rCfttME is a disease th at
DRAWS NO COLOR LINE
Influential White Daily of South Has
Interesting Editorial.
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Chicago, IB., Sept. 16—The follow
ing editorial expression from the Co
lumbia State, one of the most in
fluential dailies of the south, is being
generally discussed by people of all
classes and is regarded as one of the
frankest expressions of the results of
lawlessness ever printed. It says:
Attacks on Negroes merely because
they are Negroes, as reported from
Georgia, excite the indignation of all
self-respecting white men of the
south. When a crime is committed
by a Negro and white ruffians set
out to chase and kiB other Negroes,
against whose innocence is no shadow
of evidence, these white men place
themselves on the level of the Turks
who massacre Armenians—they are
a disgrace to the citizenry of any land
civilized or semi-civilized.
Occasionally a man has killed an
innocent Negro and fancied that “he
got by with it”—but it is not true.
Manslaying is not necessarily murder
the laws wisely draw the distinctions
but no mortal man has ever gained by
murder, whether his victim was of the
lowly or the mighty, and no murdei
goes unpunished that the country of
the murderer does not suffer the pen
alty many times over.
Thousands of graves of white men
slain by white men are in the ceme
teries of the south because of the
toleration and tacit encouragement
of murder of Negroes for when the
white jury neglects to punish the mur
derer of a Negro it fosters murder
as a habit. Probably never was an
innocent Negro slaughtered in the
south that some white man, not in any
way connected with the quarrel, did
not bite the dust as a result of it
for the simple reason that crime is a
disease that draws no color line and
white men infected with it by the
killing of Negroes infect their breth
ren.
It is in the law of nature that the
killing of Negroes does not go un
avenged and there is many a family
of white orphans in the south that
owe their sorrowful condition to th<
folly that permits the practice of law
lessness against men with black skins.
AUSTIN AGAIN SHOWS
FOOLISH NARROW NESS
Refuses to Grant Charter to Negro
Protective Association—Claims Seg
regation Laws Enacted for Protec
tion of Negroes.
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Austin, Tex., Sept. 17—In rejecting
a charter for the incorporation of
the Star Progressive Association, with
headquarters at Greem'ille, the act
ing secretary of state, Judge C. D".
Mims, Friday took occasion to point
out that the segregation laws of Texas
were enacted for the piotection of
the Negro; for the prevention of race
disturbances, and that they have well
served that purpose. If it were per
mitted to mingle the races in street
cars, railroad trains, places of amuse
ment, and hotels and restaurants,
there would very quickly be a con
dition which would be most disastrous
to the Negro; and so, for the protec
tion of the loyal and respectable ele
ment of that race, the segregation
laws must stand.
The purposes set forth in this ap
plication for a charter are numerous
and because of this reason the appli
cation was rejected. The charter is
contrary to the statutes in that it
contains a considerable number of
purposes; and the secretary of state
is restricted in filing charters, and
they must contain only such pur
poses as are closely allied and related
and permissable. He is not author
ized to file such charters as this.
Information in the office of the sec
retary of state from most reliable
sources, is that the particular or
ganization was planned in France;
that it is to be restricted to the sol
diers who were in service abroad
largely, though influential and well
to do Negroes who may desire to join
will be taken in as members.
There has been a rush for such
charters as is proposed in this filing
and several schemes of similar sort
have been and will be rejected on the
broad ground that “Social Equality’'
is really what is aimed at.
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AN “AMERICA SAFE” SUNDAY
Colored Race Urged to Hold Meetings
Simultaneously All Over the Coun
try on Sunday, September 21 for
Protection in Our Land—Each Meet
ing to Choose Delegates to National
Gathering for a “Safe America”
September 23 to 25.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 8.—The slogan
“To Make America Safe for Ameri
cans,” as the object of the 12th annual
meeting of the National Equal Rights
League to be held in the Metropolitan
A. M. E. church, 15th street, between
L and M streets, Washington, D. C.,
September 23-25, has met the hearty
approval of the race. Indorsements of
this object for the convention has been
received at the office of the corre
sponding secretary here from all
quarters.
Hence the league has decided to ask
the entire race to hold simultaneously
all over the country, mass meetings
demanding a “Safe America” on Sun
day, September 21, and asking the
favor of Almighty God in the struggle
for our rights. It is suggested that
these race meetings be called by Equal
Rights committee of citizens or of the
church and, each meeting constituting
itself a local league, send delegates to
the national convention for a Safe
America of the Equal Rights League
on September 23.
Such a spontaneous nation-wide
movement will certainly impress our
fellow Americans and the government
that we, as a race are determined to
get equal rights. Let “On to Wash
ington for September 23-25” be a na
tional race cry and we shall win by
a united spirit. We certainly need to
be banded together for protection now.
Secretary J. L. Neill, 906 T street,
N. Wr., will supply all desired infor
mation.
A NATIONAL RACE CONVENTION
Time—Tuesday, W'ednesday, Thurs
day-, September 23-25, 1919.
Place—Metropolitan A. M. E.
church, 15th street, N. W. Between
15th and 16th, Washington, D. C.
Of—National Equal Rights League
of U. S. A.
For—“Making America Safe for
Americans.”
By—(a) Plan for national race de
fense. (b) Program of rights protec
tion through enforcement of amend
ments. (c) Internationalization of
cause of race.
Features—(a) Delegate Wm. Trot
ter’s report of trip to Paris, (b) First
hand reports of race conflicts in Tex
as, Washington and Chicago, (c) Ban
quet—International speakers.
Delegates—Branch leagues, active
or non-active—Also new branches,
race persons everywhere being auth
orized to form local leagues at once
to send delegates—All religious, fra
ternal and other bodies subscribing to
principles of league for equality of
rights. Delegate fee $1.
Information—Address inquiries to
J. L. Neil, secretary, 906 T street,
N. W., Washington, D. C., or Wm. M.
Trotter, 34 Cornhill, Boston.
Invitation—Come, colored America,
to prepare for safety and liberty—
form local leagues, or affiliate your
present organization.
Action—Make Sunday, Septembei
21st, "Safe America Sunday,” and ev
ery place hold mass meetings and send
delegates to "Safe America” conven
tion.
Rev. E. M. Moore, Pennsylvania,
president; N. S. Taylor, esquire, Mis
sissippi, and Rev. A. C. Powell, N. Y.,
vice presidents; Rev. B. Gunner, N.
Y., chairman executive committee;
Prof. A. W. Whaley, national organiz
er; T. Walker, District of Columbia,
treasurer.
CONFESSES HIMSELF
TO BE A BOLSHEVIST
Sims, for Thirty Yearn .Member Chi
cago Federation of Labor, Makes
Frank Statement of His Position—
Claims Millions of Working Men Be
lieve as He Does.
(By Associated Negro Press.)
(CHICAGO, ILL., Sept. 3.—There
a will be race riot- in every city of
the United States until the whites al
low the Negroes to work alongside
with them on terms of equality. It
Is because the capitalists know they
have 12,000,000 Negroes in this coun
try' to take the place of white workers
who strike that they dare refuse to
meet the demands of the working
men.”
R. T. Sims, a Negro, member for
thirty years of the Chicago Federation
of Labor, and also a member of the
I. W. W., made these statements at
the I. W. W, hall, 119 South Throop
street, at the weekly meeting Sunday
night. He was speaking on the “Race
Question and Its Situation”
Sims is employed in the city hall and
I if affiliated with the Municipal Jan
itors’ union.
He said a majority of Negroes em
ployed in the stock yards do not want
to join any union. In explanation he
raid the unions had once had an op
portunity to capture all the Negroes
employed in the yards.
“But they failed,” said Mr. Sims,
“because they allowed race prejudice
to stand in the way. Today the Ne
groes are thinking along more radical
lines than the organized unions. Bol
shevism is spreading among them.
“They see that the American Fed
eration of Labor, as run by Gompers,
is simply a tool of the capitalists,” he
said.
“I myself am a Bolshevist, if believ
ing in the soviet form of government
such as is now running Russia con
stitutes the making of a Bolshevist.
And the business interests of the coun
try are beginning to realize that there
are millions of working men who be
lieve as I do—in Bolshevism as a
means of attaining our demands for a
fair share of our labors.”
Following his address, Mr. Sims was
loudly applauded. “Big Bill” Hay
wood, erstwhile leader of the I. W. W.
and recently released from Leaven
worth prison, was one of the first to
reach the platform to congratualte
“Fellow Worker” Sims on his speech.
GIRLS IN HOME
REVOLT AND ESCAPE
Attack Superintendent W'ith Clubs,
Smash Furniture and Hurl
Bricks.
Tipton, Mo., Sept. 3.—The ninety
four Negro girls, inmates of the indus
trial home here, engaged in a pitched
battle recently, the culmination of
bad feeling which has existed for
-
somp time between the girls and the
superintendent, Mrs. S. P. Sanderson.
Esther Bolton and Lorene Henry of
St. Louis and Lcla Collier of Kansas
City were the leaders. Lela Collier
attacked the superintendent with a
club. Knives, clubs and brick bats
were freely used.
Approximately half of the girls
were in the corridors when the trouble
started and they released the remain
der from their rooms by forcing their
doors open, badly defacing them.
Two girls jumped from the second
story to the ground. Window lights
and safety screens were broken, fur
niture defaced.
Former Governor Painter, member
of the prison board, accompanied by
Porter Gilvin, warden of the peniten
tiary, Theo. Stuckenschnider and Pen
Morris, officers of that institution
came, on the suggestion of Mayor j
James, and took the leaders to the
penitentiary.
The girls were found in various
parts of the country, but all were re
turned to the institution but two.
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CAMPBELL’S REMARKS RAISE
STORM OF PROTEST
Extracts From Speech That Calls
Down Ire of His Race.
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Austin, Tex., Sept. 16.—President
L. L. Campbell said concerning the
race question:
“There is no just ground for com
plaint. The races in the south are
getting along smoothly, and where
the Negro accepts that advice of his
white neighbor, prosperity is in evi
dence.
“The officers of the law who took
necessary’ precautions to prevent a
clash were indeed wise, for at this
present moment an alteration between
black men and white men, while not
so intended, might possibly have been
the means of the death of many in
nocent good citizens of both races.
“I recommend that the executive
board tender its services to Governoi
Hobby and the authorities, assuring
them of our sincerity and readiness
to co-operate for the enforcement of
law.
"We should let it be known by the
passionate, extremist, irreconcilable
persons of our own race seeking fights
with other persons that we do not
approve of this and will in no sense
be responsible for the outcome.
“Our people should be advised to
obey the law, stay in their places, keep
busy', and refuse to be hoodwinked by
idle and purposeless classes.
“I am awfully sick of this scare
crow of social equality and Negro
domination, terms coined by cheap
politicians."
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