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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1928)
The Monitor ii :: ___ oi ' > A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS V ; ' OF COLORED AMERICANS J | ' ’ PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE !! MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY V ' ’ Entered u 8eeond-Cl»»« Mail Matter. July 2. 1915 at the Poetoflice at Omaha Y Nebrmakt. under the Act of M*rch I. 1879. 4 , ' ‘ THE REV JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS _ Editor 4 ' W. W. MOSLEY. Uacoln. Neb. _ Aaaaciate Editor J( I , LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS Business Menage, 1 I! SUBSCRIPTION RATES. $2.00 PER YEAR: $1.25 6 MONTHS: 75c 3 MONTHS t t Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. <> Addreu, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. !! Telephone W'Ebster 4243 1! ' !$$)>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦»♦♦»♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦»♦»»♦»♦»»»»♦♦»>»»»»»»»» ; AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS < • ;; The postal regulations require that for newspapers < > to be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid • • in advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed ! I for renewals. At the expiration of this period, where ;; subscriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stop < > ped. If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the !! publication. Those, therefore, who desire to continue |; receiving The Monitor must see to it that their subscrip ;; tions are paid, as the law requires, in advance. State ' • ments are being sent to all those who owe, or our col ! I lector will call—and unless your subscription is paid ;; we will be compelled to cut off your paper which, of < > course, we do not want to do. !! We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or ; I pay the penalty. <, Our Choice for President in 1928 is WALTER W. HEAD of Nebraska An Astute, Able, Clear headed Business Man A RACE CONGRESSMAN FROM ILLINOIS The death of Congressman Madden insures the election of a Negro congressman from the district which he so long and eminently represented in Illi nois. The only reason that the district has not, long before this, chosen a representative of our race was the loyalty of our group to Congressman Madden, wTho was so eminently fair and broad - minded in his attitude towards and dealing with our people. Undoubtedly there will be some dissatisfaction with the choice of Oscar DePriest by the committee as the nominee, the feeling being that Dawson, who polled such a heavy vote in the primary, was the logical candidate. This is our own op inion. We hope, however, that before November matters will so adjust themselves in the Windy City, that Illinois will have the signal and significant honor of being the first north ern state to send a Negro to congress. It is not without sig nificance that this honor should fall to the state of Abraham Lincoln. Within the next five years New York and Missouri will also be represented by Ne gro congressmen, followed a few years later by Michigan. Illinois has her opportunity to choose the first Negro con gressman from the north. GAMBLING DENS Is it true that there are nine' gambling houses conducted by Negroes in Omaha? This is a statement that was made the! other day. It is said that one of these is on South Thirteenth street, one on South Fourteenth street, one on Cuming street and six on North Twenty fourth street. If this be true we cannot but believe that they exist with the knowledge of the police authorities and of the sheriff’s office. If these places are being operated they are be ing run in violation of the laws of this state. Such places are not beneficial to our people, but detrimental. Unless their consciences are seared, those who run them, if they will honestly state their convictions, will admit that they do a vast Ideal of harm. They make money for a few higher-ups I and go-betweens, while the pa jtrons of such places are impov erished. People wTho think and the honest, upstanding, hard ! working, self-respecting mem | bers of our race in this city i want such places closed and kept closed. Gambling dens by whomsoever operated, white men. black men or yellow men. ! should be closed and kept closed. WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY Race Pride The Bremen, the first aeroplane to successfully negotiate a nonstop flight across the Atlantic from east to west marks another great era in aeronautics that will add history to the many almost superhuman feats and accomplishments of this com paratively new method of transporta tion. While all America and the whole world joined in acclaiming the brave aviators on their success, the out standing fact was evidenced that ra cial pride played quite a part in the glory and honors of the triumphant trio—Capt. J. C. Fitzmaurice, Irish, and Capt. Koehl and Baron Huene feld, Germnas. The facts of their racial identities have been advertised and emphasized all over the world and Germans and Irishmen everywhere—the world over have taken exceptional pride in the achievement of their racial represent atives. Those who arc ashamed to be iden tified with and be proud of their ra cial identity, or those counterfeit souls, who, for one reason or another, desire to “pass” for what they are not; or those who are ambitious to be known under various aliases or disguises should see that racial iden tity means much to a race; and most especially if that race has been held in public contempt or widespread prejudice has been rife against it. Be proud of your race and your race will make you proud of it.—Chicago Bee. CLARENCE DARROW AND THE NEGRO By George H. W. Bullock Speaking before the Washington, D. C., branch of the N. A. A. C. P. a few Sundays ago, Clarence Darrow, the noted criminal lawyer of Chicago, took a fling at the church and the Christian religion for not doing more for its most consistent and devoted element, the Negro race. He accuses the influence and practice of the white part of Christendom of setting up an artificial barrier between those whose skin is of a darker hue and those who are lighter, calling the lat ter “superior.” He arraigns the Deity for His ap parent disinterest in whatever hap pens to his colored children and di rectly lays the blame for their hin drance in the way of their civic and i 'onomic advance in the world to the bad faith and indifference of the Deity. He says that if there is a God, He must be white because He seem? to use the white race for His favorite agents on earth to propagate His doc trines. He then simmers his argu ment down to this simple advice: that it would be far better for us as a people to do less praying and wot shipping the “unknown Deity" and get out and do more hustling for our own social and economic advance ment. With the purpose and end Mr. Dar row has in mind, we all heartily agree. But with the method of reach ing that end as advanced by him, we differ. Mr. Darrow, as you know,: is an agnostic and speaks from that viewpoint. An agnostic is on who professes ignorance of the existence of any Deity or any life after this one on earth. The word “agnostic” comes from a combined Greek word meaning “know not.” Let us not confuse the agnostic with the atheist. The latter denies absolutely the exis tence of God while the former pro fesses to not know whether there if a God. Granting that we are hindered by those who champion the Christian faith in getting our just share of the world’s material benefits, we cannot afford, nay, more, even consider throwing to the winds our faith in God and the efficacy of the Chris tian religion upon which our consola tion rests. We attribute our material shortcomings, not to the nonexistence of God, nor to the ineffectiveness of the religion He founded, but rather to the lack of the true Christian spirit in many of those who are chosen to carry the gospel. For example, we elect congressmen for the purpose of enacting laws for our civic better ment. They go about this in their own way. This way may prove to be, as it is the case in a majority of in stances, quite contrary to good and sound judgment. But we cannot throw away our belief in this method of enacting laws. A democratic form of government means a government of, for, and by the people. We have here in the United States that kind of government. Now because that is greatly misused by those who pre dominate in its administration is no _ good reason why we should lose faith in the form or instintion itself, but rather in its mistaken administration. The same reasoning must be brought to bear upon the Christian faith. We1 cannot throw away our very founda tion of life—faith in God—for ma terial accumulations—the imperish able for that which perishes. Mr. Darrow is a much better Chris tian than he is willing to admit, be* cause Christianity is best manifested by the deeds we do. and not by the profession we make. Mr. Darrow is , a materialist and sees things through material eyes only. The Negro is fundamentally a spiritualist and be lieves in eternal reward in the future ' life. No one doubts Mr. Darrow’s per- | sonal interest in the colored race. We are indeed grateful that we have ———ami. . . x a Harrow with us who is candid enough to speak his mind on these 4 J matters. Much of what he says we shall ap propriate to daily life, but we must point any doubter of the existence of God to what he see* around him in the material manifestation of His wonderful presence in the grass that grows, the astral phenomen of the heavens, the animal life which is be yond man's understanding. “The heavens declare the glory of God and ;f the firmament showeth His handi- 1 work.” Mrs. T. P. Mahammitt entertained a few friends Wednesday night at her | residence, with an illustrated travel ogue complimenting Mrs. Marie M. Conway of Chicago, I1L, guest of her sister, Mrs. A. L. Hawkins. w n i ■ ■ .i .... 1 I y * /.•.V.V.V^.V.’.'.V.V.V^.V.V.' mm m‘ um Now Undar New Management / £ DEW DROP INN CAFE £ m C. J. 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