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The state journal. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-24
Note.

Hereafter all subscriptions to The
STATE JOURNAL will be in advance.
We are now printing the only news
paper devoted to the interest of the
colored people of the State of Penn
sylvaAia. That we may be able to
successfully do this, we are compelled
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A Work to be Performed by the
Conferences of the COlOred
Methodist Churches.

The discussion which took place in
the general conference of the Zion A.
M. E. church at New York last week
brought about by a remark made by
Timothy Fortune on the uniting Of
the Methodist churches does not 60
far enough, we would like to see
this question thoroughly discussed
by both conferences and final
union brought about. There never
was time when men holding i'm
portant positions as leaders of the
people, who stand at the head Of two
Of the greatest organizations exist
ing among our people had better
opportunity to show their unsel6sh-
ness in the interest of a struggling
ace,and display there truly christian
spirit than the present. Bishop
Jones who years ago placed him
self squarely uponth is issue, took
occasion to again offer himself as sac
rifice to the carrying out Of this poject
andhe was followed by Bishops Hood
Moore and the other lights of Zion.
These men are perfectly willing to
give up their high ecclesiastical posi-
tons or take their chances in a bag
as Bishop Jones expressed it. There
is not bishop in either connection
that cannot fully realize the great
power these two bodies merged into
one would WELD or can they fail to
see what an important example this
union would set to the people, stand
ing apart as they have been for years
both struggling out an existence, in
some places there ministry eking out
a bare existence, two churches where
one is barely supported has been the
result of a mere technical difference
of opinion on the part of the heads
of the church, division famed and
kept alive more on account of an
unwillingness to forego a high lucra
tive and commanding position than
for any other reason. The pulpit and
the press are the two great influences
which have civilized and moralized
nations and now with press COM
handing in its influence, potent in
its good, united in its action, there is
every prospect Of the pulpit dropping
into second place unles it begins the
advocacy of those things calculated
to strengthen and unite the colored
people. 100000 members are con
trolled by these two bodies, property
valued at nearly SSO,OOO,00O are
possessed by them and with all this
power and influence they stand
divided. Not as Presbyterians and
Baptists, or Universalists and Metho-
dists, but as house divided
against itself, there is divine pre-
diction which would be well for these
two bodies to remember before they
adjourn, ethat ahouse divided against
itself cannot stand.'' The lack of
unity has ever been characteristic
of ourrace and why should it be other
wise, when the seeds of it are sown in
the Sabbath school and reaped in the
church. These conferences have a
great work to accomplish and para
mont and above any other work they
may perform is that of uniting over
half million people under one banner
with single interest a united pur-
pose to stand united rather than fall
divided with them they will have the
united support of the colored press
and the laudations Of millions of their
race,
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If Africa is not evangelical it will
not be for the lack of high dignitaries
Of the church. All the Methodist
conferences now in session are send
ing missionaries into that benighted
country, and the hope that much good
will yet come out of ETHIOPIA is a
good one.
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THERE is no mistaking the fact that
Sammy TiIden wants to be President,
weak, emaciated and aged as he is,
the vigor of an earnest desire fingers
around him still.
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LEGISLATURE,

n c. BURNITE, OF HARRISBURG, AN
~ nOunces himself q candidate for the Legis-
lature from this district, subject to the decision
of the Republican Convention and respectfully
soicits the support of his friends.
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Recorder.

CHARLES G. CRONE, OF HARRIS BURG,
~ announces himself q candidate for Recorder
of Dauphin county, subject to the decision of the
Republican convention, and respectfully Solicits
the support of his friends.
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Miss Ella Y. Somerville, of Wash
ington, d. c., a colored graduate
from the State Normal school of
Massachusetts, ss to address the
National f. Educational Association, at
Madison, Wis, in July.
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Legislature.

CHARLES A. MILLER, OF HARRIS
~ BURG, announces himself q candidate for
the legislature from this district, subject to the
decision oil the Republican Convention, and re-
spectfully solicits the support of his friends
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County Commissioner.

T A. SLENTZ, OF HARRISBURG, AN
e. NOUNCES himselfa candidate for County
Commissioner of Dauphin county, subject to the
decision of the Republican Convention, and re-
spectfully solicits the support of his friends.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Legislature.

A LBERT Il. TACK, OF HARRISBURG,
"A announces himself candidate for the Leg
stature from this district subject to the decision
of the Republican Convention, and respectfully
sOlicts the support of his friends.
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MOraYian SYNOD.

LANCASTER, May 22.-The triennial
provincial synod of the American Prov
ince of the Moravian Church began its
sessions at Lititz yesterday Bishop De
Schweinitz, Of Bethlehem, was elected
president and Rev NJ Loubert, of New
York, secretary. Yesterdays session was
occupied in the transaction of routine
business. There are ninety seven dele
gates, representing twelve States, present.
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County Commissioner.

TT. LARGEST, OF HARRISBURG, AN
e. NOUNCES himselfa candidate for Coun-
ty Commissioner of Dauphin county, subject to
the decision OF the Republican convention, and
solicits the support of his friends.
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Recorder.

CIIRIST. W. LYNCH, OF HARRISBURG,
~ announces himself candidate for Recorder
of Dauphin county, subject to the decision of the
Republican convention, and respectfully solicitS
the support of his friends.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
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which for quality, lightness and prices, are I'M
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,EO OUR READERS.

State Journal, the only general
newspaper devoted to the interest
Of the colored people in the State
Of Pennsylvania. Published week
ly, at Harrisburg, Pa.
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GREAT REDUCTION.

THE STATE JOURNAL will be deliv
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city hereafter for
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The DoutY Dealer.

The Detroit Pldindealer doubt
less feeling happy over the success of
the colored people of Michigan receiv-
ing representation in the National
Convention, cannot understand why
the Journal feels disappointed in the
10000 colored voters of Pennsylvania
not receiving any representation.
Now the Flaindealer is sly fox and
takes this means of attracting atten-
ton to the one Northern state which
has been magnanimous enough to give
what all other northern states have
refused. There isn't anything selfish
about the JOURNAL, we have not
taken only our Immediate surround
ings into consideration, bnt point to
the figures which stand .out boldly
and plain as veri6cation of our state,
ment as to our political position.
Every colored man in the country,
unless he be an office holder or
Mich -igander,w will agree with us,that
we are dropping between the two
parties We complain and with rea-
son, of the Republican party's recent
treatment of us, and the Democratic
party is thing of abomination to US.
Perhaps our contemporary sees a
middle position or contemplates form
ing one. Whatever may be our
conclusions as to our positions polite
ally, we entertain as high hope for
the future of the race as our contem
porary, and we still stick to our
plea, that more attention to business
and industrial enterprise and less
attention to politics would be better
for the race, Oar contemporary is
an able critic, which it shows in its
attempt to criticise our position on
that Smiths Convention held at
Pittsburg, which emitted so much
sound for sense. We never expected
that convention 10 accomplish any
thing further than to give few men
a chance to air their oratory and if it
succeeded in doing anything else,
pardon US for our obtuseness. If
inconsistent we are grateful for being
shown the error of our way and if
our countenance wears a woebegone
and disappointed aspect, we discover
from the following clipped from the
columns of our brilliant contemporary,
that if in misery we have company.
Speaking of itself thus despondently:
We cannot picture the future of this enterprise
nor can we determine the future standing of the
race for when we look about and see with what
barrier prejudice has incompassed us, that in the
North denial of opportunity is our lot and in the
South open hostility to our progress is offered at
their entirety there is little to hope for little
incentive to perfect our manhood, and only an
indOmitable Will breaks the spell of despair and
we hope on study on and push on against fate.
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We cannot picture the future of this enterprise
nor can we determine the future standing of the
race for when we look about and see with what a
barrier prejudice has incompassed US, that in the
North denial of opportunity is our lot and in the
South open hostility to our progress is offered at
every step. When we consider these things in
their entirety there is little to hope for, little
incentive to perfect our manhood, and only an
indomitable Will breaks the spell of despair and
we hope on study on and push on against fate.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-11
GOOD WORDS EoR KANSAS

Ex-Governor Anthony in q recent in.
terview published In the Chicago Times
has some good words to say for Kansas,
which indicate that when properly ap-
preached the heart of the irigid states
man is still in the right place and that
push and prosperity. He says:
Il would rather stand before an audi.
eDce in cultured New York, Boston or
any other place, Is far as convincing re-
suits are concerned, than one In Kansas.
You see, our population is not made up
of foreigners. It is almost entirely
American. Every state in the Union
has furnished its quota of broad, iAtellI-
gent and liberal. minded men. They are
progressive.
Young men of dash and aggres sive-
ness emIgrated to Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa directly after the war. For
instance, Ohio, which formerly gave
Republican majority of
one hundred thousand, is now consider
ed doubtful state outside of presiden
tial years. Its young men and young
women have come TO US. They now own
our land, run public institutions, and
help make our laws. Another reason is
that Kansas was q great war state, and
we have more soldiers residing there in
proportion to the population than in any
other state In the Union"
Referring to the educational interests
of Kansas he gave utterance to these
truthful words:
I'VE have the most perfect common
school system in America, not even ex
cepting Massachusetts. We have sir
thousand school houses, costing $50,
OOO,0O0 We have better school houses
better equipments aud better instructors
| than any other state. That accounts foI
the high grade OF intelligence and civil.
ization among our youth ;"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-11
TIE Parker CASE.

The sentence of death passed yester
day by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge in
the highest court of Great Britain on
Dudley and Stephens, the captain and
mate of the wrecked yacht MIGnouette,
who were found guilty of murder in
killing the boy Parker for f, Oh to keep
themselves alive, ends the legal consid-
Grafton OF . case which has attrsctC
widespread and intense attention AT d
establishes legal precedent-a salutary
one, we believe-respectinR the sanctity
under all circumstances of human life
4 precedent from which it seemed i'm.
possible for the law to swerve even with
the pslliAtiDg circumstance urged.
And yet the terrible condition IN
which these men were placed, the in
evilable loss OF three lives If one was
not sacrificed, the carryin out
Of the instinct of self preservation
make the case one in which
there will be universal accord with the
feeling, which will doubtless find tX.
precision in the exercise of executive
clemencY. The announcement that tie
two condemned men will In all RpToba.
bIlity be pardoned by the queen or al
least haYe the sentence COMMITTED TO 8
nominal penalty, will accord with the
human instincts of mercy, while at the
same time there is satisfaction for the
demands of justice.
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a Dead Prince.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 Prince Alex
is Saigo Of Japan, who has been . mem
Der Of the household of Baron de Strive,
Russian minIster in Washington Tor sew
eraI years, died this morning. of typhoid
fever. The prince, who was only II
years Of age, was . son of General Saigo
OF Japan add nephew of Col. Oyama
japanese minister Of war, now on Wis
It to this country. Col. Oyams remain.
ed at his bed side nearly all last night.
He will take charge Of the remains and
accompany them back to Japan. The
Young prince had been q member Of Ba
ron de Strives household ever since
the latter represented the Russian gov
eminent At he japanese court, at which
time strong attachment sprang up BE-
tween the prince and the minister
children. Hesubsequently accompanied
the minister 20 Russia, and en- braeec
the Christian religion. At his baptism
the empress stood ss his godmotheE en6
the Grand Duke ALEXIS as the godfather
| He accompanied Baron De Strive q
this country when the latter was accred
tied here.
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THE HISTORY OF ANoTHER

GEMOCRATIC ROW.
AichisOn Globe: The present serious
trouble in the Kansas Democratic camp,
according to Click authority. appears
to have originated in the tact that at the
Chicago convention Governor Click was
the leader of the CLEVELAND movement
among the Kansas delegates, while Gen.
Blair exerted all mis- influence to down
the president-elect. The rumor that
Governor Click was an aspirant for q
position in Cleveland's cabinet Gem
pletely ratified the Blair gang, and tear
they would be left out in the cold, they
Immediately originated 3 counter move
ment to head off Click. Billy
Perry of Fort Scott who
is chairman of the Democratic state
central committee, and q law partner of
General Blair's. besides being an aspirant
for the Office of United States attorney, is
engineering the movement to down
Click. John Martin, of Topeka, who
sits up late at night to hate Click, has
secretly fomented the dissatisfaction by
writing letters to parties in the state dis
paraging to the governor, and trying to
incIte them against him. It may be
pertinent to state now that the rumor Of
Clicks aspirations for a cabinet position
originated in joke by waggish Atchi-
son politician who desired to put mp g
'j1b' on a friend. The idea that the
strong Republican state of Kansas could
get a cabinet position under q Demo-
cratic administration is too ridiculous
to contemplate. and the avidity with
which the anti Cleveland crowd bit at
the joke shows them the veriest chumps
in the first principles of politics.
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,ompen,etlon Is hunted 70 IS : dsyi n 10 !;

compensation Is limited 70 SIS day for
not exceeding ten days service.
The next and last letter is from Mar
shall Wright, dsted October %. The
marshal makes q requiSition for SIS.
342, and expressing regret for the neceS-
sIty for demanding 30 large an expendi-
ture. He states that Il was the best he
could do under the circumstances. He
writes: We held matters we'll ia hand
in about fifty. hve precincts, bat Ia about
six precincts the vote was not protected
because I was unable 60 do Il. Our
force suffered many outrsgee e the
hands of the state and city auskofitiee,
which apprehend will Be fully Coz.
f1rmed by Whist Is about 70 take place In
our courts. The situation IN pEeciactD
not we'll handled ID beyond the compFe-
pension of those who have not beea eye.
witness thereto. In one of these wards
alope, during the night before, over q
hundred peaceable but defencele3 men
without charge were thrown tn>o The
cellars of the police station asd kapk
the polls closed, then let ous. 'D0xIaE
this time they were given 20 undeEstaA
that If they would vote 9 CERTAIN tieke4 q
would be "all right" and that they coeld
go free. This 10 . sample Of what 1e
have to confeud with here. Hsd / t0ea
through with it again / could do hseGee
work with leas expense, but ] d1d tbs
best could under the circumstances. I
have thought and attended 90 co1e In
person TO confer with you about tAis
matter, but our business here q such
now IL 10 difficult for me 20 leaVs. The
marshal encloses statement Of exp0a.
ditures. showing the employment. of
900 men for two days each, and small
numbers for periods varying fro8 sareO
to ten days each. making total q 15T8
days Of service for special deputy IaT-
shals, at IS per day. The total expe8Zi.
lures on account Of the election were
SIS, 322.
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The sudden death of Mr. Frsncis ID.
Moulton, who Will be remembered as
the mutual friend" in the Beecher-Til-
ton scandal, at the Sgs Of 40. marks the
close of busy aud varied career. His
position as mutual friendn in the un-
fortunate episode above mentioned.
brought him only trouble and difficulty.
1t 10 said OF him yhst he possessed I'M
common talents, aud had a mental en-
orgy and grasp that would have made
him conspicuous Ia almost any calling
He was pre-emInently 9 man OF aft airs,
with genius for management, and had
hts ambition been C. amass wealth, be
might have ranked among the million
aires oil the mt tropDlis. He rrtaIns In his
custody the mass of or giual documents
that Ime into his possession rs the mu
tual fTIend OF Beecber and Triton. and
there Is curiosity TO know what dispo-
sitioa be has m1ds OF them II IL to he
hoped he burned them.
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The Indian Territory.

WARRINGTON, D. G, Dec. 6.-Sensior
Plumb, prompted by the resolution in
troduced by Senator Vest in relation to
Indian Territory leases TO stock raisers,
made quite "a elaborate speech un the
subject He said: Il wish to make a
few suggestions 10 the chairman of the
committee on Indian affairs about the
scope of the Investigations and, the
report to be made of the result OF it TO.
the senate. Undoubtedly the InvesLiga-
ton itself, IN view of the statements that
have been made, and IN any event, is
very desirable and entirely proper to be
made. But some result ought to grow
out OF II; something ought to be done OF
recommended by the committee to be
done, as the result of whatever discoveries
they may make. l am not speaking
now particularly of the allegations which
were made by the senator from Missouri
yesterday, or to the alleged fraudulent
acts of which he spoke that led TO the
making of one OF these leases. but re-
fer to tine lands themselves.
He called attention TO the fact that
much of the land embTaced in the Indian
Territory and other reservations are sg-
ricultural and such as the Indians do'nUI
need and that the time mad come when
they were needed tOE settlement through
the exhaustion of the public domain.
In concluding, he advocated the open
ing of Oklahoma, and said that the op,
ing of the land 70 settlement would moi
ImpeEil the interests of the Indians.
That the time had come to commence
the process Of eettllng the Indian Terri
tory and thereby settling that branch of
the Indian problem AS a result OF
this investigation, or OF any invesIiga-
| ton which touches upon the status OF
| things in the Indian Territory, the com
mittee on Indian affairs ought TO address
itself at once to this. at least as grave a
| portion of the problem as any other one
that was presented. He referred tn .
bill introduced by him during the last
session, which he was not welded to,
but which he thought embraced the
more important features of the emer-
gency, and closed by citing the case of
the Black Hills in the Sioux reserva
ton, which was invaded when GOLD was
discovered there, in violstion of the
| rights of the Indians, when congress
simply said, you can not keep the peO-
pie out" and consequently made q
treaty with the Indians whereby they re-
| linguished their right 10 the lands, and
they were opened to settlement.
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Wichita Eagle: Sam Wood, who has
b en everything In the world except q
Democrat, but who is now trying TO be
that. and who is likely to succeed 1t he
don't change his shirts too often. as edi-
tor Of The StA:e Journal, talks largely Of
federal patronage In Kansas and Of who
shall and who shall not distribute the
political pToVeader The next thiRg the
Democrate party of Kansas knows, Sam
will be claiming an oftlce himself We
saw q picture Of Sam once, taken by
some medium. which showed the spirit
of a rebel brIgadier lowering over HIM
rs his guardian angel. That picture
would weaken the Democratic admins
trAtion into giving Sam an Office quicker
than lightning. aud he should lose no
time in occurring a COW
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Importast supreme Court Decisions.


WAsHINGToN. Dec SIN the supreme
court decision was rendered in the rail-
road land case. Kansas Pacific Rail-
way company, appellant, against the A,
T. & 8. F, r r. Co, q suit involving
the title 20 5000 acres Of land in Wa
6aunsee and Usage counties, Kansas.
This court holds that the Kansas Pacific
company, under the acts of congress
of 1862 and 1854. by compliance with
all their provisions in the construction
of Its road, acquired title to the land
in controversy, and has according
ly the right "a record evidence
of il in the form OF patent
The decree Of the court below is there
fore reversed and the case re-
manded, with directions 20 enter q de-
cree adjudging the title to the lands in
controversy 20 the Kansas Pacific CON-
pany. and that the A, T. s. 8. r. CON-
panY execute to the Kansas Pacific CON-
pany Q conveyance of its claim ana in
teTest therein.
A decision WAS also rendered in the
cases of the United States, appellant.
against VIM. II. Emery, and the same
appellant against J. H. North, brought
from the court of claims, which involves
the question whether officers of the reg
ular army and navy who served out their
engagemenis, or were honorably dis
charged in the Mexican war are entitled
to three monihs' extra pay. This court
| holds that they were entitled to such
| paw, and aff1rms the decision. The count
claims the number of officers affected By
this decision is 400 or 500.