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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1928)
The Monit or < • __— 4 * ' A WSIKLY NEW1PAPER DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO THB INTERESTS * ' J OP COLORED AMERICANS _ J I PUBLISHED PVMRY FRIDAY AT OMAHA. NEBRASKA. BY THE ’ ' ; | MONITOR PUBLISHINC COMPANY, _ , [ ! ' Entered as Second-dm• Mail Matter. July 1 1915 at the Poetoffice at Omaha J | ( ( Nebraska, nader tha Act of March B. 1879. , , ) ! THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS __ Editor \ ' W. W. MOSLEY. Lincoln. Neb. Associate Editor X , ; LUCINDA W. WILLIAMS _ - Bu.mea. Manager , , ! ! SUBSCRIPTION RATES. S2.9d PER YEAR; $1.25 6 MONTHS; 75c 3 MONTHS T , , Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Application. ’ Address, The Monitor, Postoffice Box 1204, Omaha, Neb. <> Telephone WEbster 4243 [ AN IMPORTANT WORD TO SUBSCRIBERS | ;; The postal regulations require that for newspapers f ;; to be sent through the mails subscriptions must be paid ? I ► in advance. A reasonable time, thirty days, is allowed f ;; for renewals. At the expiration of this period, where x ;; 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 X ;; receiving The Monitor must see to it that their subscrip- ? ;; tions are paid, as the law requires, in advance. State- f • ■ ments are being sent to all those who owe, or our col- X !! lector will call—and unless your subscription is paid X ;; we will be compelled to cut off your paper which, of ? 1 • course, we do not want to do. !! We, as publishers, MUST comply with the law or | ; pay the penalty. X aSBBHHBSBH*®*115®"—LL*1L—™ LIMITING OUR EDITORIALS We are limiting our own editorials this week to accom modate two instructive articles of editorial character from the able pens of Kelly Miller, Ph. D., the scholarly dean and head of the department of mathematics in Howard Uni versity, Washington, D. C.; and George H. W. Bullock, A. B., Lincoln University, a resi dent of Omaha. Both of these men write in structive articles which many of our readers enjoy. And as the purpose of the The Monitor is to instruct and induce our readers to think, it is always a pleasure to give articles of this nature space in our columns. We invite signed articles on any subjects of general mo ment or race interest which we will gladly give space as far as our limited columns will allow, whether we agree with the writer or not. Doctor Millers’ article (and by the way he never parades his degree, although he is a Ph. D., doctor of philosophy, from Johns Hopkins University and everybody speaks of him simply as “Kelly Miller”) is captioned “Race, Religion and Rum,” while Mr. Bullock’s is titled “Prohibition and the Candidates.” By a rather strange coinci dence the mail brought us Mil ler’s article about the same time we were handed the Bul lock article, and it will be noted how each writer differs in his conclusion. Dr. Millet con tends that the liquor question is bound up with the election of Herbert Hoover and urges his election upon that issue, while Mr. Bullock’s conclusion is that no matter which candidate is elected the Eighteenth amend ment will stand. We invite a careful reading of both arti cles. Our own opinion agrees with that of Mr. Bullock that de spite all claims to the contrary, and in spite of what Governor Smith frankly says is his own opinion and desires concerning the expediency of repeal or modification, it makes no dif ference whichever candidate is elected the Eighteenth amend ment and the Volstead act will stand. Personally, we are very largely, but not wholly, in sym pathy with Governor Smith’s views on the prohibition ques tion. We are “wet” if you please. We do not believe that prohibition is the best way to promote temperance and that is the thing to be desired. It is, however, the law, and we stand foursquare for the enforcement of the law and believe it should be enforced until the people, convinced that there is a bet ter way for promoting temper ance, demand its repeal or modification. NOT SENTIMENT Whatever may be the out come of the present political campaign one of the most en couraging facts to be noted among our people is their study of the men and issues claiming attention and support. Senti ment and emotionalism are being supplanted by sober thought and reasoning upon the part of many. This means the dawning of a better day, a period of transition. THE COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE Preparations, and they have been quite thorough, have been completed for the Community Chest drive, for $446,000 to take care of thirty-one charity and welfare organizations of our city. The active canvass begins October 15. A good number of our people will be represented among the can vassers and as speakers. We are large beneficiaries, propor tionately, of the Community Chest. But even though we were not, it would be our bounden duty to help from hu manitarian motives. We feel sure that our people, according to their ability, will generously respond and help “put a feath er in Omaha’s cap” by raising the entire amount. LOOK CLOSELY AT HOME There is always danger in the stress and strain of presi dential campaigns to overlook the importance of men and is sues more closely at home. The election of the governor of the state and state officers come more closely home to us all than does the president. The judiciary is tremendously im portant and we should be very particular in doing our best to elect competent, experienced and judicially minded men to the bench. Look more closely at home. 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Judge Foster’s humanitarian work , has stamped him as a leader in chil dren’s activities. The present juven ile court was organized by Judge Fos ter with the assistance of the late George A. Day. Judge Foster helped to establish the detention home for children, now known as the Riverview Home. Judge Foster heard more than 100,000 cases while he was on the ! municipal police bench of Omaha for ! ten years. He was re-elected five times. He has also been a deputy county j attorney, and his long legal experi-! ence, with his education in the Uni-. versity of Nebraska law school, makes i him a fitting and able candidate for the district bench. _ J A MORNING PRAYER Now I get me up to work, I pray the Lord I may not shirk. If I should die before tonight, j I pray the Lord my work’s all right. Amen. | C. P. 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