The Appeal., 1892-09-10
MINNEAPOLIS.

st. Peters A. NJ. E. church will | Q
blessed with the services of Rev. J. l.
Phillips through this conference year.
HE APPEAL extends to hima right royal
welcome to our city and it's good people
We will stand ready at sall times to ex-
tend helping haLd to these two good
pastors. ..~
The old mother church east side will
be presided over this year by Rev. ].
W. Malone who was the founder of the
church twenty-five years ago. Thus it
was the first Colored church planted in
this city. From it came the St. Peters
A. M. E. church about ten years ago.
We hope our brother may have the
greatest success. THE APPEAL extends
the most hearty welcome to Mr.. Ma
l,ne.
Among the contestants in the Amateur
band contest at the Exposition was the
Harris Military Band of Duluth, compos-
ed of Afro.Ame,icans. They drew the
first place in the parade for hich they
got $50, but came out little behind in
the contest. for prizes. They were the
best uniformed band present. The band
is composed as follows: S. H. Phillip
Bell, Leader-O. w. Do1 sey, w. A Por-
tor, W. B. Richardson, G. A. Hugt es, L.
L. Smith, E. A. Banks, H. Howell,C. H.
Mcdonald, E. Richev, W. M. Gray. j.
M. Brown, A. H. Howell, A. Harris,
VIM. Sanders. They returned home
Friday.
Our city ticket as whole is as pure as
any that could be presented to the
people of this city for their suffrage
With w. H. Eustis at it's head a man OF
great ability and unspotted character.
Mr.. Blethen developed the greatest
strength in the contest and would have
been nominated but for the break in
the ranks of the supporters of some OF
the other candidates which went to Mr..
Eust's THE APPEAL viii! do all in i'e
power to bring success to the whole
ticket. In the last city election we lost
quite large number of Colored votes.
| We hope every Colored vote in the city
will cast his vote for the whole ticket.
THE APPEAL man spent most of the
time visiting the A. M. E. Conference
which was in session last week at ST..
James church St. Paul. Being an old
friend of Bishop A. W. Wayman, DR..
Jenifer, Rev. Mr.. Long and Others
The Minneapolis ladies deserve great
credit for the good WORK they did. We
had long talk with DR.. Jenifer of
Chicago, of the growth and development
of newspapers owned and cotroled by
Colored men. The doctor said The AP-
PEAL was the broadcast and most elevated
Of any Colored paper with which he was
acquainted. He said that in the discus
sion of Political, social and moral ques-
tlops The APPEAL man was perfectly fair
always placing itself ON the high grounds
OF tlu h and fairn ss. We have known
the doctor, his father and mother before
him for years in the grand old ely oi
New Bedford, Mass, where Mr.. Jeu-
ifer was brought up and educated. We
also had long talk with Bishop Way.
man relative to the condition of our
people and was delighted to see the
strong faith of this grand old man. He
believes the race hes grand future be-
fore 1t in this country. He is deeply in.
terested in the great question of educa-
ton, he is 73. years old and has given
his whole life to his church and race
as preacher he stands in the very front
rank. We met many other old friends
including Rev. Mr.. Long, secretary OF
the Conference. We were deeply i'm
pressed with all we saw and returned
home on the 10 o'clock train highly de-
]igh'ed with our days visit.
| The APPEAL man seeing an article in
the Progressive Age of Aug. Goth 1892,
charging Hon. D. NJ c. ugh our candi.
date for Lieutenant Governor of Min
nesota, ircomplication with and respon-
slble for the selling ofliquors and gam
bling privileges at the State Fair ground
last IL. The following are the charges
brought against him in the Progressive
| Age:
Temperance men should not forget
the unsavory contract of D. M. Clougb,
candidate for lieutenant governor of
Minnesota, in connection with gambling
and liquor selling at the Minnesota State
Fair, laet fall. Mr.. Clough was accused
by The Progressive Age of completely in
this doubly disgra ceful transaction, and
has never dared TO deny it. Frank
Shaw, the most notorious gambler in the
West, bought of the Fair management.
of which D. M. Clough was president
the privilege of gambling for one thou.
sand dollars day. Mr.. Clough was cog
infant of this contract which involved
the breaking of the laws of the state.
The transaction could not have been
completed without his knowledge and
consent. yet with this record he comes
before the law abiding citizens Of Min.
neeota and asks for. election at their
hands! We call upon every man who
value fIthe sanctity of the home, and
who hates the ways of the gambler, to
scratch the name of D. M. Clough. He
is not worthy your support
THE APPEAL man asked Mr.. Cloueb
what he had to say about these CHARGES