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THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. President Roosevelt and the "Brownsville Affair" THE ROUGH RIDING EX-COW PUNCHER ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISHONORABLY DISCHARGING THE THREE COMPANIES BELONGING TO THE 25TH REGIMENT. SECRETARY TAFT WHO FAVORS THE DISFRANCHISEMENT OF THE NEGRO IN THE SOUTH, AND BRANDED THE SOLDIERS, AS MURDERERS, ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, FAILED TO SHOW, HIS CLOVEN HOOFS AT THAT TIME. President Roosevelt is just beginning to realize the undisputed fact that "Booker Taft Washington, Ralph W. Tyler, William T. Vernon, Charles W. Anderson, and a few loud-mouthed Negroes here in Chicago who are ever ready to turn traitors to their race and sell it out for a little money or a few cheap jobs, are unable to whip all the Negroes into line for Taft, as they had promised to do, and taking alarm over the revolt of the Negroes against his "man Friday" for President, and the part he played in the "Brownsville affair," the Rough Riding Ex-Cow-puncher, in order to smooth out matters with the Negro who has for many years been the blind political asset of the Republican party, declared in an interview or statement which was sent out to the world from Oyster Bay, N. Y., the latter part of last week, to the effect that in relation to the "Brownsville affair" President Roosevelt assumes all responsibility for dishonorably discharging the three companies belonging to the 25th Regiment, that he issued the original order and declined to allow its suspension, that William H. Taft was not to be credited or blamed for the Brownsville matter, as Mr. Taft was not in Washington when the president suspended the soldiers." President Roosevelt and his white and black defenders are forced to fall back on this spurious argument or false plea for the purpose of casting dust in the eyes of the politically blind Negro. Suppose that Mr. Taft was absent from Washington on the very day and at the very hour that President Roosevelt issued his infamous order dishonorably discharging the soldiers and forever debarring them and their children's children from holding any positions whatever, under the government, that does not doctor nor bolster up the case one bit and Mr. Taft was just as guilty in committing a most damnable crime against justice and humanity as President Roosevelt, for it will be recalled that on the return of Secretary Taft to Washington in the early part of December, 1906, he sent up a loud shout to the high heavens to the effect that "the Negro troops were guilty of shooting up Brownville" and in his report which he sent to Congress at its first session in December, 1906, he elaborately defends the bull-headed action of President Roosevelt, whose order was preceded by and based upon his own (the War Department's) concurrence in General Garlington's recommendation that the soldiers be dismissed without honor. It is well to recall this further fact that Mr. Taft, in order to display his inborn hatred for the Negro, branded the untried soldiers as "murderers" and claiming to be some kind of a lawyer, his great legal mind (we don't think?) enabled him to coin the phrase "conspiracy of silence." President Roosevelt, in order to justify his despotic conduct in this respect, and to further enable him to throw stumbling blocks in the pathway of the Negro and to inflame the minds of the American people against all law-abiding Negro men, women and children, declared in his annual message to Congress in December, 1906, that "the Negro race is largely composed of criminals, murderers and rapists." Therefore it is clearly evident that Taft and Roosevelt were and are responsible for the "Brownsville affair" and the president is playing the part of the unmanly coward by attempting to shift all the responsibility onto his own shoulders, admitting that Mr. Taft had nothing to do in issuing the first order of suspension and that he was bitterly opposed to it how does that help the matter? not being an army officer he could have resigned his position, at the same time informing the president that "he would not assist him to fasten such a monumental wrong upon the Negro troops and on an entire race of people," but did Mr. Taft do that; not at all, but like an overgrown, cringing slave, an overgrown, obeyed the orders of his rattle-brained master, moreover, has not Mr. Taft declared to the whole world that "in every sense of the word he owes his political success to President Roosevelt," and if he is elected president it will be by the grace of God and the efforts of the president, and as his willing tool he will execute his every wish in case he is elevated to the Presidency; why it simply proves that Taft and Roosevelt are one and the same thing and that no Negro can vote for one without voting for the other, and we verily believe, judging from the past record of Mr. Taft and his slavishness to President Roosevelt, that if he should become president, he would without any cause whatever, disarm every Negro soldier, strike the ballot from the hand of every Negro who possesses it at the present time, and do everything in his power to further humiliate and insult the Negro who has ever been true to this country and the Republican party, in order to please his lord and master, Theodore Roosevelt. Touching upon the disfranchisement of the Negro in the South, Secretary Taft has repeatedly declared in his talks to Southern audiences, that "The Negroes as a class of persons, are so ignorant and so subject to oppression and misleading that they are merely political children, not having the mental stature of manhood, that their voice in the government (even when not suppressed) secures no benefit to them; THOMAS GALLAGHER. that disfranchisement of the Negro in the South, is a step forward as it is not so bad as open violence." In all candor and seriousness, the question might be seriously asked, could Ben Tillman, James K. Vardaman, Hoke Smith, Jeff Davis, or any other of the rankest and bitterest enemies of the Negro, deal him a more severe or stunning blow, than he has received at the hands of William H. Taft? Could William J. Bryan or any other Democrat, as President of the United States, go any further than President Roosevelt in declaring that "The Negro race is largely composed of murderers, criminals and rapists?" We think not. Could any Democratic president accord more brutal treatment to the Negro soldiers than they received from the hands of President Roosevelt, who claims to represent all the virtue, honesty and justice, belonging to the Republican party, we answer ten thousand times no? We pause for a reply! DEMOCRACY WANTS NEGRO SUP- PORT. One of the utterances so freely induged in, almost up to the sitting of the Democratic national convention last month, by those Negroes and Negro papers so blinded by political prejudice was that the Democrats do not want any Negro votes. More or less of a quietus was put on this statement when ex-Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana, the prominent lily-white delegate to the Republican national convention so publicly blurted out the fact that he would not sit in a convention with Negro delegates. Of course Warmoth has no scruples against being elected to office by Negro votes, as he almost as publicly declared in Louisiana only a few weeks before his infamous Chicago utterance. In these two statements Warmoth not merely speaks for himself, but voices the sentiment and clearly defines the actions of a very numerous and rapidly growing class of Republicans, and this lily-white class is very, far from being restricted to the southern wing of the Republican party, too. They are exceedingly numerous in Indiana, in Ohio and in Pennsylvania. But one of the severest joins coming to those race leaders (?) who are still "voting for Abraham Lincoln," was administered "attright from the shoulder" by what is beyond all possible doubt the most prominent and one of the most influential Democratic newspapers that has ever existed in the United States—the Louisville Courier-Journal. In a long editorial covering considerable more than a column, if we remember rightly, that venerable Democratic editor, Henry Watterson, committed the Courier-Journal to the policy not only of welcoming to the Democratic party such Negroes as cared to support it, but of actually trying to attract the Negro to that party. How sad it must be to the Negro slaves of the Republican party to see their race thus invited by so high an authority as Mr. Watterson to participate in the doings of the Democratic party! How increasingly sad the spectacle when it comes so shortly before Bryan commissioned Farnsworth to labor for Colored votes in Chicago; so shortly after Bryan so publicly grasped the hand of Michigan's able Negro orator, Eugene Marshall, in hearty congratulation of the latter's recent able effort; and so shortly after Negro Democrats did for the race in Missouri, what Negro Republicans in all the south have been unable to do, that is, cause the killing of a disfranchisement plank in the Democratic platform of a Democratic state! There ought to have been some Negro Democrats in West Virginia last week.—The Informer, Detroit, Mich. It was our pleasure this week to be presented to Col. M. C. Whitmore, the prosperous tobacco king of St. Louis, Mo., Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Democratic National Committee, and while in conversation with him at the Auditorium Annex, he gave expression to his firm conviction that if public sentiment continues to run in the same channel that Col. William J. Bryan will be the next President of the United States. Before leaving St. Louis for Chicago, Col. Whitmore witnessed a great Bryan demonstration among the Colored people of St. Louis, and a thousand Colored men participated in a street parade, with a band of music and Bryan banners flying to the breezes. Col. Whitmore intimated that that sight was a very healthy sign, and he is firmly convinced that thousands of Colored men in all parts for Col. Bryan at the coming election. J. E. Webb, who has charge of the County Club, at Evanston, Ill., and who is one of its most substantial Afro-American citizens, does not take very kindly to the new Primary law. He thinks it is unjust to compel any one to declare their politics before they can cast their vote for those seeking political honors. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seay have removed from 6043 Loomis street, to 3319 State street, where Mrs. Seay will about September 1st open up a first-class millinery store. Governor Charles S. Deneen Triumphs over Richard Yates THE FIGHT BETWEEN THEM WAS THE MOST BITTER IN THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT ADLAI E. STEVENSON WON THE NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. COL. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS CARRIED CHICAGO AND WAS SECOND IN THE RACE. JOHN J. HEALY DEFEATED FOR STATES ATTORNEY BY JOHN E. W. WAYMAN. JACOB J. KERN RAN WAY AHEAD OF HIS RIVALS AND SNATCHED THE STATES ATTORNESHIP PRIZE FROM THEM. OSCAR DE PRIEST KNOCKED OUT. IN THE 3RD WARD BY MAJOR JOHN C. BUCKNER AND HIS FOLLOWERS. The outcome of the night at the Primaries last Saturday had many surprises for the politicians both Democratic and Republican, throughout Illinois, and this is true in relation to the fight between Governor Charles S. Deneen and Richard Yates, which was the most bitter in the history of this state, for weeks before August 8, those two distinguished gentlemen marched up and down the state and branded each other as theleves, liars and with doing everything bad that honest men should not do, and at the end of their muddling contest and preachment of robbery and rottenness on their part. Governor Deneen triumphed over Richard Yates, and it remains to be seen whether or not the honest and respectable gentlemen who went down to defeat with Ex-Governor Yates, will work and vote for Governor Deneen after they have brazenly charged him with being a theft and with mismanaging the affairs of the state. Former Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson won the nomination for Governor on the Democratic ticket, but Col. James Hamilton Lewis made a great race and carried Chicago by a handsome majority against John 1. McGoorty, Charles F. Gunther, Douglas Pattison, Adlai E. Stevenson and the other candidates for that high office, and if Col. Lewis lives he should be nominated and elected mayor of Chicago in 1911, for he is a high class gentleman and by far the most popular man in the ranks of the Democratic party in this city. The greatest surprise on August 8, was the defeat of State's Attorney John J. Healy, by John E. W. Wayman, who ran through Chicago and Cook county like an unattended deer. Mr. Wayman has proven himself to be a bright and able lawyer, and there is no question about him not making a good State's attorney. Jacob J.Kern made the race of his life, successfully running way ahead of his rivals, snatching the State's attorneyship prize from Alderman William E. Dover, M. L. McKinley, Richard E. Burke, Maclay Hoyne, John J. Coburn, and Daniel L. Cruise, and No.45 rles Triumphs Richard Yates WAS THE MOST BITTER IN NOIS. ADLAI E. STEVENSON WON GOVERNOR, ON THE DEM- WIS CARRIED CHICAGO AND FACE. FOR STATES ATTORNEY BY AHEAD OF HIS RIVALS THE STATES ATTORNESHIP D OUT. IN THE 3RD WARD BUCKNER AND HIS FOLLOW- Mr. Kern will put up a stiff fight to win out at the polls in November. The greatest fight in the city last Saturday among the Afro-Americans was in the 3rd ward, for there is where Major John C. Buckner and his faithful followers evened up things with the honorable Oscar DePriest, Congressman Martin B. Madden and, Major Buckner made it possible for the honorable Oscar DePriest to drop his white wash brush, give up all kind of hard work, wear fine duds and lots of diamonds and live like a high stepping gentleman. It was through their influence that the honorable Oscar DePriest received the nomination for County Commissioner in 1904 and in 1906, at the same time spending their money to help elect him, making it possible for him to earn fifteen thousand dollars in four years without saying anything about the pickings, enabling him to buy good income property and to connect some of his relatives with the County pay roll. In order to reward Congressman Madden and Major Buckner for extending to him a helping hand in politics at the time he sadly needed it, shortly after his re-election as County Commissioner in 1906 (the honorable Oscar De Priest seemingly turned his cold back on them and joined hands with State Senator Sam Ettleson, who appears to be as tricky as a government mule, and they began a red hot fight against Congressman Madden and Major Buckner, for the control of the 3rd ward, and all the committeeships in connection with it; but they had a very hard task before them, the first shock they received was when it became known that the name of the honorable Oscar De Priest would be withheld from the slate ticket, then to show that he was still the political leader of his people, the honorable Oscar DePriest had himself elected as an alternate delegate to the Taft Convention, and that was his final finish, but he did not know it. Being knocked out of the nomination for County Commissioner the Continued on Page 2. --- Will promulgate and as all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, Priests, Inclides, Sing Taxes, Republicans, or anyone else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fired. The Broad Axis is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Advertising rates made known on application. THE BROAD AX 5038 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. 'Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 10, 1902 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March S. 1879. Dangerous Trades and Their Diseases ...—Introductory Notes. It has long been known that certain trades or occupations are dangerous to health. As early as 1670 Prof. Ramazzini, a noted Italian scientist, made a study of certain trades and the death rates prevailing among those working in them. This was probably the first study of the kind made, and attracted much attention, being translated into both French and English and widely circulated. From that date to the present the subject of industrial diseases has received more or less attention, and is assuming more and more importance as its bearing upon human life and longevity becomes better understood. It is known that among those who work in dusty occupations there is a high death rate from bronchitis, pneumonia and tuberculosis. It is also known that mineral dusts are more liable to produce injury to the lungs and air passages than are the vegetable dusts. This is why the death rate from diseases of the respiratory organs among stone and iron workers is much greater than it is among workers in flour mills and grain elevators. Among occupations that are classed as being dangerous to health are bleachers, book-binders, brass founders, compositors, electrotypers, stonecutters, white lead workers, gas works employees, file makers, operatives in dyeing and textile establishments, rubber workers, and those engaged in the manufacture of explosives. Of course, it should be borne in mind that even in the so-called dangerous occupations conditions very greatly. In some establishments where proper safeguards are employed the danger is reduced to the minimum and always with the result that there is a corresponding reduction in the death rate among those employed. So it is hardly fair to characterize certain trades as dangerous when experience has shown that there are no harmful results when proper safeguards have been adopted. It goes without saying, almost, that indoor employment of any kind is not as healthful as outdoor work. The air in workshops, stores, factories, dwellings, is never as pure as the outside air, for the reason that it is polluted by the products of respiration, combustion and decomposition. The presence of individuals in a room tends to vitiate the air with dust, germs and organic matter from the skin, lungs, clothing. Unless proper provisions are made in places of human occupancy for proper disposition of the foul air and for a plentiful supply of pure air there will always be conditions which tend to produce symptoms of oppression, headache, dizziness, faintness, and this is followed by loss of appetite and bodily vigor. So it becomes apparent that the important factor is a plentiful supply of fresh air. Among workers in lead, mercury, arsenic, phosphorus, polignon dies, etc. there are diseases peculiar to these occupations. In addition to the precaution of having at all times a plentiful supply of pure air circulating in the room, additional safeguards have to be adopted for the protection of the employees. enable us to formulate rules and regulations which may improve the conditions and tend to render these occupations practically harmless. This, of course, is preventive work, and its importance and value cannot be over-estimated, and in order that it be made effective there must be co-operation of the parties interested; these are the state, the employer and the employee. Each of these has certain duties to perform, and all must help in bringing about the results to be desired. In future talks we shall take up trades in detail and study the existing conditions and try to suggest how they may be bettered.—"P." CANDIDATE TAFT AND THE NEGRO. While truckling to that element of the South whose blind opposition to every just interest of the Colored race is notorious, Presidential Candidate Taft has on various occasions declared, in effect, without equivocation that he considered Negroes to be mere political children, incapable of using the ballot either for their own protection or for the public good; that a policy in the South which excludes from the ballot such classes of citizens cannot be criticised, and that the laws enforcing such restrictions are "a step in the right direction." While seeking to inveigle Negro "political children" into casting their ignorant ballot for him, Mr. Taft unblushingly declares that he stands squarely with his party on that plank which demands the enforcement, without reservation, in letter and spirit, of the three War Amendments. Not only is Mr. Taft seriously involving himself by attempting to assume, for political effect, such widely opposite positions, but he is now going against what the public knows to be his own convictions, and declaring himself in harmony with a plank which he has no desire or intention of seeing enforced. To what extent Negroes will be baited by his palpably insincere representations remains to be seen; but he is hold enough to court them as the "political children" which he has declared them to be. Personally, we believe Mr. Taft to have been not far from right in his Southern expressions regarding Negroes; and that their incoherent, shifting and puerile attitude in the present crisis does much to substantiate his contention. But what can be said of a Presidential candidate who will appeal to the ignorance and prejudice of Negroes in order to win their support, instead of coming out frankly, North as well as South, for what he believes to be the right way of meeting the race situation—"a step in the direction?"—The Pilot, Philadelphia, Pa. TAFT A BOLTER. Chairman Dick, of the Republican State Committee of Ohio in 1905, invited Mr. Taft to come over from Washington and make a speech for the Republican ticket of Ohio at Akron. He came over and made the speech, and roasted the Republican nominees and denounced Geo. B. Cox and other leaders of the Republican party, and said that if he were at home on election day he would vote the Democratic ticket, both state, county and city. He gave a half-hearted endorsement to Herrick for Governor, but mixing it with his denunciation of Cox, and the Republican city and county ticket, he added his endorsement and aided mightily in encouraging Republicans all over Ohio to bolt the Republican candidate for governor and support Pattison, the Democratic nominee, and the result was that Pattison was elected. Now since Mr. Taft bolted the ticket in 1905, and has been forgiven by his party, and honored with the nomination for the highest office in the United States, why can't we, the rank and file of the G. O. P., do likewise, without being branded as renegades, traitors and Democrats.—Ex. DEMOCRATS SHOULD NOMINATE A NEGRO. White Democratic Publication Urges That as Means of Winning Massachusetts Negroes to Demo- (from the Troy, N. Y., Press.) If we can get the Negro vote of Massachusetts, which amounts to about 10,000, organized for Bryan and Kern, we will cary that State too, with the help of the labor vote.—George Fred Williams. Worth striving for, surely. Why not put a capable Negro on the State ticket to show sincerity? Such a demonstration would appeal to the Colored folks more than all the oratorical or literary protestations of sympathy that could be made. Further than this, Massachusetts was the hotbed of Abolitionism, and has thousands of Republican descendants of the Abolitionists who would glory in the chance to vote for a Negro. The labor and Colored vote combined could swing Massachusetts to Bryan. Why shouldn't the Democrats daringly give both representation on their State ticket? CHARLES S. DENEEN. honorable Oscar De Priest decided that he wanted to become a law maker and he was brought forward by Senator Ettleson and his henchmen, to make the race for the legislature, then the honorable Oscar De Priest became the fat and easy mutton of Congressman Madden and Major Buckner, for they marched out their brave warriors against him and there was nothing to it. The Colored women in the district implored their husbands to vote against him, because he had sold them out to William H. Taft, and the result was that he was overwhelmingly defeated in his contest for the legislature, failing to carry his own precinct. Thus ungloriously ending the political career of the honorable Oscar De Priest. SAME OLD THING—THE OKLA HOMA SAFEGUARD SAYS. The political pot among the Negroes of the U. S. is still boiling. There is yet a question as to whether the Negroes of the U. S. will support the Republican ticket this campaign or not. The Negroes have been double crossed, and neglected for the past 8 years by the white Republicans and they are tired of it. They are tired of these white washed so called white Republicans and think it time to seek quarters in some other political tent. Quite a delegation waited on Bryan a few days ago and arranged to make a hot campaign in Ohio for the Democrats and against Taft in the coming election. Take Oklahoma and look it over for example. Not a Negro was allowed on the delegation to the National Convention that met in Chicago. Not a Negro on the State Central Committee. All white and yet, the Negro voting strength of the State is said to be 46,000. That is more than twice the Indian vote and yet, the Democrats take the Indian with them on every turn of the game. It appears that the white Republicans are ashamed of the Negro, why they don't want him. If they don't want us just let us alone. There is one consultation left the Negro in Oklahoma, and that is if he fails to go with the white Republicans, the white Republicans have no show without him. That is all there is to that." The same old thing in Tennessee. The white Republicans call on the Negroes to do all the voting and they hold all the offices. Let the Negroes in Oklahoma learn some sense and look out for themselves.—The Clarion, Nashville, Tenn. WHITE MAN'S WIFE TAKEN BY A NEGRO. Noted Sculptor, Elocurtonist Elopes With Her Chauffeur. Philadelphia, Pa—Well, what do you think about this? A Negro took a white man's wife and ran off with her. She was Mrs. Dr. Alphonso Wood. When arrested in a Negro boarding house she had her Negro lover, a chauffeur, with her. The arrest was brought about by J. W. Wiley, a wealthy resident of Staten Island, who is Mrs. Wood's stepfather. The pair were tracked when a Colered maid of the woman tried to pawn theirteen medals which Mrs. Wood had won as a sculptor and as an elocutionist. When Mrs. Wood left her home she took with her about $2,500 worth of jewelry and other valuables. On her lover were found bunches of pawn tickets calling for all these articles. Both were held in $800 ball for further hearing.—Ex. Col. Alexander E. Manning of Indianapolis, Ind., who is the right hand bower of Thomas Taggart, has charge of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee rooms on the second floor of the Andorifium Annex. Mr. Manning has the entire confidence of Chairman Norman E. Mack, Roger C. Sullivan, Col, John W. Tomlinson, of Alabama, and the other big leaders of the party, who are in evidence around the Natoinal headquarters. Dr. Alexander Lane, has come out ahead in the three-cornered contest, between himself, Mr. James A. Scott and A. H. Roberts, and for two years longer to the delight of his many friends, Doctor Lane will represent the people living in the first Senatorial District in the legislature of Illinois. SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE All Present Abuses a Result of Their Acts, and They Are Impotent to Correct Them. Mr. Clayton and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee: I can not accept the nomination which you officially tender, without first acknowledging my deep indebtedness to the Democratic party for the extraordinary honor which it has conferred upon me. Having twice before been a candidate for the presidency, in campaigns which ended in defeat, a third nomination, the result of the free and voluntary act of the voters of the party, can only be explained by a substantial and undisputed growth in the principles and policies for which I, with a multitude of others, have contended. As these principles and policies have given me whatever political strength I possess, the action of the convention not only renews my faith in them, but strengthens my attachment to them. A Platform Is Binding. I shall, in the near future, prepare a more formal reply to your notification and, in that letter of acceptance, will deal with the platform in detail. It is sufficient, at this time, to assure you that I am in hearty accord with both the letter and the spirit of the platform. I endorse it in whole and in part, and shall, if elected, regard its declarations as binding upon me. And, I may add, a platform is binding as to what it omits as well as to what it contains. According to the democratic idea, the people think for themselves and select officials to carry out their wishes. Platforms are the sovereigns; the officials are the servants, employed for a fixed time and at a stated salary to do what the sovereigns want done, and to do it in the way the sovereigns want it done. Platforms are entirely in harmony with this democratic idea. A platform announces the party's position on the questions which are at issue; and an official is not at liberty to use the authority vested in him to urge personal views which have not been submitted to the voters for their approval. If one is nominated upon a platform which is not satisfactory to him, he must, if candid, either decline the nomination, or, in accepting it, propose an amended platform in lieu of the one adopted by the convention. No such situation, however, confronts your candidate, for the platform upon which I was nominated not only contains nothing from which I dissent, but it specifically outlines all the remedial legislation which we can hope to secure during the next four years. Republican Challenge Accepted. The distinguished statesman who received the Republican nomination for president said, in his notification speech: "The strength of the Republican cause in the campaign at hand is the fact that we represent the policies essential to the reform of known abuses, to the continuance of liberty and true prosperity, and that we are determined, as our platform unequivocally declares, to maintain them and carry them on." In the name of the Democratic party, I accept the challenge, and charge that the Republican party is responsible for all the abuses which now exist in the federal government, and that it is impotent to accomplish the reforms which are imperatively needed. Further, I can not concur in the statement that the Republican platform unequivocally declares for the reforms that are necessary; on the contrary, I affirm that it openly and notoriously disappoints the hopes and expectations of reformers, whether those reformers be Republicans or Democrats. So far did the Republican convention fall short of its duty that the Republican candidate felt it necessary to add to his platform in several important particulars, thus rebuking the leaders of the party, upon whose co-operation he must rely for the enactment of remedial legislation. As I shall, in separate speeches, discuss the leading questions at issue, I shall at this time confine myself to the paramount question, and to the far-reaching purpose of our party, as that purpose is set forth in the platform. Shall the People Rule? shadowing issue which manifests itself in all the questions now. under discussion, is "Shall the people rule?" No matter which way we turn; no matter to what subject we address ourselves, the same question confronts us: Shall the people control their own government, and use that government for the protection of their rights and for the promotion of their welfare? or shall the representatives of predatory wealth prey upon a defenseless public, while the offenders secure immunity from subservient officials whom they raise to power by unscrupulous methods? This is the issue raised by the "known abuses" to which Taft refers. President's Indictment Against the Party. In a message sent to congress last January, President Roosevelt said, "The attacks by these great corporations on the administration's actions have been given a wide circulation throughout the country, in the newspapers and otherwise, by those writers and speakers who, consciously or unconsciously, act as the representatives of predatory wealth—of the wealth accumulated on a giant scale by all forms of iniquity, ranging from the oppression of wage earners to unfair and unwholesome methods of crushing out competition, and to defrauding the public by stock-jobbing and the manipulation of securities. Certain wealthy men of this stamp, whose conduct should be abhorrent to every man of ordinarily decent conscience, and who commit the hideous wrong of teaching our young men that phenomenal business success must ordinarily be based on dishonesty, have, during the last few months, made it apparent that they have banded together to work for a re-action. Their endeavor is to overthrow and discredit all who honestly administer the law, to prevent any additional legislation which would check and restrain them, and to secure, if possible, a freedom from all restraint which will permit every unscrupulous wrong-doer to do what he wishes unchecked, provided he has enough money."—What an arraignment of the predatory interests! Is the president's indictment true? And, if true, against whom was the indictment directed? Not against the Democratic party. Mr. Taft Endoras the Indictment. Mr. Taft Endorses the Indictment. Mr. Taft says that these evils have crept in during the last ten years. He declares that, during this time, some "prominent and influential members of the community, spurred by financial success and in their hurry for greater wealth, became unmindful of the common rules of business honesty and fidelity, and of the limitations imposed by law upon their actions!" and that "the revelations of the breaches of trusts, the disclosures as to rebates and discriminations by railroads, the accumulating evidence of the violations of the anti-trust laws, by a number of corporations, and the over-issue of stocks and bonds of interstate railroads for the unlawful enriching of directors and for the purpose of concentrating the control of the railroads under one management."-all these, he charges, "quickened the conscience of the people and brought on a moral awakening." During all this time, I beg to remind you, Republican officials presided in the executive department, filled the cabinet, dominated the senate, controlled the house of representatives and occupied most of the federal judgeships. Four years ago the Republican platform boastfully declared that since 1860—with the exception of two years—the Republican party had been in control of part or of all the branches of the federal government; that for two years only was the Democratic party in a position to either enact or repeal a law. Having drawn the salaries; having enjoyed the honors; having secured the prestige, let the Republican party accept the responsibility! Republican Party Responsible. Republican Party Responsible. Why were these "known abuses" permitted to develop? Why have they not been corrected? If existing laws are sufficient, why have they not been enforced? All of the executive machinery of the federal government is in the hands of the Republican party. Are new laws necessary? Why have they not been enacted? With a Republican president to recommend, with a Republican senate and house to carry out his recommendations, why does the Republican candidate plead for further time in which to do what should have been done long ago? Can Mr. Taft promise to be more strenuous in the prosecution of wrong-doers than the present executive? Can he ask for a larger majority in the senate than his party now has? Does he need more Republicans in the house of representatives or a speaker with more unlimited authority. Why No Tariff Reform? Why No Tariff Reform? The president's close friends have been promising for several years that he would attack the iniquities of the tariff. We have had intimation that Mr. Taft was restive under the demands of the highly protected industries. And yet the influence of the manufacturers, who have for twenty-five years contributed to the Republican campaign fund, and who in return have framed the tariff schedules, has been sufficient to prevent tariff reform. As the present campaign approached, both the president and Mr. Taft declared in favor of tariff revision, but set the date of revision after the election. But the pressure brought to bear by the protected interests has been great enough to prevent any attempt at tariff reform before the election; and the reduction promised after the election is so hedged about with qualifying phrases, that no one can estimate with accuracy the sum total of tariff reform to be expected in case of Republican success. If the past can be taken as a guide, the Republican party will be so obligated by campaign con- tributions from the Beneficiaries of protection, as to make that party powerless to bring to the country any material relief from the present tariff burdens. Why No anti-trust Legislation? A few years ago the Republican leaders in the house of representatives were coerced by public opinion into the support of an anti-trust law which had the endorsement of the president, but the Senate refused even to consider the measure, and since that time no effort has been made by the dominant party to secure remedial legislation upon this subject. Why No Railroad Legislation? For ten years the Interstate Commerce Commission has been asking for an enlargement of its powers, that it might prevent rebates and discriminators, but a Republican senate and a Republican house of representatives were unmoved by its entreaties. In 1900 the Republican national convention was urged to endorse the demand for railway legislation, but its platform was silent on the subject. Even in 1904 the convention gave no pledge to remedy these abuses. When the president finally asked for legislation he drew his inspiration from three Democratic national platforms and he received more cordial support from the Democrats than from the Republicans. The Republicans in the senate deliberately defeated several amendments offered by Senator La Follette and supported by the Democrats—amendments embodying legislation asked by the Interstate Commerce Commission. One of these amendments authorized the ascertainment of the value of railroads. This amendment was not only defeated by the senate, but it was overwhelmingly rejected by the recent Republican national convention, and the Republican candidate has sought to rescue his party from the disastrous results of this act by expressing himself, in a qualified way, in favor of ascertaining the value of the railroads. Over-issue of Stocks and Bonds. Mr. Taft complains of the over-issue of stocks and bonds of railroads, "for the unlawful enriching of directors and for the purpose of concentrating the control of the railroads under one management," and the complaint is well founded. But, with a president to point out the evil, and a Republican congress to correct it, we find nothing done for the protection of the public. Why? My honorable opponent has, by his confession, relieved me of the necessity of furnishing proof; he admits the condition and he can not avoid the logical conclusion that must be drawn from the admission. There is no doubt whatever that a large majority of the voters of the Republican party recognize the deplorable situation which Mr. Taft describes; they recognize that the masses have had but little influence upon legislation or upon the administration of the government, and they are beginning to understand the cause. For a generation the Republican party has drawn its campaign funds from the beneficiaries of special legislation. Privileges have been pledged and granted in return for money contributed to debauch elections. What can be expected when official authority is turned over to the representatives of those who first furnish the sinews of war and then reimburse themselves out of the pockets of the taxpayers? Fasting In Wilderness Necessary. Pasting in wilderness necessary. So long as the Republican party remains in power, it is powerless to regenerate itself. It can not attack wrong-doing in high places without disgracing many of its prominent members, and it, therefore, uses opiates instead of the surgeon's knife. Its malefactors construe each Republican victory as an endorsement of their conduct and threaten the party with defeat if they are interfered with. Not until that party passes through a period of fasting in the wilderness, will the Republican leaders learn to study public questions from the standpoint of the masses. Just as with individuals, "the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the truth," so in politics, when party leaders serve far away from home and are not in constant contact with the voters, continued party success blinds their eyes to the needs of the people and makes them deft to the cry of distress. Publicity as to Campaign Contributions An effort has been made to secure legislation requiring publicity as to campaign contributions and expenditures; but the Republican leaders, even in the face of an indignant public, refused to consent to a law which would compel honesty in elections. When the matter was brought up in the recent Republican national convention, the plank was repudiated by a vote of 880 to 94. Here, too, Mr. Taft has been driven to apologize for his convention and to declare himself in favor of a publicity law; and yet, if you will read what he says upon this subject, you will find that his promise falls far short of the requirements of the situation. He says: "If I am elected president, I shall urge upon congress, with every hope of success, that a law be passed requiring the filing, in a federal office, of a statement of the contributions received by committees and candidates in elections for members of congress, and in such other elections as are constitutionally within the control of congress." I shall not embarrass him by asking him upon what he bases his hope of success; it is certainly not on any encouragement he has received from Republican leaders. It is sufficient to say that if his hopes were realized, if, in spite of the adverse action of his convention, he should succeed in securing the enactment of the very law which he favors, it would give but partial relief. He has read the Democratic platform; not only his language, but his ```markdown ``` evident alarm, indicates that he has read it carefully. He even had before him the action of the Democratic national committee in interpreting and applying that platform; and yet, he fails to say that he favors the publication of the contributions before the election. Of course, it satisfies a natural curiosity to find out how an election has been purchased, even when the knowledge comes too late to be of service, but why should the people be kept in darkness until the election is past? Why should the locking of the door be delayed until the horse is gone? An Election a Public Affair. An election is a public affair. The people, exercising the right to select their officials and to decide upon the policies to be pursued, proceed to their several polling places on election day and register their will. What excuse can be given for secrecy as to the influences at work? If a man, peculiarly interested in "concentrating the control of the railroads in one management," subscribes a large sum to aid in carrying the election, why should his part in the campaign be concealed until he has put the officials under obligation to him? If a trust magnate contributes $100,000 to elect political friends to office, with a view to preventing hostile legislation, why should that fact be concealed until his friends are securely seated in their official positions? This is not a new question; it is a question which has been agitated—a question which the Republican leaders fully understand—a question which the Republican candidate has studied, and yet he refuses to declare himself in favor of the legislation absolutely necessary, namely, legislation requiring publication before the election. Democratic Party Promises Publicity: How can the people hope to rule, if they are not able to learn until after the election what the predatory interests are doing? The Democratic party meets the issue honestly and courageously. It says: "We pledge the Democratic party to the enactment of a law prohibiting any corporation from contributing to a campaign fund, and any individual from contributing an amount above a reasonable maximum, and providing for the publication, before election, of all such contributions above a reasonable minimum." The Democratic national committee immediately proceeded to interpret and apply this plank, announcing that no contributions would be received from corporations, that no individual would be allowed to contribute more than $10,000, and that all contributions above $100 would be made public before the election—those received before October 15 to be made public on or before that day, those received afterward to be made public on the day when received, and no such contributions to be accepted within three days of the election. The expenditures are to be published after election. Here is a plan which is complete and effective. Popular Election of Senators. Popular Election of Senators. Next to the corrupt use of money, the present method of electing United States senators is most responsible for the obstruction of reforms. For one hundred years after the adoption of the constitution, the demand for the popular election of senators, while finding increased expression, did not become a dominant sentiment. A constitutional amendment had from time to time been suggested and the matter had been more or less discussed in a few of the states, but the movement had not reached a point where it manifested itself through congressional action. In the Fifty-second congress, however, a resolution was reported from a house committee proposing the necessary constitutional amendment, and this resolution passed the house of representatives by a vote which was practically unanimous. In the Fifty-third congress a similar resolution was reported to, and adopted by, the house of representatives. Both the Fifty-second and Fifty-third congresses were Democratic. The Republicans gained control of the house as a result of the election of 1894 and in the Fifty-fourth congress the proposition died in committee. As time went on, however, the sentiment grew among the people, until it forced a Republican congress to follow the example set by the Democrats, and then another and another Republican congress acted vorably. State after state has endorses this reform, until nearly two-thirds of the states have recorded themselves its favor. The United States senate, however, impudently and arrogantly obstructs the passage of the resolution, notwithstanding the fact that the voters of the United States, by an overwhelming majority, demand it. And this refusal is the more significant when it is remembered that a number of senators owe their election to great corporate interests. Three Democratic national platforms—the platforms of 1900, 1904 and 1908—specifically call for a change in the constitution which will put the election of senators in the hands of the voters, and the proposition has been endorsed by a number of the smaller parties, but no Republican national convention has been willing to champion the cause of the people on this subject. The subject was ignored by the Republican national convention in 1900; it was ignored in 1904, and the proposition was explicitly repudiated in 1908, for the recent Republican national convention, by a vote of 888 to 114, rejected the plank endorsing the popular election of senators—and this was done in the convention which nominated Mr. Taft, few delegates from his own state voting for the plank. Personal Indication Not Sufficient. In his notification speech, the Republican candidate, speaking of the election of senators by the people, says: "Personally, I am inclined to favor it. but it is hardly a party question." What is necessary to make this a party question? When the Democratic convention endorses a proposition by a unanimous vote, and the Republican convention rejects the proposition by a vote of seven to one, does it not become an issue between the parties? Mr. Taft can not remove the question from the arena of politics by expressing a personal inclination toward the Democratic position. For several years he has been connected with the administration. What has he ever said or done to bring this question before the public? What enthusiasm has he shown in the reformation of the senate? What influence could he exert in behalf of a reform which his party has openly and notoriously condemned in its convention, and to which he is attached only by a belated expression of personal inclination? The Gateway to Other Reforms The Gateway to Other Reforms. "Shall the people rule?" Every remedial measure of a national character must run the gauntlet of the senate. The president may personally incline toward a reform; the house may consent to it; but as long as the senate obstructs the reform, the people must wait. The president may heed a popular demand; the house may yield to public opinion; but as long as the senate is defiant, the rule of the people is defeated. The Democratic platform very properly describes the popular election of senators as "the gateway to other national reforms." Shall we open the gate, or shall we allow the exploiting interests to bar the way by the control of this branch of the federal legislature? Through a Democratic victory, and through a Democratic victory only, can the people secure the popular election of senators. The smaller parties are unable to secure this reform; the Republican party, under its present leadership, is resolutely opposed to it; the Democratic party stands for it and has boldly demanded it. If I am elected to the presidency, those who are elected upon the ticket with me will be, like myself, pledged to this reform, and I shall convene congress in extraordinary session immediately after inauguration, and ask, among other things, for the fulfillment of this platform pledge. House Rules Despotic. The third instrumentality employed to defeat the will of the people is found in the rules of the house of representatives. Our platform points out that "the house of representatives was designed by the fathers of the constitution, to be the popular branch of our government, responsive to the public will," and adds: "The house of representatives, as controlled in recent years by the Republican party, has ceased to be a deliberative and legislative body, responsive to the will of a majority of the members, but has come under the absolute domination of the speaker, who has entire control of its deliberations, and powers of legislation. "We have observed with amazement the popular branch of our federal government helpless to obtain either the consideration or enactment of measures desired by a majority of its members." This arraignment is fully justified. The reform Republicans in the house of representatives, when in the minority in their own party, are as helpless to obtain a hearing or to secure a vote upon a measure as are the Democrats. In the recent session of the present congress, there was a considerable element in the Republican party favorable to remedial legislation; but a few leaders, in control of the organization, despotically suppressed these members, and thus forced a real majority in the house to submit to a well organized minority. The Republican national convention, instead of rebuking this attack upon popular government, eulogized congress and nominated as the Republican candidate for vice president one of the men who shared in the responsibility for the coercion of the house. Our party demands that "the house of representatives shall again become a deliberative body, controlled by a majority of the people's representatives, and not by the speaker," and is pledged to adopt "such rules and regulations to govern the house of representatives as will enable a majority of its members to direct its deliberations and control legislation." "Shall the people rule?" They can not do so unless they can control the house of representatives, and through their representatives in the house, give expression to their purposes and their desires. The Republican party is committed to the methods now in vogue in the house of representatives; the Democratic party is pledged to such a revision of the rules as will bring the popular branch of the federal government into harmony with the ideas of those who framed our constitution and founded our government. Other Issues Will Be Discussed Later. Other issues will be discussed. "Shall the people rule?" I repeat, is declared by our platform to be the overshadowing question, and as the campaign progresses, I shall take occasion to discuss this question as it manifests itself in other issues; for whether we consider the tariff question, the trust question, the railroad question, the banking question, the labor question, the question of imperialism, the development of our waterways, or any other of the numerous problems which press for solution, we shall find that the real question involved in each is, whether the government shall remain a mere business asset of favor seeking corporations or be an instrument in the hands of the people for the advancement of the common weal. we can not reasonably ask for a change in administration; if, however, the voters feel that the people, as a whole, have too little influence in shaping the policies of the government; if they feel that great combinations of capital have encroached upon the rights of the masses, and employed the instrumentalities of government to secure an unfair share of the total wealth produced, then we have a right to expect a verdict against the Republican party and in favor of the Democratic party; for our party has risked defeat—aye, suffered defeat—in its effort to arouse the conscience of the public and to bring about that very awakening to which Mr. Taft has referred. Only those are worthy to be entrusted with leadership in a great cause who are willing to die for it, and the Democratic party has proven its worthiness by its refusal to purchase victory by delivering the people into the hands of those who have despoiled them. In this contest between Democracy on the one side and plutocracy on the other, the Democratic party has taken its position on the side of equal rights, and invites the opposition of those who use politics to secure special privileges and governmental favoritism. Gauging the progress of the nation, not by the happiness or wealth or refinement of a few, but "by the prosperity and advancement of the average man," the Democratic party charges 'he Republican party with being the promoter of present abuses, the opponent of necessary remedies and the only bulwark of private monopoly. The Democratic party affirms that in this campaign it is the only party, having a prospect of success, which stands for justice in government and for equity in the division of the fruits of industry. Democratic Party Defender of Honest Wealth. We may expect those who have committed larceny by law and purchased immunity with their political influence, to attempt to raise false issues, and to employ "the livery of Heaven" to conceal their evil purposes, but they can no longer deceive. The Democratic party is not the enemy of any legitimate industry or of honest accumulations. It is, on the contrary, a friend of industry and the steadfast protector of that wealth which represents a service to society. The Democratic party does not seek to annihilate all corporations; it simply asserts that as the government creates corporations, it must retain the power to regulate and to control them, and that it should not permit any corporation to convert itself into a monopoly. Surely we should have the co-operation of all legitimate corporations in our effort to protect business and industry from the odium which lawless combinations of capital will, if unchecked, cast upon them. Only by the separation of the good from the bad can the good be made secure. Not Revolution, but Reformation Not Revolution, but Reformation. The Democratic party seeks not revolution but reformation, and I need hardly remind the student of history that cures are mildest when applied at once; that remedies increase in severity as their application is postponed. Blood poisoning may be stopped by the loss of a finger today; it may cost an arm tomorrow or a life the next day. So poison in the body candidate can not be removed too soon, for the evils produced by it increase with the lapse of time. That there are abuses which need to be remedied, even the Republican candidate admits; that his party is unable to remedy them, has been fully demonstrated during the last ten years. I have such confidence in the intelligence as well as the patriotism of the people, that I can not doubt their readiness to accept the reasonable reforms which our party proposes, rather than permit the continued growth of existing abuses to hurry the country on to remedies more radical and more drastic. Our Party's Ideal. The platform of our party closes with a brief statement of the party's ideal. It favors "such an administration of the government as will insure, as far as human wisdom can, that each citizen shall draw from society a reward commensurate with his contribution to the welfare of society." Governments are good in proportion as they assure to each member of society, so far as governments can, a return commensurate with individual merit. The Divine Law of Rewards. The Divine Law of Rewards. There is a Divine law of rewards. When the Creator gave us the earth, with its fruitful soil, the sunshine with its warmth, and the rains with their moisture, He proclaimed, as clearly as if His voice had thundered from the clouds, "Go work, and according to your industry and your intelligence, so shall be your reward." Only where might has overthrown, cunning undermined or government suspended this law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the government to this law ought to be the ambition of the statesman; and no party can have a mission than to make it a reality wherever governments can legitimately operate. Recognizing that I am indebted for my nomination to the rank and file of our party, and that my election must come, if it comes at all, from the unpurchased and unpurchasable suffrages of the American people, I promise, if entrusted with the responsibilities of this high office, to consecrate whatever ability I have to the one purpose of making this, in fact, a government in which the people rule—a government which will do justice to all, and offer to every one the highest possible stimulus to great and persistent effort, by assuring to each the enjoyment of his just share of the proceeds of his toll, no matter in what part of the vineyard he labora, or to what occupation, profession or calling he devotes himself. Agents Wanted IN THE SOUTH, WEST, AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY To handle The BROAD AX AND ACT AS CORRESPONDENTS Splendid Chance to Make Money! Write for terms at once! Applicants must furnish reference. Address all communications to JULIUS F. 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Judge Seabury has summarized the That there has never been a national convention so completely dominated by one man as the Independence convention. That regularly elected delegates were denied admission and other delegates prevented from expressing views by threats of violence. That a delegate who attempted to present Bryan's name was grossly insulted and ejected from the hall. That Hearst considers the vote polled by the Independence league as a personal asset. That Bryan's failure to support Hearst for President a. St. Louis four years ago does not justify Hearst in using the Independence party to 'injure Bryan. That the purpose of Hearst in nominating a ticket is to divide the opposition to Taft. JEFFERSONVILLE. Crowd Attend Marriage. The marriage of the Rev. Israel Simms, the Jeffersonville Colored minister who is bordering on ninety years of age, and Mrs. Ada Montgomrey, of Chicago, at the Gibsonville church last night, was attended by a big crowd. It was about an even break between the blacks and the whites as to numbers, but if anything the latter had the best of the count. After the wedding a reception followed at the home of the bridegroom in Port Fulton, and the crowd came near taking the place, but Elder Simms was equal to the occasion in satisfying the hunger of the vistors, a great spread having been prepared. At one time it looked as if the house was about to be lifted from its foundation, and a detail of police from Jeffersonville was asked, but not sent. There was no serious trouble and everything passed off good humorely. The Mrs. Montgomery referred to in the above article is the mother of Mrs. Edward H. Morris, 2712 Dearborn street, this city, and she has made a good catch, for Rev. Simons owns two nice houses and other property in Port Fulton, Ind., and he is able to buy his bride who is over 70 years old, plenty of fine dresses and diamonds. LELAND GIANTS BASE BALL SCHEDULE FOR AUGUST. CHIPS Mr. Edw. A. Turpin of Camden, New Jersey septn the past week in Chicago. Mr. Green Raby, of Gulfport, Miss. is stopping with Mr. Noah D. Thompson, 6618 Vernon Ave. Miss Smallwood of Washington, Dr. C. is in the city stopping at Dr. Miller's 3642 Wabash Ave. Miss Cora Townsend, one of the charming belles of Cincinnati, is the guest of Miss Ethel Wiley, 6748 St. Lawrence Ave. Mr. Noah D. Thompson, will leave the first of the week for a two weeks vacation which he will spend in the mountains of Penn, with his little son. Misses, Cora Hawkins, and Blanche Wright of Washington, D. C., are in the city spending their month's vacation. Both ladies are stenographers in the government department in Washington. Thomas Gallagher, one of our warm friends of long standing, won out at the Primaries last Saturday, and he will be elected to Congress from the 8th Congressional District November 3d. Miss Ethel Wiley entertained a large party of friends at an Informal Party Thursday evening, in honor of her guest Miss Cora Townsend of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Lulu Williams, 2415 Wabash avenue, will on August 20, depart for Marshalltown, Iowa, where she will spend two weeks in visiting with her cousin, Mrs. B. Phillips. Miss Alfred Slaughter, who has spent the summer in visiting with her sister, Miss E. B. Slaughter, and Mrs. Robert A. Williams, 3544 Dearborn street, returned to her home in Louisville, Ky., last Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Allen, of Glencoe, Ill., gave a reception last Wednesday from 2 to 11 p. m., in honor or her sister, Mrs. C. H. Johnson, and Mrs. George Mayfield, of Louisville, Ky.; about seventy-five guests were present, and they all had an enjoyable time. The "Mid-Summer Night's" outing given for the benefit of the Free Dispensary Dept., of the Chas. Summer Social Settlement, Mon. Eve. Aug. roth, at Ackersman's Grove on the West side was both a social and financial success. Doctors, Mercer, Pickett and Lewis composed the committee of arrangements. The Independence League took a firm stand to keep the dissatisfied Colored brother from voting for its candidates. It tied John Temple Graves to the tail-end of its presidential kite. Graves will be remembered with Hoke Smith and the Atlanta News as the principal causes of the Atlanta Massacre. Then, again, Graves, among his many vagaries, is credited with seeing numerous and sundry Negro spooks that threaten the life of the country.—Ex. Dr. and Mrs. George C. Hall, 3249 Wabash avenue, left Thursday evening on an extended trip to Baltimore, Md., Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, Pa., Atlantic City, N. J., New York City and Boston, Mass. Dr. and Mrs. Hall will be absent about four or five weeks and they expect to cut a wide swath in eastern society. The young Colored men's Deneen Republican Club, put up such a strong fight for their candidate at the Primaries, last Saturday, that the older Republican politicians have become jealous of the success which attended their efforts, and they want A. L. Williams and its other leaders to disband the organization, so that they ctn step in and reap all the benefit from a good organization. Secretary of War Luke E. Wright passed through the city last Wednesday en route to Sea Girt. Although appointed to the high office of Secretary of War by a Republican President, and assured of his continuation in that office by this President's successor, should it be Candidate Taft, Mr. Wright, when questioned by reporters, showed his disdain of the Republican Party by refusing to commit himself as to whether or not he believes that party will be successful in the coming election.—The Pilot, Philadelphia, Pa. The Democrats of West Virginia, in ratifying the Bryan and Kern ticket, last week declared against Negro suffrage in that State, and in favor of separate laws respecting the Colored race. The Democrats of Missouri, in their State Convention proposed practically the same thing, till it was brought forcibly to their attention that many Negroes of that State had been voting the Democratic ticket, whereupon it was agreed to reconsider an act which would deprive the Democratic Party of such prospective strength. The Negroes of Virginia have not the intelligence of the Negroes of Missouri, and will, therefore, most likely pay the penalty in wholesale disfranchisement. Practical politics.—Ex. Recently John Larsen, 2701 State street, was taken to Provident Hospital in a dying condition, as a result of a compound commuted fracture of the skull. Dr. W. D. Langford. 2353 State street, was summoned. 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W. cor. 57th and La modern, hardwood th $5,250—6337 Langley Ave., 2 flat heat, hardwood throu $9,000—3444-45 Wabash Ave., 2 flat sell separate. Make th $2,000—3718 LaSalle St., 6 room $2,000—3720 LaSalle St., 2 flat, b $2,000—3722 LaSalle St., frame provements. $2,800—3940 Dearborn St., 2 flat JESSE BINGA, 3637 S Good Colored Tenant AND TREATE Stove He Mr. 57th and La Fayette Ave., 21st, hardwood throughout. Gley Ave., 2 flat brick and stone, 5 hardwood throughout. Wabash Ave., 2-9 room stone front separate. Make terms. Walle St., 6 rooms, frame, brick for Walle St., 2 flat, brick and frame, 5 Walle St., frame building, 6 room ments. Birborn St., 2 flat frame, 5-6 rooms. 3637 State St. Phone Nored Tenants Always Are AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY e Heated $4,500—S. W. cor. 57th and La Fayette Ave., 2 flats 5-6 rooms, modern, hardwood throughout. $5,250—6337 Langley Ave., 2 flat brick and stone, 5-6 rooms, steam heat, hardwood throughout. $9,000—3444-45 Wabash Ave., 2-9 room stone front residences; will sell separate. Make terms. $2,000—3718 LaSalle St., 6 rooms, frame, brick foundation. $2,000—3720 LaSalle St., 2 flat, brick and frame, 5-5 rooms. $2,000—3722 LaSalle St., frame building, 6 rooms, modern improvements. $2,800—3940 Dearborn St., 2 flat frame, 5-6 rooms, bath. JESSE BINGA, 3637 State St. Phone, Douglas 1565 TO SUIT EVERY MAN'S INCOME I am no Agent. I Renew You will save many a week if you first MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL EQUIPMENT Samuel Richardson Telephone Main 2183 CHI (Please Call) Leland Giants Base-Ball Now Organizing $100 The Stock-Holders of the Leland included to dissolve that Association in order to increase Capital for the purpose of buying Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, M Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley B Riding, and all the latest fun making do together with a First Class Summer H guests, at its present location, 79th arc ride on the Electric Cars to the Loop D. The Public is Base-Ball mad, and a value in a single season. Millions can This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Renewed And Well Paying Plant, Will Be Employed, between May and October out fear and Enjoy The Life and Free The Answer can only be effectively given. it has been made purposefully low so have a Share and Interest in this Tween Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollars Each Any Holiday around Amusement Park wanted and never welcome. Come! Buy the attached Coupon and mail with Ten and Amusement Association. Do it to-do. Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusement Association Mr Beauregard F. Moseley; Treas:— which I am sending as Part (or infully as shares of the Capital Stock of the Leland Association. I agree to pay $_____ has been paid certificate. N. B. All payments on Stock Accounts must be made to the order of Beauregard F. Moseley, Treasurer, 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois. All Stock-holders are entitled to preference as employees and should inform the Treasurer with their annual guarantees of their intentions to apply for employment. For further information address Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. 6258 Halsted St. Chicago, Ill. Name _____ Address _____ City _____ State _____ RENT. I Rent only my own will save many a weary step when you want if you first call on me. DAN ON REAL ESTATE OR PERSON Richardson, 142 Ln. Main 2183 CHICAGO Room 1, (Please cut this out) Parts Base-Ball and Amusement Organization—Capital St. $100,000 Solders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball A t Association in order to give room for the purpose of buying a Permanent Hos- tub and Establishing For All The People Amusement Park, With It's Thea- tist The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric kating, Hurley Burley, Double Swim Class Summer Hotel, large enough to locate, 79th and Wentworth Ave., the Dars to the Loop District in Chicago. Base-Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. St. Season. Millions can be made by those W sees. Favor Of The Race Owning And C Planting, Where More Than 1,0 Green May and October of each year, where The Life and Freedom of a Citizen un- be effectively given by subscribing for S welcome. Come! buy and build one of you and mail with Ten Dollars to the Leland Association. Do it to-day so that we may com Ball & Amusement Assn. 6258 Halstree Bessey; Treas:- Enclosed please Part (or infall) as subscription fee for Stock of the Leland Giants Base B y $___ per month un- has been paid, at which time I am Name ___ Address ___ City ___ State ___ Scraps o I am no Agent. I Rent only my own Property You will save many a weary step when you want a Flat if you first call on me. Ireland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Assn. Now Organizing-Capital Stock $100,000 The Stock-Holders of the Leland Giants Base-Ball Association, has concluded to dissolve that Association in order to give room for the former, with it's increased Capital for the purpose of buying a Permanent Home For The Leland Giants Base-Ball Club and Establishing For All The People, The Only First Class, Up-To-Date Amusement Park, With It's Theater (Light Opera), Figure Eight, Shoot The Chutes, Minature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Pavilion, Roller Skating, Hurley Burley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto Riding, and all the latest fun making devices and laugh producing concessions, together with a First Class Summer Hotel, large enough to accommodate 1000 guests, at its present location, 79th and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes ride on the Electric Cars to the Loop District in Chicago. The Public is Base-Ball mad, and amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in value in a single season. Millions can be made by those Who Take Stock In This New Enterprise. Are You In Favor Of The Race Owning And Operating This Immense And Well Paying Plant, Where More Than 1,000 Persons Will Be Employed, between May and October of each year, where you can come without fear and Enjoy The Life and Freedom of a Citizen unmolested or annoyed? The Answer can only be effectively given by subscribing for Stock in this Corporation. it has been made purposely low so that all Loyal Members of the Race can have a Share and Interest in the Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it, Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollars Each. You Squander More than this amount Any Holiday around Amusement Parks and Public Places, where you are not wanted and never welcome. Come! buy and build one of your own by filling out the attached Coupon and mail with Ten Dollars to the Leland Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do it to-day so that we may commence to build. Strange Actions of a Steam Car. Our little four-year-old has always lived in an inland village and therefore is not much acquainted with nautical affairs, though deeply interested in railroad trains and other forms of terrestrial locomotion. Recently he visited in a neighboring town which is situated on a river. Standing on the shore, he saw a little ferryboat approaching and became much excited. Selsing his mother's skirts, he exclaimed: "Oh, look, mamma! Here comes a choo-choo car in swimming!" — Woman's Home Companion. The Tender Thought. Harry is six years old. "Pa," he asked one day, "if I get married will I have a wife like ma!" "Very likely," replied the father. "And if I don't get married, will I have to be an old bachelor like Uncle Tom?" "Very likely." "Well, pa," he said after a moment of deep thought, "it's a mighty tough world for us men, ain't it?"—Success Magazine. --- Fayette Ave., 2 flats 5-6 rooms, roughout. brick and stone, 5-6 rooms, steam roughout. room stone front residences; will terms. frame, brick foundation. brick and frame, 5-5 rooms. building, 6 rooms, modern im- frame, 5-6 rooms, bath. State St. Phone, Douglas 1565 Hats Always Appreciated D ACCORDINGLY ated Flats at only my own Property Every step when you want a Flat to call on me. STATE OR PERSONAL PROPERTY MN, 142 La Salle Street CAGO Room 1, OTIS BLOCK (but this out) Ball and Amusement Assn. Greg—Capital Stock 10,000 And Giants Base-Ball Association, has con- der to give room for the former, with it’s being a Permanent Home For The Le兰 ing For All The People, The Only First Rock, With It’s Theater (Light Opera), nature Ry, Electric Theater, Dance Harley, Double Swing, Boating, Auto services and laugh producing concessions, to- tel, large enough to accommodate 1000 and Wentworth Ave., twenty (20) minutes district in Chicago. Amusement Crazy. Stocks have doubled in be made by those Who Take Stock In Face Owning And Operating This Im- merse More Than 1,000 Persons Will carr of each year, where you can come with- dom a citizen unmolested or annoyed? by subscribing for Stock in this Corpora- tion all Loyal Members of the Race can within Century Enterprise. Think of it, You Squander More than this amount ests and Public Places, where you are not and build one of your own by filling out Dollars to the Le兰. Giants Base-Ball so that we may commence to build. Assn. 6258 Halsted Street, Chicago, Ill. Enclosed please find $___ a subscription fee for and Giants Base-Ball and Amusement per month until the full amount at which time I am to recieve my stock Scraps of Science. Eight passes from the moon to the earth in one and one-fourth seconds. Astronomers tell us that in our solar system there are at least 17,000,000 comets of all sizes. Saturn is nearly 900,000,000 miles away from us, and his rings, while 170,000 miles in diameter, are supposed to be only about a hundred miles thick. The microbe fiend will be confirmed in his fussiness who learns that some hardy microbes can live over two centuries on the land and longer yet in the water. ____ German Gleanings. Glass telephone poles re-enforced by wire are being used in some parts of Germany. By order of the Emperor William the trousers of seamen of the German navy are in future to be made about two centimeters wider. A dazeb trump has been arrested in Berlin for begging. He used a phonograph, visiting private houses only, where his machine poured out a heart-rending tale of its owner's misfortunes. HILLMANS STATE & WASHINGTON ST. WHERE EVERY PATRON Saves ON EVERY PURCHASE Jacob Feinberg Wholesale and Retail MARKET AND GROCERY TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 565 81st and State Streets J. J. Bradley Telephone Yards 608 J. M. Fle BRADLEY & FIELDS REAL ESTATE, LOANS AND INSURANCE THE RAILROAD INN Imported and Domestic Wines Liquors & Cigars Cafe in Connection N. E. Corner Fifty-first and Armour Avenue, Chicago, M. American Brick Co. President and Treasurer, THOMAS CAREY. Vice-President, JOHN SMELHAMER, Secretary, WILLIAM SULLIVAN. MANUFATURERS OF Common and Sewer Brick Office and Yards: 45th and Robey Sts. Yards running winter and summer, equipped with the latest improved Wolf Dyer. Frank H. Lewis, Prop. THE Imported L N. E. Corner POOL AND BILLIARDS THE Phone Calcnet 2940 J. M. Fieldo HELDS DANS CE GHIGAQO LOU SOLDEN, Mgr. INN PUBLIC WINES BARS n une, Chicago, IL. 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