The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
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extent that the ravages have left in
their wake more than HALF "A MIL
LION HALF BREEDS, the progeny
of an avaricious and unconscionable
exploitation, purported to represent the
missionary spirit.
And yet these poor natives are in
herently inferior" and the social prob
lens which they stimulate are the
cause Of every i'll, excepting sleepless
nights. which Civilization has encoun-
tered in its attempt to rescue lost"
nation from ignorance, immortality and
despair
The half a million half-castes of
South Africa, which are being aug
mented each year, speak far more elo-
quently than does DR.. Landes concern
ing 'inferiority" and Superiority" To
quote the expression of native South
African, whom we met during his last
trip to this country: South Africa is
sick and bleeding, heart and soul, over
the advent of certain civilized groups
1t is true that they have stimulated in
dustry and quickened the utilization
Of our country's recources; but, alas,
in the interim, they have banished
many of the ideals for which we
thought Christianity fearlessly stood.
3. "A Senator's Seat
The changing hoof and horn of
southern senators are already making
newspaper din over the possibility of
seating Mr. Ware, Of Pennsylvania,
and Mr.. Smith, Of Illinois, whose
nomination expenditures of millions of
precious dollars are said to mark the
zenith Of high financing for seat in
the Senate. Says Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, democrat, of Arkansas: eff
candidates Ware and Smith are certi-
fed and retain their seats, the Senate
and the Nation ought to apologize to
Newberry and gIorify him for SO gen
tly, timidly, and modestly corrupting
the Republican electorate of Michigan"
Now, we hold no brief for Mr.. Ware
and Mr.. Smith. Nor do we defend
any kind of corruption. But it is
only fair to remind Senators Robinson,
Hefin and their august associates Of
Dixieland, who ride rough-shod into
the Senate on a half fare ticket, that
in Pennsylvania and Illinois there be-
ing no grandfather clauses, all eligibles
are permitted to 60 to the polls and
vote, all the time. In fact, there are
now in those States Negro voters who,
prior to their migration into states
which recognize the Fifteenth amend
ment, had merely read about, but had
never seen, ballot. Were the Negroes
of Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, and
their sister territorial commonwealth
to have the unrestricted use Of the
ballot,-well. the present bloc Of
southern senators would merely have
become contributions to political his
tory.
The South should remain silent
whenever the ELECTORATE is being
for "He who seeks Equity
must do SO with clean hands"
4. American Medical Congress
The American Medical Congress has
covered itself with glory by requesting
London Hospital Medical School, Of
England, to give study facilities to
seventy-hve leading Negro doctors Of
America, who are planning extended
courses in England next year. With
Charlie Hall, eminent statistician Of
the U. S. Census Bureau, pointing out
the glaring tool of Death among Negro
mothers and children, it is fitting that
every avenue Of medical study be
opened to those physicians and sur
geons who must play their knowledge
and art most closely within the ranks
Of the Race
Alas, however, the Dean Of the Lon
don Hospital says that he does not
want large number of Negro doctors
dumped over in England, and is trem-
bling in his boots over Americas ef-
fort to care for her own. We do not
think the protest will long wave itself
in the face of science, health, and well
fare. We believe that the American
Medical Congress will remain courte-
ously firm in seeking the privileges
and advantages which the world recog-
nizes are merely builders of humanity,
not to Be denied when the worlds
greatest science is pleading for
greater opportunity.
MRS. HARSH IMPROVING