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THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $1.50 a Year. 5c a Copy Omaha, Nebraska, Dec. 2, 1916 Vol. II. No. 23 (Whole No. 75) Fred Pollard King of the Gridiron Colored Player Acclaimed by Press and Coaches the Greatest Half Back of the Season. STORY HARVARD-BROWN GAME Pollard’s Brilliant Play Wins Sensa tional Victory Over the Grinson. Given an Ovation. Many Monitor readers have not yet read the story of the Brown-Harvard game. Here is the report of Pollard’s great victory: Cambridge, Mass., December 1.— Brown's football team crept into the front ranks of the nation’s gridiron champions here Sat., Nov. 18, when it completely outplayed , Harvard and won decisively, 21 to 0. In victory one man stood out as possibly the # * FRED D. POLLARD. greatest halfback of the country, and he is Fred Pollard, the Colored player of the Providence eleven. Undefeated through the season and with its goal line uncrossed, Pollard and his Brounonian stalwarts smoth ered Harvard under an attack so vi cious and so varied as to keep the Crimson almost entirely on the de fense, and then only a smattering of defense at that. Just as he did at New Haven a week ago Pollard ran riot. He made gains through the line of tackle and around end, and not once was he stopped. His dashes with the ball netted each time from four to forty yards. Although the special object of Har vard's vigilance Pollard could not be stopped. At times Harvard became so forceful in its attempts to at least check the great Negro player official recognition was compelled. Once Harvard was penalized fifteen yards when Pollard was unnecessarily roughed after a brilliant exploit. Har (Continued on Page 9) MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON Of Chicago, of the Famous Eighth Illinois Regiment, Who was Re Elected as a Member of the Illinois Legislature. Major Robert R. Jackson Leads All Competitors Official Canvass Shows Gallant Sol dier’s Enviable Popularity Among Chicago’s Populace. COLOR LINE NOT IN EVIDENCE Chicago, 111., Dec. 1.—The official canvass which has just come to a close shows the following surprising and remarkable results which proves that Major Jackson is one of the most popular members of the legis lature of Illinois. He ran strong in the democratic precincts in the fourth ward. The following tells the true story of the result of the late elections in the third senatorial district: First ward, Jackson (R), 385; Schultz (R), 454; Walsh (D), 640; Santry (D), 606. Second ward, Jack- j Ison, 11,201; Schultz, 8,391; Walsh, 3,060; Santry, 4,596. Third ward, Jackson, 4,193; Schultz, 4,120; Walsh, 3,066; Santry, 3,587. Fourth ward, Jackson, 1,088; Schultz, 2,848; Walsh, 5,788; Saitry, 2,453. Fifth ward, Jack son, 80; Schultz, 112; Walsh, 463; Santry, 396. Total, Jackson, 16,947; Schultz, 15,925; Walsh, 13,007; San try, 11,637. Jackson ran away with his home ward, the second. He carried the third ward (White) and carried the folowing White pre cincts in which there are no Colored voters. Precincts 26, 27, 28, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72, second ward; and precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 26 and 28, third ward. He received more than a thousand votes in the strong democratic fourth ward, and where there is not a single Colored voter, the population being entirely Irish, German and Polish.— The Broadax. A WIDE-AWAKE CHURCH TO WAGE $7,000 CAMPAIGN Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 1.—The Sec ond Baptist Church is making ar rangements for a campaign to raise $7,000 for the purpose of making needed improvements upon the church property for the purpose of making it a social center for the many ac tivities of the race. More than $1,000 of the amount needed has already been contributed by the members of the church. Among the other things the pastor and congregation have in view is the taking care of the large influx of southern workers who are coming here in . large numbers, who will be without home and church in fluence. It is proposed to make this a feature of the work to be accom plished. COLORED VOTERS, BEAR THIS IN MIND Suppose the street lighting con tract should be defeated by R. B. How ell next Tuesday, which he is most anxious to do, and in the course of time a municipal electric lighting plant were secured and he given man agement of the same, how many Col ored people do you think he would employ? Among the several hundred men and women employed by the Metropolitan Water District, of which Mr. Howell has had the management for several years and that by our votes, mark you, how many Colored persons are given employment? Mr. Howell is very, very anxious to have the present contract defeated Tuesday. Not by our votes, Mr. How ell. We are going to vote “YES.” Next Tuesday Is Your Voting Day You Want a Better Lighted City and Lower Rates for Electric Current in Your Home. VOTE TO RATIFY CONTRACT Municipal Plant May Come in Time. But Policy of Watchful Waiting Not Satisfactory. We are for municipal ownership of public utilities when the same can be advantageously secured. But we are unalterably opposed to mere prom ises of municipal ownership in the dim and distant future, and especially so, when there are decided advantages to be gained by accepting a fair propo sition made by a public corporation .o meet present necessities. And that why we favor the ratification of the street lighting contract upon which our citizens are to vote next Tuesday. Municipal Plant—When 7 The little coterie of men who are opposing the present street lighting contract promise us a municipal owned plant SOMETIME in the fu ture. Well and good. But while we are pursuing this policy of “watchful waiting” how are we going to get a better lighted city and lower rates for * electric light and current in our homes? They fail to answer this very important question, a question which affects our pockets. Entitled to Consideration. Now, in opposition to this policy of “watchful waiting,” the commission ers have entered into a contract with the Omaha Electric Light and Power Plant, which is undoubtedly entitled to some consideration for the work it has done in the development of our city, and this fact ought not to be overlooked or forgotten, to supply the city with 2,488 lamps of the latest design, a gain of nearly 1100 over the old-style and unsatisfactory system of lighting now in vogue and this with out additional expense to the city, despite the fact that the installment of this system will involve an addi tional expenditure on the part of the Electric Light company of $100,000. But this is not all. Besides giving us a better lighted city, the rate for electric light and current in residences i3 to be cut from 8 cents to 6 cents. Not only will the ratification of the street lighting contract be a decided advantage, but it carries with it a decided reduction in the rate that you will have to pay for electric light in your home. Do you want this reduc tion? If your electric light bill now costs you on an average $2.00 a month have you any serious objection to hav ing it reduced to $1.50 a month? If you don’t want this reduction, listen to the advice of those who are oppos ing the street lighting contract and who urge you to pursue the policy of “watchful waiting.” If, however, you want a better lighted city and lower rates for the (Continued on Page 18)