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POUR 4 Published Every Saturday by John Mitchell, Jr., at 311 North fourth Street, Iticlimond, Va. Hinrmn . imiN Mrrr.iiioi.i, in I I All communications intended for publication should be sent to reach us by Wednesday. Entered at the l'ost Olllce at Itichuioud, Virginia as second class matter. suHscuirnoN hatks One Year $ 2.0b Six Mouths 1 10 Three Months CO foreign S\ibsc Options 2. CO SATU RDAY MAY 27, 11) 2 2 ? Insurance money provides a big fun oral for some pooplo. rr?%. . 11 iij i Disagreeable people enjoy tlio (lis* .comfort which they causo, fM, ,|l., | | . in , I .M.W.IM.I.P People, who spend most freely are 'those who earn least. A jealous man is had enough, but u jealous woman is awful. g= ? MX Saving money is a liahit. It will pay you to acquire that habit. Patronize race enterprises colored folks and engage in business your* seivos. J Racial Jealousy is largoly responsible for racial troubles. Don't forgot that. "One swallow does not make a Sum mor' and neither does one falluro bring disaster. . I He polite and obliging to everybody. It will pay both you anil your offspring. s Knowing colored folks is a difficult task: knowing white ones is a Chinese puzzle. Some people have as hard a timft with themselves as other people have with them. Deception has been practiced by some peoplo sot m-uch that it has bo como a habit. J'J1 " a Fine dress does not benefit a person particularly, but It gives some othet people a lot of satisfaction. Telling tilings to make trouble .should be substituted for sayings which cause ploasuro Climbing up is a difficult task. Climb ing down is an easy pnst-tiino. Which .are you doing? A sign should be bung out from the flag staff over the capital building at "Washington, "Statesmen Wantol. ' Prejudice of every kind is on the increase. Tho timo will come when It will be on tho decrease. . A Complaining colored folks are n handicap to themselves and those by wlfom they are surrounded. Some white folks are all right, but they have not. tho moral stamina to| face the whito folks, who are all wrong Women, who work are to be commended. Women, who idle are to bo condemned. This applies to the mon too. The colored voters in the doubtful States and in many that are not doubt ful aro making their political power felt. | A W0P3 ABOU i Just now. tho political situation as [ it affects the colored p<oplo of iho conn 1 try rests in the hands of certain politic I cal leadem, who arc handling the delicate questions from their viow-poinl. I It is difllcult to namo all, who arc directly involved, hut we are risking tho naming of some of them and stating their positions from our view-point. In ! tho Now England States in general and ;specifically in Uoston, Massachusetts, we have Editor William Monroo Trotft At* tl.o n?tnn.li...? TT? 1- - ,v. ui iuv iiiiuiiMiiii. iiv is iui uncompromising advocate of fhv securing tor citrons of color all of their rights an 1 privileges. lie docs not recognize existing coinii lions. Ho is in favor of tho law "as it is writ'f. lie can see no racial handicaps. lie believes tho Constitution of tho United States means what it says and the thought of color is far removed from his mind. A compromise is not considered by hi>m. Ho wants the whole hog or none". Ho wants all of his rights or he will accept none with com promising conditions attached. He has a large number of what may be i termed fanatical followers, who take 1 the same view of the situation and who ' prefer to <11? fighting for rights denied than to "live in clover.' with fund aj mental principles nullified. In strict j accord with this view of the situation, j but far more diplomatic is Editor I John Q. Adams of the St. Paul, Minno I sola Appeal. I He recognizes the fact only, that bo j is an American citizen and as such is entitled to all of tho rights and privil| egos of any other citizen. Ho does not i recognize racial discriminations or j classes on t lie part of white folhs or of the blr.'Ck folks. lie doefc not recognize I or accept Africa as his home Tho United States of America is good enough for him and until he gets all of Ills rights, ho will baiiio on to "tho end of the chapter." Then comes Charles W. Anderson ot Now York. A citizen of color, who hnn n,ot championed racial rights and prlv ilogos, hut who has succeedcd in hav ing accorded to bim despite Ids color all of the rights and privileges of a white man. Ho has dono this by a charming personality and by the exercise of a peculiar form of political acumen that has amazed not only colored mon, but white ones as well. Tho vrlilto folks in his section do not feel any embarrassment in naming him in connection with auy public functloi? and if tho politicians laid their way, bo could be named for Lieutenant Governor ,of Now York State. Just whore ho is now with the Harding Administration is tho Interesting question. Ho appears to bo "lost in tbo wlIdornesB", so far as public appointment is concerned. It boglns to look as though Now York Stale will have to tuko euro of him. His elovatton to high ofllco would not offond the white Republican leadors and ft would causo favorable comment on the part of the vast numiber of colored pcotplo through out the country. Rut wo failed to com ment'Upon Hon. Charlos \V". Anderson upon racial questions. We had no need so to do. Ills actions and his successes along theso linos do tlio talking for him. I In Ohio-, we have a peculiar condition. Wo do not. oursolvos understand It. Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor of the Cleveland, Ohio Gazotto and "father" of the Ohio Autl-lynching law now effectively upon the statuto books of the Public favor is all right, when it I a legitimately socurod, but it is all wrong when it is the result of deception. Colored people are praying for the. trhinv*\li nt r jr.. v. 1 lhIH.. I llf VJUJIIU IiOI"(l will answer those prayers in His own time. Wait on the Lord. Some people make selfishness their daily religion.. They cannot he trusted in any matter where their own inter ests aro involved. There is only ono way to secure rights denied and that is to contend for them without censing until they are socured. Compromises at times aro all right, but generally speaking they aro all wrong, where fundamental right principles are involved. Tho statesman, who said, ho would rather he right than bo President is dead and loft no successors so far as wo know. President Warren G. Harding means all right towards tho colored people of this country, but ho has such a poouli ar way of showing it. Many of our people believe in supporting tho race, but they count themselves as tho rnco and they can see no further than that. / THE EIC IT LEADERSHIP. IJuck-oyo Statu is occupying a most pe culiar position. Ho is an unconipromls ing advocate of all th'e rights and priv iloges for the citizens of color, coiumon ly known as Negroes. In principles, he lines up squarely with Trotter of Mas sachu setts, editor of the (luardia, Adams, of Minnesota, editor of (lie Appeal. Ho is treading tenderly upon the question of the Harding policies in doalinir with ilm ..,.,...1*. ..< *i.' w .. .... vvtUI UU JJLU1?IC VI LU>S country, for those policies are "foursquare* In opposition to his teachings of a life-timo. You cannot find hinv say lug one word against the statesman, for whom lro has dono so much and in wlipso favor, he worked night and day in order to elovato him to tho White House of tho Nation. I Wo cross over to Tennessee, whore that remarkable political proposition rv-aiuva. ue TC1CT 10 11011. II. II. CllUVCll who loads tho Republican f,orces in that Stnito in a combination with rightthinking white mon. He is familiarly known as Hob Church and his personal Uy is so winsome that to be in his prescnco for a brief period of time 13 to bo won over to his way of thinking, ? t . if you are unprejudiced. Ho is "biding his time" with the hope that political conditions' will change and that the political buccaneers, who huvo come into the Republican Party from tho Democratic Party . with the underlying desire to seek the "leaves and fishes" only with 110 re gard for principles will tire on tho way side and drop out or that tho Ropubll-' can leaders of Washington will tire of thorn and then the regulars of other days will come unto their own again. Wo have 110 need to name Hon. Henry Lincoln Johnson. Our columns have already been surfeited with information concerning him. Wo place Editor Benjamin J. Davis in tho same class with Adams, Trotter and other loaders. Wo have no need to name Rev. M. A. N. Shaw and that persistent "prince of leadors \ RpY. W. II. Jerulgaii, Rev. J. Milton Waldron and tlielr like. To call their names Is to recog-; nizo tlioir nrlnclnlna aanii - , w.y.wu* muuii nu 115111 HI aido of tho Republican Party or shall, wo align oursolvos outeido of It? 1 This ia tho question upon w<hloh Bomo agroomont should bo reached. Tho pollioy of tho Republican leaders is to retain onough of tho colored voto to achiovo success and to drive enough of! tho oolorod voters into the Deuiocratio, organization to rob tho campaign of tho rnco issuo. This givos tho colored peoplo an opportunity to lino up. Shall wo follow tho dictates of those who would map out a policy for us or shall wo frame and oporato undor our own policy? " j We hhvo not named Hon. Murcus Garvoy in this cominont. Wo plate htm in tho industrial, the economic field with Africa his home and conn try. Wo liavo not named Dr. R..R. Me ton. IIo is exclusively in tho industrial fiold and so far as wo can bco, ho . should romain tlioro. We havo only . mimo*! o fotw "' 1 1 ? .u? ui uur itmucrs. more are ; hundreds of others, but we bellevo that most, of thom can bo ranked under tho leadership of tho men, whom wo havo named and If not under them as leaders, they will lino up In the classos out I lined. Cortaiu It is, tho cringing, com promising Negro leader has had his, . day. Those now upon tho field of ac:-1 ! ion nro determined to stand and wal.t' f upright. I Southern white people of tho right j kind are increasing in numbers and those of the wrong kind are increasing in number also. gg -I ,T II , 1 ..'l Ml' You cannot permit tho burning of: human beings alive and then profess belief in the teachings and practices of J our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. j Colored people should read and sup port colored no\vspapers and tho^ should support and pay for those that advocate their rights and privileges, j Somo people revero their parents! . and some otherB are not interested as | to whether their parents Hyo or die, i Just so they havo a good time. . ; , "Wlbito peoplo of tho right kind are , . all right and colored folks with the j proper raising are all right too, but j God help the othor kind of both races, i i ! i ? . { People who die early sometimes miss (tho best part of life. They can eonsolo, themselves with tho fact that i hoy | havo missed tho worse paTt of it also, i I teji-i-j w-tim-HiMimaiuim.1 I j Travelling to Heaven is along a j I rocky road. Travelling the other way is like moving along on slippery glass steadily Jn one direction downward. ?- L.J..1 111 1 ! '.?? Colored peoplo should stand together. As wo see it now, they are very IHMOND PLANET, RIOHM much dlvhlod. They hnvo much talk and hut UUlo money to hack up that talk. Pay little attention to what pcoplo say. Pay most attention lo what people do and you will ho able to form a proper estimate of a certain class of 1 coplo. A person, who turns on a friend, who does wrong once has never been a friend, although pcoplo may have bo Moved the person to lmvo been a f r I %f\ \ People, wild say what they think and deelaro what they honestly believe, are treated with very littlo considera tlon In this country at the present time. Love with some poople is a habit and with some others, it la a disease. la both cases, it is a false brand of love that passes around for the genuino article,. t 8omo peoplo will liolp if their aid is requested and some others will not "lift a finger" if you hog them with toare in your eyes to assist in a movement . Some people will rondor more service without pay than they will render with pay. Some others will render no sorvico without pay and then they give this service grudgingly as it is. Some people live according to tl?n rule, "como day, go day, God send Sue day.' They spend y.11 they earn and thoy havo no time or Inclination te support raco enterprises. - . I.; . 1 They aro filling the Jails ami penitentiaries those days with about as many people. who should net he In thero ns they arc with tho people who deserve that, kind of punishment. Tiro outlook for prosperity is bright. Race projudico is still in tho offering and it takes a statesman to provont Jt condition of affairs, wlvlch will bring about discontent amongst the masses. The National Association for tho Ad vancenient of Colored Pcoplo lm proven its worth and should be loyally supported by all porsons regardless ot rnco, color or previous conditions of servltudo. The lifo-tlmo effort of somo people is to make money aud then some of them mourn because they cannot live long enough to oujoy it. A person, who finds pleasure in work will have the best time after all. I? I I ! III Ml I lllll Il l Burning human beings has become a past-time in both Texas and Geoi'gia. It tho victims had sense enough to die fighting, tiic cremation of their bodies while they lived would not have taken place. Colored people, whb own stock in colored hanking institutions and who deposit, their money there are showing tho right spirit and God will blev<? them. "Wo have nothing to say about the other kind. i I ===== r Speaking ill of people does not pay. , Those people, who are not living up to I the standard carry in their own foro heads tho mark of perfidy and dlsJ grace. Try speaking woll of everybody ( and when you cannot do this, remain silent. | 1 1 "fcxj 1 j j Matrimony is all right, if you marry , the right person and it is all wrong, if you marry tho wrong person. Tho ! trouhlo about it is that some people havo very little Judgment upon this l all Important subject. Tho talk nhout this being "a white man's country may lie all right as a I ma Hereof fact,, but it is all wrong as a matter of theory and the time will j come when it. will bo all wrong as a matter of fact. H *..'1 1 i Children learn more quickly; tlKit is they are more apt than older people. This may ho the reason why they erenow educating the older pooplo at tho expense of tho children, who are per. mitted to play too often in the streots. ONI), VIRGINIA = It Ik gratifying information to know Unit Dr. P. T. MeFadon. who rosigncd tho pustoruto oi ilio First Presbyterian Church will remain with us. lie Is ono of tibo few wnitc men. who endeavor to live up to Mio teachings of the Scrip tureu. Wo must again express to our sub scribers who have heeded our appeals for tiio money they have paid on the., subscriptions. It takes money to run a newspaper, no matter how insiguif* cant it may be and these people aro sending in the money. i Some people are so crooked that they may bo well taken for a cork-screw Tlie latter will pull a cork out of a bottlo hut this kind of Immunity can not be depended upon to do even that unless It Is a whiskey bottle and the? whiskey must he inside of the bottle j I ?, ( fmenaem nnu' J j Some people on this earth arc into.' csted in communicating with the spir- J its in the other world. As for our solv I os, wo are contented to wait until we got over thero ourselves. We prefer to talk only to livo people and when the dead ones want to talk to us, well; wo are just gone. Gov. 13. Leo Trinklo is an expert horseman, else ho would be now occupying a cot in a hospital as a result of his horso's escapade. People do not ncont danger even when It is right upon them. All ho needed was an open space and the animal would have sooner found out that ho was under control of a master. I 1 / ~ ! When our legislators made it <? crime for a man to put a bottle to his lips If it contained whiskey, wo bo* canto of tho opinion that the limit of legislation had been reached and wo bncked out. It was Draco, who in an . clont times made every crime, big and ; little punisliablo with death. It did not | work then. It will not work now. It is , not tho severity of tho punishmont < that checks crime, but tho certainty of " _ I : " i Tho Virginia Historical Pageant has passed into history as ono of tho host staged affairs cvor soon hero. Tho his- , torical displays woro of a kind that j tho stud out could read at a glanco and tho ordinary individual could think about fpr some tlmo to cotno. Tho | handicap of Mrfnday was atoned for | by tho fair weather during the remain J dor of tho week. As a citizen of !R(ichmond, interested in Its welfare and anxious about its prosperity, we real- ' izo that the success of the venture was our success, evcu thougfl* wo had no active participation In this super!) achievement of the progressive white citizens of this locality. ,., i( , ?ana ^ The Hotel Tattler is tho latest New York venturo and it is making a strong hid for public favar. It has reached tho fourth issue and is published week. ly at $2.00 per year wltflr Mr. Flov<l G. Snelson as Editor-in-Chief and Mr. Elinor B. Derby as Business Manager. Wo liopo that it will prove n financial success and it is making a personal appeal that will entitle it to long life. It is too good a slice to ho furnished at ! $2.00 per year, unless Its advertising j space will pay the up-keep expenses., But this is none of our business. It Is worth double (ho amount its promoters are charging for ijt and for this reason t the public should readily pay the modjorato sum asked by the publishers. i Col. Robert T. Kcrlin, one of the greatest Southerners, this section of the country has over produced will deliver an address hero at the True Rc i formers' Hall, Monday night, June 5th ( Wc hope that our people will turn out in full force. The message from this distinguished citizen and scholar who was dismissed from the Virginia Mili-J tary Institute for exercising the rig.it of free speech should be heard by every Virginian regardless of race o.color, politics or religion. Lot tlio colored people rally in full force. Do not regard the charge of fifty cents as being a charge to hear him, but a contribution to tho causo of human rights, j Wo hope that our people will rally t.o^ hear him. Men of his typo are scarce.! Money should not bo any consideration , whatsoever. Go and hear Col. Robert j T. Korlin of Lexington, Va. Till'] REPUBLICAN OUTLOOK. The Republican State Committee met j at Alexandria last week and mapped out a programme for tho Pall eongros ) sional election. So far as wo lravo been advised, it proceeded along tho lines of ( a wliito Republican Party for Virginia,! regardless of tho attitude of tho Ad-! ministration at Washington o" the warnings of the trained politicians In I this State. A urominont and lni'luen-ttnl figure in this mooting was Cel. i llenry W. Anderson. Ho is accro<llto<t | with having stated in the rceont cam| paign for Governor, in which campaign ho was defeated by Gov. 10. Dee Triable by one of the most stupendous majorities over recorded in this State thai he was not a Republican. Wo take it then that ho is atlUiating with the Republican organization witi the avowed purposo of evening up old scores with the Democratic organiza Hon and its managers. While the Hon. C. Haseom Slomp lias been mercilessly scored in some quarters for his altitude towards the citizen of color, it may he well (o slate thai personally, he has no prejudice against our people. He is a politician with personal views, which he subordinates to party policy... While some of us have a poor opinion of this kind of policy it if. radically dil'f '?rent from the attitude of Col. Henry I W. Anderson, who has an antipathy to ' the citizens of color, commonly known ' as and called Negroes. I Hut. what will ho the outre me o*" this ! policy? Do these gentlemen expect, the colored voters to accept the dictum' that they vote fn a party, known as Ho j publican witb no part or parcel In j such an organization? Do they expect! a people, who own and pay taxes on ! nearly a hundred million dollars worth 1 of property, real and personal to have I no part in the party machinery and in 1 the party government? Can such an open policy of unfairness succeed in a republic? This is live question, which domands an answer. We are for peace and we hope that peace may be brought about by conferences. The bands of eternal justice are still moving and ' temporary success for todav will lie J followed by permanent defeat tomorrow . Is it the purpose of the Republican Party in this Stale to ignore absolutely the Negro Republicans? If so, let us make an open appeal to the Negro Republicans in the northern States. They aro of our kith and kindred and will j hoed tho appoal of their kin-folks in the southern States. We can wfjn, if we organize. Wo can win, if we co-operate. We can secure success, if wo prove that wo doservo it. Let us avoid harsh language. Let us avoid unseemly threats, but let us work with a purpose, to tho end that men, regardless of party, who' have forsaken fundamental right principles and who seek a whole people's undoing shall be buried so deep under tho avalanche of public disapproval that "Gabriel's trumpet will not awaken thom." I I iivjjjuiuw nt'anwuL'i.jLi-j.iJU-i-1? THIS SIJH-COMMITTMK'S ltHPOHT. | | The sub-committee of the Senate Judiciary Committeo to whom the T)y- i or Anti-lynching Bill now pending bo fore the United States Senate under ' the leadership of Senator William K. Borah, the Republican leader has reported the bill unconstitutional and in j sisted on this account, it would he mie. I less to pass tho measure. This is pecu- I liar reasoning on tho part of a body J that has passed unconstitutional meas- ; ures time and again and which has been more or less swayed by publi< sentiment In tho country at large. State's rights have been practically eliminated by members of both political parties and under the leadership j of President Woodrow Wilson, the nee ' essity for a centralized form of govern ment has been emphasized. As to tho United States Supremo Court, it is ? , well-known fact that Its previous de1 cislons upon any question cannot bo taken either as an authority or as n criterion. The trail is like that of a j wiggling snake, first on one side and tben on thp other. We have had rover sals, four to fivo decisions and august deliverances upon fundamental ques j J tions, which looked both ways and i were subject to double constructions, i [ The Constitution of the United" States expressly prohibits unlawful. cruel and unusual punishments and I ho denial to any class of citizens tho equal protection of tbo laws, Articlo VIII reads: i [ Excessive bail shall not be required, j uui excessive imps imposed, nor cruel ' jarnl unusual punishments Inflicted. ( <1 Does this constitutional provision moan what it says? Three colored men ?citizens of the United States havo ; recently been burned nt the stake ir. ' Texas and one other has been subject , ed to similar punishlnent in the Statr i of Georgia. Article X reads: | The powers not delegated t,o the' [United States by the Constitution, ncr j prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to (ho people. Is not. the power to prohibit the in Diction of cruel and unusual pnnishments delegated to the United States and is it not prohibited to the States by this provision of the Constitution of the United States? ( A provision in Article XIV reads: J \ i No State shall make or enforce any j law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; * * nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal proton lion of the laws. | I \ . Thoso provisions of the Constitution' I nro backed up by Section D, which reads: The Congress shall have power to cn force by appropriate legislation, tho provisions of this article. We take it then that this is Just what t?'e Congress is trying to do by the enactment of tho provisions of tho Dyer Anti-lynching Hill. With tho screams of tho victims ringing in their cars and tho disgrace of the fiendish atrocities reverberating around tho world, shaming a Christian nation; tills Com., coolly surveys il?o sceno and brings (he weight of its influence against this just measure designed to at least check this crowning fiendish liess of the Twentieth Century. Senator William 10 linmii i?mv the nerve to deliver n legal argument itt favor of his report and ho may use (he powerful influence. which ho possesses to defeat the measure but the re action which will follow will bilng about liis political undoing and result in a protest which will reach the throne of God ttseir. Action Is needed to check stake burning and lynching of human beings, ho they white or col* ored. The law must ho respected in the Slates and in tlio United States. The first duty of a Government is to protect human life. We spend millions to protect (he lives of our citizens abroad; we should spend more to safeguard (he livos of our cidzens at home. Lynch-law must go! ^ ) I Whiskey Is a curso (o any nation, but there is a proper way to control . It. \ Getting a wife is easy; getting rid of a wife is difficult. \ a,. 1 1 Some pooplo wear clothes Just because they are required so to do. You may run, today, but you will have to s!t down and rest tomorrow. 1 i He temperate in all things, Avoid tho wine-cup, when it is red and the beer-cup when it is frothy. ? Practice politeness, colored folks. Dm not let your ill fooling outer Into it. Practice politeness towards the white folks and towards tho colored ones. It will richly repay you. i i 'j i 1 : Tho Virginia Historical Pageant was all right. Tho management mndM some blunders, but as a whole tho af fair was a credit to tho city. Let us Btop grumbling. It did not cost us and It benefitod somo other peoplo, who needed tho bonofit. W'hon you not somo colored folks to antagonizing somo othor colored folks, they seem to bo enjoying tho happiest moments of tholr live#. When you have troublo, romomber that good times aro following in its wake. When you are having good times, romombor that troublo is Just outside on tho doorstop and will soon demand admittance. Children cry often over imaginary troubles. Grown people cry less often, but when they do cry, tlroy are vp against the genuine article. i Some colored folks glory at the advancement of their fellows. Some others are almost paralyzed with envy, when they witness the same kind of an advancement. LA?.li g,1:1 iiusg* Christ came upon this earth to savo man-kind. If He came* again, he would find a similar reception to that accord ed him upon the occasion of His first visit. Even many of the professed be lievers would doubt that Ho is the Christ. 1 Sonne females look like angols when Or ~ ? 1 - ? * 1 - mu.y bul ii nosimna and like dovlla after they got tho same individual. At least, this is the testimony of some of these married individuals. Some colored folks believe in supporting race enterprises. They help every legitimate business and this class of people should enjoy long life and prosperity. I 4 > i Speaking about Africa, there are numbers of colored folks round about here that wo would like to seo shipped to that fair land. In some parts of that country, people nre not required to work and this would suit them exactly.