The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-03-31
The Second Mayor William Hale
Thompson Among the Colored
People in This City

49, $500 (~y
Within the past two or three weeks
the following question has been pro-
pounded to the writer by Democrats
and Republicans several thousand
times: Mr.. Taylor, or Editor Tay-
lor, is it true that many colored peo-
pie are deserving the ranks Of the Re
publican party and are marching
under the banner Of Hon William E.
Dever for mayor Of Chicago?"
To all such questions we respond
that that is the absolute truth; that
it is no use for any one to attempt
to disguise that fact; that the colored
people in this city have walked up and
risen" up in all their might and fury
against The Chicago Tribune and
they bitterly resent its long and con-
tinued bitter fight against Mayor Will
liam Hale Thompson, the second
Abraham Lincoln to the colored race.
and by its continued use Of its dis
honest bludgeon over his head forced
him out of the race for mayor of
Chicago.
That IS the main cause why the
colored people are up in arms and are
hot after the scalps of The Chicago
Tribune, Hon. Medill Mccormick,
Hon. Edward ]. Brundage, Hon. Rob
ert Z. Grove and their associates,
and they feel that now is the time to
teach them lesson which they will
never forget.
And with this end in view many
colored people continue to look upon
Hon. William z. Dever as the second
William Hale Thompson.
As an evidence that the colored
women are asserting their political in
dependence lately the Independent
Colored Women's "Dever for Mayor"
Club was organized, which is COM
posed Of some of the best and most
prominent colored women in this city.
They are assisting to conduct the
campaign from the headquarters Of
William E. Dever for mayor, No. 10
N. Clark street, and no question about
If, it is grand sight to behold colored
women and white women, white men
and colored men all mixed in or I'D
together, talking loudly and working
like beavers to put Judge Dever over
the plate.
One thing must be said to the
credit Of the colored women, who are
working at the Dever headquarters,
that they are all neatly dressed and
look as attractive as the white ladies.
Independent Colored Women's "Dever
for Mayor" Club
The following are the officers Of the
Independent Colored Women's "Dever
for Mayor" Club:
Chairman, Mrs. Mary c. Clarke:
secretary, Mrs. Blanche Defeaster;
vice president, Mrs. G. Annette; exc
cutive committee, Mrs. Arizona Mil
Ter, Mrs. Irene Lewis, Miss Gertrude
Hart, Mrs. Marie Marks; campaign
committee, Mrs. Jessie Jones, DIR.
Fannie Emanuel, Mrs. Sadie Adams,
Mrs. Frances Lawton, Mrs Lou Ella
Young, Mrs. George Cleveland Hall,
Mrs. Frank /. Gillespie, Mrs. Sun
shine Lee Edwards, Mrs. Ruth Ander-
son, Mrs. Hattie Lafton, Mrs. NJ. J.. !
Williams, Mrs. Lillian Showwater,
Mrs. Lorain Davies, Mrs. Alice ID.
Webb, Mrs. Pearl Pitts, Mrs. Sadie
Walker, Mrs. Louise Cant, Mrs. |
Helen Clayton. Mrs. Emma Schan-
dies, Mrs Lee Hamilton, Mrs. Lulu
Beasley, Mrs. Hazel E. Wilson, Mrs.
Catherine Slater, Mrs. Carrie Johnson,
Mrs. Anna Owens, Mrs A. Nix, Mrs.
Julia Cotton.
In letter sent out to the colored
women in all parts Of this city, Mrs.
Clarke states that "the party Of Abra-
ham Lincoln is no longer a guarantee
to the Negro that he can expect fair
ness and justice, nor is the Demo
cratic party any longer a BUGA-
BOO"