching Club
OF Ames Lodge, Elks, at South Side
Auditorium, 18th Ave. S. and 3rd st..
Minneapolis, Monday night, June 2Sth.
me first 10 ladies who appear at the
hall in OVERALLETTES will be ad-
m1tted FREE. There will be a prize
OF IS each for the best appearing lady
ID OVerallettes and the best appear
ing gentleman in Overalls. Admission
30 cents. The usual good music.
Takes at 1:45.
The Adelphia club met Tuesday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Paul l.. Caldwell
1899 Sherburne avenue. An excel.
lent report of the philanthropic work
done by the club for the past ten
months was given by Mrs. Lola Ed
wards: The following officers were
elected: Mrs. Carrie Lindsay, Pres:
Mrs: Mary Burton, Vice Pres: Mrs
Lillian Mcknight, Secy.; Mrs. Mar
garet Jackson, Treas; Mrs. Zu]a
randy, Editor and Librarian. Chair
men of Department: Executive Mrs.
Harriet Hall; Music, Mrs. GLADYS
James; Philanthropic Mrs. Lola Ed
wards; Assistant, Mrs. Julia Cald-
we'll.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
DUMB CANDIDATES.

| The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People an
nounces that fifteen of the seventeen
presidential candidates failed to reply
to QUESTIONABLE sent them by the
Association on February IS, and re-
peated on March IL, asking their
views on seven main issues which
colored people regard as fundamental
The QUESTIONABLE asked whether they
| were in favor of the enactment of fed
eral laws against lynching; whether
they would advocate Congressional en-
forcement of the Fourteenth Amend
ment by reduction of representation
of states which disfranchise their citi
zens, or whether they would advocate
as an alternative the appointment OF
United States Commissioners to en-.
force the Fifteenth Amendment
whether they would endeavor to bring
about the abolition of Jim crow cars
in interstate traffic; whether they
would urge National aid to elementary
education without discrimination
against colored children: whether they
would favor the apportionment of col
ored soldiers and officers in the army
in proportion to their numbers in the
population; whether they would abol-
ish radical segregation in the civil
service of the United States; whether
they would withdraw armed or other
interference with the independence of
Haiti.
The two candidates who replied to
the Associations QUESTIONABLE were
Senators Harding and Poindexter, the
former stating that it was not consist
ent with his views to take up the cate
gorical questions asked by the Associ.
alton, that conventions are called
upon to enunciate platforms and poll
cies and that the candidate selected
must be expected to stand on the plat
form thus made. Senator Poindexter
stated that he was Gin favor of main
tanning legal rights and opportunities
Of all our citizens, regardless of color
or condition.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
DOUGLASS TO GET HIS DUE,

Nominations have been received for
the Hall of Fame at New York Uni.
versity to which fourteen are to be
added this fall. Included in the nomi-
nations is the name of Frederick
Douglass and it is conf1dentally believ-
ed his name will receive favorable con.
sideration. Douglass was considered
worthy of having a statute erected in
his honor in the city of Rochester,
N. Y, it will now be eminently fitting
to place his name in the Hall of
Fame.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
they were generally mixed in regi-
ments and not calculated separately.
Hates tho Torn "Nearo."

Il hate the term Negro because it
Is being used in terms of hatred. It
is the cause of the segregation Of the
Negro: it is being used in contempt
In public places; it is an excuse for
DISTINGUISHING him; and it is an ex-
cuse for lynching him. Only one
tenth of one per cent of the colored
descent to Africa, and there is no
more right to call all colored people
Negroes than to call all white people
Turks or Armenians." -Ex-Assistant
United States Attorney General VIM
H. Lewis. Boston, Mass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
COLORED WOMAN LAWYER.

Miss VioIette N. Anderson is the First
to be Admitted to Bar in Illinois.
Chicago, June 23.-Miss Violette N.
Anderson is the first colored woman
to be admitted to the bar in Illinois.
She is a graduate of the Chicago Col
lege of Law. Miss Anderson is a
graduate of the Chicago public and
high schools.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT.

A movement started in the districts
surrounding Cordovia, Spain, by the
weather people to go without hats
and also to wear sandals made of
hemp in protest against high prices
is spreading through Southern Spain.
Hundreds have joined the silent demon
stration, which is causing consider
able perturbation among tradesmen.
Let us hope that it will spread to this
country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
the SIN Of SILENCE

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
Injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
euiIIotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs of
many.-EIla Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26

pure Caucasian ancestry and the other
more than half white. All that talk
should have been left unsaid.
The Tribune writer garbled the
story Of 1.-THE Comet" from Du Bois'
book, "Darkwater," and made it ap-
pear that the point was "the mating
of a white woman and a negro from
which a new race will spring." This
is absolutely false. The colored hero
| who saved the life of white woman
had no thought Of mating with the
woman as he was already the hus-
band of a brown woman and the
| father of. dark baby. The story ends
with the pathetic meeting of the
father and the mother who held in
her arms the corpse of their dead
baby.
| Prof. Dubois has never taught trea
son and that was the cult of the mis-
creants who burned the American
flag. He has advocated fight by
legal means for the removal of the
fhindrances which hamper the prog
ress of the colored people.
DR.. Du Bots is one of the leading
lights in the National Association fol-
the Advancement Of the Coloret
People, an inter-racial organization
composed of about 10000 coloret
members and 10000 white member
who are banded together to make
America real democracy. 1t is ma
tion-wide in it's influence, havin,
about $50 branches in 43 states. TIL,
Governor of Minnesota, J. A. A. Burn
quist is the president of the St. Pau
branch of the association.
The eleventh annual conference O
the association was held in Atlanta
Georgia, early in June. Much doub
Was expressed prior to the conference
as to whether the plain truth in re
gard to the race question could b,
spoken in Atlanta, but the association
was true to it's colors and every state
tnent, every speech was frank
ttraight forward, evidencing no fear
but marked with sincerity.
The keynote Of the conference was
struck by James Weldon johnson
when he declared that the five prin
cipal demands of the colored people
were CD guaranty of safety of life
by the abolition of lynching if neces
sary; CD the colored mans untram
meled right to the ballot upon the
same terms as other races; 60 the
adjustment of Jim Crow cars; al
equal educational and industrial OBJ
portunities; 80 the abolition of seq
regation, especially in the govern
mental departments in Washington.
There is no treason in the fore
going program and no true American
Vho believes in true democracy car
find any fault with it. If it isn't right
| democracy, the United States is {
fraud and Christianity is false.
From all reports the "Abyssinians'
in Chicago are lot of ignoramuses
and criminals, just like the italians
camorra, labor sluggers and I. w. w
who, according to we'll displayed no.
tice in the Chicago Tribune, have
committed 147 murders in Chicago
since January 1 of this year. When
the black men who desecrated and
burned the American flag and then
committed murder, have been proved
guilty they should be hanged by the
| neck until they are dead.
The colored people in the United
States are Americans, born on Ameri.
can soil, the census of 1910 showing
that only 1876 out of 100000 were
born in Africa. If the few who we're
born in Abyssinia wish to return to
their native land, they have as much
right to do so as the lows who oro
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26

trying to found a home land in Pales-
tine, but when "Abyssinians" or any
other kind Of Africans are guilty of
crimes against this country or against
any citizens of the country they
should be punished to the full extent
of the law.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26
GOD GIVE US MEN,

God give men! A time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, faith and ready hands,
Men whom the lust Of office does not kill:
Men whom the spoils of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor-nen who will not lie;
Men who can stand before demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries without wnling
Iau men, sun crowned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thinking
j. G. Holland
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-06-26

Informed, Mr.. Anderson is more white
than black, one parent having been Of
pure Caucasian ancestry and the other
more than half white. All that talk
should have been left unsaid.
The Tribune writer garbled the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-05
JAPAN SENDS
 100000 CLOCKS
 TO OTHER PARTS

In Nagoya, Japan, the clockmakers last year turned out something over 30O,00O clocks, and sent them off to tell the time of the day even in England Africa and South America, although for the most part Nagoya is clock maker to the Orient. Tokio is also a clockmaker, but clocks are simply one item among many in the activities of Tozio, while the nineteen factoriea of Nagoya, make about three-quarters of all the clocks manufactured in Ja- pan.
 The United States is not yet ac. Quainted with the Japanese made clock, but during the war the clock makers of Japan worked with wires and springs imported from the United States to take the place of material that could no longer be imported from England and Switzerland and so at present in many an odd corner of the Orient where Japanese clock is tick ing the hours, proper arrangement of American springs and wires is busily working away inside to make it tick.
 The clock industry in ;Nagoya, say. Consul Haw1ey. who looks after Amer ican interests in that part of the world, grew out of the successful ef fort of a mechanically gifted Japan csc in the neighboring town of Oka zalzi to make a clock like the one tha- had been brought to Japan from the international exhibition 1873.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-05

Before the war, 100000 people in Greater Berlin registered having tsno religion Now there are 1,000,- 00O It is the moral slump of Ger many that worries it's government more than anything else.