THE MONITOR I
• A National Weekly Newpaper Devoted Primarily to the Interests
of Colored Americans. _
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ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE |
! ! UNITED STATES. |
; I Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged. $
| I 1. AU persons born or naturalized in the United States, ^
1 • and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the <•
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I ! state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the ^
| [ privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor 'i
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! I erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person j.
II within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
THE ELECTION
rpHE election is ever. The voters of
the country have decided as to the
candidates to whom they will entrust
the affairs of government and have
expressed their sentiments upon the
outstanding issues involved. Nation
ally, for the election of senators and
congressmen is a national and not
merely a sectional or state issue, there
has been great searching of heart.
The returns indicate that the people
have not been satisfied with govern
mental affairs and that they are close
ly watching national legislation and
are holding their representatives re
sponsible. The republican majority in
both houses has been reduced. Stand
patters have in several cases been re
pudiated, or their election been so
close, that they must take warning, if
they are wise. Progressive candidates
have in many instances been elected.
Returns from many sections clearly
indicate that our own people have be
gun to discriminate and while loyally
patriotic they are not slavishly parti
san. Men and measures rather than
parties concern them. This is a long
needed emancipation, long delayed be
cause of the narrowness and insane
bigotry of the bourbon South and its
dominance of members of the demo
cratic party in the North and West
by that element which has prevented
our division along party lines. This
has been doubly harmful. But politi
cal emancipation is coming. Evidence
of this is seen nationally and locally.
In the local campaign our people di
vided their votes. While affiliating
with the republican party, they sup
ported candidates of the other party,
whom they believed were good enough
Americans to give us a square deal
and substantial recognition in the dis
tribution of patronage as well as im
proving general conditions. Successful
candidates of both parties ought to
recognize the value of our vote. If
they are wise, they will. The election
should teach us all many valuable les
sons. It should impress us with the
fact, among other things, that we are
individually responsible for the kind of
government under which we elect to
live.
HITCHCOCK’S DEFEAT
rpHE Monitor, as we have said before,
is personally fond of Gilbert M.
Hitchcock, whose friendship we prize.
He is a man of unquestioned ability,
and despite what his opponents may
say a man of presidential calibre.
Because of his ability, we regretted to
see him indulge in playing small pol
itics as he did in his belated speech in
the senate on “The Black Horror of
the Rhine", and which was widely cir
culated as a campaign document in
German communities. It was a bid, aa
The Monitor hitherto pointed out, for
the German vote of this state. We
stated that he would undoubtedly need
that vote to win, but questioned the
wisdom and efficacy of the method
employed to win it. Our judgment
w as correst. Injury to the lowly is
always requited. It acted as a boom
erang. It was a belated attempt, and
a stupidly bungling one, to placate an
element which other acts had incensed
against him. His attitude on many of
these measures was sound. The women
also opposed him. His defeat was
overwhelming and being a national
character it administers a body blow
to the democrats in national affairs.
AN OPPORTUNTY
QOVERNOR Bryan, Sheriff Endres,
and Otto J. Bauman, successful
democratic candidates, have a golden
opportunity to strengthen themselves
and their party by giving substantial
representation to our people. No re
publican governor has given our peo
ple any recognition in the hundreds of
state positions at their disposal. As
mayor of Lincoln, Bryan was fair to
all classes, and we confidently expect
to see him maintain that record as
governor. We believe that Sheriff
Endres and Bauman will give our peo
ple recognition. New York has recog
nised her colored democracy and has
ieuad it profitable to do so. Nebraska
may well profit by New York’s ex
ample. The opportunity is here.
EMPEROR JONES
A large and cultured audience o,
both races filled the Brandeis theatre
Thursday night when O’Neill’s weird
and fantastic play, “Emperor Jones,”
was presented for the first time in
Omaha, with the famous Charles S.
Gilpin playing the title role. That
Mr. Gilpin fully sustained the high
reputation as an actor which had pre
ceded him was justified by the ovation
which he received at the end of the
first act and again at the close of the
play. The audience’s appreciation of
the great actor’s art was attested by
j the stillness with which climaxes of
I several scenes, where applause was out
! of place, was received, as fully as
! by the thunderous applause which
shook the house at the places above
designated. As an actor Gilpin has
not been over praised. He is a great
actor. His presentation of the diff
cult role of “Emperor Jones” was first'
perfectly natural, which is the very
acme of acting. This naturalness was
sustained throughout the whole gamut
of emotions, elemental and acquired,
through which the stirring, primitive,
semi-civilized and civilized plot of the
story runs. The story is not a beauti
| ful one, although like all of O’Neill’s
! stories it teaches a salient truth, but
the acting was superb. We are
of course, proud of Gilpin and his art.
His greatness as an actor, and his
character, thank God, comports there
with, helps to elevate our. race and
give us higher standing in America.
He was worthily supported.
HISTORY DAY BY DAY
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Friday, Nov. 3—The first unit by
organized Negro troops which fought
in the Civil War was Co. A, S. C. Ne
gro Regiment at St. Helena Island,
j Nov. 3-10, 1862.
Saturday, Nov. 4—Massachusetts
' made declaration against men stealing,
1646.
Sunday, Nov. 5—The United States
Supreme Court gave a decision which
declared city segregation ordinances
invalid, 1917.
Monday, Nov. 6—A convention of
: colored people met at Indianapolis to
i advance a movement for full citizen
ship in 1866.
Tuesday, Nov. 7—The first regiment
of South Carolina volunteers (colored)
was organized at Port Royal, 1862.
Wednesday, Nov. 8—Shelby J. Davi
son, a clerk in the United States Treas
ury department, invented an automatic
feed attachment for adding machines,
j 1911.
Thursday, Nov. 9—Benjamin Ban
neker, Negrgo astronomer and philos
opher, born 1731.
OIL QUEEN IN WRECK
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 10.—Sarah
Rector, millionaire oil queen, had her
collar-bone broken and was severely
shaken up when her Pierce Arrow
limousine went over an embankment
and turned over twice near here last
week.
The chauffeur, who was also in
jured, said he lost control in avoid
ing an approaching car, which crowd
ed him off the road.
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF
ST. PHILIP THE DEACON
The congregations at th'e morning
service are steadily growing. During
the remaining Sundays in November
the pastor is presenting the program
of work outlined by the last General
Convention for the next triennlum.
This is preliminary to an every-member
canvass to be made Sunday afternoon,
Nov. 26. The services Sunday will be
At the usual hours, 7:30, 8:30, 10 ana
11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
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MATINEE DAILY m
GONZELL WHITE I
AND HER TEN JAZZERS OF REAL JOYFUL, MERRY JAZZ B
America’s Foremost Colored Musical Entertainers R
IN CONJUNCTION WITH |R
JIMMIE COOPERB,lll> B,"t
44 PEOflE TlgL'f' MOSTLY MBLS
Hear GONZELL WHITE and Her Brown Skins Sing Those Jazzy
Songs.
See Harry Smith, the Laughing Cornetist with the Crazy Feet.
Hear Ed Langford Make That Saxophone Moan.
GONZELL WHITE
Who brings her famous company of ten jazz playing musicians to the
Gayety, week starting Saturday matinee, November 11th, in conjunction
with Jimmie Cooper’s “Beauty Revue”.
HERE’S THE RECORD BREAKER
Jimmie Cooper Offers Gonzell While
and Her Jazz Band as
Extra Seature.
“Jimmie Cooper and His Beauty1
I Revue” are heading this way to open
a week at the popular Gayety theatre
Saturday matinee. It is without doubt
one of the best attractions playing
j Columbia wheel burlesque.
Cooper has spent lots of his time
and money this year on talent in
| stead of scenic effects. If a high
, stepping chorus is scenery then coop
! er is a great scenic artist. The cos
tume investiture is greater by far
| than most burlesque shows, but his
chief boast is his collection of talent.
His principal comedian, is that mas
ter of funology, Eddie Fox, who sings,
dances, plays instruments, turns flip
flaps and can pull a laugh without
using forceps. He will be assisted
by Fred Harper, Betty Burroughs, a
beautiful blonde and Ruth Osborne, a;
tall, magnificient brunette, holds down ;
the soubrette and prima donna roles,;
with grand opera voices. Betty Del- i
monte ,the ingenue, is a sympnony
joy.
George Murray and Lew Druthers,
juveniles, known as' “The Dancing
Fools”, will show the lopal disciples
of the kick and run a few new
wrinkles on the old face of Terpsi
chore. Gonzell White and her jazzers
of real jazz will be found one of the
fastest moving specialities in vaude
ville bu-lesque.^ The second added
starter is the wrestling girls novelty
act from the New York Hippodrome,
| Romanoff, welterweight champion of
the world known as “Tarzan, the Hai
ry Ape”, will demonstrate at every
performance. Jimmie Cooper will be
there and that means a lot to bur
lesque audiences. Sunday’s matinee
starts at 3:00.
NEGRO DEMOCRATIC CLUB
IS PROTO OF WORK
The Nebraska Negro Democratic
Club is receiving congratulations for
the telling work it did for the party
during the lively campaign which has
Just closed. The election of Michael
Endres as sheriff and other democratic
candidates was In a large measure due
to the effective and intelligent work of
this organization.
Thouaand Women Are Poetmaatera.
One thousand women and 900 former
service men have been appointed post
masters by President Harding, accord
ing to a report to Acting Postmaster
General Bartlett. The women are mak
ing a success of their new Jobs, the re
port says.
AMtns In U. 8. Send Millions Homs.
Hungarian Immigrants in the Unlt
ted Statea during 1921 sent $40,000,000
to relatives In Hungary, according to
a Hungarian newspaper. Unemploy
ment will canae a big decrease dur
tng 1922. the paper pradlcta.
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SIOUX CITY, I A., NEWS
Mr. J. N. BOYD is The Moni
tor’s Sioux City Correspondent
and agent. Give him your subscrip
tion and news.—Editor Monitor.
Mr. I/eon Smith was in Des Moines,
la., last Saturday, where he played 1
on the football team from Morning
side College. Mr. Smith was the only
Negro on the team. He has made
commendable progress in athletics at
Morningside as well as in his studies.
Four other young men are attending
Morningside ti.is year and they are
evidently holding up the banner of
the race.
A new busin* ss enterprise in Sioux
City is the Madam F. J. Thompson
Manufacturing Company, which Is
placing Cuba-I.ola hair preparations
on the market.
Mrs. Phalbia Boyd ran a rusty nail
in her foot a few days ago, and
though she ha been confined she is
able to be about with but little incon
venience.
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There will L a Thanksgiving din
ner in the dining room of the Mt.
Zion Baptist church, Thanksgiving
day given by tie church. The choir
will render a program at night.
The Brotherhood of the Mt. Zion
Baptist church are rejoicing over
their success in the rally Sunday,
November 6th. It was not only a
financial rally but considerable stress
was placed on a soul saving camtaign.
A very able discourse was listened
to by appreciative congregation as
the Rev. H. C. Boyd, pastor of the
Malone A. M. B, Chapel, expounded
a stirring mesa ge on “Brotherhood”.
A .iberal collection was realized. Mas
ter Vernon Cnrriger, but six years
old, recited “Are All the Children
In?”
A series of sermons is being preach
ed by the Rev. Mr. Stewart, D. D., of
Chicago, pastor of the Quinn Chapel
of that city, here at the Malone
Chapel. Every one should take ad
vantage of the opportunity to hear
this distinguished minister.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Foster, 420
West Seventh -treet, entertained the
Rev. W. N. Chapman and wife, Rev.
Monroe Price, Rev. J. W. Tutt and
Leland Green at dinner Sunday. The
usual liberal spirit of the Foster fam
ily prevailed.
The property adjoining that of Mt.
Zion Baptist church, comer West 6th
and Bluff streets, has been purchased
by that church for a parsonage. The
pastor and his wife hope to be at
home in the parsonage to their many
friends in the near future.
Mrs. Maggie Joseph, who under
went a very serious operation some
time ago is reported to have suffer
ed a back set and is quite ill at pres
ent. Her rapid and permanent recov
ery is hoped for.
Mr*. Theodore Lloyd has been suf
fering from a touch of pneumonia but
is at this report convalescent.
Mrs. J. W. Tutt. who has been vis
iting with her mother in Kansas City
is expected home about Tuesday.
After a two weeks’ visit with her
friends, son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. B. H. Wyatt of Davenport,
la., Mrs. C. E. Stubblefield returned
home Wednesday. She also spent a
few days in Omaha.
The ministers’ conference held in
the study of the Mt. Zion Baptist
church with Rev. J. W. TUtt, Satur
day morning resulted in a decision to
have Union Thanksgiving esrviees by
the churches represented at the Ma
lone Chapel at 10:30 o’clock a. m.
Rev. R. M. Williams', pastor of the
Haddock M. E. church, will preach
the sermon and the choir from the
Mt. Zion Baptist church is to render
the music. A big day is expected.
Mrs.' D. C. Gordon received at the
regular weekly meeting of the ladies’
Aid of the Mt. Zion Baptist church
at her home, 409 West 6th street, on
last Thursday, November 2nd. Mrs.
Anna Norris, formerly a resident of
this city, but now residing in St.
Paul, Minn., was the guest of honor.
After the business meeting the
hostess served a sumptuous luncheon
and the ladies report a delightful
afternoon.
“FEAST IN THE FOREST”
A DECIDED SUCCESS
Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 10.—The
play entitled “Feast in the Forest”,
given last Thesdav night in Monti
fore Hall, under the auspices of the
American Woodmen, proved to be one
of the most entertaining historical
depictions of racial progress given
here in many years.
The play was written by William
Blue, formerly bandmaster of the
350th A. E. F. and now national di
rector of music for the American
Woodmen. Mr. Blue has cleverly com
piled facts of historical development
of the race in this country since the
close of the civil war, showing the
obstacles and hindrances which have
confronted the race and how most of
them are being overcome. The play
shows what a large part the American
Woodmen fraternal order has played
in this wonderful development of the
race.
LUTHERAN MINISTER
PLEADS FOR RACE MEN
Buffalo, N. Y„ Nov. 2.—Rev. F. H.
Knubell, president of the United
Lutheran Church’s Biennial Conven
tion, Wednesday made an appeal for
the Negroes of America, following
the report of the West Indian Mis
sion board. Something definite must
be done for the race by the Lutherans,
he declared, stating that racial pre
judice prevents any progress.
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