l= i The Monitor i = i A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS. ___THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WlfXIAMS. Editor___ $3.00 a Year. 10c a Copy _ OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920 - Vol. VI. No. 10 ontlilund. JUSTICE IN Hit IMS HltJHTLT DEMANDED Frankl) Face Questions of Inadequate Support of Education and Charge Itv Colored People of (Raring InJttS (Ire In Court* of Section. Meeting Part of (leneral Movement. / (Special to The Monitor ) BLUER! UOK, N. C., Sept. 2.—That the South is beginning to recog nize that something must he done to stay the northward trend of its Negro citizenship and that there are white people of this section who are ani mated by the desire to see justice done to the race is shown by the many . I ; (.i erings which are being held throughout the South for serious con sideration of the "race problem’ Many of these gatherings are joinl conferences, where thoughtful mem bers of both races meet to talk ovei j matters. This undoubtedly is the wiser way Other gatherings are con fined to while people where they dis cuss their relations lo the black folk One of the most notable of these gath erings assembled here last week and dismissed every phase of social, econ omic and Industrial life .of the Negro, Leading educators, ministers and lav men were in attendance. Among the chief topics discussed j were, justice in the courts and inade quate support of schools for Negroes it was admitted by several speakers that it is practically impossible for Negroes to secure anything like Jus tice in Southern courts and it was urged that efforts be made to correct this. Facts were disclosed showing that in many cases money raised by taxation front Negroes In counties of every state in the South is being used to educate white children, while no schools are provided for the colored children. That this is another glar ing injustice which the white people of the South must remove was the unanimous sentiment of those here J present. The topic upon which there was a divided sentiment was the one touch ing the Negro's political rights; bdt - here there was a notable advance i^k he part of some who are wise f»noi .n lo see that the ballot cannot he withheld from the intelligent Negro of the South If he is to remain there. The meeting here is a part of a gen ) era! movement throughout the South which is being sponsored by far-sight ed and Justice-loving white men and women who frankly admit that the Negro has many Just grounds of griev ances and are determined to do what they can to remove them- While this group is vastly in the minority it is animated with a high purpose, dom inated by intelligence and rapidly growing. k ATE liltHARDS O’HARE OBEETED IIV (IREAT CROWD Audience I’ack'. Swedish Auditorium to Hear Stirring S|teecli By Idol of Socialists Recently Released From Federal I’rlson. Hundreds Unable to (Jain Admittance. Tells Expert cnee kindness of Colored Prison* er- Removes Inherited Prejudice. The meeting at the Swedish Audi torium last Thursday evening was a record breaker in [mints of attend ance and enthusiasm. The main speaker was Kate Richards 0 Hare, idol of the socialists, and recently re leased federal prisoner. While Mrs O’Hare has aged considerably since „ her last appearance here, she has lost none of iter "punch" in putting it over and driving the point home so that the most biased will be com pelled to admire her delivery wheth er they agree with her politics or not. The meeting was the occasion of the socialists state convention and was presided over by Frank P. y O'Hare, husband of Mrs O’Hare. Mr. y ( (Continued on Page Three.) i INTELLIGENCE CONTEST No. 2 Prize for perfect answer.$5.00 Prize for 95 per cent of answers. 3.00 Prize for 90 per cent of answers. 2.00 1. What is the population of your home city? 2. Who is the president of France? 3. From what office did President Wilson conte when elected president 4 Ixtcate Moscow, Cairo. Constan tinople, Capetowm. 5. Who invented the cotton gin? 0 Who was vice president during McKinley’s second term? 7. Who was the democratic eandi ’ date opposing Mr. W. H. Taft for president in his first campaign? 8. Which is the largest city in the world? 9. Where is the University oi Kdenburgh ? lb- Name the largest school in this country from a standpoint of stu dents. Rules: Re as brief as possible. No answer will be accepted unless accompanied with coupon containing I questions. i All answers must be in the Monitor office not later than one week after ! late of Issue on w'hich same appear. SERVED THIRTY-TWO YEARS; RETIRED s< me Interesting Farts I bout R. IV. Free mini, Veteran Mall Farrier, Who lias Been Pensioned. Recently several employes of the | Omaha postuffice were retired under jlhe provisions of the pension bill ( Among these was R. W. Freeman, who j had served as a letter carrier for i thirty-two years with the remarkable ' record of never having been late or missed a day, his vacations not count* j lug, thrcpigh sickness during all these 1 years. So punctual was he that one | day when the office cloc k stopped, the i superintendent saw Freeman coming \ in and stalled the clock and the time I was correct Mr. Freeman’s modest cureer is In teresting and shows what determina tion can accomplish. He was horn of sluve parents, Jefferson Freeman and Mary Walton Freeman at Lexington, Mo., January 1. 1851, and for fourteen years was a slave. The boy was anx ious to receive an education. This I opportunity, however, was denied him until he was 24 years old, when he went to Knox Academy, affiliated with : Knox College at Galesburg, 111. Im possible as it may seem he subsisted on 5 cents a day for several weeks How did he do it? He bought 5 cents worth of oatmeal, which he cooked. One of the professors gave him milk and his food was oatmeal and milk. Nourishing, indeed, but lacking in variety. Among those who were fellow stu dents of Freeman at that time, al though they were In the college de partment and he in the academy, were men who are now prominent in i Omaha affairs To mention only a few there was John L. Kennedy, C. C. George and Charles Martin. Mr. Freeman was appointed as a ! substitute carrier In the Omaha post office July 17, 1887, and received his I regular appointment February 15, 1888. He was retired two w'eeks ago : after thirty-two years service- Nat | ttrally, he is a man of exemplary I character and a citizen of whom Orn aba lias reason to he proud. _ MANUFACTURING PROSPERITY IN NORTH CAROLINA _ j Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 2.—North Car i olina's state departments of educa tion and of health have issued a little pamphlet for the use of Negro citi zens which is worth 'the attention of anyone interested in Southern wel fare. Through these departments the state is promoting Negro community leagues whose main objects are bet ter health, better schools, better farms and homes, and the union of all classes of Negroes in each com munity to promote these ends. WHY THE NEGRO IS A REPUBLICAN By Major John R. Lynch, U. S. A., Retired. Major Lynch was formerly a member of Congress from Missis ippi, and under one of the republican administrations was Auditor >f the Treasury. Later lie was appointed as paymaster in the army, ind after several years of distinguished and efficient service, was re viled with the rank of major. He was temporary chairman of the republican national convention that nominated James G. Blaine, and has written a number of books of fine interest to the history of the l Negro race. MAJOR JOHN R. LYNCH Under our system of government the exercises of civil and political rights by all classes and groups of American citizens should be guaran teed at all times and in all sections of the country, and this should not he contingent upon the result of the national election In other words, con ditions should lie such that no one das.-, rare or group of American citi zens should find it necessary to act as a solid body with one political party. This was the contemplation of the framers of the Constitution, hut those just and honorable fore fathers could not foresee the contin gency where a political party would be dependent for its very existence upo.i racial and sectional hatred. Tlie inherent disposition of the democratic party to either practice or condone peonage, disfranchisement, segregation and other discriminations ami reprisals against the constitu tional liberties and lives of colored people, has left these people no other alternative but to ally themselves with the republican party, that has evei stood for liberty, freedom of thought and equal opportunity to all Ameri can citizens, without regard to race, creed or condition. The Democrats themselves, occupying representation in congress, electing presidents, de claring and conducting war,_ shedding rivers of blood and mountains of treasure, while they are in a minority as to the great body of American people, are themselves responsible foi the fact that the Negro cannot be anything else than a Republican. I will not hark back to the well known fact that our race found its freedom in the hands of a republican president. I will not remind the younger generations of my race that every right and privilege of citizen ship that we now enjoy emenated from the republican party, and eyery right and privilege of citizenship that has been taken away from us has been taken away by the democratic party. These facts are known even to a little child and are never denied by the most zealous partisan. Hut I do charge that the extreme narrowness of the Dem orratic party, depending as it does upon racial hatred for its national tenure, has made the Negro himself narrow in self-defense. All of the big question- at issue in this canffiaign are made secondary in the mind of the Negro. The questions of the League of Nations, of recon struction, of currency, of industrial re lations, vital as they are to the life and prosperity and progress of the nation, the consideration of which would broaden the colored American’s point of view and raise the standard of liia value to the body politic, are forced to the background because he has been bitterly taught that the elec tion of any democrat to the presi dency means the abridgement of his rights, the conscription of his labor, the humiliation of his hopes for ad vancement. “Self-presei-vation is the first law of nature,” and the Negro, like all human beings, is a child of nature. He enters the campaign handicapped for the consideration of the great issues, knowing full well | that he and all of his kind must “hang together” against his life-long enemy the democratic party, or the democratic party, unchallenged for half a century of reprisals against a struggling Negro race, will see to it that he “hangs separately.” While Woodrow Wilson, Candidate Cox and their parisaical partisans are sniffling and sobbing about makigg the world safe for democracy, the Negro, sorely beset by these same hypocrites, must 'Confine his interest, his vote and his endeavors to make the country that he has bled to preserve, safe for himself. Woodrow Wilson is a great dreamer ot dreams and has “let dreams he his master,” while Cox, upon whose shoul ders this great dreamer’s mantle has fallen, Is such a nightmare of cross purposes upon all questions at issue that lie cannot even dream’ success fully. The wrongs and injustices of the col ored American were brought to the at tention of the two major parties at their national conventions. By the democrats they were entirely ignored, while the republicans, true to the tra ditions of the party, condemned and promised to remedy them. Senator Harding, the party’s choice for presi dent, has since materially enlarged upon tlie platform declaration- His straightforward utterances upon these important and vital [joints cannot be otherwise than gratifying to the friends of equal civil and political lights, and to those who believe in justice and fair play and a square deal to all. He takes a strong stand in favor of having lynch law suppressed through the machinery of federal gov ernment. He is equally outspoken when he declares that the colored Americans should be guarananteeri the enjoyment of all their rights. This covers the entire ground, for if the colored man is guaianteed all of his lights there will be no further cause for complaint. We firmly be lieve that this will be the settled ad ministration At any late the colored Amei'ican is justified in believing this will l)e done, for the republican party has done for the Negro all that has been done. Senator Harding also said: "I be lieve in law enforcement. If I am elected I mean to he a constitutional president, and it is impossible to ig nore the constitution, unthinkable to evade the law, and our every commit tal is to orderly government.” OR. PEEBLES HONORED BY AMERICAN LEGION ITinnimniisly Elected thermite Dele* . gate lty State Convention to Na tional Convention of American F.e glon at Cleveland The state convention of the Amer ican Legion met at Hastings Thurs day, Friday and Saturday of last week. It was largely attended, much important and forward-looking husi Dr. Win. W. Peebles ness was dispatched and the spirit manifested throughout was admirable. Roosevelt Post was represented by Dr. W. W. Peebles and Rufus C. Ijong, who were shown every courtesy- The names of both delegates were pre sented at some time in the convention for some position. Mr. Long failed of election by a narrow margin. When it came to tlie election of delegates and alternates to the National Con vention which meets in Cleveland late in September, the quota of this district being only three, Dr. Peebles was unanimously elected first alter nate. He was also chosen as a mem ber of the committee on special busi ness. REDS STRIKE SOUTH TO MENACE PERSIA Washington, D. C., Sept. 2.—Soviet Russia has followed up its successes against Poland with a thrust into southwestern Asia, and its forces al ready are threatening the Persian cap itol of Teheran. This rather unex pected move is believed by some offi cials and diplomats here to be directed against British and French domain in the near cast and Asia. WILL ENTERTAIN THE GMHD LODGE Manhattanites Are Making Elaborate Preparations For Taking tare of York Kite Masons Mho Mill Hold •VI r (I Grand Communication Here >ext M eek. Busy Program Outlined For Four Days' Session. Mill He Moleomed By Mayor of City Grand Matron Cummings Mill Preside Over Grand j Court. (Special to The Monitor.) Manhattan, Kane., Sept. 2—This busy and enterprising city is j making elaborate preparations to en tertain the Most Worthy King Solo Rev. J. A. Broadnax. ' mon Grand Lodge of Free and Accept ed Ancient York Masons, National Compact, which opens its fifty-third grand communication here next Tues day. The general committee of ar rangements of which William Cavens is chairman. William Wesley, secre tary, and William H. Taylor, treasurer, has been actively at work to see that nothing is left undone to make the meeting a success. The women wrho are on the general committee have not been idle. They have done their full shale also. Indeed, the whisper has gone round that the men have been kept quite busy to keep up with the activity of their Masonic sisters, who have been making preparations for the entertainment of the Grgnd Court which meets here at the same time. The Grand Ixulge will be called to order at 10:30 Tuesday morning at Peak's hall, Fourth and Houston streets, by the Rev. j- A- Broadnax of Omaha, the popular Grand Master, who will preside at all sessions; and the Grand Court, by Mrs. D. F. Cum mings of Kansas City, Kans., the highly esteemed Grand Matron. A joint session will be held at 8 o’clock at night, at which an address of wel come will be given by Mayor V. V. Akin, to which the Rev. J- F Griffin of Kansas City, Kans.. will respond. Other addresses of welcome and re sponses on behalf of the Grand Court and Masonic fraternity will be made by Mrs. D. F. Cummings of Kansas City, Kans.; Mrs. Nora Buffington of Topeka, the Rev. W- M- Dickerson of Topeka and William Wesley of Man hattan. Wednesday morning and afternoon will be devoted to routine business and In the evening a public reception will be given in honor of the grand officers and delegates, at which an ap propriate program will be rendered under the direction of Mrs. Robert Pryor. Thursday will be devoted to routine business, the hearing of the addresses of the Grand Master and Grand Matron and the election of officers. At night memorial services will be held in Shepherd’s chapel, Tenth and Yuma streets, with sermon by the Rev. Dr. J. F. Griffin Friday’s session will be devoted to closing business, a grand street parade at 3 p m. and public installation of officers at 8 o’clock. As the growth of the order in this jurisdiction has been large during the past year it is anticipated that this meeting of the Grand Lodge will reach the high-water mark.