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MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL Minn Historical Society ective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents Washington. - In the Congressional Record, second session of the Sixth-third congress, issued under date of Sept. 24, 1914, is found a discussion of senate bill No. 392. This bill has for its purpose the creation in the war and navy departments respectively of a roll designated as "the civil war volunteer officers' retired list" and the placing thereon, with retired pay, of certain surviving officers who served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in the civil war, and other purposes. The motion to take up the bill was made by Senator Townsend of Michigan. After some discussion Senator White of Alabama was recognized by the chair and delivered the following speech favoring the adoption of the bill without any discrimination against the colored soldiers or sailors. Senator White said in part: "Mr. President, I have been somewhat diverted from the thought I was trying to give expression to, and that was that this bill, instead of being an honor roll, is a roll of discrimination, a rank discrimination in favor of commissioned officers who hold the higher rank, who received the greater pay, who endured fewer of the hardships and encountered less of the perils as against noncommissioned officers and privates. I am speaking, sir, for the private Union soldiers. "I know what they were. I met them on the line. I faced them on the field. I saw a great deal more of them than I saw of the officers. It was their line of cold, deadly steel our side dreaded to meet. It was not the flash of the general's sword that made us hesitate. We saw it gleam in the sunshine; we saw the stars as they glittered upon his collar. But they had no terrors for us. We knew when real danger approached it was when privates faced privates, one holding aloft the stars and stripes, the other waving over his head the stars and bars. "Yes, Mr. President, they are the men we fought; they are the men who died with us on the field; they are the men we honor; they are the men, while once our enemies, we Confederates really love. I had no quarrel with the private soldier. He and I were both placed there in response to the call from our sections. Our sections called both of us. His section called him; my section called me. We went there in response to duty's call. We went there not expecting honors or pay, and up to date we have got neither, as others have. We were not paid on our side. I never drew a dollar in my life for service, and really, Mr. President, I was far removed from the commission. [Laughter.] If it had not been for the colored men who accompanied us and served with us in the war and did our foraging we doubtless would have starved. I never will forget them. "They were good foragers, and they foraged for good fighters. How can I forget them now? Why, they enabled us, sir, for three long years to continue that struggle. They did that, too, when it was apparent to every one that remaining with us meant their continued slavery, while their deseration would have been rewarded with freedom, and yet they stayed with us and by their labor supplied our armies in the field. They went with us to the field and continued by our sides in battle. They carried the bodies of our dead heroes back to the homes, mingled their tears with the tears of their mothers, their wives and their children at their graves, for they wept as sincerely and as truly as did the families over these matchless soldiers as they were laid to rest." SMOKE THE RELIABLE 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR HAMMOND BY 25,000 Democrat Easy Winner in Minnesota. GIVEN IMMENSE VOTE IN RAMSEY COUNTY Also Carried Hennepin and Many Country Districts. St. Paul, Nov. 5.—Minnesota has elected a Democrat for governor for the third time. John Lind first broke the long line of Republican victories in 1898, but when Winfield Scott Hammond takes the oath of office next January he will have no associates of his own party holding state office. The entire Republican ticket was elected with the customary majorities ranging from 35,000 to 50,000, except the candidate for governor, William E. Lee. In the late returns Lee was slowly reducing the Hammond plurality in the country districts. This was expected, and, while the Democratic organization chiefs will have to revise downward their first early predictions of a 40,000 majority, it is believed final figures will not show the lead much less than 25,000. Hammond will carry Hennepin and Ramsey counties by from 18,000 to 20,000. Reports from St. Louis county are meagre, but the St. James man is in the lead, has carried Duluth and the iron range and probably will get out of the county with a majority of 2,500 over Lee. Justice George L. Bunn of the state supreme court has been re-elected for a six-year term. His opponent, Albert Johnson of Red Wing, seems to have been snowed under by 25,000 on the face of returns at hand. The congressional results are as follows: First District — Sydney Anderson, Lanesboro (R). Second District — Franklin F. Ellsworth, Mankato (R). Third District—Charles R. Davis, St Peter (R). Fourth District—C. C. Van Dyke, St Paul (D). Fifth District — George R. Smith Minneapolis (R). Sixth District — Charles A. Lindbergh, Little Falls (R). Seventh District—Andrew Volstead Granite Falls (R). Eighth District—Clarence B. Miller Duluth (R). Ninth District—Halvor Steenerson Crookston (R). Tenth District—Thomas D. Schall Minneapolis (P). ELECT THE ENTIRE TICKET Republicans Capture All the Offices in Iowa. Des Molines, Ia., Nov. 5.—Republicans swept Iowa clean from Senator A. B. Cummins and Governor George W Clarke, who have from 25,000 to 40,000 plurality, down to the congressional and state ticket. After a hard battle, alded by Secretary of State Bryan and President Wilson, Maurice A. Connolly went down to defeat before Cummins. Nine congressmen are Republican. The Progressives, who had the support of a speech by Colonel Roosevelt, made a poor showing. SUFFRAGE VOTE DOUBTEUL Both Sides Are Claiming Victory in Nebraska. Omaha, Nov. 5.—The Omaha Bee, Republican, concedes the re-election of Governor John S. Morehead, Democ- rat, by a larger plurality than he re- ceived two years ago. On the woman suffrage amendment both sides claim victory. Wanted—Ageuts to solicit ad- vertising and news. Salary or com- mission. Good profits. Write the Twin City Star. Minneapolis, Minn. Read The Star. It's News. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION W. S. HAMMOND. W. S. HAMMOND. LAUDS CIVIL WAR HEROES. Senator White Pays Tribute to Negro Helpers of Confederacy. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. NOVEMBER 6, 1914. PLAN TO UNITE ALL METHODISTS Representatives From the Various Branches of the Denomination Discuss Problem of Consolidation, Which Has Long Been Held In Abeyance. Paving Way For Election of Bishops. Nashville.—The recent conference here of representatives of the colored conferences brought together more than 200 ministers, all interested in the future and advancement of the race in Methodism. The problems concerning colored Methodists were discussed with the utmost candor, and a plan was adopted looking toward ultimate autonomy for the entire membership. The plan of action includes the adoption of the suggestion by the M. E. Church south, for the organic union of all branches of Methodism through the organization of one general conference and the formation of three or four quadrennial conferences, both general and quadrennial, one of which would include the colored Methodists. In each of the jurisdictions the conferences would meet together at stated times for the consideration of general church policies. The declaration of principles elogizes the work which the Methodist Episcopal church has done for the race. pledges continued interest and support of the great work of the denomination and urges that conditions now warrant the formation of an autonomous church with race bishops. It was decided to support the amendment adopted by the last M. E. general conference providing for the election of bishops for races, which will be submitted to fall conferences in 1915 and in the spring conferences of 1916 and in lay conferences for ratification. The way would then be paved for the colored contingent doing still greater work for the race. The Methodist Episcopal church has never elected a full didedged colored bishop, though a few years ago it selected Dr. L. B. Scott as missionary bishop to Liberia. Des. J. W. E. Bowen, m. C. M. B. Mason and R. E. Jones have been candidates at previous general conferences, but failed of election. Among those who have been mentioned in connection with the episcopacy should the amendment providing for race bishops prevail is Dr. L. L. Thomas, field agent of the board of home missions and church extension. Dr. Thomas has filled this position for the past ten years and is considered one of the most successful and most polished workers in the church. The results of his labors have been so well appreciated that his higher official as sociates speak of him as a man whose place would be difficult to fill. He is a native of Maryland and was graduated from Morgan college, Baltimore, in 1881. He also graduated from Howard university with honors. Dr. Thomas is the author of several books, including "A Colored Man's Reply" to Bishop Foeter, "Eight Reasons Why and the M. E. Church" and "Methodism and the Negro." He has served at the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church in Washington and while serving at the Sharp Street Memorial church, Baltimore, was appointed to his present position. Purpose of National Reform League. National Reform League and Criminal Elimination society is the name of a new organization recently formed in Cincinnati. The object of the society is to reduce as far as possible prejudice against the intelligent and thrifty colored people and to inspire the less fortunate to make better use of what opportunities they have. It will also aim to protect young colored women from the rough element of both races, secure the conviction of lawbreakers and assist the innocent wrongfully charged with crime. The society has been incorporated under the laws of Ohio at Columbus. Suffrage League Holds an Exposition The big event among women who believe they should have the privilege of casting their ballot for persons elected to public office by vote of the people was a very creditable exposition held at Arcade hall, Pittsburgh, on Wednesday evening. Oct. 21. under the auspices of the Lucy Stone Suffrage league. A great variety of articles were shown, in which the patrons of the affair were much interested. J. W. H. H. HON. THOS. D. SCHALL, Congressman Elect. From 10th Dist. Minnesota. Hon Thos. D. Schall has won his seat in Congress. He is well known to the people of Minnesota and the voters of Hennepin Co. Mr. Schall made a remarkable record as the Progressive Candidate for Congress last election. He is a believer in the progressive principles and despite his affliction, is qualified to fill his position. Mr. Schall is blind, the result of an accident received from an electrical flash while lighting a cigar, after winning one of the greatest battles of his legal career. He has since that time practiced law in this city, maintaining a large number of clients. His success, in spite of affliction, is a guarantee of extraordinary ability. His wife, is a faithful business partner, and is constantly associated with his legal affairs. Mr. Schall is a recognized orator. The following testimonials speak for themselves. "Schall will be for Minnesota what the blind Senator Gore is for Oklahoma. He is a self-made man, of sterling character. His remarkable success as a practicing lawyer demonstrates his business and professional qualities. He is a man of exceptional ability and an able and brilliant speaker. As a congressman he will be a credit to our State. He has my uninterrupted employment."—Dr. Richard Burton, Chair of English Literature, University of Minnesota. "He is one of the best, perhaps the best speaker we have ever graduated from the University of Minnesota." —Cyrus Northridge, President Minnesota. "His character as a man and a citizen is beyond reproach." —Jas. C. Haynes, Ex-Mayor, Minneapolis. "He is logical, polished and forceful." —Jas. C. Haynes, Minneapolis. He is an ideal candidate. —W. S. Pattee, late vice president of the College of Law of the University of Minnesota. He is remarkably kills as a public speaker." —G. H. Bridgeman, D. D., former President online University. He will delight and move any audience he addresses." —Rev. Charles Hayard Mitchell, D. D. I heartily endorse Thos. D. Schall for Congress. —Judy, the most brilliant speaker we have ever had at the University." —E. E. McDermott, Chair of Oratory, University of Minnesota. No young man who is so thoroughly qualified, to discharge the duties of a legislator as Thomas D. Schall. My association with him, as a classmate, is the most important opportunity to know him intimately. He is without prejudice, a gifted orator and believes in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Minneapolis. HAMPTON CHORAL UNION. Good Work of Musical Organization at Noted Trade School. Hampton, Va. To sing in public some of the best musical compositions, to encourage the study of harmony and to present in recital some of the race's best musicians are some of the objects of the Hampton Choral union, of which R. Nathaniel Dett is director. Mime, Anita Patti Brown, the well known soprano soloist, Mr Joseph Douglass, a violinist of rare technique, and Miss Eiza Coppage, a versatile dramatic reader of Norfolk, appeared recently in recital at Hampton institute. The program also included numbers by the Hampton Choral union and the institute choir. To appreciate the quality of the music, one has only to study carefully the concert program, part of which follows. Hymn to the Trinity ... Tschalkowsky institute Choir Villanelle ... Jol Aqua Nydia, the blind gift of Pompei, Lytton Miss Coppage Fantasie Caprice ... Vienstemps Mr. Douglass Mr. Douglas Laughing song on the Stucken Hampton Choral Union Mad scene from "Lucia" ..... Donzettze Kuiaiwak (Pollish dance) ..... Wieniawak Gypsy song ..... Coleridge-Taylor Scene and aria from "La Travailta" ..... Verd Goodbye (by special request) ..... Toasts Mme. Douglas WORK OF LAND GRANT COLLEGES Representatives of the Various Schools Which Receive Government Aid Eager to Know South's Attitude on Smith-Lever Bill—Commissioner P. P. Claxton Among the Speakers. By N. BARNETT DODSON. Washington. The fourth annual conference of the representatives of the Negro land grant colleges will be held in Library hall on the campus of Howard university in this city on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 11 and 12. Professor Byrd Prillerman of West Virginia, chairman of the conference, is making an effort to have all the land grant schools represented. The subject of special interest before this conference will be the Smith Lever bill, which was passed by congress last winter. This bill makes ample provision for extension work among the farmers of the country, but, unlike the Morrill and the Nelson bills, it makes no special provision for the Negro. The distribution of this fund is left entirely to the states. Just what attitude the southern states will assume toward the Negro in the distribution of this fund is being watched with a great deal of interest, since it affects the interest of at least 7,000,000 colored people. The Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations will meet in the New Willard Hotel Nov. 11, 12 and 13. The representatives from the Negro land grant colleges are eligible to membership in this association and will attend its MAJOB R. R. WRIGHT. meetings mornings and evenings. Hon. P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, has been invited to address this special conference of the Negro representatives in Library hall at Howard university Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 11, at 2 o'clock. Chairman Byrd Prillerman, president of the West Virginia Colored institute, will preside. The address of welcome will be delivered by Professor Kelly Miller, dean of the College of Arts and Science, and the response will be made by Professor W. C. Jason of Delaware. Following these addresses the representatives from the various schools, sixteen in number, will make brief reports concerning their work for the past year. The subjects and speakers for Thursday afternoon will be: "What Standards of Scholarship Shall We Expect of the Negro Land Grant Colleges?" Led by President R. R. Wright of Georgia and President R. S. Wilkinson of South Carolina. "The Purpose of Industrial Education - Vocational, Educational, or Both?" Led by President James B. Dudley of North Carolina and President W. S. Buchanan of Alabama. "What Industrial Courses Are Most Profitable Educationally and Vocationally?" Professor F. H. Cardozo of Florida. "What Industrial Courses Are Most Popular With the Students?" "What Should Be the Minimum Requirements In Scholarship For Admission to These Schools?" "What Benefit Will Your No. 4 re-elected from 5th District. School Receive From the Smith-Lever Bill? will also be discussed. "The Negro land grant college is the outgrowth of the congressional land grant act of 1862. This measure was introduced into the United States congress by the late Senator Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont in 1857 and finally passed in 1862. The bill granted public lands for the founding of state colleges to teach agriculture and the mechanic arts and allied subjects. An additional grant was made by an act introduced by Senator Morrill in 1890, which provided that in states and territories in which separate schools were maintained for white and Negro youth an equitable distribution of the fund be made between the two races. The act carried with it an appropriation of $25,000 a year from the federal government. NORTH AND SOUTH PAIRED. National Association Conducts Never Political Campaign on Race Question. The following news story is sent out by the press committee of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People: May Childs Norney, Secretary, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York: New York, Oct. 23, 1914—To define the probable attitude of the next congress on the Negro the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People sent out the following questions to all candidates for congress in the Republican, Democratic and Progressive parties: First—Will you, if elected, vote against any measure abrogating the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments? Second—would you be elected, vote against (a) segregation in the federal service, (b) residential segregation in the District of Columbia, (c) segregation in incarceration in the District of Columbia? Third—Regardless of whether you advocate racial intermarriage, will you oppose the passage of a law making such marriage in the District of Columbia invalid, since the enactment by states of such laws has led to the degradation of New York City's racial diversity. Fourth—Do you under any circumstances justify lynching? Fifth—Do you fear the enforcement of clause 2 of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution? The candidates who replied expressed varying opinions, from the Pennsylvania Democrat who believes in an "educational test for suffrage" and is "opposed to litch law," to the Kentuckyian who warns the association that the people of Kentucky have a right to ask such questions, but that the National association has not. A very few state that they believe in lynching under some circumstances, but the majority are emphatically opposed to it. Many would vote against a law prohibiting intermarriage, stating that they would not vote to make any woman's children illegitimate. Comparatively few candidates believe in segregation in government service, but some favor residential segregation and the limecrow car. Except in the south there is a general belief in enforcing the amendments and in reducing representation in those states which have disfranchised the Negro. LOSE FIVE CONGRESSMEN Democrat Swept Into Discard in Connecticut. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 5.—Connecticut swept a Democratic card of five congressional members into the discard, electing Frank B. Brandegee United States senator and G. O. P. congressmen. Brandegee's plurality over Governor Baldwin will total 12,000. Two Democratic Senators. Louisville, Nov. 5.—By large majorities, estimated to range up to 40,000, Kentucky elected former Governor J. C. W. Beckham, Democrat, for the full term in the United States senate and Johnson N. Camden for the remainder of Senator W. O Bradley's term. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY DULUTH THE TWIN CITY STAR ST.PAUL ective Page VOL. 5 Single Copies 5 Cents "Mr. President. I have been somewhat diverted from the thought I was trying to give expression to, and that was that this bill, instead of being an honor roll, is a roll of discrimination, a rank discrimination in favor of commissioned officers who hold the higher rank, who received the greater pay, who endured fewer of the hardships and encountered less of the perils as against noncommissioned officers and privates. I am speaking, sir, for the private Union soldiers. "I know what they were. I met them on the line. I faced them on the field. I saw a great deal more of them than I saw of the officers. It was their line of cold, deadly steel our side dreaded to meet. It was not the flash of the general's sword that made us hesitate. We saw it gleam in the sunshine; we saw the stars as they glittered upon his collar. But they had no terrors for us. We knew when real danger approached it was when privates faced privates, one holding aloft the stars and stripes, the other waving over his head the stars and bars. "Yes, Mr. President, they are the men we fought; they are the men who died with us on the field; they are the men we honor; they are the men, while once our enemies, we Confederates really love, I had no quarrel with the private soldier. He and I were both placed there in response to the call from our sections. Our sections called both of us. His section called him; my section called me. We went there in response to duty's call. We went there not expecting honors or pay, and up to date we have got neither, as others have. We were not paid on our side. I never drew a dollar in my life for service, and really, Mr. President, I was far removed from the commissary. [Laughter.] If it had not been for the colored men who accompanied us and served with us in the war and did our foraging we doubtless would have starved. I never will forget them. "They were good forors, and they foraged for good fighters. How can I forget them now? Why, they enabled us, sir, for three long years to continue that struggle. They did that, too, when it was apparent to every one that remaining with us meant their continued slavery, while their deserion would have been rewarded with freedom, and yet they stayed with us and by their labor supplied our armies in the field. They went with us to the field and continued by our sides in battle. They carried the bodies of our dead heroes back to the homes, mingled their tears with the tears of their mothers, their wives and their children at their graves, for they wept as sincerely and as truly as did the families over these matchless soldiers as they were laid to rest." SMOKE THE RELIABLE 5c SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR HAMMOND BY 25,000 Democrat Easy Winner in Minnesota. GIVEN IMMENSE VOTE IN RAMSEY COUNTY Also Carried Hennepin and Many Country Districts. St. Paul, Nov. 5.—Minnesota has elected a Democrat for governor for the third time. John Lind first broke the long line of Republican victories in 1898, but when Winfield Scott Hammond takes the oath of office next January he will have no associates of his own party holding state office. The entire Republican ticket was elected with the customary majorities ranging from 35,000 to 50,000, except the candidate for governor, William E. Lee. In the late returns Lee was slowly reducing the Hammond plurality in the country districts. This was expected, and, while the Democratic organization chiefs will have to revise downward their first early predictions of a 40,000 majority, it is believed final figures will not show the lead much less than 25,000. Hammond will carry Hennepin and Ramsey counties by from 18,000 to 20,000. Reports from St. Louis county are meagre, but the St. James man is in the lead, has carried Duluth and the iron range and probably will get out of the county with a majority of 2,500 over Lee. Justice George L. Bunn of the state supreme court has been re-elected for a six-year term. His opponent, Alber Johnson of Red Wing, seems to have been snowed under by 25,000 on the face of returns at hand. The congressional results are as follows: First District — Sydney Anderson Lanesboro (R). Second District — Franklin F. Ells worth, Mankato (R). Third District—Charles R. Davis, St Peter (R). Fourth District—C. C. Van Dyke, St Paul (D). Fifth District — George R. Smith Minneapolis (R). Sixth District — Charles A. Lindbergh, Little Falls (R). Seventh District—Andrew Volstead Granite Falls (R). Eighth District—Clarence B. Miller Duluth (R). Ninth District—Halvor Steenerson Crookston (R). Tenth District—Thomas D. Schall Minneapolis (P). ELECT THE ENTIRE TICKET Republicans Capture All the Officers in Iowa. Des Molines, Ia., Nov. 5.—Republicans sws iowa clean from Senator A. B. Cummins and Governor George W. Clarke, who have from 25,000 to 40,000 plurality, down to the congressional and state ticket. After a hard battle, added by Secretary of State Bryan and President Wilson, Maurice A. Connolly went down to defeat before Cummins. Nine congressmen are Republican. The Progressives, who had the support of a speech by Colonel Roosevelt, made a poor showing. SUFFRAGE VOTE DOUBTEUL Both Sides Are Claiming Victory in Nebraska. Omaha, Nov. 5.—The Omaha Bee, Republican, concedes the re-election of Governor John S. Morehead, Democrat, by a larger plurality than he received two years ago. On the woman suffrage amendment both sides claim victory. Wanted—Ageents to solicit advertising and news. Salary or commission. Good profits. Write the Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn. Read The Star. It's News. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION W. O. HAWKIN W. S. HAMMOND. LAUDS CIVIL WAR HEROES. Senator White Pays Tribute to Negro Helpers of Confederacy. Washington. - In the Congressional Record, second session of the Sixty-third congress, issued under date of Sept. 24, 1914, is found a discussion of senate bill No. 392. This bill has for its purpose the creation in the war and navy departments respectively of a roll designated as "the civil war volunteer officers' retired list" and the placing thereon, with retired pay, of certain surviving officers who served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States in the civil war, and other purposes. The motion to take up the bill was made by Senator Townsend of Michigan. After some discussion Senator White of Alabama was recognized by the chair and delivered the following speech favoring the adoption of the bill without any discrimination against the colored soldiers or sailors. Senator White said in part: PLAN TO UNITE ALL METHODISTS Representatives From the Various Branches of the Denomination Discuss Problem of Consolidation, Which Has Long Been Held In Abeyance. Paving Way For Election of Bishops. Nashville.—The recent conference here of representatives of the colored conferences brought together more than 200 ministers, all interested in the future and advancement of the race in Methodism. The problems concerning colored Methodists were discussed with the utmost candor, and a plan was adopted looking toward ultimate autonomy for the entire membership. The plan of action includes the adoption of the suggestion by the M. E church south, for the organic union of all branches of Methodism through the organization of one general conference and the formation of three or four quadrennial conferences, both general and quadrennial, one of which would include the colored Methodists. In each of the jurisdictions the conferences would meet together at stated times for the consideration of general church policies. The declaration of principles elogizes the work which the Methodist Episcopal church has done for the race. pledges continued interest and support of the great work of the denomination and urges that conditions now warrant the formation of an autonomous church with race bishops. It was decided to support the amendment adopted by the last M. E. general conference providing for the election of bishops for races, which will be submitted to fall conferences in 1915 and in the spring conferences of 1916 and in lay conferences for ratification. The way would then be paved for the colored contingent doing still greater work for the race. The Methodist Episcopal church has never elected a full didedged colored bishop, though a few years ago it selected Dr. 1. B. Scott as missionary bishop to Liberia. Drs. J. W. E. Bowen, m. C. B. Mason and R. E. Jones have been candidates at previous general conferences, but failed of election. Among those who have been mentioned in connection with the episcopacy should the amendment providing for race bishops prevail is Dr. 1. L. Thomas, field agent of the board of home missions and church extension. Dr. Thomas has filled this position for the past ten years and is considered one of the most successful and most polished workers in the church. The results of his labors have been so well appreciated that his higher official as associates speak of him as a man whose place would be difficult to fill. He is a native of Maryland and was graduated from Morgan college, Baltimore, in 1881. He also graduated from Howard university with honors. Dr. Thomas is the author of several books, including "A Colored Man's Reply" to Bishop Foster, "Eight Reasons Why and the M. E. Church" and "Methodism and the Negro." He has served at the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church in Washington and while serving at the Sharp Street Memorial church, Baltimore, was appointed to his present position. Purpose of National Reform League. National Reform League and Criminal Elimination society is the name of a new organization recently formed in Cincinnati. The object of the society is to reduce as far as possible prejudice against the intelligent and thrifty colored people and to inspire the less fortunate to make better use of what opportunities they have. It will also aim to protect young colored women from the rough element of both races, secure the conviction of lawbreakers and assist the innocent wrongly charged with crime. The society has been incorporated under the laws of Ohio at Columbus. Suffrage League Holds an Exposition The big event among women who believe they should have the privilege of casting their ballot for persons elected to public office by vote of the people was a very creditable exposition held at Arcade hall. Pittsburgh, on Wednesday evening, Oct. 21. under the auspices of the Lucy Stone Suffrage league. A great variety of articles were shown, in which the patrons of the affair were much interested. J. C. H. HON. THOS. D. SCHALL, Congressman Elect. From 10th Dist. Minnesota Hon Thos. D. Schall has won his seat in Congress. He is well known to the people of Minnesota and the voters of Hennepin Co. Mr. Schall made a remarkable record as the Progressive Candidate for Congress last election. He is a believer in the progressive principles and despite his affliction, is qualified to fill his position. Mr. Schall is blind, the result of an accident received from an electrical flash while lighting a cigar, after winning one of the greatest battles of his legal career. He has since that time practiced law in this city, maintaining a large number of clients. His success, in spite of affliction, is a guarantee of extraordinary ability. His wife, is a faithful business partner, and is constantly associated with his legal affairs. Mr. Schall is a recognized orator. The following testimonials speak for themselves. "Schall will be for Minnesota what the blink of the eye be for Oklahoma. He is a self-made man of sterling character. His remarkable success as a practicing lawyer demonstrates his business and professional qualities. He is a man of exquisite intellect and abiding character. As a congressman he will be a credit to our State. He has my unqualified endorsement."—Dr. Richard Minneapolis of English Literature, University of Minnesota. "He is one of the best, perhaps the best speaker we have ever graduated from the university. President Emmausota" —Cyrus Northrop "His character as a man and a citizen is beyond reproach." —Jas. C. Haynes, Ex-Mayor, Minneapolis. "He is logical, polished and forceful." —Jas. Gray, Ex-Mayor, Minneapolis. "He is a man of integrity." —Jas. Gray, Ex-Mayor, Minneapolis. "He is an ideal orator."—John Greer. Principal Central High, Minneapolis "As a speaker he has but few equals." —Rev. J. S. Montgomery, D. D. "He has attained the highest distinction as a campaign debater."—W. S. State University of the Law of the University of Minnesota. "He is remarkably gifted as a public speaker."—G. H. Bridgman, D. D., former university university. Mr. Schall has been instrumental powers. He will delight and move any audience he addresses."—Rev. Charles Bayard, Mitchell, D. C., University of Thos. D. Schall for Congress."—Judge Milton D. Purdy. "He is the most brilliant speaker we have ever had at the University." — E. W. M. Chair of Oratory, University of Minnesota. I know of no young man who is so thoroughly qualified, to discharge the duties of a professor, as Mr. Schall. My association with him, as a class-mate in the College of Law, gave me an apprehension. Mr. Schall is without prejudice, a gifted orator and believes in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. HAMPTON CHORAL UNION. Good Work of Musical Organization at Noted Trade School. Hampton. Va. To sing in public some of the best musical compositions, to encourage the study of harmony and to present in recital some of the race's best musicians are some of the objects of the Hampton Choral union, of which R. Nathaniel Dett is director. Mme. Anita Patti Brown, the well known soprano soloist. Mr. Joseph Douglass, a violinist of rare technique, and Miss Eiza Coppage, a versatile dramatic reader of Norfolk, appeared recently in recital at Hampton institute. The program also included numbers by the Hampton Choral union and the institute choir. To appreciate the quality of the music, one has only to study carefully the concert program, part of which follows. Hymn to the Trinity ..... Tschalkowsky Institute Choir Villanelle ..... Del Aqua Nydia, the blind girl of Pompeii, Lyton Miss Coppage Fantasie Caprice ..... Vieuxtemps Mr Douglass Laughing song ..... Van der Stucken Henry Mad scene from "Lucia." Donzettiz Kulawak (Polish dance). Wieniawks Gypay song. Coleridge-Taylor Scene and aria from "La Traviata." Verd Goodby (by special request) Toost Mme. Brown. WORK OF LAND GRANT COLLEGES Representatives of the Various Schools Which Receive Government Aid Eager to Know South's Attitude on Smith-Lever Bill—Commissioner P. P. Claxton Among the Speakers. By N. BARNETT DODSON. Washington...The fourth annual conference of the representatives of the Negro land grant colleges will be held in Library hall on the campus of Howard university in this city on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 11 and 12. Professor Byrd Prillerman of West Virginia, chairman of the conference, is making an effort to have all the land grant schools represented. The subject of special interest before this conference will be the Smith-Lever bill, which was passed by congress last winter. This bill makes ample provision for extension work among the farmers of the country, but, unlike the Merrill and the Nelson bills, it makes no special provision for the Negro. The distribution of this fund is left entirely to the states. Just what attitude the southern states will assume toward the Negro in the distribution of this fund is being watched with a great deal of interest, since it affects the interest of at least 7,000,000 colored people. The Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations will meet in the New Willard hotel Nov. 11, 12 and 13. The representatives from the Negro land grant colleges are eligible to membership in this association and will attend its MAJOB R. H. WRIGHT. meetings mornings and evenings. Hon. P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, has been invited to address this special conference of the Negro representatives in Library hall at Howard university Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 11, at 2 o'clock. Chairman Byrd Prillerman, president of the West Virginia Colored institute, will preside. The address of welcome will be delivered by Professor Kelly Miller, dean of the College of Arts and Science, and the response will be made by Professor W. C. Jason of Delaware. Following these addresses the representatives from the various schools, sixteen in number, will make brief reports concerning their work for the past year. The subjects and speakers for Thursday afternoon will be: "What Standards of Scholarship Shall We Expect of the Negro Land Grant Colleges?" Led by President R. R. Wright of Georgia and President R. S. Wilkinson of South Carolina. "The Purpose of Industrial Education — Vocational, Educational, or Both?" Led by President James B. Dudley of North Carolina and President W. S. Buchanan of Alabama. "What Industrial Courses Are Most Profitable Educationally and Vocationally?" Professor F. H. Cardozo of Florida. "What Industrial Courses Are Most Popular With the Students?" "What Should Be the Minimum Requirements In Scholarship For Admission to These Schools?" "What Benefit Will Your No. 4 re-elected from 5th District. School Receive From the Smith-Lever Bill? will also be discussed. "The Negro land grant college is the outgrowth of the congressional land grant act of 1862. This measure was introduced into the United States congress by the late Senator Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont in 1857 and finally passed in 1862. The bill granted public lands for the founding of state colleges to teach agriculture and the mechanic arts and allied subjects. An additional grant was made by an act introduced by Senator Morrill in 1890, which provided that in states and territories in which separate schools were maintained for white and Negro youth an equitable distribution of the fund be made between the two races. The act carried with it an appropriation of $25,000 a year from the federal government. NORTH AND SOUTH PAIRED. National Association Conducts Novel Political Campaign on Race Question. The following news story is sent out by the press committee of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People: May Childs Nerney, Secretary, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York: New York, Oct. 23, 1914-To define the probable attitude of the next congress on the Negro the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People sent a letter urging Congress to dates for congress in the Republican, Democratic and Progressive parties: First- Will you, if elected, vote against the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments? Second.-Will you, if elected, vote against (a) segregation in the federal service; (b) residential segregation in the District of Columbia; (c) segregation in the District of Colorado; (d) Third-Regardless of whether you advocate racial intermarriage, will you oppose the passage of a law making such marriage in the District of Columbia in such states as New York, Texas, or states such laws has led to the degeneration of Negro women and children? Fourth. -Do you under any circumstances justify lynching? Fifth—Do you favor the enforcement of clause 2 of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution? The candidates who replied expressed varying opinions, from the Pennsylvania Democrat who believes in an "educational test for suffrage" and is "opposed to litch law," to the Kentuckian who warns the association that the people of Kentucky have a right to ask such questions, but that the National association has not. A very few state that they believe in lynching under some circumstances, but the majority are emphatically opposed to it. Many would vote against a law prohibiting intermarriage, stating that they would not vote to make any woman's children illegitimate. Comparatively few candidates believe in segregation in government service, but some favor residential segregation and the Jimcrow car. Except in the south there is a general belief in enforcing the amendments and in reducing representation in those states which have disfranchised the Negro. LOSE FIVE CONGRESSMEN Democrats Swept Into Discard in Connecticut. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 5.—Connecticut swept a Democratic card of five congressional members into the discard, electing Frank B. Brandegee United States senator and G. O. P. congressmen. Brandegee's plurality over Governor Baldwin will total 12,000. Two Democratic Senators. Louisville, Nov. 5.—By large majorities, estimated to range up to 40,000, Kentucky elected former Governor J. C. W. Beckham, Democrat, for the full term in the United States senate and Johnson N. Camden for the remainder of Senator W. O. Bradley's term. SEND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION T. E. CASON Manager ADMISSION 35c. MADAM M. HART. Madam Hart the milliner has moved from St. Paul to 1308 Washington Ave. So., where she has a complete stock of Millinery. Madam Hart also conducts a Hair Dressing Parlor. She has a full line of Switches, Wigs, Braids, Hair Goods and Tonics. Patronize Madam Hart and get satisfaction. The defeat of County Attorney Robertson was a surprise to many. He had a two to one fight. Mr. Newton supported Mr. Rees the winner. Mr. Robertson is a good official. Alderman James Peterson had better look out for himself for next election. We have yet to know of a Negro Democrat in Minneapolis. Miss Louise Ford and Mr. H. J. Pitts both formerly of the Twin Cities were united in marriage Oct. 22 in Winnipeg, at St. Edwards Church. Mrs. James Ford of Winnipeg and her daughters, Misses Isabelle and Camille, will make their future home here. They will be pleased to meet their friends at 720 Bryant Ave. No. Mr. Al. Moss has returned from visiting his mother, Mrs. Julia Gates at Hannibal, Mo. He spent a while in Springfield and Quincy, Ill. Mr. David E. Buckner has been confined in the hospital at Rochester, Minn Comrade Buckner is a veteran of the Spanish-American War and is suffering from the effects of wounds received in the Charge at San Juan Hill. He may enter the Soldier's Home at Ft. Snelling during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wheeler of Omaha, Neb., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peoples for a few days enroute Chicago. Do Not Telephone. any notices, personals,or advertisements to the Twin City Star. We must have a copy of matter for publication. Use the mails and save time. Mars Lodge held their annual entertainment on Thursday night at Masonic Hall which was well attended. Miss Victoria Kemp one of the most promising young ladies of our city is very ill. Her many friends wish her a speedy recovery. The Society for the Advancement of Colored People met last Sunday with The Sunday Forum. Messrs. B. S. Smith, W. R. Morris, R. S. Brown and Miss Eva Walker, were the principal speakers. A review of the program and necessity of the work of the Society was the general topic. Miss Corinne Parsons favored with a Piano Solo. The speakers deplored the lack of interest in the organization. Mr. R. Skinner presided and Miss Jonsie Wright, Sec'y. The Negro Y. M. C. A. Club will meet Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, at Bethesda Baptist Church. Everybody is invited. FRONT ROOM FOR RENT.—A block from car line. All modern conveniences, reasonable prices—with respectable family—Apply to W. E. Marshall, 2840 Grand Ave. So., or call So. 5552. Two Furnished Front Rooms. Modern conveniences, electric lights, hot water heat, moderate prices. Call at 3920 Elliott Ave. So. HOUSE FOR RENT.—2437½ 5th Ave. So. Five Rooms, good location. Apply to Noah Moss, 404 E. 25th St. Tel. South 248. For Sale.—Live, Chickens and Fresh Eggs. Good laying hens. Call at 3920 Elliott Ave. So. FURNISHED ROOM—Cheap rent, near car line, comfortable and convenient. Call at 1522 5th St. So. Minneapolis. Mrs. A. G. Charleston. Reserve your space for Excursions, Picnics and Dances. Take the advantage of our advertising columns. The struggle for today, is not al together for today; it is for a vast future.—Abraham Lincoln. EARL C. CASON Asst. Manager ST. PETER'S A. M. E. CHURCH. 22nd St. near 10th Ave. So. Morning Subject: "Christian Influence." 1 P. M. Sunday School. Evening Subject: "The Substitute for the Saloon." You are Welcome at all Services Come and be a Booster with us. Rev. Thos. B. Stovall, Pastor. BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH aoth Ave. and 8th St. Rev. T. J. Carter, Pastor. Residence 611 E. 16 St., Minneapolis All are welcome. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, 318 8th Ave. So., Minneapolis. Rev. E. R. Edwards, Pastor. The People's Christian Mission. REV. G. W. MITCHELL, PASTOR 1204 Washington Ave. So. A WARNING. There is a proposition on foot to sell to Negroes railroad tickets and accommodations to and from the San Francisco Exposition on the Dollar by Dollar Plan. The company is represented by Mr. Thomas Crenshaw, a Negro. In view of the fact that there is no certainty of any individual attending the Exposition next year, and there being few such companies that do not meet with some inability to deliver the goods as promised; we advise our friend and readers to PAY AT THE TICKET WINDOW from authorized agents of railroad companies This San Francisco Tour Sales Co.'s not incorporated and there appears no Minnesota reference on their literature. It is better to bank your money dollar by dollar, and wait for the usual Exposition rates. BIBLE AND MISSIONARY CLASSES. Conducted by Rev. E. W. Gillis. All are invited. Monday Evenings Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Leyvis. 3131 Findley Pl. Tuesday Evenings Mr and Mrs. D. W. Raynor, 413 11 Ave. No. Wednesday Evenings Mrs. Belle Walker, 3629 4 Ave. Sc. Thursday Evenings Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Briggs, 524 7th Ave. No. Friday Evenings Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Edwards, 4601 Zenith Ave. So. FOOT BALL MECCAS CHALJFNGE MOHF GANS. The Invincible Meccas of St. Paul coached by Steve Hopkins the Mechanics Arts Star, expect to defend the fast Ramblers of Minneapolis at 2:30 Sunday at Kittsouda. The Meccas challenge the Mohegans to a side bet of $50.00 Nov. 15th at an local park. The Meccas at present are the colored Champions of the northwest. Having won their title from John Brown Gophers last year and defended their title against the heavy Mohegans last year by a score of 18 to 6. The Meccas have the same team as last year except a few additions. The following players report at 1:30 Sunday at the Busy Corner, Ronde & Western, St Paul: Manning, Lyons Tucker, Collier, L. Monroe, Starks, Thompson, Miller, Jones, Barksdale, Turner, Jackson, Jackmon, Fockes Bradley, Captain White, Evans, and Scott. The loss of Hilyard is keenly felt, who is sick in bed. Sunday, Nov. 8th, the Meccas play the Seatons for the championship in the 125 lb. class of the city of St. Paul at Lexington Park. Manager Johnson of the Mohegans please call Dale 8225 or Dale 5535 for games, ask for Chaucey Bradley, Mgr. The South Side Barber Shop has moved from 1310 Wash. Ave. So. to 1100 Washington Ave. So. They have secured a corner location at 111th Ave. and is ready for business. Leave your Subscriptions and Printing at TWIN CITY STAR PRINTERS, 1402 Washington Ave. So Choice workmanship. Regular Prices. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE. TWIN CITY STAR Acrobatic Negro Lawyer-Moralist Jumps From Twilight to Midnight. Was Never in Daylight. night. Was Never in Daylight. His Letter to Clubmen Speaks for Itself. WM. H. H. FRANKLIN 1020 Metropolitan Life Building Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 7th, 1914. Messrs. Ewing, Stewart, Thompson King, et. als. This is to advise you that I have placed before the Morals Commission the proposition suggested by you and they have declined to have anything to do therewith; the gauntlet is down. As to the other proposition, of being retained by your organization, as counsel, I must and do, on Principle, most respectfully decline to be so retained. Trusting that we thoroughly understand each other, I beg to remain. Wm. H. H. Franklin. Attorney for Negro Morals Commission. The foregoing is a copy of the letter of Franklin to the Clubmen's Organization. Notice the date. Do you think the Clubmen would attempt to buy this Morals Commission? Did they buy the original organization? Can they say that Mr. James Eddings, the first president and Mr. Solomon Saunders, the former treasurer "sold out"? Why should the moral Franklin approach his colleagues with any compromise? Why should he consider any proposition 'of being retained by your organization as counsel' in what he says about them is true in connection with the County Attorney, Mayor and Chief of Police? Yes, his gauntlet is down and The Star made him throw down one that he can't pick up. Twin City Star, Oct. 31, 1914. MARTIN'S RESTAURANT. Good Cooking—Popular Prices. EAT AT MARTINS. 201 Eleventh Ave. So. DETECTIVE HARDIN DISCHARGED. James Hardin, Negro detective was dismissed from the police force Thursday night "For the good of the Service." The Twin City Star asked for his discharge on the grounds of physical and moral deficiency. Hardin has been an active worker with that New Morals Commission. He has been during past year a dictator to the underworld by virtue of his police authority and regulated vice conditions for his personal interests. He has been specially brutal and abusive in the arrests of Negroes. His collusion with the notorious Franklin and Toombs and his connection with the enemies of the police department ended his usefulness as an officer of the law. Hardin was entrusted with the affairs of the Negro element by Mayor Nye. He made a good showing at first and later used his power to prosecute some and protect others of the lower element. His actions had been exposed by Phil Hale, who brought suit and Franklin got the secrets, and when Franklin wanted to close the Porters' and Waiters' Club (as a personal issue against Mr Shull), he used Hardin because of this information, and instead of protecting his client Hale, he formed a combine with the then known "Black Mayor" (Hardin) who secured the conviction of Mr. Shull. Franklin and Hardin attempted to monopolize the clientage of the underworld through legal ability (?) and police protection. These actions were exposed in The Twin City Star. They then produced a Negro paper "The Voice of the People" edited by Toombs and contributed to by Franklin and Hardin—and was instrumental in having articles inserted in the Twin City Reporter, (white) against the clubs and a personal attack on Mr. John L. Gibson, whom Hardin had assaulted and secured a conviction through his stool-pigeons and also a defamatory article therein against Chas. Sumner Smith, whose reply placed Editor Guilford on record. We have kept the public informed as to Hardin's actions. We believe in the existence of a segregated underworld as a necessary evil and did not approve of any payment to individuals for police regulation Hardin has reaped what he has sown. He made every attempt to pose as a dictator, proved an ingrate to his superiors and an imposter to those who believed him honest. He is now physically unqualified for service on account of a recent paralytic stroke which caused his dismissal. Hardin's sins have proved his undoing, but may his good works follow him. As a private citizen he is a safer and saner man. Congratulations to his Honor and Chief Martinson. There is much talk of a revival of the proceedings to disbar Atty Franklin. Action was brought against him by John Few, whom he was supposed to defend in St. Paul. He is literally disbarred now. What is the use of any further proceedings. ST. PAUL NOTES Mr. Harold Hilyard is suffering with diphtheria at the residence of his parents, 786 St. Anthony Ave., which is under quarantine. Maggie Ross was sentenced to 45 days in the workhouse for keeping a disorderly house. Georgia Robinson got the same penalty for stealing $100 from Lawrence Moran. New St. Paul Agent. Mrs. H. D. Williams of St. Paul, is the new agent of the Twin City Star. Mrs. William may be found in Atty. Francis' office, where she is employed as stenographer. We request that all persons in St. Paul, having business with the Star, will consult Mrs. Williams as she is authorized to manage the St. Paul agency of the Twin City Star.—Editor. Maurice De Baptist of St. Paul, seriously cut his wife with a razor this week. Her condition is serious. De-Baptist is held pending the result of his wife's injuries. SO EARLY-YET RATHER LATE Did the Board of Directors of the Old Folks Home meet until 5 a.m. at Stewart's Club on last Saturday morning. Oct. 31? Manager Charleston and Matron Hale (?) took the 5 o'clock car for St. Paul on that date. The Saints think they are out of sight at Stewart's, but they are in the lime-light of suspicion when at this ladies and gents' Rooming Club, with special accommodations for "Society." Kings Classified. "A king hasn't as much real power as some of the officials in a great republic." "Of course," replied Senator Sorghum, "you are talking about one of those hereditary monarchs they have abroad. You don't mean a regular oil king or a king of finance."—Washington Star. Subscribe for the Star. DENTON FOLKS ARE HAPPY. Dedication of New Building For High and Industrial School Purposes In Thrifty Little Maryland Town Attended by State and County Officials. Work of a Hampton Graduate. By W. ANTHONY AERY. A proud day recently dawned for the colored people of Caroline county, Md. The day was fine, and a large number of parents and children, patrons, ministers and teachers met in the new building at Denton, Md., for the purpose of dedicating an up to date training school. A number of white friends were also present, among them the state and county superintendents, the supervisor who has charge of the girls' canning clubs of Maryland, the industrial supervisor of Baltimore county and others. Interesting and appropriate exercises for such an occasion were held. After the opening, which was in charge of Miss Lucretha T. Kennard, a graduate of Hampton in the class of 1852 and the supervisor of the industrial work in the rural schools of Caroline county, E. M. Noble, the county superintendent, introduced the state superintendent, Dr. M. Bates Stephens, who spoke appreciatively of what the colored people have been doing to improve their schools and their communities. Near the close of his address Dr. Stephens made the suggestion, on account of the fine service rendered by Miss Kennard to the colored children of the county, that the name of the new school building should be the Kennard High and Industrial Training school. A motion was made to that effect and was unanimously carried. Miss Kennard then made a graceful speech and said that this school ought to have a motto and that she hoped it might be the one that she had learned at Hampton—"Not to be ministered unto, but to minister." She said that she sincerely hoped that the school might stand for service, the new watchword in modern education. The patrons of Deuton and Caroline county are to be congratulated upon this additional opportunity to carry on in a more advanced way the academic and industrial work. Miss Kennard says of her co-workers: "We are very proud of our teachers, because they have the race at heart. They feel that the boys and girls sent to them daily are not sent simply to get 'book learning,' as the patrons say, but to assist God in developing his image in each child and to awaken in them a desire to become useful men and women." That this devoted worker is truly energetic is shown by her work for 2,000 children. Miss Kennard herself teaches sewing and cooking. She has taught girls how to prepare good three cent lunches, including "one hot dish, with rolls or crackers, and one made dessert or fruit," and thereby raise money to buy library books. She has encouraged them to make carpets and rugs out of wool, silk and cotton rugs. She has introduced for boys such interesting occupations as shoe repairing, basket making and knife work. Then, too, she has helped to organize patrons associations, mothers' clubs and has brought together the rural teachers for the study and discussion of live school problems. Through Miss Kenard and her co workers race relations in Maryland have been strengthened, and both races are taught to see and understand their common interests more fully than ever before. Baptists to Hold Protest Meeting. The New England Baptist missionary convention, of which the Rev. Dr. W Bishop Johnson is president, will hold a two days' mass meeting in Washington, beginning Feb. 23, 1915, under the auspices of the committee on state of country, through which the convention voices its sentiment on questions affecting the welfare of the race. Among the topics which are to be discussed are disfranchisement of colored citizens because of color, jimcaro cars in the south, segregation, and the like. The Rev. W. B. Reed of Newport, R. L. is chairman of the committee, and the Rev. G. W. Krygar of East Orange, N. J., is the secretary Supreme Court Drops the Oliver Case. Because he failed to have the record in his case prints Carl Oliver, a native of Texas, is in a dilemma. On or about Oct. 14 the United States supreme court dismissed his appeal from a conviction for murder. The court held that on account of the printed record not being in evidence it removed the possibility of the court announcing its position on the "unwritten law." Carl Oliver shot a white man who was in company with his wife. His appeal to the supreme court claimed the trial judge should have charged the jury that a Negro had the same right to defend the honor of his home as a white man. HON. E. J. WESTLAKE, Who will succeed Sen. Geo. P. Wilson? Rep. Westlake is known as "Dad" a popular business man and a friend to every deserving citizen. He is an unprejudiced American. Hon. Lowell P. Jepson could not answer those questions asked by the N. C. A. A. P., and will remain at home. Mr. Thos. Schall, the blind lawyer, will represent the new tenth district in Congress. Everybody looks alike to Mr. Schall. Noted Educator Dies in Nashville. Nashville, Tenn. — Nathaniel H. Pius, D. D. died Oct. 28. His funeral was held Oct. 30. He was the Supt' of the Teacher's Training Class, and Chorister of the Sunday School Congress of the Nat'l Baptist Convention, Editor Metoka and Galeda Magazines, author History of Negro Baptists. A native Texan, ex-president Hearne College, Hearne, Texas, Howe College Memphis, Graduate Leland University. His death is a severe loss to his race and to the Negro Baptists. Now is the time to take advantage of the low prices and the best locations, as we have a number of clients who are forced to sell, since the war has begun, and will make terms to suit you. I have a number of 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 room houses that can be bought with as low as $100 and $150 down, with easy monthly payments. F. PEOPLES REALTY CO., 236 Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minn. THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. You can get a good meal, clean service, and courteous attention at the St. Louis Kitchen, 138 E. Third St., St. Paul, Mrs. Hinson is universally known for her good cooking ST. 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FRANCIS Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 89-90 Union Block, St. Paul. DR. W. H. WRIGHT. DENTIST. Phone Nic. 1963 111 So. 6th St Minneapolis, Minn THE SOUTHERN THEATRE 1422 Washington Ave. So. MOVING PICTURES—VAUDE- VILLE. Best Films—Thoroughly Fireproof. MAJORITY VERY MUCH REDUCED Democrats Lose Many Seats in Lower House of Congress. Washington, Nov. 5. — Although eighty-five congressional districts were still unheard from, Democratic leaders here were confident that the administration would retain control of congress, although the majority in the house might be cut from its present strength of 141 to as low as twenty-five or thirty. After a conference of national Democratic committee officials at the White House with President Wilson and Secretary Tumulty it was estimated the Democratic majority might possibly stand at thirty. With the eighty-five congressional districts missing the election of 185 Democrats, 162 Republicans and 3 Progressives was reported. The present complexion of the house is 285 Democrats, 129 Republicans, 15 Progressives and 6 vacancies. The returns showed a gain of thirty-three Republicans. It takes 218 for a majority in the house. To fulfill the prediction of Democratic leaders of a majority of thirty it is necessary for sixty-three of the unreported districts to be Democratic. They are claimed by the leaders. ACCOMPLISHED HIS AIM. Brilliant Young Arkansas Meets With Success in Texas. Fort Worth, Tex. - Until a few years ago dentistry was unknown among the members of the race in many parts of this section of the south. The coming of Dr. N. T. Wallis to Fort Worth was halted with much delight by the public. He has raised the profession to a high standard and at the same time has made many friends among both faces. He is one of the very best dentists in Fort Worth, regardless of race or color. Naturalist T. Wallis was born in Camden, Ark., and it was there he got his foundation for an education through the public schools of Camden, and when he had finished his course there he went to Fisk university to better prepare for his profession. He was an apt. and brilliant student, standing high in his classes. He made N. T. WALLIS. D. D. B. a good record at Fisk and after two years of hard study entered Meharry Medical college at Nashville, Tenn. Like most young men of our race. Mr. Wallis had to work his way through school, as he was not able to pay cash for his expenses. He put back of his student life industry, honesty, reliability and thrift, and with these he won his laurels. He was able to earn his board and keep up his tuition. During the summer he worked in the Pullman service. During his student life he exhibited rare ability; hence it was in his senior year that he was appointed assistant demonstrator in dental surgery. In this position he was able to meet all of his expenses and at the same time get a better insight into his profession. It was in March, 1907, that he received his diploma from Meharry and started out to meet the busy world. A location was the main thing. Down through his native state, then a tour through Texas, he into Oklahoma, and finally he decided to hang out his shingle in Fort Worth. He was made welcome by the people and started out to build up his business. Since the people wanted him to come there was no trouble experienced in securing a good office, and it was fitted up with all the latest instruments for doing dentistry. Dr. Wallis married Miss Bertha L. Sims, one of the leading teachers of Fort Worth and a woman of splendid ability. Their union has been blessed with two children—a boy and a girl—adding happiness to their home. Dr. Wallis is interested in the development of his race and is found in many movements that mean racial upift. He has won on merit alone, and this has given him a place in the councils of the people. The Genius. Mark Twain on one occasion said of genius: "A genius, as an old lady in Hannibal once explained to me, is a man what knows more'n he can find out and spills vittles on his clothes." SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STAR. TWIN CITY STAR STORY OF ACHIEVEMENTS. What the National Benefit Association Is Doing For Our People. Chester, Pa. - The National Benefit association, Inc., of Washington has added another jewel to its crown. The third paid for modern office building of this race organization was formally dedicated in this town the latter part of October, and the event created a profound interest among the white and colored population here. Nearly a thousand visitors - white and colored - inspected this beautiful $1,000 property, which stands as a beacon light to the men and women of color in this section. TRUE DISC OF M How the Rev. Won LONG TIME The Morning Republican, the leading daily newspaper of the city, pays this tribute to the principal speaker of the mass meeting which featured the first of the two days' dedication and business conference: "Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, president of the National Training School For Women and Girls of Washington, proved to be one of the greatest exponents of the race problem that ever have been heard in Chester. "Her address kept the large audience thrilled by her passionate appeal to her race to live up to high ideals. She showed the great possibilities of the Negro in the struggle of life. All day the handsome new office building was crowded with interested persons, who inspected the spacious and well furnished quarters. The building is a credit to the association and the Negro race." This corporation is regarded as the business Gibraltar of the Negro. It has grown from tenant of a five dollar per month office room in 1898 to landlord of fully paid for improved real estate in Washington, Philadelphia and Chester valued at $55,000, owner of railroad and municipal bonds worth $129,000, over $50,000 of which is deposited for the protection of its members; deposit with a present cash bank balance of $8,000; possessor of a business worth $65,000, embracing a growing plant of 75 clerks, 700 agents and 200,000 members in six states. Sixteen years ago the business was born. Today its resources exceed a quarter of a million. One of the unique features of the joint agents' conference was the training course for the field representatives of the National Benefit association. Two days of special drill was conducted personally by S. W. Rutherford, general manager, and other officials. Perhaps no business institution of the race gives an equal degree of training to as large a force of employees as the National gives. Its value as an educative factor is shown by the increasing efficiency of the field forces, for never before in the history of the enterprise has the business advanced by such leaps and bounds as during the first nine months of 1914. The program of the mass meeting was noteworthy. Hon. George H. White, ex-congressman from North Carolina, acted as master of ceremonies. A valuable paper was read by Mrs. R. J. Bennett of Chester. Music by the choir of Murphy A. M. E. church and the Girls' Culture Club of Chester was enjoyed. Rev. W. S. Drummond is the excellent pastor of the Murphy A. M. E. church, where both business convention and mass meeting were held. William J. Robinson, contractor, and C. Henry Wilson, second architect, both colored and from Philadelphia, were the company's sole employees in the entire building operations. WORK OF NATIONAL LEAGUE ON URBAN CONDITIONS Growth of an Organization Which Is Benefiting the Race. New York. -The influence of the National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People, with headquarters in New York, is being felt to good advantage. Its interests extend to most of the large cities east and west and every large southern city is asked to co-operate with this movement which has as its prime motive the bet terment of city life among its colored citizens. The league has organized as conjunctives with its work in this city the Colored Porters' association, with a membership of forty-six; the Mechanics' association, with a substantial membership; elevator and hall men, chaufeurs and a vocational exchange, through which the efficiency of colored workers is promoted, securing positions for more than 200 persons in factories and other business plants during the past year. Through the efforts of the league the board of education has been induced to open trade schools in or near districts largely occupied by colored people, and they in turn have been influenced to take advantage of the same. Through the instrumentality of this organization valuable assistance has been rendered in ridding the city of unscrupulous employment agencies and in encouraging co-operation between reliable philanthropic and commercial agencies. For nine years experienced workers have met colored women and girls coming to New York by way of the coast steamers, and they have been directed to reputable boarding houses until employment could be secured for them. During the past five years 1,508 girls have been assisted in this way. Besides these organized agencies, the Big Sister and Big Brother movement has been successfully launched and developed by the league. A probation officer in the court of general sessions, where cases of adult delinquents on suspended sentences are placed in the care of the same, has been an invaluable adjunct to the league. --- TRUE DISCIPLE OF METHODISM LONG TIME IN EAST TEXAS. Man Who Was Left Fatherless When Boy of Tender Years Becomes Thrifty Educator and Eloquent Preacher—His Labors In Pine Woods of Lone Star State. Terrell, Tex.—The African Methodist Episcopal denomination is fortunate in having as its representative in this town such an able and energetic man as the Rev, Dr. A. G. Winn, pastor of St. James' A. M. E church. The career of the Rev, Mr. Winn was begun under very discouraging circumstances, in that, while quite young, his father died, leaving young Winn to shift for himself and a widowed mother. The task was heavy for a boy of his age; but, with manly courage and a fixed aim in view, he met the issues with the firmness of a man After advancing far enough in his studies to become a public schoolteacher he took the teacher's examination, which he successfully passed and was licensed to teach in the county schools. In the capacity of teacher he made good in every school in which he taught and had the confidence of patrons and [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. the county superintendent of public schools in Waller county, this state, who said that Mr. Winn was one of the best teachers among the large number in charge of any school under his jurisdiction without a single exception. This high compliment did not cause Mr. Winn to let up in his efforts to get the best results. He is a product of the Prairie View State Normal college, which is proud of this former student's success. Being satisfied that he had been divinely called of God to preach the gospel, Mr. Winn after teaching for several years abandoned this profession and entered the ministry in 1902 under the administration of the late Bishop Salter. Eight years of his life were spent in the Texas conference, and his first appointment was in the plues of east Texas, where he labored most earnestly for the advance of the religious life of his people. To say the least, those were years of much trial, of gaunt hunger and poverty, yet in all of this he stood as the mighty oak in the forest, unyielding in his pur pose to do his full duty. After suffering almost to the point of human endurance he was then assigned to Navasota, Tex., a charge of about twenty members. The church was repaired and painted on the inside and seated with a hundred nice chairs and left in a flourishing condition. He was then assigned to Hearne. Tex. station, where he also spent three years to the satisfaction of the people. There he raised money, paid off some outstanding accounts, repaired the parsonage and put a picket fence around the church and parsonage, at a cost of about $50. In 1910 he was transferred by Bishop Tyreto to the northeast Texas conference and stationed at the above named charge, where he is now winding up his fourth year in a most satisfactory manner to his people. Here Dr. Winn has striven hard in raising means to erect a new church edifice. He has raised something like $2,000 for that purpose and kept the current expense of the charge intact. As a pulpitree he ranks with the best. He is held in high esteem by both black and white, and his word stands good for whatever he wants. Few young men have made the mark this young man has made. He possesses sterling qualities and is a safe leader and a wise counselor. The Proposed Sojourner Truth House. For the past two years the National League on Urban Conditions Among Colored People, with headquarters at 110 West Fortieth street, New York, has been striving to raise funds with which to erect a home for delinquent girls. The estimated cost of the building, which is to be known as the Sojourner Truth House, is $15,000. Up to and including the month of September, $9,000 of the amount has been raised. Our people are asked to contribute to the fund as liberally as their means will permit. --- REV. A. G. WINN, D. D. 4 MAYOR WALLACE G. NYE. Re-elected on Nov. 3 by over 5,000 votes of Alderman James D. Williams. Mayor Nye's record of publicity and overcame the most severe critic press. His victory was a complete vindication against him. Nov. 3 by over 5,000 votes of D. Williams. Mayor Nye's recor overcame the most severe critic ery was a complete vindication Re-elected on Nov. 3 by over 5,000 votes over his opponent Alderman James D. Williams. Mayor Nye's record stood the x-ray of publicity and overcame the most severe criticisms of the daily press. His victory was a complete vindication of all charges against him. ```markdown ``` NOW is the best time for you to GOOD MERCHANDISE AT ABS WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCE YOUNG FOLKS GOING H TAKE SPECIAL P best time for you to start your h CHANDISE AT ABSOLUTELY SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO G FOLKS GOING HOUSEKEE TAKE SPECIAL PAINS TO P NOW is the best time for you to start your home, to pick out GOOD MERCHANDISE AT ABSOLUTELY FAIR PRICES WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO YOUNG FOLKS GOING HOUSEKEEPING and TAKE SPECIAL PAINS TO PLEASE THEM FORTY YEARS of making COZY HOMES for the people of Minneapolis and the Northwest is the REASON why we ask you to let us START you out RIGHT. This HOME-MAKING is no EXPERIMENT with us. We take as much INTEREST in doing it RIGHT, as you do in wanting it done. We sell nothing but GOOD FURNITURE, GOOD CARPETS, GOOD CURTAINS, and DRAPERIES GOOD STOVES, RANGES and REFRIGERATORS, GOOD CROCKERY and GLASSWARE and GOOD COOKING UTENSILS, and when we START you out we build the foundation RIGHT. and REFRIGERATORS, GOOD WARE and GOOD COOKING. START you out we build the found. NOW is the best time for you to toss your goods—For we have never Selection to choose from. THE FRANK CHOP-SUEY -- VOCAL REGULAR DINNER AND A THE COOLEST PLACE Best Accommodations for EXCELLENT COOKING COU 255 Marquette Ave. (UPSTAIRS MRS. J. M. MASK, PROP. WHY DON'T YOU USE THE EUREKA COMB? It will produce for you a heavy growth doubt about it. Just comb your hair. Guaranteed by Eureka Comb Company The best on the market Agent—MRS. R. Z. 718 Bryant Ave. No., Minneapolis ERATORS, GOOD CROCKER, GOOD COOKING UTENSILS, but we build the foundation RIGHT best time for you tostart your hone hors—For we have never shown suc to choose from. 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Mr. Hammond is elected, and prom- ised to “hold up Wilson's hands” in Minnesota. He will be Governor of the people of Minesota and we trust that Mr. Hammond will have no Ne- gro policy other than that provided under the Civil Rights Statute. So long as there isa Solid South which stands for Negro oppression for Newro disfranchisement, for the climmation of the Negro from all share in the government: so long as that Solid South is the guiding in- fluence in the Democratic party: just so long must there be a solid Negro vote opposing it: just so long the Ne- gro cannot afford to vote the Demo: cratic ticket in either a local, state or national election, thereby giving aid te the great common enemy.—San An- ‘tonia Inquirer. St. Paul has a family row among the Democrats. Atty. Ervin, Hon, O. C. Hall, Hon, R. M. Johnson, Hon W. FT. Chandler—Deputy Sheriff Frank Kingry are the aspirants for the political spoils. Atty. Ervin feels that his profession gives him a recog: nized lead over them all, Dick John: son holds a janitorship in the City Hall ond is therefore a big: leader Ori Hall holds a clerkship in the County Auditor's office on the strength of Negro Republicans Kinery is also representing both fac: tions in the Sheriff's office, Mr Chandler is of the old guard, but al ways gets overlooked. Billy Wil liams and Geo. Hoaye. the capitol employees were appointed as Dem: ocrats, and by their inactivity in pres ent campaign aided the Hammon¢ forces. After all it is conceded tha Curley Campbell can deliver mor« real votes than the others combined But there is a rush for the pic coun ter and the question is who will divid the pie, Hall or Ervin? Congressman F, C. Stevens lost his seat in Congress. He was over- whelmingly defeated by a Democrat This means the passing of Fred D McCracken from the House Office Building in Washington, where he was Secretary to Cong. Stevens. He was ever watchful for his race's best interests. We regret the defeat o! Congressman Stevens and that a few Democrats among the Negroes voted against him because of party obliga: tions, It can be said that late Fred L. McGhee was a recognized Demo- crat, but he always voted for Mr Stevens. The Negro vote was a great factor in recent election. The election o} Judges Fish, Molyneaux, Steele, Bard- well and Dahl, Mayor Nye—Congress: men Geo. R. Smith and Thos. D Schall, Aldermen Harry Downs, Al bert Bastis and Frank Heywood al- so. Senators E. J. Westlake and W A. Campbell, Rep. Thomas Kneelan¢ and Rep. C. L. Sawyer, also Sherif Langum and Coroner Seashore, wa’ due greatly to their vote. ne READ THe STAR—IT'S NEWS. A POLITICAL PARASITE. Negro Preacher of Many Vocations Poses as Fditor of a Reform Publication, iste od Silk ac pea asec sea ta son and Nye, and the severest criticism of those who oppose the Negro Y. M.C. A, and dare con- demn the (New) Morals Commission ‘This new outfit is a tangent from the original and recognized commission, which had as its Pres. Jos. Eddings, Sec’y. J. T. Wright, and an Executive Committee. J. C. Trevan Chairman. Sol. Saunders, Treas, Chas. Sumner Smith, Sec’y. and many other well known citizens as members. When it was organized Rev. R. M. Toombs was not present, neither was Atty. Franklin connected. Seeing an op- portunity for a chance to hustle they came in at the Eleventh hour, after the commission had waited on the Mayor and) Grand Jury. Franklin wanted money and Toombs wanted a newspaper. They got both. Inciden- tally they caused the conviction of a clubman and did not eliminate any of the club evils. This Rev, Toombs is a dangerous Negro. He has agitated everything wherein a cent could he made for himself, and today looks like a criminal instead of an up- right citizen, The old adage “Ill gotten gain, takes wings and flies, is personified in the versatile Rev. (?) He has condemned the Editor of the Star as a “Mushroom Editor,” and denounced his political activity and association with the voters of the un- iterworld We want to tell Rev. ‘Toombs and his political pot hunters that we have no quarrel with them on account of their denouncement of Mayor Nye or County Attorney Robinson, and have not been either paid or delegated to fight for our white friends. It was reported that Toombs aspired to be a city detective, (another vocation) and Franklin wanted to dictate the Negro policy of the Mayor's office, also we got it that J. C. Trevan was to be a police- man, Schuyler C. Phillips wanted to be the Mayor’s messenger. They had not found anything for L. T. Jones and Jimmy Lane the advertising agents of “The Voice,” but they haa lecided it necessary to scrub the lirty offices, should Mr. Nye be de feated and of course “Let the Gold Dust Twins do the work.” But we have a quarrel with the whole bunch for personal reasons. Editor Smith has not enjoyed the positions held ‘y Editor Toombs. Smith has never been a pastor of a white church, or dean of a fake Correspondence Uni- ersity, or a real estate agent, or fol- lower of Dowie, or a Vounteer of America, He served in the service of U. S. Government, and associates with white women without such relig- ‘ous (2) connections, Smith has never ‘een refused in restaurants, he knows where he is wanted, and if so did not ring suit and recovered damages for P cent. Franklin knows what Atty M. C. Brady said about Toombs in that case. “It was a frame-up within the law.” Editor Smith is not a law- yer, if so, he would practice law. never was an author of works against he Catholie Church or Christian Science, because he denounces no re- ligion or condemns no religious be liefs. Smith has always been as- soicated honorably with white wom- on and never was chased in to his ‘home carrying along the screen door He is not a disciple of Dowie and does not profess to he consecrated and infallible. He never was a cor- respondent in a divorce suit and challenges any one to’ prove him a ‘iome-breaker. He has never started a Jim Crow Y. M. C. A, and is fully aware of its work, as an organization, ind refuses to advocate Segregation Mt the request and promises of the grejudiced Secy. Wiley, and yet the Heavenly Father has been merciful 6 him, so much so, that he could rise ‘rom the humble position as noot vaiter at the same club which Editor Reverend, Attorney, Prof, Author Waiter Toombs is now glad to hold and Smith has managed the Twin City Star successfully during past fou years, through three political cam paigns and had his meal ticket at al imes, and if he fails now, he wil proudly return to his humble voca ion as waiter, with becoming dignit and recognized ability. So proceec on, Toombs “Till Fame shall scare pursue thee with her eyes,” but i you do it will be with the assistane \of your friends, and then Fame wil be peeping through the bars at Still jas prison, because publishing newspaper requires some sense an teansistent hard work and promoting TWIN CITY STAR The Twin City Star, Minneapolis, Minn, Oct. 29, 1914. Rev. R. M. Toombs, My dear Sir:— Having been informed that Hon. J D, Williams, Candidate for Mayor Aisapproves of the association of Ne- ro men and Caucasian women, 1 beg your information, and investiga tion, I believe you have been so as sociated with such women, and such a statement is important to your pro gram. Personally I am protected un: der the statutes of Minnesota, but am concerned, as you probably are, abou the human rights of individuals. As a supporter of Mr. Williams you should know his attitude on race is sues Respect. Chas. Sumner Smith. The foregoing letter is a copy of one sent Rev. Toombs. We were ac cused in the “Voice of the People” new Negro publication, that we cir culated letters about Mr. Williams ete. The fact is we were informe¢ that the Candidate for Mayor had told Messrs. James Darby and Sam uel King, that he would not permi any mixing of the races etc. We knew that he could not, if elected make laws, but could bring about race hatred and probably riots or lynch: ings by any expression of his disap proval of the rights of citizens along this line. The present and re-electe¢ Mayor, The Hon. Wallace G. Nye has repeatedly shown that he per: mitted no prejudices along this line ir his office and the Chief of Police Mr. Oscar Martinson, has shown hi: fairness under all conditions to al races. But this preacher would have it believed that Editor Smith intended this as a weapon against Mr. Wil liams. We have been more than kind to Mr. Williams, when it was con sidered that he had such a low se of Negroes on his staff, and we have never cast any reflection upon his ability. We knew he did not have « chance to beat Mr. Nye, and if he had we do not campaign on calum. ny. No editor who expects to con. duct a first class publication can af ford to do other than follow the eth: ical principles of the Golden Rule ot “Marse Henry” Watterson’s News- paper maximes—which are as follows: “To print nothing of a man which the writer would not say to his face. “To print nothing of a man in malice. “To look well and think twice be- fore consigning a suspect to the ruin of printers’ ink. “To respect the old and defend the weak. “To be good to the girls, and square vith the boys, for hath it not been vritten, ‘Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven'?” We regret that Editors Franklin ind Toombs are not qualified to edit he Voice in a way more creditable The election is over. They have oroven a failure as a campaign sheet, and we hope that the Board of Directors will pay their debts to Editor Smith. ATTORNEY HARRISON. William Harrison, Esq, a member of the Oklahoma bar, acquitted him- elf manfully before the Supreme Court of the United States last Mon- lay afternoon in the presence of some of the greatest lawyers in the country, This able son of Ham could not be lisconcerted in any way whatever by he great Chief Justice of the court The argument of Mr. Harrison fully demonstrated what the Negro law- ver can do if he is given the busi- ness or the opportunity. Mr. Harri- son knew his case and the law and the argument he advanced convinced his hearers that Negroes know the law and know how to’argue it. His address before the Bethel Literary also was another masterly effort o his disciple of Blackstone. It wai hrough Rev. Jernigan and others hat this Oklahoma case was brough ‘rom Oklahoma to the United State: Supreme Court. The Bee next week will contain 3 synopsis of his argument and the vart Rev. Jernigan took in this cel sbrated case, which The Bee hope: will result in a vindication of th rights of the Negroes in this country —The Bee, Wash. D. C., Oct. 31. Negro Made Captain of a Big Battle- ship. The only one of the greatest na- ions in the world, that enjoys the dis- sinetion of having a Negro ranked and recognized officially as a naval captain, is France. Lieutenant Mor- tenoi, a Negro and a native of Guade- loupe, has recently been promoted on account of services to the French government to the rank of captain in the French navy. While there are nany representatives of foreign races ‘n the French army and navy, includ ‘ng both Negries and Chinese, Cap tain Mortenoi is the first to attair this rank in the navy—Ex, ADVERTISE IN THE STAR WHITE ROSE INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS. Mre. M. ©. Lawton Reviews Institu- tien’s Work at Annual Concert. The White Rose Industrial Home For Working Girls at 217 East Eighty sixth street. New York, held its elghth annual concert the third Friday even ing in October, which was a gratity- fog success. ‘The sttendance was large. and the program of music, read- ings and @eclamations was both enter- tatning and Instructive. Mrs. M. C. Lawton, the well known clubwoman and regular contributor to the Brook- tyn Dally Stundard-Union, was the chief speaker. ‘Mrs, Lawton said: “The home was opened Feb. 11, 1807, on East Ninety-seventh street, tts object being the protection and training of colored girls coming to New York from distant points in search of work. The work was fonnd. ed by the late Mrs. Victoria Enrle Matthews, assisted by a small club of women. Of those who started with the home Mrs. S. E. Wilkerson, Mrs M. B. Pope and Miss M. L. Lewis are still actively engaged in carrying on the work. These women contributed at that thme $5 ench as the nucleus of & permanent building. and in 1898 the soclety was incorporated. “The work 1s undenominational and ls conducted on the settlement plan. Classes in kindergurten, manual train: Ing, cooking, sewing. etc.. were opened; a mothers’ meeting and several clubs for young people were formed and con- ducted for over four years in a sult of rooms on the ground floor of a crowded tenement. For more than one year the soclety had the use of the rooms with out charge. When rent was required tt was paid by Mrs. C. P. Huntington. At the present time the original mem- bers pay $5 per year, which ts divided between the building fund and rellef work. “In 1901 the work was moved to more sultable rooms on Third avenue, but was forced out by a saloon. Three small rooms on East Ninety-fifth street were then taken temporarily. The daughters of Thomas E. Stillman learned of the sad plight into which this worthy and deserving Institution had fallen and appealed to their father for a house in a healthier location. In the latter part of that year the present house, 217 East Eighty-sixth street, was secured, and the home moved into It. It was formally opened as a work ing girls’ home for respectable colored girls in January, 1902, From 1912 to 1918 over 300 women and girls have found shelter there. Of this number more than 100 have been xiven free q@eals and lodging and some 200 placed In good positions.” Among the annual contributors to the home are Miss Grace Dodge. Mrs. M. L Stone, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Choate. A. M. Huntington, Mrs. EB. F. Shey pard, Mrs. J. H. Hammond. afrs. Rob: ert Hoe, Mrs, CP. Huntington, Mrs, Julla Pratt, Mrs. FL B.D. Reynolds, the Rev. W. UL. Brooks. D. D.. Mrs. Al fred von der Mubll, Andrew Carnegie Robert Cary, Mrs, Herman L. Living. stone, Mrs. W. D. Jones in memory of Mrs. W. G. Sewell, Mrs. Henry Vil lard, Miss Josephine Wisnes, Mrs. 1. E. Opdyke. Miss Gertrude Hoyt, Mrs D.C. Blair, Mrs, Andrew W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hopkins aud Mrs Victor Morawetz. EFFORT TO AID YOUNG MEN. People at Ramage, W. Va. Given ‘Splendid Y. M. C. A. Building. Institute, W. Va, — Professor Byrd Prillerman, president of the West Vir- ‘gins Colored institute in this city. /spoke recently at the dedication of the Young Men's Christian association ‘butiding at Ramage. Boone comity. W. Va., upon the-Invitation of C. W. Ridenour. the secretary. Hon. H. D Hatiield, governor of West Virgiula, and Hon, W. A. McCorkle, ex-governor of this state, also spoke, Governor Hat fleld waking the principal address. ‘The association Dullding was erect: ed by the Spruce River Coal company. of whieh 1M. Tagart of Massillon, 0.. is president and FF. Taggart, bls son the prinelpal sto kholder. J. F. Raun age. for whow the town is uamed, Is superintendent of the coal works. The building ix a two story fram structure. with basement. containing lavatories aud shower baths. ‘The tirs floor Is used for serving refreshments and for social jsimes. ‘The xecond floor fs used for religions services, No dls erimination is made between the ree: fn the use of this butiding It was very noticeable on the day o the dedication how freely the colored and white people commingled, with n sign of friction. The hoard of direc tora is composed of both white mer ‘and colored people. Misx Luetta Lips comb. a student of the West Virgini Colored Iustitute, was plinist for th dedicatory exercises Tn addition to the association build Ing the village hax two god school | bouek nid ine athletle etd snd thy opertors plan to erect at hospital th the newr future. The hinses for th miners are sanitary, cul every effor fe put forth on the part of the vera tore to encourage them tn better living No person ix employed on the work febo cannot furnish av recommendation of gud moral character snd temperat hahdin Senator Chamberlain Victor. Portland, Ore., Nov. &—George E Chamberlain, Democrat, has been turned to the United States senate by the people of Oregon. J. H. Whitt combe, Republican, has apparent!y een elected governor over C. ! Smith, Democrat. =: ee ea eee PS pa ok eee ee — ss a ey -. ) Sia ree ies , Be: ‘. . , : ie . oa eo y ; ia he ae \ af | > f ee we \ an i an cy te. Pe ROOT & HAGEMAN 403-5-7 NI-OLLET AVINLE Women’s Fashionable Apparel at Popular Prices COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, WAISTS, SKIRTS, MILLINERY, GLOVES, HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR Our advice ZUMALWEISS THE BETTER BEER = HT You are sure of apprecia- tion from anyone to whom you recommend it. 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One Dollar Business Announcements, One Dollar Birth, Bethrothal, Marriage, and Death Notices ..... One Dollar Complimentary and Obituary Resolutions, Two Dollars One inch, one insertion, Fifty Cents Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, 1 year contracts Want Ads Twenty-five Cents Reading Notices, per line, Five Cents Address all mail to Twin City Star 1419 Washington Ave. So., Minne apolis, Minn. 1402 WASHINGTON AVE. SO. St. Paul Office, 8g Union Blk. No advertisement inserted without cash in advance. When writing for the press, don't abbreviate your words. Spell each one out correctly and distinctly. If you don't it means that all of your manuscript will have to be rewritten if there is time. Write on one side of the paper only. Mr. Hammond is elected, and promised to "hold up Wilson's hands" in Minnesota. He will be Governor of the people of Minesota and we trust that Mr. Hammond will have no Negro policy other than that provided under the Civil Rights Statute. So long as there is a Solid South which stands for Negro oppression for Negro disfranchisement, for the elimination of the Negro from all share in the government: so long as that Solid South is the guiding influence in the Democratic party: just so long must there be a solid Negro vote opposing it: just so long the Negro cannot afford to vote the Democratic ticket in either a local, state or national election, thereby giving aid to the great common enemy—San Antonio Inquirer. St. Paul has a family row among the Democrats. Atty, Ervin, Hon. O. C. Hall, Hon. R. M. Johnson, Hon. W. F. T. Chandler—Deputy Sheriff Frank Kinney are the aspirants for the political spoils. Atty Ervin feels that his profession gives him a recognized lead over them all. Dick Johnson holds a janitorship in the City Hall and is therefore a big leader Ori Hall holds a clerkship in the County Auditor's office on the strength of Negro Republicans. Kingry is also representing both factions in the Sheriff's office, Mr Chandler is of the old guard, but always gets overlooked Billy Williams and Geo. Hoag, the capitol employees were appointed as Democrats, and by their inactivity in present campaign aided the Hammond forces. After all it is conceded that Curley Campbell can deliver more real votes than the others combined. But there is a rush for the pie counter and the question is who will divide the pie, Hall or Ervin? Intentional Duplicate Exposure Coneressman F. C. Stevens lost his seat in Coneress. He was overwhelmingly defeated by a Democrat. This means the passing of Fred D McCracken from the House Office Building in Washington, where he was Secretary to Cong. Stevens. He was ever watchful for his race's best interests. We regret the defeat of Congressman Stevens and that a few Democrats among the Negroes voted against him because of party obligations. It can be said that late Fred L. McGhee was a recognized Democrat, but he always voted for Mr. Stevens. The Negro vote was a great factor in recent election. The election of Judges Fish, Molyneaux, Steele, Bardwell and Dahl, Mayor Nye—Congressmen Geo. R. Smith and Thos. D. Schall, Aldermen Harry Downs, Albert Bastis and Frank Heywood also. Senators E. J. Westlake and W. A. Campbell, Rep. Thomas Kneeland and Rep. C. L. Sawyer, also Sheriff Langum and Coroner Seashore, was due greatly to their vote. READ THE STAR-IT'S NEWS. --- The questionable Reverend R. M Toombs, has issued his "Voice of the People" for 6 issues. Its aim is to get some finance and its objects are primarily to deteat candidates Robertson and Nye, and the severest criticism of those who oppose the Negro Y. M. C. A., and dare condemn the (New) Morals Commission. This new outfit is a tangent from the original and recognized commission, which had as its Pres. Jos. Eddings, Sec'y. J. T. Wright, and an Executive Committee. J. C. Trevan Chairman. Sol. Saunders, Treas., Chas, Sumner Smith, Sec'y, and many other well known citizens as members. When it was organized Rev. R. M. Toombs was not present, neither was Atty. Franklin connected. Seeing an opportunity for a chance to hustle they came in at the Eleventh hour, after the commission had waited on the Mayor and Grand Jury. Franklin wanted money and Toombs wanted a newspaper. They got both. Incidentally they caused the conviction of a clubman and did not eliminate any of the club evils. This Rev. Toombs is a dangerous Negro. He has agitated everything wherein a cent could be made for himself, and today looks like a criminal instead of an upright citizen. The old adage "Ill-gotten gain, takes wings and flies, is personified in the versatile Rev. (?) He has condemned the Editor of the Star as a "Mushroom Editor," and denounced his political activity and association with the voters of the underworld. We want to tell Rev Toombs and his political pot hunters that we have no quarrel with them on account of their denouncement of Mayor Nye or County Attorney Robinson, and have not been either paid or delegated to fight for our white friends. It was reported that Toombs aspired to be a city detective (another vocation) and Franklin wanted to dictate the Negro policy of the Mayor's office, also we got it that J. C. Trevan was to be a policeman, Schuyler C. Phillips wanted to be the Mayor's messenger. They had not found anything for L. T. Jones and Jimmy Lane the advertising agents of "The Voice," but they had decided it necessary to scrub the dirty offices, should Mr. Nye be defeated and of course "Let the Gold Dust Twins do the work." But we have a quarrel with the whole bunch for personal reasons. Editor Smith has not enjoyed the positions held by Editor Toombs. Smith has never been a pastor of a white church, or a dean of a fake Correspondence University, or a real estate agent, or follower of Dowie, or a Vountee of America. He served in the service of U. S. Government, and associates with white women without such religious (?) connections. Smith has never been refused in restaurants, he knows where he is wanted, and if so did not bring suit and recovered damages for 1 cent. Franklin knows what Atty. M. C. Brady said about Toombs in that case. "It was a frame-up within the law." Editor Smith is not a lawyer, if so, he would practice law never was an author of works against the Catholic Church or Christian Science, because he denounces no religion or condemns no religious beliefs. Smith has always been associated honorably with white women and never was chased in to his home carrying along the screen door. He is not a disciple of Dowie and does not profess to be consecrated and infallible. He never was a correspondent in a divorce suit and challenges any one to prove him a home-breaker. He has never started a Jim Crow Y. M. C. A. and is fully aware of its work, as an organization, and refuses to advocate Segregation at the request and promises of the prejudiced Secy. Wiley, and yet the Heavenly Father has been merciful to him, so much so, that he could rise from the humble position as noon waiter at the same club which Editor, Reverend, Attorney, Prof., Author, Waiter Toombs is now glad to hold, and Smith has managed the Twin City Star successfully during past four years, through three political campaigns and had his meal ticket at all times, and if he fails now, he will proudly return to his humble vocation as waiter, with becoming dignity and recognized ability. So proceed on. Toombs "Till Fame shall scarce pursue thee with her eyes," but if you do it will be with the assistance of your friends, and then Fame will be peeping through the bars at Still-water prison, because publishing a newspaper requires some sense and consistent hard work and promoting a Y. M. C. A., demands honest efforts. It appears from your record that you are inconsistent, dishonest and lazy—and we wonder who "handed it" to Alderman William when he met you?—Somebody frame him, and his bad company lost him TWIN CITY STAR Having been informed that Hon. J D. Williams, Candidate for Mayor, isapproves of the association of Negro men and Caucasian women, I beg your information, and investigation. I believe you have been so associated with such women, and such a statement is important to your program. Personally I am protected under the statutes of Minnesota, but am concerned, as you probably are, about the human rights of individuals. As a supporter of Mr. Williams you should know his attitude on race issues Respect. Chas. Sumner Smith. The foregoing letter is a copy of one sent Rev. Toombs. We were accused in the "Voice of the People" a new Negro publication, that we circulated letters about Mr. Williams etc. The fact is we were informed that the Candidate for Mayor had told Messrs. James Darby and Samuel King, that he would not permit any mixing of the races etc. We knew that he could not, if elected make laws, but could bring about race hatred and probably riots or lynchings by any expression of his disapproval of the rights of citizens along this line. The present and re-elected Mayor, The Hon. Wallace G. Nye has repeatedly shown that he permitted no prejudices along this line in his office and the Chief of Police Mr. Oscar Martinson, has shown his fairness under all conditions to all races. But this preacher would have it believed that Editor Smith intended this as a weapon against Mr. Williams. We have been more than kind to Mr. Williams, when it was considered that he had such a low set of Negroes on his staff, and we have never cast any reflection upon his ability. We knew he did not have a chance to beat Mr. Nye, and if he had we do not campaign on calumny. No editor who expects to conduct a first class publication can afford to do other than follow the ethical principles of the Golden Rule or "Marse Henry" Watterson's Newspaper maximes—which are as follows: "To print nothing of a man which "To look well and think twice before consigning a suspect to the ruin of printers' ink. "To respect the old and defend the weak. "To be good to the girls, and square with the boys, for hath it not been written, 'Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven'?" We regret that Editors Franklin and Toombs are not qualified to edit the Voice in a way more creditable The election is over. They have proven a failure as a campaign sheet, and we hope that the Board of Directors will pay their debts to Editor Smith. ATTORNEY HARRISON. William Harrison, Esq., a member of the Oklahoma bar, acquitted himself manfully before the Supreme Court of the United States last Monday afternoon in the presence of some of the greatest lawyers in the country. This able son of Ham could not be disconcerted in any way whatever by the great Chief Justice of the court The argument of Mr. Harrison fully demonstrated what the Negro lawyer can do if he is given the business or the opportunity. Mr. Harrison knew his case and the law and the argument he advanced convinced his hearers that Negroes know the law and know how to argue it. His address before the Bethel Literary also was another masterly effort of his disciple of Blackstone. It was through Rev. Jernigan and others that this Oklahoma case was brought from Oklahoma to the United States Supreme Court. The Bee next week will contain a synopsis of his argument and the part Rev. Jernigan took in this celebrated case, which The Bee hopes will result in a vindication of the rights of the Negroes in this country. —The Bee, Wash. D. C., Oct. 31. Negro Made Captain of a Big Battleshin. The only one of the greatest nations in the world, that enjoys the distinction of having a Negro ranked and recognized officially as a naval captain, is France. Lieutenant Mortenoi, a Negro and a native of Guadeloupe, has recently been promoted on account of services to the French government to the rank of captain in the French navy. While there are many representatives of foreign races in the French army and navy, including both Negries and Chinese, Captain Mortenoi is the first to attain this rank in the navy.—Ex. ADVERTISE IN THE STAR Mrs. M. C. Lawton Reviews Institution's Work at Annual Concert. The White Rose Industrial Home For Working Girls at 217 East Eighty sixth street. New York, held its eighth annual concert the third Friday evening in October, which was a gratifying success. The attendance was large, and the program of music, readings and declarations was both entertaining and instructive. Mrs. M. C. Lawton, the well known clubwoman and regular contributor to the Brooklyn Dally Standard-Union, was the chief speaker. "The home was opened Feb. 11, 1897, on East Ninety-seventh street, its object being the protection and training of colored girls coming to New York from distant points in search of work. The work was founded by the late Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews, assisted by a small club of women. Of those who started with the home Mrs. S. E. Wilkerson, Mrs. M. B. Pope and Miss M. L. Lewis are still actively engaged in carrying on the work. These women contributed at that time $5 each as the nucleus of a permanent building, and in 1898 the society was incorporated. "The work is undemnominational and is conducted on the settlement plan. Classes in kindergarten, manual training, cooking, sewing, etc., were opened; a mothers' meeting and several clubs for young people were formed and conducted for over four years in a suit of rooms on the ground floor of a crowded tenement. For more than one year the society had the use of the rooms without charge. When reut was required it was paid by Mrs. C. P. Huntington. At the present time the original members pay $5 per year, which is divided between the building fund and relief work. "In 1901 the work was moved to more suitable rooms on Third avenue, but was forced out by a saloon. Three small rooms on East Ninety-fifth street were then taken temporarily. The daughters of Thomas E. Stillman learned of the sad plight into which this worthy and deserving institution had fallen and appealed to their father for a house in a healthier location. In the latter part of that year the present house, 217 East Eighty-sixth street, was secured, and the home moved into it. It was formally opened as a working girls' home for respectable colored girls in January, 1902. From 1912 to 1913 over 300 women and girls have found shelter there. Of this number more than 100 have been given free meals and lodging and some 200 placed in good positions." Among the annual contributors to the home are Miss Grace Dodge, Mrs. M. L Stone, Mr. and Mrs, William G. Chonite A. M. Huntington, Mrs. E. F. Sheppard, Mrs. J. H. Hammond, Mrs. Robert Hoe, Mrs. C. P. Huntington, Mrs. Julia Pratt, Mrs. F. B. D. Reynolds, the Rev. W. H. Brock, D. D., Mrs. Alfred von der Muhll, Andrew Carnegie, Robert Cary, Mrs. Herman L. Livingstone, Mrs. W. D. Jones in memory of Mrs. W. G. Sewell, Mrs. Henry Vilard, Miss Josephine Wisnes, Mrs. L. E. Opdyke, Miss Gertrude Hoyt, Mrs. D. C. Blair, Mrs. Andrew W. Smith Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hopkins and Mrs Victor Morauzet. EFFORT TO AID YOUNG MEN. People at Ramage, W. Va., Given Columbia, M. M. C., Building People at Hamage, W. Va., Given Splendid Y. M. C. A. Building. Institute, W. Va. - Professor Byrd Prillerman, president of the West Virginia Colored institute in this city, spoke recently at the dedication of the Young Men's Christian association building at Ramage, Boone county, W. Va., upon the invitation of C. W Ridenour, the secretary Hon. H. D Hatfield, governor of West Virginia, and Hon. W. A. McCorkle, governor of this state, also spoke, Governor Hatfield making the principal address. The association building was erected by the Spruce River Coal company, of which H. M. Tagtarg of Massillon, O., is president and F. F. Tagtarg, his son the principal sto kholder. J. F. Ramage, for whom the town is named, is superintendent of the coal works. The building is a two story frame structure, with basement, containing lavatories and shower baths. The first floor is used for serving refreshments and for social games. The second floor is used for religious services. No discrimination is made between the races in the use of this building. It was very noticeable on the day of the dedication how freely the colored and white people commingled, with no sign of friction. The board of directors is composed of both white men and colored people. Miss Luetta Lipscomb, a student of the West Virginia Colored institute, was pianist for the dedicatory exercises. In addition to the association building the village has two good school houses and a fine athletic field, and the operators plan to erect a hospital in the near future. The houses for the miners are sanitary, and every effort is put forth on the part of the operators to encourage them in better living. No person is employed on the works who cannot furnish a recommendation of good moral character and temperate habits. Senator Chamberlain Victor. Portland, Ore. Nov. 5—George E. Chamberlain, Democrat, has been returned to the United States senate by the people of Oregon. J. H. White combe, Republican, has apparently been elected governor over C. Smith, Democrat. 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