Richmond planet., 1896-10-10
POVERTY MAKES HIM ATTEMPT
SUICIDE


Ohurches-Ourrent
and Local News of Importance.
| (To the Planet by our Regular COrre-
spondent)
Politics are not exactly on the wane
but for those who devote as much
OF their legitimate time to them and
who are constantly running around
the different ward, club and precinct
meetings, they have sapped all of their
vitality as wen as produced premature
old age This week is what we might
call an off week the boys are tagged
out, but retain enough animation to
pay thu polls visit by November Srd,
to cast their ballots for Mckinley and
| Hobart.
Our young men just emerging in
what they consider, their glorious
manhood, started for the polls during
the past week to register. 1t present.
ed quite an interesting sight to bee
them march up TO the registrar and
asked to be registered, many we're
Iquite green" this being their first
time and it seemed as if they we're
Iquite relieved when the trying ordeal
was over.
| Perhaps the most interesting affair
in politics this week, was the Demo-
cratic Free Silverites, who held free
silver meetipg at the school house,
(white,) near the corner of 29th and T
Streets. 1t was conducted under the
auspices OF the County Free Silver
Club in Harding precinct Among
those who addressed the meeting we're
ICaptain Lamb, ii. r. Pollard aud other
Free Silverites. The meeting was not
very largely attended, but those who
were present manifested some enthu-
81 asm.
HE BOLTS WHEN THEY ENDORSED HON.
JOHN MITCHELL. JR
,l The East End Mckinley and Hobart
/ ICIub, County met at their ! lace OF
2 injecting, No. 3l28 p Street, on last Fri
day night, After their regular bust.
lness had been transacted, some ne
Imoved that Hon. John Mitchell, Jr.
be endorsed unanimously. Mr.. Joseph
Wallace, chairman, put the motion
s which was carried with but one dis.
t senting vote and that was that OF Mr.
}, Charles Clarke, who Immediately aros,
: and after expressing himself walked
: Iout, declining to support Mr.. Mitchell
g 1t was indeed a dramatic scene, ascor'
n or more dusky faces sitting there il
n Intense silence as the young maj
i walked out expressing himself unfrien'
ly to the very man who had conierre'
+ favors upon him; the man, at who's
C expense he had ridden to Hanove
}, Courthouse the man, whom he ha
.ldeclared that he would stand unit
it death, if necessary; the man he ha
endorsed only one week before.
l. was indeed dramatic
;s WHAT ARE EFHIoPooRArs?
OF course when we mentioned tn
n, fact that we would have to give som
y Iof our politicians the appellAtion
"Ethiopocrats," we did not kno
there were SO many. Indeed some or
- must have been guilty, as the CORES
!. pondent has been beseiged ever sine
1t forms the chief topic of cOnversl
40 tion, and has been the source OF vel
warm arguments as TO the real meal
g. ing OF course we thought that OIL
SO explanation in last weeks issue WI
as sufficient, but we are mistaken How
el ever to be more explicit, an Ehiop'
he Icrat is: "Any man OF African descel
in America, who, protesting loyalty
the cause of certain party, who d.
A. claringh his allegiance to all principle
- affecting the welfare of his race, wi
DO voluntarily declares his unswerviI
IL support to its accepted leaders, 81
ITO afterwhich allow himself to be pu
be chased like a slave. and in so dOil
renounce his principles as unworth
and as a traitor, betrays the tried al
on trusted leaders to the enemies of /
IA people, such is Ethiopocracy."
W. OF course we do not mean the m
who follow those whom we would CO
slider our enemies, if they do it uni
fuenced by the money or other indu
1"S ments offered them; and doit up
me the firm conviction that their cOul
ca is right.
AsERIoUs SHOOTING AFFRAY-
Just about 9:45 p. m three pis
ION shots, sharp and clear, rang out on I
NV still air of last Monday night, in Qui
xvn succession; the result was tive bul
wounds in the thighs of Mr.. Birl
Robinson, a smoking revolver not
away, and the would be murderer fl
ing through the darkness down 81
Street.
the THE BLOODY EPISODE.
ap-
)ct. IN an interview with the victim
be correspondent learned that he Y
cit standing near the corner of Thirti'
per and n streets when young man, JC
ng, IL. Johnson Dy ndmey hpprObcneO nj
his and in an angry tone said, 'Do J
think you have treated me right
ng, "Why how 2" asked Mr., Robins
,cal Without vouchsafing any reply wh
I'D ever, johnson drew his revolver
per taking deliberate aim, from q dista
lity of not more than three feet, fred
iarn him three times as above described
on THE AssAILANT FLEEs.
two Robinson tottered and would
ON fallen but for the timely arrival
ther several gentlemen, who hearing
/ on firing, ran to his assistance while {
This ers gave chase to the fugitive.
are Robinson was conveyed to the Enl
rite House. where the police reported
your matter to the headquarters. He
em2 afterwards carried to his home, II
9th street. where Or, Parker
summoned Meanwhile the asSal