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Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29
HONEST DEBTS.


Delinquent Stockholders OF the Defunct
BAH club Requested 10 Pay Up.
+. @. Studley says that according 20
the books Of the defunct Grand Rapids
Base Ball Club, there is about 500 Ia
subscribed stock still outstanding. He
has sent out reminders 10 several OF the
delinquents, and others need not be
surprised if they receive neady printed
circulars couched in most respectful
language, requesting them TO settle up.
One alderman, in reply 10 a circular.
returned n check for $40. and smother
citizen sent back the request With the
euphonious % word "Rats" endorsed
across It's face. Mr.. Studiey saws the
debts are legitimate and should be paid.
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29
GOSPEL LECTURE
Delivered At Gospel Temperance Han
Yesterday Afternoon.


A Gospel temperance lecture was
held Yesterday afternoon at Good
Templsrs' Hall, and Albert Dodge, a
leading spint OF the Prohibition party,
delivered the address.
He commenced by saying that
Gospel Temperance meetings were held
10 promote the Gospels cause and
that the Gospel seeks 20 save mans soul
purify the man and purify the Govern
ment. The liquor traffic antagonizes the
Gospels cause As it damns the soul,
debases the man, pollutes the GOvera-
ment, antagonizes religion, curses and
never blesSes, and MARS with both God
and man.
Prohibition, he explained, was the
only adequate remedy Tor intemper-
ance, as il Is the only Gospel method
or Thou shal not" policy of dealing
with sin. Churches and Gospel work
ers should, therefore, favor pronl-
bltion. The best way to secure
the enactment and enforcement of pro-
hibitlon should be discussed by all pro-
hibltiOn advocates. Ii is necessary TO a
proper settle.nent of the question, as
some advocate partizan and others non
partlzan methods. 4 union of alliance
Is essential to victory and this
involves the question OF the need of q
Prohibition party, and the relation of
all political parties to the liquor traffic.
The speaker also said that all sdvo-
Gates OF prohibition, the churches and
the gospel workers, should thoroughly
discuss the question in order 10 de-
nounce SIN in government and
politics as well as elsewhere. A
moral principle should not be aband-
oned because of political or party
question. In conclusion he SAID GOSPEL
workers are morally bound to advocate
prohibition.
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29
THE COURT HOUSE.
Estimate No. 90 PAID saIurdAy-Ihe
Amount Paid.

Fstimate No 90 Paid SaIarday-Ihe
Amount Paid.
Estimate No. 20 on the county court
house contract, amounting to s55s2. 03,
was allowed ard paid Saturday. This
makes a total OF 800 ,S94.75 paid on the
contract and leaves about SO, goo 10 be
expended on the structure. Architect
Osgood and superintendent OF Con-
structiou Woodland agreed yesterday
that this was ample TO finish the struc-
ture. Thus does not include about
$4,000 paid for extra concrete for the
foundation.
Work on the structure is progressing
rapidly and the iron for the roof IS
going 90 place mucb faster now than
the preliminary Work has been done.
snow Will ind the slate on.
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HOW IT'S ARRANGED
Phe External Appearance and In
ternal Arrangement Of the Home.
TIE BUILDING IS II SON STANDS.
A worthy Iostitation 20 whteh aAns
VII Contrihate When the Great
Fair Il Held IN HaFtnasn's
Halt

The Masonic Home Is now 50 near
completion that description Of the
interior arrangement viii DC interesting
10 the general public as well as 70 the
members OF the Masonic fraternity.
The foundation is Of dark stone,
from the Holland qusrries. IN rock face.
The walls are of white brick. upon s
heavy gray stone water table, the wood
work painted terra Gotta colors, giving
pleasing contrast.
The basement has ball i20 feet
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Ths Dso-ss % ths Kspors 70 Conasaes
IA ths ssaats rsdAy-


IA ths ssaats Fsd&y.
Special - ths fELzasAs- HzsALD
WAsaISGros. Dec. zs.-fhe debate
on the report On The tariff bil : ex-
peetst % commence IN the senate 10
moFros. and unless some OF the Demo
cFats want 10 make very long speeches
. vote vii be taken before al djouEn-
ment- There = some curiosity as 20
TIE acton OF some OF the Northwestern
,enAtors- fney are very outspoken
regarding the duty on binding twlne,
and declare they will not vote for the
report because Il imposes q duty on
that article. Paddock, OF Nebraska, :
the most vigorous IN MS opposition. and
declares that, no matter what others
DO hs viii hold out IN opposition. It
Is not believed, however. this opposition
VIII amount TO anything. and the re-
port will doubtless be adopted by the
cold Republican yc.e.
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29
A Pocket Picked.

While on her way from Redmond's
Opera house, Saturday evening, Mrs. A.
i. Warner bad her pocket picked OF a
pocketbook containing q email sum Of
money. A man was arrested on sus-
plcion, but he was not held. becs use
there WAS no evidence against him.
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29

Special % the Tn sGRAs-HEaALp.
HOLLAND, Mich, sept. While Mr..
Van De Linde. farmer living on the
Grand Haven road, was hauling a load
OF potatoes 70 town his horses became
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29

The u0t popular department of
tbs kind in Grand Rapids, and ius;-
ly -. We not only show The biggest
assortment, the greatest variety.
ard make prices which are not and
car not 30 equsied. bat constantly
show novelties made to oar order.
the styles Of vh'ch re control To
select a suit for 3 BOY ~ Ch'a
under such easY coudstons. = essy.
How sssy Thousands ~ poo9ls -
ihs city snov The department.
nos 81 1ts best ard presents a. at-
trsetiee appearance. aot only % Tire
eve. but 81 fhe vock book.
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29
A Wandering Idiot.

An idiotic person, so empty of mind
that ne could give no intelllgible sc-
count of himself, not even his name,
was picked up on the streets last night
by the police. He IS supposed to be a
wanderer from the county house.
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29

frightened aad fsR away. landing IN
Back Aks, s4zoB. potztess ana a..
Ihe horses we're drosnec bsfOEe any
ons came - rescue them.
Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29

There's an immense amount OF
Clothing N the market that il would
not pay you 20 buy nor Us TO sell.
We We sepsrslcd the chsH from the
wheat for you and gathered a collec-
ton Of the latter. which is the acme
Of perfection in the resdy-mad- ar.
ticle. In quantity. far more than
you I care TO look at. IN style. the
very latest ashton cut from the pat
terms o the best designers m the
county. In quality. The best value
tor the money 4 Is possible 20 obtain.
II cure . Judge Of values YOU n
BE our easiest customer. If not a
Judge our one-price system-never
violsted here will protect you from
paying too much.
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tempts to arouse sectional animos.
tiles between colored men of diff.
ferent sections of the country.
The President has appointed a
greater number of colored men
to office. than any of bis Republic
can predecessors, but to his credit
be it said that in making bis Sc
lectionn he has not insulted the
race by appointing men simply
becaese they happen to be born
on one side or the other of Mason
and Dixion's line. So long as we
control the destinies of the LEE,
We shall stand unfiuchingly for
the tights OF the race, knowing
neither Nor,h, South, East or
West.
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If Douglass, Lynch, Townsend anc
others bad taken the race journals ano
read them, they would have learned week:
ago the cause of the defeat of November
Their talk, now. OIL the causes, are lit
tie stale. Read the race journals, gentle
men, and keep pOsted.-Advocate.
There is no man in this country
more interested in race papers than
Mr.. Douglass. We know from
personal knowledge that Mr..
Douglass has always given from
ten to one hundred dollars to col
ored newspaper enterprises. While
we have not always agreed with
Mr.. Douglass, we know him to be
liberal with his money as far as
colored papers are concerned.
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delegate in the person of Mr.. Mont
gomery himself.
One might casually inquire if Mr.
Bruce could serve his country with dis
tinguished credit as Register of the
Treasury; and Mr.. Lynch serve as Au.
ditor of the Treasury with no less eff
cheney, could not either one of them
manage the meager finance of Mississ-
ippi2 Would either one of them dis
grace the State by being its Governort
MoNTGOMERY's FALSE POSITION.
But to return to Mr.. Montgomery
He may ha surrendered position he
could not longer hold: but why did he
make an object and unconditional sur
render? Would his remOnStrance have
availed n)thing? Would his protest
have been unheard? In that case he
would not have surrendered at all; he
would have been captured and plunder-
ed. The rights of hundred and twen-
ty odd tn Iusand intrust d to his care
would have been violently taken, and
those who did it would have been moth
ing less than robbers.
If this was the purpose of the conven-
ton, regardless of his protest or Opprov-
al, he app 4arS in the strange position
of advising robbers how much he pos
seSses and thanking them for plumber
ing him. If, on the other hand, he did
have influence, then, in Heavens name,
why did he not use it to prevent the
enactment of a clause so flagr4ntly un-
just as to call forth a rebuke from every
fair minded Democratic paper in the
country?
Nothing is so easy to be misunder-
stood, nothing capable of SO many
strange interpretations as a cOnStitu-
ton. The Bible itself is scarcely less
comprehended than the constitution,
and yet, according to the Mississippi
amendment to its constitution, is now
to be interpreted by horde Of illiterate
voters, so ignorant that they cannot
read their names. and the correctness of
their Interpretation is to be decided by
a lot of ward politicians so brutal and
partisan us to be eligible to the Office of
supervis Jrs of the ballot boxes Of Mis-
siSsippi.
President Cleveland appointed one
Justice of the Supreme Court from Mis-
sissippi. When the next Democratic
President is elected the State can fur
nish enough to fill the whole bench,
and have a hundred and thirty-nine
thousand nine hundred and some odd
in training. According to which party'S
belief, or according to what precedent
shall a Judge decide whether a man un-
derstands the constitution? Will the
State furnish him with library con-
tanning the decisions of it's Supreme
Court? Or is he expected to decide off |
hand and correctly questions upon
which the greatest lawyers and jurists
of our country disagree?
If an intelligent but illiterate Repub- |
lican should give his opinion upon GER
tain portions of the constitution accord
ing to Republican ideas, would an ordi-
nary Mississippi election supervisor |
hold tn 1t he understood it? If a Dem
crat should expound it according to his
ideas would a Democratic judge hold |
that he did not understand it? There |
is no standard by which the judge is to
render his decision, and therefore he |
will render it according to his own opin-
ion. And now according to his opinion |
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the polls for his his teiPFFeettation 5f that
Union soldier, one Of the few who sur
vived Fort Pillow, should be asked his
opinion of the amendments now before
this convention could he ever convince
the ju lge that he understood the con
stitutiOn, and yet he may have under
stood his duty to his country vel
enough to have helped Abraham Lin
coin preserve it from the ''broad blades
and bloody hands, of treason.
POWERS THAT NO PARTISAN SHOULD
HAVE.
What an absurd position. What a
STAINLESS betrayal of the grave response.
bilitieS that rested upon this convention.
Here is clause that clothes the mid
night assassin of yesterday with the
powers of a constitutional tribunal to-
day, and gives to the partisan ward pol
iticial powers that the Chief Justice of
the United States does not possess. Talk
about the powers of a federal supervis-
or un1er the Lodge Elections bill; they
shrink into insignifcance when COM
parel with the illuminated powers of
these petty elections officers. They
posse IS absolute power to receive or re-
ject votes at will, and are unguarded
agai lSt any influence that might bribe
intim;date or unduly influence them.
According to this provision, a mans
diSfrdnchiSement will depend neither
on his ignorance of the letter nor his
ignorance of the spirit of the constitu-
ton, but upon his color and his politics.
A wayfaring man, though he be fool,
would know under such an arrange
ment all Democrats will understand the
constitution, and hence vote; all Repub-
icanS will not understand it, and hence
will not vote, except they can read.
In this unjust and ineXcuSeable sub
sterfuge they have disappointed all who
had hoped they would act wisely; have
deceived all who trusted in their pro-
fesSions of fairness, all who believed
they were honest and upright men as
sembled to remedy evils that needed
heroic treatment, and have deprived of
all excuses those who plead they might
be fully tried before they were con-
demned.
We waited until they had finished,
until they had a chance to repair the
WI )ng, and until all that could be said
in attenuation has ben uttered, and
now we must speak. The outrage and
inj lStice Of their action stings us into
protest and embitters every word we
write. Upon the question of amending
their constitution so as TO require an
educational qualification impartial and
imperative to all I have nothing to
say, That is unquestionably their bust
ness, their right. and in this case may
have been their duty.
But when, instead of doing that, the
convention uses ten thousand illiterate
white voters to decOy an eighth of a
million colored voters into trap, and
there rObs them of their blood bought
suffrage, while it allows the white Yot-
erS, equally as illiterate and therefore
equally incompetent to vote, 1 say it is
an outrage. This convention has viO-
lated our constitution, spirit and letter.
The sense Of justice is strong in every
American heart, and the rights of the
negro confdingly intrusted to its keep
ing.
DISFRANCHIsEMENT OF THE NEGRO
ITS OBJECT.
We can now see that the convention
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ltGGeelhESSGIIr Mss, Mss to secure the speech OF
the only negro delegate to the now ia,
nous Mississippi Constitutional Con.
ventiOn, Mr.. Montgomery, and the rea.
son for its so doing was because Mr.
Montgomery in his speech had approx.
ed everything the convention had done.
The publication of this speech, OF
course, gave rise to a spirited discus
sion. Some approved the speech in its
entirety. Others, while charmed with
its elOquence, differed widely and radi
cally from its conclusions.
Foremost among the latter class was
the Hon. Frederick Douglass, whose
letter the World mutilated and then
published with the comment that the
time had passed when his opinions
were either sound or valuable. Me-
DR.. Douglass is past 20, but that of it.
self counts for little.
He still remains the great tribune of
his people, tall light house on dan.
gerouS sea. In view of the fact that
his greatest speech has been made in
the last ten years the attempt to dispose
of his letter by a meaningless reference
to his age is absurd. But Mr.. Douglass
needs no vindication. Now to the top.
ic under discussion
Mr.. MOntgOmery's speech was indeed
eloquent but elOquence cannot conceal
its Sophistry and ought not to shield it
from merited cenSure. On the question,
Can we subscribe to all he says, and
say amen to what the Mississippi Con-
vention has done to settle this question?
l answer, no. Neither the negro nor
any intelligent believer in our consti-
tuition can do.
THE QUESTION CLEAN CUT DEFINED.
This is not question of negro domi-
nation. 1t is a question of conStitu-
tlOnal domination, whether the consti-
tuition of the United States shall dOmi-
nate over the constitution of MissiSsip-
pi or vice versa. The present charge
that the negro, if allowed to vote, will
dominate, is as absurd as the charge
thirty years ago that he would marry
his masters daughters if freed.
If the negro had the will and the
power to dominate in Mississippi, this
amendment would not touch him If
he has no such desire and power this
amendment is unnecessary. If it is
urged that he has the desire, the num-
berS, and only lacks the intelligence.
how will the amendment prevent him
from doing so? 1t only applies to him
In his present ignorant condition, and
the danger of his domination is not in
his present condition, but only when he
becomes enlightenment. Yet when he
becomes enlightened this amendment
becomes imperative. A strange tissue
Of contradictions this. 1t is like caging
a cat and allowing a tiger to 90 free:
like fearing kettle of steam and play-
ing tenpins with as many kegs of dyna-
mite.
That the negro does not seek to dom
mate is conclusively proven by his
whole brief but bloody effort to be a
citizen. During the reconstruction pc
riod he had absolute power in Mississ-
ppi, and although he had such able and
honorable men as Bruce, Lynch and
Hill to draw from, he elected a white
hlan everytime he elected Governor.
And although he now has an overwhel-
ming majority in the State, the Legis-
Iature that provided for this convention
had a majority of white members. and
the convention itself had only one black
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Douglass, Bruce aud Lyncn now hold
ing fed raj positions ought to give them
up, and in company with Hon. Jno M.
Llngston, P. b. Pinchback and other
headers do b title Tor the race. Their cow
er Is crippled by Office holding. Will these
gentlemen resign first seeing TO it that
colorcd men shall succeed them? We
shall STE. Have our papers the nerve to
speak out? We shall see.-AmericaD
Citizen.
Why should these gentlemen
resign their positions any more
than other representatives of the
white race? The race is old e.
nough to be its own leader.
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the two sections named exhibits
the tHr6dNse2- tr6dNse -situettiiGe1 IN regard to this
matter: At Washington: John
R. Lynch, Fourth Auditor, Treas
ury Department, Mississippi; B.
K. Bruce, Recorder of Deeds,
ID. C.; j NJ. Townsend, Recorder
of the Land Office, Indiana; NJ.
NJ. Hollard, chief of division.
Treasury Dept, Ohio, R III. Ter
rell. chief of di ision. Treasury
Department, Mass In the for
e,gn service: Fred. Douglass, Min.
lister to Hayu, D. c; Alexander
Clark, Minister to Liberia, Iowa;
John Durham, Consul to San Do
mingo, Penn; Bolding Bowser,
Consul To Sierra Leone, Conn.
1t will be seen by refere nee to
the above that the North has a
larger majority of the important
appointments at Washington and
also in tie Diplomatic service
Bur il is said by some that MIR.
Douglass having resided at the
North for over so years and hav-
ing practically 10 connection IN
the s nth. is to all intense and
purp ses a northern man; and that
Mr. Bruce having spent the great.
er part OF his lite at the South,
should he considered a southern
man. Very well; suppose we
adopt this classification and then
what is the result? Every man of
col r from minister down to con
sui. in the diplomatic service, is
from the North; not a single man
from the South in the diplomatic
service and only two, Bruce and
Lynch holdi"g important offices
In Washington.
Another fact worthy of note is
that al overwhelming majority of
minor appointments, such as
watchmen, messengers, and labor
ers In the departments at Wash.
ington, are held by Afro-Ameri-
cans from the North. This result
arises from the fact that these po-
sitions not coming Civil Service,
are generally made upon the rec
concentrations of Republican
congressman and as these Con-
gressmen come very largely from
the North, that section gets the
lions share. We rejoice that the
North is so well represented as
shown above and we stand ready
to push to the front each and ev-
cry northern man worthy of such
efforts. But we regard loathing
and contempt the effort of any
man who knowing himself incapa.
BILE of honorable competition at
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|
That dS a cha1n is no stronger than its
weakest link, so constitution is no bet.
ter than its worst clause, be will know
that although pretending to build a
stable constitutional structure broad
enough to shelter all and strong enough
to withstand all, liberal enough to per-
nit the greatest progress and sensitive
enough to feel the least injustice, he
stood by and allowed his fellow build
erS to insert secret spring which Op-
ened door of admittance to ten thou
sand illiterate Democrats and that
swung to in the very faces of hun
dred thousand Republicans.
know of no man of late years who
has had grander opportunity or who
could have better used it, and yet his
iron mettle melted into wax in the fierce
light that beat upon him. This cOnven-
tiOn, with that single negro standing
before 1t, was a picture worthy of a
maSters'S brush, an occasion calling for
a Grady'S elOquence, a martyrs zeal and
a Daniels courage, and yet in every
tn ng except words he fell inmeasurably
below it. BerOre that stern body of
men. grim and determined as ever as
Sembled to deliberate, this chosen ora
tor OF our race appeared, and, with
lips as sweet as ever charmed mems
souls, he rose to speak.
WHAT THE PICTURE REALLY WAS.
1t was the spectacle of this negro
standing there all bayed by enemies,
armed with constitutional weapons,
meant to slaughter the black voter
without scratching the white; it was
this man cOngratulating the conven-
ton on it's work: it was this negro that
calmed their cOnSciences with his ap-
probation, quelled the few honest pro-
tests with his elOquence, and called
down the blessings of heaven upon
their covenant with death and agree
ment with hell" as if it had been an
offering of eternal peace and juStice-a
bulwark of Liberty for each, for all and
forever"
This speech has done injury to the
cause of the cOlored man struggling up
through cruel oppression to be worthy
of the rights he values and would hon
or. 1t will deceive many white men
struggling against their prejudice and
their training to accord him these
rights.
And to the simple and trusting peo-
pie, whose cause he has surrendered
without any necessity, and whose rights
he has mortgaged without any security,
he has done wrong, few can measure,
for which no penitence can atone. And
ignorant as they may be, they will be
wise enough to know that he has not
secured for them the same rights as the
equally illiterate white voters.
CHARLES S. NORRIS,
Louisville, KY,