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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
MIR. M'GHEE
States His Position In Regard to the Civil
Rights Law

Editor of the Appeal
=, In your editorial on Civil Rights in your
or putting me in the light of opposing
legislation intended to secure to citizens
the equal right of accommodation adj
p pabbfiag nscd privileges and facilities
KIND am opposed to, but this particular
amendment; this is the precise point
urged in the interview referred to, where
we are satisfied with the law just as it
S sta "a ana "a there is no reason for chang
what they consider we are entitled to, be
1t nothing or thousands of dollars We
fce nd to rus to 9Th the for JUS
amendment 80 0''0s'0N'
1!fMhe amendment is better than the law
instead of railing in defense of persons
whom you confess are not the persons
whom we wish to protect For after
sad Ing the refnsa Of Prof
ing of Mr.. and Mrs. Hazel, and the writ
er y4 3o n say These are the people we
with the injury inflicted. I most respect
fully submit that the, refusal of enter
tainment to Prof. Washington is deeper
insult, is more far-reaching than a re-
fusal of one of our own citizens. He is
the the embodiment fr@ of the highest type Of
more than that to which the ordinary col
ored Citizen is accorded. A position gen
whose skin is fair, though a Negro,
should not be Disseminated, against the
same as one of darker complexion APP
ply the same principle sought to be an
nunclated and / am fully sustained in
the position against which you take the
most offence.
Ordinarily when one is attacked by
reason of what is published in a News
paper the attractor says: "If Mr. 4. is
eft of this doubt, but my record in the
defence of my people since in st. Paul
| whether they are of the bad-lands OF
not, is sufficient guarantee that no such
terms as Crap Shooter" "Blacklegs
and "Niggers" are used by me either IL
public speech or print the editor Should
know that newspaper reporters use their
own words in reporting, these words were
not mine, but were injected by the re.
porter L presume to strengthen his ar.
| ticle.
1t is urged that the old law is not as
good as the new, And that there must be
some flaw in the existing one," but nc
reason is given; not even an attempt tc
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
HIGH-HEEk: SHOES.
Women Ruin Their Carriage by Rtd.eu
Ions FOOfuear

women Ruin Their Carriage by Ridkeu.
lous Footgear.
women are more often too short than
100 tall and consequently try to gain
nelgnt by putting on high-heeled shoes
anu tnese do undoubtedly give dignity
as long as the wearer stands still. but
III motion they are graceless, even In
q room, and deform the feet, says the
I'VE" York Ledger. Thus women arc
.naoe to minister to very short-lived
lancy, and, from a physiological stand
po1nt' we cannot recommend them.
A"erlcan women, as a rule, have too
slnall 1eet, which do not add to their
oeauty. The better shape a foot is the
snai1er 1t will look, but in the dispro-
portlonately small foot there is al
ways involved an. awkward gait. r The
loot OF large woman Should be larger.
'nah the foot of small woman or a
sienderly built woman, AMI usually
" nef unnecessary sorrow-she has
large one. The foot IL length should
We 'he length Of the ulaa, a bone in
n
lump IN the outer portion of the wrist
10 the elbow. OF course, the ulna is
longer in tall people, and to be grace
lul the foot should be also. Most peo-
PIE would be surprised that the foot
should be as long as the forearm and
would be inclined to dispute the fact
uniess proved by experience. Large
women pinch their feet in tight shoes
because they are ashamed to have them
IN proportion to their bodies. Thus in
time they deform them until they are
OUT OF all proportion to the body and
sometimes in the direction they do not
intend. The public eye, being not crit
zeal OF proportion, considers them
small. Therefore there is no excuse for
exchanging this kind of torture and
the dignifed carriage, two essentials -
the greatest beauty. In fact, anythinp
else could be better sacrificed than ease
of motion. s''>'S
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

Suggested is that I'VE e. un ne S 't aha;
the proposed amendment was framed by
legal profession of our sister city, who
knows something about law" l grant it,
mat my brothers OF our sister city, whose
opinion L hold in high respect, know full
~ as much, If not more, about law than
l; But does that conclusively show that
the the Jaw is bad, that the amendment is
best? In what, and when was it found
inadequate for every requirement, that I
have brought 'all my civil rights suits
under the common law is true but this
mon law as it now exists so many of the
courts of last resort hold, and the wis
ease at tbsy dong SO is BY the
on, Esq, the only, case of Civil Rights
brought purely under the statute | Know
OF IN this State, and the only one ever
same as that pursued by the Hon. D.
Augustus Straker, in Furgerson vs. Gies,
Hon. John MgrGer Langeston in numer-
Gus OF ga 6ase IS and Hon; T. McCant Stewart
take 1t they are all race men, and ca
paPle members OF the legal profession
Now let us see what, is this new law
either to cure a defect or make it better
neither of which this amendment does.
admit that saloons are clearly included in
prostitute a great race principle to prose-
cute saloonkeeper for refusing him
drink at MS bar.
co Under the he old ID law il vas denied
cause the arrest of the person or per
sons who deny, or aided, abetted, or in
cited, such denial, and upon establishing
probable cause to believe the accused
nnd uR3n the same SHOWING and
less than One Hundred Dollars nor more
than Five Hundred Dollars, or shall be
not less than thirty days nor
more more than one year." A. could also sue
for any sum he desired as damages, and
recover any sum a jury saw fit to award,
not to exceed the amount sued for. Under
TINS new law. A. has B. arrested for the
ne is tried by Municipal Court Judge or
a Justice of the Peace, and can demand
and have jury trial, If before justice of
the peace the jury are at liberty to take
charge can be given them, if found gull
ty the highest fine is One Hundred Dol
lars, the lowest Twenty-Five Dollars, or
not to exceed 80 days. A
e e an sue IN damages Tor unlawful re-
rive Hundred Dollars the lowest amount
recovered Twenty-Five Dollars
Fertile indeed must be the brain that
~ any manner of reasoning can demon
highest penalty at what the lowest was
under the old law is better than the old
aW, is OF benefit to any one but the per-
son who is to- be punished.
he Negro has reasons to congratulate
himself. that the Negro has placed a low
r. estimate on the damage or injury in
1icted by such refusal than formally the
aW declared. And have yet to find the
it has or will accrue to my race by thus
making lighter the punishment of the
nan who inflicts the wrong.
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monument parade, ana the Richmond
Blues will, therefore, not take part.
ibis is all silly. There are good many
millions of Negroes in America and they
are as good food for powder, as Faletaff
said, as any white man. The Negro
soldiers in the Egyptian army have
proved themselves the best. 1t is not
race predjuice that counts against them
in this country, but caste predjudice. A
Negro, who aspires to do what has here.
tofore been done by white men, is con-
sidered ''impudent,', and "impudence"
IN Negro is very aggravating to white
natives in this country. All this will
pass away, but it will take time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

1t is insisted 1--WE are not after suits
and damages why then do you cham
plon the fixing of an amount below which
a jury cannot. go. If there is mo mer-
cenary motive' that prompts the bring
ing OF such suits, then why not leave it
TO a. jury to say what is a reasonable
sum? Are we afraid that fair minded
men are likely to say sum less than
twenty-five Dollars is sufficient and if
they are, are they not equally as likely to
say 1t Is enough, and since no jury, at
least not to my knowledge, has ever
given less than Twenty-Five Dollars of
what then are we afraid? And If "In no
case did the amount of damages awarded
by jury equal the cost of the case"
how will it do SO now, since the jury can
still give but Twenty-Five Dollars. No
amendment was needed to confer the
right to sue in civil action, for dam
ages. And I submit if for any reason
there should be added a Civil Damage
Clause 1T was not necessary to make
the punishment by fine less than it was
!. e., not less than One Hundred Dol
lars or more than Five Hundred Dollars
1t seems to me more just and reasonable
that the damages to be recovered should
be made equal in this amendment to the
lowest fine that could then be imposed
under the old law not less than One
Hundred Dollars. Or is it insisted that if
a man is mulched in the princely sum Of
twenty-five Dollars for venting his pref
udice against a member of my race, pure
ly because he is negro we have reasons
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

Congressman shattuc, of Ohio, who
nominated D. G. Bundy as a cadet at
at Annapolis, is all right. he is made of
the right sort of stuff. Now, il Bundv
has the right sort ofmetal in him, though
he will have hard time, he will come
out on top. It seems that the whites are
very much afraid ofthe blacks and are
usually unwilling to give them fair,
square show. We are willing to take
our chances, in all things just as other
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

Senator VIM. E. Chandler, of New
Hampshire has introduced a resolution
in the Senate to invistagate the removal
of a number osAfro-American girls from
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
without cause. We hope the girls will
be reinstated, and would like to see
other removals investigated. We know
Of young Afro.American men who held
positions under the civil service rules
that were removed for no other reasons
than that they were ans
and Republicans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

to congratulate ourselves and to feel
highly elated. Verify if a Hundred Dol
lars was small enough amount, to be
ass for such unlawful refusals in
1880 no Negro should say, much less have
IT published tQ,4the world that a less
amount Is sufficient in 1897
1t Is no wonder that the bill passed by
almost unanimous vote, not even a dem
oGrat voting against it, why shouldn't it?
When 1t was a. measure to reduce the
penalty imposed on the white man for
refusing to serve the Negro.
In conclusion, Mr.: Editor, I would add
that If those friends of mine who were
and are so deeply chagrined at my ''in-
tery1eW spend as much time and labor
as do in defence of their race, and say
ing them from shame, without financial
recompense they would land themselves
securely In the poor house before they
went to their reward
FRIEDRICH l. McGHEE
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

President Mckinley has dismissed the
chef of ex. President Cleveland and has
Installed his cook who catered for him
at his home in Canton. He thinks there
never was anyone equal to him in pre-
pairing beefsteak and onions-a dish the
president is very fond of.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
HI. Moses.

1t is remarkable fact that the nro
hibition convention at Necrosis, New
Hampshire, recently nominated the fo,.
lowing ticket: For mayor, Just A. Lit
tie; for treasurer, Wood B. Fuller: for
clerk, Jagon Ahlweys; for attorney
Royal Crooke We anxiously await re-
turns from the election.-Ex.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
ouarreleO About A Woman

Frankfort, KY, April IS. -Albert
thompson and Sam Wood, quarreled
over Nellie Robinson tonight. .Ihomp-
son called at the Robinson house and
found Wood there. A ecu fiji followed
the meeting of the two, and Thompson
shot Wood in the stomach, inflicting a
moral wound. Thompson surrendered
to the officers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
MILWAUKEE.
Continued from LIST. Pare.

Continued from LIST. Page.
Mr.. Benz. We'll has presented the
Miles Bros. with their annual Easter
suits, for which they return their sincere
thanks for his kindness. This il Gus
tom Mr.. We'll has kept up for years,
which is highly appreciated by the en-
tire family.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

The following from the Louisville Ky.
Commercial is not bad:
There is kicking because Negro bow
in Ohio, on compe titive examination.
won an appointment to the naval school
at Annapolis. There is more kicking be
cause a couple Of Negro companies from
Virginia are to participate in the Gran
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
Indiana Farmer Is Scared

The town Of Moscow, Ind, has at
tanned considerable notoriety through
a queer freak of nature. In the rear
yard or William Barlow an opening
has been discovered to a subterranean
river of unknown depth. The UNDER
ground stream is forty-five feet below
the surface, and flows with great 70.
pidity. Mr.. Barlow sounded the stream.
but the fierceness of the waters nearly
dragged the sounding lines from his
hands. The earth is gradually giving
away at the surface opening and
threatens to swallow the Barlow 1o+
house and all.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
SATURDAY APRIL "a, 1897.
AGENTS WANTED.

THE APPEAL wants good re-.
liable agents to canvass for sub.
scribers at points not already GOV.
cred. Write for our extraordi.
nary inducements. Address,
THE APPEAL,
st. Paul Mimi.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
Wife Liable on SubscriD.ion

A ruling which was recently made in
Brown county is of especial interest to
the editors of weekly newspapers of the
state. A justice of the peace decided
that the wife as we'll az the husband
could be hela for the payment OF snh-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

people do; but, we want a fair show, and
the rewards Of victory, Let us rise or
fall on merit alone aud we will be salts
fed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

HOW TO GET PUBLIC OFFICE.
Many desirable Offices are within the
gift of the new administration, Those
who wish to know what places can be
had and how to get them, can obtain
this infor nation by sending Is cents to
Sou'e & Co., Washington, D, c., for the
~. S. Blue BooF," showing all govern
ment Offices and salaries with Civil Ser
vice rules. sample examination questions
e:c. Under present laws women stand
an equal chance with men for positions
that insure comfortable income for
life. The "Blue Book" gives complete
Instruction for Office seekers of both sex
es, and is besides a valuable book of
reference much III demand.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

ecrlptlon to paper. The evidence
showed that the paper had been taken
and read in the family, and therefore
the wife was held liable for the PAYMENT.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
BARBER WANTED

BARBER WANTED
Man OF good habits and at the same
time a first class workman may find
steady employment. Address,
W. B. WRIGHT,
Sioux Falls,
I'D n. Phillips Ave. So. OAK
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
ADAMS BROS. SOLE PROPRIETORs,
ST. PAUL OFFICE,
lie, Eats Union Block, 4th and Cedar
J. Q. ADAMS, Editor.

MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
Guaranty Loan Building, Room OFT
j. v. KEMP, Manager.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24

= s.-4.s Unappreclated.
~ ~ Laoy-How5 can you 10 satisfied to 1;a
AROUND u IN such disgraceful rags? -
ma Mea q rankful with dignity)-Pardon me.
hv@nio . ~, ais here costume is de latest
Yos up pra s.yae OF ventilated clothiug.-New
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-04-24
THE APPEAL
Wn0AAl AFRO-hMERtCAM NEWSPAPER.

ISSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN
0alnt Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago,
Louisville, St. Louis. Dallas.
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ECKSTElN NORTON UNIVERSITY

EGKSTElN NORTON UNIVERSITY
CANE sPn,"s. su..'1r COUNTY. Ky.
training will set to motion ten housar'
REV. wM.y. c!NMoN'h D: D., IL. D..
'co-fouader and first Chanc..-..
THE LOCATION.
The Ecksteia Norton University is situated At Gaze
one Of the most healthy and quiet settlements in tbs
stats-the county being what Is knc-n AS c:chb;tica
on ioftJ hill Of rich, rolling land sur:eulded On ali
sides by mountain dashng miniaure cataracs,
high mountains, peoped with timber Of many veried
species In this quiet retreat away from the hustle 2
city fe free from the unhealthy seducons allure
menss Of places of vice and unwholescne ap,useensa,
Al
VINO desire 10 prepare for I'm active lie.
DEPARTMENTS.
$::s:s;s:
Agriculture, Poultry Raising. Dress MaSias'
''''S' my &oss s6sgss sa e Woods and Metals.
f fsnsins ID s 81 a nyRs w %stns'
Musical Conser varory.
The above departments are under competent proses.
branches they teach: They hail from 6berlin, Howssi
nssss and oRss e ss4
Institutions.
Our studies are 40 that studenls
may study what is most desrable Leave any stage
recruit their health finances, to -5npIst
the course at any future time The time finish a.r
10 the least possible consistent with thoror
work in all departments
TERMS
Board fuel, tuition and washing, per month
studen.s may enter at any time in the year.
HELF ron STUDENTS.
Deserving students may have the privilege e1:rA
reduction in proportion to the work they willing %
do We ask patronage not only account Of our loV
rate but on account of the high character
work done. Our accommo datons are frst-class ard
offered alike to both pexes.
Persons route to Cane Spring, Ky via Louisville,
1osy find free accommodation OF No52r Laurel stres
Louisville, KY.
catalogues and all business addressthe Preoitssk
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CHICAGO OFFICE,
No. 323-5 Dearborn St Suite l3-lA-l6
G. F. ADAMS, Manager.
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and military history. the author has skillfulIy
grouped around the famous characters of classical
history the great events with which their names
will forever stand connected.