The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-26
Emancipation Dav.

me oolored people Of Butte are making prep
arauon 10 celebrate their Fourth Of Julv :,
which comes early In August. The anniversary
proper Is August 4, the date Of Lincoln's Eman.
cipation Proclamation.
fortne purpose of preliminary preparation /.
large meeting Of the colored element. members
OF the Please t Hour Club, was held at the old
flEk on East Park street last Wednesday niobt
with John White, President, in the chair. M.r;on
Cooper. Secretary.
Mr white stated the OF ject of the meeting
SUD JoD Ford, with peculiar financial scuman
observed that the conspicuous absen.e of the
treasurer should be overcome In order to give
tne proceedings the proper heft, and he there.
lore moved that the Treasurer and his wad ha
rolled in. dead or alive. This was nromrt,v
seconded by Professor Jim Stills in . to-ot.,.
aho eloquent speech, In which the relations Of
londs 70 all success was amply exempliaed. and
the hiotion prevailing a committee of two. con-
slst'ng OF Norris Ward ana Tom Watson. was
appointed to induce the Treasurer. Lewis
cooper, to show up. The committee retired and
shortly returned, having saudwitched the
Treasurer down On Galena street. The Tr..a.
urer was brought to the front, and it was ascer.
tanned that ho had about SO in the common
sack.
Inc success OF this movement hsyine Riyen
eelat ana enthusiasm to the gathering, various
ORATORS proceeded to crate upon the feasibility.
propricty and eminent importance Of celebrat.
ing the anniversary Of the jubil e.
John Brown was there, soul and BODY. al.
though his soul is popularity supposed to be
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thing ought to be done to reduce the funds in
the treasury. Seventy dollars was too much for
any one man to be fooling around with, when
there is so much fun that can be bought at less
than cost, and he favored Q picnic at POPLAR
Grove, and that q committee be appointed to
act with the officers Of the club to see that the
seventy dollars were properly blown in for
the necessary ingredients. Lewis Cooper, Jr..
also favored q procession, but he was promrtly
sat down upon by the older members who
were inclined to the belief that Mr.. Cooper
wanted to make a mash by showing off ribbons
and scarfs and things while the older ones
formed the mere appendage Of q tail to his
kite. and besides August days are not the klnd
in which it is comfortable to processh in. as
the SUI IS too much in earnest about that time
~uN piVOSOSAOuS A"vC W Lbk0 Su0 WlQUl0 0I the
street in the middle Of the day and the shade
doesn't reach the line of march at such an
hour.
Mr. Job Ford went into a strain of i'm
passioned eloquence and poetic fancy and
euloglsed George Washington. Tousaint Lover
ture and Abraham Lincoln in glowing terms
and presented the idea that they had done a
good thing in making it possible and proper
for the colored people of Butte to have a ce!e-
bration and spend seventy dollars of club
money an infinite quantity of individual cash
from which might be evolved . dance and a
"lnner and good time generally. Others were
equally as free in the use of taffeydei chin
music. and wisdom, eloquence and Precipitation
flowed freely until midnight, when the meet.
ing adjourned to the evening of July 18th, at
which time the whole thing and a great many
other matters will be definitely and satisfactor-
lily settled. and there will be no room left to
doubt that Emancipation Day will go off in
Butte through . blaze of glory and several kegs
of beer and other b~efittiug accesslons Of the |