The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-09-06

National Program committee and the
chairman Of the press committee, aided
BY the president Of the National Asso-
citation Of Colored Women decided not
to let il be known that there was more
than one big real colored editor in Chi
cago; that all Of the other colored edi-
tors in this city were utterly unworthy
to receive the slightest consideration
at the hands Of the head officials Of
the National Association of Colored
Women.
One Of our warm lady friends, who
was on the inside and knew all the
secret movements that were made in
every direction, stated that the ladies
we're fearful that if they failed to fall
down to the real big colored editor
and permit him not to represent the
other colored editors in this city that
he would get mad and swell up and
not print one line in his newspaper in
relation to their gathering and as far
as he was concerned the lady delegates
out side Of this city did not know
whether there was one or two old es-
tablished colored newspapers published
in this city.
In passing. we must pause to state
right here that several years ago the
Texas Fellowship Club gave a ban
quet at the Idlewild Hotel in honor Of
Hon. Emmett J. Scott, at which time
the writer was chosen to represent the
Press and during the course Of our
remarks the name OF each editor and
the newspaper he owned and edited
were referred to or honorably men
toned, but the big editor was not
broad minded enough to mention any
other newspaper but his own.
Right there and then we made up
out mind to do some gumshoe work,
and on August 9th when the greatest
newspaper in the world made its ap-
pearance it had only devoted about
two columns Of space to the meeting
Of the National Association Of Col
ored Women. On the other hand, this
newspaper devoted almost twenty col
umns Of its space to its meeting, pub
fishing the program in full from end to
end. It also published the finest and
the most beautiful half tone cuts Of
many Of the most prominent ladies
connected with the National Associa-
ton Of Colored Women that have ever
been published by any weekly or daily
newspaper in the world.
1t gradually dawned on the minds
Of the ladies that they had been
tricked and hoodwinked by the big
colored editor; that he had utterly
failed to devote as much space to their
deliberations which they thought he
would after having the distinguished
honor of being the only real colored
editor who would be permitted to ad-
dress them and after learning that
there are several other newspapers in
this city published in the interest Of
the colored race, they, the ladies,
jumped right in and bought seven hun
dred and fifty copies Of The Broad
AK in three hours time and on that
Friday afternoon, August 9th, no other
newspaper could be sold around the
Wendell Phillips High School. So
eager were the ladies for The Broad
AK that several Of the most prominent
members Of the various clubs in this
city and state sold hundreds Of copies
to their friends.
The whole thing was worked up in
such a quiet way that it was like a
loud clap Of thunder from a clear sky.
1t can further be stated in all truth
fulness that The Broad AK is the only
newspaper in this city to flash up
group picture Of the members Of the
National Association Of Colored Wom-
en- which appeared in its columns Sat
urday, August %.
On Saturday, August 10. The Broad
AK beat all the rest Of the newspapers
in this city in getting out a special sill
yer jubilee edition in honor Of the
meeting Of the National Negro Business
League, with the cut Of DR.. Robert R.
Motion among those on its front page,
although he has not up to the present
time thanked up for treating him 50
nicely, showing that, like the small,
narrow minded colored man, that he
must be educated up to the point to
adore or admire the true and the beau
tifuI in all things. including high-class
newspaper work
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