EXTRA] THE BROAD AX
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VoL XXVIII. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1923 No. 33
The Head Democrats In This City Should Select An
Honest and Successful Colored Business Man (No Pro
fessional Politician) As a Member of Mayor Dever’s
Cabinet, and Also Choose a Highly Educated Colored
Woman As a Member of the Board of Education to
Partially Reward the Colored People for the Thirty
Five to Forty Thousand Votes Which They Rolled Up
for Mayor Dever Tuesday, April 3.
SATURDAY, MARCH 31, JULIUS F.
TAYLOR DISTRIBUTED MORE
THAN SIX THOUSAND FREE EX
TRA COPIES OF THE BROAD AX
AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE
RESIDING IN THE SECOND, THIRD,
FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTEENTH,
SEVENTEENTH, NINETEENTH
AND THIRTY-SECOND WARDS
WHICH CONTAINED ARTICLES
URGING ALL THE COLORED PEO
PLE RESIDING IN ALL PARTS OF
THIS CITY TO VOTE FOR HON.
WILLIAM E. DEVER FOR MAYOR
OF CHICAGO.
IT IS REPORTED AROUND THE CITY
HALL THAT COL. OSCAR DE
PRIEST HAS AN ITCHING DESIRE
TO BECOME THE HEAD COL
ORED DEMOCRATIC BOSS OF
CHICAGO; THAT AS THE HEAD
DOG IN THE MEAT HOUSE, THAT
ALL COLORED MEN AND WOMEN
MUST HAVE HIS O. K. AS THEIR
IRON MASTER BEFORE THEY
CAN SECURE ANY POSITION IN
THE CITY HALL.
THIS WEEK MAYOR DEVER HAS
SELECTED MANY MEMBERS OF
HIS CABINET AND FOR OTHER
RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS, WHICH
ARE VERY PLEASING TO HIS
HOSTS OF FRIENDS.
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It is reported around the City Hall
that Col. Oscar DePriest, who is all
things to all men in the game of poli
tics as long as there is a chance to
feather his own nest with plenty of
money, has become the absolute col
ored boss Democrat of Chicago, that
no colored man or woman can secure
any kind of a job or work in it or
around it without first securing the
O. K. of COl. DePriest and that,
above all, he will land himself in a
good job so that he will be able to
lord it over all the colored people by
placing his big, tricky political heels
on the back of their necks, for they—
the colored people—must clearly un
derstand that he is now or will soon
become their political iron master.
Right at this point it is well to keep
these undisputable facts to the fore
front, namely, that at least several
other colored men in this city worked
as hard and accomplished as much
to help to bring about the happy re
sults which followed in the wake of
the late election in this city as Col.
DePriest, who has an itching desire
or vaulting ambition to become the
head or the leading Democratic col
ored political dog in the meat house.
At this point there comes to our
mind one colored lawyer who con
tributed more than one hundred dol
lars in real money to the William E.
pever campaign fund and aside from
that that same colored lawyer for
more than one month maintained a
splendid working organization in the
Second Ward, which greatly assisted
to induce at least several thousand
colored voters on election day to
change their votes from the Repub
lican column over into the Democratic
column.
Such men as we have just referred to
who are able to contribute one or two
hundred dollars to a political fund
I HON. HARRY OLSON |
The Highly Honored Chief Justice of the Municipal Court of
Chicago, Who Stands Ready to Do Everything in His Power
to Assist to Prevent the Wild and Crazy Drivers of Autos
from Speeding Up and Running Over Men, Women and |
Little Children on the Public Streets of Chicago. g
will never allow themselves to fall
down on their hands and knees before
Col. DePriest and implore him to
O. K. them for a small or a cheap
political job or position, for in the
past Col. DePriest has ever been good
and ready to pull large rolls of money
out of campaign funds and so far he
has never been known to break his
neck in an effort to chuck any of his
own money into political funds.
Ever since the recent election in
this city many white and colored, peo
ple have elaborated on what they ac
complished or attempted to accom
plish to bring about the election of
Hon. William E. Dever for Mayor of
Chicago; therefore we honestly feel
that we have the moral right to set
forth or mention a few of the things
which were accomplished by the
writer in behalf of the election of the
Hon. William E. Dever for Mayor of
Chicago.
On Saturday, March 31, four days
before the- election, more than six
thousand extra copies of The Broad
Ax were, at our expense, printed and
distributed free among the colored
jjcople living in the Second, Third,
%
Fourth, Fifth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth,
Nineteenth and Thirty-second Wards.
Hon, P*. A. Nash, member of the
Board of Review of Cook County, se
cured and paid for one thousand cop
ies of the paper for Alderman Joseph
Higgins Smith of the Thirty-second
Ward for its colored voters in his
ward, and just as soon as they read
the story in its columns in relation to
his steadfast friendship for the colored
race it was all over for him right
there and then but the loud shouting.
It is estimated by the United States
Government officials that every copy
of every daily or weekly newspaper
printed and circulated among the peo
ple is read by at least five persons. On
that same basis, The Broad Ax was on
Saturday, March 31, read by more than
thirty-five thousand people, including
its regular edition, which was read by
a greater number of people than were
addressed by the vast majority of the
Dever speakers during the entire elec
tion contest for Mayor of Chicago.
Notwithstanding these cold facts,
there are many would-be smart and
so-called highly educated white and
colored people in this city who look
upon colored newspaper editors and
their weekly newspapers with scorn
and contempt.
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This week Mayor Dever selected
many members of his cabinet and he
has very wisely chosen some of the
best men in this city to faithfully
serve the city and to share the high
political honors with him.
BEG YOUR PARDON
In the account last week of the
death of Mrs. Rebecca Bass, 4207
j Prairie avenue, which appeared in
these columns, it was stated that her
only sister, Mrs. Mary Clifford, re
sided in Janesville, Ohio, whereas she
lives in Zanesville, Ohio, and instead
of Miss M. Lewis it was Miss Clara
Lewis who so sweetly sang the solo
at the funeral services. #
' TO RETURN TO U. OF C.
Miss Mary E. Branch, a teacher al
the V. N. & I. I., Petersburg, Va-, ii
expecting to enter the University ol
Chicago in June to take up work lead
ing to a higher degree. Miss Branch
was graduated last June from the Uni
versity with the degree of Ph. B.
HOLLIS B. FRISSELL IS HONORED
AT HAMPTON ANNIVERSARY
George Foster Peabody Presents “FrisseU
Memorial Organ” from the Palmer Fund
Arthur Curtiss James Makes Gift of
Moton Portrait
BY WM. ANTHONY AERY
Hampton, Va.—The statesman-like
service of Dr. Hollis B. Frissell, prin
cipal of Hampton Institute from 1893
to 1917, to education and social prog
>«st throughout the South, the Nation
and the world was graphically de
scribed during the fifty-fifth anniver
sary celebration just brought to a
close, by Dr. Robert R. Moton, prin
cipal of Tuskegee Institute, Andrew
Jackson Montague, former governor
of Virginia, and George Foster Pea
body, of New York, senior member
of the Hampton board of trustees.
Mr. Peabody declared that it had
been his high privilege to have the
“Frissell Memorial Organ” in Ogden
Hall built from a fund which had been
entrusted to him many years ago by
“William J. Palmer a brilliant, far
seeing, trustful Quaker gentleman who
became a general.” Mr. Peabody re
ferred to Doctor Frissell as a man
who became in his lifetime a far-see
ing statesman and a great educator
who was known throughout the world
for his understanding of what was
needed to make human nature come
into its own.
This memorial gift was accepted by
Dr. James E. Gregg, * principal of
Hampton Institure, who said that
organ music expressed uniquely the
reverence and beauty which charac
terized the mind, heart, and spirit of
Doctor Frissell.
Governor Montague referred to
Doctor Frissell’s relation to the renais
sance of education in Virginia and to
the building of a new civilization.
Doctor Moton declared that at
Hampton Institute Doctor Frissell
rounded out a system of education that
took account of the whole man and
provided for all of his life. He re
ferred to him as an apostle of co-op
eration, a man of faith, courage and
! modesty, who taught Negroes to be
lieve in themselves and other men to
believe in Negroes.
Chandler Goldthwaite, municipal
organist of St Paul, Minn., gave the
opening recital on the "Frissell Mem
orial Or id demonstrated, with
his brilliant playing, the Orchestral
possibilities of this organ, which was
designed and built by the Skinner
Organ Company. Ernest Martin
Skinner, “master craftsman and artist,”
declared that this organ was being
left among friends.
Mr. Peabody presented, on behalf of
Arthur Curtiss James of New York,
a portrait of Doctor Moton done by
Mr. Ferraris. H
The Rev. Dr. Henry P. Jones, pastor
of the St. James A. M. E. church,
Pittsburgh, delivered the formal an
niversary-day address on “Hampton’s
Efficiency." He said that Doctor
Frissell believed in the kingdom of
God on earth and a present-day
brotherhood.
One hundred one candidates for di
plomas and four candidates for the
degree of bachelor of science in
agricultural education were presented
to the Haittpton Institute board of
trustees by Mr. Peabody, in the ab
sence of Chief Justice Taft, chairman
of the Hampton trustees, who was de
tained in Washington by illness. *
Mr. Peabody declared that Hampton
Institute is a soul and gives to men
and women a new consciousness of
the meaning of soul. He made a
vigorous plea for the widespread de
veloment of character which will be
based on moral courage.
Alexander B. Trowbridge of New
York, a Hampton trustee and con
ductor of the well-known annual
“Special Hampton Party,” was elected
president of the National Hampton
Association. Robert Ogden Purves,
field secretary of Hampton, was elected
executive secretary.
HON. S. W. GREEN, SUPREME
GRAND CHANCELLOR OF
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
STILL STANDS BY THE
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For the past twelve years Hon. S.
W. Green, Grand Chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias, in all parts of
the world, has been a constant sub
scriber to The Broad Ax, and every
week with all of his business on his
hands, he manages to find the time
to sit down in his office in the Pythian
Temple, New Orleans, La., and read
its interesting contents.
Only a few days ago Sir Knight
Green forwarded his check to the
editor to keep his subscription paid
up in advance to it
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LETTER FROM ONE OF THE
NEW READERS OF THE
BROAD AX
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Monmouth, III.
April 30, 1923
Mr. Julius F. Taylor.
Dear Sir:
I received a copy of your paper
which I sent for a few weeks ago and
was well pleased with it I am better
pleased to have it in my oome since
the Chicago election by electing a man
for mayor in the person of Mr. Dever.
I see that The Broad Ax helped to
do the political chopping that helped
bring about the election of the pres
ent mayor.. Any one that the Chicago
Tribune endorses for office the colored
people should vote against him.
I am enclosing one dollar for a six
months subscription.
• Very truly your*,
Dr. G. W. Jones.