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'Of One Blood God Created All Mankind' THE TWELFTH ANNUAL NEGRO CONFERENCE ASSEMBLES AT TUSKEGEE, ALA. Large Number of the Workers and Thinkers of the Country Assemble to Confer Upon Matters of Vital Importance to the People. Tuskegee, Ala., Feb. 18, 1903.—The twelfth annual "Tuskegee Negro Conference" began its sessions at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute today. This conference was organized by Principal Booker T. Washington for the purpose of bringing together the farmers and their wives who live in the vicinity of Tuskegee once a year for the purpose of counsel and advice with each other. Since then of Afro-American men and women—many not farmers—now attend these sessions each year from all over the South. Principal Washington presides at all of the sessions. In his opening address this morning he said: "We come now to the twelfth session of the "Tuskegee Negro Conference". This organization was begun with a few score of men and women; out of that small beginning has grown this great and powerful annual meeting now national in its character and influence. At the first meeting, we consider issues which would allow the Conference could make itself of the greatest value, it was decided that while not ignoring or undervaluing efforts made in other directions, this organization could best contribute its mite to the lifting up of the race by confining itself for the most part to the matters which the race had closely within its own control, and to positive aggressive effort rather than to more negative criticisms and recitation of wrongs. Further from the first it has been the work of this Conference to confine itself to a simple and informal consideration of the methods and means of securing homes, the freeing ourselves from debts, the saving of money, the encouragement, of intellig --- THIS PICTURE OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE WITH ITS SIXTY BUILDNGS ALL MAINLY THE RESULT OF AFROAMERICAN BRAINS AND BRAWN, OUGHT TO BE AN OBJECT LESSON THAT WOULD FOREVER SILENCE THOSE WHO SAY THE AFROAMERICAN IS ANYTHING ELSE THAN A MAN. STELKOTBU WA gent producers, the payment of taxes, the cultivation of habits of thrift, honesty and virtue, the building of school houses and churches, the securing of education and high Christian character, and friendship between the races. While not forgetting other important interests of the race, we believe that these constitute the primary foundation upon which all races began their career of freedom and usefulness. As we count today the many homes that have been secured, school houses built, debts paid, taxpayers produced, and state and local conferences that have been organized in every section of the South as a result of our little beginning twelve years ago, I think we have some right to feel that these meetings have not been held in vain. "Throughout the entire race we must keep alive a feeling of hope and --- THE VIEW OF THE UNIVERSITY. BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA. encouragement. We have seen darker days than those through which we now seem to be passing. No race that is patient, long suffering, industrious, economical and virtuous, is persistent in efforts that make for progress and that cultivate a spirit of good will toward all mankind, is ever left without reward. We shall get more out of struggle than out of contentment." Following this address there was a general discussion by the farmers and their wives of their conditions. Those who own land and homes told how they acquired their property, what difficulties they had met, and how they overcome these difficulties. They discussed the difficulties of the country, and how to make these crops most profitable. "They told their experiences with the mortgage system, and if they had escaped from it, how they did it, reported on the condition of the homes in their community, the schools, the churches, the morality of the people, the ministers and the teachers. A careful census was made by Roscoe Conkling Bruce, the head of the academic department at Tuskegee, of all present to show how many own land, homes, live stock, etc., how many mortgage their crops, how many came out ahead last year, how many individuals in a family, the nature and length of the schools, nature of the homes, etc. It is the purpose of the Conference to continue these census investigations from year to year for the purpose of comparison. In connection with the conference there is a fine exhibit of the agricultural work and methods of Tuskegee Institute, and an effort made to teach the men and women present things which will be practical for them. One of the features of this exhibit was a BIRDS-EY working illustration by Prof. G. W. Carver of the agricultural department, showing eighteen different ways of cooking common cow peas so as to make them palatable and nutritious. The first day of the Conference closed with an old-fashioned barbecue, to which all present were invited. The conclusions arrived at as a result of the Conference discussions, were embodied in a set of declarations, which briefly summarized are as follows: All progress centers, mainly around the ownership of land and houses, education and Christian character. This has been emphasized by the Conference from the beginning. The importance of stock raising for food. Women should raise poultry and pigs, and establish a home dairy, even if with only one cow. Thorough cultiva- ```markdown ``` PRESIDENT ROSEVELT "I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope, the door of opportunity, is to be shut upon any man, worthy, purely on the grounds of race or color." tion of a small tract, rather than poor cultivation of a large area, giving attention to work on the farm in winter when practicable. Careful teaching of agriculture and other forms of industry useful on the farm, as far as possible by country schools. Active co-operation in every way to increase the efficiency and length of the public schools. Better schools make larger attendance. Stop emigration to the cities by making home life in the country more attractive. Better protection should be afforded to life and property, better houses for tenants. Interest charges gradually reduced; better care of farm hands, along with better farming on the part of the renters, and more valuable service on the part of those who work for wages; improvement of the public roads, and further extension of al mail routes. Care of the health of the family by proper attention to location of house, outbuildings and well. Prosperity and peace are dependent on good relations between the races. Close attention to the character of ministers, teachers, and all who try to be leaders of the people. Second Day. The second day's sessions of the "Tuskegee Negro Conference" were held in Porter Hall Chapel, at Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute today. This is what is known as "The Workers' Conference", and is made up in general of prominent educators of both races, and people interested in education. Among those who are present are: Edward W. Frost, Milwaukee; Dr. Chas F. Meresve, President Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C.; Pres. H. N. Payne, Mary Holmes Seminary, West Point, Miss.; W. F. Graham, John Mitchell, Jr.; Richmond, Va.; Principal T. O. Fuller, Howe Institute, Memphis; Pres. R. R. Wright, Georgia Industrial College, Pres. E. C. Bransom, State Normal School, Athens, Ga.; Pres. W. W. Frost, Rust University, Holly Springs, Miss.; Pres. L. M. Dunton, Claflin University, Orangeburg, S. C.; Pres. R. S. Lovinggood, Houston College, Austin, Tex.; Pres. J. H. Johnston, Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute; Pres. A. B. Chafee, Bishop College, Marshal, Tex.; President W. H. Lanier, Alcorn College, Westside, Miss.; R. L. Garland Penn, Atlanta; Hon. R. L. Smith, Oakland, Tex.; Rev. J. P. Wragg, Atlanta; Frank D. Banks' Hampton Institute, Va.; Rev. W. W. Ranney, Hartford. Continued on Second Page. "THE NEGRO PROBLEM." SYMPOSIUM OF THE VIEWS OF PROMINENT MEN OF THE SUBJECT. Afro-Americans in a Bad Fix—Must Help Themselves, Some Say—Others Assert the Whites Are Not Doing Their Whole Duty. The "Negro Problem" which has been a bug bear in this country for many years has recently been brought to public notice in a way that has made it a pressing subject in both the North and South. The recent address of Secretary of War Root before the Union League club in New York City, marked by his assertion that Negro suffrage after thirty years' trial is a failure, has served to accentuate the situation, following as it did the agitation which has swept the states of the south from the day that President Roosevelt received Booker T. Washington as a dinner guest at the White house. The appointment of Dr. Crum, the rejection of his nomination by the senate, and the receiving of Afro-American federal officeholders and their families at an official "at home" at the White house have added fuel to discussion. What is the destiny toward which our national life, with its desired supremacy of the white race, is bearing the Afro-American is a question that is attracting the best thought of the country. In the south the line of demarkation between the two races seems to have been growing deeper. In the north, so citizens of the southern states contend, the Afro-American is losing friends. Remedies for the erasure of the class line have been proposed repeatedly and for years, there have been attempts to deal with injustice; suggestions of charity and encouragement for the weaker race. The southern white people have thus far handled the problem in their own way. Restrictions laid on the privilege of suffrage have disfranchised thousands of Afro-Americans. Scenes involving cruelty and life have LABAMA. marked the battle for supremacy in recent months. Many Men of Many Minds. That the opinions of public men of the country on this question might be compared, the Chicago Tribune on last Sunday presented a symposium of statements of prominent members of congress, or representative Chicagoans who have given the situation a thoughtful attention and also the views expressed by editorial statements of newspapers of the northern and southern states from which The Appeal has herewith largely drawn. In every section of the country there is wide diversity of opinion. There are those who practically renounce the Afro-American and assert that he should be allowed to drift whatever end he may find, and that that There are those who find that the white people have been guilty of omission of duty and who demand charitable encouragement and greater education that the Afro-American may be elevated to a standard, as a race, which will inspire respect and settle the race question for all time in the United States. The theme on which the discussion of each is hinged is this statement by Secretary Root: "At the close of the war the great question was: 'What shall we do with the poor black?' The answer of the constitutional amendments was: 'Give him citizenship, give him suffrage, give him real rights, and he will rise. I fear we are compelled to face the conclusion that the experiment has failed." There are those who stubbornly assert that the Afro-American is going backward, that he is losing what little advancement was made in former years. There are thinking men who praise the Afro-American for the progress he has made despite obstacles set up by prejudice, particularly in the south, where the question has its acutest phase because of the numbers of the Afro-American population. There are those who cry that politics has wrought the wreck of the Afro-American, as a race. Solution Requires Time. In the majority of statements there is one note of unity—that the problem will be solved and that time will be the chief factor in obliterating the obstacles which now cause division. The burden of advancement, however, most of the incidents of the situation lay on the fact that the problem must exert himself to attain the position which shall inspire respect of those who have opposed him and so: 522 HERE IS WHERE THE ANNUAL "NECRO CONFERENCES" ARE HELD YEAR AFTER YEAR. THOSE WHO ATTEND ARE ASTOUNDED WITH THE EVIDENCES OF PROGRESS AND THRIFT WHICH ARE PRESENTED IN THE INSTITUTE ITSELF AND IN THE TESTIMONY OF THE MEMBERS. cure him a proper place in the national life From north and south comes the assertion that, if the problem is to be first and most basic, force, and partisanship must have no hand in the settlement. "Keep cool" is the advice advanced by southern editorial opinion. The predictions of John A. Wise of Virginia of race wars and bloodshed are stamped as alarmist views pander to sensationallism. Some Offer No Remedies. There are those who advance no explanations for this tendency and who hold out no remedies. Among the number is Senator Bailey of (Texas, who asserts that "the white people of the south propose to rule themselves Continued on Second Page. SEM ee | ani L | TS: gee eshte a ae = ae TT s oe Hs Sa oe eee ene eee EAL LTTE Se ER 7 ER So Ree e THE APPHAI: A NATIONAL Pele Mees eee A Nem NE Oem L ON TR poe OS ae ee ea HE APPEAL: A NATIONAL APRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. | © wee TET eee NASM R ONSET ET Co EMME, ae Goi Gude tatu ae CNRGRO: aaa = = = —— ee Pin ‘ BG yey | ist te met na ie ey NEGRO (PROBLEM gage | Test Re van aud Gl be & aw. be [APRO-AWERICAN Ie AREY INGOIC/ ; . oe. even held the blacks in abject slavery. cominved Bfon rin pads o"™ Tit the south wll eatin _ Improvement os. Citizen Hea-Beon |. (Mh. ; : . Wie Rosen? But sen good une, ae te DAC ay oy to yg sas Tu tte alley hotell become a bet | Senator: Allon Promert ett } a > a 2 le of their 0] tunities alor a ruled ° 7 jenator- Allison—} ar! ¥ sre ABGENAA GE | eos renin as] 2t gM nto Oa rm Se Ray | ERS win. ti, loe 0 wo struck the shackles from their lina]. feW. like Representative John te rest of thé southern] Senator William B. All £ % that the whites are getting alarmed | Gaines of Tennessee, say: AY: | peonla Wiiet Re -baenconeamen teeter: | (Renbél canBat see that the titeenth Ta eee that the whites are getting, alarmed | Che ‘problem has; been settled by | Property: thereby: becoming In lacs] Amerioan has steadily improved sluce ———- i a ae Sutauon ha taken pontesion ot the poople of the south let. It drop.” Brees UNO eae tiene cree] te tcnnee ona ets ie Improved since} A Simpl A em. ey ne not fear; we do not tenatin: inger of New _mp- ve ton ne Ce ‘passage and his improvement a ice Henn a fete doa ite tea an | morro vnc Bertin) en Be improvement a8 8 imple Home Treatment Which Never ns fair show for our “white alley.” “The Afro-American is ” rout u Sits due to that as y Gis RB) “roa ne an? | ite atrameriena, 1, cape | S0UT™ MuTiNg CraEL, etary ts ook at the incrensed pres: Fails to Restore Full Strength and x VIS Wk. | sostcn fr taving more troteon| Ou nover i Lacey of Towa Says the Whites re] pertyof the average Afro-American to ieee cy | acbnnton, 8 paving more trouble on] "cen ofthe south—including Gra-| than to the Afroramerican-—Ballot is | older and & taxpaye war Ql | acount ot ine eaneles, inconsistent] nam Harris of Clcngvs Woned oi] Ha" Sn wneTct™ “Sulot i} Roler and 8 a eer Vigor: of Youth. \ és ny Y color, Dreludice wniee se virer a lively | education, who left his Virginia home| Representative John M. Lacy Teno! Se Wee F, | geht James H. Wolff, was’ olected as| # Score of years ago—insist that those | (Rep.)—The ee Sea Oe: Teed toes | BEAK RACE IMEROVING, SSE eee Poe eS GREE re| | SENT FREE TO A % BP | ntog stegenartment commander 1 premium on intelligence and. property| plex 'ao'com| Belvee ihe anoametenn i Gap LL BOE JME | erecnnnte dvorgent 68 | eee atte eee Rea uate Walaa st| | Ror ‘aancenente nO . J j PE | tas Yeon prominent in G. A. R. af-| sufrage are justified by precedent. |fully agree with Secret oT eres | Tineke ence. Wellton he athe! RATE fpr |i 5 Beere tig nate Pe geome, cts, de |Rot e ee ee Reatter | Rilo an ear ae ate 5 Sa fae fata, ‘and has served as judge, s3¥0"] ue itte tom ine northern taodee | sutrage Is’ total failure, must con| One of te moat prosperous farmers xs : ee cate of the department. Against him | Pxtopc that in the south a voter unua:| fee tat i has uot done allen fiends | my district in ah Avo-american” who wees a Zo 3 were eso white men, W_ W. Castle|fovtat produce his polhtax receipt a |belfeved ft would do‘ the time of tts | was freed from slavery in 1885." There Ua : and W.-H, Merarlane, Castes 14 "preliminary (0. voting. or, a8. in| adoption ime of its | was freed from slavery in 1868. ‘There | sgl member of the same post as Wolf. | Gacrgia, must have paid all taxes since| The. At are other Instances of the same sort : SS | eer write ficgkmercag, oral as the] mish tow tht he race et only] BEN ‘The only thing against Wolff was Can All These Be Right? cor dn caves wre ay capable, 6€ fiprovemient: Put. chan tt. 8 yy = = ‘THE APPEAL, tna he an Alcona 0d AE) senator Gane ot eT Le ee a Ge aeteet col coins ans thee was Soe meet Oar | oy se a ‘ ——__—__—__ affords us considerable pleasure to be| that the southern whites hav. jus-| enjoy that boon. im[siier the handicap de 308 Bs: Got cs 7 . Su AANATIONAL AFRO-ANERICAN NEWSPAPER | ie to esord that, ‘ough ‘threate| sieation fo “ahertaatag. sane aoy at Dose, 90 eke fo Bee aetes the banticay tader ‘whjeb they i 4 PaaS aay LAT ES ae, Woenly made, atter the close of | the Afro-American, ess that may react disastrously toh asa g YC PUBLISHED WEEKLY DE the encampment, that the war will be| Senator Cullom of Illinois cre de, 7 BEE 2. ae ade etter cote ot] "Senator Cullom of linols.insiste| people of those we ae gif, [ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS | continued, the ‘ebt minded people| tbat encouragement and education iste] DEODIG Of thE Eee ve ae re oto| NOnly Selstion of the Probie’ GA a jig ae Sa eee die ‘von out this times wap the Aiteramercan's salvation | many tings conngciod with eurage Sievating the Blacks to a Level ot ee nintines NT POP°) won the Afre American's salvation, | [any tags connected ie tutes] Rlcpammbiy. 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Write for our extraordinary inducements, ‘Address, THE APPEAL, ap East 4th St, St. Paul, Milam ————— SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1903. To a number of Senators President Roosevelt has expressed a desire that a vote be taken in the Senate on the adverse report of the Committee on ‘Commerce of Dr. Crum for collector at the port of Charleston. He insists that it is but fair to the nominee and fair to the appointing power that the ad- vice and consent of the Senate be ob- served in this case as In all others of a similar nature. It fs stated on good authority that it no vote is taken in the Senate that the President will make a recess ap- pointment. In this he is backed by the precedent set by Democratic Prest- dent’ Cleveland whose nomination of C. H. J. Taylor, (a man who did not in any way meastire up to Dr. Crum), to be recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, was rejected by a Senate committee by a vote of 9 to 2, but final: ly confirmed by the Senate. President Roosevelt is all right in his position in regard to the nomins- tion of Dr. Crum as collector of cus: toms at Charleston, S.C. ‘The only real opposition to him is on account of color and it fs really glorious to feel that at last this country has a Presi- dent who will not allow prejudice or policy to Influence him into dolag a wrong act. ‘The cry that Dr. Crum is not the choice of the people is not so, as there really are only a few preju: diced politicians who are opposing him. Long live President Roosevelt. It it were not so very damnably ex: asperating, it probably would be amus: ing to note the excrutiatingly comical gyrations some white people indulge in in their efforts to force the Afro- American, as well as themselves, into the bellef that he, the Afro-American, fs inferior. Because a white man says a thing is so and so that does not, necessarily, make it an absolute fact. ‘We will admit that the whites in ‘America have had a notable advantage over the blacks for more than two conturfes, the most of which time they even held the blacks in abject slavery. But such good use have the. blacks made of thelr opportunities along cor fain tines since our martyred Lincoln struck the shackles from thelr lime that the whites are. getting. alarmed nd. an. allabsorbing fear of “Negro Somination has taken possession of thom. They need not fear: we do not wish to dominate, but to Just have at fair show for ou “white alley.” Boston is having more trouble on aceount of the senseless, inconsistent toler prejudice. which even exists the @.'A, R. Last week atter a livel flehe James H. Wolf was’ elected a Junior tise-department commander o the ‘Massachusetts department, G. A R. Wott s'# lawser’ of Boston, and fas been prominent in G. A. Rat falrs, and has served as judge ‘advo ate of the department. Against hin were two. white. men, 'W.W. Castle Int W. H. McFarlane, Castle is member of the same post as Wolff End'he and MeFarlane are prominen inthe order. ithe only thing against Wolff wa that he is an_ Afro-American, and ‘fords us considerable pleasure to b able to record. that, though threat were openly made, after the close o The encampment shat the war will continued, the right minded peopl SOR OUR tie We do not subscribe to all Mormon doctrines, but if all Mormons have the spirit to do unto their fellow men as they would have their fellow men do unto, them, as Apostle Smoot did last week at a banquet given in his honor in Salt Lake City, in making no color distinctions among his guests, We must say they are not a bad lot. We were at first inclined to the be- Hief that Apostle Smoot ought not to be seated in the U.S. senate, but we now withdraw any objections we may have had. With Senator Smoot in the senate there will be another objector to the methods of the lowest thing in the United States, albeit he fs a mem- ber of that august body—Ben Tillman, A. prominent Mississippi banker claims that a number of Democrats in that state had intended voting for Roosevelt, put that the President has queered himself because of the Book- er-Washington incident and the Indi- anola affair. If half of the Democrats in the state voted for Roosevelt it would not give him the electoral vote, because the clique of Democratic state officials who count the votes would see that an overwhelming majority was returned for the Democratic presi dential candidate. While there is such a wave of color prejudice rolling over this country it is pleasing to note that Rev, P. Thom- ag Stanford, A. M., M, D., D. D,, LL.D, an Afro-American of Boston, has re ceived a call to the pastorate of the Wilberforce Memorial church, Birm- ingham, England, which is a Caucasian congregation entirely. Stanford was ‘born a slaye at Hampton, Va., in 1860 and was educated through the kind ‘ness and help of Henry Ward Beecher ‘Harriet Beecher Stowe and William E ete dmeaias Dr. J. L. M. Curry, who died recently, distinguished himself especially by his work for the education and betterment of the Afro-American. The recent gift of Mr. John D. Rockefeller of $100,000 a year for a period of ten years, to be used for educational purposes in the South, was secured through the ef. forts of Dr. Curry. He was general agent for the Peabody and the John Slater educational funds and had more to do with their distribution than any other man, ld bentiilman got off some more of his billingsgate at the press club ban- quet at New York Saturday night. ‘The press dispatches state that the language used was so filthy that a number of ladies left the hall, This fine specimen of the superior (2) Caw- asian devoted his entire time to abuse of the Afro-American, and we are much gratified to Know that his sen- timents were not concurred in but re- ceived with hisses. A lot of flunkey Afro-Americans, headed by Chief Flunkey of Huntsville. Ala., have announced that they will call'a meeting at Birmingham in May to declare that the “white people of the South are our best friends.” These fool Atros ought to be more solicitous about their own rights instead of at- tempting to guard the interests of the Southern Caucasian who {s able to take care of himselt. Major J. E. Varadaman has an nounced himself as a candidate for Governor of Mississippl on an anti Negro platform. He purposes to df ‘vide the public school fund of the state between the. races according to the Amount of taxes paid by each race The plan if carried into effect woul close 75 per cent of the Afro-American cuits aamnshe te the wtala: ‘The Temps of Paris in discussing the adverse vote of the Senate com mittee on the nonilnation of Dr, Crum to be collector of the Port of Charles ton saya this antkNegro vote 1s an evidence that the United States is par tictpating in the general moral slump ‘which Is noticeable among the great Powers. )_ Carter Beverly, an Afro-American Republican leader in Alabama, has [been appointed deputy collector of in ternal revenue at Birmingham. Bey: erly’s appointment is regarded by the lily white” Republicans as a recogn- ‘tion ‘bs the administration of the “pack and tan” element, | A number of representative Filipinos held a meeting in Manila recently to atrange for a’ memorial in honor of ‘Dr. Rizal, the Filipiuo martyr. There ‘were but six persons” present, yet in ‘few minutes more than $600 was sub- Seribed. to meet the expenses of the inemorial meeting, Mrs. Thomas Hamilton Burch a prominent society woman of New York City, who was deserted by her hus- band, testified in court recently that she pald $10 for a drug guaranteed to win back the affection of any husband, and yet they talk about the Afro: American being superstitious. The Mobile Register says: We are trying an experiment in settling the race problem which serves to ditter- entiate the Afro-Americans and puts a premium on thetr intelligence. We do hot know how it is going to work, but we. think {t shouldbe given. a’ fair ret: A Northern Caucasian sojourning in Winchester made uncomplimentary remarks about the South and was promptly put off the earth, Ip a a “NEGRO PROBLEM.” Jags Continued Pfom First Pané! ‘and not to be ruled by thelr former servants.” z ‘A fom, Ike Representative John W. Gaines ot Tennessee, say: “The problem has been settled, by the people of the south; let it drop.” Senator Gallinger of New Hamp: shire takes an extreme view, saying: “The Afro-American is." without friends, and, sometimes I think, with- out hope.” ‘Men of|the south—including Gra- ham H. Harris of Chicago's board of education, who left hls Virginia home 2 score of years ago—insist that those southern states which have placed a premium on intelligence and property Tights as a conditica to the exercise of suffrage are justified by precedent, ‘The restrictions, they contend, differ but ilttle from ‘the northern models, except that in the south a voter usual: ly must produce his poll-tax receipt as & preliminary to voting, or, as in Georgia, must have pald all taxes since 1877. Can All These Be Right? ‘Senator Clark of Wyoming contends that the southern whites have no jus: Ufleation for discriminating against the Afro-American, Senator Cullom of Illinois insists that encouragement and education wil ‘work the Afro-American’s salvation. Northern editorial opinion repeated ly demands that if the south persists in Indirect disfranchisement of the ‘Afro-American vote a penalty should be levied on the southern states by cutting down their representation in Congress. ‘A warning note is sounded by Sen ator Dolliver of Iowa, who points out that should the time come when the ‘Afro-Americans reach the plane of in: telligence which will enable all to fully understand the rights and dutiés of citizenship and to perform them prop: erly, those who have sought fo make political and social outcasts of these people will have a “tremendous power to reckon with.” Old ben tillman of South Carolina sees trouble in the future, contending that, no matter what may be done now, the battle to “maintain white suprem: Jacy will have to be fought over again twenty years from now.” 5 ll hah tn hontai hase Ryker be wl ‘Senator Cullom Says, it is too Fate to Discuss Whether the Black Man May Be Allowed Suffrage—Can't Turn Back, Senator Shelby M. Cullom, Ilinois (Rep.)—It is a rather late day to say thar it was a mistake to give the right of suffrage to the Afro-American. As a result of the civil war the right to vote was given to the Afro-American by an amendment to the coustitution. He will keep it. No attempt will be made to take it from him, and it is Useless to discuss such a proposition. His right will neither be denied or abridged. “ Instead of asserting that It was a mistake to give the Afro-American the Fights of citizenship, we should devote all our thought and energies to rals ing him to the point to qualify him to exercise his precious right. “We should -educate him and do everything in om power to make a good citizen of him. He needs encouragement, and we owe ft to ourselves to do all in our power to elevate him. ‘We should not discourage him by as serting that It was a mistake to give him the right of a franchise, especial ly as he has enjoyed that right, for more than a generation. It was givéi fo him by the people of the United States, as the state legislatures, acting for the people, voted for the amend: ‘ment to the constitution which gave citizenship to the Negro. Our mission is to build up and not to tear down, In addition to educating the Afro American we should teach him how tc sustain himself and to make an honest industrious, and provident citizen of him, BLACK MAN HAS PROGRESSED. Whites Must Be Patient and Allow Afro-American to Improve as Time Passes, Declares Senator-elect Hop- kins—Matter of Development. Senator-elect Albert J. Hopkins, Il. (Rep.)—I cannot agree with those who think that the Afro-American has not progressed or that the fifteenth amend: ment has not hefped him. Inthe north, where the proportion of blacks to whites Is small, the Improvement has, of course, been more rapid than in the south. Look at the high average of intelligence among the Afro-Ameri cans in one of the middle western states. ‘Opinions differ as to the condition of the plantation Afro-American, but I belleve that most of those who hold that he is going backward are notori ously. prejudiced against him. I have talked with representatives who were members of congress when the fit teenth amendment was passed. ‘They voted for it because they could find no other way in which to protect him in the enjoyment of his civil rights.” After many years they were of the opinion that they acted rightly? * The Afro-American has come a long way from barbatism in a short time. ‘We are inclined to be impatient and to forget that it took the white man centuries to develop his civilization. MASON WITH THE BLACK MAN. Retiring Ilinois Senator Declares the Suffrage of the Black Man Can Be Made a Success, Even in the South. Senator William E, Mason (Il, Rep.)—If Afro-American suffrage is a failure so much the worse for those who are responsible for It. The Atro: American is given the right of fran- chise by the constitution, but it is true, nevertheless, that it has been taken from him by nearly all the southern states. The amendment to the consti- tution giving an Afro-American the right to vote should be enforced or repealed. It is practically nullified now, Dut of course no one would con- sent’ to repeal it. Afro-American suf- frage is not a failure in Indiana and Illnols. This, of course, demonstrates that it can be made a success. Our Afro-American population is a pretty fair lot, and exercises the right of sut- frage intelligently. om SAYS “GIVE HIM A CHANCE.” Senator Quarles Admits Disappoint- ment, but Holds Out Hope for the Fature—South Must Learn to Be ‘Tolerant. Senator Joseph V. Quarles (Wis. Rep.)—I am strongly inelined to agree with Secretary of War Root In regard to his view of Afro-American suffrage. It has not accomplished for the Afro- American all I thought it would when the amendment granting him the right to vote became a law. I am in hopes, however, that the people of the south will, Itke Paul, see a new light and be- come converted to the doctrine that all men have equal rights under the law. ‘As for the Afro-American himself, while he has not performed prodigies in all the walks of life, considering }* If'the south will give‘him a show for fain white alley ho “Will: become a bet. ter citizen than he now is, and it will be for the interesty of thé southern people thet he be encouraged to te. prove himself mentally and. acquire property, thereby becoming in times of peril a tower of strength to the com- monwealth in which he resides, SOUTH HURTING ITSELF. Lacey of Iowa Says the Whites Are Doing More Injury to Themselves than to the Afro-American—Ballot 1s His Right, Representative John M. Lacy, Iowa (Rep.)—The question of Afro-Amert- can suffrage in the south is 0. com- plex one not living in that section can hardly understand it, While I do not fully agree with Secretary of War Root in his view that Afro-American suffrage is a total fallure, T must con- fess that It has not done all its friends believed it would do at the tUme of Its adoption. ‘The Afro-American legally has the right of suffrage, and In cases where he has commited no erlmes to forfelt that Tight he should be permitted to enjoy that boon, To take it from him at the present day is a dangerous pro- ess that may react disastrously to the people of those states who have de- rived him of that right. ‘There are s0 many things connected with suffrage in the south that honest men cannot approye of that Tam sometimes at a oss to know what the remedy shail be against such deplorable conditions. T hope, and T try to believe, that in time the things against which all rlgit minded men complain will right them- selves. I think also that the southern people will seo that they are injuring Themselves more than they are the ‘Afro-American in depriving him, as some of the southern states are doing, of the right of suffrage, IMPROVE THE AFRO-AMERICAN. ‘Dr. B. G. Hirsch Says Suffrage Was Granted ‘Too Soon, but That There Is No Way of Withdrawing It Now— ‘Time Will Tel. While declaring that the Atro-Ameri- can’ was granted suffrage before is Gevelopment entitled him to such Hghts, Dr, Bmll G, Hirsch sees no way fof, correcting the blunder except by aising the black man to a higher level, He sald: “was @ mistake In the first place to extend to the Afro-American the privilege of suffr-ge. But it has been Gone. and there is no need to ery-over Spilt milk, We must face conditions as they exist. To take from the Afro: ‘American, by direct or indireet way, that privilege of suftrage now would not only be tnjust but it would be dis- honest. “We must try to raise im to the higher level where he can appreciate this right, understand the full mean Ing of the duties of citizenship, and learn to exercise these duties in ways that make for his own benefit and that of our country, In my opinion, there {s,no other alternative «to do this we must do more for the Afro-American, He must receive more education, ‘He needs our charity and even our social assistance that his moral nature may be led to a higher plane. ‘The trouble is that, we are toc Quick to condemn without hearing the @ntire argument for the defense. If 3 man like Booker T, Washington rises and commands our respect, people arc apt to say, ‘0, he is the exception.” It fan Afro-American of the lowest class of his race commits an act that brings Out badness that Is the extreme of the gooduess. in. Booker” T- Washington people say, “Well, there is the typical Riro-Amereian; there is the type 0 the black race* “No, we do not give the Afro-Amert cans the opportunity they deserve here in the north, We claim that we do But 1 fear that statement. will not stand the test, In the south that pas slonate prejudice which has had its root in racial differences has operated to place every possible obstacle in the Way of the advancement of the black tace, They. say that Afro-American suffrage has failed. believe, with oth er optimists, that it has failed because ie has not been allowed. ‘the problem will be settled, but i will be setted in its own good time Thave no sympathy with the aarmists who are predicting race wars in the coming years. I believe we will neve be called on to meet such a crisis a: that. Let us use much of charity and give the Afro-American freely. of edu ation, which shall raise him to th plane where he can command the fe Bpect of the whites, as Individual mem ders of his race have done, and ther solution will be easy. “"[ believe that President Roosevel fs sincere and that he acted wisely, Delieve Honest, sincer public sentimen stands by him, ‘But this question mus be settled without passion, withou partisanship, without agitation that ha: Selfish ends as Its source. “Time will solve the problem, Ele vate the Afro-American and with eact generation the southern prejudice—the horthern prejudice, too—against th Biack man will become fainter anc fainter.” CONDITION NOT A THEORY. Bee eee eee ae: | ‘Among the Afro-Americans of Call- fornia. Representative Julius Kabn, Califor- nia (Rep.)—In my state, where the ‘Afro-American population is compara tively small; I notice a marked im- provement, There’ are about 1,500 Afro-Americans in San Francisco out of a total poputation of 400,000. Per haps these conditions are ‘pecullarly favorable to their advancement. At any rate, I know among them men of force and education. I can under- stand, however, that under different conditions progress might be slower, but the quality of the Afro-Americans in San Francisco shows that the race is susceptible of culture and clylliza- tion. Perhaps if the fifteenth amend- ment had been considered in 1870 tn- stead of at the close of the civil war it might have failed of passing, or it might have been less broad, but we are confronted with a condition which, though dificult of solution, need not discourage us. BLAMES ALL ON WHITES. Senator Clark Says the Whites Will in the Near Future Regret Their Action. Senator Clarence D. Clark, Wyoming (Rep.)—Secretary of War Root is cor- rect in his statement that Afro-Amer'- can suffrage in the south is an abso- lute failure. It has been made such vecause the people of the southern states are denying the Afro-American the right of franchise. The Afro- American has done nothing that justi- fies the southern people from diserén- inating against him politically, except that he votes the republican ticket on at Jeast all national questions. If 1 am not much mistaken those states which\ have disfranchised the Afro- American will in the near future great- ly regret thelr action, ‘AFRO-AMERICAN I8 MARCHING ON. ), Improvement.es-a Citizen Has. Been gtehay. According t6" the ‘View of ‘Senator Allison—Prosperity a Proof or Thin, Senator William B. Allisod, Iowa (Rep) =I cantiot sce that the fteenth amendment is a failure. ‘The Afro ‘American bas steadily Improved ance its passage and his improvement as a citizen has been in a large measure. due to that amendment, It is only nec: essary to look at the increased: pros- perlty of the average Afro-American to bee chat. He te becoming a property holder and a taxpayer. BLACK RACE IMPROVING. Representative ‘Warner, of tlinots Believes the Afro-American 1s) Cap: able of Advancement, Representative Vespasian Warnet. inals. (ep) <1 ‘believe the Afro: American is capable of advancing, One of the most prosperous farmers in fy distret 1s an Afro-American, who was freed from slavery in 1863." ‘There are other instances of the same sor, wenich show that the race 1s not only Zapable of Improvement but that {Cis improving. When you look at the pro- gress they, have made you must con- Sider the bandicap under, whjch they have labored, diriae tama tee etre Ga eats Only Solution of the Problem Lies in Elevating the Blacks to a Level of Responsibility, Says the Rev. J. P. Brushingham. ‘The Afro-American question can be worked out only by elevating the black man to the level of his responsibilities, according to the Rev. J. P. Brushing- ham, who said: “I'believe it is wrong to disfranchise the Afro-American by deliberate but indirect ways. It is not legal; It is dis- honest, It might have been a srave mistake when we gave him the priv- Hlege of suffrage, but It is too late to back out of that now. We must mypt conditions squarely and solve the at- tendant problem without denying him full justice, He should be taught in dustry, to save his money, to fc him- self for a higher place in life by sXen- tal and moral development. “This race problem Is distinctly one of the south. It is easy for us to give advice, but it is a far different matter to enforce that advice in the southern states or to bring the southern people to our views. If we had the same mum: ber of blacks in the north we should have the same problem with us, and. doubtless, just as strong prejudices. ‘There is social prejudice here and It is strong. “In the south it is a natural condi tion, but I believe years will finally blot’ it out as the Afro-American ad. vances for himself and appreciates all that is meant by the privilege of citl zenship, There will be no race war. Such alarmist predictions strike me as idle talk, as yellow sensationalism, “President Roosevelt, in my opinion, has acted wisely and sincerely. The nation should stand by him, and It will.” NEGRO’ CONF ERENCE. Continued From First Page. Conn.; Pres. J. 8. Hathaway, N. & 1 Institute, Franktort, Ky.; Pres. George Sale, Atlanta Baptist College; Hon. Gyrus Field Adams, Asst. Register of U.S. Treasury. ‘The subject for discussion at. the Workers’ Conference was the teaching of agriculture in its broadest sense. The discussion was divided into three Reneral topies—In the city. schools, In the country schools, and by’ extension Work, mainly in the country. | The methods considered outside school Toom work were Farmers’ institutes, instruction from traveling agricultural experts, traveling libraries, and farm: era" bulletins. “RE-ENSLAVING THE NEGRO.” “There Is No Half-Way House Be- ccan a Shiva Gad 2 Crizan?” A Republican committee of a Re- publican Senate devoted Lincoln's Birthday to the shutting of one more door of hope in the face of the slaves whom Lincoln freed. Dr. Crum has been pronounced unfit to hold federal office—simply because he is a black man, It is agreed that his character is above reproach and his ability out of the common, He fs the type of those “very intelligent” Negroes upon whom Lincoln wished to confer the suffrage long before his party was ready to, and upon whom he would, by necessary infefence, have been glad to bestow office. Lincoln could not have failed to sympathize with ‘Sumner's later position—namely, that a fit colored man in a proper office was a “constant testimony and argu: ment” for equal rights. No wonder that our latter-day recreancy to. the principles of Lincoln should have called. from Archbishop Ireland in Chicago yesterday the _ indignant words, “To announce that the citizen who is black must not aspire to 2 political life, must not approach the dallot box, is to war against Ameri- can institutions.” ‘The two things go together. Dis: qualification for office means, for the ‘Negro, disfranchisement. The New York Sun is bold enough to speak out openly what many are saying private: Jy, It would have the ballot taken from the black man. To have given it to him at all was, it says, a blunder. ‘Senator Hoar tells us of a Republican colleague who goes further, ‘and main- tains that it was a mistake to have abolished slayery. ‘That is logical, for the movement to deprive the Negro of his political rights is really a move: ment to re-enslave him. People talk glibly about, preserving to him his “civil rights"—the right to life, Ib- erty, and the pursuit of happiness— after his political rights are extin- guished, but this is to fly in the face of history, Have we got to argue ‘over again the reconstruction debates of 18672 Must some new Sumner arise to tell us that “a righteous gov- ‘ernment cannot be founded on the ex- clusion of a race?” Disabilities cannot be effectually re- moved except by conferring privileges. ‘There is no half-way house between fa slave and a citizen, Every attempt to stop short in the process of free- dom 1s a confessed failure. Look at Catholic emancipation in England. It began with the removal of positive stigma, of political pains and penal- ties inflleted upon Catholics as such. But for a long time the disquallfica- tion to hold office remained. Against that Ingering injustice humane lovers of Uberty had to contend. 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Peo ena te| © ee # i cific, is taking a: “lay oft! a gp —————— ee : -_ maedbban sen Reni weil eee ee | Soham RS cine, Casale Concerning Shoes, t+ -Gombination WP lenty of An enty of | everything (. We manufacture ovr own He es te! ge ae 7 afeaaw has es 3 J A Conipiiatige of Number of Happenings, Sochal wad Otherwise, Among the Atro- ‘Americans wf thé. Second City of Thl atm Celtel j Mrs. A. J.-Catey is ‘convaleacing: 9 | Mrs, J. T. Bateman is seriously. ill. Mrs. Edward Meade is rapidly con- walescing. If you wish everyboay to see it put it in THE APPEAL. Mr, Hugh Carter will leave for New Orleans on the 19th Inst. Mrs. Harry Edwards, of New York, is visiting friends in the-city. ‘Thy Appeal is on sale at Faulkner's Afro-American news stand, 3104 State strest. Mr. and Mrs, William Hackley are now living at 110 Kearney Ave., Jer- sey City, N. J. Mrs. Daisy Coca, $000 State St, who has been seriously ill is much im- proved in health. Miss Bernice Spradiing, 4850 Ar- mour Ave, is rapidly improving from her recent illness. Go to Central Hall next Thursday evening for a good time. Masquerade ball. Armant’s Band. Mrs. Belle Cary, of Valparaiso, Ind., spent Tast Monday in the city shop- ping and seeing friends. ‘The APPEAL is on sale at C. C. MeLain’s cigar store and cut-rate tick- et office, 428 Dearborn street. ‘Mrs. P. 'T. Tinsley has gone to Tus: xegee to join her husband, who is. di- rector of the music department. Mr. Geo. Woodson, 2903 -Dearburn St., has been appointed special police: man in the Senate at Springfield. THE APPEAL Is without question the best advertising medium through which to reach the Afro-Americans of Chicago. GERTRWDE IMOGENE PALMER, ‘yialinste. Concerts, musicales, instruc: tion. Room 86 Auditorium, and 680 Austin Ave. Mr, -Green Tapley and several other members of the Williams & Walker Co. were visiting among friends in the city this week. Subscribers for THE APPEAL who wish to discontinue the paper must send written notice to the office, prop- erly dated and signed. THE APPEAL has fixed advertis- ing, and will not cut them to secure advertising. However, if you wish to reach the people you must use THE APPEAL. ; ¢. J. Chambers & Co., manufactur- ers and wholesale and retail dealers in fine cigars, are doing a rushing bust- ness at 2958 State St. Pluck and push will tell. Do you want to preach? Learn at home. Send two-ent stamp to Prof R. B. Hewitt for catalogue of Corre spondence Bible School, 2908 Maga zine street, New Orleans, La. Remember that the seventh annual ‘masquerade ball of Co. B, Eighth Reg- iment 1. N. G., takes place Thursday evening, Feb. 26, at Central Hall, 22nd ‘and Wabash avenue. Admission 50 cents. 7 JAMES JOHNSON, Teacher of vio- in, room 86 Auditorium building. Miss Gertrude Imogene Palmer and_Mr. Felix Weir, assistant teachers. Wed: nesday and Saturday, Tuesday and Friday. | Co. B's masquerade ball at Central ‘Hall next Thursday evening will be a grand affair. Some unique features will be shown for the first time in ‘Chicago. Don't miss it, Admission 50 cents. Parties having momey to tnvest op chattels, diamonds, atc., call on John Q. Grant & Co., Suite 311, No. 36 Souta Clark street. “They will give two per eent per month on all moneys left with them to be loaned on above se eurities. Information 1s wanted of Miss or Mrs. Keie White, who left Omaha & few years ago and is supposed to be Jn Chicago. She is a bright mulatio weighing about 125 pounas. Miss White's parents live at Atchison, Kan. Any information will be gladly re ceived vy Dr. P, C. Kebble, Pittsburg, Texas. Deanis J. Sweenie was for fifty years a member of the Chicago fire Gcpartment, and for many years its chief, died early Monday ‘imorning, alter’ a long illness. Chief Sweenie was probably the best. known fire fighter in the country and was @ brave and cool man at the business, The high standard of excellence of our fire department is due in great part lo Chief Sweenle’s great executive abilfiy and his inkerewt love of nis call- ing. | FLOAN & LEVEROOS, Gents’ Fime Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Etc. Cor. Seventh and Jackson Sts., West Suprrior WIs. ST. PAUL, MINN, a ERE Mouiot Viecd resident TW Banwou host Cashier — T. L. Blood & Co.’s READY-MIXED ARE THOROUCHLY RELIABLE. ST.PAUL, MINN. Man Mas hun an etevaror «le: 50ng and Js Not Tired of It. For twenty-six years Richard A. Gordon has been the elevator man in the Portland Block, and presided over the destinies of the same elevator that was there when he first began bis dnties. ‘Mr, Gordon declares that it is the same elevator, although he admits ‘that it has undergone some altera tions.. The power has been changed and several times workmen have changed the interior of the elevator. It has had a dozen or more different cables, and steel has been substituted for wood ang iron, and it has been made much larger ‘in size, and orna- mental cherry and plate glass mirrors have been put in to replace the som ber finishings. that formerly adorned it, and it moves three times as quick ag it sed to, but all the same Mr. Gor- don says it is the same old elevator. ‘Twenty-six years is a-long time for a person to remain at one kind of em: ployment, but Mr. Gordon says his work has never become monotonous, and that he would never be happy do- ing anything else. Although now six. ty years old, Mr. Gordon is hale and hearty, and. be says that jerking an elevator rope gives a man just the proper amount of exercise. “He has a good memory, and not only knows personally évery tenant of the build- ing and the location of their offices, but also knows the faces of those who are in the habit of visiting any of, the offices in the building, and ts able to let them off at the proper place with- out their caling the number of the floor at which they want to get off Mr..Gordon has been a subscriber of ‘THE APPEAL for eighteen years. UNMATCHABLE OFFERINGS! . AT RIGHT PRICES. | «CASH OR CREDIT.. 398-410 Jackson Street, | ST. PAUL. WESTERN: FARM LANDSFOR SALE, L have for sale over 80,000 acres of choice farming lands in Minnesota and/in the Red River Valley’of North Dakota at SLI, to $30 per acre, as good farming Jands as any in the world. [also want to.call attention to the 20,000 acres of fine grazing lands in Western North Dakota at $2.75 t0$4.50 per acre. This is the place—if you love to keep stock—that you should invest your money in. Call om or address, 2 E. G. MELL.EM.,: s Cor. 6th andJackson, - - ST. PAUL, MINN. TS AER EL Aan Lie “AMONG THE RAILROAD, MEN.. Per ae te see ne eT SD ee plies Beet a oes ss Ly aay ft «The Flexibility. of a Dorothy Dodd. ” : eo, eae Concerning Shoes, | UU 71H every step, the sole of your shoe must >r nw obend “The proper place for it to bend is at the’*ball” of the foot=-never at the instep.. To make it bend-at the <*‘ball” things are necéssary;—the. sole must be extremely flexible while'the shank or‘arch: must be. extremely. rigid. ‘Most shoes: bend af the shank, thus losing their shapeliness and tiring ‘the weak arch of the foot. ‘That'is what makes walking for most women so fatiguing. 2 The. “Dorothy Dodd” shoe has a shank that supports the weak arch firmly.» It will not bend.. The method of sewing the shank is different from the ordinary—it is sewn through and through—making a strong, firm shank than cannot bé obtained any other way. . [t has a sole that is extremely flexible and will bend. Every step in such shoes is a delight. Booth Lk A few special styles, $3.50. } Z Established” 1882. : The Plymouth Corner, Seventh and Robert. oi OE ee "Joe Shoecratt, of! the: Canadian. Pa: cific, is taking a- “lay off.” Es © Chas. Patterson,/of the Canadtan Pacific, was in the clty this week. Jesse First, a popular man about town fs on the Aiton between Chicago and St. Louis...) 4: A’ number of Chicagoans will soon go to Montreal to take service with the Canadian Pacific, Frank Walker, 2973 Dearborn St, who has been running on the Wabash between Decatur and Detroit Is now at home sick. L. D. Irvin, who was for a long time on the Big Four between Chicago and Cincinnati, is now running between Cincinnati and Detroit. ' John Miller, an old Chicago rail road man, is’ now running between Charleston, Va., and Toledo, 0. He will soon move ‘his family to Charles. ton. Alexander Williams, who holds the medal for length of service with the Pullman Company, has about recov: ered from injuries received in a wreck on the Santa Fe a few weeks, ago. ‘A bill has been introduced in the Indiana legislature making it a mis demeanor and punishable with a fine of $25 for a patron to offer a tip tc hotel waiters or empioyes on dining and sleeping cars. ‘The author of the bill has doubtless been “up against’ some of “Uncle George's” men ané the boys should at once organize a lob by to fight the: bill | Ta ie tae iL TT eS Ree His are Pcie ban 1 0r eee i ba ee a Seg Sc a og > sao oe : io i pie i Gal Ce y= | = ih Bae AL Our New American Mammoth THE BEST AND LARGEST MANGLE FIRST ONE IN THE STATE. . Lowest Prices on Fiat Work | SHIRTS, 100. COLLARS and OUFFS, to. , State Steam Laundr 9 Phone, Main 1609 a2 West Seventh Street 4 o-23—__—_——> » ——————————c SENATOR-ELECT HOPKINS. HERTZ BROS. Arents, for the Red Cross Stoves and Ranges And Thatcher Furnaces. Deatersin Builders’ Hardware, Tools, Tinware, Paints, Oils, Glass. a ‘Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Workers. 519-521 Uniersity Ave. ST. PAUL, MINN. Tendered Reception by Illinois Re- publican Association. The Illinois Republican Association tendered a reception Tuesday night to the Hon. Albert J. Hopkins, sena- tor-elect from Illinois, and Mrs. Hop- kins. The event occurred in the par Tors of the Riges House, Washington D. C., and 800 people called to pay thelr” respects and congratulate Ill hols’ next representative in the sen ate. Ladies of the association, prettily decorated the parlors for the occa: sion, and the arrangements were in the hands of the following officers of the Illinois, Association: F. J. Young, president; E. B. Payne, vice-president; J. G. Pepper, vice-president; R. Stone Jackson, secretary; W. 8. Broughton assistant secretary; L. Adams, treas: urer. ee be” bs Gee a, we Sali ~<a Zui. A : oe pL re BIKA L ELE Rise ZA poe , +‘ a EVERY STYLE oF MACHINE. — rr B1O ro $1SO eset ; The New Zonophone! | =) —Ffison Phonograpts! New Moulded Records Talking Kachines, | EDISOH PHONOGRAPH PARLOR, °° “SESS. me. Tel. M, 2104-L 2. XX X X ST. PAUL, MINN. J RRS) She Se Cr ere: In the receiving line were R. S. Jackson, Senator-elect A. J. Hopkins, Mrs, Hopkins, Miss Hopkins and Miss Douglas. The guests ‘were received on behalf of the association by_ the following reception committee: Capt. L. M, Kelley, chairman; F. M. Taylor, LB. Cutler, 'G. A. Vaughan, J. C. Pep- per, E. B. Payne, L. B. Stine, 0. J. Ricketts, F. J. Young, J, E. Ralph, Mrs. , E, Smith, N. N. McCullough, J. 0. McClellan, J.B. Chase, I. R. Hitt, Jr. C. L. Hoy, W. 8. Broughton, D. D. Caldwell, E. A. Clifford, W. H. Wilkin- son, R. 8. Jackson, J. C. Eversman and Mrs. M. B. Jenkins. ‘The Ilinois Republican Association was organized in 1865, and Mrs. Blecta Smith was the first woman to be ad: mitoted to membership. Among the distinguished persons present were the Hon, Eugene F, Ware, commis: sioner of pensions; ex-Governor and Mrs, Joseph E. Fifer, Mrs. John A. Logan, Miss Logan, Logan Tucker, Judge’ and Mrs. Wright, the Hon. Frank L. Campbell, assistant secre- tary of the interior; Prof. Willis T. Moore, and Hon, Cyrus Field Adams, assistant register of the treasury. et’ =." 7c et pea = eee = cee, « ee Pi i SRE eres eS ee ag L Ga CN (WY dW Ge Go A ba aie. e A De, By Bane Tra OA ae! all Cerne cath, nce Let ar Fee hs ene Tees bey. ee ia if ; eu oo : ae SPs real “We..a jury composed of men who know cigar values. lind that the plaintiff. the | H Judge Harlan Cigar, 1s entitled to recover ¥ § 70 cents from every smoker” om pees ere Wl ey |p udse Harlan ee Fit aa ~_o¢ Cigar “4,4 a) i ; /HART & MURPHY, MAKERS, 57-PAUL, MINN. FREDERICK DOUGLASS’ STNG aaa a tr ge et ann meet by the, Sunday Club. ‘The Sunday ‘Club gave Its annual banquet Monday evening at Quinn Chapel. ‘The event was given to com: memorate the life work of America’s greatest Afro-American and to culo: gize the man who did so much to de: stroy the slave oligarchy of the South. About the speaker's table were A. H. Roberts, president of the club and toast master of the occasion; Rev. R C. Ransom, of the Institutional Church; Rev. A. J. Carey, of Quinn Chapel: Justice “Hell, W. Allison Sweeney, S. Laing Willams, Hale G Parker, Aldermen Alling and Fowler, Assistant State's Attorney Atwood and Dr. Joseph Jeffrey. Ail of the gentlemen delivered short addresses, but the principal speech of the even: ing was delivered by Rev. R. C, Ran- som. ‘The eloquent divine, in his ustal elegant and forcible manner vividly portrayed the wrongs that have been heaped upon the Afro-American, made ‘plain to whose efforts were due. the partial failure of universal suffrage in one section of our country, and bade every man with at drop of African blood in his veins to be sure that he does his full duty in the impending crisis, In the course of his address Rey. Ransom said: “The states which have now made the franchise for the Afro-American a failure are the same states that at- tempted to break up the Union in 1861, and they are in the Union now only’ because they were pinned there by 200,000 Afro-American bayonets.” ‘Now’ is the timeMor every man who has a drop of Negro blood in his veins to speak, and speak 50 well that the whole of the civilized world shall hear him, We thought when our men came marching back from Vicksburg, bleeding and with the scars of battle that the “Negro question” was, for- ever settled, 5 The South is now fighting in its last ditch on the "Negro question.” ‘They have acknowledged by recent. utter- ances that it is not our ignorance that they are afraid of, but that it is our intelligence. ‘They do not propose that we shall be given a chance for higher education and enlightenment, but they want us educated only. in the lines of labor and subjection. There is a time when things have got to be stirred up, and now is the time when the Afro-American has got to stir things up to preserve his rights. and fiarchise~ os Siebel ws ier it It Touches the Spot! = RYE By eo Ba BENZ Salm | ST. PAUL, \ SF pee We MINNEAPOLIS, aS PARK | oo 7 v3 “od ale a BALTIMORE, MD. S er Ly AN “A Happy - Combination - of Comfort. Luxurious Travel ce Perfect Accomodations 1S VA en Th ay (ut ay (GSnETry) Inguire for rates and informatign should you contemplate a trip wel rounded out with pleasure. : : = ‘T. W. TFASDALE, Gen. Pas: : Agt., | AGOALE, Gen Pass Aaty SUCIRTY DIREETURY- een GT. PAUL. MASONIO DF Ne © AFIT A ore ra iy hay al jo i Giese ry ae . qe te (i — Lal EE aon eo ost WORSHIPEUL GRAND LODam oe SUNNESOTA. A. Fax AM Rf, DE_LBO, GRAND MASI. Brolin Warde: Stiespotis, tm: Wy, , MORRIS, GRAND, SECRETARY, 106 “GuMnty Loan Dag, Mlluaengol, tian: PIONEER LODGD NO. 3, A, F. AND A wr igceee fanaa Moniay Om eat Moatt Ne Magoule walle Nor 0 Wabanae a ee a Set isa Secy 84 Rewater Be PpRPRCT ASULAR LODGE NO. 40, A pret Sete secoad aad fetes Bochddystae Miashuie ual No. ‘HO Wage Fees A 00 Beak. ie. Brack, Wat BE Sefibgan lave’; “J. Porte” Seo 58 Carrol’ St PASE GRAND MASTER'S COUNCIw eA8S, SPB ua AS eet thie eet NS Fetaat th cuch month at Labor "Com AHS golidg angen. Al wishing E ae eee ott standing” cordially. (weited fe Niet Ete aginfe WT Ge Bs Brose. Weeman es, No. a we Thomas It. Hiekinan, G. Frozen from CREAM. SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO LODGES AND CHURCHES. The Crescent Creamery Co., BOTH "PHONES. 3rd and Minnesota. —_/— MODERN DRUGBISTS OPEN DAY AND NIGHT A, D, THOMPSON DRUG CO, PRESCRIPTION DRUCCISTS Cor. Tuirp St. anv First Ave. Sours, Orrosirs Post Orrice IMINNEAPoOLIS, Minn. ——— Elk E.xpress Company. G. D. CHARLESTON, Paor. Packing, Shipping and Storing. 3 WOOD AND COAL, 63 East Sixth Street, ST. PAUL, MINN Tel. Main 1920-31. ODD FELLOWS. | MARS LODGR, No, 2002, MEETS weg ond aud fourth Wednesday’ tn each month for usiness and the third Wednesday for [pseructlon at Odd. Fellows Hall, AWB Beventh street, WB, Porter, Ne G.2 hoe ie'Hlelnan, B. 8,22 St. Anthony #re HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, NO. 553, #, 0 over eB. nicete Ast and third Monday $y Stok” month for ‘osiness; ‘second Mow oy for Instruction. at Odd Fellows’ dal, 38 BT Seventh St Mra Anna Mode Mf Ne G'S du ats onnson, Tit No. 562 Tice street. ST. PAUL PATRIARCHY NO 116, meets the second Monday in each. month Bt Odd Fellows’ Hall, No. 263.5. Soventt Sheets All Batriarehs tn Rood, standing We ihvied tocatieng: W. Ro dorr Be WP thon Hickman, 3 Yer fhe Francie Wp Geo. Bs Tone, WW. Fe mee Fag Wabasha: ST. JAMES’ A, M. E. CHURCH. cor. Puller “und day ‘streets. sunday. sets tees? $100'a. me: 180 po Wednesday’ prayer eet 800 fom. Pastor vista oa Ho day and ‘Poenday at home Wednesday and Pandas Weddings foneraissand ae Mek gftended on notice: Rev. d. Cs Avene Son, Pastor, 380, oule’ St. PILGRIM “BAPTIST. CHURCH. Cor, aati! and. Cedar. Sunday. services: Breneh: igo aegh gnd (9609. i Seda teboa! at #8:30'ofloek. Pwcaneaday sven. mig’ generni_ penser mecting. Friday ven Ing feuds" Stnday schoo! lessen, Foverale tits weddings promptly attended. Reve We AE eee eee reat Bi. ST. PHILIP'S. EPISCOPAL MISSIO¥ corner Anvora avenue aud Mackubin stro Stnday services: Barly celebration of Hot: Buchatist, 7:30 a,.m. "High celebration of Holy Eudhacist “frst and. third Soudays, 11:60 a.m, Mating, second nnd. fourth Sunday, 11:00am: Suuday school, 12:90 D. tn Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 6:30 p. Ti, Uvexpers, 4230 p.m. Week. servicen: Weanosdati "contacto, tase, 8:0 Pridays, evening praser, $00 p.m. Sitae days Holy Puchafints OA. ML iow. Eeerar Daniels. Hector AL SOWTLL amen 374 eee Soot R. Walker bUOD EL. wd FUSE Widis U1QI013 AND CIGARS, 374 fi.nagsora St Fret na ST.PAUL. matt 2 5O YEARS" : EXPERIENCE Teae asus. 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