The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1922 Page: 4 of 8
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* EDITORIAL
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INTERESTS OF COAL AND THE INTEREST OF HUMANS
tn 9«N2r We hav-e '11 Did you see President Harding's telegram
«nH ?h! s In.the lnterests of c°al mining? The President
fnrVvJl g?7en?I?ient can Protect COAL, which is supposed to exist
nmt*!* fSei? huma|^' and yet they pretend to lack authority to
MissSnif haTwf themf?elves Perhaps, all the Negroes from
- woSrt nn ^ h • g0 mt0 the coal-niini g business and get
protection as being necessary to the production of coal.
. a.n? the government have plenty of power to
protect the lives of citizens IF THEY WANT TO DO IT. That is
Let us take some of the President's words in behalf of coal
an^see how they could be applied in behalf of life mutatis mu-
ininH7°lr State, Government and the Federal Government are
S w l S!! i?r mamtained conditions under which free
fo? thrnmdi,PHnn< iTif7 W°rk in safety- We are responsible
I? production and the transportation of a fuel supply anmle
whiihesne^S 0f thf- Arrican pe°ple and the publte uS£ies
rtate coSTp^J WPticularly the railways engaged in inter-
SlcSv w,!e T>? ha7,e ample coal t0 maintain indus-
,"a,JJJJ:ivlt^\.We have the coal necessary to the health
security, and the activity of all the people
there mnsfwi!8 S° impor.tant as tha* of common welfare, and
servfce of that cause."reSS'°H eV6ry m"awfu' hlnd™« ' the
are slnn^H XR t\ese,same words in behalf of humans, who
twi, PP £ t0 be burned, rather than in behalf of coal
"Yn.,rUcS0? Pt0 be burned t0 keep humans warm:
.,e Government and the Federal Government arp
S UnfP0IlS >!e niaintained conditions under which free
men, willing to be dealth with according to law, shall be dealt
with according to law. We are responsible for the preservation
l^flhn n !h0f -he lives of the American people, which interest
hav^frpiH0th?inte/lStS' even interstate commerce We must
5 ®f ' ua Snd appy PeoPIe' to maintain not onlv indus
Notice that we inject a parenthesis, but otherwise rln nnt
change this last sentence at all, and it needs no cWp t,
comes m part for the suppression of lynching and the protection
4ife' lf only. the great President of the United States
Anthracite ^ mUCh consideratio to Black Men7s to Black
—William Pickens
A STRANGE ALIGNMENT
Socialists sponsored the organiza-
tion of the farmer-labor reconstruc-
tion league that gave J. C. Walton's
gubernatorial boom its first formid-
able impeuts. Because of political
conditions in the state, the demo-
cratic party was selected as the best
means to obtain control of state gov-
ernment. The democratic party has
rarely had much support from Negro
voters, but Mr. Walton's friendship
'for the Negroes enabled him to en-
list them under his banner in large
numbers. Into this strange combi-
nation, late in the campaign, came
the solid Catholic vote, urged to such
a course by Ku Klux activities that
they believed threatened their church
and schools. That combination was
sufficient to win against the divided
strength of those outside those sev-
eral groups.
Catholicism and socialism have Ions
ion J : . , °
to muddy the waters sufficiently to
hide their real aim, an object which
is, everywhere and all the time, the
exploitation of the farmers and work-
ers, irrespective of their race, color
relirion or nationality.
This is their only stock in trade
A stock moreover that was condemn-
ed, moth eaten, mouldy and shop worn
as long ago as the eighteenth century
The constitution of this country
wisely declared for religious freedom
It guarantees the right of every man
to worship God in his own fashion
and to rear his children in the faith
dictated by his conscience.
Religion is a private matter. "i
am not the master of your soul. You
are not the keeper of my conscience."
This is the spirit of the first amend-
ment to the constitution. This is the
spirit of true Americanism. And this
is also the spirit of American de-
mocracy, or, at least, it should be, for
the first amendment to the constitu
linn uraa nonnnrl K.. mi
BE rfrf Tie
bitteiest indictment of the Marxian the adopted father of the democratic
theory we have ever heard come from "Party.
the hns nf a rathnMr. o s_,
ti uu
the lips of a Catholic priest. Social
istic attacks on the church of all
creeds have been frequent, with more
denunciation of the Catholics than
others. The Negro and the demo-
cratic party have never been affini-
ties, and the Negro, also, has had his
troubles with organized labor. From
many unions he has been excluded.
He has added fuel to the flame by
serving frequently in the place of
striking union men. The ingenuity
of leadership that can unite such an-
tagonistic forces is not to be denied.
It is an achievement, perhaps, with-
out precedent, but only nominally is
it a democratic victory.
What is done is done. Mayor Wal-
ton has won his place on the demo-
cratic ticket for governor. The de-
velopment suggests many questions
that only time can answer. Which
one of these conflicting groups would
dominate the administration, in the
event of Mr. Walton's election in No
!®"?b.er; ^re we to be governed by
socialists, by Catholics, by Negroes
or by union labor? Will a majority of
the democratic party cheerfully ac-
cept the authority of any of those
groups ? ,' Do the people still love
Mayor Walton enough to accept him
with a socialistic platform? All these
questions are for the people to decide
For the democratic standard bearer
is still the problem of maintaining
harmony in his motley array, and re-
cruiting reinforcement from those
whose traditions of democracy do not
come from Russia nor North Dakota
It is futile now to think what might
nave been, had. the opposition to May-
or Walton not been divided, but the
question of what that democratic op-
position will do in the general elec-
tion is problematical, it is unfor-
tunate for the state that religious is-
sues find place in politics. Democra-
cy s fusion with socialism ill befits a
party that has distinctive principles
of its own, but such things have hap-
pened, and their influence on the cam-
P,, " before November may make
this the strangest campaign this state
has known.
—Oklahoma City Times.
AN
APPEAL TO THE WORST
MAN
IN
REVIEW OF POLITICAL SITUATION
£7than1 anhadministrationnin thThistery of'thfRepublfc0"^
istic PrSe^Srding has,proven to be reactionary and capital-
street is given far more consideration by this admin ""mw tZaL llie 1VU lvlux KIan-
istrdtion than the common people The common Lnni iI f ?y Okiahoman and Times
agH^hotdlr sJXr-the rf1 frien« " ^"srasaws
. « , Pennsylvania, handed the Penrosp hnnph conveniently overlooked So io tho
dollars.8 ^ " " dW • ~o,
rTcaVL™feate0neo0.f„^nry-Sh,Ftead ' 'armer-
ev in Nnvprnhar Qnri flf Senator Kellog the run for his g!!"'were
Religious bigotry and intolerance
are survivals of the dark ages. They
are the hall marks of ignorance and
aiTested development. They have no
place in an interwoven and interde-
pendent society in which the happi-
ness and welfare of every member is
dependent upon the happiness and
welfare of the whole.
Religious intolerance is like a splin-
^6, ^°dy' 11 g've8 pain and
fever until the foreign substance is
cast out by the festering spot.
And what is said here of religious
bigotry also holds good for race ha-
tred and race conceit. To understand
is to forgive. Good people are sym-
pathetic people. Wise people are
modest people.
If your deeds do not proclaim your
worth you can not raise your stand-
ing by shouting from the house tops
I am superior." Wise men plead
ignorance. Ignorant ones boast of
their knowledge. And a braggart is
a braggart whether he brags of his
own superiorty or the superiority of
his race or nation.
To hate a man on account of the
pigment in his blood or because he
Happened to be born on the other side
of this mud ball, called earth, is stu-
pidity personified. There are no good
races and no bad races; no good na-
tions and no bad nations. There are
however, good people and bad people
among all the races and nations and
all of us are bad enough without stir-
ring up the worst that is in all of us.
m , 6 race hatred. the hate
fnn la«k man is the m°st con-
temptible of all. For it is visiting
dren of8 t°h °UT £athers uPon the chil-
™ ™eue outraged victims.
The Okiahoman seems to be gieved
that so many of our citizens cast their
ballots against the self-advertised can-
d.da es of the Ku Klux Klan. To our
mind, the only surprise is that the
SnlSoS S°Clely wa' mt
Organizations which take it upon
themselves to enforce their perverted
notion of right and wrong under the
cover of night have no place in or
ganized society. The state is indeed
in a sorry plight when the enforce-
fh6". a j w is left t0 the whim of
the hooded night riders.
People who can not meet their fel-
low man, face to face, in open day
light or open court, but who must hide
the countenance given to them by
their parents behind a mask, are a
menace to orderly society. And this
hoidsi true whether they hide behind
the black mask of the burglar, the
bandana of the highwayman or the
peaked hood of the Ku Kluxer.
0 course, these societies die as
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Madam Jessie Carter
DR. ISAAC W. YOUNG
8PECIALIST
EYE, EAR, N08E AND THROAT
His office is row fitted with the latest Electrical appOifc
and newest Instruments, including the X-Ray
Fluoroscope
830 E. 2nd Street
Oklahoma City
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the hypocrisv^f Ih? r!?^ the count,T has been informed of
Ohio in the primaries to be held August 8 ^
didates in the field and he polled 61,088'vJtes7n l920gforC?r
secretaryship of the state. Smith may provH
ffaCing ofuthestate ticket in the field in Virginia \™t
year by Negroes thereby splitting the Republican vSe thth
caused the Democrats to roll up the largest maioritv in th v *
to^ of the state; resulted in fikscom sfen p he " fv whHe Re"
publican representative from the ninth district, announdnl tw
he will not be a candidate for re-election this fall.
r talk of colored candidates in Kentucky and v™
Jersey. There should be some in Missouri and Jllinois rt' jJJ
^ 1S,P!n^to split UP his vote this fall and prove to the Renubit
cans that Uiey can no longer carry the Negro vote in the? vest
pockets and Lincoln s freeing the slaves no longer holds eood as
-a drawing card for the Negro's vote. g d as
This administration has done less for the Negro than thP
Wilson administration. President Harding has forgSten h?s pre!
On this page is a leading editorial
from the Okiahoman and the Times.
tvnn/ 11 was PIa>'ed «P on the
Paees, and in all the editions.
radicates that it expresses the deep-
est convictions of those organs
k !w w nng theme of the eff«sion
s that Walton was elected by a com-
inna i°h U Catholics- socialists, un-
hp?0J. 6S !incl Nesroes. These course, these societies die as
sp1vp« fn e°f{f el®ments banded them- ?pid'y er°w. Proclaiming
thon t together for no other reason 8t* hl^' noble and patriotic
a" the Ku K'ux Kian. f".ns' they soon degenerate into
bngandry and black mailing bands.
The more decent members desert
their ranks and the criminal residue
ends in jau. This is the history of
the camorras, the Mafia, and other
black hand societies, that have men-
ff lii w Peac« of man>' countries.
Klux Klan histonc end of the Ku
We sincerely hope that racial and
religious animosities will not become
poltical issues at the next election.
For our own part, we prefer to fight
u out on the lines of the League pro-
ma?UHPfople suffer from economic
mal adjustment. They suffer in their
stomachs and in their pocketbooks.
The salvation of their souls we leave
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league lIUKei W
less outspoken on its program.
vpni^M mor1 '"mportant truth, con-
veniently overlooked by the Oklahn
man and Times, is the fact that the
io°riahnr0rntfhn.ing practical|y no un
ion labor, Catholics nr mpormoo
Wanted
nu.SZi f 'c-
an exclusive colored people's industry. This is a fa?r aLli ®St
proposition and we invite investigation^ d 8quare
Address—
POST OFFICE BOX 686
ENID, OKLAHOMA
ion lahnr . , 6 i acucaiiy no un- i"th , LUI ineir souls we leave
tered as demirl? °r .^egroe^ regis- ;t1°m)th.eir. .pr.eachers. Priests and rabbis
erelt Jt tl, 0,irats and P'led up the ! f,nd. l° th,elr own conscience. That is
gieatest majorities for Walton. Look r business and not ours. However
stance r6SUlt Bryan county> ^n Jo be able to aid Tn^
th!' . eving the heavy burdens which are
r arcl fact is tl at if all pressing so cruelly upon the bended
kazfsiiSiSf-t,„
r^£?Bru'lr Hvr'™7-"™. i
taw'S.''?"" lb," ^SS3iS"ofaS
hin^ hfm 0ofirty thousand votes be- fe of Mr- Walton into politics—a
even advert °f ^ ^ntlemen ?enftle- firing lady, whose sole aim
and Times and th® Oklahoman make a good home for her hus-
enoueh tn wil hat',ot course, was ban(1 and children-then be it so.
end of the procession. ^ l° the tail an^fai^n hold0' thehe,xponent of
hatred ^anc^religious1 !"tr.od,,?ce race £ath!jlic-jew- Protectant oVan^other
the campaien Thi Prejudice into "ee<i But we do believe that everv
were fi^T'fntrodu^eT bfX ftf Httl" n being has the ri^ht to^iveTws
camp from Whom thev L~\.!?Wen rasl^K11 °' 'ife, without being har-
ed by the Wllsonites For it his nun r« mobs and choose !
~,he Mhor
? stirring up race hatred, bigotrv
and other evil emotions, they hope
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No matter how bad the condition of the hair it can be improved
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On this belief we stand and if our
opponents insist on tackling us on
thlt ?h I.C,i , Side* we promise them
that he hole, into which they will fall, I
on m deep that they''l drop out
on the other side.-Oklahoma Leader
SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY
l0Ur- 24 " ® Cmamiiru
k.
porch sfeeches" his ««•«-
Wfth e""\ 0eOrgla and L°«Wana, backed up
SO 000 Negroes for a r ' hls Wing of the petition of
ZTLtZT I JCV,eW 01 the CMes <" "■« members of the
Kansas- his fa^r i the Penit«iUary at Fort Leavenswonh,
Kansas his failure to appoint Negroes to offlces accustomed to
.Negro appointment under Republican administrations; his re-
actionary policy and his evident leaning toward the.inlluence of
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