The Monitor
A WeeKly Newspaper Devoted * ,„is of the Eight Thousand Colored People
In Omaha and Oos ^ -.nd to the Good of the Community
THI . JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor
$1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy Omaha, Nebraska, Sept. 23, 1916 Vol. II. No. 13 (Whole No. 65)
South in Saddle Now
Rides the Whole Nation
Nearly All the Important Committees in Both Senate
and House are Controlled By the Members
From the South.
Washington, Sept. 16.—“The irony
of fate was never so apparent as in
the workings of the democratic party.
Had any one been found so bold as
to have ventured a prophecy that the
time would come when the union sol
dier would see the entire government
which he saved under full control of
the states which attempted to destroy
it, he would have been regarded a
candidate for the asylum,” declared
Representative Simeon D. Floss of
Ohio, chairman of the publicity com
mittee of the national republican con
gressional committee, in a statement
here today.
“That time is now reached. The
south rides at the head of the pro
cession. The president and his fam
ily are southern in birth and sym
pathies.
Control by South Absolute.
“His cabinet is also southern, the
five controlling heads are from states
that have less than one-fifth of the
population and bear less than one
half of the taxation.
“The senate, in leadership and
working committees, is southern. The
house, from speaker to doorkeeper,
is southern. Seventeen out of
eighteen great committees are headed
by southern men, as follows:
“Ways and Means—Kitchin, North
Carolina.
“Appropriations—Fitzgerald, New
York.
“Banking and Currency—Glass, Vir
ginia.
“Interstate and Foreign Commerce
—Adamson, Georgia.
“Rivers and Harbors—Sparkman,
Florida.
“Merchant and Marine—Alexander,
Missouri.
“Agriculture—Layer, South Caro
lina.
“Foreign Affairs—Flood, Virginia.
“Military Affairs—Hay, Virginia.
Nav 1 Affairs—Padgett, Tennessee.
“Postoffice—Moon, Tennessee.
“Indians—Stephens, Texas.
“Insular Affairs—Jones, Virginia.
“Railways and Canals—Dies, Texas.
“Public Buildings—Clark, Florida.
“Roads—Shackelford, Missouri.
“Rules—Henry, Texas.
Fix Public Policy.
“Here are eighteen committees
whose heads represent nine states—
one northern and eight southern. Of
these the ways and means, judiciary,
banking and currency, interstate and
foreign commerce, foreign affairs,
merchant marine, insular affairs and
rules all have to do with governmen
tal attitude on questions of policy
determining. The heads of these
come from southern states—North
Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri
and Texas. These states determine
the government’s attitude in policy.
When Guard is Called.
“When the country needs defense
who responds?
“August 1, 1916, militia on border,
From New York.16.000
From Massachusetts. 7,000
From Pennsylvania . 9,000
From Illinois.11,000
From South Carolina . 3,000
From North Carolina, the home
of house leader and head of
Navy department. none
From Georgia, the home of the
the senate leader .. none
From Florida, the home of the
chairman of rivers and har
bors, and public buildings
committees . none
From Kentucky. none
From Tennessee . none
From Arkansas .... none
From Mississippi, the home of
chairman of flood control. none
From Alabama, the home of the
Underwood bill . none
From Louisiana ... 500
House Cuts Out Loyalty.
“It will be galling to the union sol
diers to know that on March 1, of this
year, this democratic house by a vote
of 74 to 58 rejected the element of
loyalty as essential to collect south
ern claims against the government
arising out of the war. A motion was
then made to recommit the bill with
instructions to include loyalty as
essential to a claim.
“This was carried by a vote of 183
to 170. Every republican save one
from Tennessee, and one from Vir
ginia, voted for it. Every southern
man voted against it and a few north
ern democrats, including McGili
cuddy, of the Second district of
Maine. Vote is recorded August rec
ord page 3,877 of the present session.
“The committee which has charge
of these claims is under control of a
member from Texas.
“The south governs, appropriates
and spends.
“The north obeys, pays, and de
fends.
“This is the irony of fate fifty years
after. It is the meaning of demo
cratic control."
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SOUTHERN WOMAN FOILED
AT NEW YORK MEETING
New York, September 13.—To be
both a Southerner and a delegate to
the opening rally of the Women’s City
Committee of the Hughes Alliance in
the college room of the Hotel Astor
Monday afternoon proved to be too
much for Mrs. Leon M. Polachek.
When she entered the hall to assist
in the welcome to 2,000 women who
had joined the alliance she observed
three Colored women, representing an
organization of 300 members.
She promptly left the room and in
the hall told whoever cared to listen
that her mother was Julia Lee, a
great granddaughter of Robert E.
Lee, so she couldn’t possibly stay
with Negro delegates. Some one per
suaded her to try it for a minute, any
how, and she went back in the meeting
room, but presently she hurried out
again, exclaiming:
“No, I can’t stand it. I’m not go
ing to sit with Negroes. It’s all right
for them to do political work, and
they can have their own organization
and meet in their own clubrooms. I
like them and they respect me. I
have an old nurse I think the world
of, but I’m not going to sit with them.
“The Lord made the black man and
He made the white man,” remarked
Mrs. E. S. Merry. “The war is over
and settled now I’m from Maine and
I’m proud of it I’m a Jim Blaine
girl and I don’t mind Negro dele
gates."
But Mrs. Polachek insisted that she
did until Miss Alice Carpenter, who
oresided at the meeting, hurried into
the hall, exclaiming:
“Not a word of this must be re
ported. Not a word. Why I don’t
even know that this woman is a mem
ber.”
“Yes, I am a member,” insisted tne
descendant of General Lee, “but I’m
not going to sit with niggers.”
Mrs. Polachek didn’t, but the meet
ng went on.
AK-SAR-BEN’S PARADE
WILL BE HISTORICAL
The Historical parade, to be given
by Ak-Sar-Ben this year, will sur
pass any previous effort of its kind.
This parade will show every step in
the development of Nebraska from its
territorial days tc its present days
of prosperity and influence.
There will be more than forty
gorups, and sub groups of about fif
teen each, dealing with various phas
es of Nebraska life. These floats will
be horse and oxen drawn.
The oxen are being brought from
all parts of the United States where
such means of transportation is still
in vogue. President Buckingham has
just received his first consignment of
oxen which came from Canada.
Nebraska’s fiftieth anniversary of
statehood is to be fittingly celebrated
and Ak-Sar-Ben is to be congratulated
on the elevating and educational ex
hibition it is preparing for the pleas
use and eduction of the millions of
subjects of King Samson.
Colored Democrats
Criticize Wilson
Meet at Buffalo and Condemn Segre
gation and Failure to Appoint Ne
groes to Office.
Buffalo, N. Y.—The anti-Negro pol
icy of President Wilson and the Dem
ocratic Administration at Washington
was strongly denounced at a meeting
of Colored Democrats held here last
week. Resolutions were passed con
demning the segregation of Negroes
in Governmental departments and the
failure of President Wilson to appoint
competent Colored men to prominent
positions.
Although the meeting was well at
tended, representatives being present
from the various sections of the State,
there was no enthusiasm. Everybody
admitted that President Wilson’s un
friendly attitude toward the Negro
had not made him supporters among
the Colored voters of the country.
Despite the discouraging prospects
ahead, however, the Colored Demo
crats of New York State plan to con
duct a vigorous campaign this fall.
At last week’s meeting an organ
zation was formed, to be known as
the Colored Democratic League of
New York State, and the following of
ficers were chosen to serve for two
years: James A. Ross, Buffalo, chair
man; the Rev. J. R. White, New York,
vice-chairman; John Morris, New
York, treasurer; E. W. Duke, Buffalo,
secretary; John McNeil, New York,
assistant secretary; F. C. Morton,
New York, chairman Advisory Com
mittee; Rufus L. Perry, Brooklyn,
chairman Executive Committee; W.
Derror, Buffalo, chairman of Com
mittee on Organization; W. F. White,
Rochester, chairman of Field Agents;
S. Lark, Brooklyn, chairman Speak
ers’ Bureau; Charles W. Lett, New
York, sergeant-at-arms.
The speakers openly confessed that
porspects for a Democratic victory
were not as bright as four years ago,
and that hundreds of Colored voters
who were enthusiastic Wilson men in
1912 are today opposed to his election.
VOTERS IN ARKANSAS
FORM HUGHES LEAGUE
Little Rock, Ark.—Colored voters
are called to form a Hughes and Fair
banks League by Dr. R. A. Williams,
J. R. Booker and Scipio A. Jones, who
have issued a circular announcing a
meeting to be held here Tuesday, Sep
tember 26, in the Masonic Temple, at
noon. The call is the result of an
effort to fight that element of the
party which fosters lily-whiteism at
the Negro Republicans’ expense.
WOMEN CONDEMNS UNIONS
EXCLUDING COLORED ARTISANS
Paterson, N. J., Sept. 14.—At its
annual session here last week, the
New Jersey Federation of Colored
Women’s Clubs condemned the labor
unions for the exclusion of colored
artisans.