%
I eaMeee#+♦»>»>o ooDoioooiconiijiitiflfuntiifrft'nMU-f *~t-n-T-*1-"-*"*" •
THE MONITOR
____ <«
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THE INTERESTS ‘ ‘
OP COLORED AMERICANS _ \ \
PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT OMAHA MEBRASXA BT THE
; J MONITOR PUBLISHING COMPAJT’ \ \
Eotere^ u 3eeo«d-'!a». Mai) Matter Jafr 2 1»J* at tke PoatofTiee at Oawka ' ’
t ( Nebraska under the Art of March 1, liTt 4 ,
! ' THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS ERHar ’ ’
, , W W. MOSLEY. Un om Nefc. AsaacjaHe EAtar
; ; LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS S Maaacer , ,
! ! SUBSCRIPTION RATES. S2.3S PER YEAR: SI AS « MONTHS; 7Sc 3 MONTHS ' ’
, , Advertising Rate* Furaakcd Upaa Aypbcatj— 4 ,
1 > Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb.
I! Telephone WEbster 4243 II
I 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 %
\ \ for renewals. At the expiration of this period, where %
<; subscriptions are not renewed, the paper must be stop- f
< > 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- *
j; tions are paid, as the law requires, in advance. State
<« ments are being sent to all those who owe, or our col- %
!! 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. 4
!! We, as publishers. MUST comply with the law or %
! ! pav the penalty. *
:: |
A GOOD APPOINTMENT
The appointment of Dr. John
A. Singleton as the member
from Nebraska of the Advisory
Board of the Colored Voters
Division of the National Re
publican Committee is a com
mendable one from many view
points. Dr. Singleton is a
young man of ability and
energy, active in political af
fairs, an ardent, loyal and en
thusiastic republican, and can
be relied upon to take seriously
whatever task may be assigned
him. His appointment is a
recognition of the younger ele
ment in the political field, a
recognition, which in our judg
ment, in certain quarters, has
been too long postponed.
Young men, as a rule, bring en
thusiasm and vision, to any
task assigned them.
GOOD WORK—EXTEND IT
The Monitor believes that
the Bee-News has acted wisely,
and what is of more import
ance, justly, in giving the po
sition of District Manager to a
competent member of our race
in the person of Mr. Toby
James. His appointment means
enlarged opportunities for our
boys as carriers. We believe
in reciprocity. We have al
ways contended that it was
manifestly unfair on the part
of firms and corporations
which receive a comparatively
large support and revenue
from our people to refine to
give us employment. For this
reason we always note writh
gratification and pleasure any
and every well-intentioned ef
fort to remove this injustice.
This is not the first time an
Omaha newspaper has tried
this experiment. Some years
ago the Omaha Daily News, if
our memory is not faulty, gave
employment to one of our race
in a like capacity. It is grati
fying to see the custom revived
and we believe that the Bee
News will find it a paying pro
position as our people are be
coming increasingly responsive
to fair play and square dealing
in industrial opportunities.
We hope that the World
Herald may find it practicable
also to find some remunerative
employment for our people,
and that the Telephone Com
pany and public service corpo
rations will do likewise. Let
the good work go on.
AN OPEN LETTER TO
J. FINLEY WILSON
By Kelly Miller
August 21, 1928.
My dear Mr. Wilson:
I have just read in this morning’s
Washington Post your letter to Sec
retary Work declining to serve as a
member of his advisory colored staff.
Your declared attitude is expressive
of a widespread spirit of revolt which
is well nigh conterminous with the
colored race. I note that a represen
tative body of colored men will as
semble in Chicago on August 24th to
give formal expression of this hither
to inarticulate feeling of revolt.
There can be little or no doubt of the
universality of this feeling. Many,
of course, will adhere to fortune of
the G. O. P. by political inertia acquir
ed from the moral momentum im
parted in the good old days when the
party was at its best. It is the law
of inertia to continue forever in the
same direction unaltered in direction
and unaccelerated in speed. Then,
again, there are those who are con
strained by the fear of the direful!
consequence* which might follow ir
the train of democratic victory. They
tell us that in a certain tragic eventu
ality, an Arkansas democrat may be
placed at the head of the nation.
These things are held up as scare
crows to frighten the cautious and |
timid into eternal submission to the
republican party, notwithstanding its
apostacy from its former ideals. They
tell us that it is better to endure
the ills we have than to fly to those
we know not of.
Is Loafer Submission Wise?
The race has been following this
line of admonition. The longer we
I tamely submit the bolder does ou.1;
aforetime political friends become ir.!
heaping hardship and injustice upon
us. If we continue in this submissive '
way for the next forty years every '
vestige of our political rights will be
frittered away in the household of
our friends. Even now the marginal
difference between the attitude of
the two parties is a matter of latitude
rather than one of political creed.
The republicans of the north and the
democrats of that section profess and
practice a like attitude towards the
Negro’s rights under the law. The
difference between southern demo
crats and lily white republicans re
mains to be isolated and defined. The
Negro must no longer be frightened
; by political bogeymen. He must so- |
berlv consider how much differently
would he fare under an Arkansas
! democrat than under a Vermont re
publican.
Reason for Revolt Plain
The reason for this revolt is so sell
I obvious that the republican party is
forced to acknowledge and appreci
ate it. Of course, during the cam
_
\ Men, Women—Why Be Dull, Tired, Slug- t
gish, Worn Out? |
USE INDIAN HERBS I
This Coupon Is Worth' 35 Cents f
£ (Good This Week Only) £
•> WHEN PRESENTED TO %
% Reid-Duffy Pharmacy, 24th and Lake Sts. %
% And with only 65 cents in cash i- good for one regular full size v
Dollar package of CHIEF GRAY HORSE’S INDIAN HERBS f
| I
| LEE VON HOTEL
% 2212 Seward Street
^ Strictly Modern and Up-to-Date First-Class Service ;;
$ ROOMS BY DAY OR WEEK ::
X
Remodelled and Under New Management !l
’£ Phone WEbater 3016 "
i i
JJJ JJJ 9 II f ■ < •tttaaaa*..
\ GOLDEN RULE GROCERY \
^ 2120 North 24th Street Webster 4198 £
£ OUR STOCK IS SMALL— £
1:£ OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FEW— £
£ OUR MANAGEMENT IS GOOD— £
£ OUR SERVICE IS EFFICIENT— >
f BUT GIVE US TWO HUNDRED PATRONS £
£ WHO WILL SPEND FIVE DOLLARS EVERY WEEK 5
FOR GROCERIES AND MEATS, AND PAY f
ONE DOLLAR EVERY WEEK FOR 100 WEEKS. £
WE WILL PAY YOU SIX CENTS ANNUALLY 5
ON EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IN OUR STORE £
AT TIME OF PURCHASE AND GIVE EMPLOYMENT £
TO YOUR BOYS AND YOUR GIRLS 5
AS CLERKS, SALESMEN AND SALES WOMEN, £
FOREMEN AND MANAGERS, ETC. £
AND MAKE YOU PART OWNER OF £
THE WORKERS MERCHANDISE COMPANY, £
A PROPOSED $10,000 COMPANY. £
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE. £
pairs season they always promise
better things, if the Mack mas wiE
jus help them oat this time. The
same old rase has been worked for
ten quadrenniunu. But after each
success the G. O. P. has not only for
gotten its pre-election promise, hot
has grown bold and ruthless in its
reactionary attitude At the end of
each qoadrennium we find ourselre?
poshed further and further down or
the scale of political privilege and
preferment
Tw© generations of unyielding
obedience ought to count as payment
in full for the debt of gratitude whirr
we owe the party of Lincoln and
Sumner for what it accomplished ir
the days of its pristine moral grand
eur. But continued gratitude in the
face of flagrant injustice is a psycho
logical impossibility. Wounded friend
ship is more grievous to bear thar
avowed enmity.
Grievances Named
The Negro’s grievance against the
republican party rests upon the fol
lowing partial bill of particulars
which every Negro feels and resents,
however, they may differ in the mode
of manifesting their resentment. The
abandonment of the 14th and 15th
amendments was begur. under Pres
ident Hayes and completed under
President Coolidge. When the Kan
sas City convention deliberately re
fused to put the 14th and lath
amendments on the party agenda
along with the letfa amendment it
thereby drove the last nail in the cof
fin of our political expectations and
clinched it on the other side. The
stubborn protest of the 50 Negro del
egates went unheeded, as if unheard.
The deliberate and ruthless cruci
fixion of Perry Howard, the displace
ment of Ben Davis from the national
committee, the flattening out of Wal
ter Cohen of Louisiana by the My
white steam roller, the threatening
of Robert R. Church, the noblest Ro
man of them all, amply put the Ne
gro leadership on warning that its
regime has come to an end, and that
the triumph of the lily whites is at
hand. The whole race must resect
with the unrelenting animosity the
deep damnation of their taking off.
The low cunning of the coward wa
rt-sorted to. All of these men were
charged with political peccadillos and
sustained with the stigma of dishon
esty and dishonor. The Grand Oi.
Party, which condoned a regime of
corruption unparailed in the history
of our government, assumed the liv
ery of righteousness and condemns
those black offenders who it is alleg
ed were profiteering by a few dollars.
There was not one word of open eon
_|
«-x-9-c-o^>5-c-<“X-5“:-x-c~x-:-x*<-x
i ?
AMERICAN
LAUNDRY
<■ |
2808-10 Cuming St. y
y All Services from WET y
| WASH to Family Finish y
| Harney 0881 y
| y
dcm nation of Daugherty and Fall and
Teapot Dome. Bat Ben D»™ and
Peny Howard most be stamped with
tbe brand of everlasting infamy.
Sorely, tbe Negro has borne tbe
white man’s transgressions and the
chastisement of his peace is upon as.
We sre braked for his iniquity
Haiti Raped
Tbe Negr»> k not anmindfal of the
fact that the republican party brutal
ly raped our little Haitian sister sum.
forcibly deprived her of the virtue of
self liberty. Instead of playing the
big brother, this nation has become
the big bally to tbe struggling weak
and helpless. Tbe justifying plea k
as old as oppression. Tbe exploiteer
always professes to dominate the
weak for the benefit of tbe over-rid
den. The institution of slavery was
for the good of the slave.
Civil Service Manipulation .
Tbe republican party has mampu-!
la ted the civil service so as to make it;
practically impossible for the Negro
to recruit the clerical force. By re
quiring photographs which at once
condemns the Negro applicant and by
allowing beads of bureaus the power
of choice among three certified can
didates, the Negro is effectively shut
out from tbe qualified service. The
time when a colored persons has been
certified and accepted almost runs
against the memory of man. There
were at one time 45 colored clerks in
the pension office, now the number
has been reduced to five and the
ranks are still thinning. A lake that
has an outlet but no intake will soon
run dry. This is an unpardonable
piece of meanness bn the part of the
federal government. It deliberately
cheats the deserving Negro out of bis
justly earned due. And yet the re
publican party stands complacently
by although this matter has been over ;
and again called to its attention. -
(Continued on Page 3)
* y
! EMERSON’S
LAUNDRY |
| The 1
❖ ❖
Laundry That Suita All ?
❖ V
$ Web. 0820 2
2 x
•£ 1301 North 24th Street i
% i
C. P. WESIN
Grocery Company
Now one of tl*e
Red and White
Chain Stores
f Same Prompt and y
y Courteous Service J
| Better Prices. X
% 2001 Cuming Ja. 1248 |
COMING
Madam Florence Cole-Talbot will
be presented in recital here Monday
evening. September 24. by a com
mittee of ladies of which Mrs. John
Albert Williams is chairman.—Adv.
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE, GRAB IT!
I Am Not a Rental Agent, bat a
family went to California, leaving
their home with me to rent. Two
too far gone to rent. 1 remodeled it j
all except heat. Seven room*. A
snap! Get it at your price. I want
my money for repairs out of it. Call
Webster 3567. He left a second one.
same thing, four rooms, call Webster
3567.—Adv.
T¥YrYYYyyvrr»vyrrrnrMV/W^VV^iV»VV>VVVVWVVVVYVYYTYYi r
I “Dependable Family Service” |:
Dry Cleaning of Ladies’ and Gents Wearing Apparel and J»
Household Furnishings—Soft Water Laundering ■!
WET WASH, 4c per lb. THRIFTY WASH, 6c per lb. jj
Dry Wash, Rough Dry-, Family Finish, Linen, Curtains, Blankets •)
i EDHOLM & SHERMAN jj
i LAUNDERERS AND CLEANERS I;
/ 24th Near Lake Street Phone WE. 6055 \■
PATRONIZE THE STATE FURNITURE CO.
Corner 14th and Dodge Streets Tel. JACKSON 1317
Agents BRUNSWICK
I N. W. WARE II
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW < •
‘ > . <»
' * 1208 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska 11
| [ Phone* Webster 6613—Atlantic 8192.
i. $
* . V
Tires and Batteries
to Suit Your Pocketbook
We always have a tire and bat
tery to suit your pocketbook. We
have been on one corner for four
teen years and we have had cus
tomers trade with us exclusively
all that time.
We offer SERVICE on any tire
or battery and we guarantee com
plete satisfaction.
An Exclusive Goodyear Tire
Dealer
HtmuB Xaebacboea
NATIONAL TIRE SHOP
and BATTERY STATION
ATlantic 6427 Corner 17th and Capitol Are
Subscribe for i|
j THE HOWTO
|| Omaha’s Old Reliable \9
RRace Weekly :S
114th Year ||
f Largest Circulation
1 $2.00 a Year