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The monitor | ▲ WICKLT NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS FUBLJSHED EVERT FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA. BY THE MONITOR PUBLISHINQ COMPANY_ Entered am Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1915. at the PostoMIce at Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1879. tHI MV, JOHN ALBERT WII-LIAM8-----f^ltor W. W. MOSELY, Lincoln, Neb.. ..- Associate Editor LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS____— - Business Manager g, SUTTON____Circulation Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, 12.00 A YEAR; *1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS _Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application_ Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 V _J X ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE ! ! UNITED STATES ii • > I I Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged !! i ’ _ ;> ! : 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, !I ; ; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ;; 1 > United States and of the State wherein they reside. No <>j ! ' state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ! I j J ; privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor |; ; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ;; ! erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person % ; within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ! I POLITICS POLITICS is the science and art of government or the administra tion of public affairs. Government has as its object the well-being of mankind. Its purpose is the main \ tenance of right and justice. The origin of government is from above, is of divine origin. “The powers that be are ordained of God.” This is equally true whether human govern ment exists as a monarchy or a re public; whether invested in a royal succession or in rulers chosen of the people. In a republic the government id “of the people, by the people and for the people.” Therefore in a re public every citizen is in duty bound to be a politician, to take his part in politics. There needs to be plain teaching on this subject. And it must be clearly understood at the outset that the State is, as we have already said, a divine institution of divine origin, existing for the main tenance of right and justice. It comes intp existence, or becomes manifested, by an evolutionary process, if you please, just as soon as the interests of men in the administration of jus tice becomes powerful enough to con strain them to enforce and protect the right at all costs. Such admini stration of justice is for the insurance and safe-guarding of that liberty in which alone lies the possibility of the free and full development of person ality, the protection of property and freedom of thought and worship. • These are precious rights. If they are to be guaranteed to us by the State, it must be plain that it is a re ligious duty for every citizen to in terest himself in the public welfare. This means to take part in politics. Every Christian man, every upright citizen should be willing to assume his political obligations, not simply as a voter, but filling office if he have the. ability and qualifications for such public service. The bulwark of our government is to be found in the rec titude of our legislators and admin istrators. If good men decline to enter municipal and political life on the ground that they will get their character besmirched in the mire of politics and leave these duties to the venial where will the right type of representatives come from? A thoughtful writer has truthfully said, “The true duty of the Christian man is not to forsake municipal and political life because it is corrupt, but to carry into it the spirit of Jesus Christ. He must do his part to secure for his fellow-countrymen all those bless ings which a nation, justly and effi ciently governed, alone can secure for them." He is absolutely right. Pol itical activity, political interest, in telligent and conscientious, is a pa triotic duty. To stand aloof, in a self-righteous attitude, from these spheres of public service, to refuse from fear of peculiar temptations to take part in shaping the polity of the city, state and nation is false in theory and indefensible in practice. SCRAPS OF PAPER rJ’HERE was great indignation ex pressed not many years ago be cause certain treaties were regarded as “mere scraps of paper,” the pro visions of which were not to be seri ously regarded as binding either in law or in morals. The United States, however, has small room for indigna tion on this score so long as she per mits her Constitution to be regarded as a mere “scrap of paper” by mil lions of her own citizens. For ex ample, Article XIV., CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, express ly and in unequivocal language, de fines those who are citizens of the United States, and expressly forbids any state to make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges pr immunities of, citizens of the United States And yet there are several states in the Union which have made and enforce laws bridging the pri vileges and immunities of loyal American citizens solely upon the ground at color. Moreover, there it hardly a state in the Union where citl nene of color do not have to submit to an abridgement at their citisenship The government does wothtng K. Btbfc tar Constitution to be regarded as a mean-! ingless ‘scrap of paper,” we know not what it is. . - -- ■ SHORT MEMORIES ^rASN’T it Mark Twain who said, “The American people never re member anything but the stock quo tations which they read in the news paper the night before?” He wasn’t very far wrong judged by the in dignation which rankles in the breasts | of certain Southern democratic sena-! tors over the disclosures of the Tea-; Pot Dome Oil Scandal. They have for-; gotten all about the War Scandals, | notorious under a democratic regime, by which the Government was robbed of millions of dollars. Betrayal of public trust is equally wrong in either republican or democrat. Neither par ty has a monopoly in this matter, and members of each party should help cleanse the Augean stables without trying to make political capital out of their task. REGISTRATION people in this community should see to it that they are properly registered so they can vote at the primaries in April. It should be seen to that our people get out their full voting strength. Men and measures should be carefully studied and every voter should vote according to his light andi convic tions. The Omaha Post Office handles ap ; proximately 1^8,000,000 letters, sells I $2,800,000 worth of stamps and for i -^ CHARLES UNITT FILES FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Charles Unitt who points to his rec ord as County Commissioner with commendable pride has filed for re nomination. Charley is a rock-ribbed republican and proud of the fact. Whatever else his political opponents and enemies, if he has any of the lat ter, can say about him, they all ad mit that no fault can be found with him as to strict and conscientious discharge of his duty. He is always on the job. Mr. Unitt stands upon the same platform upon which he was elected before: "A reduction of taxes to the lowest possible degree, condi tioned upon sound, economical busi ness-like administration of the affairs of the county.” Mr. Unitt represents the Fifth Commissioner District which comprises practically all of the Sec ond, Third and Tenth Wards. It will be of interest to our people to learn that since his incumbency Mr. Unitt has secured the advantages of the Widow’s Pension for eighteen deserv ing widows of our race who are thus enabled to provide for their children. RICHARD L. METCALFE HEADS REAL ESTATE FIRM Richard L. Metcalfe, who for the past three years has been in charge of the advertising department of the Brandeis Store, and who for years was prominent in literary and news paper work and also served as gov ernor of the Panama Canal zone, has become president of the Metcalfe Real Estate Company which will specialize in building moderate priced homes within the reach of the masses. There is a great demand for such homes in Omaha and this firm has an ex cellent field. Any enterprise that Richard L. Metcalfe has anything to do with is absolutely on the square and those who deal with this firm can absolutely count on a square deal. “Ted” Metcalfe, a young man of the same high principles as his father, is secretary of the company. Build ing operations will be in charge of Joe Shaver and the sales department will be headed by l^eroy Gebris and Ted Pickin. The company’s offices are on the first floor of the Saunders Kennedy building. Nineteenth and Famam. The Monitor predicts for this firm well-deserved success. PERRY IS WORTH $8,000,000 Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 22.—Herman E Perry, president of the Standard Lift Insurance Co., chairman of two bank corporations, president of 11 other corporations has an income of $75, 000. Assets of his companies tota $13,000,000, and Mr. Perry is easilj worth $8,000,000. He started life ai attendant in a Turkish bath houst and now carries $l,000,00flL^nsuram;< on his own life. Omaha has no slums or tenements _ NEWSLETS Texas has two colored postmist resses. Native diggers at the tomb of King Tutankhamen received 12 cents a day. Mr. James H. Maxwell, of Red Bank, N. J., conducts a modern gro cery store and butcher shop. In the land of Lilliput the clans are engaged in their quadrennial fight over the question of leadership. Dr. S. A. Ware, a prominent physi cian of Springfield, Illinois, is a can didate for the State Legislature. In each 1,000 colored persons be tween 5 and 20 years of age, 540, as compared with 670 whites, attend school. • _ W. L. Porter, Editor of The East Tennessee News, was recently elected to serve on the Knox County Repub; liean Executive Committee. The New Age, of Hopkinsville, Ky., 1 is asking if there is a Negro Ku Klux ! Klan organization in that city. In Houston, Texas, the dentists have a local dental society which meets weekly and is opened with prayer—we hope for the patients. \ * - - A successful new business enter prise in Chicago is the Chemical Prod ucts Corporation, manufacturers of coal tar disinfectants, fly sprays and disinfectant powders. Just because a crack has been found in the lid of King Tut’s coffin, an effort is being made to prove that undertakers have been grafting for at least 3,300 years. According to the Star of Zion, of ficial organ of the A. M. E. Zion Church, there are about thirty min isters in the race for the bishopric. The Colorado Statesman announces, as another progressive step in Negro' business, that a firm is to build a| a modern building and garage in Den ver. BLACK RACE BEING ABSORBED New York, Feb. 22.—Representa tive Johnson speaking here recently on restricting immigration declared that 200 years from now there will be no difference between, races in America He gave figures to prove that 10,000,000 Negroes are being ab sorbed by the white race. So he thinks. , - GRADUATES THIRTY-NINE St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 22.—(By the Associated Negro Press.)-j-The grad uating class of the Stunner Teacher’s College this year numbered thirty one. The Class orations dealt with the subject “Some Occupations of Moral Education" and music was fur nished by the Junior College stud ents. Prof. Frank L. Williams is the Principal. The January graduates from Sumner High School numbered seventy. The orations were based oh the subject, “The Wisdom of Our American Poets.” Prof. Williams is principal of Sumner, one of the most prominent High Schools of the coun try. ALLEN CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH O. J. Burckhardt, Pastor ■ ' ■ '■ Sunday was Allen Day and it was ' obsei-ved with appropriate services and exercises. In the morning the | pastor preadhed o(n Richard Allen, His Life and Accomplishments. At 8 p. m. the program included short addresses the Rev. P. M. Harris, S. j E. Gross and J. H. Wakefield; musi-: cal numbers by Mrs. Sarah Jones, Ruth and Muriel Redd and Master Valeria Johnson; interesting papers by Mrs. Louvetta Busch and Della | Jones and selections by the junior choir. Omaha is fourth city in home own ership in the United States. Omaha spent $13,000,000 for new homes and buildings in 1923. -I J ¥ I ¥ THE NEW | f WASHINGTON | MARKET X 4 X X f 1201 No. 24th St. £ X New phone Web. 6390 X 4 I X For quality and quick ser- % Y 4 ■ £ vice, call us and get our £j £ prices. You will be sur- £ X prised and satisfied. Free X 4 4 X Delivery anywhere in the f r - I | VOTE FOR i 1 S. E. KLAVERr j x I X Republican Candidate For i COUNTY ASSESSOR I f | X Four Years Experiece as Deputy Assessor £ Primaries April 8th | I i ! I •x~x <XX^<~XX~XX^~XKK~X~X“X~XK~X~X"X“X~X“X*«X~X~X~X“: Nebraska Civil Rights Bill Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights. Enacted in 189S. Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyaacee, barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every 1 person. Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who > shall violate the foregoing section by denyiilg to any person, except for reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each ■ offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs of the prosecution. 'The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, 25 Nebr. page 577. N. W. 638." jpV r ' ' * ) L "A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting a table in amore private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. 868; N. 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