. - ", ;0.) ." .0; 0 o. , : ~ ""~ ':·H·················E····... ". '-' ~'"" ., '. -. - -'- '.'- -' ON' TO A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Eight Thousand Colored People . in Omaha and Vicinity, and to the Good of the Communi~y '-";: The Rev. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $1,.50 a Year. 5ea Copy. Omaha, Nebraska, 'February 26, 1916 Volume I. Number 35 Botli~Races'Asse'mble .Democratic Mayor f " . Something to Make You Think .J't-.. to Honor Washington Raps"Jim Crow" Bill FROM .-\ SPEli;CH BY FREDERICK DOllGLAS AT LOUISVILLE, KY., Carnegie Hall More Than Filled by SEPTEMBER, 1883. D(leS \"01. See Why Races Should be :1'·:·'.. Enthusiastic SUPPOl·ters of. the "If the six ln1'J.Iion colored people in this country, armed with the Con­ :-I~paraf(~d in Public Carrier;; of Great Leader. ~titution of the United'States, with a million votes of their own to lean upon, that City. -..../.: and millions of white men at their baci{s whose hearts are responsive to the' MAJOR MOTON CHIEF SPEAKER r1aims of humanity, hav~ not sufficient spirit and wisdom to Hr~anize aliI!' WO:\I E\ OPPOsE THE 'fEASl'RE. t'ombine to defend themselves from outl"age, discrimination and oppression, Mor~ 'l'han Half Million Dollars Has it will be idle for them to expect that the Republican party or any other polit.­ L('adi-ng While Papers Fighting Pro­ Already .Been Subscrihed to Rookel' ical party will organize and ('ombinc for them, or care what becomes of them." pos(:'c! Law Throug-h Their Editor­ W'ashington Memori.al Fund. ial C.olumns.Colonel Watter- son Enters Fray. (FROM A MAG .I\Z1 -E ARTICLE, 1886) Nearly three thousand men and wo- men--colored and white-attended the "The question is whether the white m'an can ever b~ elevated to that plan IJJuls\'llle, hy., Feb. 2ij,-~ot ()nlj big 'memorial meeting held last Fri- of justicl', humanity and Christian civilization which wHi permit egroesi In- an: \.he self-re;;;pectillg' members of day evening at Carnegie Hall in honor dians and Chinamen, and other darker colored races to enjoy an ~ual chance t.he race hitted;; opp-osed to the of the late Dr. Booker. T. Washing- in the race of life. It is not so much whether these races can be made Ch"ris- "night Bill v,hich is designed to dra'.': ton; so great was the demand of cit- lians as whether white pI'ople can b<' made Christia.ns. The Negro is few, the the coJor line on street cars of t~is izens to attend the IT]eeting that hun- white man is many. The Negro is weak, the white man is strong,. Tn t/le city, but the white citizens and the drecls were turned away by. the large !))'oblem of the ~egro's future. the white man is therefore' the chief faelor. dail~' press as well are fig-hting the force of police detailed outside of the He is the potter; the Nel!ro the clay. 1f\is for him to say whether the Neg-ro bill to be introduced in the legislature hall. l'>hull become a well-rounded, symmetrical man, or be cramped, deformed and at Frankfoli. Ky.• the state capital. The spectacle presented inside Car- dwarfed" A plant deprived (If warmth. moisture and sunlight eannot live and Ever s.ince Louisville has been a oity \: negi€ Hall was unusual in many re- grow. And a people deprived of the nlt'ans of an hou'est li\'elihoo~ mflst tl)a t\':o races have been friendly. Due spects, Glnd the meeting could not have wither and die. All I ask for the Ne~ro is fair pIa)'. Give him this, and J' ~o scrimmages in a day coach by mem­ been more cosmopolItan in character. have no fear for his future. The great mass of the Colored people in th'is' ber~ of the race, the "Jim Crow" bill I· .' On the platform sat men ,of promin- country are now, and .m;lst cont!nu(' to be, in the South; an'd the~e, "if ~nY-' was first introduced some years a,go. ence of both races; the Northel'ller where, they mnst survIve or perish.. ~ .. " the people of the city and the pk8S peopl~ . ,". '.i{g..j:'. and the Southerner viea with each "It. is idle to suppose these can malie allY larger degree of progre'!,?s ,pl'eyented its passan-e at that tdne. -.~ other in la-qdlng the life and achieve- in morals,. rel~gion and material ~onditions, while their persons 'are unpro-, Loui,sville people said that a fight ~e­ nlents of Booker' '1'.. Washington, teet ed, then' rights unsecured, their labor defrauded, and they are l,ept only' tween t\\·o ill-bred race men on a tIiain whHein th.e audience the I'icll and the a little beyond the starving point." u])on the mountains was no indica ion poor, the white and the colored sat-ofthe whole race's lack of good m n­ sid~ by side in boxes, orchestra and student, by sweepmg a room, which Washington was a truckler, citing in- n~rs or gentilIty. gallery. he <tiel well. stances of the renowned educator's Democratic ~rayor Speaks. The meeting was held under the William H. Lewis, of Boston, former aggressiveness when engaged with Maror Buschemyer of this city a joint auspices of Hamp.ton, Tuskegee Assistant United States Attorney whitepeor.>l~ on questions involving "dyed-in-wool" Democrat, had the 01­ / 4.nd the Urban League. Seth Lowe, General, spoke on behalf of the Na- the rights of the Negro. io\\'ing to say on the proposed s p_ '" chairman of the Board of Trustees of tional League on Urban Conditions It, was after 11 o'clock when Maj. arate stl'eet car law: 'tuskegee Institute, presided. Music Among Negroes. Mr. Lewis told of R. R. Mot~n, principal-elect· of Tus- , "1 see no reason for the passag. of was furnished by the Music School how he bitterly fought Dr. Washing- kegee, and the principal speaker of a b:m b:; the Kentucky Legislat re Settleil1ent for ColoredPeopJe, J. Ros- ton while attending Harvard, then be- ~he evenin.g , ibega~ to. talk, and those providing that members of the rce 1Il \~'hJ'to- artlO.nd Johns.on, director,. and Rolan.d l.ieving that Latin was more important , the aUdlejce'..,..pald hIm a great com- a<rnel 'c:> DIU-t" . occupy..separaet 55t . W. Hayes, ten<;>1" soloist; the Fisk to one.'s education and well-being thanphment by emallllRg In theIr seats on the street cars, and, in the abse ce Quartet and the Tuskegee Quhitet. labor, but that he later became an at such a la e hour. .of a reason, such la\,s should not be Moton t() Receive Loyal. Support. enthusiastic disciple of the Tuskegee- Major Mo on occasioned no little adflpted, ~dd~'ess . -~- . In' the opening bfthe eve-,an andhis .doctrine that "Labor Con- merriment b stating he hoped no one, "The existing relations betw.en - -" ning, after commenting on the great quers All." would behev'e fQi" a moment that he whites and blacks in Louisville 1re ser:\iiceperformedby Booker'!'. Wash- 'One Of the most. sIgnificant· ad- thought' he c~uld fill Dr. Washington's good, and I for one want them to e­ ington ·fpr:bQth raCE!S, _~r.Lowe 'de'- die.sses 0f the evening was made by place; that It wi1l:require the com- main so. Bettel' street car mann rs "j' .' claredthat..the· Board o{Trnstees of. William G. WHcox, a member of the bined energ~ an~l eff-orts of all t1;e are to be desired both by members of ,. ... ." . Negroes .in 1.lAmerica, .. who, will need' tIle l~ce ,".nd \\-h·I'.te· peopl'e. .., ..... :ruskegee' Institute, tli:e prominent ihvestrrient:Committe-e ofthe Board of "" \-vhiteancl coloredpeop(t;!· of' ,Alabama Trustees of Tu-skegfJe Instittite, who the co-opera~ion and backing of the "I do not think the proposed str t and ,the infhl¢ntiill·'white,.people of was.electctl preside_~t of. the New York white .peoplel to carryon Di.. Was]l- car law should pass. There is c r-. ... : " Not:th andSt>1.tth genel'a;ily had pledg- Board of E(hicatib~ only a few days ing--Wn's' worl<:. .~'And then, I doubt tainly no demand for such, a la\v fr .~.<:(:,,-,:·!.:.:.'''~....:..,.~~.. tJ1~ritSCI:ves' to~ioyallrs-upPOrtMa';' ago; Mr. ,Wilcox stated that so fa_.whether 'jt\vbuld be d~ne as effecti~e- Louisville.'~ ',~ "jor R~<R:: Moton, 'who hagbee'~ chosen vol-ably had. he b(!en, impressed with 1y as he did it," ~aid the speaker. Citiz--~n~ Object Vehemently. ·.Dr;'.Washiitgton's success~r.·· the..' methods of education' employed '. Maj. Moton's Address. ;\1 b' '--- . ''', '. '" .. T"'k t'h' 'h' ... '. t "t'" T·.·he .fo·l·l"o";l'n·g· e.xtr.act'" a"'e f.r"0111 1 emel's of .. ;the ra·ce in this c ty . ,.' Mr.:Lo~'{ urged ..th~ .. white aT)..d c.01- at :us egee, at .. ltWas, . 1S ni en IOn v " L . h . h hI' Maj. Moton's address; are no cringers." As soon as the ill :ol'edpeople,of th.eco:untry"td contrib-. to introdu·<;.e .tern .lTI t.e pu IC .. ._ .", , . .. was first made known, 'such men 3iS :.~~te.t'6th~;Bookei~T.Washingtol:\lfe- scho.ois of.Greater New York; i' Negro. Not an Accul'sed Race, .' .Editor Lee Brown, Dr;i'C.k"La Ii- '; ·lJloi:iaI'V4,~d.;an~1;f?ettff~ bi~'audience Dr~jall1es:I-t.Dil1ard,apr~miri~l1t.; Jf alJy~n~:~$p,ecauseof\ve~knessmore,ReY.C.