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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
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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
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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.
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