The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-07-23


men who are interested in the state,
those who are strong enough to rise
above prejudice of both sides are go
ing to see to it that law and order
VIII be in the state and that every
man VIII yet have a fair chance be-
fore the law. life and property will
be secure, and all viii sing with
David, Behold how good and how
pleasant it is for brethTen to dwell
together in unity"
When men get education and reli-
gion, when they discover that color,
hair, skin, physical size or strength,
are not the standard by which YOU
measure men, bat by mind, soul, will,
and that these are the things that
make the. God in the man, II will be
then that will take my place, and
manhood VIII be manhood and wom-
anhood will be womanhood, and all
the heilish signs. white Only" "Col-
ored Only" viii come down. There
will be less damphuIes in the world,
especially in this little world of ours
called America"
OF course, / am an American eiti-
zen, and If you don't believe It let
some one insult this flag of ours and
i viii give him helluva time, one
he win never forget If there be any
thing left that can do any remember
ing. This is the record We have made
from time to time. / recall with
much pleasure when men like General
Grant did our fighting, and how we
made them step aside, and while they
would not let me do any more fight
ing, / can tell the boys to 90 on and
give them hL, or something like
that.
have certainly been in some real
good company since ! have been in
this world, and / may get in some
more. was in Washington when
wrote you that other letter, and you
viii see that have made my fight
from there. / was thrown in COM
pany with some big men up there in
Washington, and then went to New
York to see DR.. w. H. Jernagin take
his fight across that big Atlantic
river ocean, and / guess ne is still
riding or has landed over there, max
ing good for bis people. He has de-
veloped 60 be great man for his
race.
/ spent my time in New York with
Rev. w. NJ. Thornton, d. D., who
is destined to be one of the bishops
in the A. II. E church, and who
wears a gold medal presented to him
by the New York conference, having
secured more dollar money than any
other one man IN his connection. He
is Just busy man.
Sunday morning ] went over to
Baltimore, and preached for the con-
gregatiOn i. Trinity A. n. E. church,
one of the most aggressive eongre-
cations in this country, and then they
have an aggressive preacher, Rev. A.
L Gaines, D. D., who is serving his
comeback term. He was there once
before, and made good, and when his
time was out, he moved to another
point, and then came other pastors.
The church was down at the heels
and IN order that II might come back,
they sent Mr.. Gaines there. He is a
wonderful preacher, and foremost in
everything that means good for his
people.
DR.. Gaines is editing the Common
wealth of Baltimore, and in this he
is pleading the cause of the whole
race. God bless and keep him, for
the A. N. E. church viii need him
on the Episcopal bench in 1924, and
he is just the proper man for the
place. It will be case of rewanding
merit and service, for this he has to
his credit Right by his side is to
be found his wife, and they have Civ
en- to the world three or four daugh-
tiers and they are all married and
doing well
The people Of Baltimore gave me
hearty welcome, and when ! had
preached them a sermon without any
warning they placed in my hands
some carfare, and enough to ride me
away down here. They said that they
were pleased with my sermon and
invited me to, come again. With or
without notice ! was told 70 come
again. ! was sorry to learn that the
Rev. Fred Douglass was being per-
secuted. / learned al ! could about
the case, and was sorry that il was
persecution instead Of prosecution.
Such is life in city like this and the
world must continue to 60 right
along. I don't know what I want to
say about some Of the things which
are taking place right IN the race ]
want to say to this people Of mine
that we have no representative men
to destroy. We should strive to save
them.
Returned to Washington and toted
myself 10 the stable for this place.
and found Bishop John Hurst, the
SAGE Of Florida at the stable headed
for Jacksonville, ia We both rode
the, seaboard Air Line wagon right