SOME REASONS WHY THE NEGRO SHOULD DIVIDE HIS VOTE IN THE NEXT MUNICIPAL ELECTION
(By Jessie B. Colbert)
"First it is his constitutional right to vote for whom he pleases, since he is a free American citizen. Second the colored people will never be permitted to receive and enjoy their rights until they learn to discriminate between men and measures just like other intelligent people have done and have  profited by so doing. So long as he allows himself to be owned and controlled by a single political party, just so long will he be a slave to the party bosses. He will forever be the cat's paw and the target for the opposite party to shoot at. The colored man will never get what is justly due him until he has confidence in and elect men to political office of his own race. He must have representation at the forum where the laws are made and executed by which he is governed. The Negro is a tax payer and citizen and to compel him to pay his equitable share of taxes with which to run the government and deny him the right to participate in the making of the laws that taxes his property is "taxation without representation" and there is not another race upon the face of the earth who would submit to such a condition without a protest but the Negro. It is high time that the black race should cease being the pack mule to ride white men into office who don't care a rap for him after the day of the election. So long as the Negro continues to shield the Republican party from the [blows?] of the Democratic party just so long he may expect to be held up and ridiculed by the Democratic party and no one could blame the Democrats for it. The Negro gets all of the abuse and vilification from the Democratic party simply because he stands between the Democratic party and the Republican party and is the innocent victim and gets absolutely nothing for his self sacrifice but the ill will of the very party he has helped to defeat, the Democratic party. If the Negro does not wish to be attacked by the Democrats then let him stand from under the blows that are intended for the opposie party. It not had the intelligence to see this predicament long ago. We have been between the upper and nether stone and made the scape goat for the corrupt doings of the Republican party, and exploited by the unprincipled white man politician. It is high time we were beginning to think for ourselves and carry our own burdens and not the sins and burdens of someone else. The result is, we are as much despised and hated by the white Republicans to day as we are by the white Democrats, we are simply owned by one and hated by the other, in other words we have allowed ourselves to be used as tools for the professional politicians, we have been more sinned against than sinning. Now let us begin to demand something for our fealty and undying support and if it is not given to us then let us give our support and suffrage to that political party that is disposed to give us our rights, and if none is disposed to do the square thing by us then let us have enough sense to bring out a ticket made up entirely of intelligent colored men and women. That day will finally come, and that early.
Now let us be fair and face the facts just as they really exist, and state a concrete case of our political situation. It was the Negro vote that made it possible for the State of Kentucky to have a Republican Governor and pray tell me what has Governor Morrow done for the Negro by way of patronage than the Democratic Governor. We have now in Congress a Republican Representative in person of Charlie Ogden. Now what has Ogden done for us any more than Swager Sherley, his Democratic predesessor. We have a Republican may or in the city of Louisville and what has he done for us that would be any ways ocmmensurate with the services the Negro rendered to elect him the mayor of Louisville? Show me if you can where there is a particle of difference in so far as the Negro is concerned, in the administration of affairs. To my mind the Republican party is the more reprehensible and deserving of the greater condemnation than the Democrats are for the Negro has done nothing to make it possible for the Democratic to win.
What we, as a race need to do is to lose our identity as a member of any particular political party. A white man should have no more right to guess that I belong to the Republican party simply because I am colored than I have to guess that he belongs to the Democratic party simply because he happens to be white. The white people divide their vote, and as a result there are Democrats holding office under this present Republican administration who, perhaps, have never voted the Republican ticket before the last municipal election while some of the Negroes have been voting the Republican ticket all of their lives, who hardly get a janitor' job in the office where this renegade democrat is warming his seat.
Now is the psychological time for the Negro to teach white people a political lesson which they have never yet learned and that is, if they want our suffrage in all future elections, they will have to give us more substantial opportunity for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness than the degrading privilege of running crap games under police protection, for that class of crap-shooting whiskey-headed Negro is fast giving away to the approach of intelligent property-owning, family-loving, patriotic colored citizens who will not be content with the meager consideration which have been given to a certain class of our Negroes in the recent past. All must remember that they will have to deal with men who have been taught to think for themselves and are as capable and as competent to occupy places of political preferment as the white man and more than some of them. The sooner they learn this lesson the better for all concerned. I was in Knoxville, Tenn., a few days ago and saw with my own eyes colored policemen on the streets of Knoxville and was reliably informed that there had been colored men on the police force there for more than twenty-five years and during all that time not one single colored police had ever been reprimanded or suspended for derelict of duty. This much can't be said for some of the white police in Louisville. I was also told that the first colored police ever placed on the force was put there under a democratic adminis- colored people have been voting independently and have the respect of both the Republican and Democratic parties. What the so-called leaders of the race need to do is to bury their little personal jealousy against each other and combine their efforts for larger racial representation. The cunningly devised white politician has taken advantage of this particular weakness of the Negro race and uses this as excuse for not recognizing the Negro along this line saying when the Negroes will agree on some member of the race they will be ready to recognize them, when as a matter of fact they strive to keep the Negro divided for they too well know that if the colored people would combine and unite their chances this country and the blark republic. to corral his forces would be nil. Let us stop this everlasting talk about getting together and do some big thing by electing members of our own race to places of responsibility. We need never expect to receive very much way of appointments for the reason that there are so many poor whites in both parties who are always preferred to the black man, it matter not how competent the black man my be, he will invariably be relegated for the man ho has a white skin. We need a new type of leadership, we deplore the fact that there are those among us who aspire to leadershop that will shy at the white man's shadow, who is totally devoid of moral stamina hence can't resist the temptations of the insidious schemes of the demagogue and fall a snare to his political intriques. We want to crystalize such a strong sentiment aginst such undesirable leadership, that they will have no place among us. We need men and women who can't be bought nor bluffed and have the interest of the race at heart and are willing to do and die for what they believe their inalienable rights as American citizens.
Our political destiny is largely in our own hands and we will work it out along racial lines and no other. Now is the psychological moment for the Negro to rise up and be a man and stop playing the baby act.
Jesse B. Colbert, Pres.
Independent Citizens League,
632 W. Walnut St.

GHT. TO RIDE ON PULLMAN CARS IN KE DENIED; MEMBER OF RACE ON JURY
c. L. HARRIS LOSES ELMER OSEE
SUI! AGAINST PULL· CAPTURES WHITE'
MAN CO PANY HIGHWAYMEN
KENTUCKY'S GREATEST WEEKLY
COLORED CITIZENS OF RACE CONGRES P[· ALPHA PHI LPHA FR T
HOUSTON HAVE FULL TlTIONS PRESIDENT I FURTHERS EDUCATIO
CONTROL OF 'Y' AGAINST KONG'S A l M 0 VEE N T
iss Delaney Protects orne Of
A. D. Hey olds, Jr.) With
A jilt), in Judge }.<' cou·~. <·n I. Elwer ~ (or",er Weulenant I H"u. lon, To, a,., )Ia) 1~.-li many \\Il..hil'g)"n. D. C .• 'Ia) 16-)1 t · Revolver Of Ernplo 'l"uesda), returned a \eniiCl i fa\"r th~ i'oiled ~Ull ;:,. • .\rDlY. eml> OY\!' (I:' mtiUlne~ ha\"' reach t.i th:- (l!lic rel~ ing In )(:0- ::. xtn. ftllOU 1 . ~~lon thi ,\ru h l ~ r in- 'Jgul\lt~d -he ··:-ta~ yer of the Pullman Co .. l"3.ny in ~ch C. the P !;tal ~ nTice. ~3ptU" 1:1 'b· e.tin~ to th future of the Cotv d Y. rroJith at 'Va ·h.ingt~m, the ... ·.t"0'-a1 i'l .. ho I" &I.d "g) to rul.e:;:, .. m \" -
1.. Harris, Stale Y. )I. C. A. Secretar. bUI'~lar wbv had rob ~ Ii I./uak·r ~1. C. A. "'urk in lhl' rommunity, fol- n.. c"nP:re>, ha., fon, ed b Presi. m"nt. can: out th_ s:tme prvgra... ----
~~;, :~~'b;::~~t a',: ';o~·~I~reU(l.P(O- ~Iaitl ",or "nro~~U) lasl -, tor- t :wi"" the decll"at~ .. n O,f th "e" cvl- cent Hanling a I>~tition tt:rg forth thi~.) ~ tlurinK the "e<'k ,i 'lay 9 t COUftAGEOUS YOUNG WOMAN AMPLY REWARDED
Louisi"l!e to Atlanta. en his tick. lurr. .. d blm .wer 10 Ibr pollee. Tb~ 'uig .t·ck" pol cy of the white Y. )I. remo\'al of discrimination au.1 gre· cat I in' all I'art~ 0; Ihe co~ t"'· car
e .. "'-3.5 p re-srI ted on the train it wa .. P03 )3 lb~ 001.) Ilfol ot;r ,\"blc.h gi\ s ; ... A. . boartl, t at The Inform r wi .. he~ g&tion where\er hiii juri:'dictit)D hold... ned t" L.. . m ... ~. ~ tc.l :lO "'chooi: 7t r d :-.,.. .. 'I au I ~ N ant) .... ~OLlIl~ to1- ordt--r ~I t ·!I In I tbrQ" '." thf"ir
tak "lot' ) the mbt r but )Ir. )J '.e lb .. credit du" h m; ~'I the .• state that Ihe Colored work "ill be lhe petition in part say.: . el,urch", ant'"a h31f milli.. ~;"'I'" ~I" ; ' D .. ~I •. Ol in Ih, ram,. r I' nd'.' Th"l turn I nil I the
Harri5 wa.. .. told that h~ c uld not oc- olf" ri'Y P'1.pers l:l:\·p l)f:ltt 1 d bi3 0 eratcd 01 an muepende-nt ba. ... i.--- \\'e petition you to do ~our utmostland pupiL. ~:-ident Hardin~. in iP~~h~ $t ~(*ta~~n:~ll:be ~r~;!_1 ~a~:~ cUr}~D~and~: ~bat t~1t~\· .-'mNy Ibelr
eupy the b rth in the "tate of Ken- t:-trorts. nl~nneJ, ~~,.~~t1: Oper.lled and fln:m- to bring nbou t rorh a readJ~lment of "fe\V of the ~~ce-::: .. fu) result .. aceom- paD~· pro\"ed a "herf'i!le In :'D Juen~~t- ~~:l\"r:~t>:~ ll~i:t tlU'\. •• d:d. .\f.rr b€--!n~
• tad y. rt .. ; a c. a" .. or ,HNUI hi .... ks C. : exclusl\ ) b~ memh,·rs of the "I.,.tion laws 1'r:lctiCt>S as will phshed. J:a'e hIS appro"al, and go ",'11 ell burela,,' at Mr I{~\·ooi.', m I r . 1 lIb' ha.1 nOlhl1lG
Mr. Han"s wa~ repre ent 0) in:.h" u::Jar.. ·. v. . o lea:l{:'ll u ~t;. .~ (.) o:ed "~C'e. "ategu rd the suffrage and guarar.tee t ... thio;;, yea.r's proJ,!ram in a letter t- last ,.,-eek. . . IJ~;:I t "Ilt't I Hill ... t 'hl' ;10 nt o!
t rial of th- Co. ' b~'. t fT.e)" Xd,on antlil \\bu wa hca\'i11 "=e<1 a,. I Thi. \\ 111 probably nec''''itate th to e"ery man and woman in i\merica the Ge ner:ll Secreta,,· of the F1'lller. II ' t~ I'" II,,,,,,, -Ia r, "od Ih,'n ,
M. Willis ~"d AI A. n""re\\. Actv.. 1'1 hi'" uI.ti ue ... ,( :r. d. :;.,an~ ~ation' with the white- Iia\'~ the free and untr.uDmelled ~ of the nity.· ,,~~~~ t~::~' r'~~ .0" I;,· u.lOr art ...
neys for . :c. Hani" ug' t to a"Ct'r' Th~ C 131'cr )lal'l :tl)r"" ",Ia i'" n ~ 'en off; and un·ler exi ting ballot for pr tectipn and for th,,-reg' Th" memhl>rs of Alpha Lamb<! . • .
~in from the jUr) if any of them m a reward for hi. qulckue<. anJ :~=IZ;itton of the. ~"cal colorE<! i.tering of free majority opinion on aU CM"I, r, L ni;;ville of the Fnitemity.
felt tha C .Iot me:! , hould not hi> riog. h . 'tanre~ ";I'd condl.ti<: ns. the rae" IT. tter;: eprtaining to th" public good. made a >l>Ccial appeal to all th ..
allowed to id, in Pullman car!' in lhis t; re ~ ~ urut m stnndl.n~ by ,?e ac· l:nder the present system many pen- school', colle,,-. and churches of the
State. but the Court refu.... ed to allow ·DDIO::o. · L_ 1\ EI( ITl HOLD " .on 0 e new board 10 refu.'ID~ to pte. white and colo~d do not ,'Ote· but city, to turther the progra:n. It i.
tll, que,.-ticn to le put. to which rui- (,O 'DIE~CE~t£: 'T _\T )JcC.\l.'LEYS ; " 'e ~nder the de~potic and kais .. r is· the public sentiment or the intio',ioa. expected that the fratemih· ",ill reach
in~ the attorneys ,,'<ceptod. .. . ~a!0 cy and attitude or the wbite tion that keeps many colored people more than a milli n pcpils tit" year.
The case consumed m re than four A We go to pre5S tmmons ( tate) . . from voting is a . Iur on our American
hours in trial and "as marked by t:ni,· .. rsit), is b Id'n~ its 43nd Annu:ll I ~IDce ,?e se,·"ran~ of branch re- ideals and a menacing bid for disorder Mrs. J. E. impson. the wife of
many tilts hI>~een op ,in~ la'.vy,,!'t'. C('mm,,"cement at )lacaule)" s T~ea- S<o~;n~::inthe w,:tes; :or the r",,· and r e,·olution. W" l'eS]l<ctiully call Prof. J. E. imp on, left ~l:ty 14, for
At ~ condu'Jon of the te:runon,· tre. Thu~.la) mght. )Jay 14. Fift.Y Informer whi~ eek s I.~e of The ... t tention to the raet that partial an extende.1 trip to the F.ast to "isit
~th Sldes so.ught peremptory mstruc- p"l'Son< \\,111 gra<iuate from ~ van .. sation 'th. rea~ qUIte a sen· ju..<:t.ice in any section of our conntr~ h"r d3u~bt"rs. ~l"". J3ne J. William •.
tionE, ut this was refused by the oUj, d"partments. Academic, Normal,. ,bo lD an~ 0&. of Y. M. C. A. h,,, an unwholesome r""ction in other Pat.·1'S n. _'. J., an.1 Loui·e . impson
court, ~nd Mr. H:rrris' attomey noted CO!Itm" rcial , Domestic, Arts, ·Dress· etrcles. 5e\'eral co.ored ~embers ha"e sections of our ""unt ry. at Pratt Brooklyn N. Y.
exc:ptions to the court·~ instructions. making, Nurse '1rai ing, !Iii <ions and ""nonnced trat they will double and '
l1 r. Willi. made a "e!)' pointed and )I u~c. The)" come from nearll' every Ire' le t~,,:r contnbutions and ple,lges; I
forceful argument to the jury, urging coun:!' in the tat e. A full account one ~u3mess man who ~d alread~ SOME REASONS WHY THE NEGRO SHOULD DIVIDE
that they not consider the q!lertion of next \\' Ie. contributE'< I $25 cash, statin~ that he
color in tMinerdirt. but only the fact would d~nate anothor ~O to show £hat • HIS VOTE IN THE ~EXT MUNICIPAL HECnO
...J .:n _ ._~ ~f _ Ii h:'; · 10 ~ eart}: accord w~~ the I~ ,- _ ( _
&Omething that he had llought a • r,j(, i':m,tOrial poiic\, .. o~n~ther PI~g;X;~ , lly e,. . 'oll)er I 1r.i,,,,,' , . . ~":ti;". -- .: ~~, .' w -:~ 1 )T ILOA hEL. ,,~c:y
pa.,'i:~~n!::::: o~ntig~hit~ Editorial Page Should Be ~\." an additional SIC~ v'hile -se\'eral "Fir>t it is his con,titutional right to let u~ begm to ueil1:"ul ,ometh,ng f.~r •
men and one colored mM, out to the [If the rat'e'~ leadin b~iroe ... s a;d r\)- ,"ote for \\ hom he please·, ::;ince he i:) a ~_u~ .realLY :U1d
und) Ulg :-upport_~d ~I .\ .Jlhougb tbt" H raid anll otb r
!Ul"Prise or e\~en the Court attache5, £, t 'b t 1 ' . p • • " our :::uppon. and !Ou1Trnge to that poLL· nUlz\4 ·11 .. l'OUra1.:€' whl(h ~ r-.. Dela- Interestin.1I' to Readers,' fessional men ha\': romi.",1 to cPon' free Amer.c"n citizen. 'econ,! th co'- 1- " not I<"en to u;; then let u~ gl\~ dalh.." att<'mpted 10 tk,'ittl .. and lIlill'l
the jury retumod a unanil1'~u. ~..,rdict Mail Your Answer t;;'., uye : u I,"tanhal ~ounts to oP"ra.tt> ored. peapl" "i1~ never b" ~nitt d', iwl ~arty that i, dbpo,ed to I:"'e r., n,,), .. hib'leY in a "0" t.ns" .ilua- p. .' . "
in (a\"OT of the Pullman Company. It w' ork on an ~de~nd.?:nt ba"'IS. r(;celye anti en)u)' lh.clr fight wltll our l'lght~. and if none i'" dispo:-ed 1. tion. LIe L.eadf"r hi able to I!i\' (0 i(., hlladeiphl3, 0_ Pa" ) ]3) J6-p~e;l-
A .W. W~stead was. the name of III .~ born" tn mmd that t.he they leal'll tu i"cnmmal~ hl>l\\c~ .. do the ,qual''' lhing by u then let u' r 'aM" a (rUt? ""(lunt or Ihe aifair 'Ient~. D. B. King of lhe Republic of
the Co~ored.Juror, and ':' ~ell kno. Read ·rs of the Lead .. arC, urgl'd t, Colo~ CItizen, bad alre3,ly contn\). moo" ami mea,.ures ju>t like .. ther tn· ha\ enough ,en", to bring out a tick. )li" Tlela",,), who;' ""ry allr; ••.. L: .. ~na wa,' the ""est of ~la)Or l\l oor6
t:' ~uSlCal orcle< of Low..">IUe:trld \'1' try their '\"It In Int' m.-mor)' le" uted m ca .. h and pledge~ nea rly $3,rO(} wlligent peopl" have done and ha\e e;; made up "ntirely of intelligent col. i.e in .PIJeara!l~l' allll ".,r) mlld""t o. tnt< cIty on the occa 'i~n of hIS VISIt
ctnlty. ?f ~Ir. Floyd \. Grace, the well ~Down for th" 1921. bu~et, which amount h3S profited by >0 doing. So long as h. ored men and w.:men. That day W;h in mann.r rt'lal~t1 10 t~. Lt'ad ... r rpp h .. r~ )Iord~y. A :ec"ptl< n was ten-m.
s~~ee ~an, .ehureh~an.and C1t~zen, lxen depo~ted 10 a local bank and allows him::elf to be O\nled and cor.- finally come. and.that Eawy. f"~:)enla(i\e th(' ('Omp:t.'Lt! s'aJr). dered :re:-Ide.nl Kmg, after which a
N A A C P MAKES TEST Whldt 15 gl\'1>0 m detail on page elght, ca" only hi> d rawn out by the colored Irolled l,y a .ingle political P,UH' jusl !\ow let us ce fair and face the fac.s .. tour 01 th" cIty was made, iocludin
page of of1!"anization. ~o long will he be a ~la\'e to the~ ~~ just. as they really exis;t., and $Ult.e iJ if' ~~_l r:m
 'c·, Rail and other
this e<ilt.on. Mr. Grace l~ gl. ..'. ~1t away Furmrr Exe<uth': Secretary H. P. bo~~~. He will !ure\er be the ca1.·., concrete case of our political ~itualion, ~~id 'lliss Oela~ J. fA white: ~~D wEt-one. po~nt!=" . f;1I the e~'e'iDJ;' a ~
_~ ... ader. to" .0111 Pf'r.- '1'l ~ • w,ln Carte~, .v.ho~.. . resigned and a~v paw and the target for lee oppo::oite It \\a..:; the Xe,::ro \'ote that reafle it had ('orne [0 tht-' dO_lr par .t'r and k ner wa~ given l~ h~nor of ~I r" ~n~.
).arl)" sub,cnpuons to the LoWSVIU & po~ WIth the tandard Life b - party to ..boot at. 1'he c~l()red man w,lI po»ibl" for lh" tate of Kentacky t'l rorn}(.d me Il'al II.' had o~"n .enl A~ ple,ent the Llnenan Pre'ldent ~s m
~rnd to the conte>;; editor of the Le . suraace ~omp31 .Y. states that h~ ,~;11 ne,er b"'t. what is ;u,t')' du him ull til have a Republ' n GO"ernor z::d pra) '" do Pc :crk. I r~"II.d 00 one ~"counITY an,1 the. bl.ack f.p~bbc.
• correct ans"oers ,J mo· dr-~ Dte his spazt; moments gr a.twt ous- hI.; h3· confiot'r.c:e in :l.n<l eiect men t.t tell me what ha.. ... G 'femor Yorro"" ~as Jt ho~e an.l h es. or . logan of LouiS''i\ie busine,,-' I)" to the ~ocal ,":orle. political office of hi; own race. K done for th .. KeV'o by way of patr~r.· t .. r .... hile in Oi) room t b.-ard ~ noi.' .""klng closer co-optratlOn between
_ ew , ork, l tay 19.-The Kabona! In Immediate f utur" call will mu, ha\·e repre,edta' III at the forum age than the Democratic Go\-emol. 10 Ibp hou,. a~" tb:nI.ID~ ,0n.Hhin;:
OF 'PROTEST AGAINST 'BIRTH OF NATION'
A."sociation f r the Ad" ancement of places, as announc ... 1 in the plan on hi i,sued to former memhl>rs of the ",her" the la" . are m",le and e.~ecul~d W" have now in Conlm'" a Repuh .. ,. J wron!;. I lelt Utl rOo and .... n. thi~ country and the blark republic_
Colored People. 70 Fifth Avenee, to- pa~e eigh~. The contest. is a nO"el o:~ board- tho,", who had (h3rge of by "hich he is go,·erned. The N gro lic3n R pre'entative io r"rscn .,( '010 Ihe hou. ~n.1 io'o llr. R ynold" t~ corral his forces \\oul.1 hi :1'1. lft
day i sued a statement signed by J as. one, a good idea and shou'd be inter. t e work dur;ng 1920-and tha work i a ta." payer and CItizen and to com· Charlie Ogden. Xo,," what ha, O!(do" rwm. Tb. rt' I • cured hi, ren.I,·r ", >top thi, e"erJa illg tal;' a!> .UI.' -
Weldon ';oh""on. Secretary, stating /!St ing to e"el"y reader. T ho,e who are \\'.1 probably be rearganized aDd con· p"1 him to P3) hi' eqllil Ie .hare of done for us any more than Sv;ag r and loaded il and ,tarted 10 huel Il,., linl< together and t.i~ ""me bil!' Jun·
that a t.t "" wvuld be = dI! ~! the alre y readers of the Lead-r Will be b ,ed on an illdt p"ndent ba>is. tax", with which to n the go\·ern- herley. hi. Democratic pred""",,·o,_ bul'!'lars. I tam ul·t'n lhpm in one I.y .. ;...,ting mnmhel', of our 'JWll n.
pro~st a in>t th~ perform a,!"" 10 the sent The Leader for another ""r from Local CoI,re. Y. M. C. A. I""der, ment an,1 d 'Y h;~ lne right to par- ,":'e ~\'e a !l. ublican mayor in t1,r or t .. e room. :..nd It\ 'hG" the I"~'O. to pl;lte, of T,,~pon .. ibiFtl'. We ne II
CapItal Theatre, ~e\\' York, o. th!! mo-. _ . . . y an... race leaders are of tbe opinion t;c'l-ate m the m .tk1O of the I w' that c.ty of Lou"",, e and "'hat has he - _ _ n ver ""poet to reeei,e very much war
ti n pictor , "The Birth of a Nation." present ~ tion .. up, s."oald tl1:4t this is the only manly and en. "",e' hi· property;' ·Uxation wit u' doce for us that would be any ), ownin!;, f :unily·lo •. n~ j. triOtlC color- of appointment. f r the rea.'on thaI
I e <AHored Veterans of fore' tbey be suu tu]. T test i (0: sibIe t hing t dfl in ~he premises a nd Gut repre:-entation" .:lr.J there Li n~ot ocmmen....- . urate with the 5en;c:e:i U.e eO cituen ... "h. .. VoJll n Jt be conte" t thert'- ar . 0 m:ln~ poor \\hjte, in bot~
service who distributed le3.IIe~ a rally club of Bro:td .... ay Tomple A. lhey ha"e bt>cn :tSSured of the whole- anolher :-dce upon the ill« of U,e Negro renJered to e'ect him the mayor WIth tile m ager con,id · ..... t..oo "u,... partie< who are "I\\'a~ . pref 'rred lJ
fro'" c.f the CapItol 'lheatre," saId . &L E. Zi(lll church of which Mr. ·race oearted . upport and encouragl'ment ""nh ,.h" ",uuld suLmit to such " 0; Louirnllr? Show me if you can ha\e been gl\ n to a cen.:un cia.,. vi th bl3<'k man. it matter not h"\\ COIll-
J c.bn on'. > wment, ·~d were ar- i.3 captain. AU answers are to be in . the race in th~r undertaking.- conliltior. witbout a I rote~t but tl; where there ;. a partIcle of differenc' our Xcgrue~ in th" recerot pa"t. A 1 potent th" hl:tck man my be. he \\,i1
rESted for so doing, are to make legal 'Ph Leadffi b Houston Informer. X ·gro. It is high tim. that the b\a.~ io so far as the Xegro is conc m ,I mo.t r me r that t.ht,> \\ i:1 ha.c t il.\'3riahlr hi> ",legat ... 1 for he man
history in the courts of _ 'ew York. On e e 0 ce y .nen 'PTe y, rac~ , hould CLa....., hl>ing the p:1ck mule in./he rulministnt ion of a lTairs. Yo deal with men "ho ha\e been taug". "ho has a whit~ kin. W .. noed an ....
Thur.day morning, May 12, in th" Tb y at nooo. Pick up a y • to ride White men in!.' olIlre .. ho don't my mind the Rc,publican party is th~ t ) think for them I\'eo and are a, type of lead ,..hip. we deplore the tact
We t ide C~urt, )Jag; ·traU T .'ck p&per and ,et a > ear's subsc:rlptio MISS Rosa long In Cen- care a rap for him aft r the .day of the more repreher.sible and. d ·en"ing of capable and ~o, comp"~nt to occups that there are tho_ amor.j!' u< wh.
offered to dus .. charge; ~ to The Le:'!er.trill U~ .m h 0 f' el<!Ctlon. l'.o long a,,; the Xegro con,- the Im'a ter oondemnatlOD than l': place' of poli tIcal preferment as tll pire to leadershop that ,,;11 shy at 11.
them if ey \\'0 promise not to inue' to hield the Republican part~ Oem ts an for the Xegro has do:!' whlte man and m»re than some o. while man'. ' hadow, who is tet.ally de-pick
t t.he Capitol Theatre _y more. LEA'DO EDITORI L ~ from the bto\\ ~ of the Democrat·c n"tbing to make it po"ible for th them. The sooner they learn thi ' I ' oid of moral >lamina hence can't ,..,.
"Through their aComer Aiken A. Q O'lED BY LEADING JOliRNALS . Rosa Long one 01 Lo . 'il' .. ', part,' jlkt so long he rnay ex.pect It Democrat.ic to win son the letter lor 1\ concemod. 1 w ...; si.t the temptation. of the i nsid'olL'
tlope andJam s C. Th retaiced Some months ago The Leader's edi- weIlbown young'ladies, Us acceP~:1 hi> held up and ridic ,;d by the Delli' Wlut ... e, 3S a ra.'" n<>ed to <!o i :. in - onille, Tenn., a fe ... day ag ) schem .. s Of. the d~~ go~e . and fan a
by the N. A. A. C. P., the pkkets re- "rial on "Character of Mea" .... , the position of stenocra\lber and clerk ocratic part)' and no 0.' could blan... to_ o.ur idl>Oti ty as a memhl>r of any a r.d saw ,,;th my Own eyb colored snare to 11, P?hbcal mt n ques. W."
plied that they would Dot make any quoted .,. the "Cr!sis." Its editorial ill the olfice of the Cetnral High the Dt>nlocrats for it. The Kegro~' pa ticul.rr polit ical p..rty. A whit~ poitceml>O on l he t ret>b. of Knox\;11 WOlnt tn ~rystahze udt a. strong ,,'''tl'
such promi and prderred t o mai<,: a of "Shamble.. in Georgia was quoted SchooL Kiss Long graduated from the all of the u.<..e and ,;li6cation fro~. man .honla run'" no more right t,) and \\' r ellah;y informed tha. thel " m~nt apns s uch ~de'lrable leader­test
ca...<e of it. Accordingly agt.S- by the Chicago DefenMr of Apnl SO. busineu deputment 01 Central in ln2 llemocratic party .imply bt>cau>'! gu," s that I hl>long to tM Repub\iu~ ~d been colored men on the polic" Sh ,p, that they ,.,U have no plllCf
trate'len Erek found them guilt)' and Recent editorials ha"" been JDflItioned 'ebn!ary in the class of four. b he stands betv.·een the DemocraL~ part)' ,imply because I am colo .... 1 force there for more thaD t" entr-the amonl' 115. We n d mt>n and WOmM ,,,,,,,ended IM!ntence. The cases are ill the Star of ZiOll, and the Christian .,...taated from the regular High party and the Republican party and b than 1 ha\e to go that he hl>IOD' 0 rear. and during all that lime not one who can't. be oouKht n bluffed ru
now to be appealea by the N. A. A. , BeeorcIer. Do you read the Leader's 001 course in the cl of 1917. !IIi,s the innocent ~;ctim and gl'l absolut · to the Democratic part)' simply b". Hng!e colured police ~d ever been reo ha\-e t it,. IDt.ere~t of the ra~e at hearl
C. p. etltt.;ak' You should. - Loogmade a splendid record as ste- h' not hing f;lr hi self sacrifice bul c:lll-<l he hap"" . t9 hi> " hite. T.I· pnmanded or ' u nd d for derehet of and are Wllltng ° do and d,e {or what
"The );ew york ordinance uuder ~ DOgrBPher~ in the office of the Louis- the ill \\;11 of the yery part)' h h'H white people divide their " ,")te, and a.~ duty. Thb much can't hi> said f6 ey b' lie'-e their inalienablo! right-
... h ich the pickets were ;ted. p ro- S~al S~cial S~ 1 viIW Urbu League, which she resign. e1ped to defeat, the Democratic par· a result there are Democrat. holding !tilDe of the whit police in Low "ill". as American citizens.
hi i the d' tri uti n ot 'an, band Be . ert M 28 od to _pt (he High Sch,)()~ po. iuon. t) . II the Negro doe.; not ',b to Go, off, ce under tIIi pre.,ent Republican I wa.. also wid that the first coloretl Our political dtiny i, largl'ly in
bill, ci,cu.lar, card or tiler ad-.ertis· c!aI : ng no.:.: ~ She is a member 01 Bro:tdwiy TempI a tacked by the Democra :!, then jet adtninil;tr .. ti n who, perhap,_, ~\'e poli e,'er pi tl On th force ... a . our 0"'''' hands anli ""e will work il
Ing matter' and appeal ;) 3 high· tier b O~ o:'br ~ Y ill Tb I A. )I. E. Zion Church, a unday~ool him stand f rom under the blo"',,; lhat 0 \'er ,"oted the Republ'can tIcket b . put the,e u.d r a democratic a<lmini'- out a)on jt racial lines and r.o 0 h r.
er court wi ll be upo' n the con- Lead y n it< ~rtin .appear Othe e tndler f a cla.. . of thirty-bve small are lnt nded Cor the 0 po ie party. It (c;re the las muniei~1 election .... hi'~ 10reJ people ha "e 1><.1>0 , oling mde· ow i' the psychological momen f<>r
ttttion that N.. A. C. P. 1e3.11 artkI r. ~ t Col~ V::-te .~ boys and clrll, a JOlIDg .. 01 not had the ink lligence to _ thi< some of lite Negroes b.a\-e be,.,., "otin ""ndentl )' and have the reopect or the Xegro to rise up ano he a man 8I1d -
distri utod by the pcke " owi~g up fall.,... They will be In~_ Wi the hlgh~ type, and splendid quali-
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predicament I ng ago. We have bee. '1 th.e Republ can tick~t -:11 of ~eir. 1" .. -,. b<>th. the Republ'can and Democrati • stop pia}" 1j1: the baby act.
. 1' Ku Kluk Klan p l'~ 3 In tire Don't . ~ ties. e thf ciulrhter 01 Mr. and bet..·een the upp"r and nether ston·· who hardly j!'et a JanItor' Job In lI. p.rt:"". \\ bat e, o..:alled I "d ,." f J "" B Colbert, Pre&.
'Birth of a alion' canno po 'bly be _ - - . 1II1'L Th Long, of 718 S. 16th t.. and made the ~ap" goat for the cor-! office where this renegade democrat i~ th race n to do i, to bury their lit· I Indere d t Citiz"",, Lea,"",
called 'ad.-ertising matter.' '' by Ilaglmate By ~ tha~ 110 dia- the of T. J. Long."M is a stu· rapt d ing of Republican part~, warmjng his seat. tie I'e .. naI j al·,u') 311:aln, each oth- 632 W. Walnut ~t. '
" • A. A. C. P. appeal will order ~ cha..-I' lISt the N. A. deIlt ,:t FiU: UniveYSity. and exploited by the unpr'.t,cipl<!d _ ow is the psychol gical tim IOI 'cr and combine their efforts f r larg r raise the enUre question as to the C. P. pic:bta. f . I' .. hitt> man politi.cian. It !s high t ime the. 'egro to tea~h white p"ople 3 laei,al rep~ n~~~n: The cunningly I
rlgh of I to est by di~ I "'l'be N. A. A. P. d ..... apedaI- DR.. S1'E ... e .. ere beg ng to think for our· political Ie EOn which they bave ne\'er ,,_od ",hiw politt Ian bas taken 3d· _ utili; ed.::ro:a1 it:ratare In public 11 to ~th se ·cbta who -~ !l!1"e.. an~ carry our 1m burdens and yet learned a~d that is if they~: \-ant~11' of t hi", particu.lar ,:"ealmess of We,..1 to a nr ounce that M W t it!""
In ' Y rk City The question of arrutecJ, 'lJ urace .... --. .. not the &IDS and burden of someone OUT su1frage 10 all future elech or •. the . egro rare and uses thl as exCU$e headiy pa!«,s d The Leafier are a
th ew st 0et;j of'th ordinance Ia a ~"'" : Mrs. BeleD Ou>- G t s.rv.ce WIll take else. The mult i , we a rt> as m~, tbey will have to give us mort> su\). for not recognid n the 'egro along part of the announce<l new features of
e con "' d- (Ihlla s ~ bef91'e be.- ti5, JIrs, l.nra BoJIoek, Ilia pbce at Temple, 13th Uld desp;sed and ha by the white Re- stantial opportunity f r life, libert" th,s line sa ing en the • 'egroes will the ~p"r but are n t 3.< ordered >i
~::.e an n I J[Mbedne Jo all of thaa Y. W. May 22 at 2 o'clock. publicans to day as ..... are by lb~ a nd the pursuit of ~ppines than th~ altre<' 011 m mem' r of the race the publisher. They are too bold and
I Co A. WVlbrs -... ---. I Rev. Steward wi!1 preach v.-bite nernocr .. ts, are &imply degrading pri,;) ge of running crap tl;ey will ready to recognize the!!'.: gI .. . g, bu'o as the cam- in too late
~e N. A. A. Co P. InteDda to IcM ~ -* ... fft.t, Bel- I fro e "1& there Dot a OWIIod by one and by the other. games under JIOlice pro ectton. tor when as a matter of fact they stri\,'l:o t? hi> ci>r..-,ged for this i e we bad to
b ____ "'J'eaDlIe!" in other words allowed our- that class of crap-mooting whhker keep the 'eg divided for they In ...... em this ",,,,,k. 1'her wl1\ appear
~.IID>I""~~"'i.Si.": 4 t RIves be for the pro' headed Negto is fut giving away I.J ....e ll lmow that if the eolo peer\. ; a .ordered by US nm week.
~~ _e. fealOIUII have been the approaeh of prop"rty· ould wnbine and unite 'ftte PubUober.