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f * * * * ' ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE B UNITED STATES. s Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. % 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, X and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the X £ United States and of the State wherein they reside. No X ' X state sliail make or enforce any law which shall abridge the % privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ;!; X shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- X X erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person X £ within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. 5; PRESIDENT HARDING’S / INAUGURAL ADDRESS lV,rE hope all of our readers have W read President Harding’s in augural address. If they have not al ready done so we advise that this be done at the earliest opportunity. It is a reassuring and inspiring docu ment. There is a dominant note of reverence resounding throughout the message which reveals the heart and soul of a great man. Profound rever cnce proclaims greatness and this the inaugural address reveals. Harding realized that his words would be weighed. And yet we feel that he spoke not as an opportunist, but as an honest and sincere man. We can discover no appeal to the gallery, no strained effort at oratorical effect, but the unadorned utterance of a man who fully realizes the high dignity and the grave responsibility to wh.T'h he has been "Summoned by the people of the republic. He lays down no elaborate program, but taking his stand upon the ideals for which this nation stands he indicates the prin ciples for the establishment of which we must all patiently work with faith in and reliance upon God. The inter national policy which he foreshadow? is sane and unselfish and will com mend itself to the sober judgment oi the American people. It is one of moral leadership and "friendly counsel with out foreign entanglement. Surely these words so fitly spoken will be come a classic: "Mankind needs a world-wide bene diction of understanding. It is needec among individuals, among peoples among governments, and it will in augurate an era of good feeling t< mark the birth of a new order. Tr such understanding men will strive confidently for the promotion of theii better relationships and nations wil promote the comities so essential t< peace.” He wisely stresses as “Our supreme task, the resumption of our onware normal way, in the wake of which, oi rather in the doing of which must fol low reconstruction, readjustment, res toration, in which holding no national prejudice, no spirit of revenge, noth ing will be done to provoke wai upon us." Our own group can find hope and encouragement, in view of conditions which, were it possible, we would ignore, but have been compelled to face and deplore in these words: “I wish for an America no less alert iri H-uardtng against dangers from, within than it is watchful against enemies from without. Our funda mental law recognizes no class, ,no group, no section. There must be none in legislation or administration.” This is all we as American citizens desire to be recognized and treated not as a special group or class but simply as American citizens, no more and no less. President Harding pledges himself as chief executive to strive "to do justly, to love mercy and walk humbly with his God.” Entering upon his ad-' ministration in this spirit we believe that he will do much to help this great nation fulfill its God-given destiny. THE MONITOR’S POSITION f I Mi E Monitor wants to make its position perfectly plain. We are unalterably opposed to every institu tion which tends to demoralize our people and especially our youth of both sexes, whether such places be dance halls, cabarets, soft drink par lors, buffet fats, bootlegging joint ,! gambling dens, or whatnot, many oi i which exist in our city and operate 1 contrary to the law. If the opposi tion to such places be based upon the ground-that they are immoral and im properly conducted and are a menace ! to public morals our support may be counted upon. But when the opposi tion is made chiefly upon the ground that they “are frequented by both raceti,” then count us out. We are net of thpse who believe that a white 1 vicious persons is any worse than a \ I black vicious peison or a black vicious person any worse tiian a white vicious person. Rotten eggs are rotten, that’; all. Close immoral places becau i they are immoral and leave the race question out. We hope we are under stood. If black people and white peo ple of the same social stratum de sire to associate together that’s then privilege and business with which no body has any right to interfere. McDonald for C'T' COMMISSIONER YY "H Y not - t one of our own TV men this tg for city com missioner? W;e have a chance to do so and The Monitor believes we can elect one. At any rate, it is worth trying. As The Monitor has hitherto pointed out, the time has come for us, with our voting strength to stop sup plicating for appointive offices, which we never get and never will get as long as we plead for appointment.-, but to back our own candidates for elective offices. This is the decision that the race has come to in all com munities where our voting strength is a decisive factor. Several mem bers of our race were successful in various sections of the country dur ing the last election. Others made good showing even though they were defeated. This lesson has not been lost elsewhere and we should profit by it in Omaha. Let us nominate □ good strong man for city comraij I sioneer ami throw our united strength behind him and we can elect 'him. A man whom we believe will be a win ! ner has filed. That man is John T McDonald, sr., circulation manage) and bookkeeper of The Butcher Work men Advocate, and popular in local ' labor circles, in which he holds sev ' eral responsible positions. Mr. Mr .Donald is a young man of ability sound judgment, good character anil integrity. He is a home owner an': ! taxpayer. With the strength that he should draw from union labor ami the united vote of our people we see no reason why he cannot be nominat ed ahd elected as city commissioner. | He is big enough for the job. The I Monitor is highly pleased that Mr, McDonald has filed. And here's wishing him success am! pledging him our enthusiastic amt loyal support. THE OMAHA WHIP 1AH E Omaha Whip is the name of a ■ new weekly publication which made its first appealance last week. The editor is George Wells Parker, the brilliant and versatile writer j whose most recent literary work was as editor of The New Era, which po I sition he has recently resigned to i launch this new publication. In the first number he tells why he left The New Era. The Omaha Whip, the editor tells us, is to be devoted to making a better Omaha by exposing individuals and plans that are inimical to the best interests of our people and the community. The motto of The uW’hip is Unity and Truth. The paper is attractively gotten up and well edited. The fact that George Wells Parker is the editor is sufficient guar antee of the literary excellence of the publication, however widely one may differ with jiim as to his position. The Monitor has nothing but the best of good wdshes for its newest contempo-' r; tyV The tOmaha Whip. MAKING LOVE TO MARRIED WOMEN ; There are entirely too many un-j principled degenerate men, here and elsewhere, who spend their time and little money, making dates and love to some soft-brained married women, i To tlTis class of men’s activities in that direction can be traced the ma jority of wrecked homes, family trag edies and divorces. No man but a low-down scoundrel will seek to de stroy another man’s home and happi ness; and no woman who is worthy of i ; the name of w iie will make love to any other man and deceive her hus | nand, especially when that husband is j -aboiing and toiling with might and | ;nam to make a home and happiness I ior the comfort of his family.—The Advocate (Portland, Ore.). PANDERERS From a technical legal standpoint, a i panderer is one who thrives upon the | dl-gotten gains of fallen womanhood. I In most jurisdictions it is a criminal i offense. In every court of conscience | it is despised, loathed and condemned, it is a thing of evil. A panderer, who is commonly known ! is less dignified terms, is society’s arch offender. He deals in the sacred | commodities of human souls. He en ; - outages the barter of human flesh | which shrivels the finer sensibilities j of womanhood and leaves them aim i less driftwood to be eventually whirled inio the seething maelstrom I of the lost. Decrepit hags with dead souls and withered flesh and then the i’otter’s Field. This is the last chap : ter of the story book of the panderer. The more highly developed the civ ! ilization of laces, the more protection, respect and consideiation the women receive. In the savage tribes, women are given the laborious tasks and the barbarian malts flit away the time in idleness. The woman is regarded a a chattel. Tenderness and firm codes of morality are foreign. The odious customs of the savages, how ever, fad into insignificance when compared with the offensive parasitical pan derers of modem times. The black man lajs claim to the highest degree of civilization in Amer ica. Of course, his claim is assailed and somt assert that he is the lowest representative of the human family, entirely devoid of morals and utterly deficient. The virtue of black woman hood by men of the Vardanian, Till man and Hoke Smith school has been so vigorously questioned that to live like Caesar’s wife above suspicion seems a necessary policy. Women fall and women deceive Manhood is, however, the proximate and ultimate leverage of morality. Men are always in the chain of causa tion. At this time when civilization peers for an upgrade and when the Mark man would challenge the accu sations of his enemies, the panderers who are prostituting virtue and who aie contributing to the delinquencies of the fallen should be ostracized, ex posed and exiled by red-blooded men who honor womanhood, hold virtue sacred and seek for the respect of the world.— l'he Chicago Whip. OMAHA BRANCH N. A. A. C. P. HEARS STIRRING ADDRESS The N. A .A. C. P. met at Grove M. K. chuich Sunday afternoon at 4:.‘J0 p. m. The president, H. V.. Biack, was in the chair. After the reading of the minutes President Black made some very timely remark> concerning the activities of the asso ciation and why it should be supporter by every man and woman in the citj of Omaha. The slogan for the n i rional body is ‘‘Two hundred and fift , i thou- and in 1921." He also said u is up to all members of this body ti make that possible. Are you going M do it ? Mr. Millard F. Singleton introducer Mr. E. F. Morearty, the speaker oi the day, an attorney who has beer closely associated with the colore people of this community'. He dis cussed the Ku Klux Klan and c!aime< to be a native of Tennessee, when that organization was founded. Ir part, he said: “My father employer a Negro and proceeded to educate hit, in the Roman Catholic faith, and wher this was discovered by the Ku K1 u> Klan they proceeded to wait upon my father and informed him under the penalty of violence to get rid of tkr Negro. His family was continual! harassed by this body day and night ; causipg a continued hatred to grow into my heart.” He likened this or ganization unto smallpox, yellow fev»i and othe1 offensive diseases. He said you just as well want them as to st-nd idly by and see the Ku Klux Klan come into your community, ib dwelt at some length upon the har mony that should exist between the races anrl what Christianity teaches us to be to one another. He closed his address by reading an article which appeared in the Omaha Bee March 1st, written by himself explain ing his feeling towards the Ku Klux Klan. His remarks were frequently interrupted by the applause from the audience. Mr. Black expressed his gratitude for the remarks marie by the speaker, and introduced Mr. Walsh of the V/al: h-Abbott law firm. Mr. Walsh referred to the injustice done to the Negro by the newspapers stressing race rather than crime. He also read a headline that recently appeared in a southern paper referring to the lynching of John Hartfield which was announced to take place at 5 o’clock p. m. He stated that the guards who were watching him made reports from time to time for the benefit of the public as to his actions, stating that he was growing sullen as the time drew near for his execution. Mr. Walsh then said: “Friends, to think that e crime like this could be com- • mitted in the confines of law-abiding America and that the governor of any state would stand and say that he was powerless to act when apprised of the fact so many hours in advance of the anticipated crime.” He fui ther said that no one should stand idly by and see the Ku Klux Klan organize n any ccmmunity for the above men .ioned crime was carried on by that ody. i DAYBREAK By QEOHGE MABTnX McCL.EL.LAN Awake! Arise! Men of my raw— I .set* our morning star, And feel the dawn-breeze on my face Creep Inward from -‘far. 1 feel the dawn, with "ft-like tread. Steal through our lingering night. Aglow with flame our sky to spread In floods of morning light. Arise, my men! Be w ide-awake To hear the bugle til For Negroes everywhere to break The hands that bind us all. Great Lincoln, now with glory graced, All Godlike with tin pen. Our chattel fetters broke and placed Us in the ranks of men. But even he could n< t awake The dead, nor make alive, Nor change stern Nature's laws, whi< h make The fittest to sur\ i ■ . Let every man his il inure In noblest sacrlfic And W’ith a heart of - k endure Ignoble, arrant pt idlce. Endurance, love, will yet prevail Against all laws of hate: Such armaments can never fail Our race lt« best ’ate. Let none make en non cause with sin. Be that in honor i and. For they who figl with God must win On every battlegt aid. Tfxmgh wrongs th* ire. and wrongs have been. $ And wrongs we e must face. •We have more 1 aids than fo.- I • within J The Anglo-Saxon ;Tn spite of all the 1 --1 fries J Of those who rag nd shout i God’s silent forces l\ rise • To bring Ufa will bout. iOur portion Is. and t will be, I To drink a hitter ip ^Tn many things, yet ! must see | The race is movi up. • Oh, men of my ra< Awake' Arisey • Our morning’s in e air: • There’s scarlet all np the skier! $ Our day breaks > tv where! • O LINCOLN, NEB. On last Wednesti: afternoon about five auto loads of people, and quite a delegation going by rail, left for Omaha to attend the annual banquet and party give! by Zooha Temple that night. Quite a number of the Daugh ters of Isis were among the visitors from Lincoln who joined with their j members there, thus making a fine showing, as they were airaved in neat attire and white fezes. It is said by those who attended that it made quite a picture to behold, Shriners in full dress and red fezzes mingling with the Daughters of Isis wearing white fezzes and black tassels. Mrs. Burch has been removed to u local hospital to be cared for. Mrs. H. Spolin is confined with ill ness, as is also Mr. Zack Johnson. Mrs. Alma Wiley returned homi Iast Friday after about three weeks' visit with friends in Omaha and with her parents at Plaltsburg, Mo. Mrs. J. A. Patrick received a mes sage from Terre. Haute, Ind., Sunday afternoon, stating that Mrs. Carrie Hilman, wife of Kev. B. Hilman, had just died. Kev. Hilman was formerly pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist here about three year, and was well liked by ail who knew him. The menage also states that Kev. B. Hilman-is seriously ill, and not expected to live. ’ A mass meeting will be held at Mt. i Zion Baptist Munday night, March 14, by the N. A. A. C. P. for the purpose I of beginning its membership drive. Prayer and covenant services were i held at Mt. Zion Baptist church last I Sunday morning. Sabbath school and B. Y. P. U. services were interesting, i Rev. H. W Botts delivered his usual • sermon at night, and communion was i given. Attendance fair. I Hon. Monroe Trotter of Boston, i Mass., en route from the west to his - home, will stop over in Lincoln Tues day, March 22, and lecture in McKin ley Center under the auspices of Mt. Zion Baptist church. The Morning Star Baptist church held an all-day meeting Sunday. Rev. . H. W. Botts preached for them at 1 P- m. A number of his members and friends were present. Kev. J. p. States is doing good work in our midst. Mrs. James Shelby continues to in - prove, and her relatives and friend are rejoicing. At the A. M. E. church last Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev. Mr. .Jones, preached. I he Sabbath school and (.Christian Endeavor were weiT attend ed. At night the choi/ rendered a sacred program which, it is said, was nicely carried out, the participants do- i ing their parts well. The crowd pres ent gave much applause. Next Sunday, March 13, ,s given as] Go to Church I lay,” and special serv- j ices will be the feature of all churches. ALBERT McLAMORK of SPRING HILL, TEN.V, DIED IN LINCOLN, NEB. Mr. Albert McLamore departed this life Sunday afternoon at a local hos pital where he was being treated for injuries received by falling off a Bur lington train while he and his wife en loute to this city, where they intended to make their home with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, 907 S street. Owing to the illness of Mis..John son, the remains were accompanied back to Spring Hill by the aged woe and Mr. George W. Owens. Mr. McLamore was 80 years old and leaves to mourn his death one daughter, Mrs. Robert Johnson; a son, Will, of San Francisco, Calif., and a niece, Mrs. Margaret Brown of Ixiuig ville, Ky., besides a large host of friends both in Lincoln and in the •south. Members of the family wish to thank their many friends for courtesy Bhowm and the beautiful flowers pre sented. LINCOLNITES ABE SHOWN' OMAHA Mrs. Joseph D. Lewis had as guests Monday afternoon Mesdames. Stella Crew's, Ada Holmes and Wyatt Will iams of Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Lewis took her guests through the colored residential district of Omaha and showed them the beautiful homes owned by our people. She then took them to Negro business places, one of which being the Kaffir Chemical lab oratories. 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