The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-06-04

sense of appreciation for the con-
slant and unfailing support Of color
ed people, now is the time to demon
strate it. We are of the opinion that
the G.. O. P. is long on promises, but
| short on fulfilling them. And our
supposed race leaders, politicians, ct
al, should have the moral courage of
their convictions and not fall for
every worn-eaten plum that may be
offered. Especially is this true in the
case of Mr. Brown and Mr.. Howard,
who are in a financial position en-
abling them to be more cautious in
accepting these Especial" segregated,
"assistant-ship." The race is demand
ing appointments commensurate with
it's political power, it's intelligence
and taxpaying worth, and our polit-
ical leaders should support US in this
demand.
1t will be recalled that the "jim-
crow assistant" business was started
during the world war, when the then
secretary of war appointed colored
man as "confdential clerk as
shown by the official records 1t was
given out that he was Especial as
sistant to the secretary of war; and
many of the people were deceived
and really believed that a colored
man had been appointed assistant
secretary of war. It was evidently a
camoufage for that specific purpose.
Those who were versed in such things
knew that real assistant secretary
to any member of the Presidents
cabinet, must be nominated by the
President and confirmed by the Sen
ate. The so-called Especial assistant"
to the Democratic secretary of war
| was simply a "handy man" to act as
| a buffer between Baker and the COL
ored people when they came to make
complaints about the outrageous
treatment of the colored soldiers in
the jimcrow cars and jimcrow train
ing camps in the United States and
in the labor battalions and on the
firing line in France. The Especial
assistant" had no actual status as an
official of the government.
In 1920, THE APPEAL battled Wig
orously against any kind of jimcrow-
ism in the campaign, appealing by
personal letters to the presidential
nominee and hundreds of the leading
Republicans, without avail. The seq
regated bureau was opened with Per-
ry Howard, second in command, and
it is not surprising that he now ac-
cepts segregated appointment. He
gets we'll paid, but every colored per-
son in the country suffers.
Colored men have held representa-
tive places under every Republican
administration since the time Presi-
dent Grant came into power, and
| even under Democratic President
Cleveland they were given honorable
presidential appointments. Cleveland
| appointed Mr.. Trotter, father of that
valiant defender of the right, William
Monroe Trotter, recorder of deeds for
the District of Columbia.
Now after 100000 colored men
| served in the war "to make the world
safe for democracy, and with the Re-
publican party, to which the colored
voter has always been a faithful ally,
in complete control of the govern
ment, it is Infamous that the party
leaders should insult the people by
giving jimcrow appointments, and it
is humiliating to think that colored
men will accept such places. It will
be noted that the men appointed are
Southerners.
Northern voters, who voted for the
Republican nominees and whose votes
were counted are not satisfied with
what has been done. They feel that
it would been better to have had
nothing at all rather than jimcrow
appointments, which tend to lower
their status as citizens. Some high
| class cOlOred men ouuht tn oo+ O fo1,