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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

transatlantic liners were bringing as
many as million aliens into the
country in year. The situation was
becoming serious. Hostilities broke
up the traffic, but after the armistice
a perfect flood Of emigrants was
headed this way. Restriction was a
positive necessity The 3 per cent
proposition was adopted as tenn
porary measure. The basis for cal
culation was the number of nationals
of given country resident in the
United States according to the 1910
census. The idea was to receive an
additional 3 per cent of the respective
totals annually "
This arrangement met many diff
culties at the start. Ellis Island was
crowded with aliens who had over
run the quota These troubles have
been largely overcome During the
eight months of operation under the
law immigrants have numbered 1922
600. The limit for twelve months is
355,000, and it is not likely to be
reached. So much the better. The
United States needs long rest from
it's efforts to ~assimilate newcomers,
and no matter what form permanent
legislation may take, we agree with
Chairman Johnson, of the immigra-
ton committee, that there will be no
desire to return to the virtually I'M
limited entrance of foreign labor
This melting-pot business is all right
as theory, but the country has got
to look out for itself and it's doors
must be closed to strange men with
tsrange and violent doctrines. So
says the Philadelphia Inquirer and so
say we all.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
GET BUSY WITH THE u. S. SENA-
TORS ....r

The Dyer anti-lynching bill has
been passed by the house Of repre-
sentatives and is now in the senate
in the hands of the judiciary commit
tee.
If the judiciary committee reports
the Dyer. bill, it's enactment by the
senate is almost certain. The sena-
tors on that committee are:
Knute Nelson, Minnesota; William
P. Dillingham;, Vermont; Frank B.
Brandegee, Connecticut; William E.
Borah, Idaho; Albert B.. Cumnins,
Iowa; LeBaron B. Colt, Rhode Island;
Thomas Sterling, South Dakota; Geo.
w. Norris, Nebraska; Richard P
Ernst, Kentucky; Samuel M. Short
ridge, California; Charles A. Culber-
son, Texas; Lee S. Overman, North
Carolina; James A. Reed, Missouri;
Henry F., Ashurst, Arizona; John K
Shields, Tennessee; Thomas j., Walsh
Montana. ...\lf.: 8
Now is the time to write. or tele,
graph the members Of the judiciary
committee and ask them to support
the bill. It is especially important
that the people Of Minnesota fooe
Senator Nelson with letters and tel
egrams asking him to vote for a fav
orable report on the bill. The out
look is favorable but work must b
done to make assurance doubly sure
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
CRlNGlNG AWAkENs CONTEMPT.

We cannot win by blinking at facts
or by ignoring fundamental princi-
Piles. Editor J. G. Adams Of the ST.
PAUL APPEAL is sound to the core
and we shall all have to accept his
kind of leadership if we expect to at
tain our full stature and status under
the American Constitution. Cringing
may be comfortable for the time be-
ing put it is mighty humiliating for
all the time thereafter and it awakens
contempt for US as it should do in
the minds and hearts Of our adver-
saries.
Editor Adams points the way
whether we accept his advice or not
and sooner or later he will blaze the
way to our financial, industrial anc
political enfranchisement in this
country where none will dare moles
us or make us afraid. Wise coloret
leaders will take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
The foregoing from The Planet O
Richmond, Va, edited by Hon. Joh1
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.

President Harding and Secretary
Hughes shave been moved by COM
plants from Americans in the near
east and have demanded equal OPP
portunities for Americans in Persia
and Mesopotamia. It seems that
those who kick get at least some of
the things they complain about. And
the President would sit up and take
notice if the colored people kicked
hard enough and in unison. .~
While the administration is quick
to come to the aid Of Americans
abroad" it does not hesitate to curse
Americans at home" Colored
Americans have been jimcrowed in
every way right here in America.
The Presidents speeches in Alabama
and Georgia were curses upon pa
troitic Americans and double curses
because some lickspittle "leaders''
attempted to condone them. 4,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
"PEARL COOP" A MIsNoMER.

That, there is nothing in name,'
has been decidedly verified in Port
land, Ore. Pretty, blue-eyed Pearl
Good, aged seventeen years, has con-
fessed to having committed forty-six
burglaries. Her plumber consists Of
money, jewelry, clothing, toilet arti-
cles, etc. She. is one of a family Of
eight children, is average in dress,
manner and speech, and is not at all
"hard boiled" though evidently bad
egg. In nearly every one Of her rob
berries entry was made by means of a
.latchkey, and The fair "lady RafHes"
says the average housewife leaves
her doorkey hidden" in places most
easily discovered by the housebreaker.
This rare Pearl evidently saw some
Of the film pictures Of that great
artist, Pearl White, and emulated her
example.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
WILLIAM MONROE TRoTTER

On April 7, William Monroe Trot-
ter, editor of the Boston Guardian
and world-famous agitator for the
rights of the colored people, will be
50 years old. 49,.
He has done more to fight jim
crowsm and to inspire in the colored
people determination to battle for
their rights than any living man of
the race. -
He has impoverished himself, hav-
ing spent the fortune left him by his
fathers, in financing his work for
freedom and justice for the colored
people,
In the presence of this giant of
agitation, nine-tenths of the alleged
colored leaders appear as pigrnies.
He has always stood for absolute
equality of citizenship. The majority
of the Headers" have compromised in
one way Or another
He deserves a FIFTY THOU.
SAND DOLLAR FUND. His work
can not be estimated in dollars anc
cents Even a small fund will show
that his work has been appreciated
and that the colored people are will
ing to pay for freedom.
The editor of every paper circulat
ing amnog the colored people ough
to boost Trotter in his editorial col
umns and also contribute to thu
ffty-year fund
THE APPEAL has already sent
check for Five Dollars.
Reader: Do not fail to send a
once your contribution to the Guard
ian Staff, The Guardian, "a Cornhil
Boston, Mass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
.RAps AMERICAN CHRISTIANS t?).

In recent interview japanese
gentleman walloped the American
Christian hypocrites in these words
and hits the nail on the head:
II am a Christian, but I cannot
reconcile the rules which Christianity
taught me with American practices.
Americans are overly suspicious and
narrow hearted. Our nation is sup
posedly anti-C Christian, but we have
broader hearts.
american missionaries teach us
that all people are equal, so we vel
come Americans, let you travel
throughout Japan unmolested, buy
property, engage in business, and
give. you equal rights with our own
people when you are in Japan. You
do not practice in America what your
missionaries teach us we must do, if
we want to be Christians. Even the
missionaries do not practice what
they preach when they return to
America"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

Representative Fordney Of Michi-
gan has introduced bill in the house
proposing loan of $5,0OO,OOO to liz
IBERIA. The Liberians seem to want
the money and the president was in
the U. S. last year making an appeal
for it; but THE APPEAL believes it
to be a dangerous matter. If. the
money is loaned and not promptly
paid it will be an excuse for the
United States to go in and take pos
session, and thus get a foothold in
Africa, and then Uncle Sam will pro
coed to mistreat and murder the Lii
berians just as he did in Haiti. The
Liberians would do we'll to sidestep
that loan.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

At a recent hearing of the house
committee on merchant marine,
Coxey Of Coxey army fame, that $4O,-
100000 worth of idle vessels be
turned over to him and his associates.
One of the committee asked Coxey if
he had had any experience in oper-
ating ships. "No, none," replied Mr..
.Coxey. No more than Mr.. A. D.
Lasker." Lasker, the Jewish head of
the Shipping Board, was appointed
by the President, not because he had
experience, but because he had aided
Mr.. Harding in his campaign for the
presidency.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
ANTI-kLUx BODY FORMED
Purpose Is to End Mob Violence and
...s..-- Enforce aw E'@

Healdton, Okla, March-An anti
Ku Klux Klan organization, known
as the Knights of the Visible Empire
has been formed here. John Q. Hyde,
one of the organizers, announced in
a statement today that the purpose OF
the society "is to protest against mob
rule, as exemplifed in the teachings
Of the Ku Klux Khan" Hyde is a
local attorney.
Hyde said the membership had
jumped to $50 today and that $50 9th
ers were waiting to sign applications
I'VE pledge allegiance to the law
of the land and only ask that the
laws be enforced by those empowered
to enforce them. There will be nc
secrecy" he said.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
COLORED cOLONlALs.
Many colored Men in the American
War for independence

The employment of colored men be-
came a subject of much importance at
an early stage of the American War
of independence. The British natur.
ally regarded slavery as an element
of weakness in the condition of the
colonies, in which the slaves were
numerous, and laid their plans to gain
the colored men and induce them to
take up arms against their masters
by promising them liberty on this con-
ditiOn.
The situation was looked upon by
the public men of the colonies as
alarming. and several of them urged
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

the repeal of nearly all Of the repres-
sive and restrictive laws now. on the
statute books.
And because they have protested,
England will give independence to
the Egyptians. Down South, Motion
ct al are lauding the brutal people
who have stolen the rights Of the col
ored people and restricted them to a
jimcrow place in the social scheme.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

Sterling P. Strong, who has opened
his campaign for United States sena-
tor from Texas, is telling the people
"Come to Washington next winter
and you will meet a senator who is
member of the Ku Klux Klan." It
is quite likely that there are already
several Ku Klux among the members
of both houses.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
TRAIN BANDITS GET HAUL
coIored Robbers He'd Up Diners Of
CHICAGO Limited,

Chicago, March.-The Boston Linn
tied, crack New York Central pas
senger train running from Boston to
Chicago, was boarded by two Negro
robbers Tuesday night as it entered
the city limits.
Entering the dining car with drawn
pistols, they held up Adolph Pierson,
the steward, and robbed him of $275
and his watch 49,.
The robbery took less than three
minutes and the two bandits leape6
from the train before it had picked
up speed after the stop, and escaped
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

Mitchell, Jr. who recently polled
10000 votes as candidate for gov
ernor of the state, is pleasing to the
editor but we accept it as a tribute
to the cause for which THE APPEAL
has fought for nearly forty years
rather than personal compliment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
CLOSE THE DOORS

When the. Senate concurs as it
should do--in the bill which has just
passed the House, the restricted i'm
migration law will be extended one
year from June so next. It is the in
tention Of the House immigration
committee to draft permanent en-.
actment, but the subject is 50 intri-
cate that it cannot be disposed Of
.hurriedly The extra year will be
none too long.
Until the war upset all Europe the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

Thursday night the Illinois consti-
tutional convention argued Delegate
Edward H. Morris addition to the bill
of rights. It reads: flaws shall be
applicable to alike to all citizens with
out regard to- race or color, and no
citizen, by reason Of his race or color,
shall be prohibited from doing any,
thing that any other citizen may do"
That's the stuff.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

A campaign to have legislatures Of
all states pass bill requiring regu-
lar courses in the study Of the United
States Constitution has been started
in, New York. Illinois, Iowa, Michi-
gan and Vermont have such law.
What will Georgia, Mississippi and
Texas, where they violate the Consti-
tuition every day, have to say about
the matter?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

President Harding evidently has
keen sense of the ridiculous. He has
recently appointed Brig. Gen. John H.
Russell to investigate conditions in
Haiti: 1t will be recalled that Rus
sell, as Colonel Russell, was in COM
mand in Haiti when the outrages COM
planned Of were perpetrated. In other
words, he will investigate what hap
pened under his own regime.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

The supreme court of North Car
DINA has just decided that schools
are not necessities. Long ago the
white people of the state decided
that education was not necessary for
the colored children, about thirty
cents per capita, more or less for
their instruction while the white chill
dren received about fifty times as
much. North "Caliny" is a great old
commonwealth, more or less.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

Twenty-six American marines who
engaged in fight with the city po-
lice in Managua, Nicaragua on De-
cember 8, 1921, have been sentenced
to the penitentiary for terms ranging
from eight to twelve years. Now the
authorities ought to convene court
martial in Haiti and sentence the
marines who mastered many thou.
sands of Haitians.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

The colored people in the French
West Indies (Guadeloupe and Mar
tinique) are bitterly opposed to the
sale Of their islands to the United,
States. They realize that with the
coming Of the Americans, hell would
break loose in their own happy
homes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard u

Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard uni
versity is like the proverbial cow who
gives a pail of milk and then kicks it
over. Miller wrote a strong article
in reply to President Harding's
southern speeches and then spoiled all
by first lauding E. Washington and
then writing in favor. of jimcrow
schools. Steady, Kelly!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

Protest always pays. For some
time the people Of India have been
making silent protest. against the
many iEjustices from which they suf-
fer and now it seems that results are
about to be achieved. The govern
ment has introduced several bills for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

That "the way Of the transgressor
is hard" especially if he is colored,
has been terribly verified in New
York in the case of William Burke, an
18-year-old colored youth who was
sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing
prison for the larceny of fifty cents
worth of bread.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

The colored people in the Island Of
Trinidad, British West Indies have
been talking about local self-govern-
ment and at once the British govern
ment clamps down. the screws on
them. .- 49, ..- r.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
~ Bible Thoughtfor Today

ALWAYS PROTECTED When
thou passest through the waters, l
will be with thee; and through the
rivers, they shall not overflow thee:
when thou walkest through the fire,
thou shalt not be, burned; neither
shall the flame kindle upon thee
Isaiah 1872
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

{ Governor General Wood announces
that he will follow the policy OUT
lined in the report Of the Wood
Forbes mission as the basis Of adj
ministration in the Philippines: All
of which translated means that the
Filipinos will not get the freedom
which the United States promised
them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18

"A new M. p. college for Negroes"
was dedicated in Mississippi Friday.
Thus the so-called Church Of Christ
encourages the drawing Of the color.
line in education.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
THERE is A Difference.

The 'jimcrow negroes" who are
continually repeating "the North is
no better than the South know they
are lying when they utter such rot.
The oppression of the colored people
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-03-18
THE SIN or 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
euillotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-Elia Wheeler Wilcox.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29

wife. friends say, the Fields moved
to New York. For some weeks,
young Captain Field, who was ar
dently claimed and loved by Chicago,
denied that he was forsaking the
city Of his birth and that his resi-
dencc in New York was only item
rorary," but the purchase Of the
I.cng Island country estate and a
site in Seventeen street for a town
house confirmed the rumors Of hi,
permanent departure.
In the meantime, Miss Field wa
receiving her education in England.
and her first grown-up glimpse ot
her native city was in 1920 on the
occasion of her social debut. 1t was
short glimpse, for she went on to
Santa Barbara for a short stay. She
became a part Of the great world
Of London and frequently there
were reports of her engagement to
sons of leading English families.
She had been presented at court.
Miss Ficn came to America again in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29
Peggy Marsh'S Fight
.4gainst Will Recalled

Reference cHnuu' ur i1itd" I" III" Will
If the tirs, Marsha Field without re-
,alliu. the onrlau.W nud" H.atnH, Il l@
Peggy Marsh. l.unGo" chorus girI, and
VT lhrr OF the ,"u ut Henry Field, VIII 'm
>Ar named lIcnr3 N.'IopN Marsh. Ih'
ronuMrr ui young .Iu and the ril""I>
girl was made p.ui, lAr"Ush d"'",D
tions tiled shortly "irrr III" death =
Field. in which III" I'"Iar"l hnr 'lJI"
ru be his SON. Latter Marshall Field r>-
tahi>hcd II SlM.OOn ,rG>D fund for her
in settlement OF contract mad" 10y h,s
brother. Miss Marsh, "h" has sine"
h",uur Mrs Alfred J., 'oIMS"n and is
r"w n vaudeville pert "Iarr in l!"
United States, filed NuJ BY behalf "l
be-" son inr "A share iu t., r,'nt" q. III"
merchant r'inrr. her rltld'~ great
grHniiathrr. The sull, t"Hrd h'i"."
nudge Sullivan, of thirueo hinged III "n
the use OF the trrmS "issrrr' and claw
iu issue" in Artirl" VII Of tn" Will.
This article established II rrU> fund Of
81. 900 900, IN" income of which, upon
the death of Marshall Fi'ld, was to hr
paid to the three grandchildren, Henry,
Marshall and Gw"ndolyn, Former
Governor Edward +. Dunno, counsel
for Peggy, rontrndcd that her child. rs
the issue of Henry Field. was entl.
tied to receive two tifths OF the income
from the trust fund until he attained
the age of twenty one, at which time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-29

Mnd The future husband "l Miss
nt his christening in 1901 the late King
Edward VII stood sponsor. The oldest
Of the three sons of Sir Ar"hihnh! was
killed in action during til" battle % M"
Son.lar in September, l!,li III" family
seat j. l'unr"ath Castle, iIan"tl"iu.
Stirlin->hirr, near Glasgow. on" "t fi'"
most beautiful OF til" old Scottish
homes. which has been in the family for
centuries.
Mrs. Marshall Field, the pretty
sist,r.n law. is gratifrd at Miss
Ficld'- alliance with one ii the oldest
ni l:ri,Uin'> families. and at tn" titI".
even "u" oi III" l"S<"r "rl"S, as it i. 1t
is rum,rrd. Mrs. Field ,S II brilian,
social s,ratcgi>t. II is said. and has id
her pretty hlunI hrHd ambitions :"
have Il curunrt embroidered CA her "N,d
hnndkrrrhr IS uld ,iu"nS, 1t i" Hu""r, t.
too, that som" day tine Marshall Fi"II~.
who have moved from thicag" tu ~ "
York, w.l "NruruaI)y lu"v" ON I" F"r-
land, wlpr" there i, s"lu" opportunity
for disn L,gri>urd services to the "r""H
and II fifth r"Ward,
Miss Field. r"p"lH\. HiII"d fr"m
the $500, UUO.Wn ">,at" "t her grand,
father, iurMdr~. hr>dr> cash, iOi
shares of Pullman Company St""n,
valued M uI,oU SiI,O0n. and other
stocks and hrud> worth approximately
$500 900. ~" a!,'u was given Il thtru
in,rrcst in the "-"ud- ana rhUttrIs "i
he estate OF her father.