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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1920)
THE MONITOR A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the' Interests of Colored Americans. __, Published Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub lishing Company. __ __ Entered as Second-Ciass Mail Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postofflce at Omaha. Neb., under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS. Editor and Publisher. Madree Penn, Associate Editor Fred C. Williams, Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 60c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates, 75 cents an inch per issue. Address, The Monitor, 304 Crounse Block, Omaha, Neb. Telephone Douglas 3224. ITICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION Or THE > UNITED STATES. £ Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. ■! ersons born or naturalized in the United States. \ ct to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ■; ates and of the State wherein they reside. No ^ make or enforce any law which shall abridge the or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor •; state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- I; >ut due process of law, nor deny to any person jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. \ • “IN POLITICS!” IN politics! This is a phrase we hear frequently spoken in a tone of contempt, as though it were some thing to be scorned and treated with contempt and wholly above the con cern of high-minded men and wom en. Many would have you believe that to have anything to do with politics or to be “in politics,” as they phrase it, is an odious thing. This is a serious mistake. It is the duty of every' citizen of a republic to be “in politics.” It is of the very nature of a republic, a democracy, which means a government of, for and by the people, that the science of politics, for it is a science, belongs alike to every citizen, because there it is especially true, as Aristotle pointed out hundreds of years ago, that “all citizens obey and govern by turns, and are therefore participa tors in the republic, each in his own turn.” Politics is one of the noblest and most extensive of human sciences because it embraces the whole scope of government and law. Considered as an art, because it is both a science and an art, it is un avoidably open to grave abuses, and because as an art, it has been de graded from its high and compre hensive function or purpose in the maintenance of individual greed, cu pidity' and ambition, and the furth erance of narrow, factious and disor ganizing schemes and practices, pol itics has become to be regarded with disfavor by many. But because abuses have crept in this gives no excuse to any citizen to shirk his1 duty. Each citizen, who can vote is responsible for the conditions un der which he lives. It is up to him to conscientiously study the issues confronting his community and na tion, to study men and measures and vote according to his best judgment for good government. Not only so, he should be active in trying to advance and promote the political principles which he con scientiously believes to be for the best interests of his city, county, state and nation, and to elect men of good character to office whom he has reason to believe will see that those principles are put into practice. Moreover, men and women of high character and moral purpose, should be willing to offer themselves for faithful public service in any office they may be competent to fill for the well-being of the community. There is no odium attached to being “in politics,” either as a voter, an active advocate of certain political princi ples, or as a conscientious public of ficer from the lowest to the highest office in the gift of the people. MAINTAIN SELF-RESPECT. f HERE are certain men who are candidates for office for whom we ought not vote. We may or may not be able to defeat them. But we can maintain our self-respect by re fusing to vote for any man for any office whom we consider to have plac ed a bar towards our legitimate prog ress, and we desire no other kind of progress, in any way. This applies generally to members of the real eB state exchange and specifically F. D. Wead, Charles L. Saunders and L. N. Bunce. Messrs. Wead and Saunders are pleasant gentlemen, whom The Monitor has known for years, but they, from grounds of expediency or other reasons, are opposed to our people owning or occupying homes in any but certain restricted dis tricts. Considering us, as their ac tions would indicate “undesirable cit izens," it is rather inconsistent for them to expect our votes. Our votes should be regarded as “undesirable votes” by these gentlemen; if not, why not? L. N. Bunce, whom we do not know personally, was active in circulating a petition to forbid col ored residents settling north of Lake street, and has expressed himself in anything but complimentary terms concerning colored people. The Moni tor does not believe that we can con sistently vote for men who assume this attitude and maintain our self respect. VOTE AS A UNIT. IT is a plain duty of our people to vote for all of our own candidates FIRST. Several have filed as pre cinct delegates and for the county convention. Vote for these. Four others have filed for other offices, namely DISTRICT DELEGATE to the national republican- convention; STATE REPRESENTATIVE and PUBLIC DEFENDER. John Albert Williams is candidate for district del egate, M. F. Singleton and F. L, Bar nett are candidates for state repre sentatives, and Amos P. Scruggs for public defender. Give all- these men your united vote and work for their nomination and election. Help put them across. Don’t scatter; center jyour fire; concentrate on all these and some will “go over the top." DISTRICT DELEGATE. District delegate to the national republican convention is con ; side red a big honor. No emolument | or pay is attached to it, but it af j fords an opoprtunity of doing good work in the selection of a presidential candidate and in helping shape plat , forms and principles. It places one in a position to be helpful in political “ways to others. Many voters of both races believe that John Albert Wil liams ought to be sent as delegate from the second district, which in cludes Douglas, Sarpy and Washing ton counties, and are actively work ing for his nomination. He is for j Leonard Wood. _ THE WATER BOARD. Membership on the water board is most important. It is essential i that broad-minded, public-spirited ! men be chosen for this office. Nearly 2,000 persons will be employed in va ! rious positions under its enlarged ' j functions. Among these employees - we ought to have proper and pro portionate representation. This we have never had, nor will we have un- j less we elect the light kind of men on the board. Franklin A. Shotwell is a man whom The Monitor com mends for the water board. Be sure and vote for him. LIBRARY BONDS. THE Monitor would call attention to the fact that in our all-ab sorbing interest in candidates at the j primary a very important measure is likely to be overlooked. This is the bond issue for the Public Library, one of the great education institu tions of the city, open to all citizens and generally used by them. These j bonds are to enlarge library facili ties and to provide a large assembly ! room that may be used free for lec- 1 tures and similar gatherings. Vote j “Yes” for the Library Bonds. DON’T FORGET THIS. _ JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. THE office of justice of the peace has recently sprung into promi- i nence and responsibility. Only one ! is chosen now for Douglas county. It is therefore apparent that great care should be used in choosing the j right kind of man for this office. ! There are several aspirants, many of 1 them competent and worthy men, and others who are unsatisfactory j from many points of view and par ticularly in their attitude toward our group. The candidates for this of fice should be carefully scrutinized. : There are three who are satisfactory j from our point of view: Norman C.' Gault, George E. Tingley and Willet S. McEachron. Either one of these three would be acceptable to The Monitor. The thing, however, for us to do, is to ascertain, between now and the primary, who is the strongest, as compared with their opponents whom we do not want to see elected and throw our united strength to that one. We must elect a man who is friendly and square and defeat one whose attitude and sentiment is known to be unfriendly. Mil I II IIIETZ KOK , DISTRICT DELEGATE Cs OULD Dietz is a candidate for J disirici delegate to the national republican convention. The colored people of this city, who are acquaint ed with Mr. Dietz, and he numbers them by scores, are his ardent friends and admirers. Mr. Gould is favorable to the candidacy of Leon ard B. Wood, whom he knows per sonally, but states frankly that he will be guided solely by the choice of the people as expressed at the primaries. The Monitor knows Gould Dietz as a man, open, frnak, manly and above board, who always meanb what he says. He's square. TOWLE CHOICE FOR DELEGATE-.AT-LARGE \S stated in last' week's Monitor . our choice for delegate-at-!arge is John W. Towle, who, as foreman of the grand jury', demonstrated his love of justice for all men and op position to lawlessness. Not only so, but when in government service he showed his friendship for our peo ple. Be sure to vote for him. Subscribe for The Monitor. Leonard Wood Official Delegates a&i JOBS u i mule ■ML'S. L. LOVE CHARLES K. SAMLVLL CUT THIS OUT AND TAKE TO POLLS DELEGATES-AT-LARGE—L. D. Richards, Fremont ; Don L. Love, Lincoln; Charles K. Sandall, York; John W. Towle, Omaha. ALTERNATE DELEGATES-AT-LARGE—Elmer F. Robinson, Ilart ington; I. L. Pindell, Sidney; J. A. True, McCook; J. E. Lutz, Blair. DELEGATES FIRST DISTRICT—W. A. Selleck, Lincoln; O. A. Cooper, Humboldt. ALTERNATES FIRST DISTRICT—D. M. Doulbett, Lincoln; J. M. Curtis, Tecurnseh. DELEGATES SECOND DISTRICT—VV. G. Ere, Omaha; S. J. Leon, Omaha. ALTERNATES SECOND DISTRICT—Fred J. Stack, Omaha; Amo* Thomas, Omaha. DELEGATES THIRD DISTRICT—A. It. Davis, Wayne; E. B. Penney, Fullerton. ALTERNATES THIRD DISTRICT—John McCarthy, Jr., Ponca; F. C. Bergman. Columbus. DELEGATES FOURTH DISTRICT—H E. Sackett, Beatrice; H. a Beebe, Osceola. 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