The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-11-05

| 1888 VI SOCldl equality LlldC Tie COlOreu
people have any rights which the
white people respect. The very words,
"social equality imply that all rights
are secure. In the South there is
neither equality nor respect for rights.
The contempt for the colored man is
largely due to his inferior social
status, which extends through all hu-
man relationships in that benighted
section of the country. Even at the
speech Of the President the colored
people were segregated and the dis
patches say, "In the white section
there was a silence which was abso-
lutte and stony, only one light futter
of applause came when the President
said, 'The Negro should be encour-
aged to be the best possible Negro
and not the best possible imitation of
the white man." This seemed to
please few of the whites who evil
IDENTIFY visioned good Negro Of
slavery days, who hat in hand bowed
low when "ole massa" approached.
The South has a queer idea Of So
cial equality. In the North "social
equality in it's narrow sense, init
mate social mingling in private house
parties, dances, pink teas, etc. In
the South the idea is distorted so that
it includes civic rights, hence the jim
crow car, the jimcrow school, the
jimcrow library, the jimcrow park, the
Ijimcrow telephone booth and so on ad
nauseam.
| When Harding was candidate for
President, THE APPEAL doubted
that he would give colored people a
square deal and was not disposed to
support him but we were treasured
by letters signed by Chairman Hays
and Secretary Miller and many lead
ing Republicans, as we'll as the jim
crow campaign bureau that he would
be just to his allies. Also Editor Will
liam Monroe Trotter said that he had
had a personal interview with the
President and he had promised to aid
in eliminating segregation. Then
came speech to number of colored
delegations from the Harding front
porch, which began with, "Fellow
Americans" and ended with, "Colored
men, America will not fail YOU"
These assurances caused THE AP-
PEAL to give candidate Harding
enthusiastic support. Our support,
probably, had little to do with the
victory, but is mentioned to show that
this paper was not .prejudiced against
him.
Soon after the President assumed
his duties it was noticed that he
seemed to forget his promises. Sc
gregation in the departments at
! Washington was continued, three or
four jimcrow colored men were ap-
pointed to jimcrow government posi-
tons. Colored youth were segregated
in the army training camps and col
ored men were not allowed to enlist
in the navy. In every way the Hard
ing administration has stood for the
segregation of colored citizens and il
is sad to relate that some jimcrov
men accept this jimcrow settlement
! of matters.
THE APPEAL does not believe, az
| Mr.. Harding puts it, that there is {
fundamental, eternal and unescap
able difference between the races.
, To do so would be to challenge Coz
y and Christianity. It is distinct de
. parture from the ideals of the found
), ers Of the Republic who declared tina
call men are created equal and en-
q dowed by their Creator with certain
n inalienable rights, among them life
n liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
: After his argument in favor of
{ distinct place for the black and col
v ored people, Mr.. Harding tells us tina
$ the zone thing we must most sedr