i The Monitor
V A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS
OF COLORED AMERICANS
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BY THE
MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY
Entered a* Second-Claw Mall Matter July 2, 1915, at the Portoffice at
Omaha, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1N79
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ARTICLE XIV. CONSTITUTION OF THE ;;
;; UNITED STATES ;;
< > Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged
1. All persons horn or naturalized in the United States. • j
! I and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
;; United States and of the State wherein they reside. No j;
" state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
II privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ! I
;; shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- ;;
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! within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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UP TO THE MINUTE .
THE MONITOR demonstrated last
week a feat of up-to-the-minute jour
nalism of which we feel rather proud.
We were the only race weekly which
published the news that the Sweet
jury was unable to reach a verdict
and was discharged. Circumstances
favored us. Because Thursday was
a holiday we were unable to get
ready for press until Friday noon. We
had our story of the deadlocked jury
whei* we secured the information that
the jury was discharges!. We had the
up-to-the-minute flash and were able
to give this information to our read
ers as quickly as the dailies which
published it in their evening editions.
A PATHETIC INCIDENT
TO US ONE of the most pathetic
aspects of the Rhinelander case was
the brutal and apparently unneces
sary revelation of an alleged indes
cretion upon the part of the mother
of Alice Rhinelander thirty-five
years ago. She was a servantt girl
in an English home. Like many other
trusting girls she was seduced, it is
said by one of the wealthy class. A
child was bom, but died. She was
honorably married to Robert Jones,
ofterwards and for more than thirty
years she lived honorably rearing her
family. Why in heaven’s name was
it necessary to wring from the lips
of this white-haired mother and pub
lish to the world this acknowledge
ment of misstep in which, in our judg
ment, she was more sinned against
than sinning ? Was it to show that
a wealthy English “lord” had betray
ed and thrown off an English serv
ant girl; and that now a wealthy
American “lord” had sougth to be
tray and dicard a colored servant girl,
who proved too sharp for him ? What
ever the purpose, it was a most path
etic incident in a sordid, sensual and
sensational trial.
UNIONIZING THE PULLMAN
PORTERS
JUST now there is much discussion
and agitation concerning the efforts
to unionize the Pullman porters. We
have not discussed the question, nor
do we intend to now, more than to
say, we have an open mind in the
case. We are studying the question
from both sides. When we have reach
ed our conclusion we will follow our
usual custom of taking our stand on
the side which seems to us to be
best for the Pullman porters. We will
not straddle the fence. We have
some strong convictions concerning
the necessity of paying living wages
to porters as to conductors and the
abolishment of the tipping system,
which we believe, as we have fre
quently stated before, to be funda
mentally wrong in principle. Wheth
er unionization and affiliation with
the Amercan Federation of I>abor,
whose sincerity concerning black lab
or we have always questioned and its
shortsightedness deplored will be the
most advantageous method to pur
sue, is still with us a subject of de
I bate. This, however, can and should
be said, personal denunciation of
those who may be for or against the
plan is not argument and will have
j little weight with thoughtful people
It is an important matter which
should be decided upon its merits.
Cogent reasons for organization by
the Pullman porters, which are at
present the most poorly paid of all
railway employees, must be answer
ed by cogent reasons against or
ganization upon the part of oppon
ents of the plan. Facts, not detrac
tion, must determine the issue.
WASTEFULNESS
IT TAKES no Sherlock Holmes to
discover at least one of the reasons
for hard times and the business de
pression that the country at large is
feeling at this time and that is the
wastefulness and extravagance of the
American people, black and white,
rich and poor alike. Compared with
other Countries we do not know what
I thrift is. Most of us live beyond our
income, traceable largely to waste
fulness.
THE SWEET CASE
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THAT the jury was deadlocked for
more than forty hours with the ma
jority standing for acquittal in the
Sweet case shows the ability with
! which the defense presented its evi
dence. Although the jury disagreed
it was a virtual victory. The defense
had to break down a hostile public
sentiment for it must be admitted
that, even in northern communities,
there are those who believe and act
upon the principle that “the Negro
has no rights which a white man is
bound to respect” and that juries are,
perhaps unconsciously, swayed by
prejudice where the question of diver
si ve races are concerned. Those who
followed the evidence believed that the
state had not proved its charge of
conspiracy to murder and that the de
fendants would have been acquitted.
They were not and another trial has
been ordered. The wisdom of secur
ing this best legal talent in this case
is obvious. The battle must go on
until victory is complete. We have
no doubt of the ultimate outcome of
this case but it is going to take mo
ney to pay for the trial and our peo
ple everywhere must take pleasure in
contributing the necessary funds.
THE BEST ANSWER
The question that all men who work
should reecive a living wage is not
debateable. How best to secure this
is the only debateable question. By
organization and collective bargain
ining has been the answer that most
trades and occupations have given.
Jealousy is indicative of littleness
of soul. Strive to be whole-souled
and broad-minded and there will be
no room in your nature for petty
jealousy.
Why not start a Christmas Sav
ings account for next year? Many
;; THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE f
A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded &
X persons that the contribution of the Negro to American |
'< > nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from I*'
< • negligible. No element of American life has-so subtly and £
< > yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking
< > and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first •{*
< > explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from £
< > the first the foundation of the American prosperity and £
< | the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and £
<; economic importance. Modem democracy rests not simply |
; on the striving white men in Europe and America but also • •
; on the persistent straggle of the black men in America for • >
two eenturiee. The military defense of. this land has de
paudod upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial ;
wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does ;
the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera
ture but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep ;
dgdfkuei. and Negro folk lore and music are among the •
duieut heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played !
a peculiar qrfrttual role in America as a sort of living, ;
breathing test of our ideals and an example of the faith, < >
hape Md Inlire r of our religion—Du Bois, “The Gift of ! I
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WE MUST EIGHT IF
WE WOULD SURVIVE
From N. Y. Amsterdam News,
Nov. 18, 1925.
Possibly the most important court case
the Negro has ever figured in in all the
history of the United States is being
heard out in Detroit, Mich., where Dr.
Ossian Sweet, his wife and nine other dc- '
fendants are on trial for their lives, be
cause they dared to protect themselves
and their property against mob violence.
TO GET A TRUE PICTURE of what
is going on, turn the matter around and
imagine that a mob of Negroes has re
sented a white family’s moving into a
colored neighborhood; and, in defending
themselves, the besieged family had shot:
and killed a colored man. What grand
jury in the United Stales would indict j
the white family for murder in the first
degree? Why, then, should Negroes be j
charged with murder who dare to defend ,
themselves and their property.
THE OUTCOME of the Sweet case!
means everything that is dear to the Ne
gro in America. If a colored man is
mot secure in his own home, in a North
ern community, where there is a sem
blance of civilization, where under
Heaven in the United States is he se
cure? Dr. Sweets battle in Detroit is
our battle; just as much so as if we had
been in the besieged dwelling. He and
the other brave defendants could easily
have avoided the many discomforts they
must bear as prisoners charged with mur
der by not moving into th ehouse after
he purchased it. He could have sold it.
possibly at a higher price than he paid i
for it.
BUT, THANK GOD. Dr. Sweet moved
in! Thank God that his noble wife mov
ed in with him! And, thank God, nine
of their relatives and friends came with 1
them! Wisdom dictated that they should
not go in empty handed. They deter 1
mined to fight fire with fire, and. ac
cording to reports, had ten separate fire j
arms in the house. Not one of them
knew whether he would come out of the |
house alive, once he went in, but1 fear of [
death did not deter them.
THIS is the spirit of unity the Negro
must more and more evidence if he is to j
survive. He must face death if le
would live! He must he willing to die
fighting when he is right! When police |
authorities fail to protect him and his
BAZAAR
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family; when courts of law desert him;
t whan his own government fails to take a
stand in his behalf, he faces death any
way, and might just as well die fight
ing!
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