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’ Entered as Seeoed-Ctue Mao Matter. July 3. 1918 at the Poetoffiee at Omaha. ‘ ‘
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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
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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
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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
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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. If your daughter
faila in either class, send her down,
to become a member.
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