The Broad Ax

THE BROAD AX HEW TO THE LINE. PETER M. HOFFMAN. Republican candidate or re-election as Coroner of Cook County, who is extremely popular with the masses of his fellow citizens. Peter M. Hoffman, Republican Candidate for Coroner of Cook County, is one of the most popular German-Americans in Chicago today. In 1904 Mr. Hoffman, who had served as County Commissioner, made the race for Coroner, against John E. Traeger, by putting him to the bad by a large majority. Since assuming the duties of the office, it must be admitted, that Mr. Hoffman, has displayed great executive and organization ability, in conducting the affairs of his office, and he ranks with the very best coroners, that Cook County has ever had. He has been so fair in his dealings with the public and in serving their best interest; that practically, all of the leading business men in Chicago; including bankers, merchants and members of the Board of Trade and so on, favor his re-election to that office. Many clubs and organizations of laboring men, are boosting his game along, and good men of the Illinois Central Railroad, have formed a Peter M. Hoffman Club, and 1,100 men of the Northwestern Railway have followed suit, and each and every one of them, will stand by him to the last ditch. Coroner Hoffman, has always been friendly disposed towards worthy Afro-Americans, prior to and since being Coroner, and it is useless to Coroner, and it is useless to state; state; that thousands of them through out Cook County, will vote for his re-election November 3d, for they look upon him as a winner! HON. MARTIN Republican candidate for re-election gressional District of Illinois. ON, MARTIN, B. MADDY for re-election to Congi ple. 1 It affords us the greatest of pleasure to pen these lines in favor of the re-election of Congressman Martin R. Madden, who is serving his second term as the representative from the First Congressional District, which contains more wealth within its borders, than any other congressional district in the wide world. --- members of the Board of Trade and so on, favor his re-election to that office. Many clubs and organizations of laboring men, are boosting his game along, and good men of the Illinois Central Railroad, have formed a Peter M. Hoffman Club, and 1,100 men of the Northwestern Railway have followed suit, and each and every one of them, will stand by him to the last ditch. Coroner Hoffman, has always been friendly disposed towards worthy Afro-Americans, prior to and since becoming Coroner, and it is useless to Coroner, and it is useless to state; t state; that thousands of them throughout Cook County, will vote for his re-election November 3d, for they look upon him as a winner! N. B. MADDEN. on to Congress in the First Con- To his undying honor his record speaks for itself. During Mr. Madden's first term he was appointed as a member of the Committee on Appropriations. This is the most important committee in Congress, appropriating as it does for all expenses of the Government. This appointment was an honor to ALBERD R. PORTER Republican candidate for clerk of the Appellate Court, who is held in the highest esteem by the leading lawyers and law firms as well as by the Judges of the higher courts in Cook County. In 1902, Alfred R. Porter, who is universally held in the highest esteem by the best citizenship regardless of their political belief in Chicago, recieved the nomination at the hands of the Republican party; for clerk of the Appellate Court, of the first district of Illinois. His Democratic opponent was Edward M. Lahiff, who was a strong candidate and remarkably popular. A great contest was waged between them, and at the windup, Mr. Porter triumphed over Mr. Lahiff by more than 13,000 majority. Since assuming the duties of the office, he has got everything in connection with it in ship shape order, and the judges of the higher courts of Cook County and more than 1,000 of the best and leading lawyers in Chicago, have all joined in declaring that Mr. Porter is the most efficient clerk of the Appellate Court, that has so far held that honored position, and they have all endorsed his candidacy and are working for his re-election. Mr. Porter, does not want to grab, all the money that comes into his office, and as he does not believe in receiving his salary in fees, he is willing, whether or not, the legislature in 1909 abolishes the fee system, to ALFRED Republican candidate for clerk of in the highest esteem by the leading the Judges of the higher courts in C him and to the First Congressional District, is being the first case in the history of the Government where a new Member of Congress has received an appointment to this committee. It was his service on the Finance Committee of the Chicago City Council that fetted him for this very important work. Mr. Madden has been actively identified with all legislation enacted during his term in Congress. He is especially interested in the proposed deep waterway from the Lakes to the Gulf and in the establishment of a postal savings bank system by the Government, a bill or which he has pending in Congress. It was he who prevented the notorious Thomas J. Heflin from having a "Jim Crow Car" law passed by Congress. His timely opposition to Heflin's bill saved the people of our race in the District of Columbia from the humiliation which such a law would result in. Congressman Madden more nearly than any other man in the nation speaks for our people. He has the courage, the ability and the disposition to do our people justice. We look to him with confidence. He is always courteous and ready to listen to the appeals of the people. He is an Meal Congressman. He has done his duty well. No vote should be cast against him. The Negro especially should stand by him to the last man. receive for his services $5000 per year, the same that is paid to the clerks of the other courts of Cook County. Standing on this platform, enabled him to win out at the primaries August 8th. The following communication indicates, how highly the justices of the Appellate Court, appreciate the services of Mr. Porter: Clerk of the Appellate Court. Chicago, June 23, 1908. The following are the very complimentary testimonials above referred to: We, the undersigned, take pleasure in stating that Alfred R. Porter, clerk in the Appellate Court of the First District of Illinois, has fulfilled the duties of that office as such clerk in such a manner as to give complete satisfaction to the justices of this court. He has proved a faithful, competent, and conscientious official. Jesse Holdom, Francis Adams, Edward O. Brown, Frank Baker, Frederick A. Smith, Henry V. Freeman. In the past as at the present time, Mr. Porter, owing to his fitness and eminent qualifications, for the office which he now holds, expects to receive the voters of many Democrats and Independent voters on November 3rd to swell his majority over all com- R. PORTER. of the Arrealite Court, who is held lawyers and law firms as well as by Cook County. William H. Weber, Republican candidate for member of the Board of Assessors, is too well known to need any introduction, to the many thousands of readers of The Broad Ax. For many years, Mr. Weber, has been one of the big leaders of the Republican party in Illinois. He is secretary of the Republican Committee of Cook County; and by standing in well with his neighbors in Blue Island, and with his army of friends in other sections of Cook County, and in Chicago, it is impossible to put one over him when he starts out to win an election. Mr. Weber, has honestly and faithfully served two terms, as a member of the Board of Assessors and it can be truthfully said to his credit; that he has always stood by the small tax payers, whether they be white or black; and has endeavored to keep their taxes down to the lowest notch. On the other hand, he has always been in favor, of compelling the rich and the large property holders, to come up with the right thing, and pay their just proportion of the taxes. Many times, real estate owners request him, to lower their taxes, because Colored people happen to live near them, but in all cases, he has refused to comply to their request, claiming that he does not believe; that "the presence of decent Colored people in the various communities in HONEST ADAM WOLE HONEST ADAM WOLF. Republican candidate for re-election, as a member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, who has in the past, honestly discharged all the duties in connection with his present position without fear or favor. For many years Adam Wolf, whose name has become a household word throughout Chicago, and Cook County, has been in the public eye, and it can be truthfully said that no scandal has ever been attached to his name that in all the official positions he has so far held, he has always performed his duties to all classes of people, in connection with them, that his past record in this respect ought to count in his favor with all fair minded people residing in this county on the 3 day of November. count for the interest on public funds As City Trgasurer he displayed great ability in conducting all the duties of that office. Owing to his honesty and popularity, he has been elected twice to serve as a member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, and each time he received the votes of many Democrats and it has been mainly through his uniting efforts and hard work that the tax levying power of this county has been placed on such a high plane. He is thoroughly conversant with every In 1892, honest Adam Wolf, who really belongs to the people and not to the Republican nor Democratic party, was elected collector for the West Town and his administration of its affairs were like an open book; no tax fixing went with him and the intelligent and conscientious tax payers both great and small who voted and worked for him for that office appreciated his services so highly that it was through their influence that he was nominated for city Treasurer of Chicago, shortly after completing his term as collector for ,West Chicago, and the records show that he was the first tax collector in Illinois to ac WILLIAM H. HENRY count for the interest on public funds. As City Trasurer he displayed great ability in conducting all the duties of that office. Owing to his honesty and popularity he has been elected twice to serve as a member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, and each time he received the votes of many Democrats, and it has been mainly through his untiring efforts and hard work that the tax levying power of this county has been placed on such a high plane. He is thoroughly conversant with everything pertaining to the Board of Assessors, and when it comes to paying taxes the rich and the poor, the high and the low, the white and the black, all look a like to him, and they all receive the same fair and courteous treatment from his hands. Thousands of Afro-Americans in all parts of this city and county have had the pleasure of grasping plain honest Adam Wolf by the hand and they in common with his legions of warm friends and supporters, feel that his past record highly commends him to the great electorate of this county and that he will be re-elected a member of the Board of Assessors. Will promulgate and as all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Cathedral, Protestants, Priests, Indoia, Single Taxa, Republican, long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is based on all while claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. THE BROAD AX 5038 Armour Avenue, Chicago. JULIUS P. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1802 at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under Act of March 3, 1879. WALTER WELLMAN ON THE NEGRO VOTE IN OHIO. He States that Boss Hynicka, the Leader of the Republican Machine In Cincinnati Claims that the . . . "Niggers, Will Come Around Alright on Election Day. "That Thousands of the Better Class of Colored Men in that State Will Vote for William J. Bryan. Walter Wellman who is by far the best writer on the political situation in the various states, from a national point of view, in this country in his letter from Cincinnati, Ohio, last week to the Chicago Record-Herald, clearly sets forth his views on the political situation in that state as follows and it is indeed pleasing to note that he states that "thousands of its Colored men will vote for William J. Bryan: "The Negro vote of Ohio is about 40,000. In the past it has all been Republican. Whatever part of it Bryan may get now is clear gain. The Colored men, as is well known, are discontented with President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft about the Brownsville affair. Using this as a text, certain Colored leaders, like Bishop Walters and Rev. Mr. Waldron of Washington, have made herculean efforts to organise a movement going far beyond the Brownsville case. They want the Negro to assert himself politically, to demonstrate his importance, to put his race in a position where it will command attention and respect because of the power it wields. They advise Negroes to do just what a part of organised labor is doing, what the workingmen of England did through political action, what the Irish party did in the house of commons. Circumstance in this national campaign gave them an opportunity. They are trying to make the most of it. They have succeeded in reaching a majority of the 40,000 Negro voters in Ohio with their appeals and arguments. They have produced a certain effect. There is deep unrest among the Colored voters. They are really between two fires. On the one side are these appeals to do something to enhance the dignity of their not too fortunate race, to command respect through power. On the other side is the party tradition, almost like love of kin, almost like a religion with many of them. It needs no imagination to understand their travail of spirit, their struggle with conscience. The Republican politicians bring pressure on the side of standing fast, and the leaders of the revolt to exert more pressure in favor of the doctrine of portest and revolution. Thus the intensity of the problem is increased as election day draws nearer. I confess I have the greatest respect and sympathy for thousands of these men, with a few of whom, typical of the others, I have talked. It should be understood at the outset that there are all sorts of Negroes, just as there are all sorts of whites—good, bad and indifferent. A large part of the Negroes are industrious, home-loving, honorable. It is an interesting fact that it is among this class almost entirely the doctrine of revolt is finding converts. The rowdy "Migera" the toughs and roughs, the loading and drinking crew, are almost wholly in the hands of the Republican politicians, who find occasional jobs for them, get them out of trouble or "take care" of them in Tammany style. Most of this class will stick in the party. The thoughtful, conscientious, reading Negroes are the ones who are on the anxious The Republican workers are not nearly so much worried over the Colored vote as they are over the labor vote. In this city Boss Cox's lieutenants—or rather Boss Hynicka's men, for Hynicka, the vaudeville theater manager, not Cox, the banker, is the real leader of the superb Republican machine in Cincinnati—speak rather lightly of the Colored brother. Here is a sample: "Oh, the Niggers will come around. They like to talk big and brag what they are going to do, but the nearer election day the less they have to say. All we have to do is to get them to the polls. They will vote all right." Doubtless this is true of the large class they are accustomed to "handling." But it is only true in small part of the better though smaller class of thoughtful men. Instead of talking and bragging, the latter are secretive. They appear to be afraid to talk, suspicious of persecution or annoyance. And well they may be, at least here in Cincinnati. The tyrannical Cox-Hynicka machine would not hesitate to harass any Colored man found guilty of "going back on the Boss. Meetings of two or three hundred Colored voters are often held in this city, addressed by men of their own race, and the enthusiasm for Bryan is said to be something wonderful. It is not so much a Bryan enthusiasm as it is pro-Negrus spirit—an emotional intensity roused by a belief that they are avenging the wrongs of their race and laying the foundation stones of a bighter future. It is an odd circumstance that Nick Longworth's alleged promulgation of "the perpetual Roosevelt dynasty" is probably doing him more harm than Taft. There are 4,200 Negro voters in Longworth's district, and the report of his dynastic utterances is being used among them with considerable effect, for the Negroes are exceedingly bitter toward the President. Still, Son-in-Law Nick, will be re-elected easily enough. --- A month ago the leaders of the Negro revelt declared they would poll 80 per cent of the vote in this state for Bryan. Now they claim 60 per cent. The Republicans laugh at those figures. At Cleveland Representative Burton said there were 3,000 Negroes in the city, and he would be surprised if 500 of them voted for Bryan. Here the Republicans admit a loss of from 5 to 10 per cent. John Shuff, Mr. Bryan's able representative in Cincinnati, thinks the loss will be 25 per cent. At Columbus, speaking of the state at large, Republican Chairman Williams said the loss would not exceed 10 per cent. Democratic Chairman Finley, who has pretty good information on this score and is proving himself a good political general, says the loss will be between 15 and 20 per cent—6,000 to 8,000 votes. In the event of a close election even this seemingly small figure might be important, represeting, as it does, 12,000 to 16,000 of the 69,000 plurality McKinley had over Bryan eight years ago. Notwithstanding the recent unpleasantnesses, Senator Foraker is still the idol of the Colored men in Ohio. Their faith in him has not been shaken by the Archibold letters. At Negro anti-Taft meetings in this state Foraker is extravangantly enologized by the orators. It is a somewhat suggestive fact that hundreds of thousands of Foraker's Brownville speeches are going out to Negro voters, and the Republicans say they are being mailed from his office, by his clerks, bearing his franking signature in the mails. Mr. Foraker is down and out politically, but he does not seem to have lost any of the regard and respect of his neighbors and friends. Personally, socially professionally he is as big a man as he ever was. Politically he is without a future. In the larger sense he is within influence in this campaign. To all intents and purposes he is inactive and silent, practicing law and waiting for the clouds to roll by. The banquet given in honor of the Leland Giants last week, by the citizens committee headed by Dr. Daniel H. Williams, Noah D. Thompson, Julius N. Avendorph, Dr. A. B. McKissack and others was in every way a success. The one hundred representative men acting as hosts and their guests did justice to the great spread and everybody enjoyed themselves throughout the evening and early morn. The officers of the Leland Giants B. B. and Amusement Assn. are highly pleased with the honor shown their successful Base Ball The Lily White Repub- lican Members of the United States Su- preme Court Have In the Past Decided All Cases Coming Up Before Them Against the Negro. Wherein His Civil and Political Rights Have Been in Jeopardy. The Members of That August Body, Aside From Justice Harlan, In Their Decisions Incline to The Olden Opinion. That The Negro Has No Rights Which White Men Are Morally Bound to Respect. Able Review of Cases Passed On By The Court, Affecting The Status of The Afro-American. S. A. T. WATKINS. Ex-Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Chicago—Supreme Attorney for the Knights of Pythias, throughout the world, and warm supporter of William J. Bryan. It appears the argument is made in this campaign that vacancies will occur during the next presidential term in the Supreme Court of the United States, and for this reason, a republican president should be elected. It may be noted that the Supreme Court has been Republican in politics since the close of the Civil Conflict, in 1865, and it is of interest to know the attitude of said Court on the questions of the Civil Rights Bill, as enacted by congress, the discriminatory laws passed in states as to common carriers, and the so-called disfranchisement laws, all of these laws being of vital importance to the most truly American, except the Indian, the American of African descent. 8. A. T. Ex-Assistant Prosecuting Attorney the Knights of Pythias, throughout William J. Bryan. CIVIL RIGHTS. The Civil Rights act was passed by Congress March 1st, 1875. An act to protect all citizens in their civil and legal rights, provides that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of accommodations to public conveyances, theatres, and other public places regardless of color. In the Civil Rights cases 109 U. S. 3, the Court holds: "on the whole we are of the opinion that no countenance of authority for the passage of the law in question can be found either in the 13th or 14th Amendments of the Constitution, and no other ground of authority for its passage being suggested, it must necessarily be declared void, at least so far as its operation in the several states is concerned." Justice Harlan dissenting said: The opinion in these cases proceeds it seems to me upon grounds entirely too narrow and artificial. Exemption from discrimination respect of Civil Rights is a new constitutional right secured by the grant of state citizen- ship to Colored citizens of the United States, and I do not see how this can now be questioned. Why may not the nation by means of its own legislation of a primary direct character guard, protect and enforce that right? SEPARATE COACHES. In Plessy vs. Furgurson, 163 U. S. 537, it is held. A statute providing for separate railway carriages for the white and Colored races by railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in the states, and the assignment of passengers to the coaches does not deprive a Colored person of any rights under the 14th Amendment of the Federal Constitution. A law which requires the separation of the white and Colored races in WATKINS. ey of Chicago—Supreme Attorney for the world, and - warm supporter of public conveyances is a reasonable exercise of the police power of the state. Justice Harlan dissenting said: "There is no caste here. Our constitution is color blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect to civil rights all citizens are equal before the law. The law regards man as man and takes no account of his color. "Regrets that highest tribunal holds that state can regulate enjoyment by citizens of their civil rights solely upon the basis of race. L. N. O. & T. R. W. Co. vs. Mississippi, 133 U. S. 587, holds that a statute in Mississippi which requiers railroads to provide separate accommodations is within the police power of the state. Justice Harlan dissenting. This case is where the railroad operated a continuous road from Memphis to New Orleans. The indictment was against the company for violation of section one, in not providing separate accommodations for the two races, and not against a conductor for a violation of section two in failing to assign each passenger; to his separate compartments. This Mississippi act was set out in full in this decision including sections one and two referred to above, the court did not pass upon two, holding the indictment did not raise the question. It is readily seen that the railroad was doing an interstate business and section two would under the interstate commerce section 8 of the constitution. Hall vs. de Culer. 95, U. S. 485. The Louisiana Act of Feb. 23, 1869 provided that common carriers should not discriminate against any person on public conveyances etc., and provided for damages for so doing. The "Governor Allen," a steamboat was licensed by U. S. and plying as a regular packet for transportation of freight and passengers between New Orleans, La., and Vicksburg, Miss., and doing interstate business. Josephene de Culer, a Colored person took passage from New Orleans to Hermitage, both in La. The U. S. Supreme Court held that this act so far as affected interstate commerce was unconstitutional. The District Court of the Parish held statute was operative, and was not a regulation of commerce among states, and was not void, judgment was for $1000, and the Supreme Court of La., sustained the District Court. The Supreme Court of the United States reversed and remanded. This act prohibits discrimination. Compare this decision with L. N. O. & T. R. W. Co., 133 U. S. above, where the act authorized discrimination, and in both cases the common carriers were doing an interstate business. RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. In the U. S. vs. Reese, 92 U. S. 214, the court holds, "The fifteenth amendment does not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone. The right to vote in the states comes from the states. The amendment prevents the states or the United States from giving preference in this particular to one, citizen of the U. S. over another on account of race or previous condition of servitude." Congress has not yet provided by appropriate legislation for the punishment of said offense." This was in March 1876 and it may be noted that congress has not until this day done so, although the Constitution of the U. S., Amendment 14, Art. II, provides that representation shall be reduced. In the matter of Jasper Yarborough 110 U. S. 651, holds that the fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution does substantially confer on the Negro the right to vote and congress has the power to protect and enforce that right. This decision was in 1884. Congress has not yet acted to date. In U. S. vs. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 342, the court holds a person may be at the same time a citizen of a state, but his rights of citizenship under one of these governments will be different from those he has under the other. Citizens are members of the political community to which they belong, they are subject to two governments one state and the other national. A cursory view will show that the Civil Rights Act was declared unconstitutional and void; the separate compartment laws have been held to be constitutional as applied to states; a person is subject to laws of state as well as Federal government; Congress has power and shall reduce representation. Courts generally follow their former decisions, and it appears that the law has been defined. It will be noted that interstate passengers are not subject to separate coach laws; why the Supreme Court has not affirmatively held, Congress has passed laws enforcing, or interstate Commerce Commission, may be subjects of discussion. It appears that the states can regulate their citizenship as long as these regulations do not come within the purview of the amendment, race, color or previous condition of servitude. As to what difference it will make as to whom are appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States does not sufficiently appear, except the vacation on the bench by Justice Harlan from Kentucky. All the other Justices are from Northern states, except Justice White from Louisana. All laws passed by any state with reference to the subjects mentioned above, have been passed by the Supreme Court, and they still stand as enacted by the states; also intermarriage, separate schools, sitting on juries they being within police powers of the states or do not conflict with amendments. In accordance with the modern method of conducting governmental affairs, it may be that a republican president might appoint a southern democrat and an ex officer of the Confederate army to be the head of the Department of War, the Department he fought to destroy; likewise a dem- ocratic president might appoint a northern republican and ex officer in the Federal Army to a vacancy on the Supreme Court bench. The two presidential candidates stopped hostilities to meet in friendship at the banquet, in Chicago recently, the Colored Americans are meeting and reasoning on the issues of to-day and not of the 60's with no malice towards his brother who differs with him politically, and the scarecrows of the Supreme Court, political obligations founded on erroneous and perverted facts as to the past, will not determine the issues of to-day. There is no alarm because a candidate is nominated on the Democratic ticket, nor absolute confidence because nominated on the Republican ticket. We live in the present, a bright future awaits the independent man of thought. WHY BE EXPLOITED. The recent opening of Tattersalls as an Afro-American Skating Rink by those lately interested in the Rink at Riverview, and the patronage of Negroes thereto, shows how readily the Negro can be exploited and accounts for the proscription largely directed against him. At Riverview the Negroes were not permitted to skate at the Rink owned by the same parties now interested at Tattersalls. They were not good enough. Dr. Richardson, a reputable dentist of the South Side and his wife, both cultured Colored people were fairly refused the rental of skates at the Riverview Rink on account of their color. But now that Riverview is closed by reason of it being a losing venture, the money lost by proscribing against the Negro, is to be regained by the same people in exploiting them in an Afro-American Rink or Rink for Negroes only, owned and managed by the same people, and established in the "Bad Lands." We can not, for the life of us see just where the manhood and pride of the Negro men and women of this community can be when they permit themselves to be exploited on one hand and proscribed against on the other and cheerfully spend their money for both. The same principle that will support a Skating Rink for Negroes only will support a separate school, separate hotel and a separate car for him to be educated in, fed in and to ride in and such institutions as Tattersalls where only Colored people are allowed in Menace to the community and breeds race hatred prescription. Except it be upon the theory that a large influx of people, black and white from the south has come to Chicago, this stange analogy in Chicago where every man and women, who is a gentleman and lady in public institutions and places stand upon equal footing can not be accounted for. Perhaps were there no institutions of the kind in the city where Negroes could skate, there would be some excuse for Negroes of weak stamina patronizing the Tattersalls, "Jim Crow" rink but on the contrary there are several reputable rinks and that to, right in the most popular Colored district where proscription is unknown and the cost and charge for skating equally as cheap. It is true that the principal institution of this kind is owned and operated by Colored men but there is no proscription. All people of whatever color or Nationality so long as they behave themselves are welcome as patrons at the 53rd Street Rink, owned and operated by the Leland Glants and if this Rink with its first class Base Ball & Amusement Association service, splendid equipment is a failure it is because Negroes prefer to spend their money with scheming cheap white men who exploit them on one hand and proscribe against them on the other. The real intelligence of the Race will not be found at Tattersalls. The ignorant and weak only will resort there and the public will watch with some interest the career of this latest Menace as a rule or measure of Negro intelligence.—"M." Miss Marie E. Burton, accompanied by her mother Mrs. Archibald Burton left Chicago Monday morning for Philadelphia, Pa., where she sang at the Great American Academy of Music Wednesday, Oct. 22. Miss Burton will sing in New York City, and Atlantic City, N. J., before her return to Chicago. Mrs. J. Hockley Smiley, 67 2nd at, who has been confined to her home for the last week on the account of sickness, is again able to be out among her friends. Dr. Leonard Lewis entertained a small party of friends at whist Saturday evening last. HE WAS THE FIRST CHIEF EXECUTIVE TO APPOINT A NEGRO POSTMASTER NORTH OF THE MASON AND DIXON LINE. ~ Ir WAS HE WHO SELECTED DR. DANIEL H. WILLIAMS, CHIEF SURGEON OF THE FREEDMEN’S HOSPITAL. ALLEN ALLENSWORTH RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION FROM THE HANDS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, TO SERVE AS CHAPLAIN OF THE 24TH REGIMENT. HE ALSO HAD THE HONOR, OF SELECTING THE FIRST NEGRO, TO SERVE AS MINISTER TO A WHITE REPUBLIC. « _ MORE COLORED MEN AND WOMEN ENTERED THE GOV- ERNMENT SERVICE UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATION THAN ALL OF HIS REPUBLICAN PREDECESSORS COMBINED. 2 FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND WIFE WERE PRESENT AT DIPLOMATIC DINNER.AND GRAND RECEPTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE. WHILE THE GREAT JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRAT WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ux" ‘THE LATE. PLPREMDENT. BEOVER CLEVELAND, 1 ee ner ap vee irae he proved himself tobe, the true and sincere friend of the Negro. induced Andrew Carnegie to con- ‘rbute $600,000, to Booker T.. Washington to be expended for educating the Colored people in the South. It will readily be recalled by those who make the slightest pretentions of being familiar with the political hristory of this country — that throughout the memorable’ prest- dential campaign of 1884, the Repub- licen orators both black and white, “waved the bloody shirt” and made the yor ignorant Colored people believe ‘thst “in case Cleveland and Hendricks should be elected and Blaine and Lo- fn were defeated, that they, the Col- rei people, would be sold back into thevery,” and J. C. Matthews, who, ‘trough the Influence of Mr. Cleve- c., became Jutige of the Recorder's Cont of Albany, New York, and ino sath ee eat being mobbed. ant. for at} tempting bp ss sir te kg Aa of the election of . o 2d wheh tt wag finally dgcided that 2Xon ©. abe the “Plea Kal | & Maine,” hed: manebedon toe | SN roe Goan ba aro] Sten to victory, The class of : Colored” —. tety referred to became very | war Clpeland te | © unt Chey 7 voc, Mf frst inanuraledress, ‘ cn ee os) 4 ee te eta a3 ee oa " “In the administration of a govern ment pledged to do equal and exact Juatice to all men there should be nc pretext for anxiety touching the pro tection of the freedmen in their rights or their security in the enjoy ment of their privileges under the constiution and its amendments. All discussion as to their fitness for the place accorded to them as American citizens is idle and unprofitable, ex cept as it suggests the necessity for their improvement. The fact that they are citizens entitles them to all the rights due to that relation and charges them with all its duties, obligations, and responsibilities” These Doble sentiments mat tse effect of quieting the Colored people to @ great extent, ang they refrained from regarding him as thelr natural foe and enemy, and with their ears and eyes wide open they watched all ‘of iis offcial acts in relation to them, ‘and without any trouble they learned that Mr. Cleveland was not above ap- pointing. Colored ‘men: to office which | they°had never held ‘befote, that be was. the first President to- select a| Colored man to serve as ‘postmaster Spieraas now t, had . to! Seo ng eB Be a eee one oe a ee - Ges ee ee ee ‘Three Colored men were iso ay Nee aL eine ae in Old Virginia, ond one at boro, Florida. Jt was-Presideht Cleveland wh Selected Dr. Daniel H. Wiliams, on ‘Of the best surgeons in the Unite ‘States, as Chief Surgeon of the Freed ‘men’s Hospital, Washington, D. C, Allen Allensworth received hi ‘commission from the hands of Pres ident Cleveland, to serve as Chaplair of the 24th Regiment. He also permitted John C. Danc; who is @ strong Afro-American Re Publican to corftinue to serve as col lector of the port at Willington, N. ©, and he appointed the greatly la mented Dr. J. C. Price, minister tc ‘Uberia. Prior to March 4, 1885, every branch of this government had been under the absolute control of the Republican party for twenty-four years, notwith- Standing this fact, Grover Cleveland has the distinguished honor of being the first President of the United States to select a Colored man to serve as | minister to a white Republic (Bolivia), and the late C. H. J. Taylor, was [ese sve taco 7 M. Trotter, T. McCaint Stewart, Jobm |H. Durham, Alexander Clark, H. 0. | Smith, C. C. Astwood, James C. Mat thews, and many other worthy Colored men were appointed to responsible Positions under both of President Cleveland's administrations, the first Negro clerk, foreman of works, and Pressman to be employed and put to work in the Government Printing Office, was by President Cleveland and his Public Printer, ‘Thomas E. Benedict, who was a Democrat of the first water. Albert Hawkins, the old Colored coachman, who had driven all the Presidents from Abraham Lincoln, down to President Harrison, was deprived of his timehonored position by the Hoosier President, and one of President Cleveland's first official acts was to hunt up Hawkins and re- ‘store him to his old position, declar- ing at the same time that “Hawkins was good enough to drive President Lincoln and his family and he is Plenty good enough to drive for me and my family.” And all in all, more Colored men and women entered the government service under his administrations than under all of his Republican pre- decessors combined. June 2, 1886, President Cleveland ‘was united in marriage to Miss Frances Clara Folsom, at the White House, and on June 15, he celebrated the happy event by giving # diplo- matic dinner and grand reception at the Whit House. The Washington Post in its issue of June 16 gave an @laborate account of thst brilliant Social function. The Post-went on to say that: “The list of guests included some Of the most distinguished people in thie world. There were present Prince Leopold of Brazil; the. éelebrated Archibald Forbes of England; Com- modore Schley, Colonel Bonaparte and General Sheridan. There were also the Justices of the Supreme Court and Senators of both parties and many other eminent citizens and social lead- ers. “Amid this glittering throng, ming- ling with it on terms of social equal- itl, moved Frederick Douglass and his wife.” * It will be found in reading over the history of this country that Grover Cleveland was the first President that had the courage to. invite = Negro and his wife to attend s similar func- tion at the White House. “Tn 1888, im company with Mr. Taylor, It was our pleasure to meet Mr. Cleveland face to face in the, White House, the great Jeffersonian Democratic President corfiially re- celeved us, leading the way himself, into the East parlor, where we had the honor of being presented to Mrs. “leveland who was very gracious in her manner, and after being escorted through the public part of the White House, and attending one of the after- 200n receptions, and on the eve of our, leparture, Mrs. Cleveland ordered Al-| pert. Hawkins who was very loud in| Berend bang forts tory Sleveland, to bring forth = Jo t souquet for Mra. Taylor. ee ae "| may be'differences of thought an i ee to declare myself as to th | Booker Washington-Tuskegee sectic | of the organization. I believe tha | the @ays of Uncle Tom's cabin ar |[past. I believe that neither the de cree that made the slaves free no the enactment that suddenly investe: [them with the rights of citizenshi ‘any. more purged them of the imper fections and deficiencies their racia slavery had bred than it changed the color of their skin. Faults Stilt Exist, : “I believe that among. the nearly nine millions of Negroes who have Deen intermixed with our citizenship, there is still a grievious amount of ignorance, a sad amount of vicious ness and a tremendous amount of laziness and thriftlessness. I believe that these conditions inexorably pre- ‘sent to the white people of the United States, to each in bis environment ‘and under mandate of good citizen- ‘ship, a problem which neither en- lightened self-interest nor the higher motive of human sympathy will per- mit them to put aside. I believe our fellow-countrymen in the Southern and late slaveholding States sur- rounded by about ninetenths, or nearly 8,000,000 of this entire Negro population, and who regard their ma- tereial prosperity, their peace and even the safety of their civilization, interwoven, with the Negro problem, are entitled to our utmost considera- tion and sympathetic fellowship. I am thoroughly convinced that the efforts of Booker Washington and the methods of Tuskegee institute point the way to a safe and beneficent solution of the vexatious Negro prob- Jem at the South; and I know that the good people at the North who have aided these efforts and metlods have fllustrated the highest and best citizenship-and the most Christian and enlightened philanthropy. Trouble’Not Due to Prejudice. “I do not know how it may be with other Northern friends of the Nesro, but I have faith in the honor and sin- cerity of the respectable white people of the South in their relations with the Negro and his improvement and well-being. They do not believe in the social eqtality of the races, and they make no false pretense in regard to it, That this does not grow out of hatred of the Negro is plain. It seems to me that there is abundant sentt ment and abundant behavior among the Southern whites toward the Ne- groes to make us doubt the justice of charging his denial of social equal ity to prejudice, as we usually under- stand the word. , Perhaps it is born of something so much deeper and more tmperious than prejudice as to amount to a racial instinct. What- ever ft is, let us remember that it has condoned the Negro’s share in the humiliation and spoflation of the white men of the- South during the saturnalia, of reconstruction days, and has allowed « kindly feeling for the Negro to survive the time when the South was deluged by @ perilous flood of indiscriminate, unintelligent and bdlighting Negro suffrage. What- ever it fs, let us try to be tolerant and considerate of the feelings and even the prejudice or racial instinct of our white fellow-countrymen of the map opens pera sro problem, must, amid their own sur- roundings, bear the heat of the day and Stagger under the weight of the white man’s burden.” Lastly, $t must be admitted; that no other ex-president, interested him- self in the welfare of the Negro, like anto,- Mf. Cleveland, and if the Ne gro will partly adhere to his last ad- rice, refrain from continuing to ride packwards, ahd open his eyes to the radiant sunlight, of a brighter and} arger day. Study the political ques- fons of the present, and tot of the yast, and vote intelligently thereon. ‘Then and not until then will some it the problems, which now impedes is progress, disappear, from these yeantifl shores, as silently and as ietly, as the peaceful river, which lowa.om, and on, between its banks, | al Ts ec c aeceme wanol NEGROES CENSURE YAFT. ‘The eastern interstate Negro press convention held at Pittsburg, Pa. last week praised Governor Denees for “hig efforts to suppress the riot and bring to justice the ones guilty of mob violence." Roosevelt and Taft were censured by the Negroes, while Senstor Foraker was hailed as « and- martyr and ranked , Phillips, Lovejoy. Lincoln and Grant ERS > dee ; Officer Ph. Gress, #45 W. 47th at, ; . ‘and friends ia “ CAN’T SLEEP, BED BUCS” WILL 'YOU scratch and tumble all night, when our Bed Bug and Moth Liquid will clear beds and walls of these miserable vermin? Also kills lice on chickens, cow or colt. Cost, half gallon, 75¢; gallon, $1.25; 5 gallon can, $4.50. A soc package of Cockroach and Ant Feed banishes them. Booklet, “Extér- mination of Insects,” sent postpaid on request. Remit stamps for small orders, large by P. O. order or registered mail, WAMSLEY & SON, 24 3:3. o8 3 Telephone Dougias 6100 oe ae ee Agents Wanted | IN THE SOUTH, WEST, AND OTHER SECTIONS OP THE —— COUNTRY —————-_ / To handle The BROAD AX: AND ACT AS CORRESPONDENTS Splendid Chance to Make Money! Write for terms at once! Applicants mast furnish reference. ‘Areas all commasications to PATRICK H. O'DONNELL — : Sinnee © roduc ~ ‘Tek, Centra 4000 “O'Donnell,” Dillon & Toolen ATTORNEYS AT. LAW Sulte 1218-1219 Ashland Block RANDOLPH @ CLARK STREETS : cHrcaco GRAY g¢ MORAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW | @uite 1114 Ashland Block, Clark and | ‘Rosidenee OT aan MILES J. DBYINE ATTORNEY AT LAW ‘Suite 318-320 Reaper Block @LARK AND WASHINGTON STS. cHicaee. A. D. 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Cor, LaSatlc and Madison Sta, CAPITAL, - - $500,000 SURPLUS, - - $500,000 Undivided Profits $100,000 received upon the .cost favorable terms smasistc=* with conservative banking. Mr. H. T. Eubanks, formerly headwaiter at the Russell House, Detroit, Mich, and for over fifteen years headwaiter at the Weddell House, Cleveland, O., has been renominated for the Legislature by the Cleveland Republicans. As Mr. Eubanks is supporting Taft and has been nominated by the Taft supporters in order to defeat Foraker, and as Eubanks has pledged himself, if elected, to vote against Senator Foraker, it is the duty of every Colored voter in Cleveland to vote against H. T. Eubanks—W. F. Cozart in The Indianapolis Freeman. manifold shortcomings, and the result would be a large defection in their following, so they cling to their nightmare or "Tillman." We wonder what they would do for ammunition if the half-dozen Southern Negro haters, miscalled Democrats, should make up their minds to die between elections.—The informer, Detroit, Mich. SPRINGFIELD JURY AQUITS. Again No Covention In Cases Arising From Race Riots. Springfield, Ill., Oct. 17.—A jury in the State Circuit court tonight returned a verdict of not guilty in the cases of William Lotherington. Madge Clark, and May Beck, charged with larceny during the race riots here in August. Up to this time every case growing out of the race riots which has been tried has resulted in aquittal. Hereafter, when mobs attempt to burn the homes of Negroes, and shoot their children down like Jack Rabbits, each and every Negro should get busy—make a bee line for his home lock and barricade the doors and windows of his abode for his home is his castle be it ever so humble, then if any members of the mob attempts to enter it shoot them dead on the spot and not depend upon the courts and juryment who are often the ring leaders of the mobs to convict their own pals for amusing themselves by shooting down "Niggers."-Editor. HONOR FOR BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Washington, D. C., Oct. 17.—The Rev. Ernest Lyon, United States Min- S. E. Cor. State and 36th Place, Chicago Telephone Douglas 1565 GENERAL BANKING 3 per cent allowed on Savings Accounts Safety Deposit Vaults, $3.00 per Year REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT As agent buy and sell Real Estate on commission, manages estates for non-residents, including payment of taxes and looking after assessments. Money to loan on Chicago Real Estate. Especially Invites the patronage of Chicago business men. Good Colored Tenants Always Appreciated AND TREATED ACCORDINGLY Stove Heated Flats TO SUIT EVERY MAN'S INCOME 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. MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE OR PERSONAL PROPERTY Samuel Richardson, 142 La Salle Street Telephone Main 2133 CHICAGO Room 1, OTIS BLOCK (Please cut this out) Office Phone, Douglas 727 Res. Phone, Douglas 5998 E. JACKSON FUNERAL DIRECTOR 2959-61 STATE ST., CHICAGO Branch: 1310 Bingham St., Pittsburg, Pa. Fine Carriages for Hire to Parties and Weddings. ROBERT K. SLOAN FUNERAL DIRECTOR 2821-25 Archer Ave. - Chicago Telephone Yards 721 FIRST CLASS LIVERY 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 Its 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 Avs., 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 Immenze 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 unmoilested or annoyed? The Answer can only be effectively given by subscribing for Stock in this Corporation. it has been made purposefully low so that all Loyal Members of the Race can have a Share and Interest in this Twentieth Century Enterprise. Think of it, Shares Only Ten (10.00) Dollars Each. You Squeander 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 Lalari Giants Base-Ball and Amusement Association. Do it to-day so that we may commence to build. Leland Giants Base Ball & Amusement Assn. 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