THE MONITOR
A Weekly Newspaper devoted to the civic, social and religious interests
of the Colored People of Omaha and vicinity, with the desire to contribute
something to the general good and upbuilding of the community.
Published Every Saturday.
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter .July 2, 1915, at the Post Office at
Omaha, Neb., under the act of March 3, 1879.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher.
Lucille Skaggs Edwards and William Garnett Haynes, Associate Editors
George Wells Parker, Contributing Editor and Business Manager
Joseph LaCour, Jr., Lincoln Representative, 821 S St., Lincoln
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $1.50 PER YEAR
Advertising Rates, 50 cents an Inch per issue.
Address, The Monitor, 1119 North Twenty-first street, Omaha.
Telephone Webster 4243.
THOSE DEM. CAM
PAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
Friend, have you ocntributed your
mite to the democratic campaign
fund? If not, come through, brother,
come through. They need it. Of
course, we don’t just understand why
they need it, but we take their word
for it. For four years they have been
fattening at the public trough. Their
gross appropriations make G. O. P.
appropriations look like pernicious
anemia. Their pork barrel construc
tions make the Pyramids of Gizeh
resemble headstones in a graveyard;
and administration kin has been pro
vided for all the way from wives, sons
and daughters to third cousins of the
great uncles on the paternal side. It
seems that through four years of such
glorious hustling the democrats should
lave enough loose change to take all
the European loans, but it appears
that they haven't. It must have been
salted. Anyway the same old gag is
going to be put over on the dear pub
lic. “Please help us. The crool cor
porations won’t give us a dime and
we’re still broke.”
We would like to express our real
opinions of this smooth game, but we
are inclined to be charitable goops.
They really need it. After next March
it will be a mighty long day before
a harvest comes again and they might
as well glean the field. They even
say pennies are welcome. So come
across, brother. Get your name on
the front page. It will help feed
many a poor democrat winter after
next.
A BABY IN THE HOUSE
You married women with a home,
have you a baby in the house ? If
not, get one,even though you have to
adopt one. Trouble never weighs
heavily where a baby lives and baby
dimples will catch and glorify all the
tears of grief. You may have the
love of a husband, family and friends,
but the depths of your heart will
never be touched until you know the
love of a baby. No weird musician
ever hung notes upon a staff that
chord sweeter than a baby’s rippling
laugh; no burst of sunshine after
storm ever scattered so many clouds
as the magic of a baby’s smile. Get
a baby! And then that youth of yours
which seems slipping away will reach
back to childhood’s garden of dreams,
whose beauty and sweetness will en
chant away the runes of creeping
age and fill your years with mystic
essence of joy.
God wrought the world, God wrought
the seas,
He wrought the lands and all the
rest;
But when He wrought the baby form
He knew He wrought his best.
It is reported that a Colored man
was sent to jail for sixty days be
cause he was working to elect a dem
ocratic police judge. If they jail news
papers, The Monitor will expect ar
rest soon.
QUESTIONS FOR YOU TO
ASK YOURSELF
The democrats promised to lower
the high cost of living. Have they
done it?
President Wilson declared he
wanted only one term. Was he
honest ?
The democrats promised economy
and have almost wrecked the treasury.
Are they to be trusted?
Wilson ignored the advice of the
ambassador to Mexico and brought
luin to that country and great trouble
to us. Is he to be pitied?
Wilson has proven a child in diplo
macy; is there any chance for him
to prove a genius when European
peace brings it’s mighty questions
for solution?
Labor frightened the President into
vage legislation; may not others
Tighten him into something worse?
The people asked for reasonable
ireparedness and Wilson switched
from pacifism to a militarism that
mocks Germany. Will you stand
'or it ?
The democrats promised prosperity.
Where is it?
Are the democrats statesmen, or
are they merely politicians, grafters
md victims of nepotism ?
Are the army, navy and river and
harbor bills, good legislation, or are
they gigantic steals?
Wilson has made the United States
the laughng stock of the world. Isn’t
world respect worth while?
Wilson’s peace has cost this coun
try more lives than the war with
Spain. Shall it continue?
Never since Wilson has been presi
dent has the country felt secure. Is
it not time to put another captain at
the helm; one whom time has tried,
whom experience has made wise,
whose hand is steady, and whose
brain is clear?
GET BUSY.
R. Horton, the Democratic candi
date for Public Defender, or some of
his friends, has printed hundreds of
cards with Will N. Johnson’s picture
upon them and spread them broad
cast over Omaha, so that the voters
may know that Will N., whom his
friends call Bill., is a Colored man.
Thanks, Mr. Horton. We are not
ashamed of his handsome face, his
winning personality, his mental abil
ity, his success on the gridiron and of
his glorious vistory in the primaries.
In all of which particulars he has you
beaten, Mr. Horton. We are going to
elect him. Of course, we know the
motive behind your action, but we
should worry. You have only made
us more determined and also made
j more determined the hosts of white
I friends who helped put Bill over with
1 such a handsome majority. Bill has
made many a goal and is going to
make a few more. The grandstand is
with him.
An auto stops when the gas gives
out. So does a newspaper.
IT’S UP TO YOU
Last week a business man whom
we solicited for an ad said to us:
“You seem to have great faith in
your paper as a business getter. Now,
I tell you what I’ll do. I haven’t
much Colored trade, but I will give
you an ad and for every Colored per
son who makes a purchase at my
| store, I will credit you with ten per
I cent of the purchase. If The Monitor
helps me, I am game enough to help
The Monitor in a way worth while.”
It would not be fair for us to name
his place of business, but we ask our
subscribers to note every ad we carry
and when they wish anything in that
particular line, call in person or phone
and mention The Monitor. The above
is a bona fide fact and was not given
as a bluff. So it is up to you to back
us up when we say that Colored peo
ple are ready and willing to patron
ize those who treat them right and
give them a square deal.
OBVIOUS OBSERVATIONS
The days of cussing are over.
Twenty-fourth street is almost paved.
The democrats promised to lower
the high cost of living. How much
were beans this morning ?
Doesn’t a man usually buy a box of
cigars when a new baby comes?
As Socrates said: One purchase
from an advertiser doesn’t make him
rich, just as one bedbug doesn’t make
a commercial hotel.
The skating rink has opened. The
floor has received several hard bumps,
although none w-ere serious enough to
call in the doctor.
Whatever else you do, don’t forget
and leave your money and smile under
the pillow of mornings. You will
need both all day.
Only remember that you are a man
or a woman. Nothing else counts.
Bert Williams has become a real
philosopher. We will publish some
of his wisdom soon.
Did you see Desdunes boys this
week! Whoopee! Wow!! Hurray!!!
Some class, Irene, some class!
Grow with growing Omaha.
Don’t forget to tie a can to prohibi
tion.
Let every voter know that Bill
Johnson is Colored and that we have
got to elect him. We know the ladies
will help without asking.
Old man Winter is headed in this
direction, so be ready to give him a
warm reception.
Who said the Ak-Sar-Ben gala days
were things of the past?
What will be your costume at the
Grand Masque tonight, Geraldine?
Remember your prayers and our
advertisers.
The Washington Eagle screamed
so loudly about departmental segre
gation that the State, War and Navy
Departments have rescinded all prej
udicial rules. Hooray for the Eagle! I
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NEWS NUGGETS
Bert Williams, America’s greatest j
comedian, is trying his hand on pho-1
toplay writing.
Senator Thomas Taggart, of In
diana, has again proven himself a
friend of the race by flaying the Car
roway anti-enlistment bill on the sen
ate floor recently.
It may be that the Colored men who
say they are going to vote for Wilson
have brains, but we would have to
dissect their eraniums before we be
ieve it.
Billy Johnson, of the original Cole
nd Johnson “Red Moon Company,”
ell from a bannister of his home,
crushing his skull. He died soon
after.
The scales indicate that The Moni
tor is increasing in weight constantly.
Thank you.
The Democrats call the Maine vote
a “victory.” Maybe so, but we know
of doctors who call an operation a
wonderful success after the operatee
rests under a bank of flowery an
chors and gates ajar.
“Cities of the second class cannot
have separate schools for Negroes,”
says the Kansas Supreme Court.
Physicians attending Howard P.
Drew, the fast Colored runner, declare
that his paralysis will leave him crip
pled for life.
Don’t forget our advertisers. If it
weren’t for them you wouldn’t enjoy
The Monitor so much.
Garretson, the great labor leader
who forced through the eight hour
law, said in a recent interview, “The
law will help many of our Colored
brothers of the South who never had
a chance.” The law may be uncon
stitutional, but it has proven that
some hearts beat warm for brother
hood.
Frisco says she wants more Col
ored waiters. Good, but, by the way,
it is such a long way from Omaha’s
little State Street.
“Thank you for advertising in The
Monitor.” Say that to your dealer,
for it means much.
Business is increasing, thank you.
Have you noticed our Amusement
Column? Brighten life by going to
the movies.
Many more ads in the claissified
column. Is your neighborhood ad
there ?
The business of 10,000 Colored peo
ple means a great deal. Give it to
those who appreciate it enough to
advertise for it.
OCR CONTRIBUTION
ACKNOWLEDGED
Roy Nash, Secretary,
70 Fifth Ave., New York.
September 27, 191G.
Rev. John Albert Williams, 1119 No.
21st Street, Omaha, Neb.
My Dear Mr. Williams:
In the absence of Mr. Nash I am
acknowledging receipt of your check
for thirteen dollars as a contribu
tion to the anti-lynching fund, se
cured through the columns of The
Monitor. All of those whose names
you sent have received receipts. In
behalf of the Board of Directors al
low me to thank you for your effort
in our behalf. We have already
passed the $10,000 mark.
Very truly yours,
R. G. Randolph, Stenographer.
