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_ 5 CENTS PER COPY THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MAY 14, 1927 No. 35
HON. MILES J. DEVINE
Ex*City Attorney of Chicago, one of the most eloquent orators
in this country; president of the far famed Cook County
Democracy. This famous organization recently presented
Mayor Thompson’s committee with a check for one hun
dred dollars to buy 1,000 Old Ironsides buttons, and the
vast majority of the citizens of Chicago would be greatly
delighted to see Mr. Devine selected as a member of the
Board of Education.
THE STEWART-BASS WEDDING
WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR
FUTURE
Not many moons hence, Mrs. Elvie
L. Stewart, 4823 Calumet avenue, will
become united in marriage to Mr.
Charles Bass at 6214 S. Elizabeth
street. Mr. Bass owns a fine home at
that number and he is having it all re
modeled and re-furnished for his new
lovely bride.
It is rumored that Mr. Bass will pre
sent his bride with one thousand dol
lars as a wedding gift.
. Mrs. Stewart is prominently Con
nected with many secret societies and
organizations, serving as secretary for
a number of them. She owns a fine
flat building at 4823 Calumet avenue.
After the wedding she will reside in the
Bass homestead at the number men
tioned above. From time to time Mrs.
Stewart contributes highly interesting
articles to this newspaper and on the
day or the night of the wedding the
writer expects to be on hand to assist
to give her a good and lively time.
COLORED VOTERS VOTE IN
FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY
Pensacola. Fla.—Colored Americans
exercised their rights to vote in the
Democratic primary Tuesday, when
the largest number of the race that
ever went to the polls here, to even
attempt to vote, cast their ballot in the
city commissioner election.
Negroes have of previous years
been barred from voting here, only
whites having the privilege. The re
cent supreme court decision in the
Texas primary case declaring dis
franchisement of colored voters illegal
overthrew this ban.
ROLAND HAYES TO ESTAB
LISH SCHOOL
Boston.—Roland Hayes, celebrated
tenor, has just acquired 600 acres of
land in Calhoun County. Ga., where he
proposes to erect a school in com
memoration of his deceased mother,
according to announcements just made
here.
While plans and policies have not
been completed, Mr. Hayes states the
main idea, he says, is to express the
ideals instilled by his mother and to
pass them on to coming generations.
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• HON. FRANK JOHNSTON, JR.
One of the highly honorable Judge* of the Circuit coiirt of
Cook County, who i* an independent cnnd.date f~ re
election to hU present high judicial position on June 6.
Hon. William Hale Thompson,
Progressive Mayor of Chicago,
Who Is Ever Working in the In
terest of the Common People,
Would Greatly Delight Many
Thousands of Friends of Hon.
Miles J. Devine, Ex-City Attor
ney of Chicago, If His Honor,
the Mayor, Would Select Mr.
Devine as One of the New Mem
bers of the Board of Education.
For It Was Mr. Devine — His Cook
County Democracy and the Colored
Voters, Who Brought Home the
Bacon for Mayor Thompson.
It must be admitted that many po
tent forces in various ways greatly
contributed to the election of Hon.
William Hale Thompson as mayor of
Chicago, but it must be admitted also
that the two greatest forces or factors,
which accomplished more than all
other agencies combined in that direc
tion, was the famous Cook County
Democracy, under the leadership of
its widely known and most popular
president, Hon. Miles J. Devine, and
the colored voters throughout this city,
for it can be trully said that they
brought home the bacon on Tuesday,
April 5, and landed Hon. William
Hale Thompson in the mayor’s chair
in the city hall.
It will be recalled that at the first
meeting held by the Cook County
Democracy to endorse Hon. William
Hale Thompson for mayor of Chi
cago Sunday, Feb. 27, 1927, at the
Briggs House, where it opened up
headquarters paying its own rent and
all other expenses all throughout that
contest, the following gentlemen pre
pared the resolution endorsing Mr.
Thompson for mayor were: John P.
Reed, Walter J. Powers, Edmund M.
Cummings, John A. Sweeney, Peter
Trot and S. A. Dooley which were
presented, read and approved with one
dissenting vote.
From that hour on the organization
became active, organized in all wards,
the executive board met almost daily
and the entire mesckership assembled
each Sunday.
They concluded the campaign by
joining with the Cregier Democrats,
and for the first time in Chicago his
tory held a midnight political meet
ing Saturday, April 2, (from 11 p. m.
to 2 a. m.) in the Cameo room in
the Morrison hotel. Mrs. Anna A.
Smith was chairman and Hon. Wm.
Hale Thompson, Alderman Oscar F.
Nelson and Hon. Miles J. Devine were
the principal speakers. The attend
ance was 4,000.
That great love feast at the Mor
rison hotel was a forerunner that Mr.
Thompson would be the next mayor
of Chicago on that memorable occa
sion. Mr. Devine delivered the great
est oration his life and his master
ful plea for the election of Mr. Thomp
son will for many years remain in the
memories of the thousands of those
who drank in his eloquent remarks at
that time.
It will be further recalled that at
that time Mr. Devine and many of the
other big leaders of the Cook County
Democracy invaded many parts of this
city and delivered telling speeches in
favor of the election of Mr. Thomp
son and expended some thousands of
dollars of their own money in that di
rection.
It is still well to remember that out
side of loyal Republicans residing in
Democratic wards, the colored people
and the Cook County Democracy’s or
ganization are these to whom Mayor
Thompson owes his election.
It would be pleasing indeed to see
the stalwart members of the Cook
County Democracy, who accomplished
so much towards the election of
Mayor Thompson, richly deserve to be
recognized as the minority Democratic
party and its recognition for positions
as stated before Mayor Thompson
would make the homerun of his life
by appointing Hon. Miles J. Devine as
a member of the Board of Education
of Chicago. Mr. Devine for many
years past has been classed among the
best and truest friends of the colored
race in Chicago and if Mayor Thomp
son would select him as a member of
the Board of Education the colored
people would have two true friends
at court.
MR. AND MRS. FREDERICK LEE
JOYFULLY CELEBRATED
THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNI
VERSARY
’Mid huge baskets of American
beauty roses, the beautiful home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lee, 4923 S.
Michigan avenue, was opened last Sat
urday evening to greet and receive
their many triends on the twenty-fifth
anniversary of their marriage.
The charming bride of twenty-five
years ago expressed by her sweet
smiles a& she greeted her guests how
happy she was and has been these
twenty-five years of married life,
wearing a gown of white georgette
trimmed in pearls and crystal beads.
A crown of pearls set gracefully upon
her queenly head. The groom was
attired in the regulation evening suit
and ever ready to make. comfort and
contentment for all as has been his
custom.
Those receiving with them were
Miss Washington, Mr. Askins, Mr.
and Mrs. William Carroll. A fine pro
gram was rendered throughout the
evening as their many friends departed
for their homes they wished the happy
couple twenty-five years more of wed
ded bliss, hoping again to have pinned
on them a golden sheaf next time, in
stead of silver.
WASHINGTON LIBRARIANS
ENTERTAIN STUDENTS
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Hampton Library School Makes Jour
ney to See Book and Art
Treasures
Hampton Institute, Va.—The nine
graduating students of the Hampton
Institute Library School, under the
leadership of Florence Rising Curtis,
director, were recently received by Dr.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of the Li
brary of Congress at Washington, and
were taken by H. H. B. Meyer of the
Library Reference Service to all de
partments where work behind the
scenes in binding, pasting, cataloguing
and other technical processes were
seen at first hand.
The Photostat Department, man
aged and handled entirely by Negroes,
demonstrated for the student group
this process of reproducing. At a
luncheon given in the National Library
by the colored members of the staff,
Mr. Alexander, of the office of the Di
rector of the Library, acted as host.
After viewing rare editions, the orig
inal of the Constitution and valuable
prints held in the Congressional Li
brary, a visit was made to the library
of the Bureau of Education,, where
John D. Wolcott, director, took the
party through all its departments, urg
ing the student librarians to call on
the resources of this special library
for its particular service. Miss Clar
abel Ruth Barnett, of the Library of
the Department of Agriculture, showed
all lines of activity under her charge.
Ways of caring for maps and other
unusually shaped documents were
demonstrated here. Three members
of the class will next year have charge
of libraries in agricultural colleges, so
that this inspection of the work was
of particular interest.
The art-treasures of the National
Capital in the Corcoran Art Gallery,
and in the Freer Art Gallery in the
National Museum, as well as the Cap
itol, Washington Monument, and other
points of special interest, were visited
during the second day. The student
party was also shown the library of
the Miner Normal School by Miss
Lula Allen, and that of Howard Uni
versity by Edward C. Williams, li
brarian, where they saw the Moreland
Collection on the Negro. The group
was entertained at luncheon by Libra
rian Edward Williams and Deans
Woodward, Holmes and Slowe.
En route to Washington the group
visited the library of the Virginia
Normal and Industrial Institute at
Petersburg, W. Va., where the up-to
date reference material was of partic
ular interest.
HON. GEORGE B. HOLMES
One of Chicago’s able and popular Judges of the Municipal
Court, who is in line for higher judicial honors, and he
would fit in for Attorney General of Illinois in 1928.
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MR. OSCAR DE PRIEST AND
MR. GEORGE T. KERSEY WILL
ENGAGE IN A HAND TO HAND
FIGHT AT THE ELECTION OF
THE WARD COMMITTEEMAN
IN 1928
There are mighty hot times ahead
for the big Democratic and Republi
can politicians or bosses and many
red-hot fights among them prior to
the election of the ward committeeman
in 1928. Mr. Kersey being a member
of the Legislature from the Third
Senatorial District of Illinois, and
spending much of his time at Spring
field, the many friends of Mr. De
Priest feel that Mr. Kersey has not
the time to chase around Chicago and
hunt up jobs for his constituents.
Therefore, Mr. De Priest, who has
all kinds of time on his hands, should
march up to the front, and T>ecome the
new Republican committeeman of the
Third ward.
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HON. KICKHAM SCANLAN
One of the best Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County;
member of the Circuit Court bench for 18 long years, and
there is no disputing the fact that he will be re-elected to
his time-honored position on June 6.