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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 <Whole No. 270)
Notable (lathering of I.calling Whit*
E.dneuters, Ministers and Business
Men to Serloosl) Consider Improv
ing Knee Conditions Throughout the
Sunny >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.
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(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.)
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INTELLIGENCE CONTEST No. 2
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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.
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No answer will be accepted unless
accompanied with coupon containing
I questions.
i All answers must be in the Monitor
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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.
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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.
