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p...... The Monitor ' ' A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS ’ • Or COLORED AMERICANS * \ PUBLISHED idVERY FRIDAY AT OMARA. NEBRASKA. BY THE J , MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPANY | J ’ Entered as Seeoed-Ctue Mao Matter. July 3. 1918 at the Poetoffiee at Omaha. ‘ ‘ , , Nebrmaka, under the Act of March 9, 1879. . . 3 ! THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS Editor ‘ ’ , W. W. MOSLEY. Uucola. Nek _ Aasoeiote Editor X j , LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS Boeineae Moaoger , ' 3 ! SUBSCRIPTION RATES. $2*0 PER YEAR; $1.16 « MONTHS; 7Sr 3 MONTHS V , Advertising Rates Furoiehed Upon Application. , . <1 Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. Telephone WEbster 4243 3 3 . ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»» 3 AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS I 3 3 The postal regulations require that for newspapers y ;; to be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid 3 3 in advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed 4 31 for renewals. At the expiration of this period, where x J; subscriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stop- £ < > ped. If this is not done, postal privileges are denied the i 31 publication. Those, therefore, who desire to continue x 3 3 receiving The Monitor must see to it that their subscrip- X j; tions are paid, as the law requires, in advance. State- y 3 3 ments are being sent to all those who owe, or our col- 3| 3 3 lector will call—and unless your subscription is paid X ;; we will be compelled to cut off your paper which, of y ; > course, we do not want to do. 4 3 3 We, as publishers. MUST comply with the law or a 3 3 pay the penalty. | —■■I li . ' 131—I-.-'-1 U1 i' SPEAKS HIS SPEECH Richard L. Metcalfe, demo cratic candidate for United States senator from Nebraska, launching his campaign, strikes out in his characteristic way of taking the people into his con fidence and letting them know just where he stands and what he hopes he may be able to do Those who have known Ricn ard L. Metcalfe for years, as we have, know that frankness and candor are dominant notes of his character. He also de lights in finding w-hat he deems vulnerable spots in the armor of an opponent. This trait is quite apparent in his thrusts at Senator Howell, whom he be lieves should have as his pri vate secretary a Nebraskan and not an easterner; should work for Nebraska, not play politics at Nebraska’s expense, nor “aspire to shine as a cen tral star in the political firma ment” or “try to solve every problem that happens to con front mankind,” neither does he think that his republican opponent should use the influ ence of his office “to throw in to the hands of a receiver a great tram system.” In making these thrusts at his republican opponent, [the democratic candidate declares that his attitude in all these matters will be directly oppos ite to that of his opponent. Mr. Metcalfe states it as his belief that Nebraska senators should do what other senators do in looking after the interests of their own state and pledges himself to do that. Standing by the Houston platform and democratic principles Mr. Met calfe promises to work with whoever may be elected for the best interests of the coun try as his conscience and judg ment may dictate. He sums up his position and desires in the following statement: “My highest ambition w-ill be to have the regard and affection of the people of my state be cause of the constructive serv ice I will give to Nebraska, the -jp ljiu_l_._ ■■■_~ protection I will help to throw around the weak and helpless and the sense of justice I will cultivate in my own conscious ness.” HUMAN HEARTS ARE HUMAN That was fine evidence of the real humanity which lies within the breast of the aver age normal man or woman which was manifested at Co lumbia, South Carolina, recent ly, where several representa tives of both the white race and of the black race volun teered to give their blood to save the life of a woman when the hospital authorities de clared her only hope lay in blood transfusion. We prefer to stress acts of this kind which indicate the nobleness of hu man nature rather than the many sordid and selfish deeds which betray baseness and ab normality of human nature. GIVE US A REST We are quite sure that mil lions feel precisely like we do. We want a rest from the dish ing up of the exploits and wrangles of that Los Angeles female exponent of a peculiar religious cult in the daily press. She and her mother seem to have a lead pipe cinch on get ting front page publicity. Enie, menie, mine moe; catch Aimee Semple by the toe; hurl her into any nest, and let the public have a rest. LETTERS FROM OUR READERS Issues of National Campaign Omaha, Neb., July 24.—Editor of The Monitor: Your editorial of last week on the issues of the approaching national election hinted at a vital question. It did not go far enough. It did not show that there has been a “deal” between northern and southern dem ocrats whereby nullification of con stitutional amendments is to become a settled national policy, if Governo* Smith is elected; the south is tojse >*♦«£*♦*•♦*♦♦**♦*♦♦*• »*sst*s***%s***1sst v t w r ▼ » • v + * » * » ♦ • » ♦ • • • ♦ • t ♦ ♦ r • ♦ t • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ >r r V r ❖ 4 I | t EPISCOPAL | v ^ tj $ Church of St. Philip the Deacon X 21st near Paul 4* X V X Rev. John Albert Williams, Rector X | SUNDAY SERVICES ? £ 7:30 a. m. Holy Communion ?♦ *1* 10 a. m. Sunday School X % 11 a. m. Sung Eucharist With Sermon * f 8 p. m. Service and Sermon i* I v IThe Church With a Welcome | and a Message, Come £ let alone regarding the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments and the north is to be let alone regarding the 18tlj amendment. Then, where will the colored American be? The constitu tional rights of the Negro rest on the war amendments. With a president committed to the doctrine of “state’s rights” and NULLIFICATION, ap pointing judges of the United States district courts and the supreme court of the United States, what chance will the Negro have as a citizen? After nullification shall have be come the order in America, repeal will follow. Under the Smith plan and deal four amendments would be taken from the constitution. First the 18th, then the 13th, 14 th and 15th. And the Negro would be back where he was when John C. Calhoun, champion of Negro slavery, said: “Show me a Negro who can conjugate a Grek verb and I will show you a j Negro who has a soul.” The hope of the Negro, the hope of America, indeed, lies in the mainte- | nance of the national constitution in the field of social and moral action as well as in the field of law and eco nomics. The Negro leaders in many fields of endeavor have already taken the position that the whole constitution should bee nforced, the 18th amend ment and the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, embodying, as they did and do the moral aspiration and con science of the NATION. in tms tremendous struggle, the mere matter of the ability to imbibe “spirits frumenti” is of small mo ment, almost obscured by the ques tion of having sufficient liberty to imbibe at all. In connection with the issues in volved, we have the personalities of the presidential aspirants, with theii origin, their background, their men tal, moral and social development and their grasp of national and interna tional problems. We now know one state of facts Hoover stands for the integrity of the whole constitution throughout the nation; Smith believes that some parts of it should be enforced and other parts nullified. The Hoover philosophy was the philosophy of Lincoln; and under that philosophy chattel slavery was ban ished from the land; the Smith philosophy was that under which John C. Calhoun became famous, and through which slavery endured. The principle has not changed. For the moment the eighteenth amend ment has been thrust forward, but the doctrine of “state’s rights” means now what it always meant— denial of liberty to the Negro who stands in greatest need of it. It it on these questions which the Negro is to vote in November. To him it is the most important election in the United States since 1860. Let him remember that Lincoln and Sum ner, and Douglas and Garrison and Phillips are dead; their voices stilled and their successors silent. The Ne gro himself must decide. H. J. PINKETT. EXPERTS ON BUSINESS LEAGUE PROGRAM Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—The pro gram for the annual session of the National Negro Business League, which will be held in New York City August 15, 16 and 17, is nearing completion, according to an an nouncement by Albon L. Hersey, sec retary. Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, and president of the league, will deliver his annual address on Wednesday evening at Abyssinia Baptist church. Other JLA AA A JL A A A A * *. speakers the same evening include Dr. W. W. Alexander, executive sec retary, Commission on Interracial Cooperation, and Mr. George Foster Peabody. The splendid array of speakers on the supject “Retail Merchandising” includes Dr. Paul T. Cherington, Di rector of Research, J. Walter Thomp son Advertising Agency; Dr. Frank M. Surface, Director, Domestic Com merce Section, U. S. Dept, of Com merce; Mr. Channing Sweitzer, Sec retary. National Retail Dry Goods Association; Mr. Richard L. Jones, Floor Manager South Center Depart ment store, Chicago, and Mr. Malcolm Vineberg, General Manager the Fish Furniture Company of Chicago. Negro retail merchants from all sections of the country will be pres ent to discuss the subject following the addresses by experts and many new business-building plans are ex pected to be evolved. Fred L. Moore, New York aider man, editor New York Age and pres ♦% **• ident of the New York Local League, states that elaborate plans are being made to give the delegates and vis itors an opportunity to enjoy New York’s hospitality as well as to de rive real benefits from the sessions. Mr. Moore is also responsible for the housing of the delegates. The Reserve Girls clubs are still in i session despite the hot weather. They I are holding membership campaigns among the different clubs. There J are two grade school clubs and one high school club. 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