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The monitor., 1928-10-05
SPEAKERS BUREAU
OF WESTERN DIVISION
FUNCTIONINC FINE
Reaching the Vests Million and a
Quarter Negro Voters Through
Printed Page and Spoken
Word.
(By Cary B. Lewis)

Chicago, Ill, Oct. 3-One of the
departments of the republican nation
al committee of the western division
that is functioning with ease and ra-
pidity is that of the speakers bureau,
headed by Roscoe Conkling Simmons.
This and the organization depart
ments are two of the biggest depart
ments of the headquarters. Since
Mr.. Simmons has taken charge, his
office is crowded daily with those
who are eligible to talk "Hoover and
Curtis" Then too, his mail is very
heavy and kilograms come in every
minute. 1t is from those who are Of
fering their services to take the
stump. 1t is great big job for Sim
mons but he is handling it with in
telligence and diplomacy. Every
meek of the woods" wants to hear
Simmons but it is impossible for it is
his duty to remain at the bureau and
direct speakers.
West Has Many Votes
In the western division, there are
l ,248, 100 Negro votes and these must
be reached through organization,
speakers and literature. The voters
want to hear speakers for it is they
who are able to convince one how to
vote and who to vote for. Not only
Bishop A. J. Carey, Bishop W. T.
Vernon, DIR. L. G. Jordan, Senator
Adelbert H. Roberts, Attorney C. H.
Galloway, Rev. ]. E. Wood and 9TH
ers of this caliber, but orators in their
native states will be called to the
"huskin's" by Col. Simmons. The
month of October will see nearly
every church and hall packed with
voters to hear the principles of the
republican party enunciated by speak
ers selected by the head Of the speak
ers' bureau. The headquarters here
in all departments is beehive" of
activity, working for the success of
the G. O. P. Miss Mamie H. Bur-
roughs and William D. Pickens are
scheduled to speak in Chicago at an
early date.
The monitor., 1928-10-05
PROMINENT OMAHA WOMAN
MARRIES WEALTHY FARMER

Mrs. Lavinia Cooper-Warren, 4709
Erskine street, was married Sunday,
September 80, to Mr.. J. R. Johnson
of Lamont, Pettis county, Missouri, at
the Baptist church in Sedalia, Mo.
Mrs. Warren is one of Omaha's best
and most prominent women and
stands high in her circle of friends.
She is a member of Zion Baptist
church, and a faithful member of
Mission Circle of her church. Mr..
johnson is one Of the most successful
farmers of Lamont, Mo-, operating
the largest apple orchard in that Sec
tion of the state. A reception at the
home of her brother, Mr.. G. w. Lolles
of Sedalia, Mo-, followed the wedding
ceremony.
The monitor., 1928-10-05
DR.. PEBBLES is APPOINTED
STATE ORGANIZER

DIR. w. w. PEBBLES was called to
Kansas City, Mo-, last week, to attend
a conference called by DR.. William J,
Tompkins, regional director of the AL
Smith-for-Pr President Colored league.
There was large attendance of en-
thusiastic Smith boosters from the
region which includes the states of
Tennessee, Kentucky, Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. En-
couraging reports, indicating hearty
support of Governor Smith, were
brought by those who attended the
conference. DIR. PEBBLES was COM
missioned as state representative of
the league for Nebraska. 1t is pro-
posed to bring some of their strong
est Negro democratic speakers into
the state within few weeks for cam
paign speeches.
The monitor., 1928-10-05
Race, Rum and Religion
By Kelly Miller
Howard University, Washington, d. c.

operation shifted from south to north,
religious bigotry has received the
chief stress of emphasis. Very little
has been said or done concerning the
brother in black. But nevertheless,
the basic principle remains, the Negro
race is held in deepest despite.
The KIan Anti-Negro
The Klan is anti-Negro, and the
Negro who allows himself to ignore
or overlook this basic fact is what
Solomon or anv other wise man would
call fool AS the movement has
shifted from north to south, it's poll
tical allegiance has turned from the
democratic to the republican party.
The triumph of tolerance over bigot-
ry in Madison Square Garden years
ago drove the Klan out of the demo-
cratic party, whence it sought hospi-
tality in the party of it's former enc
mics and destroyers. Here it was
given asylum, if not welcome. John
w. Davis and Robert LaFollette, can
didates of the democratic and pro-
gressive parties for the presidency,
both denounced the order by name in
scathing and unmistakable terms,
while president and candidate Coo
lidge observed the silence of the
sphinx. When General Dawes sought
to give the Klan his playful endorse
ment, Mr.. Coolidge forthwith put
paddock on the lips of his running
mate. According to his political cum
ming, he cautioned neither approval
nor disavowal, but votes. The Klan
now controls the republican party in
Indiana with one governor in the pen
itentiary and another out. In other
midwestern states the wizards of
wickedness are so influential within
the fold of the G. o. P. that the lead
ers and rulers dare not utter one
condemnatory word.
Governor Smith in his Oklahoma
address, boldly as is his wont, de-
nounced the Ku Klux Klan in terms
as clear and unmistakable as the
Smith language usually is. But not
one condemnatory word has escaped
the prudent lips of President Coo
lidge, candidate Hoover, Manager
Work, or any other ruler in the ranks
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The monitor., 1928-10-05
FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR
REV. DR.. JOHN II. GRANT

A farewell reception was given by
about 600 members and friends of
the Rev. DIR. John H. Grant, retiring
pastor of st. Johns A. M E. church,
October 1st, at st. Johns A. M. E..
church. Speeches of appreciation for
the religious and community service
rendered by DR.. John 81. Grant, dur
ing his two year pastorate in Omaha,
were made by Reverends J. C. Brew
er, John Albert Williams, A. F. Mar
tin, and DR.. John A. Singleton, Mrs.
Kate Wilson, Mr.. Harry Anderson,
and Mrs. M. l.. Rhone.
Musical numbers, both vocal and
instrumental, were rendered by Mrs.
Venus Parker, Mrs. Martha Taylor
Smith, Mr.. Lester Carter, Mrs. T. l..
Mayo and the audience.
The addresses were all in praise
and appreciation of the church and
community service performed by Rev.
DR.. Grant
Mrs. II. r. Greenfield, clerk of St,
Johns A. M. E. church, introduced
DR.. Grant and presented to him a
fountain pen which was the gift of
the Steward Board, assisted by the
Stewardess Board. In a short ad-
dress, DR.. Grant expressed his appre-
citation of the support given him by
the Christian men and women of St.
Johns A. M. K. church and the COM
munity. And he expressed sincere re-
gret because of his leaving Omaha.
Refreshments were served to the
six hundred members and friends who
assembled to pay their respects to DR..
Grant. The program and reception
were arranged by the Steward Board.
The invocation was given by Rev. O..
j. Burckhart and the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. l. S. Wilson, pas
tor of st. Johns A. M. E. church.
Mr.. H. j. Pinkett presided.
The monitor., 1928-10-05
REPRESENTATIVE OF
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE VISITOR
Attorney Arthur J. Mitchell, Member
Intelligence Bureau, Spends Week
in State Doing Effective Work
for Party.

Arthur w. Mitchell of Washington,
D. c., member of the Intelligence
bureau of the national republican
committee, arrived in the city last
Wednesday and spent several days
here and at Lincoln in the interests of
the presidential campaign and, incl
dentally, in the interest of the whole
republican ticket. Mr. MitcheIl's par
ticular job is that of fact finding as
to the sentiment and progress of the
campaign among Negroes and, con-
comitantly, trouble fixer, that is to
say, a reconciler Of difference or a
harmonizer.
Mr.. Mitchell held conferences with
political leaders here and at Lincoln,
effecting, it is reported, complete
entente cordiale between different
factions insuring, upon their part,
whole-hearted and united support of
the entire republican ticket. AS one
result of this harmonization, Rev.
John Adams was made a member of
the state central republican commit
tee with desk and stenographer in
the committee rooms at the Lindell
hotel, Lincoln, which is recognized as
an advance step in state political af-
fairs as they directly affect our ra-
cial group. Other tangible recogni-
ton was obtained.
Mr.. Mitchell delivered two ad-
dresses during his visit to Nebraska,
one at Lincoln Friday night and an
other in Dreamland hall Tuesday
night. Preceding his address Tues
day night a dinner was given in his
honor at Bells De Luxe cafe by the
executive committee of the North
Side republican headquarters at
o'clock, attended by 80 guests. He
left for Chicago early Wednesday
morning.
The monitor., 1928-10-05

"The serpent beguiled me and
did eat"
The politician is gifted in finding
the weakness of the voter. 1t is upon
this ability he subsists. Finding this
weakness, he concentrates all his elo-
quence and fervor upon it until he
spellbinds the sap-voter into believ-
ing that there is some truth in what
he says-which in itself is no easy
job.
In this campaign this practice of
deception is used more than ever,
due, ! suppose, to the closeness of
the presidential race, which in turn is
caused by the unsual exercise of in
dependence on the part of the voter.
The old sob-stuff, for ages employed
by the professional politician, does
not work at all in this campaign. For
this election, so far as it concerns
the presidential candidates, will be
decided on such highly technical is
sues; issues which require such great
intelligence on the part of all who will
make good use of their suffrage, that
even the politician himself is puz-
zled as to just what argument to
make to his subjects.
| The more careless and, incidental
lly, less trained of them tell the voter
that CAN wat he gotta do is" vote
for this candidate or that candidate
this issue or that issue, and if sue
cessful at the polls, he will at once
be lifted up into a seventh heaven,
there to revel in the glories of all
that he desires, with everything he
opposes being banished, as with the
simple wave of the wand, from off
the face of the earth by the victorious
party. And, Notwithstanding, these
same wool-pulling tactics have been
used over and over again on the same
victim, said sap-voter is being victim
lied right and left now by this tom
foolishness. And it is right upon this
condition the success or failure Of
the proper candidate and issues will
be determined. 1t is therefore en-.
cumbent on every intelligent, pa
triotic citizen, organization, pulpit
and press, to join in an intensive edu-
cational campaign to see to it that
The monitor., 1928-10-05
Prohibition and the Men
By Geo. HI. w. Bullock
Graduate of Lincoln University

the less enlightened voter is saved
from mistakes and the country saved
from the serious consequences of a
wrong decision November 6. 1t will
be too late, to see on November 7,
or thereafter, that you have made
sad mistake and to turn in remorse
and say, "The serpent beguilded me
and / did eat"
| shall strive from time to time
through these columns to open up
some of the more technical phases of
some of the most confusing issues in
yolved in this campaign.
Prohibition
BY far the most susceptible of
Misunderstanding and deceptive of
all the many issues involved in this
campaign is that of prohibition or
the Volstead act, put on the statute
books in the form of a constitutional
amendment which wag enacted as a
war time measure during the closing
years of the Wilson administration.
1t prohibits-or is supposed to pro-
Ihibit-the manufacture and sale of
distilled beverages beyond the alco-
holic content of IL of / per cent. 1t
is the Eighteenth amendment to our
constitution, there being only one
amendment later, the Nineteenth,
granting women the right of suffrage.
Notwithstanding the objection on
the part of both political parties, the
democratic party in general, and its
presidential candidate in particular.
forced it in the campaign as an issue,
and it promises to be the deciding
factor in the election. For it is on
this question more than all others
that party lines have been broken and
the final result placed in doubt.
The republican candidate, Mr.
Hoover, stands pledged to the en-
forcement of the Eighteenth amend
ment as it is on the ground that, not
withstanding it's many imperfections
it has proved to be an economic ant
moral benefit to the country. He of
fers, in substantiation, that the olt
saloon was an economic and socia
lcurse to the home and family life O,
the nation. That the use of food
CONTINUED to Page Four)
The monitor., 1928-10-05
JUDGE HOWELL TO
ADDRESS WOMAN'S CLUB

Judge Frank S. Howell of the state
supreme court, will address the Amer
lean citizenship department of the
Omaha Woman's club on the subject
of Courts, Juries and Citizens" at
the first regular meeting Of this de-
partment at the club house on Mon
day, October 9Th, at 2 p. m.
Judge Howell will also speak or
medical Jurisprudence" before the
Omaha-D Douglas County Medical asso-
citation at the Medical Arts auditor
ium on the evening of Tuesday, Oc'
tober 9th.
Last Thursday Judge Howell ad
dressed the MONDAY club, an organi
zation of prominent Swedish-Ameri
can citizens.
The monitor., 1928-10-05

Mr.. Norman Thomas, the Socialist
candidate for the presidency, has said
that race, religion and rum will con-
stitute the chief issues of the cam
paign. The genuine advocates of pro-
hibition regret this unholy alliance.
Race intolerance and religious bigot-
ry are obvious vices while temper
ance is universally extolled as vir-
tue. The propagandists of race ha-
tired and religious bigotry are insid-
uously stealing the livery of heaven
in which to serve the devil. The evil
genius of these evil issues is embodied
in the Ku Klux Klan. The basic
clause in the creed of this un-Ameri-
can order is that one hundred per
cent American must be all white and
all Protestant. The Negro American
meets the full measure of the second
Requirement but cannot possibly quail
ify under the first. His only saliva
tion, therefore, is to change the def
milton since he can never answer to
it's terms.
Strange Transpositions
Strange transpositions take place
in political history. The Ku Klux
Klan of the elder day was pledged to
the undoing OF the works of the re-
publican party. In turn the G. o. P.
was committed to its utter destruc-
ton. This constituted it's boasted
achievement in the days of recon-
struction. 1t was thought that this
dragon of un -Americanism was de-
stroyed root and branch. But it
sprung up again from the root of race
hatred which was not wholly extir-
pated. Just as the original Ku Klux
Klan arose after the Civil War for
the express purpose of keeping the
Negro in his putative place; SO its re-
juvenescence after the World War
had precisely the same objective. But
in addition to it's main feature it took
on the collateral purpose of properly
subordinating non-Protestants and
foreigners. This extension of the
brackets so as to include the Catholic
and the Jew lightened the pressure
upon the Negro. Indeed, it was soon
found that rejuveneseence Of the
nefarious order was not necessary to
handle the Negro. As the basis of
The monitor., 1928-10-05
NORTH END REPUBLICAN
HEADQUARTERS OPENED

Attractively appointed headquar-
ters known as the North End Repub-
lican headquarters, have been opened
at 2120 North Twenty-fourth street,
with George w. Hibbler, in charge
as chairman, and Mrs. Ada Hill Smith
as secretary. Literature and infor-
nation bearing upon the campaign
from the republican standpoint can
be obtained here as we'll as from the
central headquarters downtown at the
Rome hotel. Public meetings will also
be held from time to time in the
North End headquarters.
The monitor., 1928-10-05
WILL HOLD SACRIFICE
AND RUMMAGE SALE

The Catholic Home for Aged asso-
ciation will hold sacrifice and rum
mage sale, Friday and Saturday, Oc-
tober 18th and 18th, at 1909 Farnam
street. Exceptional values, including
mems brand new, as well as used, ar
ticles of wearing apparel, furniture,
furnishings, ETC., will be available at
ridiculously low prices. Mrs. William
Foran, Mrs. Gene Melady, Mrs. Mary
B. Porter and Miss Ella j. Brown are
the committee in charge.
The monitor., 1928-10-05
PUBLICITY MAN PAYS
OMAHA HURRIED VISIT
Claude A. Barnett, Prominent News
paper Man, Member Publicity
Committee, Spends Day
Here.

Claude A. Barnett, of the Associat-
ed Negro Press, Chicago, member of
the publicity committee of the color
ed voters division, republican nation
al committee, arrived in Omaha, Mon
day .aorning from Kansas City,
spending the day and leaving for Chi
cago Monday night. Mr.. Barnett,
who is one of the best known and
ablest of our newspaper men, has
been on an extensive trip arranging
for publicity and making contracts
for political advertising in race news
papers, That was his business in
Omaha.
The monitor., 1928-10-05
sMITH-FOR-PRESIDENT
COLORED LEAGUE HAS
OPENED HEADQUARTERS

Headquarters for the AL Smith-for-
President Colored league were recent
ly opened at 2016 North Twenty
fourth street with neatly appointed
furniture. The headquarters are ir
charge of Harry Leland, DR.. w. w
PEBBLES and Mrs. Lydia Owen, secre-
tary. Democratic literature in abun-
dance and information bearing upor
the campaign from the democratic
standpoint is cherfully supplied. A
radio installed at the headquarters
makes it favorite rendezvous fol
those who desire to listen in on po
litical speeches.
The monitor., 1928-10-05

DIR. w. w. PEBBLES, state organizer,
and Harry Leland, president of the
local AL Smith-for-President Colored
legaue, visited Lincoln Tuesday and
organized branch of the league in
that city. They report that they
found Smith sentiment quite strong
there.
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THIS HAS HAPPENED


BERTHE LOU and ROD Dryer are
happily married, until LILA LOREE plots
to Separate them. For months she works
to arouse Rods interest in her while she
plants seeds of doubt in bis mind about
BERTHE Lou.
see each other secretly she is heart
broken and f1irts with young MARCO
PALMER to retaliate. Rod will not COM
init himself to Lila, although he and
BERTHE Lou have drifted far apart.
Tired of her waiting game, Lila tells
Rod she loves him and wants him to go
away with her. He repudiates her dis
him by saying that his wife is out with
Rod drives to the Palmer estate,
where he sees Marco and BERTHE Lou in
lounging attire and departs without
learning that they were merely ceming
upstairs from the swimming pool.
Rod leaves BERTHE Lou with no ex-
PLANTATION. resigns his position and drifts
from one thing to another trying to
avoid old haunts. Both women try to
find him without success.
BERTHE Lou secures position, expect
ing Rod to get divorce. The suspense
and drearinesS of her lot cause her to
She has a breakdown and, while con-
valescing decides to buy a dream
home" with the money Rod had sent her
when he left.
Marco begs her to marry him, but
she tells him she still loves Rod. When
for sale. She is surprised when Rod
answers the ad, and cOnceals herself
while he looks over the house. Rod says
be cannot afford it, and he is offered the
job of caretaker until the house is sold.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
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if he wished . only, from some
thing Bessie said and the way she
looked when she said it, BERTHE Lou
had a sickening impression.
What makes you so sure that a
woman was there?" she countered
to Bessie's question about Rod.
"Well, I guess Mr.. Brown doesn't
wear gold hairpins," Bessie an
swered shortly. Brown was the
name Rod had taken at the time of
his last change of address. Despite
his belief that Lila would not seek
him out in a hubble abode, she had
done so.
Rod had gone to Tom Fraser to
ask his permission to give his name
as reference when at last he found
it almost impossible to obtain po-
sition without one. Tom had asked
for his address. And Molly had
given it to Lila when the latter said
she had a personal matter to take
up with him.
Molly had healthy suspicion Of
the nature of Lila'S personal mat
ter" but she was too DESTROYS of
pleasing the wife Of an influential
man like Cyrus Loree to refuse the
address, although she did wish she
hadn't mentioned that it was in
Toms possession.
This time Lila had found Rod at
home. She looked around his poor
ly furnished room with an open
sneer upon her skillfully colored lips.
This isn't necessary" she said,
ignoring the lack Of welcome and
the fact that Rod stood and did not
offer her a chair. Cyrus will take
you back" she added after waiting
in vain for Rod to answer her re-
mark.
Don't waste your time" he told
ner then. Lila moved nearer to him.
Are you going down to the gutter
before you decide to take life as
you find it?" she asked tensely.
Perhaps, but not with you," Rod
said levelly. Lila drew back a little
and the next instant Rod had a
feeling that she would need but little
prompting to tear him to pieces if
she could.
It was just after this visit from
Lila that he was served with the
papers in BERTHE LOUIS divorce action,
and lost the position Toms refer
ence had helped him to get. His
newborn ambition had died then
and he did not seek anyone's help
in getting work. He took what he
could get. And changed his name
to Brown.
And it was of Brown that Bessie
reported, with not the faintest glim-
mering Of suspicion that he was
BERTHE LOUIS husband.
She did guess that he was more
to her friend than merely "a young
man used to know" however, and
Bessie wasn't going to see him put
anything over on BERTHE Lou. So
she told what she knew.
He had a woman visitor in BERTHE
LOUIS house.
Ito Be Continued
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CITIZEN BOARDS URGED
AS RADIO ADVISERS
BN United PreHR

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17-Crea-
ton oof advisory committees for
each radio broadcasting station in
the country will be recommended to
the Federal Radio Commission soon
by one Of its members, Harold A.
Lafount of California.
Lafount would have ten leading
citizens of each community selected
to advise and assist stations in pro-
viding programs for public interest,
convenience and necessity.
The boards would serve without
pay.
1T believe such a system would be
particularly beneficial to broadcast
ing stations in small communities
that do not have program directors
on their staffs," Lafount says.