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 Mail Matter July 2, 1916, at the Postoffice 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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OATH OF COLORED AMERICAN YOUTH
“I will never bring disgrace upon my race by any un- |
worthy deed or dishonorable act; I will live a clean, decent, |
manly life, and will ever respect and defend the virtue and »
honor of womanhood; I will uphold and obey the just laws of g
my country and of the community in which I live, and will g
encourage others to do likewise; I will not allow prej udice, S
injustice, insult or outrage to cower my spirit or sour my §
soul, but will ever preserve the inner freedom of heart and g
conscience; I will not allow myself to be overcome of evil, |
but will strive to overcome evil with good; I will endeavor |
to develop and exert the best powders within me for my own ;;
personal improvement, and will strive unceasingly to quicken i
I the sense of racial duty and responsibility; I will in all £
these ways aim to uplift my race so that, to everyone bound 5
to it by ties of blood, it shall become a bond of ennoblement, |
and not a byword of reproach.”
BY a >0£886?
HARDING’S ACCEPTANCE
SENATOR HARDING'S speech of
acceptance in directness of
statement is a great improvement
upon the platitudinous platform set
forth by the national Republican con
vention. It leaves no doubt in the
minds of the public as to where he
stands on various questions and
problems of state which confront the
nation. He states unequivocally that
be believes in “party government as
distinguished from personal govern
ment, individual, dictatorial, auto
cratic or what not.'’ This means, if
it means anything, that Senator
Harding, if elected, will carry out
the policy of the Republican party,
as outlined in its rather evasive dec
laration of principles, interpreted as
he understands' them. We confess
that we are more pleased with his
interpretation of those principles as
stated in his speech of acceptance
than we are with the language of the
platform in which they are stated.
His language on the international
policy which he favors cannot be mis
taken. We consider it the sound po- j
sition which the future will justify.
International sympathy and co-oper- i
ation without foreign entanglements
is a wise policy to pursue. Our var
ious domestic problems are frankly
met and discussed by the Republi
can nominee. His political Creedo
is happily and tersely summed up 1
in twelve articles of belief, beginning
with "1 believe in a great merchant
marine” and ending rather signifi
cantly with “I believe the Negro cit
izens of America should be guaran
teed the enjoyment of all their
rights."
If Senator Harding believes as tru
ly in article twelve as he does in
article one, then he can be depended
upon to see to it that Insofar as in
him lies, “the Negro citizens of
America” WII-L be guaranteed the
enjoyment of all their rights.” He
will favor, recommend and endeavor j
to build up “a great merchant mar
ine.” Will he favor, recommend and
endeavor by enforcing the provisions
of the Constitution of the United
States to guarantee Negro citizens the
enjoyment of all their rights? We
hope so. We have faith to believe so.
The articles of his political belief
bind him to the justification of that
faith by his works. For in the do
main of statesmanship and politics,
as in religion, “faith without works
is dead.”
We are pleased with Senator
Harding’s speech of acceptance. We
are in iJearty accord with the twelve
articles of his belief, which If put
into practice will add to the prosper
ity and stability of the republic.
WE ARE WITH YOU, DR. BUNDY
"TOTE ARE profoundly glad that Dr.
W Bundy came to Omaha and
gave us the privilege of seeing him
and hearing him. The simple reci
tal of the awful scenes of the East
St. Louis massacre, through which
he passed and in which The Monitor
does not hesitate to say without fear
of contradiction, he played the part
of a man, without any manifestation
of hatred or bitterness, moved the
magnificent audience which greeted
him to tears. Who could look upon
his strong intellectual face, shad
owed with the suffering he has un
dergone, and not be irresistably
drawn to him, strengthened and up
lifted? What an ovation was given
him as he closed the recital of his
pathetic story, and what a generous
butpouring of funds for his defense!
Nor was his noble little wife, who
has been so brave and fought so hard
for his liberty, forgotten, nor can
she he forgotten. We are all glad
Dr. Bundy came to Omaha, over
shadowed Indeed by a prison cloud,
but we believe that that cloud will
be dispelled by the genial sun of jus
tice when his case comes before the
Supreme Court of Illinois in October
But come what may, Leroy Bundy,
every inch a man, we are with you.
"Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers,
our tears,
Our faith triumphant o’er our fears.
Are all with thee; are all with thee."
t DISK SELECTION
1NHE Colored Commercial Club of
Omaha is to be congratulated
upon securing the services of Mrs.
Grace Hutten aH assailant commis
sioner. Mrs. Hutten is a woman of
ability, poise and excellent character
and will discharge the duties of her
position with the same energy, ef
ficiency and thoroughness as has
characterized her successful work as
a teacher in America and Porto Rico.
She has been successful as a teacher
and we believe that she will be
equally successful in the new posi
tion for which she has been chosen
and in which she is a pioneer among
our group. The Monitor most sin
cerely wishes her success.
DID TOE’ NOTICE IT I
DID you notice that a motion to
endorse the republican party by
the National Federation of Colored
Women’s Clubs in convention assem
bled at Tuskegee recently after a
telegram from Senator Harding was
received failed to pass? Did you no
tice it? Rather significant, too! It
shows that, our women, recently en
franchised, are doing some thinking
for themselves these day. The women
there assembled, and please bear in
mind that thev represented intelli
gence and ability, did not stampede.
Did you notice It?
MI Sl’NDEKHTA N DINGS
IF PEOPLE who have misunder
standings would only try to get
together and clear them up and at
least honestly try to understand each
other’s viewpoint, there would be
much less unhappiness and bitter
ness in the world. But. instead of
this, most of us stand off and call
each other names. How does it go?
Something like this, isn’t it: ‘‘There
is so much good in the worst of us,
and so much bad in the best of us,
that it 111 becomes one of us to speak
evil of any of us.’’ Suppose we all
try to understand one another, to
clear up misunderstandings.
SEGREGATION AND JIMCKOWISM
SEGREGATION and Jimcrowism
are the slimy spawn in which
the lynchocrat breeds. These nox
ious weeds scatter seeds whose
growth proclaim the Negro Is less
than a man, an undesirable creature
to be shunned, spurned and set aside.
What harm, therefore, in ridding the
earth of his presence? If, therefore,
we would banish lynching and mob
murder, we must banish segregation
and Jimcrowism which creates the
atmosphere which nourishes lynch
ing. This is the issue that America
must face. You cannot treat a man
or group of men as objects of con
tempt on one hand and demand re
spect for them upon the other.
(i ARY, IN Dl \ N v. THE MAGIC
CITY OF THE MIDDLE WEST
Is in Great Need of Workers for Its
Great Steel Industries and Offer*
Unusual Opportunities to Investors.
Fourteen years ago travellers gome
east from Chicago when they crossed
the Indiana line, saw great white sand
dunes piled high. That was in May,
1906. In June they say a few tents
and shanties, a sign marked “GARY”
and white sand dunes. There were 334
residents of tiny then. Note the a!
most magis growth. Where in 1906
there were «and dunes and shanties,
today there is a beautiful, well-built
modem city of 80,000 people with
great steel and other industries em
ploying 30,000 people with a pay roll
of over $4,000,000 per month. Lots
that went begging as a gift fourteen
lears ago are of great value now and
many that then sold for $100 a piece
are now worth $50,000, so phenominai
has been the growth of Gary.
Gary in a few years will outstrip
Pittsburg a.* a steel center and this
is the reason:
Judge Gary, in his official capacity
as chairman of the United States
Steel Corporation, publicly stated in
a speech at Duluth that steel prod
ucts could be made 38 per cent cheap
er than in Duluth, and 26 per cent
cheaper than in Pittsburg; that Gary,
owing to her unsurpassed facilities for
assembling the raw material and the
distribution of the finished uroduct.
together with that rare combination
of other things which are necessary to
the manufacture of steel, including
the wonderful efficiency of her up-to
date plant, is the place of all places
in the world where steel can be pro
duced at the lowest cost.
I n the output of steel the Gary mills
have broken all records since the
world began.
This is why the United States Steel
Corporation has poured out untold mil
lion of dollars in erecting plants in
Gary rather than in Pennsylvania or
Ohio; this is why Gary has grown so
tremendously in so short a time, and
why Gary must continue to grow
rapidly, until, as a steel center, the
Gary region overtops all rivals.
To the thousands now buying their
own homes in Gary, Judge Gary’s
speech will give renewed confidence
that the property into which they are
putting their savings is located in a
city which is destined to be the great
est steel manufacturing center in the
world, and in which values are bound
to increase with the development of
the industries.
The David Glueck Realty Company
is offering lots in all parts of Gary
ranging in price from $400 to $1,200,
which are bound to advance in price.
Now is the time to invest. A num
ber of large industrial plants are
nearing completitiok and are now try
ing to secure a large number of men
for these various plants. Those who
desire to locate there will readily find
t mployment. Those who desire to in
vest will be able to do so through the
beta! terms offered by the Glueck
Realty Company. Their representative
will be in Omaha for a few days and
c m be seen by appointment. Call
Douglas 3224 or the People’s Ding
Store, Douglas 1446, and ask for Mr.
J. G. Golden, who will be pleased to
give you an interview.
>YHAT OI'R EDITORS SAA’
THE \OM!MTIO\ OF FOX
From the viewpoint of the colored
group the nomination of Governor
Cox of Ohio on the Democratic ticket
is eminently satisfactory. So far as
we know he has always been just in
his treatment of the colored citizens
of his state.
And whether Harding or Cox be
elected, the next president of the
United States will be a Northern
man, and that is something to be
thankful for. The nomination of Me
Adoo would have been dangerous for
democracy, because he might have
been elected. He now lives in New
York, but he was bom in Georgia,
and has in his soul the contempt,
which the Georgia white people as
a rule have for the colored people.
We must not forget, that McAdoo
struck one of the most contemptible
blows at the colored race when he
instituted racial segregation in the
treasury department at Washington.
Farewell, Crown Prince!
Let us be thankful that the Wilson
administration, the "reigning family"
which has done so much to injure
the nation in general and the colored
people in particular, will soon be a
thing of the past.—St. Paul Appeal.
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