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on The Monitor m m NEBRASKA’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS | THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor. $2.00 a Y« | -5 Cents a Copy. OMAHA. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1926. Vol. XII.—No. 5. Whole Number 575 YOUNG Alt INEY SEEKS RE-ELECT!~ TO LEGISLATURE TO r. _ Walter Riel Johnson, Who Made Good Re ' in Last Session Desires igain Represent Ninth District CUT . Walter R Johnson, who represent ed the ninth legislative district, which comprises most of the second ward in the last session of the legislature, is a candidate for re-election and re quests his friends, whom he believes were pleased with his record to vote for him at the primaries August 10. Among one of the important bills which Mr. Johnson introduced was H. R No. 127, which provided for increasing the number of juvenile court workers from 3 to 6, urging in sui port of his measure that this would permit the employment of a colored juvenile court worker to which he believed they were entitled. The bill passed the house by a vote of 81 to 15 but was indefinitely post poned in the senate. Mr. Johnson was horn and reared in the district in which he now lives. He is a lawyer, a graduate of the Nebiaska University and Creighton Law school. He is a veteran of the world war and served as lieutenant in the air service. He is now a cap tain in the reserve corps of the air service, and was the first to make a commercial flight over Omaha. \OI \U RACK DKNTIST SKKKS NOMINATION FOR R KPRKSENT ATIV K I»r. John A. Singleton, ns is gen eral!;. known, was among the first to announce his candidacy for State Representative. He was among the first to file from the Ninth district which has relatively a large colored vote. Dr. Singleton is a young man j of ability, aggressive and progressive. He would make an excellent repre sentative. He was born, reared ami educated in Omaha, and as native Omahans are seeking political prefer ment, he fully fills the bill. In 18H2 and 1804, when Omaha had u colored population of less than 4,000, Dr. M. O. Ricketts was elected to the legis lature where he served with distinc ton. Our population is nearly six times as large as it was then. LARGE ATTENDANCE AT * NT. PHILIPS PICNIC Last Thursday afternoon a large number enjoyed themselves1 at the annual parish and Sunday school pic ninc of the Church of St. Philip the Deacon, which was held at Elmwood park. The day was an ideal one for the outing. Quite a number of guests were present. Miss Hadee Gordon, a school teacher of St. Louis, Mo., is the guest of her brother and family, D. V. Gordon, 2863 Miami street. Vote for Dr. John A. Singleton for State Representative from the Ninth ; District.—Adv. OMAHA LOCALS Mrs. R. P. Armstrong and daughter, Miss Carrie Harrison, of 2816 North Twenty-sixth street, will leave Sun day for a short visit in Kansas City, Mo. From there they will go to Chi cago to spend several weeks. They expect to return to Omaha about the middle of September. Miss Marguerite Long motored to Atchison, Kans., Saturday evening with friends, who enjoyed a fine trip. They returned Monday morning. While in Kansas City, Miss Long was the guest of Miss Marion Richie, who returned with her for a short visit. Vote for Dr. John A. Singleton for State Representative from the Ninth District.—Adv. Mrs. H. J. Crawford, left last Thurs day morning with her sister, Mrs. F.llen Rubs, who had been her guest, and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Clark, Mrs. Russ’s daughter and son-in-law for Denver for an indefinite stay. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were returning west from a motor trip to Cincinnati. Mr. Isaiah Bolin of Pittsburgh, Pa., has arrived in the city to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Alfred Fox. Vote for Dr. John A. Singleton for State Representative from the Ninth District.—Adv. Mr. H. C. Smith, 1920 North Twen ty-fifth street, had as his house guest his mother, Mrs. Lucy Smith of Wells ville, Mo., and his sisters, Mrs. Ab ner Byrd of-Lansing, Mich., and Mrs. I. D. Coens of St. Ix>uis, Mo. They left Sunday evening for their respec tive homes after spending a two weeks’ delightful visit. Many social affairs were given in their honor. Vote for Dr. John A. Singleton for Slate Representative from the Ninth District.—Adv. Mr. Robert Terrell of Akron, Ohio, is visiting his mother and step-father, Sergt. and Mrs. Isaac Bailey, 2816 Pratt street. Mrs. Lizzie Buford expects to leave soon for Colorado Springs, Colo., to take a much-needed rest. A fine son was born to Mr. and Mis. Russel S. Taylor last Saturday morning. Mother and child are doing well; father feeling chesty; grand parents, paternal and maternal, smil ing; great grandmother proudest of them all. I OR RENT One, two or three rooms for light housekeeping. Furnished. Webster 276!!. tf. 7, :i0-26. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. Cut prices. 2021 Hurt St. At. 6126. 4t-7-30 I'OR RENT—Three rooms furnished or unfurnished. Web. 2474. 2t-7-30 M EZZO-SOPRA NO SOLOIST TO SING AT GROVE M. E. Mile. M. H. Demby, prima-donna mezzo-soprano soloist of Boston, Mass., whose concerts have delighted audiences throughout the United States and Canaria for several years, will be heard in recital at Grove M. E. church, Friday night, August 6, under the auspices of the choir. Mile, ffemby has excellent testimonials from all sections of the country and music lovers may exfiect a rare* musical treat. EUGENE GORDON TO CONDUCT COLUMN IN FOURTH ESTATE Boston, Mass.—(By the A. N. P.) -Through his article on "The Negro Press", published recently in the American Mercury, Eugene Gordon has been offered and has accepted the opportunity to conduct a column on Negro newspapers weekly in the Fourth Estate. In writing to Mr. Gordon concerning the offer, Walter Sammis, editor of the Fourth Estate, pointed out that he felt that the col umn would be of mutual benefit to the Fourth Estate and to Negro week lies. Vote for Dr. John A. Singleton for State Representative from the Ninth District.—Adv. EDITORIAL We have a fighting chance to nominate at the August primary and to elect in November a member of our race to the State Legis lature; but let us bear in mind that it is only a fighting chance and by no means a certainty. We gain nothing by deceiving our selves or others. We are too easily deceived and make claims of political strength which an examination of hard, cold facts does not justify. When we cease to rely upon our imagination and deal with facts we will get somewhere. While we talk others figure. Let us talk less and figure more. Facts and figures tell us that we have a fighting chance, and only a slim fighting chance to send one of our group to the legisla ture. That chance, as we see it, is in the Ninth District—which includes 12 precincts of the Second Ward, the boundaries of which Ward are Lothrop-Bristol street on the north, the Missouri river on the east, the north side of Charles street on the south and the east side of Thirtieth street on the west. But please bear in mind that the Ninth Legislative District does not include all of the Second Ward. By a skilful geremander the Fourth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth precincts, which embrace the territory between Clark and Charles from Eighteenth to Thir tieth, and between Burdette and Charles from Twenty-fourth to Thirtieth are excluded. You never thought of that, did you? Now Precincts 14 and 15 are almost solidly colored, and Precinct 4 very largely so. These heavy colored precincts have l>een detached from the Ninth District and attached to the Tenth District. This clever trick or maneuver has largely reduced our vote in the Ninth District. Had .these three precincts been included you can see what an advantage this would have been to our people. Tt would have made us the dominant political factor in the District. Our registered voting strength in the District is only about 1,000, while in the Wrard it is 1,690. The unregistered voters will largely increase this. Our registered vote in the Tenth District is about the same. Weigh well these facts. Not guesses, but carefully collected facts. These facts show that in l>oth districts if we could poll even our full present registered voting strength, centered on one can didate, and enlist the support of a few hundred white voters, which can be done for a strong candidate, we could elect a repre sentative in either one of these district, perhaps in both; but that is doubtful. In one certainly. If we could get all our people to register and vote there would be no question about it. In other I words, in neither one of these districts, have we enough colored ! votes to nominate or elect one of our own. This can only be done by combination; and since we have enough votes to defeat any re publican candidate in either district such combination can be made. These, then, are the plain facts: With our race vote cent ered upon one candidate, it is possible to secure enough support from white voters to nominate and elect one of our numl)er iri either of these two legislative districts, but it must be a united and concentrated vote. It cannot be done by scattering our fire viewing these facts, we believe our best fighting chance to nominate a candidate at this time is in the Ninth District, where only one candidate has filed in the person of Dr. John Andrew Singleton. He is a young man, 31 years of age, born and reared in Omaha, a member of a respected pioneer family, and of good education, I>eing a graduate of Central High school and Howard university. He is married, has three children and is a homeowner and taxpayer. Like the rest of us, he has his faults of course. He has a good opinion of himself, which is not the worst of fail ings, and has a good deal of self-conceit—like the most of us have when we are young, but which is knocked out of us as we grow older. He is a church member and also a member of the American Legion and of several fraternities. These facts are all in his favor. Laying aside petty, personal likes and dislikes, which we must learn to do, if we ever expect to come into our own politically or otherwise, there is no reason why we cannot get unitedly behind Singleton, not because he is Singleton, but because we ought to have a representative in the House and regain the political pres tige we once had in this state when our numbers were one-sixth less than they are now, and he is the available candidate. Getting unitedly behind him we have a fighting chance of nominating him ; nd so demonstrating our ability to put over some one program and by so doing win the respect of those who, l>ecause of our divi sion^, underrate our ability to do and largely regard us as children, pawns or playthings. This is going to be no easy job; for Single ton’s rival for the nomination, Walter R. Johnson, who represented the District in the last session, is is an excellent young man, de servedly popular in the District. We hope to see Singleton win, because we believe we have got to continue lighting until we again have a representative in the House, and the Ninth District seems to us, at this time, to offer the best opportunity. If we had only one candidate in the Tenth District, where, unfortunately, we have two—in the persons of Mrs. Jabourness Alice Stewart, a most capable woman, who, if she can be elected, will be an excellent representative; and F. L. Bar nett, the chances for winning would be as good,, if not better than in the Ninth. But this division, as we see it, radically weakens our chances to win in the Tenth. The Monitor is anxious to have our people see the situation exactly as it is and not be deceived or deluded by false hopes. We ought to have about 4,000 voters registered and voting in the Ninth and Tenth Legislative Districts—2,000 in each district. We have only 2,000 now registered in both, which means about 1,000 in each district. It is upon this basis that we have to figure our chances for nominating and electing a representative to the State Legislature. Knowing the facts, let us act wisely and intelligently. * * • Since this was written Mrs. Stewart has died, which alters the situation in the Tenth District. 4* LINCOLN NEWS NOTES Remember each man and woman should register before August 1st to vote in the primaries- and vote for T. T.McWilliams” nomination for representative of the Thir ty-third district. Remodelling of Quinn Chapel is fast progressing. Services are being held in Adventist Chhsch, Seventh and A streets. The relaying of the cornerstone of Quinn Chapel A. M. E. will take place Sunday. August 1, at 3:30. The M. W. G. lodge A. F. 4 A. M. will have charye of the services. PLEASE REMIT FOR YOUR PAPER. Mr and Mrs. R. A. Adair entertained the Utopian Art club at their home, 1236 North Twenty-second street Thursday eve ning. A good merbership were out, and a fine meet. The annual picnic will b>' given in F Street park August 12th. The Around-the-World Trip by the B. Y. P. U. of Mount Zion Monday night was a big success. , Ye correspondent is on a vacation now — hence am brief. The city of Lima, Peru, experiences an earthquake on an average of once a week, but during the last 10 years there has been no loss of life. LAUGHTER, THEME OF WAR PICTURE AT LAKE THEATRE Laughter, not slaughter is the rul ing theme of “Behind the Front”, Pa ('amount’s contribution to the story of the Great War, which comes to the Lake theatre Sunday. “Behind the Front” is a comedy of the A. E. F., which features the hu mor, adventures, and disillusionment of a couple of dumb doughboys, play ed by that inimitable character team, Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton. Their roles are taken from life, for every battalion had two such characters, who served to furnish laughter for their buddies and plenty of mixups and trouble for their su periors. Through the whole story runs a fine thread of romance, with beauti ful Mary Brian playing the role of a Red Cross worker in Frances— The picture was directed by Ed ward Sutherland, who directed Ray mond Griffith in “A'Regular Fellow”. The supporting cast includes Chester Conklin, Richard Arlen, Louise Lor raine and Gertrude Astor. Y. W. C. A. NOTES The Garden club will hold its an nual one-night carnival Tuesday even ing, August 3rd at the north side branch at 22nd and Grant Streets. A beautiful embroidered bed spread will be given to the one holding the lucky number. RECREATION SCHOOL NOW IN SESSION Philadelphia, Pa.—Sessions of the annual summer school held for com munity service workers, are being held here under provisions made by Director of Public Welfare Charles H. Grakelow, in the Seger receration center. The school is promoted under the special bureau of colored work of which Finest E. Atwell is director, in conjunction with the Recreation and Playground Association of America. THE BEAUTIFUL NEW LAKE THEATRE WILL OPEN SUNDAY NIGHT The beautiful new Lake theatre will open Sunday night. Mr. Maurice D. Micklin, proprietor, has not spared money to give the people in that dis trict one of the most attractive and Maurice I). Micklin up-to-date movie houses in the city. Its cooling system makes it a place to be sought for comfort in hot weather, and its pictures are the best to be obtained. Mr. Micklin says, “As you will see I have given the people a place of amusement, entertainment and rec reation which is as beautiful, complete and attractive as money can make it. It has taken lots of money, but I believe the public will appreciate it and give us the patronage which it deserves." William H. Bergman, “Bill”, as many friends call him, is manager. William H. Bergman Not only is he a young man of large experience in the movie business, but is a man of fine personality who makes friends. He will always be in charge and assures all patrons of courteous attention. . PROMINENT WOMAN IS CALLER NT DEATH Mrs. J. Alice Stewart Passes Away at Family Residence Wednesday Noon After Brief CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION First Woman of Race in Nebraska to File for Political Office. Endorsed by Civic League Mrs. Alicd J. Stewart, aged 51, wife of William T. Stewart, govern ment inspector, prominent and active in musical, church and political af fairs, and first woman of Negro race to file for political office in Nebras ka, died at the family residence, 2515 Parker street, at noon Wednesday, after a brief illness. Mrs. Stewart had not been in the best of health for some months, but so cheerful, sunny and uncomplaining was she that few, even of her most intimate friends knew it. She took to her bed only a few days ago, but as this was not generally known, her death, wholly unexpected, came as a great shock. Mrs. Stewart, daughter of tne late Mr. and Mrs. Shipton, of Den ver, Colo., was born in Chicago, June 5, 1875, shortly before her parents re moved to Denver. She was graduated from Lincoln institute, Jefferson City, Mo., at the age of seventeen and married Elijah Lovejoy Hamlin, residing in St. Louis, until Mr. Ham lin died in 1902. She then went south to teach music and was head of tne music department of Clark university, Atlanta, Ga., for three years and of the same department at Philander Smith college, Little Rock, Ark., for four years. In 1910 she was married to William T. Stewart in Chicago, the couple coming directly to Omaha where they have since resided. Mrs. Stewart has devoted herself teaching music and has left her im pression upon the community by the inspiration and help she was to many who are now good musicians. An ardent suffragist she took an active part in civic and political affairs. She had accepted a filing for nomin ation on the republican ticket at the approaching primary for State rep resentative from the tenth district for which she had received the en dorsement of the Civic league. She was an active worker in religious af fairs and was a member of Hillside Presbyterian church. Mrs. Stewart is survived by her husband, two sisters, Mrs. John Craw ford of this city, and Mrs. Ellen Russ of Denver; two nieces, Mrs. Floren tine F. Pinkston of Omaha, and Mrs. Benjamin Clark of Denver; three nephews, J. Dillard and Lovejoy Craw ford of Omaha, and Eugene Russ of Los Angeles, Cal., and other rela tives. The body was taken to St. Louis, Mo., Thursday night for interment Mr. Stewart accompanied the re mains. Mrs. Charles H. Stanton and little son, Richard, are visiting relatives and friends in Portland, Ore. Mr. Stajiton expects to join them during his vacation next month. Sergt. Philip Letcher leaves Satur day for a two weeks’ visit in Ken tucky. Vote for Dr. John A. Singleton for State Representative from the Ninth District—Adv.
