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The monitor ^A Natlo—I Weakly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest* of Colored Published every Friday at Omaha, Nebraska, by the Monitor Publishing Company. Entered am Second-Class Mall Matter July J, 1916, at th* '•ostofflee at Omaha. Neb., onder the Act of March I, 1879._ I THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. George H W. Bullock, Business Manager and Associate Editor. W. W. MOSELY, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Neb. I SUBSCRIPTION RATES, $2.00 A YEAR; $1.2* e MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. Address, The Monitor, 20-1 kaffir Block, Omaha, Heb. Telephone Douglas 3224. HOUSE PASSES DYER BILL By a vote of almost two to one the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill was passed by the House last week after a long and spirited debate, in which the democrats opposed and the republicans favored the measure. The vote was almost unanimously partisan, 221 re- i publicans voting in the affirmative and 102 democrats in the negative. Eight democrats and one socialist vot ed with the republicans, making the total affirmative vote 230, while 1" republicans voted with the democrats, swelling the negative to 119. The democrats’ opposition by no means re flected credit upon them. Their meth ods were unbecoming and undignified, being largely confined to filibustering. In debate they substituted puerilities, innuendoes and fallacies for argument and dragged in the race question, which seems to be the chief political asset—a veritable Aladdin's lamp—of the southern representatives. With notably few exceptions there was no serious attempt upon the part of the opposition to meet argument with ar gument, but upon the contrary to sway by demagogic appeal to passion and prejudice. This is always unfortunate and regrettable, as it beclouds the is sue and obscures the principle at stake. The principle involved in this measure is very clear. It is this: Shall Lynching or Mob Murder, which is a national menace and a disgrace and reproach to the whole nation, and which the individual states seem pow erless to suppress, be made a federal offense and as such punishable by the federal authorities? It is a question simply as to the best practical way of reaching by remedial legislation a na tional menace which all thoughtful Americans recognize and deplore. The House has given its answer. It re mains now for the Senate to speak. The Monitor believes that the measure will pass the Senate. We regret that it became a partisan measure in the House. We believe it should have peen passed not as a partisan meas ure, but as a patriotic one. We hope it will be so considered by the Senate and treated and passed upon its mer its as a sincere effort to expiate the nation from the crime of mob-murder, in the guilt of which we all share when we condone or silently acquiesce. We hope, as we have said before, that the South, in which we believe there is a growing desire to suppress this evil from which it more largely suf fers than any other section of the country', will be brought to see that a federal law will help them to bring to pass just what the best minds and hearts among the people of the South I desire: the suppression of mob vio lence and the maintenance' of the su premacy of law, the only safeguard of civilization. We believe the day will come when all sections of the nation will recognize the fact that Congress man Dyer and all who have so zeal ously worked with him to frame and enact this measure have rendered America a great, patriotic service. We must not overlook the fact that the Dyer Bill has yet to pass the Sen ate and that, therefore, friends of the measure must not relax their efforts to impress upon the senators from their respective districts that they de sire them to support it, not as a ra cial, sectional or partisan question, which it is not, but as a patriotic duty to save not some hapless victim, black or white, but Columbia herself from the lyncher’s and the assassin’s rope. CREDIT DUE. Great credit is due the National As sociation for the Advancement of the Colored People for the passage of the Dyer Bill by the House of Represen tatives. The always courteous, sane, gentlemanly, well-informed James Weldon Johnson, the general secre tary, was on the ground constantly during the debate and was in close touch with the leaders on the floor, wh frequently consulted him as to sta tistics and data, which were used in the arguments against the opposition. It was no doubt the carefully tabu lated facts and statistics which had been so carefully compiled by the na tional office, as much as anything else, which created favorable sentiment for the bill, even among democratic mem bers who, while admitting their co gency, voted against it because of their traditions and party fealty.1 Credit also is due William Monroe j Trotter and other representatives of the Equal Rights League, and other upstanding men of the race like Kelly Miller, Archibald Grimke, Robert Church and Emmett J. Scott, who used their influence wisely and unostenta tiously, Our people were and are unitedly for this' measure because our people have been so largely the vic tims of mobs and believe this will bring relief. The intelligent, sane and tlignified manner in which representa tives of our group rendered assistance, should be a matter of pride and con gratulation. It shows the value of in telligent and united action. PACKER’S STRIKE ENDS 'T’HE ending of the strike of the packing house employees this week brings a sense of relief to many. The strikers lost their fight. This was clearly foreseen by many owing to its untimeliness and the general unemployment- Many of our own peo ple were affected both as strikers and “strike breakers.” It is to be hoped [ that the packing industries will on the ! grounds of simple justice retain in their employ the workers who same to their relief when the strike was called. Many of our people who had been out of employment for months | and were facing a serious situation t availed themselves of the opportunity | of working. It would be manifestly • unfair to replace these men by strik ! ers. With an increased output it is j to be hoped that places will be found | for marfy of the former packing hous j wages. The Monitor hopes that im wages.. The Monitor hopes that Im | proving industrial and trade condi | tions will make it possible for every i man and woman who desires w-ork to I secure it. ^ ' 1 ■ —— “STOLEN BY THE BEE” Quoth Gilbert M. to Nelson B.: “Fie upon thee; for I see Thou art guilty of piracy. For thou hast clearly filched from me Financial news for thy Daily Bee; For which news I am charged a fee." “I pray thee peace,” quoth Nelson B. “The public icareth naught for our con troversy. Twas a knavish trick thou pulled on me, To quote those bonds marked ‘S. B. T. B.’ | So gloat not on thy victory, I Nor charge thou me with piracy." The World-Herald, Oilbert M. Hitch cock, owner, charges the Omaha Daily Bee, Nelson B. Updike, owner, with steal ing ItH financial news and submits In “evidence of news piracy" a photographic facsimllie of a portion of the Bee’s mar ket page, in which appears a fictitious l»on 1 quotation. "40 H. IS. T. B. 5’s, *51, etc.,’* which the World-Herald alleges was inserted in these quotations to catch the Bee. the initials meaning, "Stolen By The Bee." AD-GRAMS For bargains in shoes and merchan dise go to C. J. Carlson’s. See ad on last page of this issue Carlson’s gigantic sale now on. Buy shoes for the whole family now at Carlson's for the same price you would have to pay elsewhere for a single pair. “Butter Nut Coffee!” Gee, but it’s good! “Say, but that fellow’s got pep.” “Sure! He drinks Butter Nut Coffee.” Live merchants advertise in live newspapers; that’s why their business is not dead. The Monitor is a live newspaper; that’s clear from the ads we carry. Sol I/ewis sells songs and other music. The Rev. Thomas A. Taggart has returned from Coffeyville, Kans., where he conducted a successful re vival for the Rev. P. D. Skinner. Mrs. Hope Wiggins died this week at a local hospital. # iW.V.V<V.,.VAV.,,V.,.,.V.,iV.V.V.,.,.V.,.V.V.,.W.V.V.V.V.,.Y :* THE NEW iDiamonDI ■I 24th LAKE STREETS ■! I - , j; Jju Friday— ", I; “Winners of the West” !■ ■J and •* jl Alice Brady £ ■■ “Sinners” f Saturday— [C ■j “Across the Great Divide” ■: I and a good 2 reel Comedy I; Sunday— .• Viala Dana -I in £ “Blackmail” J j- Thomas Santchi £ | in £ 5 “Beyond the Trail” ^ and a Larry Semon Comedy £ S Monday— i £ Starting “White Eagle” :■ J Starring Ruth Rolank I; Circus Is Coming OMAHA AUDITORIUM stamonday FEBRUARY 6th Entire Week—Matinees at 3:15, Nights at 8:15 TANGIER SHRINE TEMPLE ! .*. Presents .'. Agee’s As!ar Winter Circus ^Largest and bes Indoor Circus. ^Professional ■ Acts from the big Summer Shows. ^Elephants, Trained Lions, Bareback Riders, Acrobats, Bucking Mules, Funny Clowns, Aerial Artists, Educated Horses and Prancing Ponies. Prices: Children 50 cents, Adult s$1.00, plus tax. No Extra Charge for Reserved Seats | DISTRIBUTORS OF ? Genuine Bernice Anthracite I Greenwood Semi-Anthrocite I Canon City Lump I ILLINOIS SPECIAL I Liberty Lump $9.50 I Standard Lump $8.75 IKING.KOAL KOMPANY 1 Formerly Andreasen Coal Company 9 Kanweed 0425. t D I «5 n..L. S 4 | ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE 4\{ 4 UNITED STATES. 4 \ 4 T 4! X Citizenship Rights Not to He Abridged. v •{• X 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, ;1; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the X 4 United States and of the State wherein they reside. No !j! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the X privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor $ j shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- A j X •{• erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person X within its Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. 4.. IS RINGLING BROS'. CIRCUS LONG FOR BUTTER NUT COFFEE I’axton-Gallagher Company is de servedly proud not only of the Butter Nut Coffee, but of a leiter from Ring ling Bros’. Circus about this brand of coffee. It reads in part as follows: “Some time ago we were in Omaha and drank Butter Nut Coffee. We are loking forward to returning to Omaha so that we may again have a cup of real good coffee.” FOR RENT—Furnished apartments of two aad three rooms.—2130 North Twenty-eighth Street. Webster 4983. FOR RENT-r-A nice 5-room apart ment. Good neighborhood, strictly modern. Steam heat. Reasonable for desirable tenant. Call Web. 0419. Jenkln's Barber Shop—All work strictly first-class 2122 Bio. 24th St. Webster 2095. Stories of B\a™ Great Scouts I ''alion Western Newspaper Union. SACAGAWEA, “THE BIRD WOMAN” SCOUT In (he Portland (Ore.) city pari stands the statue of un Indian woman A little baby is strapped on her bach and her hand is outstretched to the west, toward the Pacific ocean. The statue is that of Sacugawea, “The Bird Woman," the sixteen-year-old girl scout and guide who led Lewis and Clark over the “Shining Mountains" to the "Everywhere--Salt- Water" toward which tier bond'points. When Lewis and Clark visited the I Htdaisu Indians in North Dakota on their great exploring trip west, they found a Shoshone girl living with that tribe. At itie age of flve she had been captured from her people by a Hidatsa war party. When she was fourteen 5 years old. Toussnint Charbanneau, a French-Canadlan trapper, won her from her captor in a game of "hlde the-bone" and married her the next year. The Bird Woman wished to return to her people and Lewis and Clark engaged Gharbonneau and his wife as Interpreters to the Indians they would meet. During the winter of 1808 Suea gawea gave birth to a son, whom she called Baptiste, and this tiny papoosa went with his dauntless mother through all the hardships which the explorers afterward endured. He was strapped on Saeugawea’s buck one day when the clumsy Charbanneau upset one of the boats containing the precious instrument* and records of the party. The Bird Woman at once sprang overboard Into the muddy stream and rescued them. More than once Sncaguwea proved her value to the explorers. Far up the river when the forest and snow baf fled her companions and they were Inst, the homing Instinct of the In dian girl led her on and she guided them safely to her people. The chief who welcomed them proved to he Saea gawea's brother, who was overjoyed to see his lost sister again. He sold the white men much-needed horses— arid would have stolen them back, had aot the Bird Woman betrayed the plot to Captain Lew is. Sacugawea remained with Lewis and Clark until they reached the Pa cific. On their return journey she stopped with her people, the Sho shones, and there she spent the re mainder of her days. She died on tha Wind River reservation in Wyoming April 9, 1894, almoat a hundred years of age. Would Maintain His Principle. “Look here, toy friends,” said the snap box orator “1 am standing here to maintain the . real principle of free speech, arid If ai.y mart Interrupts me I'll give him ore on the nose.”—Bos ton Transcript. Somewhat H.rd on Humanity. Every man's experience of today Is that he was a f. ol yesterday and the flay before yest rday. Tomorrow he will most likely l,e of exactly the same opinion.—Macks,i FOR RFNT—Furnished rooms fo light housekeeping. Reference re quired. Web. 1198. nai£K9 BARNHART PRINTING CO. -it-ry C ) - I w»9999999wm?wwm*?*; ; DEFRAUDED MASONS. Asheville, N. C., Feb. 3.—Brack L. . Johnson is in jail here charged with J using the mails to defraud the Ma- ' some insurance department. He col- • lected large sums of money by sign- 3 ing certificates of death of policy J holders who were enjoying ttie best of •{ health. 3 - CARD OF THANKS 3 We wish to thank our many friend.-- •• and neighbors, especially Rescue -j Lodge No. 4, A. F. & A. M., for their 3 kindness, sympathy and beautiful ) floral offerings at the time of the •{ death of our beloved husband, brother 3 and uncle, Fred J. McCullough, who J departed this life Jan. 9, 1922. j Signed: 3 Mrs. F. J. McCullough, Wife. 3 Mrs- Ed King, Sister-in-Law. | W. H. Thomas, Brother-in-Law. -j Mrs. L. J. McKinney, Niece. Ij] SULTOX FOR COLDS AND PNEUMONIA * There is a great deal of pneumonia $ and many deaths from pneumonia. A | •{• very simple remedy that gives speedy 3 relief is Sultox, manufactured by the 1 Kaffir Chemical Laboratories. Hot 4 pack treatment with Sultox and In temal doses of Sultox is a speedy and , effective remedy for colds, congestion of the lungs and similar maladies so prevalent at this time. Ask your | druggist for Sultox, and if he cannot j supply, phone Douglas 7074 or call at or write Kaffir Chemical Labora- j I tories, 817 North Sixteenth street, I Omaha, Neb. Large bottle, $1.00. No household should be without it.—Adv. STOCK HOLDERS’ M FETING A meeting of the stockholders of the Kaffir Chemical Laboratories will be held in the Kaffir building Mon day night. DAY NURSERY Will take care of children, under! school age, by day or week at my home, 3121 Franklin street. Terms reasonable. Mrs. Mary Hayes, Web ster 0267.—Adv. For insurance, call Western Indefti 1 nity Co., Jackson 1733. For Rent.—Three nice large rooms | in flat. 2213 Grace street. ""FOR RENT—Furnished rooms in a first class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric lights, on Dodge and Twenty-fourth street care line. rs. Anna Banks, 924 North Twentieth , j Douglas 4379. A P. Scruggs, Lawyer, 220 S. 18th St. Douglas 7812, Colfax 8881.—Adv. 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