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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
MOTIONS LOST OPPORTUNITY

Motion had the great opportunity of
his life to strike blow for freedom
when ne was on the platform as the
alleged representative of the colored
people. Had he been brave and
fearless leader, when he learned of
the segregation of the colored people
at the exercises he would have turned
to President Harding and said: "Mr.
President of the United States. Mr..
Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Before making my set address,
must make protest against the Sc
gregation and humiliation of the COL
ored people at these exercises dedi-
eating monument to the memory Of
the Great Emancipator, and as rep
resentative of one-eighth of the peo-
pie of the United States I say that
unless the barriers are torn down and
every vestige Of discrimination re-
moved my prepared address will re-
main unspoken and the only words
shall utter will be the words l have
just voiced. Let that go into the rec
ords as my speech"
Such a statement would have Gre
ated a sensation. It would have
brought home to the audience the in
famous state of affairs into which
the nation has drifted. It would have
made Motion a real leader and his
words would have gone laundering
down the ages. ....
;, Motion had not the courage to say
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
"FOR NEGRO PRESS ExCLU-
SlVELY."

THE APPEAL during the war,
periodically published many pages of
free advertising of Liberty Loans,
Thrift Stamps, War Savings Stamps,
Food Administration notices, etc., and
at a great expense to the publisher
1t was a duty which every american
owed to his native land.
We are now receiving lot of copy
headed (For the Negro Press exclu.
sively) which will NOT appear in THE
APPEAL. It is ridiculous to send out
such stuff and really an insult to the
colored soldiers, who fought for de-
mocracy. Thrift is a very important
matter for ALL Americans, but it is
not limited by color or race or creed
and the identical matter, should be
sent to every group Of Americans, I'M
less it be translated into some for
eign language for the benefit of for
eigners who can not read English
The colored people speak the Language
of their native country-English.
In the future as in the past THE
APPEAL will continue to print por
ton of the official matter it receives
but no. jimcrow matter.
THE APPEAL is not negro "a
per. For years it has had at it's bust
ness heading
THE APPEAL
An American Newspaper
and that is what it is. THE APPEAL
believes in , Americanism for every
American Of every race, color or creed
To send out copy sheets prepared
Exclusively for the Negro press" is
an insult to the intelligence, patrio
tism and Americanism OF 10000, 600
English speaking AMERICANS, who
wish no special privileges.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23

The Crisis and other periodicals and
many colored soldiers asserted that
instead of Investigating and endeav-
oring to correct the outrageous treat
ment to which the colored troops
were subjected, he rushed around,
made few speeches telling the col
ored soldiers to be 'good" and then
took the first boat for the U. S. sin
order to attend conference at
Tuskegee."
For a colored man to laud the
brutal South, which has heaped un-
sspeakable wrongs upon his people for
hundreds of years, is disgusting ex-
hlbition of servility. Imagine if you
can, AN 1rishman approving the aw-
full murders by the British soldiery;
conceive if you can, Jew condoning
the pogroms in Russia, Poland and
j the Balkan states; think of an East
Indian lauding the English who blew
many of his countrymen from the
mouths of cannon. If you can visual
ize these things then you can get a
true picture of what it means for a
colored man to laud the South.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
THE REASON WHY.

/ A distinguished foreigner who is
touring the United States had this to
say relative to his Impressions Of the
race question in this country: :. -.
Il have always been interested In
what is called the race question in
the United States and since my arrival
have endeavored to study it from
every viewpoint and II possible find
some reasons for it's existence.
"After had met so large number
of intelligent, we'll educated, refined
and cultured colored people was at
loss to understand the reasons for
the bitter race prejudice and the at
tempts in various parts of the country
to segregate people of color. ~.
THAT body so-called Christians
should find it necessary to even dis
cuss the question of segregating any
class Of people was so contrary to
the spirit of Christianity that I was
greatly surprised; but after South
ern delegate had in vigorous speech
opposed segregation, l was dumb
founded to see a bishop of a colored
Methodist church arise and make a
speech favoring the separation of his
branch from the proposed union of
Methodism. He referred to his mem
bers as white folks Negroes" and
said they wished to be set apart.
It was disgusting revelation.
"The whole thing is now clear. Some
ignorant. short sighted self-seeking
leaders are seeking segregation in the
church for some personal reasons.
Evidently they are not versed in his
tory or they would know that they
are playing, with fire. II they are
segregated in the House of the Lord,
segregation civilly and socially fol-
lows as natural sequence Old col
ored men who we're reared in slavery
are apt to have slavish ideas and
the only hope of the colored people
is that the young men, the clear
headed thinking young men, will take
charge of the situation and push to
the rear the trucking leaders who
are willing to sell their birthright
for mess Of pottage"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23

is an economic truism which has
never been disputed by any reputable
soclolcgist or political economist
from Adam Smith down to the pres
ent time.
Z. THE APPEAL knows that the
colored people have been misrepre-
sented in the matter of crime. Enc
mics have endeavored to prove that
colored people are criminal people,
but their statements have been dis
proved by statistics. Caucasian
Americans commit more and baser
crimes than cclored people.
8. THE APPEAL is opposed to
mob law and believes that mob Ii
cense is more dangerous to the we'll
being and perpetuity Of society than
the isolated infractions of the law by
individuals.
9. THE APPEAL does not believe
that the Southern Caucasians are the
best friends of the race. The South
ern Caucasian idea of friendship is
the relation Of superior and inferior
In many cases the colored person
who gains the Friendship" of a
Southern Caucasian does so at the
expense Of his manhood. THE APP
PEAL is not willing for the settle
ment of the race question to be left
to the unjust, un-American, unchris-
tian South for. settlement. .
10. THE APPEAL refuses to con-
slider any proposition that the coloreG
man relinquish any Of the political OF
civil rights now possessed by the
race. Every effort should be made
to retain those which exist and tc
regain those which have been lost.
THE APPEAL reaffirms it's unal.
terable determination to continue tc
battle for the right to the end and
come what may, THE APPEAL will
never give up the contention for JUS
tice and the absolute equality of all
citizens under the law.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.

President Harding and Secretary
Hughes ''have been moved" by com
plants from Americans in the neal
east and have demanded equal op.
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 Headers
attempted to condone them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
jim CROW LEADERS.

We had in recent issue a sympo-
SUM OF views of colored editors in
various parts of the country on the
speeches OF President Harding in Biz
mlngham, Ala, and Atlanta, Ga.
One of the strongest of these is an
editorial from the Richmond Wal
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. DR.. BOOK
Err T. WASHINGTON DID HIS
PART IN DEVELOPING THIS
KIND OF LEADERSHIP. IN LAT
ER YEARS HE REALIZED THAT
HE HAD GONE TOO FAR, TO THE
EXTENT OF ELIMINATING THE
PRINCIPLES Or MANHOOD.
WITHOUT WHICH NO RACE CAN
RISE TO THE FULL HEIGHT OF
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
rms IS strong statement yet it is
absolutely true. No single thing in
the history of the colored people in
the United States has done so much
to prevent the full attainment of citi-
zsnship 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 tie
United States, stood by the side OF
tne GRADY monument in Atlanta, pro-
bounced a eulogy on Henry W.
Grady, the most bitter, dangerous and
lnsld1ous 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.
tlon by the South of the B. Washing.
ton speech and the white mans
good negro" pat on the shoulder. the
Jlmcrow leaders tribe has increased
so, enormously that it is now men
ace to be reckoned with in every COM
munity in which there are hundred
colored men.
f. 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
tlcie, 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," -. -. a.. 49,. - O.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
Death Claims Veteran Editor,

fFrcm the indianapolis WORLDLY
Tho sod news COMES from St.. Paul
MIMI. of the death Of +he ronowrnI
ard vo+ora~ editor of The 81 parl
APPEAL. John O. Adams. which o.
"~r'o1 FROM ~ aooidont of an or-
+orncHi1n On tho nvoninn &c S,,rdav
Sen+omho~ 2. nv being knocked down
nv IT'S driver.
Mr.. Adams was brother IF G.. F.
Adams who was for MANY wears o.
sistan+ rerister # The treasury. Fo
was. If one If The host known far,i-
lies and was cne If tho host known
business mon in the Northwest.
He will he GREATLY missed nv oil
classes IF ci+izens thro,r"h~',+ tho
country, for he was roal h-mani-
tartan and fo,,oht for what no co--
ceived tn he right and lust for the
human race.
The entire nress +hror~hont tho
country nx+end m bis fa~;1v and
nnanv friends their heartfelt SYM
pathy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
ACCUSED BE THEY If THEY
YIELD

Reprinted from The Appeal of
October rs, 1879
For more than a quarter of the
century the editor of THE APPEAL
has struggled to give the Afro-Amer-
lean people Of the West newspaper
which would defend their rights. A
complete file has been preserved and
the editor is proud to say that not a
single false note has been sounded
THE APPEAL has always advised its
readers never to relinquish civil
right and to aid their Southern
brethren to regain the many rights
which have slipped away because OF
the activities of jim crow propagan.
! dists.
THE APPEAL has never been a
profitable business proposition in it.
self, the editor has made his living
out of his job printing office and from
other sources of income, but he feels
that he has done. something to aic
the colored people and the
consciousness of having fought fol
the right compensates him for the
years of hard work and the expendi.
ture of thousands of dollars.
The editor of THE APPEAL is 9
father and the one thing he has en-.
deavored to impress upon the minds
| of his children is self respect, espe.
cially as it relates to demanding all
the rights of American citizenship
He is poor man and has little OF
this worlds goods to bequeath them
but if they have learned their lessor
we'll and will suffer hardships anc
pr,vations and even prefer to die
rather than degrade their souls by
willingly accepting any treatment
which is in any way inferior to that
accorded to other Americans, the
| editor will pass into the Great Be-
yond happy in the thought that he
has left his offspring a priceless
| heritage.
The editor Of THE APPEAL woult
rather see all Of his children in thei1
graves than to feel that they will
ever even in their minds consider thu
proposition of becoming Jim crowist:
| and if they are ever willing to give
up liberty and become servile syco
plants, may Gods most awful ours,
descend upon them and their children
and may their children's children b,
accursed through all time and eter
nifty. -....
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
IT PAYS TO KICK

The American Legion city commit
tee of Wilmington, Del, objected Sc
riously to the plan Of the general
committee to having the Norman D.
Scott Post to march in a separate
division Of colored people instead of
with the regular division assigned to
the American Legion on Memorial
Day. The Legionaires insisted that
the Scott Post be in line with the
other three posts, and intimated that
it would withdraw from the parade
unless the discriminatory ban would
be lifted. 49,
It always pays to kick.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
THE APPEALS PLATFORM

1. THE APPEAL resents the
claim so persistently made by many
Caucasians that this is '"white
mans country" The colored people
are citizens by right and birth and
the Federal Constitution specifically
places all citizens on equality before
the law.
2. THE APPEAL believes that
the idea advanced by certain persons
that the Caucasian race has been es-
pecially commissioned by God to rule
all of the colored races is blasphemy.
8. THE APPEAL firmly believes
that in republic there can be but
enc kind of citizen, hence challenges
the right of the government-fed-
eral, state or local-to discriminate
in any way between citizens by the
enactment Of any law which speci-
fies that the colored people must be
separated from or treated. differently
from the great body of citizens.
THE APPEAL is opposed to class
legislation of every kind.
4. THE APPEAL believes in man
hood suffrage without any educa-
tional or property qualifications
whatever, and contend that the law
abiding man of good character, who
does his duty as a citizen and risks
his life in defense of the flag, should
not be deprived of the ballot because
he is poor and cannot read and write.
Disfranchisement works irresistibly
for the denial or Infringement of all
the related rights of citizenship. be-
cause a voteless man has no right
which any one is bound to respect.
S. THE APPEAL believes that
the schools supported by public tax
alton should be open to all regardless
of race, color or creed and that every
parent should determine the kind of
education he wishes his children to
receive.
6. THE APPEAL believes that
the statement that the Southern eau
casians pay the taxes necessary to
educate the Southern colored people
is an economic absurdity. That each
man in his place pays as much tax
as any other man in the community
- E SIS 7. [. f ( =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
Editor John @. Adams
(From the Minneapolis Messe,

(trom the Minneapolis Messenger.)
The death of Editor J. O.. Adams
closes the career OF an admirable
citizen: He was an uncompromising
champion for equality and justice, re-
gardless Of race, creed, or nationality.
His passing has caused the com
munlty in which he lived to praise
him for his many virtues. He had
lived to a ripe old age and fell on the
firing line-in active service.
The publishers of The Messenger
have lost true friend.> We extend
to his family and relatives our con-
dolences, wishing the continuance of
The Appeal as a fitting memorial and
that it will receive loyal support in
recognition of his services to his
race-to perpetuate the policies of
Mr.: Adams and the principles to
which he dedicated his life's work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
THE "MENAcE" OF BUDDHISM.

A woman who has been q Christian
missionary in Japan for 18 years call
ed the attention to the Disciples Of
Christ, at q recent general confer
ence, to the growing menace Of
Buddhism She said that Buddhist
priests and teachers arecoming in in
creasing numbers and are urging the
japanese in the u. S. to have nothing
to do with the Christian religion on
the ground that its followers call
them inferior and Cypress them. She
also stated that Buddhism is also
gaining among Americans and that
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
COMMENTS
ON THE LIFE AND DEATH
OF JOHN Q. ADAMS
Inspired by His Scholarly Attainment

CDR. C. F. Maxwell in the Search
light, Seattle, Wash.)
The death Of John @. Adams was
a great shock to all. Mr.. Adams was
pioneer citizen and the oldest pub
Usher. He was the most prominent
colored man in the state of Mime
sofa and respected by persons in
every walk of life. He was at one
time a teacher in the public schools of
Louisville, XIV. At a later period the
two brothers cast their lots in Chi
cago and St. Paul.
To the writer then a very small
boy, these young men were an inspi-
ration on account of their gentle
manly bearing. scholarly attachments
and lastly by their extraordinary
handsomeness. Mr.. Adams served
one or more terms as deputy sheriff
at St. Paul in addition to his editorial
duties. In every sense of the term,
Mr.. Adams was both a man and a
gentleman.
"None but the ashes If the just,
Smell svreet, and, blossom in the
DUST"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
Strong Editorial UuIance Of the Late John Adams, Militant Editor Rejecting
the Policies Which Made The APPEAL Powerful Moue Of Public non
REPRINTED FROM VARIOUS ISSUES

many colored people were being CON
verted. 1t is not strange that the
religion of the gentle Gautama Buddha
should appeal to the colored people,
because it not only teaches the equal
ity of mankind, but practices it's
teachings. Orthodox Christianity in
the U. S. teaches inequality of race
and Expresses, disfranchises, lynches
and burns colored Christians at the
stake. It is aided in keeping the
niger in his place" by the Ku Klux
klansmen, who, barring the Jews and
Catholics, kneel before the CLEANING
Cross and swear to uphold white
supremacy" l-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
Regarded as the Douglass Type

From the St. Louis Argus.)
The news Of the death of John
Quincy Adams, editor of THE APP
PEAL, ST. Paul, Mimi, comes as a
shock as well as a surprise to his
many friends.
According to reports. Mr.. Adams
came to his death on account of be-
ing struck by an automobile as he
was returning from church Sunday
afternoon. After the accident. he
never regained consciousness, having
suffered a fracture of the skull
broken arm and internal injuries.
Mr.. Adams was a veteran news
paper man, fearless and courageous,
and regarded as the Douglass type.
The profession loses valuable
man in his death.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
Should Commemorate Editor Adams
(From the MINNEAPOLIS Messenper)

The colored people especially in
this section should set aside Septem-
Der 8, Of each year as memorial to
Editor John Q. Adams of THE APP
PEAL. 1t is regrettable that we so
soon forget our benefactors and
those who have done their part
toward our advancement. The col
ored people of Minnesota should have
enough pride and gratitude to re-
member one who has done so much
and no one deserve that honor more
than the late John @. Adams.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
One Of the Most Foreeful Writers

(From the Informer, Cadiz, KY
The death of Mr.. John @. Adams,
editor, publisher of THE APPEAL,
removes one of the ablest and most
forceful writers of this country. He
always stood for justice and right.
Asked for no more nor anything
less.
We fear that we shall not soon find
one SO able and sacrificing for his
race.
The publishers tender their heart
felt sympathy to his family in it's
great loss.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23

The headlines say: Texans
Lynch Colored Man. Cause I'M
known. o, yes, the cause IS known.
HE WAS CoLORED. That's enough
in Texas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-09-23
3 Bible 7'eeg1tt'' To-day

Reward of Humility: whatsoever
exalteth himself shall be abased; and
he that humbleth himself shall be
exalted.-Luke 14:11.
But in lowliness of mind let each
esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own
things, but every man also on the
things of others.-Philippians 2:3, 4.