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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
PREJUDICE STOPS NOT AT THE
GRAVE,

The late Governor Pinckney Benton
Stewart Pinchback who had the dis
tinction of having been elected to, or,
appointed to more prominent political
positions than any other colored man
in Louisiana; in life, now has the dis
tinction in death of being the only
(known) colored man buried in Me-
tairie cemetery in New Orleans.
Thirty-five or forty years ago the
Pinchback family legally became the
owners Of tomb in that exclusive
cemetery and the remains of the late
P. B. S. Pinchback were taken there
for interment and storm of protest
was raised by the owners of tombs,
but as the family owned the tomb
they rested on their rights and the
interment was made, but no ceremony
of any sort was allowed to be made,
and only one automobile to accom-
pany the hearse. On resurrection
morn, we wonder what those color
prejudiced people will do, when they
learn that a niger" is among them :?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28

difference. And to change the skull
except by Interpreting. which is not
desired, would take many thousands
Of years.
Fo lift up the bone Of a forehead
making it half an inch nearer to the
perpendicular, would take 10000 years
at least. There is the "show me- an.
swer, most puzzling to those that
would LIKE equality, but that don't
want to deceive themselves.
A great naturalist said, "The diff
ference between. low type of Afri-
can savage and a highly developed
white man is greater than the differ
ence between that savage and blade
Of grass" That, unfortunately, is
true, and intelligent Charles E. Rus
sell knows it.
Let us not deceive ourselves or
Others, even in the noble cause of
brotherly love. Those that are de-
ceived, no matter how kindly, lose
their way.
The bunk about the African savage
and blade of grass seems to be a
favorite quotation of Mr.. Brisbane for
he has used it at least half dozen
times year for the last ten years.
Other great naturalists have said that
there are no fundamental differences
between the white and black races
and the Christ has said that of one
blood were created all nations. The
colored people in America are not
African savages and probably half of
the so-called white people in the
United States have more or less Me-
gro blood in their veins. President
Garfield termed Alexander Hamilton
'the greatest man who ever trod
American soil,' and yet it has been
proved that Hamilton had Negro
blood in his veins.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
BRISBANE'S POISON GAS.

Arthur Brisbane, who contributes a
column headed 'Today" to the Hearst
newspapers, is considered great
writer, but THE APPEAL has no
ticed for years that he has great Bit
terness against colored people in his
writings. Here is some of his latest
dope: =. @--
President Harding told the colored
men and women in the South that it
was mistake for them to talk about
"social equality" said he: "This is a
question of recognizing a fundamen-
tai, eternal and unacceptable differ
ence"
That earnest young Socialist plu-
tocrat, Charles E. Russell, rebukes
President Harding and wants to
know what PROOF there is Of diff
ference between Negro and white
races.
"Show me" says he. In any nat
ural history museum the polite at
tendant will "show him." He will
lead Mr.. Russell to a row of skulls,
and say, @This isa Negro of one
type; this is a Negro Of another.
This is a white man."
a 5-year-old child can be taught the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
cRINGINe AWAkENs CONTEMPT

We cannot win by blinking at facts
or by ignoring fundamental princi-
pies. Editor j. @. 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. .>... y
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 and
political enfranchisement in this
country where none will dare modest
US or make us afraid. Wise colored
leaders will take notice and govern
themselves accordingly.
The foregoing from The Planet of
Richmond, Va.,: edited by Hon. John
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 a personal compliment. >
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28

dent Harding's assertion that there
was an impossible gulf between col
ored and white people in the United
States and advocated that, before at
tempting to lead the world to disar-
mament, the United States disarm
the lyncher within her own borders.
And so say we all!
Here is one paragraph from Mr..
Russell's speech: 81 must frankly
say to the gentleman who said that,
President Harding" said Mr.. Russell,
chat you don't know what you're
talking about. If this great gulf you
speak OF between the races which you
speak Of exists, what does it look
like? Have you photograph of it :?
There is no such gulf, and the only
limit to the development of you col
ored people is the one you place your
selves"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
GEN. MANGlN HAS RIGHT IDEA

We derive very much satisfaction
out Of the position taken by the
French General Mangin who recently
said -.-.~
can end must be put to this absurd
legend of the inferiority of the col
ored races. It is based solely on the
tradition of slavery and is not at all
fattering to the white races!" -. ::
So declares Gen. Mangin, whose ut
terance is the most authoritative of
those who have taken up advocacy of
the cause of the colored peoples, fol-
lowing the winning Of the Goncourt
literary prize by the Martinique
writer, Rene Maran.
Mangin is the great champion Of
the colored army theory, holding that
only by training and arming her CO.
lonial subjects can France redress the
balance in face of more populous Ger
many. Their fighting value he proved
in the war, for Manager" Mangin's
colonial army was always in the
thick Of the French offensives.
The general gained his affection for
the colored races during the twenty
years he spent in colonial military
and administrative commands. He is
not merely a soldier, but has consid-
cradle competence in literary talent,
which gives weight to his remarks on
culture among the coIored races.
"There really is an intellectual elite
among the colored races, whom lib
erty has introduced to our culture"
he, asserted in an interview. "And
experience has demonstrated that this
elite possesses the ability to excel in
every domain Of human activity"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
Mr.. Harding Down South.

VIZ uHiS 0o"n Soutn.
70 the Editor:
The colored man, according to Mr.,
Harding in his Birmingham speech,
SHOULD seek to be the best possible
black man, and not the best possible
imitation of the white man." This is
the Harding standard for the race.
We admit that in many respects the
white man is a poor model for imi-
tation, as in lynching, discriminatory
practices against his friends and his
arrogant assertion Of superiority by
birth and color, but why does not Mr..
Harding advise us to become the best
possible men, and forget distinctions
on both sides apart from merit? OF
course, we know how hard it is to be
logical and at the same time avoid
offending the South while a recipient
of it's hospitality, but it does seem
amusing, as well as pathetic, that in
the same speech he says: .sThe one
thing We must sedulously avoid is the
development Of group or class organ
cations in this country" Gee, but it
is hard to straddle!
j. MILTON SAMPSON,
Dicertor of Research and Records.
Chicago Urban League.
#9so4A ueu 9H4 OF IgIIouI5M no II
Chicago. $
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
DYER ANTI-LYNCHiNG BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE,.

Owing to the constant and efficient
fight of the National Association fol
the Advancement of Colored People
the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill passed
the House of Representatives in Con.
gress Thursday by a vote Of 23O to
119.
Seventeen Republicans joined 102
Democrats in voting in the opposition
while eight Democrats and one So
cialist, London of New York, voted
with 221 Republicans in favor of the
measure. ....
"Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow"
The bill now goes to the Senate
with every hope of successfully pass
ing that body.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
TRUE TO FORM.

At the Detroit Methodist conference
Emmett J. Scott declared "The Negro
does not ask social equality and never
has asked it. All he asks is social
justice" But, pray how can the col
ored man get "social justice unless he
has every kind Of equality before the
law and in public opinion" Domi-
nant people do not give exact justice
to people they consider their interiors.
: Scott was private secretary to
Booker Washington for nearly twenty
years and was well trained to reiter-
ate that the colored man does not
want that and other things which
would please the South. Now that he
is away from Tuskegee he ought to
learn a new tune.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28

.r
Emperor JONES'" sent him into Vir-
ginia and had planned to send him
further south. In Richmond the show
did well and it began to appear the
south would overlook the fact that
Gilpin is colored man. But now
Broadway hears a quick change in
plans came about.
A letter with Ku Klux Khan sig
nature was received by Gilpin while in
Virginia. It advised him not to at
tempt to continue in the south with
his company, which contains a num-
Der Of white players. \. 1t was then
that the route was changed and the
troupe is now in Ohio. ...... s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
jim CROW LEADERS.

We had in a recent issue sympo.
SUM of views of colored editors in
various parts Of the country on the
spe eches of President Harding in Bir-
mingham, Ala, and Atlanta, Ga.
One of the strongest of these is an
editorial from the Richmond (Va.)
Planet, by that fearless journalist
John Mitchell, Jr. Referring to the
desire of President Harding to have
more NEGRO" leaders developed, The
Planet says:
THE SOUTH IS FULL OF THIS
KIND OF LEADERS. DIR. BOOK
Err T. WASHINGTON DID HIS
PART IN DEVELOPING THIS
KIND OF LEADERSHIP. IN LAT
Err YEARS HE REALIZED THAT
HE HAD GONE TOO FAR, TO THE
EXTENT OF ELIMINATING THE
PRINCIPLES OF HOOD,
WITHOUT. WHICH NO RACE CAN
RISE TO THE FULL HEIGHT OF
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. -
This is strong statement yet it is
absolutely true. No single thing in
the history Of the colored people in
the SHIFTED States has done SO much
to prevent the full attainment of citi-
zenship as that speech of Booker
Washington delivered in Atlanta. Ca.
in 1895.
Since then the descent to hell has
been swift and sure and the depths
were sounded when the other day.
Warren G. Harding, President of the
United States, stood by the side of
the Grady monument. in Atlanta, pro-
nounced eulogy on Henry w.
Grady, the most bitter, dangerous and
lnsldlous enemy of the colored people
that the country has produced, de-
clared that the race question must be
settled by the segregation Of Ameri-
can citizens.
Lured on by the enthusiastic recep-
ton by the South of the B. Washing
| VII 0pSSSA anu LIl0 WHITE man S
good negro" pat on the shoulder, the
jimcrow leaders tribe has increased
SO enormously that it lis now a men
ace to be reckoned with in every COM
munity in which there are a hundred
colored men.
Before he died Booker Washington
repented in bitterness what he had
done and longed for life to wash out
his unwise course but it was too late.
Although it may be news to many, it
is fact that after his death an ar
ticle, written BY him, was printed in
leading magazine, in which he re-
pudiated segregation which he had so
long championed.
No greater calamity could befall
the colored people than the harvest
ing Of new crop Of "jimcrow negro
leaders"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
A GOOD VIEWPOINT.

The following under the heading,
"The Colored Mans Viewpoint" is
from the Chicago Tribune:
I desire to compliment you upon
the fact that you have taken up the
practice of using colored man or COL
ored woman instead Of Negro or Ne
gress. This is attested by an article
which appeared on the front page of
Wednesdays Tribune and another in
this mornings Tribune.
I have not at all forgotten that your
paper at one time graciously agreed
to capitalize the word Negro. AL
though the word Negro is a term
which some persons of color dislike,
yet it was thought a half loaf was
better than none at all, and so we
contented ourselves with the capitali-
cation. We cannot commend too high
ly your use Of the word colored in
the place of Negro and are hoping
that the substitute will be both gen
eTa1 ana permanent. .-
S. A. T. WATKINS, -
President Appomattox Club.
CHARLES S. DUKE,
y Chairman Civics Committee,
Apponattox Club.
1t is a very important thing for a
great newspaper like the Chicago
Tribune to use colored instead of Me-
gro as a racial designation. Probably
no one thing has contributed so much
to the contempt in which colored peo-
pie are held than the use of the word
Negro in describing the colored peo-
pie of the United States. And it's a
lie. The colored people are not Ne
groes. The are, and they ought to
proclaim themselves, AMERICANS.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28

Marshal Foch Of France has been
slgnally. honored during his visit to
the United States and in many places
colored men have been members Of
the reception committees. It is meet
that the colored people should render
him great honor as he brigaded the
American colored soldiers with his
French troops when the white Ameri-
cans refused to fight with them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
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
guiI'otines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-Esla Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
HARDING GETS ANOTHER RAP.

At the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, held in New
York last week, Charles Edward RUS
sell, orator and author welcomed the
advent of, the "new Negro" who, he
declared, was ready to stand up for
his rights. He also ridiculed Presi-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
THE K. K. x. BARS GILPIN.

The tour Of Charles Gilpin, the col
oreds actor, has been abandoned so
far as the south is concerned, tenn
porarily at least.
Adolph Klauber, under whose man
agement Gilpin was playing in 'The
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28

Five men, two Of them colored, have
been sentenced to life Imprisonment
IN the Oklahoma state penitentiary
for completely in the lynching of Jake
Brooks, colored packing house work
er. All Of the men entered pleas Of
guilty.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
Dangerous and Undemocratic.
(From the Crisis

". rom Cne CflSlS.)
Mr.. Harding meant that the
American colored man must acknoWl-
edge that it was wrong and a dis
grace for Booker T. Washington to
dine with President Roosevelt!
The answer to this inconceivably
dangerous and undemocratic demand
must come with the unanimous ring
Of IL million voices, enforced by the
voice OF every American who believes
in humanity
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28

The Irish having fought for 76O
years to gain freedom intend to keep
it at all odds. The Irish Free State is
not yet in official being, but the min
lister Of defense is making plans for
a powerful standing army.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
FIVE LYNCHERs GIVEN LIFE.
Three Whites and Two CoIored PIeat
Guilty to Lynchino coIored MAJ


Guilty to Lynching coIored Man.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. a.
Five men, two Of them colored. were
sentenced to life Imprisonment in the
state penitentiary when they entered
pleas ct guilty in district court here
today. to charges Of completely in the
lynching of Jake Brooks, colored
packing house worker, here the night
OF January IA. :.
Two other white men under similar
charges were to be arranged today
tor examining trial. An eighth man
IS under arrest at Mart, Texas.
The white men are Lee Whitley and
Elmer Yearta, striking members of
the Butcher Workmen's union. and
Charles Polk, a union sympathizer.
The colored men, Robert Allen, cousin
OF the man who was lynched, and
Nathan Butler, also are union men.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28

Six members Of Towards orchestra.
Columbus organization, were taken
to the outskirts of Maini, Florida, by
masked men, fogged and told to leave
the city within twenty-four hours.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
NEARLY $4,000, 600 WILLEDFoR up
LIFT OF coLoRED PEOPLE.

Information has reached THE AP-
PEAL that requests Of nearly So, OO0,-
600 for educational, charitable and
development work among colored
people are made in the will of Mrs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
(APPEAL Editorial Sept. 3, 1921

-~>SoAA~A
THE APPEAL is sorry to note that
the color line has been drawn in the
new Veterans Bureau by the organ
ization of "Colored Division and
the appointment of DIR. J. R. A. Cross
land as it's head. ~
Grassland lost son who fell stfight-
ing for democracy" in France, and it
is poor reward for the father to
be given segregated bureau. It is
also said that he was an effective
speaker in the last campaign. in
which it was given out that the Re-
publican party would abolish segre-
cation in the departments at WASH
lngton. If these things are true
Grassland deserves better treatment
at the hands of the victors, and he
also should have refused the appoint
ment as undemocratic and demanded
the same treatment as is given to
other groups of American citizens.
One Lasker, a Jew, was made head
OF the U. S. Shipping Board. Repre-
sentatives of other racial groups have
been given places, but not in segre-
gated bureaus. No President of the
United States would dare offer Jew
a place as the head of a segregated
Jewish bureau. There is no such
place and never will be. Only color
ed people are segregated by, this al
legged democracy.
Some people may think that the
special" appointments which have
been handed out by the present Re-
publican administration are forward
movements, but they are really nails
in the coffin of democracy and are
dangerous to the social and political
status Of the colored people.
The, Administration ought to cut
out these Especial" jobs, eliminate
segregation which was promised in
the campaign, and if colored men are
to have appointments let them be
on a level with those given to other
groups Of American citizens.
Better no places at all than those
which lower the status of the race
and automatically make their holders
defenders Of segregation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28

Calista S. Mayhem, who died Dec. 10,
1921, in Newark, N. ]. This will be
splendid if it is. not. used along any
Of the jincrow lines.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
* Bible 1h'"ghtf'r Today

FRUIT AGE OF Sc c R E T
PRAYER:-But thou, when thou
prayest, enter into thy closet, and
when thou hast shut thy door, pray
to thy Father which is in secret; and
thy Father which seeth in secret shall
reward thee openly. For your Father
knoweth what things We have need Of,
before We ask him.-Matt. 6:6, 8.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-01-28
(From the Chicago Whip.)

DR.. j. R. Grassland of St. Joseph,
Mo-, has been appointed to handle the
claims of the black veterans of the
late World War. The claims Of the
black soldiers are the same as those
OF the white and Dr. Grassland has
really accepted a Jim Crow lob.
Perry Howard, another prominent
Uncle Tom" politician, also accepted
Jim Grow job. AS long as we take
these political handouts, as long as
our leaders" are too hungry to re-
fuse them, Of course they will be ten
dered our race. -, ~"
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-09-12
FEED GATHERING UNDER
WAY IN FLOYD COUNTY

Harvesting Of fall crops has been
under way in Floyd county for more
than week. and for the first time
in many years the first 81 October
Is going to see the bulk Of the feed
crop in the county gathered and m
the bins and stacks. A large per
centage Of the crop l. being gather
ed in bundles and with an apparent
probable shortage in feedstOffs In
the southwest this season the crop
will be cleaned from the fields more
closely than in a number " years
This section viii be more fortunate
IN the matter Of feedstuils than
other sections Of the southwest this
year. Practically every farm Is go
ing 20 have enough feed 20 run thru
10 another crop while a few will
have SURPRISES.
Cotton gathering l. also opening
up much sooner than has been the
case in former years. A dry season
since the middle II July, with eS-
tremely hot weather for this section
are attributed as the causes for the
early opening Of the crop. Several
bales were received for ginning at
local gins last week and his week
the movement from the fields is be-
coming more pronounced A mark
ed livening up Of business over the
county is expected 10 result from
this harvest Estimates on the yield
vary so greatly that anybody's guess
looks almost as good as another Ex-
tremely pessimi tic persons put the