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That the Herald Examiner and the Daily
deliberately and willfully misquoted
in
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IF .THE DAILY NEWS MALICIOUSLY MISQUOTED GOVERNOR
Af' LOWDEN, IN THAT RESPECT, IN ORDER TO PUCE HIM IN
A FALSE LIGHT OR POSITION IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE
COLORED PEOPLE, THEN WHY DID THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OF THIS STATE SELECT "HON. VICTOR LAWSON ONE OF
HIS RACE COMMISSIONERS?
The Colored people residing in thia
city and throughout the state of Illi
nois are still up in arms against the
Hon. Frank Q. Lowden and his Race
Commission, which in the humble
opinion of the great majority of the
thoughtful Colored people cannot ac
complish anything for the lasting
benefit ,of theColoredeople, except
to ham-string the Colored people and
at all times to make or cause them
to feel that in some -way or other
that they are not in fact a part and
parcel of the true citizenship of Illi
nois, and many Colored people honest
ly feel that an effort will be put forth
by some of the members of the Race
Commission to forever brand the Col
ored people- in this city and state as
members of an inferior race, who
should not attempt to grasp nor to
reach out after all the blessings of
American citizenship, like unto the
members of other races who flock to
these shores from the Old World.
One of .the Colored Race Commis
sioners who is putting in all of his
time in-an effort to defend Governor
Lowden from the bitter protest and
from the inevitable political storm
that is bound to overtake him on the
part of the Colored people, in order to
save "rnspW from a very hard jolt or
fall, contends that the Chicago Herald-Examiner
and the Daily News
misquoted the Hon. Frank O. Lowden
in their issues of August 1, 1919, in
the following interview in relation to
his views on "Jim Crowism" and se-'
gregation for the Colored race in this
city and throughout the state of Illi
nois. The interview which appeared in
those two newspapers at that time and
date follows:
LOWDEN PLANS ADJUSTMENT
OF RACE ISSUE
A commission representing the real
leadership of the colored and white
races in Illinois is to be appointed
shortly by Governor Lowden to try
to work out a basis upon which the
two races can live in harmony in the
state. The Governor made this an
nouncement today just before he
went into conference at the Black
stone Hotel with former President
William Howard Taft
"In an interview the Governor out
lined a plan for .a commission of four
or five colored leaders, not politi
cians, and a ?tp''"t' number of whites,
to work out the basis of a settlement
of the problem. He believes that the
settlement will be found in a better
understanding among- the people ra
ther than infleglslatioa.
"I want to have a commission,''
& the Governor', "composed of four
or five representative -colored men
"sen who have had nothing to do
"with pontics but who have the eonff-
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of
relation to his views on "Jim Crowism" and Segregation
for the Colored People in this City and throughout
the State of Illinois
dence of all of the colored pcopl
and an equal number of white men
of the same caliber. They would be
men who could, through the creation
of public sentiment, create among
their people an understanding that
would soften the feeling between the
races.
. . W.ouldHave-AgreL Areas.,
"There would be a tacit under
standing that the. colored race should
occupy certain areas for residences,
certain beaches and parks for amuse
ment, and so on. By the same under
standing certain similar areas and
facilities would be reserved for the
white race.
"I believe it would be possible to
create a commission that could solve
the problems by means not author
ized by law. When a colored man
violated the understanding between
the races by invading places reserved
for the whites, he worild lose caste
with his own people; similarly with
whites who invaded the colored men's
precincts.
"I am confident this is a plausible
plan and that the idea, once started,
would expand into an organization
that would remove the hate which is
at the bottom of this trouble."
Housing Chief Problem..
The Governor added, however, that
such a commission could not solve
the problem of adequate housing for
the population of Chicago, and urged
that the Mayor take action to create
a body to tackle that problem.
The Governor is favorably impress
ed by reports of a similar plan worked
out in 'Atlanta after race strife in
1906. He has written to Atlanta ask
ing for a copy of the report of the
commission which investigated that
situation.
Governor Lowden did hot wait for
the- riot to attack the problem. Al
though a bill providing for the crea
tion of a commission to study the
problem was defeated in the last leg
islature, he has been busy.
Prof. Francis W. Shepardson, su
perintendent of the department of
registration and education, has been
conferring with leaders and investi
gating the subject, and he probably
will have an important connection
with the commission to be named
by the Governor.
Now, letns be absolutely honest
with ouselves and at the same time be
fair therefore, if it is trus that the
Daily News and tht Herald-Examiner
just on their own account fixed up the
above interview and put the words into
the mouth of Governor Lowden re
gardless of the fact whether he "had
uttered them or not and deliberately
and wilfully misquoted and misrep
resented him, in order to place him
in a false light opposition in the es-
CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919
Illinois Contend
timation of the Colored people, then
why did he not demand a retraction,
and in view of that fact, why did 'he
select Hon. Victor Lawson, the owner
and the leading editor of the Daily
News, as one of his Race Commission
ers? Mr. Colored Race Commissioner,
we pause for a reply!
If anyone, absolutely sane can fig
ure out just how one person con be
elected to the Legislature of this state
and is a member of .c at the present
time and that another person can be
nominated for delegate to the Con
stitutional convention and still be free
from polities, they can beat out time.
We hope that the Colored Race Com
missionmissioner and the other Col
ored followers of Governor Lowden
will not all attempt to speak nor shout
amen at the same time.
THE RACE COMMISSION ,
THE APPEAL still contends that
there is no reason for the existence
of the "race commission" appointed
by Goernor Lowden of Dlinois. The
Supremt Court of the United States
has decided bv a unanimous vote that
segregation is unlawfuJ, so there is
nothing to arbitrate.
The editor has taDcea with several
prominent Dlinoia men this weak and
the concensus of opinion among them
Race
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HON. HENRY HORNER
Judge of the Probate Court and Judge of the County Court pro
tein, who will serve in the latter capacity without any compensation,
which will mean a saving of ten thousand dollars per year to the tax
payers of Cook County.
is that the whole thing is a political
scheme of Governor Lowden, who is
a prospective candidate for president
on the Republican ticket in 1920.
These men say that since he has
been governor of Illinois, Lowden has
developed a great prejudice against
the colored people. He has taken
"jimcrow" colored men into his con
fidence and his present plan is to
get the colored people to consent to
their own civil degradation.
These Illinois men say that the
commission is "ptcked." The ma
jority of the white men on the same
are enemies of the colored people,
and the majority of th colored men
jimcrowists, that is, men willing to
make concessions in their civil rights.
THE APPEAL editor has been well
acquainted with Edward H. Morris,
Chicago's famous lawyer, who is one
of the commission and can vouch
for. him as a man who will not con
cede anything fundamental. He will
fight any attempt at segregation to
the last ditch.
THE APPEAL is only slightly ac
quainted with four of the other col
ored men.' One man he has never met.
He has often heard three of .the col
ored men described as jimcrow men
of the deepest dye.
It is said that segregation proposi
tions will be offered by the white
News of August the 1st, 1919,
Governor Frank 0. Lowden
members. If such propositions are
offered the colored men should stand
as a unit against them no matter how
trivial they may seem. They must not
yield a single point on any question
involving segregation of any kind.
From The Appeal, St Paul, Minn.,
September 13, 1919.
WILLIAM F. HARRAH, SERGEANT
AT ARMS OF THE CITY COUN
CIL HAD CHARGE OF THE AL
DER3IEN ATTENDING THE
FUNERAL OF THE LATE
THOMAS F. SCULLY.
The late Judge Thomas F. Scully,
was at one time a member of 'the City
Council, from xho tenth ward, and the
present city fathers felt that it was
no more than their duty to attend his
funeral in a body and William F. Har
rah, the ever-obu'ging Sergeant-at-Arms
of the city council, had entire
charge of the city fathers and pre
vented thera from straying too far
away from the main streets on the
North West Side and run the risk of
getting lost.
.Rev. G. H. McDanieL president of
Enterprise Institute, 3800 Vinceunes
Ave is touring the east. Rev. Mc
Daniel attended the National Baptist
Convention, uninc at Norfolk, Va.,
last week.
ommission
BETWEEN TEN AND TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE, MANY OF
THEM BEING PROMINENT IN THE BUSINESS AND PROFES
SIONAL WORLD ATENDED THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE
JUDGE THOMAS F. SCULLY.
As the Casket Containing His Remains Was Borne From His Late
Home, 4444 North Campbell Avenue To the Hearse the Chicago
Marine Band Played "Nearer My God To Thee", At the Same
Time Hundreds and Hundreds of Policemen Stood At Attention,
And Thousands and Thousands of His Warm Friends Stood With
Uncovered Heads Out of Respect To His Memory..v .
(Bird's Eye View of the Funeral, By Julius F. Taylor.)
Funeral services were held over the
remains of the late- Judge Thomas F.
Scully, from his late home, 4444 North
Campbell avenue, Monday morning,
and to say the least, it was one of
the largest and most democratic fune
rals held in this city for many years,
for some of the wealthiest and most
prominent business and professional
men, and thousands of men in the
more humbler walks of life, including
many Colored men who knew Judge
Scully well in this life and knew him
to be one of the best and most out
spoken friends of the Colored race in
this city, all mingled together on the
same plane or level, and there seemed
to be but one thought in the minds
of the ten to twelve thousand people
who endeavored to get near his home,
and only one expression on their lips,
"that he was one of the best citizens
of Chicago and one of the most tender-hearted
and humane judges in
Cook county; that it was sad indeed
to think that he. had been called away
from his loved ones, and from his
troops of warm and steadfast friends
long before he had time to round out
his useful career here on this earth."
Bright and early on that morning,
the writer started for his funeral, but
just before doing so, our good wife,
Mrs.. Taylor gathered a beautiful
bouquet of snow white flowers from
the flower garden of our humble little
home, and with much pride we very
carefully carried it along and pre
sented it to the bereaved and sorrow
ing family, as a slight token of our
respect and friendship for Judge
Scully.
The two front parlors of his late
home were, with the exception- of the
space occupied by the casket near one
of the front windows, completely filled
with rare and very expensive floral
designs which had found their way
into his home from some of his many
friends. It was one of the finest floral
offerings that we have beheld any
where "in many a day, and it simply
showed that he was held in the high
est esteem by all classes of his-fellow
citizens.
Mayor William Hale Thompson, all
the members of his cabinet, former
No. 1
Governors Charles S. Deneen and Ed
ward F. Dunne; Hon. Orrin N. Carter
of the Supreme Court of Illinois j all
the Judges of the Circuit, Superior,
County, Probate and Municipal courts;
Hon. Samuel Alschuler of the United
States Circuit Courts of Appeal; Hon.
James Hamilton Lewis and a long line
of distinguished citizens viewed the
remains, which were natural and very
life-like. Shortly before 10 o'clock
Rev. Father O'Brien, pastor of the
Queen of the Angels Roman Catholic . .
church, conducted short services in
the home for the family and a few
friends, and as he uttered his last
words of comfort to them in the home,
the lid on the beautiful casket was
closed down and the following active
pallbearers Dennis J. Egan, James F.
Sullivan, Joseph P. Rafferty, William .
A. Cunnea, James McNichols, Charles
J. Byrnes, Thomas J. Condon, and L.
F. Cunniff started on their sad mis
sion down the stairs with it, and as
they neared the street with it hun
dreds of policemen and firemen stood
at attention while the Chicago Marine
Band slowly played "Nearer My God
To Thee," and fully ten thousand peo
ple stood with uncovered bowed heads
while the casket was being placed in
the hearse, out of respect to the me- s
mory of Judge Scully.
The funeral procession was ex
tremely long, for the head of it had
reached the church before the rear
end of it had fairly started from the ' '
house. Hon. S. B. Turner, member of - -the
Legislature of Illinois and the '
writer walked side by side in it. There
was more than one hundred automo
biles in it, the highest judges and
everybody else felt proud to march A
or walk in it.
The church was crowded to its full--est
capacity and thousands of people. ,.
stood around on the outside of it
until after the services. . ,. ..
Rev. Father O'Brien celebratedv
High Mass; Rev. Father Edward- &' V'
Kelly, the sainted pastor of St. Anne'sy'
church, 55th street and Wentworthi;
avenue, and fifty other priests were
in attendance. Per. Francis X Mcy"
Cabe-of the De Paul InstitutetpreacT
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