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Hear Madame Hackley Christmas Night at Shorter
Franklin's Paper The Statesman
Twenty-Third Year
THE NEED
OF A PUBLIC
ASSEMBLY
ADDRESS OF W B. TOWNSEND
Before the Sunday Alliance. Upon the
Necessity of Such an Organization.
I .udios :ind Gentlemen
I have been invited to speak on i
Th* Necessity of Such an Orgnniza
tiou an the Alliance in This City j
An.onc Our People ' I do not hell- (
tat** to declare that there is a crying |
need for such an organization In our
midst. The purposes of which are to
bring u» closer together for all things 1
width tend to the betterment of the
race.
The great battles In the industrial.
*<•< ial and religious life and good cit
izetiship can achieve better results b>
organization and concert of action. It
is true that now and then one of us
mey be able to overcome by at» indi
vidual effort the combined opposition
am! tight his or her way through dlf
li« .titles to the plane of individual sue
cess and individual recognition of his (
or her civil, rights; but they are ex
cej’tlons to the rule which apply to a
v*. ... and I dare say defenseless race,
in tltis country, where the laws are,
made to outrage and disgrace the
run and where those laws which are
made for the protection of the race ,
are grossly violated. 1 quote the Ro |
Chester. N Y . Sentinel
Too long has the constitution been 1
in « n imposed upon, but whenever a
Negro spoke out against such things,
a band of infinitesslmally small and
atomh Negro cringers have howled
him down by calling him a whiner. t>i
all contemptible and worthless trash |
in the Negro race, this set of howling ,
cringers is the most abominable j
Then* is not a I'nlted States Senator
from the South that has the right to .
sir in that body if the constitution is I
to he observed The South knows
this and so does the nation Many
representatives of the South in the
lower house of congress are there by
reason of open and willful violation of
the laws of the land. * * • Every
man of the race that is a man and
lives in cities where crooks and
thieves abound should have some de
tensive and offensive weapon for the
protection of his home. To be unpre
> pared for such emergencies is crim
Inal. • * The education of the
Negro should be as broad as Ills
needs His needs are similar to the
needs of every other race.”
hi proportion to the progress we
make in education, industry, frugal
ity. wealth and virtu**, we will ad
vance in good citizenship. When we
make that showing there will be those
of the dominant race who "ill lend a
helping hand to assist us to lead oth
<-ts of the race away from the domain
of Ignorance, vice and crime into the
of better and more perfect cit
izenship.
"Reading makes a full man. coiiver
makes a ready man, writing
1 makes th»* exact man I3y this or
gani /.ation it is proposed to add to
our store of knowledge and catch In
spiration from good literature and dis
reinitiate • that knowledge not only in
ilie Alliance, hut scatter it in our
homes and our social life and transmit
to our posterity an imperishable rec
ord of our observations and achieve
ments in the race of life. Through
tills organization we have an oppor
tunity and privilege to express our
| Thoughts concerning our race nnd may
be able in this community to convince
4, thers of the wrongs heaped upon the
nice, by a plea to humanity’s cause
ni tin* bar of reason, to the jury of
eonsdence, in the court of public
opinion, and answer some of the
tilings whereof the race is wrongfully
accused. To do this we should devise
some way to become better acquaint
ed with our white neighbors who do
not know us In our home life, who do
not know that all Negroes are not
»lik« a . nnd who do not. know how wo
love and care for the rights of our
families and that we would make any
.ytrrithM* for the rights of our neigh
bors families. The average, yes the
majority, of our white neighbors know
j ub only as they see us on the streets
I or as we i>erforin some sort of menial
I service for them. Therefore, when
I we ar« heard to complain we are often
accused of having the grumbling hab
it. when in fact and in truth, with all
{the burdens and injustices heaped up
on us. we are the most patient and
tolerant of any race of people on
earth But to grumble or complain is
a God-given right of man. and man
j will continue to grumble when there
jis an increase of unfair treatment
■ meted out to him so often by society.
Nothing is so destructive of the
! peace of a community, or so clogs the
wheels of progress of society, as an
1 element ] possessed of the conviction
that they are not treated with exact
justice.
1 have said that we should become
better acquainted with our white ,
neighbors so that they may better un
i (Jerstand us when we demand the
. i right to stand or fall in the sunlight ot
justice.on the foundation of .equality.
' before the law. !f*\\«- can become
, well enough acquainted with our
’(white neighbors to let them discover
. • - thej * II
also discover what our contention in
life is, and will not be so reluctant in
J according our contention. We must
in some way dispel from the minds of
[ many that phantom of social equal
ity we must try to convince them
M that our contention is equality be
fore the luw. or. as a convention of
lex-slaves expressed it In this manner.
I ‘Resolved. That all we ash for is a
No sensible Negro In
’ -slats upon or wants any law which
w ill bring about social equality be
tween the races; for he knows that
social equality is a question of fit
| ness, geniality and compatibility, and
» of necessity must regulate itself
1 Kvny white person is not the social
« equal of the other white persons, nor
is every Negro the social equal of all
'1 other Negroes, but we should recog-
I nice th< fat level ma j b«
j the gradations of society, whatever
i may be the advantages of entitled
I | rank, still in the essential const! tu-
I i ency of the human family that all
j men are alike and that God is the
| Father oi us all." No person is bet
! ter than another person because of a
! difference in color, or because of his
• j wealth, hut a person may boast of la -
i j ing better than another, by reason of
• the fact that he possesses more vir
tues. more integrity, more sympathy
i and respect for the rights of all per
sons than someone else. Indeed that
i person may i*e said to he better than
I some other person. It is not strange
| that persons not horn under the in
‘ | fluence of slavery, proscription, do
-1 | nial and persecution and whose view
points arc obscured by the haze of
1 traditional prejeudico should be able
’ to see but a little merit In our race
and guess at the balance.
One thing that I have noticed in
this eii > during the time l have re
• sided here is that there is little or no
communication between the Negroes
1 and the white people, no recognition
unless it is once in every two years,
about election time, when, for a few
I days only we are made to feel how
necessary It is for us to be in the
community and how important it is
for us to Interfere in the politics—
"better known as the white folks'
1 business " This condition should have
a remedy. Wo should try to become
acquainted with our neighbors, there
should be pleasant greetings ox
‘ changed when we meet; there should
' he cultivated a broader feeling of
; friendship between the races to the
end that we may have a better un
derstanding upon ail things which
concern the welfare of both races
who of necessity must dwell here in
peace.
i This organization should take the
> initiative in trying to do something
along this line. It might bo‘ well to
' occasionally invite some of the best
thinkers from among the white people
to visit the Alliance and discuss with
, us. or for us questions which will be
elevating to us and which may bring
DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, DEC. 16. 1911
Tragedy In The Making
While Colored Men and Women are Being Discharged
from Work by the Score. Our Conditions are
Further Menaced by|Incendiary and
Senseless Talk.
The mass mooting at Scott church Sunday afternoon to consider what
action should be taken with reference to he opp; sition to Dr. McClain oc
cupying the home he is building in Claytoi Addition, has been the main topic
or the week. The statement as finally fa- 'led upon by the meeting was
peaceful in its tenor. It appealed to all >d citizens to help support the
law and expressed the belief that no one i i be deprived of t'lie use of his
property because of his color.
The pacific sentiments, however, were :he ones which found publica
tion in the issue of the Rocky Mountain N* ws Monday morning. It hap
pened that upon invitation a reporter of?ti paper was present when the
meeting opened. Rev Over objected to b iesence, stating that the press
could receive a copy of the outcome of *deliberations. When the ma
jority voted to permit the reporter to ren he and a number of others
withdrew entirely. The reporter in his c n defense stated that he would
publish only such matter as the w <1 him to publish.
This promise lie broke, however, w he* omas Campbell in his remarks
said that he would have caused gore to be - led all the way to the city hall
had a mob come to his house to intimidate 1 as they had done Dr. McClain.
He also published the opinion of C. W. B: i :d, who laid all the trouble on
the political apostacy which colored peopl. exhibited by failing to take the
same view of political questions that he t Lawyer Townsend and sev
eral others made addresses which were th -htful and which found expres- ;
sion in the declaration decided upon by tin eetiug but were omitted in the j
newspaper account.
Thi\ for. an- the facUuviMMt t*L aiiH 1 UKHlWttC whkfc throw gin*’the
efforts of a reporter have been so distc: d that in the eyes of the public all
Negroes appear to be ready to take ar s against a sea of troubles. The
Statesman lias sounded the opinions **: any and they are all of one mind, 1
that this publication is the most harm 1 single incident that has met the
Negro in Denver for many years. In monetarv loss, iu loss of friends, in
misrepresenting the views of the mujori of colored people, in arousing the ,
active enmity of persons heretofore inditVrent, it has had no equal.
Had the sc liool boy bravery and th* petty ixrlitics of the two speakers
been exhibited before colored people on y, they would have been weigh .ed
for just what they were, a cheap atten. t to get distinction by something
unusual. Hut unfortunately the everlas- :ig memory of the press intervened
and now no amount of saneness, no ret:, ctlons, no excuses can avail.
If Negroes were permitted the sanw eedom of action which whites take
to themselves, if we were not all herd* together and considered from the
same standpoint, no race feeling would aroused because the disagreement
of white people, the same as of colored eople. would be with the speakers
Tut unfortunately, the folly of one is th* folly of all! The stage heroics of
a man who would put ten thousand to : -ht and the ridiculous assurance of
another who Is so profound a etatesm. that his principles will solve our
problems, have now become th< comi characteristics *>;' all Denver Ne
groes through the act of a reporter \Y< nay condemn him all we wish, but
finally we come back to the inevitable 'blent, how can we save ourselves
in this situation and how protect oursel • against another of like kind.
The rights of Dr. McClain are gun 'eed to him by the law No one
disputes that: even the Clayton people nit it. If the law is nqi powerful
enough to protect him in his rights, my ten thousand Negroes cannot
overawe two hundred thousand whites law is to reign, force is unneces
sary and threats of it by colored peo, are unnecessary.. If force is to
reign, it serves no purpose to announce t one is ready for trouble. Judged
from any standpoint, incendiary talk in neeting supposed to represent out
best thought, could do no good.
Nero fiddling while Rom< burned w low comedian, with a tragedy as
his setting. A speaker mouthing poliii* ind personalities at a time when
• he property rights of Negro citizens . threatened, cuts no better figure
Cities governed by Republicans, I)em« s. Socialists and mugwumps all
have their race troubles. Denver people lust be pitied if they are caught
in the net of a politician who stoops to h transparent argument.
The future can be guarded only by gid exclusion from even apparent
leadership of men whose judgment fail> the hour of tost. We are given
to understand more each day that wo . now upon our own responsibility.
A powder keg set off by men of good utlons is none the less explosive
and destructive.
This meeting has served to place u? i a sorry light before the world.
We can not go back and mend our mis:.* s. We can only go forward and
see to it that there is not a recurrence o: hem.
about t*loser friendship. This can bo
dono without fear of transcending tho
lino, into the realm of social equal
ity. It is not social equality for us
to reason together, it is not social
equality for both races to read the
same books, to listen to the same
music, to attend the same public
places, to shiver in tlie same cold, to
: warm in the same sun. to love the
I same country and to defend the same
I Hag!
The time In our social lives when
i we must do something or much to
decide many important questions
which confront us. and which must
shape our future for joy or sorrow
lms come. We must do our part.
Tills organization can do its by stand
ing as a moderator hot ween the
strong and weaker races by acting
intelligently, firmly, and with con
servatism.
Gc —nor Woitid L . ad Mob or 4_yncners
ill a nirrilMT of the legislature
le mr a ntoh of lyneliors ami tbo
intir of the state sau.-iloniup ibob
\. i «* ami il ‘siriiiu t<* take tin* place
of »e lender of the im*l> rather than
p|\- Iln* alleged criminal a clianee to
b» card in a <ourt of justice we see
11: ypo of .non who arc entirely unfit
t<> haulers >f any oivUi/.etl eoimmini
t\ The sooner such men an* put out
of 'lire tin* l*oitor it will be for the
wi e country.
N 4 . s* Davis Going Back to Bermuda.
Bermudans are making: extensive
pin: • for the return engagement of
Mis Henrietta Vinton Davis, the elo
cuti. nlst and dramatic reader, who is
booked for a loop string of engage*
ments during the holidays t»ud u part
of the month of January.
DENVER
PERSONAL
MENTION
Social News and Personal Mention
Continued on Pages Two,
Four, and Five|
SHORTER CHAPEL CHRISTMAS
NOTES.
The Sunday school will render
their regular Christmas program, en
titled “Glory To the Child King,” and
; have their Christmas tree Saturday
evening. Dec. 23rd. A splendid - treat
is held in store for all who may at
tend.
The choir will render special
Christmas music Sunday, Dec. 24th
Preaching at ll:Ou a. in. and at 7:3>.'
, p. m. The Allen C. E. League will
hold their regular Christmas exer
cises. The special Christmas sermon
will be delivered Christmas morning.
! Dec. 25th, at 5:00 a. m., at which time
. the senior and junior choirs, consist
ing of 50 voices, will sing.
Mme. Hackle} will give a musical
recital, assisted by local talent, Mon
day evening. Dec. 25th, at Shorter.
Admission 25 cents.
Tomorrow the Sunday School will
close its contest. The entire morn
ing service will be given to them, be
ginning at 10:30, Doth choirs will
sing together. All who are interested
in seeing the children score a signal
victory in their work will please be
present at this service.
Thursday evening. Dec. 21st, the
public will have an opportunity to
spend a night in Washington. D C.
ton canvas) at Shorter Chapel. Ad
mission. adults 15 cents, children 10
cents.
The officers of the church are quite
jubilant over the success of their
Thanksgiving rally and they take this
opportunity of thanking all who as
sisted.
At a joint board meeting held last
Tuesday night it was unanimously de
cided to introduce the volunteer
pledge system at the beginning of the
new year. The “Christian Finance
Association” method will be used,
hence giving will be made a part of
the real service.
REV. OVER TAKES UP THE PROP
ERTY PROBLEM.
Rev. Over in his sermon Sunday
night took up the problem of home
buying and home renting, now made
acute by the McClain property con
troversy. He handled the matter
broadly. He showed the advantages
and disadvantages of living near
white and near colored neighbors. He
, reminded his hearers that life was
living and that we are successes or
failures just as we show our ability
to meet conditions as they are. not as
I they ought to be.
BERT WILLIAMS IN FOLLIES.
The world’s greatest comedian, Mr.
Bert Williams, who is starring again
this season with “Follies 1911,” has
added to his list, of comedy some of
; the cleverest songs of the day. The
\ company will be in Denver the mid
dle of March and Williams, it is said,
has a 100 per cent, more work to do
this year than he had last year.
A TERRIBLE BLUNDER
To neglect liver trouble. Never do it.
Take Dr. King's New Life Pills on
the first sign of constipation, bilious
ness or inactive bowels and prevent
virulent indigestion, jaundice or gall
stones. They regulate liver, stomach
and bowels and build up your health.
Only 25c. at all druggists.
Richard Porter is very low with
kidney trouble. His mother has come
to be with him.
Mrs. Hill is having the storeroom
at 719 26th street prepared for her
nickle show.
Five Cents a Copy
|Married 27 Years, Sick 8 Years
Lucy Ellen, beloved wife of James
M. Martin, died Friday of last week
and was buried from Zion Baptist
f church, Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Over
1 attending the services. The deceased
has been a resident of this city, com
i ing here from Sedalia. Mo. She was
married to James M. Martin in 1S82.
, She leaves a husband, a sister. Miss
I Mary Powell of this city, and a
j mother of Sedalia. Douglass Under
j taking Co. had charge of the remains.
The husband and sister extend their
thanks to the friends for their tendet
care and sympathy shown their loved
one during her illness.
SCORES BIG SUCCESS
Akron, Colo., Dec. 11, 11)11
i Editor of Statesman:
Madam E. Azalia Hackley appeared
here at the Clark Opera House under
the auspices of High School Lyceum
Course. Her "Song Recital and Voice
Culture Demonstration” is considered
the best attraction that has ever been
presented here. The High School
Course has been instrumental in
bringing here several lecturers and
musicians of renown, but none of
whom have pleased and entertained
the people like Madame Hackley.
This is considered a white comrnun-
{ ity and Mrs. Hackley’s audience was
j largely white, but she clearly showed
i that she was just as much at ease in
j such a community as in a purely col
i ored community. Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Hackley visited the high school
here and gave an outline of her work
i and methods of teaching. The pro
1 lessor and his corps of teachers mar
veled. and the students are still talk
ing and hoping for Madam Hackle>'s
ARTHUR S NEWSOM
NOTES ON CENTRAL BAPTIST
CHURCH.
I Our work under the pastorate ol
Rev. G. T Ramey has been a success
spiritually and financially.
The Thanksgiving service was a
i record-breaker.
Sunday was marked by the pres
ence of the Hoi y spirit,
j The church recently extended a
! call to Rev. A. D. Williams. D. D.. of
Atlanta. Ga . who has made a favor
able reply and will be on the scene
■ on the second Lord's day in January,
j 1912. Under his leadership much
may be expected of Central church
1 in the future.
The Sunda> school, after turning
I over $34.25 from Thanksgiving pro
j gram, turned their attention to the
. Christmas exercise, which will t»e
, given Monday evening, Dec. 26tb, for
i the interest of the school and its
many friends.
QUEEN CITY MUSICAL ORGANIZA
TION
The chorus resumes its work on
Tuesday evening, 19th inst.. at the
chapel of the People’s Presbyterian
church. 23rd avenue and Washington
street Members are expected to b*
i in their placesat S o’clock sharp, as
an invitation has been extended to
j Mme. Hackley to visit the organiza
j i ions, and plans for our pre-Lenten
I entertainment will be engaged in.
HAVE AN EXPERT PICK YOUR
PIANO.
: Prof. W. R Edwards is salesman
j for the Columbine Music Co. Consult
| him for bargains In all grades of pi
j a nos. Also tuning. Residence, 2941
California. Phine Main S232. Don’t
guess Know that your investment is
good.