THE MONITOR
A National Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of Colored
Americans. _ _.
Published Every Thursday at Omaha, Nebraska, by The Monitor Pub
lishing Company. ____ ;
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter July 2, 1915, at the Postofflce at
Omaha, Neb., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor and Publisher.
Madree Penn, Associate Editor.
Fred C. Williams, Business Manager.
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Address, The Monitor, 304 Crounse Block, Omaha, Neb.
Telephone Douglas 3224.
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■I ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION Or THE ^
\ UNITED STATES. J
J • Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. %
I; 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, ;!
!' and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
;l United States and of the State wherein they reside. No I;
' I state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the %
! • privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ■*
! > shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- I;
■! erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person
!; within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. ;!
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EASTER.
EASTER has been called “the queen
of Christian festivals.” Its dom
inant note is one of triumph. It sings
a paen of victory. It proclaims an
historical fact; one of the best au
thenticated facts in history. That
fact is this: Jesus Christ rose from
the dead, and by this proved Himself
to be the Son of God with power.
And His resurrection has profound
meaning for all mankind. It pro
claims and establishes the truth
that man is immortal; and that he,
too, shall rise from the dead.
“Resurgam,” I shall rise again. “O
death, where is thy sting? O grave,
where is thy victory?”
Life triumphant over death is the
message which fills the hearts of men
with joy and gladness at Eastertide.
For the truth that Easter proclaims
should not men everywhere strive to
show their gratitude by living lives
worthy of Him who has brought life
and immortality to light? Should we
not give Him glad welcome in our
hearts that through the strength
which He alone can impart we may all
rise to a higher plane of life? If we
actually believe in the resurrection, if \
Easter means what it should to us, it
must alter the whole complexion of
our lives.
"The golden Easter sunlight stream
ing forth
Has driven far the clouds all cold
and gray;
As borne aloft on shafts of glitter
ing gold,
Our Victor King rides on His
glorious way.
The same dear Christ, who from the
rockbound tomb
Still comes to drive away all sin
and fear;
So bring His lilies, fragrant, soft
white;
And open wide your gates, He
entereth here.”
PRESS SOWING DRAGON’S TEETH, j
■'tV/'E note with profound regret
Vv that local newspapers which !
have for the past few months re
frained from stressing the race of in
dividuals of our group accused of
crime, are beginning their former
policy. Why, brethren of the press,
unless you wilfully and deliberately
want to injure our people will you
insist upon making prominent the
fact that a Negro did this or
that? Why not call attention to the
crime and not the race of the crimi
nal if incidentally he belongs to the
Negro race Black men commit
crimes. We do not condone them. We
regret and deplore them also. But be
cause white criminals commit crimes
we do not charge it up to the whole
white race. Why should crimes of
individuals, because incidentally they
are black, be charged up to a whole
race and prejudice and ill-will fo
mented against this group? It is not
fair; it is unjust; and all we ask
is fair dealing and justice.
The press creates public sentiment
Patriotism and national self-preser
vation demand that sentiment should
be such as to bind all Ameri
cans, no matter what their ancestry,
more closely together and not es
trange them. The press of America
must cease sowing dragons’ teeth.
That Is precisely what it is doing by
its indefensible and senseless treat
ment of colored Americans.
NEBRASKA FOR WOOD.
DB8PITE the fact that Pershing
managers are doing all in their
power to carry Nebraska for him, The
Monitor confidently expects to see
this state give its preferential vote
for Leonard Wood. He Is a man
whose stalwart Americanism appeals
to the people of the west. The peo
ple of the country rightly believe
that these times demand a man like
Leonard Wood aa president.
APPLIES ALSO TO OMAHA.
THE Kansas City Call, the wide
awake paper published by our
talented friend, Chester A. Franklin,
takes to task the republicans of
Kansas City for their failure to even
attempt to place a representative of
our race on its ticket. Sentiment is
strong in the city on the Kaw among
our group for an alderman, who
could easily be elected. The Call
very properly excoriates the coward
ice which prevented an effort to se
cure this recognition. .
What The Call so well says about
the conditions in Kansas City applies
equally to the attitude of republicans
in this section of the political vine
yard. Certain republican leaders con
fidently expect the loyal support of
colored voters, but always deem it
“unwise,” “untimely” or ‘inexpedi
ent at this time to have a colored
man file for office or put on the
ticket.” This is the kind of guff they
have been handing out to our people
since Hector was a pup. Some indi
viduals of our group have supinely
acquiesed in this position. Fortun
ately, however, the masses are get
ting tired of this kind of business and
have determined to enter the game
right, win or lose. We are aware of
some of the tricks that will he pulled
off to prove that the political wise
acres who say colored men cannot
be elected Is true. We know also
that If these republican leaders tote
fair and stand by a colored nominee
he can be "asilv elected. The time
has come in Omaha as in Kansas
City when “the spirit of the race has
risen to the place where we are no
longer content to pay taxes, bear
arms and vote to elect men who
think 'the time has not yet come
when it is expedient to have Negroes
in office.' ”
To the republicans of this section
who talk in this way we desire to
commend a well-known l^atin phrase,
“Verbum sapientibus est satis," which
accurately translated means a word
to the wise is sufficient but which
turned Into modern western vernacu
lar means, we are on to your game;
no double crossing; tote fair.”
M. F. SINGLETON
FOR LEGISLATURE
T\,fILLARD F. Singleton, who has
filed for representative, is one
of Omaha's oldest and most progres
sive citizens. He has been a resident
of this city for nearly forty years and
has always been active in public af
affairs. He was an alternate delegate
to the national republican convention
in 1888. For a number of years he
was United States storekeeper and
has served acceptably and well in
other positions. For four years he
was justice of the peace. For nearly
twenty-five years he held a respon
sible position with the Cudahy Pack
ing company. Mr. Singleton has a
wide and favorable acquaintance
throughout the state. He will make
an excellent representative. The
Monitor knows him intimately, es
teems him highly and most heartily
endorses his candidacy.
TESTING OI'R SOLIDARITY.
THIS year our people in Omaha
and Douglas county have the su
preme opportunity of demonstrating
our solidarity politically. Several of
our people have filed for nomination
for various offices. Wether we like
them Individually or not,, we should
vote for them. The persons who have
filed are competent people, fully cap
able of discharging the duties of the
office to which they aspire. They
are men and women of good charac
ter. These are the only qualifica
tions that should count, character
and competency. Personal likes and
dislikes, if we have any, should be
forgotten and we should vote to a
man and woman for every one of our
candidates in the field. Now is the
time for testing and proving our
solidarity. Vote for your own candi
dates FIRST. Be sure to do this.
This is a testing time. Let us meet
the test.
TIIE BEE’S ATTITUDE.
THE Monitor last week commented
editorially upon the omission of
Mr. Crawford's picture from the high
school group and the reply made to
Mrs. Crawford by some employee of
The Bee office. Mr. Smith, managing
editor, assures us that he has been
unable to fix responsibility for the re
ply. Two letters published in this is
sue related to this incident. One is
from W. H. Gray of Council Bluffs
to Mr. Updike, owner of The Bee and
the other is a courteous reply from
Victor Smith, managing editor, which
! explains and regrets the omission. The
Monitor accepts Mr. Smith’s explana
tion and believes that he will do his
best to give fair treatment to all
classes. Sunday’s photagravure sec
tion of The Bee prepared, some weeks
before, contained school groups in
which colored children’s pictures ap
peared,
WE WILL NEVER AGREE
THAT NEGROES BE LEFT
OFF THE PARTY TICKET
It is a distinct step backward that
j the majority of the delegates to the
republican city convention who met
Monday, did not present a Negro as
their choice for alderman, and did not
make the fight for his ratification.
The spirit of the race has risen to the
place where we are no longer content
to pay taxes, bear arms, and vote to
elect men who think “the time has
not yet come when it is expedient to
have Negroes in office.” The ward
I delegation may have failed had it
tried, but it was duty bound to repre
sent the opinions of the race, and the
race wants to play the man, and will
not be content to be the creature. The
spirit of the convention is generally
understood to have been in opposition
to the nomination of a Negro. In fact
that is the excuse offered why no one
was proposed. If so, then the repub
lican party in Kansas City needs to
be aroused to the vital principle at
stake, the same principle that made
the colonies fight in the Revolutionary
war, the same principle that has made
it the dominant party ever since the
Civil war. If republicans in Kansas
City do not want Negroes on the party
ticket, after depending as they do
upon Negroes for some measure of
their party strength, then it is not
representative government they want,
but autocratic government, and we
must not consent to such an un- ‘
American practice.—The Call (Kansas
City, Mo.).
Vote for M. F. Singleton, you can
depend upon him to stand up and do
what is right.
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FINAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT
In the County Court of Douglas County, j
Nebraska.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mrs. I
Augusta C. Parker, Deceased.
All persons Interested in said matter j
are hereby notified that on the 22d day j
of March, 1920, George Wells Parker I
filed a petition in said county court,
praying that his final administration ac
count filed herein be settled and allowed,
and that he be discharged from his trust
jik administrator and that a hearing will
: be had on said petition before said court
on the 10th day of April, 1920, and that
! if you fail to appear before said court on
the said 10th day of April, 1920, at 9
| o’clock a. m., and contest said petition,
the court may grant the prayer of said
Ifetltl^n and make such other and further
I orders, allowances and decrees, as to this
j < ourt may seem proper, to the end that
- all matters pertaining to said estate may
1 b* finally settled and determined.
BRYCE CRAWFORD.
2t County Judge.
THE MAN WHO FAILS.
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The man who fails is the sort of chap
Who is always looking around for a
snap;
Who neglects his work to regard the
clock.
Who never misses a chance to knock.
He is grouchy and slow when work
begins;
When it’s time to quit he jokes and
grins.
lie's always as busy as busy can be,
When he thinks the boss is around to
see.
He believes that a "pull” is the only
way
By which he can ever draw bigger
pay;
Ad he sulks and growls when be sees
his plan
Upset by the “push” of another man.
He’s on the job when he draws his
pay;
That done, he soldiers his time away!
While the men who tackle their Jobs
with vim
Keep pushing and climbing ahead of
him.
For the man who fails has himself to
blame.
If he wastes his chances and misses
his aim;
He'd win if he'd use his hands and
wits;
The man woh fails is the man who
quits.
—CHARLES R. BARRETT.
THE MAN W HO WINS.
The man who wins is an average
man;
Not built on any peculiar plan,
Not blest with any peculiar luck;
just steady and earnest and full of
pluck.
When asked a question he does not
“guess”—
He knows, and answers “No” or
"Yes,”
When set a task that the rest can’t do.
He buckles down till he’s put it
through.
Three things he’s learned; that the
man who tries
Finds favor in his employer’s eyes;
That it pays to know more than one
thing well;
That it doesn't pay all he knows to
tell.
So he works and waits, till one fine
day
There's a better job with bigger pay,
And the men who shirked whenever
they could
Are bossed by the man whose work
made good.
For the man who wins is the man
who works,
Who neither labor nor trouble shirks,
Who uses his hands, his head, his
eyes;
The man who wins is the man who
tries.
CHARLES R. BARRETT.
JAPANESE CLASH WITH
RUSSIANS, SAYS TOKIO
San Francisco, Cal., March 30.—
Fighting between Japanese and Rus
sians in Nikolaevsk was reported in
a cablegram from Tokio received by
the Japanese newspaper New World
here today. The message said the
Japanese consulate In Nikolaevsk
Consul Ishiba was missing.
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