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\ : ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE $
;; UNITED STATES. ?
! > Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. X
I! 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States,
;; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the £
‘ > United States and of the State wherein they reside. No *!
1 state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
|; privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor
|; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop
erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person
1 ! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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“MOONSHINE STUFF” . /
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Correspondent, whose letter is pub
lished in this issue, asks if we do
not think it would mean much to us
as a race if our people would become
law-abiding concerning this “moon
shine stuff.”
We certainly do. Law-breaking is
law-breaking. And while t is true
that only a comparatively few of our
people belong to ths law-breaking
class even that few ia too many. Were
we simply judged for our individual
acts, as individuals, the acts of the
lawless few would not heavily affect
us, but inasmuch as the entire race is
condemned for the acts of the few, it
makes the situation more serious.
As td what can be done to stop it, is
a puzzling question. The most effec
tive way would be to convince those
who transgress the law that It Is to
their best interests, physically, mental
ly, morally and FINANCIALLY, to
cease their transgressions. This un
doubtedly would be the best way.
Moral suasion, though slow’, is the
most effective agency in effecting
permanent reforms. Force, in our
opinion, seldom accomplishes perma
nent results. Each one, therefore,
should use his influence to try' to get
some individual to see the harm he
is doing himself, his race and the com
munity, in either dealing in or using
this moonshine stuff. But some in
dividuals cannot be reached this way.
It therefore becomes necessary to ap
ply force, the force of the law. If
the authorities will honestly enforce
the law, and punish without fear or
favor, those who violate the law in
this moonshine business, there will be
a radical lessening of the evil. That
it can be completely eradicated no
sane person will for a moment con
tend, but that it can be materially les
sened no one can doubt. But, as a
matter of fact, there must be scores
of places in this city, where this moon
shine stuff is sold, with the knowledge
and consent of somebody in authority,
city, county, state or federal, perhaps
all four. Every now and then, a moral
spasm is flung, and some little fellow’
is arrested for “Illegal possession,
etc.”, while apparently “the higher
ups”, whoever they may be, and for
whom the small fry are the catspaw'S
continue to violate the law with im
punity. The arrest, conviction and
adequate punishment of some one or
two of the "higher ups”, who encour
age and promise “protection” to sub
ordinate offenders, would go a long
way towards suppressing traffic in
this “moonshine stuff”, w’hich is far
more damaging to body and soul, than
was the stuff, despite its many abuses,
sold over the bar in pre-prohibition
days.
CONCERNING LETTERS FROM
OUR READERS
rj*HE MONITOR is very pleased to
notice tha* some of our readers
are beginning to send letters to us for
publication under “Letters From Our
Readers” department. This can be
made a very useful, instructive and in
teresting department. We hope that
our readers will send us their views
and opinions on timely topics, letters
should not exceed 300 words in length.
The shorter they are the better. Write
on one side of paper and always sign
name and address for the Editor’s in
formation, even though you may pre- I
fer not to have your name published.
The best way, however, is to have the
letter published over your own signa
ture.
CREED, CONDUCT AND COLOR
JJECENTLY- a great religious con
vention met in Omaha. It was
the International Convention of the
Walther League, a young peoples’
Lutheran society corresponding to the
Bpworth League, the B. Y. P. U. and
similar organizations among other
religious bodies. Now colored Luther
ans are as scarce as the proverbial
km’s teeth and yet that earnest body
of Christian folk came near splitting
over the question of admitting colored
delegates o the floor of the Inter
national Convention. It issued, as
many of these cases do, in the abject
capitulation of Christian fratdmity
to sectional prejudice. And yet, many
of our sincere white friends wonder,
why so many of our thoughtful young
men and women, are growing skep
tical concerning the genuiness of the
average white man’s Christianity. It
is to be wondered at when creed and
conduct so frequently ehun each other
whenever the brother in black is even
remotely concerned?
INSTRI CTION NEEDED
r|''HERE are hundreds of our people
in the northern and western
states, most of them recent migrants
from the south, where they did not
have the privilege of voting, who need
to be instructed how to mark their
ballot in order that they may vote
intelligently. This does not apply
only to colored voters, by any means,
but to many foreign-bom citizens as
well; and, strange as it may seem,
many of our better educated men and
women need instruction along this
line. The modem ballot is quite com
plicated. The Monitor therefore sug
gests that our people be gathered into
small classes and taught how to mark
their ballots; and, moreover, in this
connection, that they lie taught the
principles of government and their
duty as good citizens to vote for men
and measures which they honestly
believe will innure to the best inter
ests of all citizens. This is a work
which is sadly needed. We need an
intelligent, honest and interested
electorate. These classes should be
held in lodge rooms, churches and civic
centers. It is not too early to begin
such classes now.
A WRONG IMPRESSION
GENTLEMAN told us the other
day that he was under the im
pression that all the colored people of
Omaha were so under the control of
certain white political bosses that
whatever those bosses said colored
voters had to do. Can you beat this
for invincible ignorance concerning
the thousands of independent, self
respecting, industrious colored citi
zens of Omaha, who are under obliga
tions to no boss? This gentleman was
sincere. It gave us pleasure to en
lighten him, and he thanked us for
the information we gave him.
WHAT JS MORE ODIOUS
is more odious than a lazy
nuiK of masculinity, called by
courtesy a man, but not deserving the
name, who will loaf nine-tenths of
his time and permit his wife to sup
port hirn? Such cumberers of the
earth ought to be compelled by the
authorities to work or go to jail.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. W. F. Botts, Pastor.
Good crowds greeted the pastor,
both morning and night last Sunday.
He came back much refreshed from a
ten-day rest and preached excellent
sermons. Next Sunday an old fash
ioned basket dinner and open air ser
mons will be held at Miller park at
10:30 a. m. Dr. L. K. Williams of
Chicago will preach at both services.
In the evening he will preach the
twelfth anniversary sermon of Pastor
Botts.
We are sorry to state at this writ
ing that the much beloved wife of our
pastor is ill at her home. We hope
for her speedy recovery.
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CARD OF TIIA5K8
We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends for tbelr
kindness and sympathy during the ill
ness and death of our darling little
boy, Wilbur, who left us for the
Father’s many mansions.
MR. and MRS. WIL01TR J. ALLBIN
2214 Frace Street, Omaha.
■THE FAITH OF THE
AMERICAN NEGRO
Cont. from Page 1
trust in God, no trust in democracy,
and would entertain no hope for bet
terment under the present form of
government. It belives that the Unit
ed States Government is through and
through controlled by selfish capital
ists who have no fundamental good
will for Negroes or for any sort of
laborers whatever. In their publica
tions and on the platform the mem
bers of this group urge the colored
man to seek his salvation by alliance
with the revolutionary labor move
: ment of America and the world.
Another and larger group among
us believes in religion and believes in
the principles of democracy, but not
in the white man’s religion and not
in the white man’s democracy. It
believes that the creed of the former
slave states is the tacit creed of the
whole nation, and that the Negro may
never expect to acquire economic, poli
tical and spiritual liberty in America.
This group has held congresses with
representatives from the entire Negro
world, to lay the foundations of a
black empire, a black religion, and a
black culture; it has organized the
provisional Republic of Africa, set
going a multitude of economic enter
prises, instituted branches of its or
ganization wherever Negroes are to
be found, and binds them together
with a newspaper ably edited in two
languages.
Whatever one may think of these
radical movements and their destiny,
one thing is certain: they are home
grown fruits, with roots deep sprung
in a world of black American suffer
ing. Their power lies in the appeal
which they make to the Negro to find
a way out of his trouble by new and
self-reliant paths. The larger masses
of the colored people do not belong to
these more radical movements. They
retain their belief in the Christian
God, they love their country, and hope
to work out their salvation within Its
bounds. But they are completely dis
illusioned. They see themselves sur
rounded on every hand by a sentiment
of antagonism which does not intend
to be fair. They see themselves part
ly reduced to peonage, shut out from
labor unions, forced to an inferior
status before the courts, made sub
jects of public contempt, lynched and
mobbed with impunity, and deprived
of the ballot, their only means of so-1
rial defense. They see this antagon- j
istic sentiment consolidated in the
places of power in the former slave
states and growing by leaps and
bounds in the north and west. They
know that it is gradually reducing'
them to an economic, political and j
social caste. And they are now no ]
longer able to believe with Dr. Bookerj
T. Washington, or with any other
man, that their own efforts after in- j
telligence, wealth, and self-respect can
in any wise avail to deliver them from
these conditions unless they have the
protection of a just and beneficent
public policy in keeping with Amer
ican ideals. With one voice, there
fore, from pulpit and from press and
from the humblest walks of life, they
are sending up a cry of pain and peti
tion such as is heard today among
the citizens of no other civilized na
tion in the world. They are asking
for the protection of life, for tne
security of property, for the liberation
of their peons, for the freedom to
sell their labor on the open market,
for a human . being’s chance in the
courts, for a better system of public
education, and for the boon of the
ballot. They ask, in short, for public
equality under the protection of the
Federal Government
Their request is sustained by every
sentiment of humanity and by every
holy ideal for which this nation
stands. The time has come when the
elemental justice called for in this
petition should be embodied in a pub
lic policy initiated by the Federal Gov-j
emment • and continuously supervised
by a commission of that Government
representing the faith and will of the
whole American people.
The Negro people of America have
been with us here for three hundred
years. They have cut our forests,
tilled our fields, built our railroads,
fought our battles, and in all of their
trials until now they have manifested
a simple faith, a grateful heart, a
cheerful spirit, and an undivided loy
alty to the nation that has been a
thing of beauty to behold. Now they
have come to the place where their
faith can no longer feed on the bread
of repression and violence. They ask
for the bread of liberty, of public
equality, and public responsibility. It
must not be denied them.
We are now sufficiently far re
moved from the Civil War and its
animosities to see that such elemental
justice may be given to the Negro
with entire good-will and helpfulness
toward the former slave states. We
have already had one long attempt to
build a wealth and culture on the
backs of slaves. We found that it was
a very costly experiment, paid for at
last with the blood of our best sons.
There are some among our citizens
who would turn their backs on history
and repeat that experiment, and tc.
their terrible heresy they would con
vert our entire great community. By
every sacred bond of love for them
we must not yield, and we. must no
longer leave them alone with their
experiment. The faith of our whole
nation must be brought to their sup
port until such time as it is clear to
them that their former slaves can be
made both fully free and yet their
faithful friends.
WHEN YOl' ARE BOOSTING FOR
THE MONITOR YOU ARE BOOSTING
YOUR OWN PAUSE.
LINCOLN NEWS AND
COMMENT
Mr. Geo. Owens returned home
from Topeka, Kans., last Friday,
where he went as a representative to
the annual session of G. N. O. O. F.
from Regal lodge, Lincoln.
Rev. H. W. Botts returned home
last Saturday after about ten days’
auto trip through Missouri in com
pany with his brother, Dr. W. F.
( Botts of Omaha. They report having
met many old friends and a pleasant
trip.
Mrs. Lew Holmes and daughter,
Maxime, are visiting relatives in Des
Moines, la.
Rev. Ulyses Hickman of Hiawatha,
Kans., was in the city the past week.
Mrs. Lester Holmes is taking a
needed recreation in Denver, Colo.
Mr. P. L. Moore is reported not im
proving so good as was expected.
Mrs. Maude Gates went to Kansas
City, Mo., last week where she is vis
iting friends.
At the A. M. E. church last Sun
day: Sunday school at 9:30, Rev. J.
B. Smith preached at 11 o'clock; at
night, Rev. Ulyses Hickman delivered
a sermon, and it is said he is im
proving in his manner of speech.
The children and a few grown-ups
enjoyed the A. >1. E. church Sunday
school picnic in Antelope park last
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Dena Homer of St. Joseph,
Mo., is visiting at the home of Mrs.
O. J. Burckhariiu
The little Misses Sylvia and Ade
laide Newton of Beatrice are visiting
their cousin, Miss Florence Reid here.
Mt. Zion Uapti t church has been
taken down to the foundation and
workmen are fast progressing toward
erecting a new and better building.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Miller of Sup
erior, Arizona, are in the city visiting
relatives and fri- rids and are tne
guests of Mrs. Lillian Miller.
Mrs. Yoland Smiley underwent an
operation at the St. Elizabeth hos
pital Friday and is improving.
Mr. Earl S. Gross of Omaha was
in the city over Sunday at the bedside
of his sister, Mr . Smiley.
Mrs. Lillian Miller entertained at
a family dinner Sunday afternoon in
honor of her sister and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller. Covers
were laid for twelve.
Professor and M rs. W. R. B. Alexan- i
der entertained a lew of their friends
last Monday evening at their resid- j
ence, 313 South Eleventh street, in
behalf of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller of 1
Superior, Arizona.
Mrs. Gertrude Bush is able to Ik;
out again after some illness. The babe
is doing fine.
Rev. H. W. Botts and his congrega
tion of Mt. Zion Baptist church held
their first services in the Third Chris
tian church last Sunday, and indeed,
it was a rousing beginning. The Sun-1
day school was almost on time at 10 I
a. tn., the singing was good. The j
pastor preached as he never did be-,
fore, all expressed themselves as be- j
ing lifted up in the Spirit of right- j
eousness. The services will continue
here until the completion of our build
ing at 1201 F street.
Rev. C. W. Wilson leaves this week
for his home in Kansas.
We are proud to observe that a
number of our race are striving to j
buy homes.
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This column In open to the readers
of this paper, arid THE SPHINX will
answer all questions to the best of its
ability. No attention will Ire given to
letters asking lor Medical or Legal
advice. Address all communication*:
THE SPHINX c/o The Monitor, lion
1204, Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Sphinx:
Please give rne your advice on a ques- I
tlon i am unable to decide for my
self. 1 am nearly thirty years old.
many years, but having had very lit- J
tie education and no one to help me,:
have had to work hard and have been i
able to save but little. I can see
notiling but a long life of hard work
ahead for me unless I marry.
A man whom I have known for a
number of years and respect very j
much, but do not love, has asked me j
to marry him. He could give me a j
gool home and all the comforts of |
life and I know he would be good to
me. Do you think I should accept
him or take the chance of someone,
coming into my life that I could love ?
TROUBLED.
To Troubled—While they say that
respect is akin to love, it does not
always prove out that way in all
cases. Some marriages founded on
that basis have proved very success
ful, while others have not. Person
ally I do not believe in loveless mar
riages.
You say you have very little educa
tion. Why not spend an hour or so in
the evening and try to improve your
self so that you will be capable of a
greater earning capacity. You are
young enough to wait a while longer
before getting married. Keep your
independence as long as you can. After
you find some one you really love
you will have trouble enough.
"THE SPHINX”.
SHOWS HIS APPRECIATION
My dear Editor: 1 was reading
your paper this week and I am so well
pleased with it that I could not help
thanking you. It make* me think way
back, from where we have come and
what we had to put up with. I pray
to God that you may all stand together
to withstand all who are against us.
I am sending you a dollar for the
paper. Let me hear from you when
you get it Be sure to send me the
paper. George Manuel,
2703 Avenue C.
Council Bluffs, July 20, 1922.
(Thank you, Mr. Manuel.—Ed.)
AREN’T MOST ROMAN CATHOLICS
WHITE?
Editor Monitor: As I’ve been think
ing over the KU KLUX KLAN’S slo
gan of "White Supremacy” and their
opposition to Jews, Negroes, Orientals
and Roman Catholics, it has occurred
to me that they are off on their calcu
lations. Aren’t roost Roman Catholics
white? How then can the K. K. K.
maintain white supremacy, when they
exclude from their select company the
millions of Roman Catholics, who are
at least supposed to be white? Per
hays I cannot understand this because
I am Only a Woman.
Omaha, Neb., July 23, 1922.
COMMENDS MONITOR
Editor Monitor: Please accept my
thanks for the striking editorial, "Have
Not Forgotten’’ in this week’s issue.
Your editorials are always good and
you are giving us a splendd paper. 1
truly hope that this race of ours will I
take notice. It has been said that w<
need a Moses to lead us. I can see
that quality in you, but you cannot
fight the good fight alone even in your
ow.n city. You should have the sup
port of everyone especially of our group.
There should be a Monitor in each
race man’s home in Omaha. 1 also
read with pleasure the report of the
past year’s work of our own N. A. A.
C. P. As a member 1 am going to j
double my efforts in every way ami 1
just a little more emphasis from out
leaders will help greatly. And, Mr. j
Editor, don’t you think it would mean j
much to us as a race if our people
would become law-abiding concerning
this moonshine stuff? Omaha is full;
of moonshine and whoever drinks It or j
deals In it is a lawbreaker. It Is I
cursing many a man, and ruining many j
families. There are homes which you
least suspect suffering from this evil, j
Can’t something be done to stop it?
I hope what I have said may start
some of our people thinking.
Yours respectfully,
A Reader of the Monitor.
Omaha, July 16th, 1922.
King Admires Shakespeare.
The king of Slam is one of the out
spoken admirers of Shakespeare. This
was learned through the recent anni
versary celebrations at Stratford, when
a letter was received by the chair
man of the trustees of Shakespeare's
birthplace, written by the king's
secretary, who says that the king is
translating Shakespeare's works Into
Slumese. The secretary sent on be
half of the king a check for $300 as a
personal contribution to the Shake- I
speare Birthplace TruBt ami $2.ri0 for
the memorial theater fund. He says
that his majesty is an ardent admirer
of the British national poet and Is do
ing his utmost to induce the Siamese
to study him.
MIS'S LAWSON LOOKS
LIKE SIRE WINNER;
With our popularity contest draw
ing to a close, it looks like Miss Law
son is a sure winner. There, of
course, may be some surprises in
store. This week 450 votes were sent
in for Miss Williams, none for other
contenstants who are evidently plan
ning a surprise. Contest ends July
31st. It is not yet too late to win.
Please remember this: A contest
ant sending In a NEW YEARLY SUB
SCRIPTION for ONE DOLLAR CASH,
will be credited with 250 votes for
each subscription sent In; or a BIX
MONTHS’ TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION for
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with 100 votes for each subscription
sent in. Subscription blanks may be
secured at The Monitor office, 414
/South 13th street, or at 1119 North
21st street. Win a prize and earn a
liberal commission for New Subscrib
ers.
Bertha Lawson, 2624 North Twenty
fifth street, 1482 votes.
Dorothy Williams, 1119 No. 21st
street, 1118 votes.
Lovetta Busch, 5219 South 29th
street, 85 votes.
Audrey Trueheart, 1443 So. 17th
street, 32 votes.
Cerelda Tucker, 2608 M. Street, So.
Side, 16 votes.
Ireta Walker, 1926 So. 14th Street,
9 votes.
Otis Watson, 2925 Grant street, 9
votes.
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