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ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE %
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\ Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged .j.
' ; 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, £
; ; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the j*
<! United States and of the State wherein they reside. No •{•
!! state shall make or enforce tiny law which shall abridge the £
|| privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor X
! > shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- j
\ erty without due process of law, nor deny to any person &
\; within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. £
GRADUATES
^HE Monitor extends sincere and
hearty congratulations to parents
upon the graduation of their children
from various schools and colleges.
We commend them for the sacrifices
they have made, in so many cases,
to give their children the advantages
which they themselves were denied.
We congratulate the pupils upon their
success thus far and sincerely hope
that they will make good use of the
knowledge they have acquired and
show themselves worthy of the sac
rifices their parents have made for
them. This will be the only reward
the parents will ask that their chil
dren will live useful and worthy lives
commensurate with their opportun
ities.
The chief aim of education is train
ing for service. The better trained
one’s mind is the more efficient he or
she should be. Education is simply
means to an end. There is a true ed
ucation and a false education. True
education issues in useful service in
that state of life unto which it shall
please God to call us. It fits us for
work, all honorable work, in this work
a day world. False education is that
which looks upon knowledge as an
emancipation from work of laborious
character. Some have this idea. If
any who read this have such a false
idea we hope this will help them see
their mistake and correct it.
Omaha has a number of our youth
graduating from the high schools this
year. Not as many as we should have
but the number shows a steady ad
vance. There are eight of such grad
uates and they present an unusual
phenomenon, the boys exceed the girls
in number. Conditions are thus re
versed. There are six boys and two
girls. An unusual showing. Most of
these students are looking forward to
going to college. Another excellent
thing to be commended and encour
aged. These students have ranked
well in scholarship, athletics and
school activities, showing the stimu
lus and advantage of co-racial educa
tion. Congratulations and best wish
es to all our youth who are at this
time completing their pupilage in our
splendid educational institutions or
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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 amuaement; 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
shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for fe
2 reasons of law 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 dollara, and pay the costa
of the prosecution. p
‘The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not j|
discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State, p
26 Nebr. page 677. N. W. 638."
“A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re- j§
freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than 1
that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by setting T
a table in amnre private part of the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich.
*68; N. W.718."
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planning to advance unto a higher
educational plane. Graduate means
advancement by degrees. School grad
uation should be regarded only as
the preparation for progress, ad
vancement by degrees in the life of
service to which we all are called.
MAKING PLACES FOR OUR
YOUTH
QUR youth are being encouraged,
and rightly so, to prepare them
selves for useful careers by getting
the best education possible. Many
of them are being urged to secure
what is popularly known as technical
training or education which means
professional training in the agricul
tural and mechanical arts and sci
ences as well as in trade and com
merce. Despite the handicap to which
many of our youth are subjected by
a prejudice in the United States
which we cannot ignore, the fact re
mains that there is opportunity for
the man or woman of brains or abil
ity who can deliver the goods. The
law of the survival of the fittest is
unerring and will eventually over
Iride color and caste prejudice in the
'United States. But in the meanwhile
we have a duty that is as plain as the
noon day sun. We as a race must
pool our interests and embark in bus
iness and industrial enterprises which
will create places of employment for
our youth. Those who have ability
will find employment among the dom
inant race here and there, but the
great majority of them must look to
their own group for employment.
This is a challenge which we as a
race must meet if we would survive.
The law of the survival of the fittest
is impersonal and applies to us as it
does to other groups. Let us demon
strate our fitness by at least help
ing to make places for our youth.
H A RDI NG’S A DM INISTR ATION
'J’WO years of Mr. Harding’s admin
istration have gone into history.
How fares the case with the Negro?
The Birmingham speech was a socio
logical rather than a political an
nouncement The President’s first and
only venture in the field of sociology
has been wholly barren of practical
results. He laid down a premise,
which no Negro approves, and de
duced a conclusion which no Southern
' white man accepts. My open letter
to the president on this memorial ad
dress expresses the feeling and opin
ion of every Negro in America who is
not in office, or in the insane asylum.
The President would doubtless have
signed the Dyer bill had it passed both
houses of Congress. But he did noth
ing to further its passage and gave
the measure only his lukewarm ap
proval and tepid support. In the re
appointment of Judge Terrell he fol
lowed the good precedent of President
Wilson. In choking the liberty out of
Hayti he follows the evil precedent of
his illustrious predecessor. The ap
pointment of Cohen possesed every
semblance of political courage. Mr.
Harding not only flew in the face of
the vociferously asserted and stoutly
maintained attitude of the South, but
reversed the policy of his own party
as declared by President Taft. In
deed, Mr. Harding reversed his own
declared policy. But the appointment
met with defeat, and great was the
defeat thereof. If this means that no
Negro can be appointed and confirmed
for office in the South, then the
abortive attempt does the race more
harm than good. An unsuccessful at
tempt serves to discourage, if not to
stop, future effort in the same direc
tion.
We must credit the administration
with the effort while regretting the
effect. We are reminded that Mr.
Wilson named a colored man for Reg
ister of the Treasury, but, who,
through senatorial vicissitudes, failed
to reach the promised land. The des
ignation of several distinguished col
ored men for high positions with rac
ial function is commendable. The
■ recent appointment of Charles W. An
derson in New York somewhat re
lieves the hurt felt over the defeat of
Cohen. While no colored man will
throw' his hat over the moon when
Mr Harding’s renomination is pro
claimed, yet I venture the prediction
that the vast majority of Negro vot
ers will still remain on board the old
republican ship, for the simple reason
that the rival democratic ship makes
no provision for passengers of color.
—Kelly Miller.
School Vacation Can Be a Pleasure
For the Whole Family
The end of school means idle days
for boys and girls. The daily routine
is broken. What will take its place
Happy is the mother whose girl says
she will take over the housework.
Mother deserves a rest, too. Happy
the home that this girl will be mis
tress of some day. The boy should
also work at home if not somewhere
else. The house needs painting, the
fence needs repairs, the furnace ought
to have been cleaned, and mother is
more than a servant, and should be
relieved of many heavy tasks.
Vacation from school really brings
out the boy and girl making good
qualities and bad ones so plain that
he who runs may read. If parental
indulgence has killed off the worth
while habits of the children, or if
they are just poor stock anyway, idle
hours will be for the worse. If duty
has a place in their lives' and love of
father and mother actuates them,
then vacation is a pleasant time for
all.—Kansas City (Mo.) Call.
SIX M KSES BRAD!'ATE
Hampton, Va., June 15.—Six nurses
graduated from the Hampton Training
School for nurses last week. They
are: Vetie E. Cornish, Salisbury, Md.;
Alquinston A. Douer, Norfolk, Va.;
Jessie H. Harris, Portsmouth, Va.;
Rachel A. Cooke, Cloucester, Va.:
Marion Yest, Chester, Va., and Helena
M. Wainwright, Phoebus, Va.
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Shearing Sheep i n West Queensland.
(Prepared by th* National Geographic So
ciety, Washington, D. C.)
That there Is a constant evolution
In government is pointed out many
times, with our 4S states and their
peaceful exiierlments as Illustrations.
But even more radical changes are tak
ing place, equally peacefully. In other
parts of the world. Queensland. Aus
tralia, has made the most marked
qhange of recent years In govern
mental machinery In the English
speaking world by abolishing Its sen
ate and making Its legislative body
into a one-chambered parliament.
This commonwealth, which has al
tered so strikingly the traditional Brit
ish Idea of a parliament, Is one of the
six sovereign states of Australia,
which, like the units of the United
States, ure bound Into a federation
yet are free to shaiie their own affairs
with relatively slight limitations.
Queensland—and Australia, too, for
that matter, loses In apparent size be
cause of its great distance from us
In reality It Is a huge state, com
pletely dwarfing Texas, our largest
commonwealth. Its coast-line Is more
than 2,200 miles long and Is equiva
lent to that of the eastern United
States from northern Massachusetts
—down the Atlantic, around Florida
and to Mobile It has an area of
670,000 square miles.
Since Queensland Is located in the
southern hemisphere, its hot regions
are to the north. Its cooler regions to
the smith. Its northernmost projec
tion, Cape York Peninsula, may, then,
be compared roughly to Florida,
though Cape York is much closer to
the equator. To he as close to the
equator as Queensland, Florida would
have to be moved some 1,200 miles
farther south until Key West touched
the Isthmus of Panama. If Australia
could be towed to our part of the
world, where we could compare It with
the regions we know, It would have
to be turned about so that the warm
regions would correspond. If it can
be Imagined that this were done and
Cape York placed near the Canal
Zone, so extensive Is the state of
Queensland that It would cover most
of the vast expanse of the Oulf of
Mexico.
Best Developed in the South.
Naturally, colonization In Queens
land began along Its southern const.
Its mildest region climatically. Thanks
to Its mountains which parallel the
coast, the climate of the state Is not
as hot as Its latitude would Indicate.
The far northern section, however, is
truly tropical and it has no' been de
veloped to any great extent. In the
southern and middle sections are
thriving ports and cities. Brisbane,
the capital, Is about the size of Bridge
port, Conn., or Houston, Tex. The
Stale's population of about three-quar
ters of a million—approximately that
of Oregon—Is almost wholly of British
origin.
The development of the tropical por
tions of Queensland has been slower
than that of similar regions In other
parts of the world because of the de
termination of the citizens of the state
and of the entire commonwealth to
maintain a “white Australia." The
black and yellow races have been ex
cluded In recent years. Not more than
20,(KX> of the black aborigines remain
in the state, and they are steadily de
creasing In numbers.
To help the development toward a
“white Australia" the federal govern
ment grants a bounty on sugar-cane
raised by white labor, and a sufficient
sugar Industry has been built up In
the fertile coast valleys of Queensland
to supply Australia's needs. Aus
tralia's handling of Queensland's sugar
crop Indicates that the federal gov
ernment. as well as Queensland, is
capable of striking out Into new fields
governmental!)-. All the sugar it
taken over hy the Australian govern
ment, and a virtual government mo
nopoly created. Contracts are made
for the refining, and both wholesale
and retail prices are controlled.
Cotton Growing Died Out.
Rome day Queen-hind may develop
Into a cotton producing region, for
both climate and snM are favorable.
Just at present. lew./-or the "white
Australia" no'io ’ as dlffl
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cult as It might be In the American
South If no black labor were avail
able. During the American Civil war,
when cotton was scarce In the world
markets and the price high, Queens
land found It profitable to grow the
textile. After the price fell It was
even possible to keep the Industry
alive so long as Kanaka labor from
the South Sea Islands was to be had.
But when these black laborers were
deported cotton growing, never really
Important, practically died out.
There has been a certain parallelism
In the development of Australia and
North America. A mountain range,
situated roughly like the Appalachians,
extends parallel with the eastern coast
from SO to ISO miles inland. In this
favored strip the first settlements
were made, and for many years
nothing was known about the region
to the west. Over behind its moun
tains Queensland has a great plains
region like that of the United States.
It Is in that portion of Queensland
that Australia's great cattle Industry
centers. The huge ranches—called
“stations’'—cover thousands of acres
like those In the American Southwest,
and of the 14,000,000 cattle on the
continent about half are In Queens
land.
Cattle raising Is the really domi
nant Industry of Queensland and has
had Its effect on the economic side of
the governmental machinery. There
are state-operated cattle ranches,
state abattoirs and even retail meat
shops run by the state. The stute
goes still farther Into the matter of
food distribution by operating fisher
ies and conducting retail fish stores.
State Owns Most of the Land.
The pioneer age is not past In
Queensland, despite its well developed
southern coast region. Over the moun
tains to the west and northwest In
the tropical country pioneers are still
carving out a new country and bring
Ing It under fence or plow. The state
still owns staggering areas of land.
Only about 0 per cent of the state’s
total area has been alienated or la In
process of alienation. And Queens
land means to hold on to the greater
part of this public domain forever.
The policy has been adopted In recent
years of merely leasing the soli. The
only exception Is In the case of the
“prickly pear" regions, where small
tracts nre given outright to settlers In
return of the eradication of this stub
horn cactus pest.
Brisbane, the capital of Queensland,
a town nearly aa large as Atlanta, Oa.,
Is on the coast near the southern line
of the state, and so Is In a region of
relatively ndld climate. Its latitude
compares closely with that of Tampa,
Fla. Semi-tropical flowers and fruit*
make iiosslhle charming settings. But
Brisbane cannot claim beauty. Though
this Is country In which white snts
are numerous and destructive, wood
seems to he the favorite building ma
terial. And many of the smaller
buildings are roofed with unsightly
corrugated Iron. The river which
runs through the city Is lined with
packing plants and factories.
How far Queensland has swung Its
governmental pendulum Is shown by
the fact that It was one of the two
states of the Australian common
wealth In which the senate or upper
house had members elected for life hy
the British crown. There was thus In
existence s sort of colonial “House of
Lords.” The members of the single
chnrnher which Is left In Queensland
are elected and the state, without a
“conservative balance-wheel,” becomes
the most democratic of the common
wealth's units.
Arithmetic Made Easy.
Willie Is in the fourth grade. His
father tries to find out hy adroit ques
tioning just what Willie’s going to
school means to the hoy. He found
out that Willie likes his teachers, hl«
classmates, most of them, and his les
sons. But recently the purent probed
deeper. Did Willie like spelling? Sure.
"Do you find arithmetic lessons easy,
too?” he finally queried. "Yes,” waa
Wllle's casual rejoinder; ’“rfthmetlc's
easy, awful—all the answers."
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