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SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1922.
BibleThought(orToday
RULES FOR RIGHT LIVING:
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and an
gei, and clamor, and evil speaking, be
put away from you, with all malice:
and be ye kind one to another, and
tendei -hearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ's sake hath
foigiven you.Ephesians 4:31, 32.
GET BUSY WITH TH E U. S. SENA-
TORS.
The Dyer anti-lynching bill has
been passed by the house of repre
sentatives and is now in the senate
in the hands of the judiciary commit
tee
If the judiciary committee reports
the Dyer bill, its enactment by the
senate is almost certain. The sena
tois on that committee are:
Knute Nelson, Minnesota William
P. Dillingham, Vermont Prank B.
Brandegee, Connecticut William E
Boiah, Idaho Albert B. Cummins,
Iowa LeBaron B. Colt, Rhode Island
Thomas Sterling, South Dakota Geo.
W. Norris, Nebraska Richard
Ernst, Kentucky Samuel M. Short
ndge, California Charles A. Culber
son, Texas Lee S. Overman, North
Carolina James A. Reed, Missouri
Heniy F. Ashurst, Ai'izona John K.
Shields, Tennessee Thomas J. Walsh,
Montana.
Now is the time to write or tele
graph the members of the judiciary
committee and ask them to support
the bill. I is especially important
that the people of Minnesota flood
Senator Nelson with letters and tel
egrams asking him to vote for a fav
orable report on the bill. The out
look is favorable but work must be
done to make assurance doubly sure.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
The "jimcrow negroes" who ^.re
continually repeating "the North is
no better than the South" know they
are lying when they utter such rot.
The oppression of the colored people
is ten thousandfold greater in the
South than in the North. Ninety per
cent of the lynching occurs in the
South, and ALL of the disfranchise
ment and jimcrow laws.
A little instance whichTis illuminat
ing. A colored man was arrested in
Chicago last week charged with hav
ing assaulted a white woman with a
j^t^club, breaking her skull. A doctor
sf^j-diagnosed his case as dementia prae-
&&f ~cox and hewas committed to the
llll^fuPsycopathic hospital for treatment.
-Z* rilE APPEAL PA3D ADVERTISEMENT by C. D. O'Brien, 5006 Port:
m.JLA-M-i x-m.-a. M^JT^M^A jPrepared
Arthur C. 0'Brienr 506 Portland ave
is to be paid.
tha
happily with the man of her choice.
"What fools we mortals be."
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES,
President Harding and Secretary
HOW ABOUT IT, MR. FROE?
he been selected, for the reason that
like all of the other colored men who
have been given places under the
present regime, he will head a jim
crow office? Will the office of Re
corder of Deeds be
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an
What would have happened in Geor
gia? Well this'is what did happen
in Georgia last summer even when no
white woman was involved. A col
ored .man shot a white man and in
turn was shot by a white mob. He
was taken to a hospital where hei died
shortly after.' About midnight the
white mob went to hospital to
get the wounded colored man
andheard
lynchh
ave
land ave.,g
Arthur C.
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nt
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br
th
him. Exasperated at finding
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dead
the dead room, got the corpse, car
ried it to the outskirts of the city and
burned it to a crisp. The charged le
mams were then returned to the hos
pital. This happened in- the city of
Augusta, Ga., in the Year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-
CURIOSITY CAUSES COMPLAINT.
Since the last issue of THE APsaries.
PEAL we have learned more about
the recently appointed recorder of
deeds for the District of Columbia,
Arthur G. Froe. He is a resident of
Welch, W. Va., where he has been a
member of the bar for twenty years country where none will dare molest
and stands high with the legal fra- us or make us afraid. Wise colored
ternity. He has been very active and leaders will take notice and govern
successful in Republican politics in themselves accordingly,
las native state. He is well educated I The foregoing from The Planet of
and a fluent speaker. All well and Richmond, Va., edited by Hon. John
good, and we congratulate him
au
Candidate for-
COUNCILMAN
PLATFORM-DUTY
upon his recognition as worthy 120,000 votes as candidate for gov-
of reward for services rendered, ernor of the state, is pleasing to the
but we have not changed our editor but we accept it as a tribute!
an
St. Paul, ot which $1.00s pejr inc
lsue(
f0]h
place? The colored people who sup
ported Harding have a right to
know. And the colored people ought
to rise in their might, if they have
any, and protest against any more
jimcrow business.
The daily papers are publishing a
story of a woman in New York whose' pictures of colored people only
husband was something like old Blue it seems, that a majority of the mem-
Beard, in that he had a closet in his {bers of the House are as full of
house, which he kept locked and gave, "moonshine" as Moon himself, for
his wife strict orders to keep out of it.' they actually took the measure seri-
Of course this made her all the ously enough as to pass it. What
more anxious to learn what was in' the asinine color prejudice of the*munity
that closet. So when her husband average Southerner will not cause
went away on a trip a "year ago her him to do is beyond our ken.
curiosity got the better of her, and We understand that the bill now
she opened the closet. She found awaits action in the South Carolina
there a group photograph of her hus- {senate. If made into a law-jX will
band's family and discovered he was represent one of the most remarkable
colored. Ye Gods and little fishes! precedents ever established even in
this was terrible, so, NOW, she is southern law-making bodies
seeking an annulment of their mar
riage. What we would like to know
is why did she wait a year after dis
covery before instituting proceedings
for divorce?
THEY ARE FULL OF MOONSHINE
Of all the fool things that we have
of lately, comes from the be
nighted state of South Carolina,
where one J. Walter Moon,'a mem
ber pf the state legislature, has inWarren
troduced a bill in that august body,
which is intended to prohibit the
showing of pictures colored motion
picture houses that contain the faces
of white women. He states that it
is a crime to have colored men andthat
women gazing at faces of white
women on the screen, and so would
make a drastic law compelling col
ored motion picture houses to show And,
RAPS AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
In a recent interview a Japanese
gentleman walloped the American
He certainly must have Christian hypocrites in these words
looked pretty good to her when she and hits the nail on the head:
married him fourteen years ago and "I a
during the period she lived with him reconcile the rules which Christianity
up to the time of her discovery. Her taught me with American practices,
discovery has not changed him one Americans are overly suspicious and
bit, he is the same man she promised narrow hearted. Our nation is sup-
to love, honor and obey and if she'posedly anti-Christian, but we have
had kept her promise might be living, broadei hearts.
a Christian, but I cannot
"American missionaries teach us
that all people are equal, so we wel
come Americans, let you travel
throughout Japan unmolested, buy
property, engage in business, and
Hughes "have been moved" by com- give you equal rights with our own
plaints from Americans in the near people when you are Japan. You
east and have demanded equal op- do not practice in America what your
portunities for Americans in Persia missionaries teach us we must do, if
and Mesopotamia. It seems that' we want to be Christians. Even the
those who kick get at least some of missionaries do not practice what
the things they complain about. And they preach when they return to
the President would sit up and take America."
notice if the colored people kicked
hard enough and in unison. CRINGING AWAKENS CONTEMPT.
While the administration is quick We cannot win by blinking at facts
to come to the aid of "Americans or by ignoring fundamental princi-
abroad," it does not hesitate to curse pies. Editor J. Q. Adams of the
ST.the
'Americans at home." Colored PAUL APPEAL is sound to the core
Americans have been jimcrowed Jfr-* and we shall all have to accept his
every way right here in America, kind of leadership if we expect to at-
The President's speeches in Alabama tain our full stature and status under
and Georgia were curses upon pa
troitic Americans and double curses
because some lickspittle "leaders"
attempted to condone them.
the American Constitution. Cringing
may be comfortable for the time be
ing put it is mighty humiliating for
all the time thereafter and it awakens
contempt for us as it should do in
the minds and hearts of our adver-
Editor Adams points the way,
whether we accept his advice or not
and sooner or later he wil blaze the
way to our financial, industrial and
political enfranchisement in this
Mitchell, Jr., who recently polled
attitude of last week in asking, has to the cause for which THE APPEAL fu
the hearts of friends.
3 .3S&?%|pffii8re*t6ssa!
s^
has fought for nearly forty years
rather than a personal compliment,
JIM CROW LEADERS.
We had in a recent issue a sympo
segregated sium of views of colored editors in
THE MAN WHO DARES
I honor the man who in the consci
entious discharge of his duty dares to
stand alone the world, with ignorant,
intolerant judgment, may condemn,
the countenances of relatives may be
averted, and the hearts of friends grow
cold, but the sense of duty done shall
be sweeter than the applause of the
world, the countenances of relatives or
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Charles Sumner.
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various parts of the country on the
St Paul, and issued for speeches of President Harding in Bir
mingham, Ala., and Atlanta, Ga.
-Xrae of the strongest of these is an
editorial from the Richmond (Va.)
Planet, by that fearless journalist,
John Mitchell, Jr. Referring to the
desire of President Harding to have
more "negro" leaders developed^ The
Plaret says: "Zr
THE SOUTH IS FULL OF THIS
KIND OF LEADERS. DR. BOOK-
ER T. WASHINGTON DHT HIS
PART I N DEVELOPING THIS
KIND OF LEADERSHIP. IN LAT-
ER YEARS HE REALIZED THAT
HE HAD GONE TOO FAR, TO THE
EXTENT OF ELIMINATING THE
PRINCIPLES OF MANHOOD,
WITHOUT WHICH NO RACE CAN
RISE TO THE FULL HEIGHT OF
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.
This is a 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
zenship as that speech of Booker
Washington delivered in Atlanta, Ga.,
in 1895.
Since then the descent to hell has
been swift and sure and the depths
were sounded when the other day,
G. Harding, President of the
United States, stood by the side of
the Grady monument in Atlanta, pro
nounced a eulogy ~on Henry W.
Grady, the most bitter, dangerous and
insidious enemy of the colored people
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
tion by the South of the B. Washing
ton speech and the white man's
"good negro" pat on the shoulder, the
jimcrow leaders' tribe has increased
so enormously that it is now a men
ace to be reckoned with in every com
in which there area hundred
colored men.
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 a fact that after his death an ar
ticle, written by him, was printed in
a 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 a new crop of "jimcrow negro
leaders."
Protest always pays. For some
time the people of India have been
making "silent protest" against the
many injustices from which they suf
fer and now it seems that results are
about to be achieved. The govern^
ment has introduced several bills for
the repeal of nearly all of the repres
sive and restrictive laws now on
thein
statute books.
And because they have protested,
England will give independence to
the Egyptians. Down South, Moton
et al are lauding the brutal people
who have stolen the rights of the col
ored people and restricted them to a
jimcrow place in the social scheme.
Representative Fordney of Michi
gan has introduced a bill in the house
proposing a loan of $5,000,000 to Li
beria. The Liberians seem to want
money and the president was in
the U. S. last year making an appeal
for it but THE APPEAL believes it
to be a dangerous matter. If the
money is loaned and not promptly
paid it will be an excuse for the
United States to go in and take pos
session, and thus get a foothold in
Africa, and then Uncle Sam will pro
ceed to mistreat and murder the Li
berians just as he did in Haiti. The
Liberians would do well to sidestep
that loan.
The supreme court of North Car
olina has just decided that schools
are not necessities. Long ago the
white people of the state decided
that education was not necessary for
the colored children, about thirty
cents per capita, more or less for
their instruction while the white chil
dren received about fifty times as
much. North "Caliny" is a great old
commonwealth, more or less.
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President Harding evidently has a
ee
sense of the ridiculous. He has
recently appointed Brig. Gen. John H.
Russell to investigate conditions in
Haiti. It will be recalled that Rus
sell, as Colonel Russell, was in com
mand in Haiti when the outrages com
plained of were perpetrated. In other
words, he will investigate what hap
pened under his own regime.
A campaign to have legislatures of
all states pass bill requiring regu
lar courses in the study of the United
States Constitution has been started
in New York. Illinois, Iowa, Michi
gan and Vermont have such a law.
What will Georgia, Mississippi and
Texas, where they violate the Consti
tution every day, have to say about
the matter?
Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard uni
versity is like the proverbial cow who
gives a pail of milk and then kicks it
over. Miller wrote a strong article
in reply to President Harding's
southern speeches and then spoiled all
by first lauding B. Washington and
then, writing in favor of jimcrow
schools.^ Steady, Kelly!
QfaSHngtZc*"
i^S^SisE.
Cuba and Nicaraugua ate asking
Uncle Sam to withdraw the troops
which Iiave been foisted upon them.
Why not make a clean sweep of it and
bring home the troops from Haiti and
Santo Domingo fooj.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Prepared and issued by George L.
*,!JSiegel 236 Hamm building, St. Paul,
for Henry J. Crepeau, 203 Front st
St. Paul, for which $1 per inch has
been paid.
HENRY J. CREPEAU
I am native born here and feel what
I believe tp-be a common interest with
public spirited citizens who love their
city. I have never lived elsewhere,
and my social and business interests
are wholly bound up in St. Paul.
As its own citizens must form its
government, I offer my candidacy in
the spirit of that common interest
and in a trust that my fellow citizens
might regard me worthy of a larger
sphere of public activity.
Together with others I have been
selected for nomination by the Work
ing People's Political League at its
convention of January 14 and the ref
erendum which followed. I am unre
servedly with my associates and for
the declaration of principles adopted
by the League February 18.
Events and a sense of public duty
have made a place for me in the
city's civic life, with my acquiescence
rather than my seeking, and with no
dedication to the requisites of that
position.
Government should reflect the wish
of the citizens, and opportunity should
be given for free expression of the
popular will and earnest effort should
be made for an honest and practical
interpretation of that will.
I believe the government's para
mount duty is to its people, that their
well-being and integrity as self-sup
porting citizens may be best con
served.
I believe in a progress for the city
that will make it a yet better place
to live inthat improvements should
be made for enhancement of its pub
lic services, of its schools and play
spaces, primarily for the greater com
fort and better service to that largest
class of citizens who are mostly de
pendent on these facilities. I believe
these accomplishments should be
aimed with reasonable regard for
costs, and in the equitable apportion
ment of such costs in taxation.
I believe in the impartial and effec
tive enforcement of the law.
If elected I pledge my best efforts
the furtherance of these profes
sions.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Prepared by Otto W. Rohland, Jr.,
905 Iglehart ave., St. Paul, and issued
for L. R. S. Ferguson, 576 Aurora
ave., St. Paul, for which $1 per inch
is to be paid.
^H^jV"pS^H
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L. R. S. FERGUSON
Commissioner of Education
Solicits Your Support For
RE-ELECTION
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Prepared and issued by L. C. Reed,
1218 Capitol ave., for John H. Mc
Donald, 604 Asbury ave., -St. Paul,
for which $1 per inch is to be paid.
JOHN H. MCDONALD
^Candidate iOT^i^Crl'
i j^'^le-election a&fcg&.
COUNCILMAN
PAID ADVERTISEMENT Prepared by and issued for John W.
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Paul, for which $1.00 per inch is to be paid.
JOHN W. BOERNER
Candidate for
Re-election as
MUNICIPAL JUDGE
O N HIS RECORD
PAID ADVERTISEMENT Prepared for Arthur E. Nelson, Court
House, St. Paul, by Roy H. Currie,
Secretary Nelson for Mayor club, 912 Merchants National Bank building,
St. Paul.
"THE MAN WITH A RECORD"
FOR MAYOR ARTHUR E. NELSON
HERMAN GALE
Candidate For
COUNCILMAN
Born in Bismarck, N. D., in 1883
came to St. Paul with his parents in
1888 and lived here ever since.
Was connected with the St. Paul
police department several years. Re
signed in 1913 to become president of
the Gale National Detective bureau.
If elected pledges for abetter and
safer city to live in.
Will do all possible to help reduce
taxes.
He earnestly solicits your vote and
support.
Boerner, 1085 Fairmount ave.. St. &?
Arthur
NELSON
PAID ADVERTISEMENT PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Prepared and issued by Wm. Stute, Prepared by and issued for John W.
Jr., 389 Cherokee avenue, for Herman Finehout, Court House, St. Paul, for
Gale, 718 Selby avenue, for which $1 which $1 per inch is to be paid,
per inch has been paid. i
(Present City Attorney)
for
MAYOR
"Special Privileges to None."
JOHN W. FINEHOUT
Candidate for
Re-election as
MUNICIPAL JUDGE
O N HI S RECORD
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