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$2.00 a Year. 5c a Copy OMAHA. NEBRASKA. JULY 3. 1919 Vol. V. No. 1 (Whole No. 209)
SEL F- DETERM IN ATION AGAIN
THE CRY OF THE PHILIPPINES
(Special to The Monitor.)
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Washington, July 3.—“It is for the
best interest of both the United States
and the Philippines that the independ
ence of the latter country be recog
nized and established at this time.”
This was the keynote of the request
of the Philippine mission for an im
mediate and final solution of the Phil
ippine problem made before a joint
meeting of the Philippine committee
of the senate and the insular, affairs
committee of the house which was
called specially to receive the memor
ial and arguments of the representa
tives of the Philippine government
and the Filipino people.
Manuel L. Quezon, president of the
Philippine senate and chairman of the
Philippine mission, presented the me
morial, and declared that the Filipino
people would be “sorely disappointed”
if independence was not granted soon.
He declared that the Filipino people
had no fear that Japan had designs
i> non the islands, and were perfectly
" willing to accept independence either
with or without a guarantee of pro
tection by the United States, as the
latter might think best.
Francis Burton Harrison, for six
years governor general of the Philip
pines urged that congress carry out
its promise of independence. He said
that the people in his ipinion were
fully able to maintain a stable gov
ernment. He declared the Filipino
officials were as intelligent and trust
worthy as any men he had ever met
anywhere in the world. . „
"Such a step,” declared the peti
tion, "will insure the maintenance of
a firm and lasting friendship between
the two peoples, and will foster the
free development of their commercial
relations in the future; it will place
on a high level the honor of America
by the fulfillment of her repeated
promises to grant freedom to the
/ Filipino people, and thus perpetuate
in the hearts of the Filipinos the
sentiments of gratitude and affection
which they now entertain towards the
American people.
“It is confidently hoped and be
lieved that congress will not suf
fer this opportunity to pass by at a
time when the whole world is so anx
ious to establish intematonal rela
tions upon newer and more solid foun
dations of universal justice and lib
erty. America has constituted herself
as the champion of the rights of hu
manity in the present war, and due in
a great measure to her heroic efforts
and generous aid, the world has been
saved from the thraldom of greed
and oppression, and the rights of
small and weak nations to exist in like
manner as the great nations, vindi
cated.
“The recognition of the independ
ence of the Philippines at this time
will constitute an object lesson to the
whole world in respect of the lofty
and altruistic aims which have
prompted America to take part in the
great war, for it will furnish a prac
tical application of the doctrine pro
claimed by her of giving to all peoples
the right o fself-determination.”
WINSTON-SALEM LOSES
A PROMINENT CITIZEN
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., July 3.—Prof.
S. A. Smith, principal of Depot school,
this city, died last week. Prof. Smith
was a resident here more than twenty
years, and was a graduate of Shaw
university. He was highly esteemed
by both races.
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ALBON L. HOLSEY REPORTED
TO SUCCEED EMMET J.
SCOTT AS EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY OF TUSEKEGEE
—
Tuskegee, Ala., July 3.—When Mr.
Emmett J. Scott was called to Wash
; ington to become the Special Assist
! ant to the Secretary of War, his as
! sistant at Tuskegee, Mr. Albon L.
Holsey, became the Acting Secretary
and later the Secretary to the Prin
cipal. It is understood here that
since Mr. Scott has resigned to be
come Secretary-Treasurer of Howard
University, Mr. Holsey is to continue
in his present relations to the Prin
cipal.
The duties of the Principal’s Ex
ecutive Secretary are many and var
ied. He is necessarily required to
handle many complex and confidential
matters as well as to direct and su
pervise the work of ten or more sten
ographers and clerks who constitute
the working staff of the Principal's
Office. In his annual report to the
Trustees, Dr. Moton says of Mr. Hol
sey:
“I wish to speak of the faithful,
painstaking service of Mr. Albon L.
Holsey, who during Mr. Scott’s ab
sence in Washington, has acted as
Secretary of the school, and later as
Secretary to the Principal. But for
his excellent oversight and supervi
sion, the work of the Principal’s Of
fice, as well as many other phases of
the school’s life, might not have gone
so smoothly.”
As associate editor of The Tuske
gee Student, Mr. Holsey has edited
this publication since Mr. Scott went
to Washington and will continue in
that capacity. He is also Assistant
Secretary of The National Negro
Business League and is the Tuskegee
correspondent of many daily and
weekly newspapers.
Mr. Holsey was bora at Athens,
Georgia, graduated from the Knox
Institute of that city and later was
a student at Atlanta University.
PROMINENT RACE MAN
“CROSSES THE BAR”
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Columbus, O., July 3.—Prof. John
H. Jackson, of this city, formerly prin
cipal of the Kentucky Normal and
Industrial school, died at the age of
68. Prof. Jackson was the first race
graduate of Berea, in Kentucky, and
was known nationally as an educator
and public spiirted citizen.
He leaves a wife. Ida Joyce Jackson,
treasurer of the National Federation
of Colored Women’s clubs, and con
siderable property. For a while Prof.
Jackson was secretary of the Colum-1
bus Spring Street branch Y. M. C. A.
and had been a delegate to republican
national conventions several times.
DOCTOR CHRIS BAKER DIES
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Richmond, Va„ July 3.—“Doctor”
Chris Baker, for more than fifty years
connected with the Medical college of
Virginia, died recently, after a long
illness. Baker had charge of the ana
tomical department. He was known
and respected by every man who at
tended the college.
SHIRT FACTORY TO
OPEN IN YORK, PA.
(By Associated Negro Press.)
York, I’a., July 3.—Through the ef
forts of Dr. George W. Bowles, a large
New York firm will soon open a shirt
factory in this city to employ Colored
girls.
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FOINTENEL.LE PARK
Where the City Will Hold Its Monster Fourth of July
Celebration
“THE GROUNDS OF
THE NEGRO’S HOPE”
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Beloit, Wis., July 3.—Painting a
vivid word picture of the "Grounds
of the Negro’s Hope,” Dr. P. O’Con
nell, noted preacher, held spell-bound
a perspiring audience in Beliot col
lege chapel.
Between every perspiration drop
there was a laugh and between every
laugh a sudden rapt attention to the
speaker’s forceful praise of the pro
gress his race has made.
“Of all the soldiers who answered
the call to have democracy,” Dr. O’
Connell declared, “the Negroes stand
at the top.” The Negro stands at
least among the chief of those who
went to the rescue of civilization.
They were heroes, their every death
dealing instrument known to man was
in their midst. Now you and I must
be heroes here.
“The Negro race, which has suf
fered more than any race, is distin
guished by an invincible hope. This
hope is not a dream of sensual things,
but a desire for all the privileges of
doing and being all that becomes a
man. It is the hope for freedom to
cam a living, freedom to vote, free
dom to be treated civilly as a man,
freedom to unite with fellow' citizens
in building up his community, freedom
to make the supreme sacrifice for the
good of mankind and the freedom to
glorify God.
“The Negro’s hope springs first out
of his natural constitution which he
brought from sunny Africa; second
from consciousness of power; third,
from what the white man has done
for him; and foui-th, in the providence
of God who doesn’t mean that the
Negro should be an underling all of
his life.”
“There is one mistake the white
makes,” he said, "which is thinking
he is the only ‘pebhle on the beach.'
The war has shown that the white
folks of America could not impreg
nate Europe with their attitude to
ward the Negro. Not everybody feels
toward the Negro as the Americans
do. All southern Europe is human
toward the Negro. He feels human
among them all on the Mediterranean.
The great majority of the human race,
instead of despising the Negro, is
deeply interested in him. He is a
favorite in France.
“The Negro has been carried into
every country. He has been married
to people of all races. The Negro is
at the bottom of humanity and is
making the world akin.”
NEW YORK WANTS
CITY MAGISTRATE
(By Associated Negro Press.)
New York, July 3.—Mayor Hylan
has been asked to give recognition to
the Negroes of this city by appointing
James D. Carr a city magistrate. Mr.
Carr was formerly an assistant dis
trict attorney and for some years has
been a deputy assistant corporation
counsel, caring for cases in the mu
nicipal courts. Mayor Hylan, being
engaged, directed his secretary to give
every consideration to the delegation
visiting his office. The mayor prom
ises to give the request his most care
ful consideration.
800 DELEGATES ATTEND
N. A. A. C. F. CONFERENCE
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Cleveland, O., July 3.—The sessions
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, in the
tenth annual conference were attended
by more than 600 delegates from ev
ery section of the country, and a
number of foreign countries.
The Spingam medal this year was
awarded to Archibald H. Grimke, of
Washington, D. C., lawyer, author and
former United States consul to Santo
Domingo. Mr. Grimke is president of
the Washington branch of the N. A.
A. C. P., which is one of the strong
,-t in the association.
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JUDGE WILLIAM HARRISON,
Formerly of Oklahoma City, Okla.,
Now of Chicago, III.
Judge Harrison spoke at the Cal
vary Baptist church (white), July 1,
1919, under the auspices of the Pil
grim Rest Baptist church (Colored),
whose pastor is Rev. William M.
Franklin. The judge spoke upon the
subject, “The Hour Has Come,” and
from the time he uttered the first
sentence to the close of the last sen
tence Jus was an intelligent,, con
ctructive, instructive anil convincing
message, sustaining his nation-wide
reputation as one of the most elo
quent, logical, scholarly, forceful and
convincing speaker on the American
platform. The judge delivered an ad
dress that Omaha will never forget.
Some of the things he said:
“The white dailies of our country
should be fair and publish the doings
of the best Negro as well as the mis
conduct of the worst Negro. The best
white man and the best Negro must
work side by side in giving the world
real democracy. The Negro is an
American citizen and has fought the
battles of his country in every pivotal
battle of the nation’s existence. The
hour has come for the nations of the
world to treat all of their citizens and
subjects precisely and exactly alike.
The battles of the world must be
fought out and settled in the hearts
of men.
“Philosophy, science, diplomacy,
constitutional lawyers, statesmen,
etc., have failed to bring peace to the
world because they failed to get the
fundamentals of peace which are to be
found in the Book of Deuteronomy
and the New Testament.”
GOV. CATTS OF FLORIDA RE
CEIVES DELEGATION FROM
NEGRO UPLIFT ASSOCIATION
(By Associated Negro Press.). •
Miami, Fla., July 3.—Attorney R.
E. S. Toomey, legal advisor and state
organizer of the Negro Uplift Asso
ciation, who recently headed a dele
gation that visited the state capital
and presented to the president of the
senate and speaker of the house of
representatives a memorial urging
that no color line be drawn in the
making up of lists for jury service,
addressed a letter to Governor Catts
in which he deplored the lack of con
sideration given the memorial by the
state executive. To this letter Gov
ernor Catts made reply that he had
nothing to do with the disposition of
the memorial by the senate or the
house, hut that he will endeavor to
safeguard the interests of all people
in Florida on a just basis.
“The Negro Uplift Association of
Florida,” wrote _ the Colored attorney
to the governor, “is not unmindful of
the courteous reception and hearing
accorded to its delegation (which re
cently waited on you) by your excel
lency, the president of the senate and
the speaker of the house. It still re
grets and deplores the lack of con
sideration given the memorial placed
in your hands by the members of both
houses.
"Feeling, however, confidence in
your effort to have all officers keep
the law and in your purpose to secure
for all Floridians a square deal, we
respectfully ask that you impress upon
the sheriffs of each county the duty
of including in their jury list all qual
ified citizens and requesting them to
eliminate no such citizen because of
race, color or previous condition of
servitude.”
“Trusting that the governor of the
great state of Florida will see his
way clear to grant this request and
act in accordance on behalf of nearly
one-half of the population of the state
of Florida."
GORMAN, TEXAS, VOTES TO
ADMIT COLORED CITIZENS
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Gorman, Tex., July 3.—Colored peo
ple are to be admitted to this town,
according to unanimous vote of the
Chamber of Commerce. The city
council and Chamber of Commerce
will adjust the problems of living
conditions, schools, social justice and
other questions that may arise. Gor
man is a rapidly growing oil town,
and developments are so fast that the
town and territory need all the first
class citizens obtainable. Already
several hundred have come.
PECULIARITIES OF SPEECH
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Richmond, Va., July 3.—The Vir
ginians have some peculiarities of
speech not heard among their descend
ants in the southwest, and on the
South Carolina coast, especially in
Charleston, there is a peculiar accent.
This is heard, too, to some extent in
Savannah. The Negroes of the coast
region thereabout speak the so-called
gullah dialect, not like that spoken
by any other Negroes anywhere in
the south.
PIONEER ORGANIZATION OF
COLORED RAILWAY WORK
ERS PLAN PROGRAM
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Washington, D. C., July 3.—Inter
national officers and field organizers
of the pioneer organization of Colored
railroad men convene at their head
quarters here to plan further action
as to the policy to pursue in seeming
the Negro railway workers of the
country in their jobs and rights and
to have proper enforcement of the
present laws of the R. R. administra
tion. Intei-national President R. L.
Mays, will be in conference with First
Vice President Benjamin J. Davis of
McGehee, Ark., representing switch
men and brakemen; First Assistant
Vice President T. C. Jefferson of Sa
vannah, Ga.. firemen; R. B. Holmes,
southeastern general chairman of Col
ored trainmen; Fifth Vice President
J. A. Ross of New York, Pullman
porters; Field Organizer A. E.
Stormm, Philadelphia; dining car men,
Third Vice President Tony Davis,
Meadville, Pa.; shop crafts and deputy
field organizers, Alex Jones, Florence,
N. C.; Walter Jones, Sanford, Fla.;
I. L. Benjamin, Richmond, Va. The
presidents of a score of eastern locals
will also be in attendance. These men
represent the Railroad Men’s Interna
tional Industrial Association, chart
ered five years ago by the state of
Illinois. The one outstanding feature
of the war period in Negro labor clr
elues is the series of successful fights
made by this association for Colored
railroad employees.
By a masterful plea their president
first won “Equal Pay for Equal Serv
ice” from the federal wage commis
sion and Director General McAdoo.
Later interpolation No. 13 and suc
ceeded in securing the issuance of
supplement No. 12 beat the roads in
their plea for a review and a differ
ent ruling, resulting in many Colored
head-end men receiving as much as a
thousand dollars in back pay. All in
creases to Pullman and dining car
men resulted from the efforts insti
tuted by this association, and the as
sociation is, in fact, a federation of
all crafts of Colored R. R. workers,
under the leadership of a capable vice
president, elected from the particular
craft. While the association now has
many thousand members in 39 differ
ent states, the object of the present
conference is to reform the lines Tor
a supreme effort to combine the many
independent organizations of Colored
men, whose recent formation will
only divide the strength of the Col
ored railway men.
Congressman M. B. Madden of Illi
nois will be presented with a memo
randum outlining the Negro railway
workers views on legislation which
may come before congress affecting
government control of railroads.
Atttmey W. L. Houston, former
grand master of the Odd Fellows, and
for 29 years a practitioner in the dis
trict courts, is the peimanent Wash
’'nirton representative. Hon. Jas. E.
White, law pamer of Col. Franklin
Dennison, and S. A. T, Watkins of
the K. of P. is the general counsel at
Chicago. Mr. White recently appeared
before the U. S. supreme court here
for Georgia Templars and tried the
Colored Mason’s case in Texas.
A DEMAND FOR EQUAL
PAY FOR EQUAL WORK
(By Associated Negro Press.)
St. Petersburg, Fla., July 3.—Labor
conditions in this place continue dis
turbed, and there is much talk now
of a strike, and the race laborers have
caught the contagion. The union
workmen here are asking increase in
pay, and are talking strike unless they
get what they ask for, and the con
tractors are refusing to pay more
money to anyone.
There is much talk of a general
strike by the Colored laborers of all
classes. Pamphlets have been circul
ated among them urging that they
demand equal rights with the white
people, and it is claimed that the
K. of P. society is behind the move
ment which resulted in so many Col
ored men qualifying as voters by pay
ing poll taxes. The lodge practic
ally ordered the members to pay up,
and qualify as voters.
$90,000 RACE SANITARIUM
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Milledgeville, Ga., July 3.—A new
building for Colored patients has just
been completed and turned over to
the trustees of the Georgia State
Sanitarium. The building will accom
modate 400 and cost $90,000.
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