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ji 'i i 1 a i HEW TO THE MNE; LET THE i CHIPS FAIX WHERE THEY MAT rr 3 --v- r. "i -r Vol. XXI. CHICAGO, 25,1916 N. 27 Prominent Newspaper Representative of Columbus, Ohio, Has Become a Candidate for Delegate At-Large from the Buckeye State to the Republican National Convention TfflRTY-EIGHT DELEGATES ARE TO BE CHOSEN FROM THAT STATE AND THE HIGH CHIEFS OF THE PASTY WOULD ONLY CONCEDE ONE ALTERNATE DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO THE COLOEED VOTERS.

CHAS. W. ANDERSON, GILCHRIST STEWART AND J. T. GIVENS ARE SLATED AS ALTERNATES FROM NEW YORK STATE ALL THE OTHER HIGH HONORS AS DELEGATES-AT-LARGE BEING GOBBLED UP BY THE BIG WHITE REPUBLICANS.

LAWYER AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS IS STILL E3CBZNG UP SOME DUST IN' THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. HE IS THE ONLY COLORED MAN IN THIS SECTION OF THE MIDDLE WEST WHO IS STRIVING TO SIT IN THE REPUBLICAN" NATIONAL CONVENTION AS ONE OF ITS DELEGATES. Cincinnati, 0. A good-sized bomb was exploded in.

political circles of Ohio -when Ralph W. Tyler, of Columbus, and former auditor for the navy, filed his petition to be a candidate for delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention which meets in Chicago, Tuesday, June 7. His name "will now go on the official ballot to be voted for at the April primaries by all Republican voters in Ohio. Mr. Tyler is the first Colored mariJn.417''yars-y;b aspire for this honor.

The Republican slate makers refused to place a Colored man on the slate for delegate to the National convention, although, the Colored vote is one-seventh of the total Republican vote in the state, and although Ohio's quota of representations -will be 38 delegates. All the slate-makers would agree to "was to give the Colored voters one alternate delegate-at-large and an alternate -has no vote, merely gets the honor of wearing a 25-cent badge pinned to his coat lapel. Mr. Tyler is an old time newspaper correspondent and he is one of the few Colored writers who have been able to hold a good job down in con nection with the owners of White newspapers for a long time before he assumed his duties as fourth auditor of the navy at Washington, D. he held a responsible position with the leading daily newspaper of Columbus, Ohio and for once we would be delighted to see him selected as one of- the delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention.

The great unnumbered army of Colored voters residing throughout the great state of New York, will be represented at Chicago by one Colored alternate-at-large and two district alternates, namely, Charles W. Anderson who is one of the greatest orators in this country and who worked harder voters almost solidly in line for the Republican party -than any other living man, Gilchrist Stewart and J. T. Givens. The approaching Republican national convention will be the 16th national convention of the Republican party.

It will also be the 9th one to be held in the city of Chicago. Amonjr the prominent Republicans have fiat" in -conven tion four ISewClbrk who have since died are Hon. Timothy L. Woodruff, Hon. Edwin A.

Merritt, Hon. George R. Malby and Hon. Sereno E. Payne.

Among the distinguished men -who have been sent as delegates-at-large to national conventions from that state are: Chauncey M. Depew, five times; Thomas C. Piatt, five times; Andrew D. White, twice; Warner Miller, three times; William M. Evarts, Roscoe Conkling, Theodore Roosevelt, Gen.

Daniel Sickles, Seth Low, Elihu Root and Frank S. Black, once. By all means our highly esteemed James H. Anderson, Editor of the Am sterdam News, New York City, should have been selected as one of the delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention for in every way as one of its delegates-at-large he would have reflected great credit on all the Colored people in all parts of the United States. Lawyer Augustus L.

Williams, single handed and alone is still kicking up some dust in the First Congressional District of Illinois for he is tho only Colored man living in this part of the middle west who is endeavoring to sit in the Republican national convention as one of its district delegates and he cannot reasonably expect to make much headway in that direction unless he is able to induce the Colored voters residing in that district to fall or wheel have any voice in it, nor to participate in its affairs." Whether this is true or false, the parents of Hubert Eaves, should teach? him to salute the American flag at all times, that being born and raised in tne uniiea otaies, ne Knows noiuiug. about the flag of any other country1 neither is he, subject to the laws of any other country on earth, with all of the rampant race prejudice against the Negro in this country, he has advanced farther and made more substantial progress in it than those bo-longing to his race have, in any other country in the civilized world. Therefore, the parents of all Negro children, that is, if they claim to be citizens of the United States, must and should instruct them to salute the Am erican flag. Editor. S.

W. GREEN, SUPREME CHANCELLOR OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HAD HIS DAY IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT nOTTRT AT NEW ORLEANS. -LOUISIANA, "AND JUDGE TOJ TER ORDERED THE JURY TO RETURN A VERDICT IN FAVOR OF THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. Supreme Attorney S. A.

T. Watkins, Feels Sure That The Case Will Be Reversed By The United States Circuit Court of Appeals. and done more to keep the Colored in line for him. JUDGE ORDERS NEGRO BOY SALUTE FLAG AT SCHOOL. Des Moines Youth Who "Has Salvation" Will Also Have to Contract NEGRO BOY AGAIN REFUSES TO SALUTE AMERICAN FLAG.

Hubert Eaves, Arrested, Says This Is "White Man's Country" and That He Has No Country. Des Moines, la. Hubert Evans, 17, Negro Boy, must salute the flag each morning at Clarkson's school, by order of District Judge Dudley. Ho was brought into court because of his refusal, and his parents also instructed him not to sing songs unless they contained the words "Jesus Christ." Parents and boy said he had salvation and recognized no country or flag. School authorities tried to convince Hubert that he was wrong, but did not succeed, and the court action under the juvenilo law followed.

Des Moines, la. Hubert Eaves, 11 Negro boy, who was brought before District Judge Dudley because he refused to salute the flag at Clarkson school and who was ordered to return to school and obey orders again refused to salute this morning and was arrested by the truant officers and taken before Judge Dudley on a contempt of court charge. Hubert says "America is a White man's country" and that he has no country. He says he will not salute the flag, no matter what Judge Dudley does to him. It is true, that the Southern White man loudly or arrogantly boast, that, "This is a White man's country, thai tho Negro should not be permitted to Wednesday morning S.

A. T. Wat-kins, Supreme Attorney for the Knights of Pythias throughout the world, returned home from New Orleans, where he was the leading counsel in the case of Grand Chancellor S. W. Green, against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

The other lawyers associated with Mr. Watkins in the case were: Wood-ville and Woodville of New Orleans, S. G. McGUl, Grand Attorney of the Knights of Pythias of Florida, who resides at Jacksonville, that state and E. B.

Smith, Grand Attorney of that order of Louisiana. It will be recalled, that the latter part of May, 1913, that Mr. Green made a trip from his home in New Orleans to Jacksonville, over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He occupied a state room all by himself, so that he would not be compelled to come in contact with the White passengers and have any words or trouble with them. On his return trip, he was taken off the train at Milton, by the sheriff who claimed, that he had a warrant for his arrest for violating the separate coach or "Jim Crow" car law of that state, the sheriff placing him in jail and after remaining in jail over night, he was rushed before a justice of the peace early in the morning at Milton, and fined $25, and cost, which sura, Mr.

Green, was forced to pay or work out his fine in the chain gang. After escaping from the hands of the justice of the peace, he was forced to don overalls and disguise himself in every way in order to escape vengeance of the mob, who were bent upon shedding his blood simply for exercising his rights as a law abiding American citizen. Shortly after returning to his home. Mr. Green through his attorneys brought suit against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co.

for $25,000 his lawyers contending that he being an interstate passenger and riding on a through train with a through ticket; that ho was not subject to the "Jim Crow" or separate coach law of Florida. i ALDERMAN JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH. The peoples candidate for re-election to the city council from the 14th ward. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, EDITOR THE BROAD AX.

Dear Sir: Please allow me a little space in your valuable newspaper, which is ever ready to "Hew to the Line and Let the Chips fall where they may," to say or speak a few words of praise in behalf of one of the noblest native sons of the great state of Illinois, in the person of Alderman Joseph Higgins Smith who very ably represents the 14th ward in the city council. He is truly the second Abraham Lincoln to trie Black man for he knows no man by the color of his skin, while that is the case he has served in the capacity as Alderman with credit to himself and to all the people residing in his ward and he has proven himselfvf dav April 4 after the polig ciose to be one of the biggest men in that body, right here, I want to sound a warning to his many friends and supporters not to make any mistake but vote for him "for re-election to his present position, the little skirmish he is in or was in at the primaries does not or did not amount to much, because the good citizens of the 14th ward are all with him tooth and toe nail and there are hundreds of others whoj see and know him as I do and you know it never does to turn down the old for the new. On the evening of the election Tues- and Alderman Smith, is returned to the city council, such men as John Brown, E. P. Lovejoy and Abraham Lincoln will turn over in their graves because they know that we have done our plain duty.

Respectfully yours, SAMUEL S. TAYLOR, 1728 Fulton street. March 23, 1916. It was brought out at the trial that the conductor of the train on which he was riding and the other trainmen made not the slightest attempt to pro tect him in any way, at the time he was arrested he was riding away up in the front part of the train, in the end of the baggage car all by himself and not weighing over one hundred and twenty-five or forty pounds it would have been instant death to him if he had resisted arrest or had attempted to fight the mob who were close to the sheriff at that time. After listening to all the evidence in tho case, United States District Court Judge Forster, instructed the jury to bring in or return a verdict in favor of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co.

Mr. Watkins states that ho now has a splendid record of the case that without any delay the case will find its way on up into the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, where he feels confident that tho verdict or the findings of tho lower court will be reversed. Mr.i Green should be highly com mended for manfully fighting for his rights as an interstate passenger for if ignorant mobs of White gentlemen are freely permitted to pull a respectable Colored man off a through passenger train, because his actions fails to suit them they are just as liable to do the same thing to White passengers if the notion happens to strike them that they feel that they are superior to each and every one of the members of the mob. ATTORNEY CHAMPION J. WARING BECOMES UNITED IN MAR.

RIAGE TO MRS. DELIA MARTIN. SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN BUYS PROPERTY. Philadelphia, Pa. Special Amos Scott, tho proprietor of the famous Scott Hotel and president of tho citizens Republican Club, has purchased tho two properties adjoining his hotel on Pino street, and the architect is now making plans for a five-story addition, which when completed will mako it one of tho finest Negro hotels in the country.

Last Saturday evening, March 11th, Lawyer Champion J. Waring was united in marriage to Mrs. Delia Martin, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albee, 3830 Rhodes avenue, Rev.

Mathew Martin officiating. It was the intention of the newly married couple to journey to Milwaukee, the former home of the bride, but the groom being engaged in a long drawn out law suit he was unablo to mako the trip. After enjoying a few days vacation or honeymoon as it were, Mr. and Mrs. Waring aro now at homo to their friends at 2802 S.

42nd Court, Crawford, HI. Mr. Warings' many friends among tho lawyers and other friends, in every direction aro extending their hearty congratulations to him over his recent marriage..