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f H1 T'tt"^ l\/fA\TTTr\D ™ f _THAN on_ J| X X_J IV ll / JL a] X X VJXV IIFr T00: A NATIONAL W'EEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS. _ _THE RKV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor__ » I $3.00 a Year. 10c a Copy - OMAHA, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 21, 1920 Vol. VI. No. 17 (Whole No 977~ DEMOCRATS k. ,ORT TO USUAL TACTICS Raising Stereotypcd Cry of “Negro Domination" and Uncial Equality to Stem Rising Tide of Republican Success. METHODS OF COXITeS ADMISSION OK DEFEAT Retray Desperate Straits t« Which Leaders of I lie Donkey I’arty Are Driven Tims Early in the Game See Their Finish. (Special to The Monitor, by Phil H. Brown) (CHICAGO, III., Oct. 21.—The for bearing public is holding its nose anr reaching for its gas mask, because democratic burrowing carnivore, con forming to the predisposition of its counterpart in natural history, is driven to desperation and is beginning to emit noxious odors. One of the un failing signs of democratic despera tion is when the cry goes up of “Negro domination.” The whipped Hun cried “kamerad,” hut the cornered demo crat and the skunk, alike In many tilings, perfume the air with noxious gasses and filth from nether sources Witness the effort that Is being made i by the authorities in the democratic! party and prated by Candidate Cox in j reference to the miserable bugbear o( j social equality and Negro domination. I t'hservc the effort to pillory white men who have been even just to the Negro ! Watch the wanton propaganda to array ! | the workingmen of the races against | each other, all over the signature of] the democratic state executive commit tee of Ohio. The deft and glib manner in which that committee refers to otir prorpinent women as “Negresses” is not only an insult to colored American citizenship, hut a slap in the face of all American citizenship. An under hand effort of the reds could be more directly contrary to the’ spirit of American institutions. Berkman and Goldman were deported for crimes such as the democratic committee are committing in sheer desperation of de sire to prolong their rule of ruin, ex travagance and racial injustice. Hut It N A1I Right One of the best evidences of the pre vailing fact that the democrats are whipped is the publication of the mis erable circular by the Ohio executive ccmm'Kee of that party trying to stir 1 red There never was a time when the democrats were whipped that thev did not resort to the rry of “Negro domination.” And I as a simple suggestion of democratic consistency, while the fox committee In Ohio Is screaming against Negro domination and low-grading Negro womanhood their candidate for sena tor in the neighboring state of Indians is falling on tils knees begging for Negro votes on the ground that lie used to “sling hash” with-them. j But it is all right; the signs are right. The democrats are running true to form. Their cry Is the squeal of the coward, driven to the corner., Withal, the disgraceful reference over its signature against the race will solidify the colored people and nause ate the justice-loving people. Rubble of Negro Doniianilon An appeal for simple justice cannot i he constructed as a desire to dominate The Negro in this country has n^ver i felt any such desire. He holds out for an equal opportunity, such as the con- . stltutlon has granted him and thi ! democrats have denied him. He askr only that the modus vivendl accorded j to all American citizens be given to j him. But this is the Insult that the j democratic executive committee ot Ohio offers to the Intelligence of the j entire American electorate; L “Ohioans should remember that the time has come when we must handlf this problem in somewhat the same way as the south Is handling It, and In 'such a way bring greater contentment to both whites and Negroes. We should remember what history tolls us of th, dark days when Negroes controlled the goemment in the south, the enor mous expenditures and debts incurred the indignities heaped upon white f women and children, the vicious at tempt of the South Carolina Negro i legislate]a to give every Negro forty at.res of land and a mule. "Men and women of Ohio! Rally to the ballot box and give such a verdict as will forever rid Ohio of this menace to yourselves and your children.” This prottunciamento will be repu diated by every well-meaning citizen in the United States,’it matters not whether i.e is white or black, woman or man. Jew or gentile. WEST ATIMCA.NS GETTING Hit'll FROM COCOA BOOM .More Than Two Hundred Own Auto mobiles and Some Occupy $50,000 Homes. T ON DON, Oct. 21.—With a big cocoa ■Li boom- on, untold wealth is being won by the natives of the Gold Coast, West Africa. More than 200 of them now run their own automobiles. Euro pean style houses, costing in some in tances $50,000, have been buMt by the most properous. During the war astute Negroes bought cocoa at $50 a ton and after the armistice sold at $200. Even native women are bitten with the “get rich-quirk" craze, several having set up as brokers. POLICE EXPOSE A FAKE ASSAULT STORY a White Man Claimed His Wile Had Been Assaulted and Cut by Yellow Negro— Wife Admits Husband Stab bed Her Three l imes After Quarrel Over Work. SAMPLE OF LIES Willi H USUALLY V II sE LYNCHING* Raleigh, n. c. oet. 21.—Here is a story told by Charles Evans to the police: “I and my wife were lying in bed. A yellow Negro entered, attacked me, knocking me unconscious, and stole a sum of money variously estimated at from $75 to $150. While 1 was un conscious, he attempted to assault my wife, and in the struggle stubbed her three times with a knife. When I re covered both of them had gone.” Such a report to local police was enough to start rumors of a posse, .and a lynching of the guilty man when ap prehended. It is the kind of occur rence that usually precedes nioh vio lence In this section. Meantime the wife had peon carried to the Rex hospital suffering with se vere gashes In her head and body, from which blood flowed profusely. Her clothing was disarranged. This is her story: ”My husband and I were lying on the lied in our room. We had quar reled on account of his idleness and heavy drinking when out of work. Without warning he readied for a dirk stabbed me in the head and ifi the need an t a third time in the back. I rushed out of the house and called for help.' The dirk penetrated the woman’: lung and she may die. Evans, evident ly, attempted to commit suicide, but at the last moment lacked the nerve The bullet entered his left shoulder _ « MOM \\ DIES AT AGE OF 115 YEAR: (B> Associated Negro Press) GREENVILLE, S. C., Oct. 21.—Mrs Harriet Alexander, of Seneca, died a her home recently at the age of 11 years. Mrs. Alexander, In her earl, lays served during the confederacy n i slave and In her last moments re nembcred those days. SENTENCE COMMUTED ATLANTA, OA„ Oet. 21.—Ulysse Goolsby, who has been sentenced thn times to hang in Early county for tb murder of H. J. Villipigue, has had hi <enttnce commuted to life ImpriHor nent by Governor Dorsey. SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS YERDIC’ WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 21.—Cot viction of Frank Moore and five othr Negroes, who were sentenced to deat' for participation in a race riot li Phillips county. Ark., last October, wP stand as a result of the refusal of thi supreme court to review their cases. PROPOSED LEAGUE OF NATIONS PARTISAN m UNDEMOCRATIC Places Power Permanently in the Hands of Five Great Nations. Great Britain, the United States, France, Japan and Italy. Who Dominate and Control Both Council and Assembly and Effectively Eliminates Smaller and Less Powerful Nations. ACCEPTANCE BY UNITED STATES WOULD INVITE DIVIDED ALLEGIANCE BY COSMOPOLITAN CITIZENSHIP By Ailey W. Lewis, LL. B. IV FI ATE V KR else the League of VV Nations is, or' ought to be, it ought to be non-partisan, non-sec tarian and beyond the control of any one nation or group of nations. Fortunately, the league as presented does not appear to lie within the con trol of any religious denomination, or to have adopted the creed of any spe cific faith.. Rut. unfortunately for the American people, the League of Na tions is partisan and political. This should not be true because the mat ters contemplated by the framers of the league covenant cannot be includ ed within the scope of the powers of any political party. The agreements of the league require an abandonment of the historical and traditional policy of the United States to stand aloof and disconnected from the controversies and policies of Europe. The partisan transition of the long-established and successful policy of the freest govern ment in the world, and the partisan creation of a new policy which shall be Interwoven with the politics of Eu rope will not tend to the unifying of our cosmopolitan citizenship, but will tend to divide it into partisan camps as numerous as the nationalities of which our republic Is composed. Such a change would make our citizens the partisans of other nations as well as of our own. Whether in war or in peace an American citizen ought not to he a partisan of any nation save his own. It. is the sense of a well established philosophy that no man can serve two masters. But the league not only contemplates an alliance of the member nations, but, by the demo cratic party, Is made to include the peace achieved by American citizens regardless of their political affilia tions. But aside from the political aspect of the league, it must be con tended lhat it is within the control of a little group of great nations, namely tlie United Stales, Great Britain France, Japan and Italy. These five nations are permanent members of the council and members of the assembly. 1 idea they concur in the council or in the assembly no decision can be leached. It takes a unanimous vote iu the council and a three-fourths vote in the assembly to render a decision but the three-fourths vote of the as 1 sembly must include the votes of the members of the council. For example: If Great Britain in the council should not agree with the other members of the council, the council could render no decision. No one will presume that Great Britain would vote any differently in the as sembly. If Great Britain in the assem bly should not agree with the three fourths vote of the assembly, the as sembly could render no decision. There is no remedy for this power and control as the league now stands. Tlut these five great nations are not the only members of the council; there are four others with like powers. These other four are not permanent members, but are selected by the as sembly from time to time in its dis cretion. If any one of these four se lected members of the council should disagree with the other members of the council and prevent a decision, such dissenting nation might be re moved, it being a temporary member ,jeJ:x;ted from time to time at the dis cretion of the assembly. Selection, re action or recall of a member of the council would require a decision of the sembly. A decision of the assembly in such a matter is not known to he su' different from the decision in other matters. Hence in the assem bly decision or rejection or recall the disputant temporary member could not participate either by virtue of mem bership in the council or in the as sembly. The re-election of a temporary member cannot be consummated by decision of the assembly unless the member nations of the council concui in such decision. So from whatever angle we scan the situation we find the power of five named nations permanent and con trolling both the council and the as sembly. I do not believe that this singular control by the five great nations will be considered b; the American people a: democratic. AUK YOF UKGISTKKKIH Friday, October 22, is your last chance lo registi r. Be sure of your registration if you want to vote. One Organ, One Pipe, One Piece of Music! { 5 _ * FLORIDA OFFICIALS ORDER PROTECTION OF REPUBLICAN JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Oct. 21.—Co lumbia county commissioners have passed resolutions condemning the ac tion of persons who recently took B. J. Jones, (colored) chairman of the Columbia County Republican club, from bed. tied a noose about his neck and drove him out of town in his night clothes in an automobile, later releas ing him. The commissioners demanded that tile grand jury investigate and order the protection of Jones by the sheriff. QUESTION RIGHT ^1 Y TO INVADE HAYTI The Program of Extermination Which Has Been Practiced During the Wil son Administration to tie Attacked in Congress. DEMOCRATS AMONG CRITICS OF POLICY Belief Current at National Capital That True Story of Brutality on Islands Will be Elicited by Impending In vestigation, W/-ASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 21.—A congessional investigation of the administration’s course in Hayti is re garded as inevitable immediately after the session opens in December, follow ing the disclosures made by Brig.-Gen. Barnett, former commandant of the Marine Corps, that approximately one out of every four hundred inhabitants has been exterminated in order to biing about peace. That such a pro gram could be carried out by an Amer ican administration which was hold ing aloft the banner of the rights of lesser peoples on a larger world stage is regarded as incredible. Details of what has happened in Hayti. it is believed, are only com mencing to be revealed. Returning marines tell stories of the unerring marksmanship which pacified the isl and and of the high-handed manner iu which the program was carried out. Stories of uncounted wounded natives who crawled into the brush, where they probably died, are features of those narratives. It is not only the details of manner in which the island was “pacified” that is awakening attention, but the author ity of lack of it which justified Amer ican Intervention will be investigated. Critics of <he administration’s course, and they are found among democrats as well ns among repub licans, say the issue dwells on the point which Senator Harding hag peen making relative to alleged usurpations of presidential authority. The Investigation which is being dis cussed Is expected to deal with such questions as the president’s habit of dealing with foreign countries through pcsonal representatives rather than through ambassadors ajtd regularly continued representatives, the private war which the president conducted in Mexico on at least two occasions, the nullification of the merchant marine law by presidential fiat, and many other instances. Those who are urging the necessity of tho investigation say that after the election it cannot ho charged with hav ing political ptirpose and that it will have the salutary effect, of restraining * the tendency of executives to act or their own initiative rather thar hrottgh the regular machlnerv of thr ■onst.itution. The report of James I. Mcllhenny vho has had charge of the finances o' he island, is also looked forward t< vith keen interest. It has been sail hat certain banking interests an harging the islanders for caring fo heir funds upon which they derive a1 nterest, charge after having obtainc hem. Mr. Mcllhenny will report to tin tate department. It is expected tin uhlic Interest to the Haitian affair dc eloped by the partial disclosures a' eady made will compel the publica !on of a full report from the govern nent’s financial representative rathe han an excerpt, as was done in tin ase of the report of General Barnett PRESIDENT COMMUTES HAN6IN6 OF WOMAN Josephine Berry Escapes Gallows by Action on Eve of Date Set as Court Grants Delay—Executive Clemency From Woodrow Wilson Appreciated. (Special to The Monitor by Walter J. Singleton) WTASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 21.— ” President Wilson October 14 commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of Josephine Berry, the col ored woman who was to be hanged at the district jail for the murder of Ada King, another colored vvoman, more than a year ago. Considerable interest has been taken in this case, not only from the condi tions surrounding the murder, but also because of the fact that the hanging of the condemned woman would have been the first hanging of a woman since the execution of Mrs. Surrat, more than fifty years ago. Heavy pressure, in the form of peti tions, was brought to bear on the pres ident of the United States by numer ous organizations and leading citi zens of both races. Among the or ganizations acting as petitioners were the Oldest Inhabitants' Association (Colored), the Crispus Attucks Relief Association, the Young Men's Protec tive League of the District of Colum bia, and the Baptist Ministerial Asso ciation. A delegation of more than seventy colored church men and women pre sented a petition and made a per sonal appeal to the president through Secretary Tumulty. A delegation of women planned to call from a number of local organiza tions at the White House with similar petition, but canceled their visit when they learned of the president’s action. Before announcement was made at the White House that the president had commuted the sentence Chief Jus tice McCoy, in the district supreme court, had postponed her execution until November 19 at the request of United States Attorney Laskey. Mr. Laskey told the court that the department of justice had requested the delay in order to afford further time to consider an application for clemency. Too much credit cannot be given Counselor Harry' L. Tigner, her attor ney' who not only gave his services, but sent out thousands of circulars (at his own expense) all over the country, asking friends and organiza tions to petition the president for executive clemency in behalf of this unfortunate woman. It is highly gratifying to see this act of well merited clemency avert what might have been a. rigorous en forcement of the letter of the law', without regard for the spirit of jus tice, as would have been the case had the death sentence been carried out. A. movement on the part of so many petitioners carried a force which could not be disregarded, particularly when the petitioners included the prosecutor who secured conviction and the judge who passed sentence. The crime was. indeed, murder, hut the state must, i it has in this case recognize -when the community has been wanting in its obligations, as in the case of this unfortunate girl—without father or mother; reared amid poverty, squalor vice and ignorance; and without friends from childhood upwards; so that womanhood found her hardened and embittered, unable to read and write, and with no well-balanced ideas of right and wrong. NATIONAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 21.— Application for a charter for the Col ored National Reserve association was filed at the county court clerk’s of fice. The association is capitalized at $10,000, and has been organized for the purpose of “printing,” publishing and developing and protecting the rights of the Colored race.” The in corporators are all local people. They are W. R. Abraham, Addle Dillard, J. M. Ragland, R. W. Cannon, Alfred Hunter. A. B. Lee, M. H. McCutcheon. A. E. Reed, W. M. Dent and Emma | Gannon.