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THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor.
W, W. MOSELV, Associate Editor, Lincoln, Nab.
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ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Citiaenahip Rights Not to Be Abridged.
1. All person* bora or naturalized in the United States, ;
; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, art cirisen* sf the
; Unltsd States sad of the State whereia they reside. Ns !
i ' stats shall make or enforce any law wkick shall abridge the ;
! privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ;
; shall any state deprive any person of Hf$, liberty, or prop ;
1 erty without due process of law, nor deny to any perosa !
within its. Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
INCREASE ITS POWER
'J'HERE should be no doubt in the
mind of any right thinking person
that the most powerful organization
in this country today fighting wisely
and effectively for the rights of aur
group is the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
commonly known as the “N. A. A. C.
P." This organization includes in its
membership representatives of both
races. Some of the foremost white
men and women of this country are
members of it. This is as it should
be. In any fight for justice we must
have as our allies the broad minded
of the dominant race. While this is
true the great bulk of the member
ship should be found among our own
group. “Those who would be free
themselves must strike the first
blow.” The Association is fighting
against injustice of all kinds. It is
contending for justice in the courts;
better educational advantages for our
people; equal accommodations on the
railroads; for the ballot; for the sup
pression of lynching and peonage; in
a word for our full constitutional
rights as American citizens. This
campaign is being waged by appeals
to enlightened public sentiment. The
principles of the association are such
as any right minded man or woman,
white or colored, can most heartily
endorse and its procedure such as
commends it to the most conserva
tive. Its fight for the enactment of
the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill has been
spoken of by its enemies as one of the
most effective and intelligent cam
paigns that has ever been waged in
the interest of any special movement.
Its victories ir\ the Elaine cases has
been a signal victory for law. Its
record of achievements for civil
rights is a most honorable one A
campaign is now being waged for
memberhsip. The N. A. A. C. P.
should have a membership of 1,000,
000 at the very lowest. Every com
munity should have a large branch.
At one time the Omaha branch had
1,000 members. Many have permit
ted theid membership to lap se, All
should renew. One dollar a year is
a mighty small sum for any self re
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spectng colored man o:r woman to
contribute for the wise and intelligent i
fight for justice and equal opportun
ities that the N. A. A. C. P. is mak
ing for our race. The fight for the j
Dyer Bill is to be renewed as soon ;
as Congress convenes. If you want
to see that this remedial legislation 1
against the crime and barbarism of
lynching of which our people are so i
largely the victims is enacted, join
the N. A. A. C. P. Your name, in- j
fluence and dollar will increase its
power. Do not delay. Join the N. !
A. A. C. P. today and increase its!
power.
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GROWING INDEPENDENCE
'J'HE growing political independence
of the race is a most hopeful and
encouraging sign. It remains now
for this independent spirit to be crys
talized into some concerted action.
The Monitor is inclined to believe the
time is ripe for the formation of our
own independent party, to be called
by whatever name may subsequently j
be selected and put our own ticket in |
the field. When the Prohibition par
ty was organized it was a woefully
small body, but its organizers lived
to see the day when the principles
for which it stood and contended
were put into practice. The leaven
worked. We would like to know the \
mind of our contemporaries and read
ers as to the organization of Colored
Americans into an Independent po
litical party. What do you think of
it? If you approve of the idea say
so and if you are opposed state why.
CLEAN UP
gPRING is here despite the fact that
the winds are a little chilly. Clean
up you% premises. Begin to plan for
your garden and flowers. Let us see
who will have the prettiest premises
and the most attractive block. Clean
up and beautify.
The Phi Delta Sorority gave a de
lightful Dancing Party Wednesday
evening, April 4th, at the home of
Mrs. William Jackson, 3532 North
29th St. The guests all reported a
delightful time.
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY
The Arkansas Cases
The colored people of the United
States have just won a great legal
battle, which lasted into the fourth
year. It sems to the writer of this
editorial that most of the colored
people, as evidenced in newspaper
expression, have sensed |the tre
mendousness of this victory. Twelve
of their illiterate or otherwise ig
norant fellow blacks, from the
swamp lands of Arkansas, one of
the worst states in the world, had
been condemned to death by all the
courts of that hideous state for the
most of the attempt having consisted
in merely running—trying to escape
from the mobs.
An organization of colored people
and white liberals, located somewhere
in New York City, and known as an
association for the “advancement’ or
protection of colored people, or some
thing like that (as Mr. Garvey might
sa*), caught up the fight for these
'-elpless peons right off the bat,
fought their battles through all the
courts of Arkansas, through a lower
federal court and on through the su
preme court of the Republic—at a 4
year expense of actually less than
$15,000! It is hardly believable.
In this connection we recall another
case of which we have heard, known
as “The Bundv Case.” That must
have cost the colored people many
times as much to defend as it cost
them to defend these twelve men’s
cases, plus perhaps the fate of 67
other peons who are confined for life
or long terms in the Arkansas pen
itentiary. We think that this four
or five times eight thousand, nine
huntlred per cent difference in cost,
was due to the fact that “The Bundy
Case” was handled in a one-man way
—by one man who was at one and the
same time money-taker and receipt
giver, collector and disburser, secre
tary and treasurer, manager and ben
eficiary, hero and victim—all in ONE.
That makes things expensive. It al
ways has. It always wil'. Even lib
erty and justice are dear by that
method of purchase and at that price.
But “The Arkansas Cases” were
handled by a responsible organization
with well defined official functions,
regular accounting and public audit
ing, so that the cases of nearly 100
colored men might cost the American
Negro maybe a third or a fifth as
much as the case of only one m#n,
who privately managed his own sal
vation.
But most of our colored people do
not even know that they have done it.
—Philadelphia Public Journal. March
24, 1923.
Letters From
Our Readers
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nom de plume or as “Reader," “Sub
scriber,” etc., must be accompanied
by the name and address of the author
for the editor's information.
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The Wesley and Mauldron Murder
Trial
Omaha, Nebr., April 3, 1923.
Editor Monitor:
On March 15, 1923, after three days
trial, a jury in the District Court of
Douglas county, Nebraska, returned
a verdict of first degree murder and
sentenced to the electric chair, in a
case tried before them in which Sol
Wesley and LeRoy Mauldron were
charged with having shot and killed
a white man in Omaha. January 20th.
I occupied a seat in the court room
during all of the trial of those men,
and I must say that they were ably
defended and proved as clear an alibi
as ever presented to a court or jury,
Nebraska Civil Rights Bill
Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights.
Enacted in 1893. |
Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall
be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan
tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances,
■ barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the
conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every
person.
Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who
| j shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for p
1688008 ^8W applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the
accommodations, advantages, facilities, or privileges enumerated in the
foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each
offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less thAn
twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs
of the prosecution.
*^16 origmal act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not
discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State,
25 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 638.”
“A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re
freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than
* Vi s* Co om*’ i8.civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting |
' Priv8t® Part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich. I
55o) N# W» 718*
FLOOD OF COLOR
IN NEWFARRICS
Printed Materials in Winsome
Hues, Strong Feature of
Present Fashions.
THE NEW SILKS AND COTTONS
Designer* Have Provided Great Array
of Clothes Mad* Up in Many
Styles for Spring and Sum
mer Wear,
An outburst of color is the most
salient feature of fashions at the mo
ment. It Is almost impossible, observes
a prominent fashion authority, to real
ize the far-reaching effect of this out
burst. It is far-reaching not only in
the effect that it has on women's dress
In general, but upon the trades and in
dustries of the world.
Methods of making fabrics and of
adorning them, hitherto unused or long
since idle, are now in full swing. All
sorts of printing and dyeing processes
are affected by fushious. Fashion is
more than an Influence; it Is a vital
and powerful stimulus to many of the
world’s most important Industries. It
is unfortunate that fashions are treat
ed in a disparaging way by those who
do not understand their full signifi
cance.
Fushions are not trifling and friv
olous. Few realize that not only hun
dreds, hut thousands, of people are set
to work when a new fashion goes over,
or a great demand Is created for spe
cial t>i»es of materials.
A type of plating embroidery on a
fubric to give the appearance of print
ing is seen on a model which consists
of a smart robe-muuteaux of navy blue
serge und royal blue crepe uiongoi, a
silk crepe almost as heavy us a wool
serge. The dark serge is covered with
deep royal blue silk. The pattern Is so
executed that the royal blue embroid
ery stands out almost as a background
on certain parts of the dress, while In
other parts the ornamentation is so
light that it seems to be only a slight
interweaving of bright blue on the deep
navy background.
Every Wardrobe Must Have On*.
Tliere is no doubt about the fact that
many and various printed silks and cot
tons will he worn, made up In many
and various manners. Kverybody has
gone wild upon the subject; and unless
a collection of clothes contains one or
more of these printed costumes then It
Is not to be noticed in the polite society
of clothes. The prints are done very
simply. There is not the slightest in
dication of trimming. Ilut there Is
every evidence of the attention to de
sign which the character of ttie print
ing of the silks culls for. As one looks
around at the collection of printed silk
dresses which has already appeared
upon the market, there seems to he
not a single violation of the principles
of correct design.
Silk is evidently the thing for the
spring months, but there are some
tweed and homespun suits and skirts
which are certainly worthy of some uo
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Coat Dreu of Navy Blue Serge and
Royal Blue Crepe With Embroidery
Done in the Same Shades of Blue.
flee and consideration. At the moment
therp la what !s called the “natural"
colored tweed suit and it is as fashion
able as It can be. For instance, a girl
will wear a suit of “his variety with a
atrlped and brilliantly colored scarf,
and she will he able to create, with the
addition of a fine sports hat, the effect
of the smartest sort of an outdoors per
son. Then there are the tweed dresses
made all In one piece, which are still
extremely charming and which curry
with them all that feeling of style that
the average modern girl demands for
her own appearance. They are made
quite simply on the one-piece model,
but they are so correctly hound about
their edges and so finished, according
to the standarda of perfection. th*i
and I am as sure as I am alive that
the verdict rendered was based on
race prejudice, for had they been
white men I am sure no such verdict
as electrocution would have been re
turned under such evidence.
These men should have a new trial.
If not, an immediate appeal should
be taken to the supreme court. The
colored people of Omaha owe it to
their race to at once enlist themselves
in behalf of these two men.—A Spec
tator at the trial.
(he.v stand alone as Important elements
in the popular demands of the fashion
able world.
Ths Wrapping Coats.
Added to these one-piece frocks
there are the wrapping coats that are
made In three-quurter length. They
are full and ample In their proportions
with wide sleeves and wrapping skirt
portions. They are made to fold about
the flgure over the one-piece dresses,
ao that they form an element of style
that Is entirely In accordance with the
popular conceptions of fashion as It Is
understood by the smart women who
are making the styles of the moment a
popular success.
Kor the South they are wearing not
only whole frocks of printed silks and
cottons but those that are made up of a
combination of a printed and a pluin
material. This fact is Illustrated by a
dress that has Its lower section made
of a print that runs. In stripes, on to
the upper section of the costume. The
lower portion la made of a print of blue
on a white background nnd the upper
section Is made of a plain and heavy
quality of dark blue crepe on to which
the stripes of the printed material run
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Frock of Printed and Plain Silk In
Dark Blue and White Is One of the
Predicted Leaders for Spring.
In a succession of decorative stripes.
Outlining the sleeve edges there are
facings of white. which serve to ac
centuate the principles of the design
of the garment and the whole dress ap
pears as one of the best examples of
the art of the American designer ns ap
plied to the figure of the American
woman.
Around the waist of this frock there
Is tied a plain and unadorned version
of the Deauville searf. The dress hai>
|ten» to he a combination of dark blue
and white and the handkerchief, curi
ously enough. Is made of n square of
pure white silk bound with a narrow
little edging of dark blue grosgraln rib
bon. It serves as Just the proper sorl
of belt for the dress and, at the same
time, It happens to he a finish for the
dress which Is made up of the two
colors.
The white, then, Is set in at the long
armholes, with a slender bit of blue
edging to contrast with the finish of the
scarf about the lowered waistline nnd
the design of the dress becomes, with
that addition, something that Is entire
ly complete In Itself, and that Is fitted
to stand the competition of a whole
season with the persistence of a fash
tollable thing that Is destined to outlast
the demands of a season, no matter
what may he the points that are exhlb
Ifed to show what that season Is up to
In the way of style.
Cotton Thread Embroidery.
French dressmakers always have
used considerable cotton thread In
their embroideries on silk and wool mu
terlals. Uenee, that clever artist li
the details of needlework, uses ordi
nary white sewing cotton for a very
casual appearing embroidery on a silk
frock. Other French makers work out
what appears to be printed patterns In
cotton threads of bright colors, such as
blue, rose, green and purple.
Color, as allied to millinery, la Im
portant. Several prominent Frencn
milliners are continuing this spring
the vogue for pink In comblnatloi
w-lth black, as brought out late Iasi
season. This spring, however, the
pinks are deeper, nearer the coral
tones. Such shades as these are uaed
to face hats of black straw and as
trimmings. There Is a great demand
for ribbon In these shades, both wide
und narrow. An unusual use of nar
row inolre ribbon Is seen In upstand
ing rows which completely cover the
brims of hats. Very Interesting and
daring hats have arrived from Paris
In combinations of bright orange and
black.
One can predict with more assur
ance about color than about shapes
In spring millinery. In shapes mo
distes are practically trying out new
Idrtw. At the beginning of each sea
son there la nlways a varied collec
tion. There Is one point In this re
spect, however, upon which all hot
makers appear to agree, and thnt Is
the poke bonnet of both medium and
small sire.
Veils are Important for spring. This
will be good news to the very femi
nine type of woman who always finds
this little detail of dress particular
ly becoming. The lacy veil that Just
falls over the brim of the hat la well
liked.
FRANK KELLOGG
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