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The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20
PUT A NEGRO ON THE TICKET.

Just now there is considerable
agitation going on as to whether
or not there should be Negro on
the Republican state ticket. Many
favor the idea, while others claim
that unless the entire colored vote
can concentrate upon some one
candidate to 90 before the conycn-
ton there is no hope for a Negro
being placed on the ticket. This
is a strange method of reasoning.
There are several candidates for
the various nominations. Take
the office Of governor, for instance.
This il the most important sclec-
ton to be made. There certainly
should be harmony In this partic
ular case. YET W. I'M Morrill,,
Hoch and mprtin, cach making 1
finish fight, and ii Il quito certain
that one Of them will Do the next
governor of Kansas. Tie Oh
theory that because two ar more
colored men ask for the same
thing, politically, it must be given
to white man as a compromise.
lest the defeated colored aspirant
become disgruntlcd and bolt the
party, il all bosh. This il a base
II
reflection on the loyalty Of the
Negro as politician. The idea
that Negro cannot endure disap-
pointment and yet be true to his
POLITICAL convictions il absurd and
as barren Of confirmation A. any
thing could be. We would like
to sec tine colored candidate 20 To
the convention with the full color
cd vote supporting him. II would
be the wiser way. 1t would give
the Negro stronger claim for con
sideration. 1t would make lii
nomination an assured fact. The
Republican party Of Kansas can
not afford to ignore 20, 600 Negro
voters. They will and must Lave
q hearing at the state convention.
If We can 70 To the convention
pledged to the support of one man,
alright; If there IRE two aspirants
Oh tho floor Of the convention, let
them abide the decision III tie
convention like any othtf caDdi-
date and this they VII 10 and
there will be 10 kicking, 10 bolt
ing, no filibustering Or anything
of the sort. Again We ~. there
should be Negro on tie state
ticket.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20
TO STOP LYFOHTEgg

CoLUNBUs, o., April II. Re
preventative Clifford, one If tie
colored members from Cuyahogo
county. today viii introduce tTvo
bills which II i believed wiiI afford
legal protection against lynchinQ.
The first bill defines lynching Il
the killing III attempted killing by
an assenblage 1T persons, Ell i rer-
son for crime without judicial -en-
teuccs ani makes participation III
sneh an affair ! crime punishable
with imprisonment III tfe ptnIteA-
tiarT t0r frnm firt to twertr years.
ping one af snca aa aaetn 9sare
NJ person. whether taking part ta
tla aftnpl or nat, to ha consider
al - ipatsug Hi tt4e crin
1he e3a asason biI. mako III
.ha duty III the governor shea
irncaIng occurs to direar rhe IT
toraey general i -o ~ the county
where title crime NAs committed
and assist tie prosecuting attorney
M the county III the collection III
evidence and the prosecution II tie
case, thus taking The control III tie
case out Of the hands of an Official
who might ~ governed ~ lOcal
nrnin1ice.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

"THE DEVIL has got into the
minds of the Democrats, and they
have shown by their actions that
they do not intend to give any pc
sitions to colored men that can be
filled by white men," - State
Ledg0r.
You are correct so far as his
satanic majesty being in the Dem
ocratic party. He has always been
there. And as to the Negro get
ting office from that party, why,
thou idiot, you expect too much
for nothing, Negro Democrats
are so scarce that you cau't find
enough to put one in each county
in Kansas.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THERE is much in the lecture
delivered by Rev. J. G. C. Owens
before the Pleasant Hour Literary
circle last Saturday evening, that,
if needed, would rebound to the
material benefit of the colored peo-
pie ofthis community. When we
learn, as a people, to utilize the
means within our reach, we shall
have taken the greatest step along
the road of progress yet recorded
in our history.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

ANENT the question Of woman
suffrage and the relative intellect
ual capacity of the sexes. For
reasons which ere not altogether
illogical, society looks upon wo-
man as the natural conscrvator of
decency and morality. Her par
ticular part in the great work of
civilization is to refine and enoble
the race. She begins this mission
with each succeeding generation
while it is yet in its infancy. She
makes her impress upon material
which, for a decade or more, is en-
tirely receptive to her influences.
As the natural guardian of the
morals of her own children she be.
comes a staunch sympathizer with
all of those public measures which
promote the welfare and safety of
the family The responsibilities
of motherhood can always de de-
pended upon to keep down the
percentage of crime among women
and diminish in a large measure
the same among men. Nature
has made them more responsive to
moral influences than men, and
their education deepens this sense
of obligation to all that is good.
In the moral and intellectual
strength of our women lies the
bulwark of our future greatness.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

SENATOR VEST, of Missouri, sab,
says the Negro does not know
enough to enjoy the liberties of
the ballot. "He votes blindly and
is a menance to the country" says
the senator. 1t is to be hoped
that the Negroes of Missouri will
vote wisely the next time Senator
Vest runs for office and he will be
permitted to stay at home and,
like ingalls,, Of Kansas, learn that
while the Negro may not be as wise
as Solomon, he can and will resent
these insults and base reflections
upon his manhood. When the
statesman assails the Negro as a
man he takes his political life in
his hands, the shades of political
night begin gathering and ere he
is aware of it, the black phalanx
is burying him beneath an ava
lanche of righteous wrath.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

value of their methods is in the
effects that they produce. The
question is not SO much one OF
patriotism and honest intention as
of capacity to perform satisfactory
service.
The sober truth IS, as expert
ence has demonstrated, that repub-
lican principles and policies are
better adapted than democratic
ones to the work of safe and bene-
fetal government. This is the
lesson of the events of the past
year, and intelligent people can
not fail to be impressed by it. The
conditions of success were present
when Cleveland was inaugurated,
but the opportunities have not
been improved. There are able
and worthy statesmen in the dem
ocratic party, but somehow they
are not equal to the emergency.
They mean well, but they do not
grasp things in the right manner,
and do not take advantage of the
chances that..come to them. The
fault is less their own than it is
that of the party to which they
belong. They are the representa-
tives of sentiments and doctrines,
preferences and proclivities, that
do not meet the necessities of pol
tiles. Their proceedings are lack
ing in the sort of sagacity that adj
just circumstances to accurate and
profitable uses. A fatality of dis
appointment attends their plans
and enterprises. They cucumber
failure where the republicans
would win a victory, and all their
efforts fall short of justifying their
promises and professions. The
occurrences of the past year have
emphasized this fact in most
significant way, and furnished a
contrast that is peculiarly interest
ing and suggestive. 1t has been
demonstrated, as Gov. Mckinley
says, that ''the success of one
party or the other means all the
difference between national happi-
ness and prosperity and national
discomfort and distress.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THE ROAD of the Negro demo.
crat is hard. Taylor, ex-minister.
resident, plenti-potentiary envoy
extraordinary to Liberia, rejected
minister to Bolivia, etc, who was
appointed Register of Deeds fol
the District of Columbia, has
failed of confirmation.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

A BATTLE of brains prevails at
this hour. Intellect is arrayed
against intellect. AS your fitness
becomes the fight, so will your
chances for victory be. One truth
is ever clear, the strong will sur
vive, the weak must fall.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

We are authorized to announce that
Hale Richie is candidate for Clerk
of the District Court, subject TO the re-
publican primaries
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THE FAILURE of one business in
stitution affects, to some extent,
the community in which it existed.
The fall Of one Negro, likewise af-
fects the Negro race in his respec-
tive locality.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THE NEGROES of Kansas have
never had patronage commensurate
with their political strength, and
unless they demand it, they never
will.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THE NEGRO in Politics" is a
new publication. We have not
received a sample copy, but we
opine there is little to it save the
cover and title.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THE NEGRO is not in politics
for spoils; but since spoils are in
politics and the Negro is in poll
tics, it will not be out of place for
them to become acquainted.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

WIEN ignorance, supplemented
by envy and vulgar jealousy, runs
riot, reason gives evidence of its
existence in silence.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20
The
Star -
GROCERY.

Read our list Of a few Of many bar
Gains that We offer this week. Do
vou want to buy your groceries for
less than you have been paying? If
yOu do, give Us a trial order.
Weight and quality both guaranteed
and money back if goods fail to suit
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

We are authorized to announce that
DR.. A. NJ Callahan, is candidate for
Clerk of the District Court, subject TO
the republican primaries.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

HARMONY in state politics is
what the Negroes Of Kansas need
and should labor for.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1894.
Announcements.

am a candidate for Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of the Third Judicial Dis
trict. subject to the will of the Shawnee
county republicans. a. F. CHEsNEY.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

We are authorized to announce that
Henry ]. Adams is candidate for Clerk
of the District Court. subject TO the re-
publican primaries.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

IT WILL be amusing to hear the
Negro Democratic and Populist
orators during the present cam
paign, if there are any Negroes
who know anything about the po-
litical history Of this country who
can lie induced to try ID.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THE NEGROES OF Kansas have a
political opportunity, the like of
which has never been theirs before.
The growing demand for a bust
ness administration and the I'M
satisfactory conditions prevailing
in the state, coupled with desire
and determination on the part Of
both Republicans and Democrats
to Gust the Populists, puts the
Negro in a position to say some
thing and be heard in the present
campaign.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

fall we shall be found in the ranks
Of the black phalanx-the angel of
the resurrection will find us as
easily there as anywhere.
SECOND: We shall maintain
that every man be allowed the
liberty of his thoughts; though he
! differ from US, his rights should
be guarded as sacred. We believe
the principles of republicanism to
be incomparably superior to those
Of any other political party. We
believe they are better calculated
to preserve and maintain the high
er degree of modern civilization
and national greatness. We be-
lieve the Negro is all American.
/ We believe in America for Ameri-
cans. This is the gospel of repub-
licanism.
THIRD: We believe the mis-
sion of true journalism to be
among the most noble and sacred.
We shall not pander to the de-
PRAYED and vicious by adding to
the functions of the journalist
! those Of the scavenger. We shall
be fair with all. We shall tell the
truth as it appears to us. The
rights of all shall be respected;
none shall be favored, and in deal
ing with matters locally, it shall be
our earnest aim to give the news
fully, carefully and intelIigently,
seeking ever to raise the standard
of the race and advance the inter
ests of the same. TO this end we
ask the the support Of the citizens
of Topeka, the state and the coun-
try at large, and to these princi-
piles are we ever committed.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THE WHITE man makes politics
a business; the Negro makes it a
religion.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

THERE must be Negro on the
Republican state ticket.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

LYNCHING bees swarm in any
climate where the Negro exists.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

WHERE are the Negro Demo
Gratis! Ditto Populists!
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20

IT'S VAIN to feed logic to fools,
A RACE continually at war with
itself cannot rise.
The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20
Shaped PLAQUES.

20 bolts Belfast printed Dimitys, light
colors, fine goods. worth lie a yard, at
10 Il yard 3 spo0ls Clark 5 thread l0c.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-11-30
.7HE GOLD BUGS
Capture the New Fifty Million Loan
and Have Lots of Gold to
Spare.
THEY PAY A GOOD PREMIUM
Offers for the Loan We're One Hun
dred Millions in Excess Of the
Demand.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-Bids for the
issue of $%50,0Oo,O00 5 per cent bonds
we're opened today. The main bid was
by a syndicate of bankers of New York,
London, Philadelphia and Boston and
was for S5O,OO0,OO0 at S1,16S,9S. The
bidders included Drexel. Morgan & Co.,
the United States Trust company and
the large New York banks. At 1916 a
large number of bankers and representa-,
tives of the press had assembled to hear
the bids announced, The reading of the
bids closed closed at 1:50. The aggre-
gate, including both the bids of Drexel,
Morgan & Co., amounted to S155,0OO,000
counting only one of their bids, sl05, 0oQ,-
900. OF the 5 100000 indicated the
bid provides that s4O,OOO,OO0 are to be
delivered at New York, 100000 at
Boston, S3,OO0,O00 at Philadelphia,
s2,0o0,0oO at Chicago, 100000 at San
Francisco. The bid is made by the
United States Trust company, Drexel,
Morgan & Co. of New York, the First
National bank of New York aid Harvey
Fisk r. Sons.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-11-30
Arbitration In New Zealand.

One result Of the recent Democratic
victory in New Zealand will be the pas
sage Of a compulsory arbitration law
within six months, and it will not be
long before this example is followed by
the Australian colonies. This law,
which, in the opinion of Mr.. Reeves,
will work satisfactorily and do IA vast
amount of good, will provide that any
association of registered workingmen
may file a complaint against a employ
er and compel him to show cause in
court why wages should be reduced
or why they should not be raised. En-
ployers, on the other hand, will get
the right to compel the association Of
employees to appear in court in case i"
a strike. When either party brings tl
other into court, both parties are to Ls
bound by the courts decision. The act
will apply only to registered laborers
and Incorporated associations and will
protect employers against actions
brought by laborers not connected with
any organization. Washington Post.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-11-30
HAD OVERLOOKED THEM.
The Southern Pacific Following the liz
o,n,lo of %1,o Nnrf1,arO Pacific.

The Southern Pacific Following the Ex-
ample of the Northern Pacific.
ASHLAND, Ore, Nov. 23.-The South
ern Pacific company is trying to secure
patents to all unoccupied mineral lands
lying in the odd sections within the linz
its of the railroad grant, covering the
most valuable part Of the southern Ore
gon mining district. The railroad has
recently been making surveys of land and
filing lists with the land office at Rose
burg for the purpose of securing title
from the government.
Public meetings have been held in
several towns, at which the action of the
railroad company has been denounced.
BY the terms of the charter of the organ
ization of the Oregon and California
Railroad company, granted July %, 1866,
the government gave to the company all
of the odd numbered sections of land
within a strip 20 miles wide on each side
of the railroad, but stipulated that min
ing lands be excepted. andof course, that
no vested rights in other lands by reason
of prior possession or otherwise be inter
fered with.
The railroad surveyors have lately
reached the mining district west OF Rogue
river valley, and that is the cause of all
the trouble. A survey Is filed of unoc-
cupied lands, and it is filed in the usual
form as non-mineral
The people cay that the land is wholly
unfit for agricultural uses, and that the
company is simply trying to get hold of
valuable mineral lands under the pro-
visions of its non-mineral charter. Spe-
cial committees of two men have been
appointed from each mining district, and
they are directed to take counsel with
those in interest who have protests and
contests to file, and to procure such in
formation regarding mineral lands in
their districts as may be of use to the
general committee. A large number Of
contests will be filed at once.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-11-30
Mr.. Wright Too Optimistic.

Mr.. Carroll D. Wright makes an as.
sertion which is quite too optimistic to
pass unchallenged. There is not an
employer" he says, that l have met
in my life that would not be glad to in
crease wages if he could, and there is
not II workingman whom l know who
is not willing to do good, honest serv-
ice for a good, honest days pay" Nh.
Wright has been singularly fortunate if
he has met only employers and employ
ecs Of this sort. Other men know, if he
docs not, that there are employers that
will not raise wages under any circum-
stances, however able they may be, un-
less they are obliged to do so in order to
secure tho labor desired, They also
know that there are employees, and
thousands of them, who are quite will
ing to take all the pay they can get
without rendering any equivalent, If all
employers and all worknlen were such
as Mr.. Wright describes, there would
be little need of arbitration of any sort.
st. Louis Journal.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-11-30
THE N GAME,

How the Gold King of Wall Street Fooled
the Secretary of the Treasury.
New York, Nov. 24.-The money to
purchase the bonds, bids for which were
opened today, was all drawn during the
last few days from the subtreasury in
New York in exchange for legal tenders,
and the result is that tho treasury re-
serve is not benefited one dollar by the
transaction. The reasons for this are
thus stated by a prominent New York
banker:
Gas soon as the government invited
subscriptionsfor bonds various European
subscription orders were received with
instructions to draw exchange against
these subscriptions. Exchange is paya-
BILE under the existing custom in current
funds and not in gold. To obtain gold,
if the banks should refuse to give up
gold to their dealers, no other way is left
than to draw it out Of the treasury. 1t
will not do for foreign bankers to cable
their European OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES no
gold is obtainable for the exchange
drawn to pay for bonds. Such a course
would result in the greatest possible in
jury and distrust abroad.
mo individual banker should, there
fore, be blamed if he draws gold from
the treasury if he cannot secure the
necessary gold to pay for bond subscrip-
tons from the banks. The responsible
ity should attach soley to the banks,
who have been using the machinery of
their national charters for the purpose
of boarding gold, and since the banks
have no gold obligations outstanding,
now that the government requires the
gold, they should either subscribe for
the bonds themselves or furnish gold to
their dealers, who desire to subscribe.
The entire condition of affairs, as inten-
sitied by the call of the government for
bond subscriptions to procure gold, is an
impressive object lesson graphically il
Illustrating that unless congress very
promptly passes sound laws enabling
the banks to provide the circulation in
stead of the government it will not be
possible, even with a multitude of bond
issues, to permanently maintain gold re-
demption in our various forms Of cur
rency,'
On their part the bank presidents
| claim thew need their gold to buy bonds
and will use only bank gold for this pur-
pose; but, manifestly, later on, in the
rush for gold, they and their agencies
will get it back from the subtreasury.
The result will be the same in any case.
and, as one man liz Wall e%treet, put it
today:
Carlisle will do we'll to reject all bids
and SO squelch the whole bond business