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FEARLESS EDITOR CALLED
THERE recently passed away
a true and tried friend of jus
tice to all men in the person of
the late John L. Morrison, editor
of the “Rip Saw” of Duluth,
Minn. He first attracted our
attention a few years ago when
a Minnesota friend sent us a
copy of his weekly paper con
taining an excellent article on
the Negro’s struggle upward.
Sometime after that came Du
luth’s triple lynching of three
young Negroes who were with
John Robinson’s cii'cus and
charged with committing rape
upon a seventeen-year-old girl
out with her escort, a youth of
unsavory i-eputation. Accoi ding
to the newspaper stories the
young woman had been ravished
by “six Negroes” and was in
a precarious condition in the
hospital, which would have been
the case had the facts been as
alleged, but where she was not,
as the “Rip Saw” alone fear
lessly stated, because the facts
were not as alleged. Editoi
Moirison insisted that a mistake
had been made. He secured and
published facts which allayed
public feeling running high in
Duluth against colox-ed people
because of the alleged crime
and its tragic aftermath. It
takes courage to espouse an un
popular cause or to champion
the cause of the weak. When
a white man has the courage in
the face of fearful odds to speak
out in the Negro’s defense as
John L. Morrison did in those
hectic days of June, 1920, in
Duluth he demonstrates true de
votion to the cause of right and
deserves to be enshrined in the
grateful hearts of mankind.
May his inheritance be with the
saints in light who have placed
truth above expediency.
A PUZZLING DECISION.
THE United States Supreme
Court disclaims jurisdiction in
the case of residential segrega
tion by contract which was
brought before it by the able
attorneys of the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People. Attorneys
of the ability and international
fame of such men as Moorfield
Story, Louis Marshall, Arthur
B. Spingam generally know
what they are doing when they
prepare briefs in important
cases. We are, therefore, at a
ols sto understand the ruling of
the chief tribunal of the nation
and the court of last resort in
this case. We are not discour
aged. Had the Supreme Court
decided for the defendants the
matter would have been differ
ent, our case, because residential
segregation is the case of the
American citizen of color today,
but tomorrow it will be the case
of other American citizens, |
would indeed be hopeless. Dis
claiming jurisdiction would seem
to indicate that the case may
be again presented in such an
unmistakable manner as to
bring it within the jurisdiction
of the Supreme Court. The Su
preme Court of Michigan has
recently decided a similar case
to that of the Curtis case to be
unconstitutional. Wo wonder
what technical or legal flaw
there is in the Curtis case which
removes it from the jurisdiction
of the United States Supreme
Court. We await the opinions
of those learned in the law. Of
this, however, we can be sure, it
an amended petition or brief be
required to secure a court decis
ion this will be done. The fight
for an authentic opinion from
the supreme tribunal of the land
touching the constitutional
rights of all American citizens
to purchase and occupy prop
erty for lawful and peaceful do
micile will be continued until
that opinion or decision is se
cured.
SIDE STEPS, AS USUAL
The judiciary committee of
the United States Senate with
republicans in the majority have I
voted adversely on the Anti
Lynching Bill. Members ot tne
G. 0. P. disclose their usual dis
inclination to stand up for any j
measure that seems favorable
to our group, or strongly
favored by our group. Our peo
ple favor a federal anti-lynching
bill because we are so largely
victims of lynchers, but it is a
matter which concerns the coun
try as a whole, in the final
analysis, as vitally as it affects
us as a class. Some day not
very far distant the colored
people of this coutnry will re
sent the hypocritical palaver and
conduct of the republican party.
We need a political emanci
pation. We need to think for
ourselves. We need to learn 10
pool our political strength and
throw it to the party that will
give us some consideration, be
that party Socialist, Bolshevik
or What-Not. The G. 0. P. be
lieves that it has a first mort
gage on the colored vote and so
long as it believes that and we
permit them to believe that we
will continue to get left.
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; LETTERS FROM OUR READERS
“RIP-SAW” EDITOR
PASSES AWAY
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Duluth, Minn.,
May 19, 1926
,e Editor of The Monitor:
This is to inforni you of the passing
or death of John L. Morrison, Editor
and publisher of the "Rip Saw.”
Editor Morrison was a great lover
and advocate of law and justice to
all.
It was he who first discovereil and
, blishi 1 in his paper the "Rip Saw”
that a great injustice had been done
the colored circus hands who were
mobbed and done to death in this city
in 1920 and when relations were
strained to the breaking point between
the races and everybody that was able
armed themselves and resolved to die
before being lynched.
Editor Morrison made a thorough
investigation of the affair and pub
lished his finding boldly with glaring
headline thus—“Negroes Did Not
Rape the 17-Year-Old White Girl as
Alleged.” So eager were the public
to know the truth that the first edi
tion was soon bought up entirely, and
then the second edition was published
because the demand was so great and
it was soon exhausted. Then the
third and fourth editions and they
were still going like hot cakes, so
eager were the people to know the
truth.
The editor told me himself that his
! paper was never in such demand be
fore.
Editor Morrison still maintained
that a great mistake had been made
| and it has never been proven that he
i was wrong, and most people believe
! he told the truth.
| He openly condemned mob violence
| and all those who were connected
j with that horrible crime, even the au
| thorities who permitted it to happen,
and was not content until the princi
pal- of the mob were convicted anil
' the chief of police and the head of
' public safety had been retired from
office.
Previous to this time one caught
| reading the “Rip Saw” was looked
upon with suspicion but a mail ear
lier informs me that on his route
! where he had delivered only a few
copied before, he was required to
carry a great many copies of the “Rip
Saw” to the very best people.
Mr. Morirson was born in Tabor, I
Iowa, near the famous “Mason and
Dixon Line” and his family belonged
to the anti-slavery group and many
were the slaves that domiciled on hi- I
father’s premises during the day and
fled north by night. When he no- |
ticed food being carried out to the
bam he knew that some fugitive was
on his way to freedom.
John L. Morrison had a number of !
relics of Old John Drown of Harper’.- (
Ferry fame and he told me he remem
bered the noted abolitionist who had
' -topped at hb father’s place on his
way from Kansas.
If we had more John L. Morrison’s j
or men like him America would have
i less cause for shame.
As there was only one Fred Doug- t
las, one Abraham Lincoln, one Booker j
T. Washington, one Wendell Phillip.-,
one Harriet Beecher Stowe, one Julius !
| Caesar, one Brutus, one Tousaint L. 1
I Overture, one Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois,]
! so I fear we cannot expect more than !
one John L. Morrison.
John L. Morrison was a friend and
member of the N. A. A. C. P. and at
tended all their meetings when po.
sible and heard all the prominent j
speakers and commented favorably in I
his paper on all of them including Dr. !
W. E. B. Du Bois, Dr. Roman and Dr
Pickens.
“Night hangs upon his eyes
His bones would rest,—
That I have labored to attain
this hour
In general honest thought,
For the commoij good to all
His life was good,
He was the noblest Roman of
them all.”
A law abiding citizen had no cause
to fear the “Rip Saw” and its brave
editor, but woe unto the grafter and
evil doer.
John L. Morrison leaves a wife and
two minor children, a girl 14, and a
boy 13 years old, John L. Junior.
(Signed) William H. Ray.
269 E. 5th St.,
Duluth, Minn.
U. B. F. & S. M. T. NOTES
Grand Master Duke Diggs will ar
rive in Omaha Sunday morning. H<
will address the Lodges and Temple
at the annual Sermon at Mt. Moriah
Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at
o’clock. The annual Sermon will be
preached by Rev. G. W. Day, pastor
of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Be
ginning Monday night, he will meet
the Lodges and Temples during the
week. Benson Temple No. 356 will
put on a ritualistic demonstration,
Wednesday evening, June 2. at 8:30.
All temples are invited. Those taking
part must be at U. B. F. Hall at 7:30
u. m. Georgia E. White, W. P. of
I Benson Temple, Grand Master Digg
will be the house guest of Dr. and
Mrs. D. W. Gooden while in the city.
District Deputy Sands is very much
interested in making plans to make
the Grand Lodge a success. The lodge
will convene in Omaha in August.
Mrs. Nettie Nuby was called out of
the city on account of the illness of
her father at Moberly, Mo.
Mrs. Augusta Stephens was calle i
out of the city on account of the ill
j ness of her sister at Emporia, Kans.
Sister Mary Scott and Sister Luda
j Crumbley of Benson Temple are on
1 the sick list.
Mrs. _Idola Stallworth of Minne
apolis, Minn., is in the city visiting
i her mother, Mrs. H. J. Brewer.
WON $500 NEWSPAPER PRIZE
New York.—Cyril A. Wilson, 71
Irving Place, Brooklyn, was the win
ner of the $500 2nd prize in a patri
\ otic game conducted for the past sev
eral weeks by the New York Daily
News. He is a West Indian and is
studying dentistry.
MEETING TO SECURE
EMPLOYMENT IN
PUBLIC UTILITIES
i
A meeting was held at K. P. Hall,
Twenty-Fourth and Charles streets,
I Saturday night to take action with
reference to securing representation
and employment in the public utilities
I and the public school system of
j Omaha. The meeting was called by
S'. B. Washington who had spent sev
| eral days in a personal convas to in
j terest the people. He called the
meeting to order, stated the object,
outlined at some length the situation
confronting us and read a set of reso
lutions reciting well-known facts a
to discrimination in the matter of
employment in public utilities which
as axpayers we support. While the
attendance was not large, those pres
ent, and among the number, the Rev.
C. A. Williams, pastor of St. John’s
A. M. E. Church, and the Rev. John
Albert Williams, rector of St. Philip’s
j Episcopal church and editor of The
Monitor, expressed themselves in
hearty accord with the purpose of the
meeting. It was decided to call an
other meeting at the same place Wed
nesday night of next week at which
time a committee will be appointed
to act upon the plan proposed. All
interested are invited to attend.
There will he no collection or charges
of any kind.
NEW ERA BAPTIST
ASSOCIATION TO MKE'I
The Ninth Annual session of the
New Era Baptist Association and
I Auxiliaries will be held at Pilgrim
Baptist church, Twenty-fifth and
Hamilton streets, Rev. J. T. Walker,
pastor, June 7 to 13. The Rev. W.
F. Botts, pastor of Zion Baptist
[church and president of the conven
tion, has issued a letter to all mem
bers of the association and its aux j
; iliaries urging a large attendance '
which is anticipated. An interesting j
| program has been prepared for morn
ing, afternoon and night of the three !
{days’ session. The organizations rep- .
! resented will be the Ministers’ and
I
I Deacons’ Union, the Women’s Educa
tional Home and Foreign Mission So
j citev, the Sunday School and the B.
1 Y. P. U.
ZION BAPTIST GIRLS
CAPTURE FIRST GAME
FROM ST. PHILIPS
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A snappy game of ball was played
last Saturday afternoon on the Kellom
School diamond between the Girl
Friendly Society team of St. Philip's
Episcopal church and a live wiri
team from Zion Baptist Sunday
achool. Some excellent plays were
made bv both teams. The Baptist
defeated the Episcopalians by a score
of 16 to 12. Neither team scored un
, til the third inning when St. Philip'
chalked up 6 runs. The Zion girl
| scored 4 in the fourth, and then it w as
nip and tuck until the last inning
Mi Ruth Collins, girl reserve sec re
j tary of North Side “Y” was umpire.
The lineup was as follows:
St. Philip’s Zion Baptist
S. Brown .p.I. Williams
C. Williams. e.E. Johnson
V. Walton..lb.J. Martin
C. -Smith 2b A. Dodson
J. Dixon.3b.D. Thompson
H. Singlpton lss.O. Mattison
S. Adams.2ss.H. Gray
E. Richardson rf.M. Gustin
H. Jenkins.cf.... E. M. Dodson
M. Dickerson.. If.j.. T. Powell
Vera Walton is captain of St.
Philip’s team and May Gustin of
Zion’s. The return match will be
played Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock
on the Howard Kennedy school dia
mond. A real live peppy game is
promised.
1 ELEPHONE COMPANY TO
GIVE ENTERTAINMENT
AT ST. PHILIPS
—
Employes of the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company, under the direc
: tion of Mr. Seeord, “Uncle Ross,”
I who writes the delightful bedtime
1 stories for children in the World-Her
ald, will put on a unique and delight
ful entertainment in St. Philip's Guild
; Room next Wednesday night at 8
o’clock to which the public is cordially
invited. There will be motion pic
tures, demonstrating telephone activi
ties arid operations with musical num
bers and other features. It will be
not only delightfully entertainging
but an educational treat. The follow
ing program will be given:
Remarks—Mr. D. T. Patterson,
, rvooil-Web-tor Commercial Man
ager.
i. Motion Pictures—“Making Tele
phone History.” Miss Frances Isam.
operator, Atlantic-Jackson office,
piano. Mr. E. H. Berlinghof, At
i an tic-Jacks on Commercial Agent,
machine.
Vocal Duet—Miss Corinne Liri
dee, Supervisor, Long Distance De
partment; Miss Hazel Lindee, Oper
ator, Atlantic-Jackson Central office.
4. Motion Pictures—“When the
I Sleet Storms Come.”
Whistling—Miss Hester Peters,
Recreation Supervisor.
I fi. “What Happens When You Lift
Y ur Receiver.” Demonstration by
Miss Clara McGann, Instructor, Kcn
i wood-Central Office. During the
demonstration Miss McGann will be
assisted in presenting several tele
phone calls by: Miss Clara Majeski,
Instructor, Webster Central Office:
Miss L. Kearney, Operators’ Training
J School; Miss Laura Welsh, Super
visor, Harney Central Office, who
i will act as: operators, and Miss Lu
cille Mauck, Directory Department,
Mr. B. H. Barden, Ken wood-Webster
Central Office, Mr. Frank A. Seeord,
i Supervisor, District Commercial Do
i patment, who will act as subscribers.
". Motion Pictures—Comedy.
Harry Schwein, who underwent
i operation some time ago at St. Jo
(seph’s hospital is getting on quit
nicely, but is unable to leave the ho
I pital yet.
CORNERSTONE LAID
The cornerstone of Cleave Temple,
C. M. E. church, Twenty-fifth and De
catur street, Rev. James S. Blaine,
pastor,, was laid Sunday afternoon by
Grand Master Charles W. Dickerson,
a b. toe Grand Lodge. After
the ceremonies special sendees were
held in the building.
APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR
The late Elizabeth Letcher made her
will twelve years ago in favor of her
■ ... ..mil Philip Letcher. At the re
quest of Mr. Letcher, Mr. J. Frank
■Smith ha.- been appointed administra
"l ha given bond with the Amer
ican Surety company.
Mrs. W. P. Wade will leave Satur
day for Richmond, Mo., to look after
her real estate.
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