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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO.
ADDRESSES eY BOOKER T WASHINGTON AND
OTHERS AT THE ARMSTRONG AssOCIA-
TONS MEETING

public meeting in the interest of the industrial
education OF Southern negroes held last night
in the Madison Square Garden Concert Hall.
Every seat on the first hoor was taken and the
gallery was well filled. The meeting was held
under the auspices Of the Armstrong Association Of
Ncw-York CITY William JAY schienelin. president
Of the association. introduced as chairman OF the
meeting William K. Dodge.
Mr.. Dodge made a brief opening address. eulogiz-
ing General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, the
founder Of Hampton institute. Virginia.
In closing his address SIR. Dodge introduced the
Rey DR. Charles Cuthbert Hall. president OF the
Union Theological Seminary. He contrasted the
United States treatment OF their negro problem
and Turkeys treatment Of her Armenian problem.
He vac followed By Robert c. Ogden. president Of
the Board of Trustees Of Hampton Institute Mr..
Ogden emphasized the fact that the negroes were
more and more buying their farms and spoke with
great appreciation OF the efforts OF Southern white
people 10 educate the negroes.
The Rev Dr. H. B. Frissell. president Of Hamp-
ton Institute spoke next. and, with the aid OF
stereopticon views ne demonstrated the wonder
fIl growth OF Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes
The last speaker Of the evening was DR. Booker
r Washington president Of Tuskesee Institute.
Alabama. He vas frequently interrupted with APP
plause He spoke in part as follows:
In all parts OF the country there should be A
9rs wa edue sn Brain and his opportHnitY for
earning his daily living. In the present condition
OF NV race that knowledge Of chemistry will mean
most which will make forty bushels Of corn grow
where only twenty bushels have grown; that knowl-
edge OF mathematics WIZ be most helpful that Will
construct three-room cottage TO replace the one
room cabin; that literature most potent which will
make the girl The thorough mistress Of modern
household economy The race sees 1t. the race
wants II; you push the button and We Will do the
rest All this, not az an end bur a. a means to
The higher life. 1t IS beyond our duty 10 sci metes
and bounds upon the aspirations and achievements
Of any race but It s. our duty to see that the foun-
dalton IS ftly laid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

genccs Of war It Is this which justihe on,n s
and coast defences II is this which moi Only Sun n
fides br,t demands that in its finances the 10Y.
eminent shall pursue that policy which sna a ID
safe not only in n time of peace. YET one so sua' q,
cd and nroiocted that no surprise can throw !.
into confIsIon-a policy which will always De aDle
TO reinforce the Army and the Navy WIN 'he s"P
porting power of an impregnable credit
Great applause greeted Bishop Potter OF Nv Nv
York when he arose to deliver an actress on III.
Hnmor of Lincoln" He told many anecdo'es vi
Lincoln in a happy manner, and contriou'e' s'e'''
to the enjoyment OF the evening .-o.,s -
rrto o,hor addresses were by President Canheld' "
tho University OF Ohio who responded TO houca
lion and the Nation" and w. J. Calhoun oi D"'
Vile H. who replied TO Illinois.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
Not BOTHERED BY ILLUSTRATORS.

Senator Thomas c. Plat Was allowed to attend
to his express business in this city without being
troubled by members OF the Legislature yesterday
and the Fifth Avenue Hotel last evening he was
not bothered by politicians 1t was said at the
headquarters OF the Republican State Committee
Ia the hotel. that no members OF the Legislature
were expected 10 hold conferences with Mr. Plat
to-day.
Congressman Quigg Was In the city yesterday
afternoon. and said he had not been 10 Albany 10
consult witl Governor Back about primary legIsa-
non ana di1 not expect 10 have a conference with
the Governor He said he was about 10 inn roduce
BIZ in Congress 10 sell the present Custom House
Green site
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
MAYOR TAGGART vETOES THE ORDINANCE.

INDIANAPOLIS FEB. le-rhe boxing aad spaF'ihs
ordinance recently passed by the Council was
dav returned by Mayor Taggirt without MS So
lure The Mayor says that there Is no u" $50.
legitimate sparring. and gives as reason l2' 80.
veto that he is opposed to the passage O. N's
or ordinance that constantly requires The pse'ehSs
of the police 10 enforce Il. rs is required b" W.
Orii
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
ronEcAsr ~ DETAIL FOR TODAY.

For New England and Eastern York. generally
fair: not quite warm. uortkwesterly Winds.
For District Of Columbia. Eastern Pennsylvania New
Jersey Delaware. Maryland ana Virginia. fair. cooler.
norhwesterly winds becoming variable.
For North end South Carolina fair 80 warm.
northerly winds.
For Western New-N0rh ami Western Pennsylvania
generally fair. light westerly winds
For west Virginia and Ohio. generally fair. slightly
warmer light variable winds becoming southerly.
For Minnosota generally fair colder night. south
erly winds becoming norihwesterk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
THE WEATHER REPORT.

YESTERDAYS RECORD AND To-DAYs FORECAST.
Washington FEB i2--The central last night 70
snow has fallen the lake resions and north Atlantic
states 1t has grown colder In the Ohio Valley lower
AXE region and warmer between the Rocky Mountains
and the Mississippi River T. viii be colder In the Allan
tie states warmer the Middle and Upper Mississippi
valleys There will be light in the upper lake
on ard generally far weather In all other dstrlcts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
WOMEN IN THE GALLERY


The COMMITTEES IN charge Of The dinner consisted
OF James p Foster. chairman: William D Muir
phv secretary: W jerks Merritt, treasurer:
Charles II Patrick. Jared G. Baldwin. jr.. Edward
A Newell Arthur L. Merriam and (ex-off1cio)
Chauncey NJ Depew
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

TRYING TO FORM BRlth IhO'''
Nyack. n Y. Feb l2.-Men interested IN lo' !,
a brick trust along the Hudson hNe' "a.
Haverstraw yesterday tryns to ouy al '"0 ,.n,r.
,S,s nrocsrtv represents several million do'a''
.rs~ xa.u,, WAS no, made public u is said va -,
ali the other yards along the river are s"'>
tba TINS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
HOW ROYAITv TRAVEIs

il doesn't travel Ike the everyday American who
uses the Pennsylvania Limited The train is ma ch-
less In every feature. and supplies every want Of
The traveller. II leaves Nrwfo1k every morning
for Cincinnati. Chicago aud ST. Louis ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
A CHINESE CRUISER LAUNCHED

stettin Feb IA third Chinese cruiser WINS
launched here to-day. She named Hat shen
By the Chinese Minister nj Berlin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

Musicians who desire bargains In musiS,h, man.
mente should examine the column OF Niona a,,mns.
dolins guitars and banjos In the narrow WIN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

After the hockey game James McCoogsh. OF
Winnipeg. and James Drysdale. Of the Skating
Club Of Brooklyn. gave haf-mile pursuit race,
backwards Mccullough winning b. six feet. Time
-53 3.5 seconds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
INDIANA GOLD DEMOCRATS TO MEET.

Indianapolis. Fec. l2.-Chairman Pickens o. tse
STATE Central Committee o, the National Cola
Democratic party has issued call Cor meeting
of the State Committee on February e. In 1t ne
saws that the necessity which called the party into
existence in 1896 still exists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

Tribune cfce, Feb IL. a. m.--rhe weather yester-
day The temperature ranged between "a and
degree8 the Bss degrees being "a degrees
higher than Friday. and q degrees higher than on
responding DAY of last
The weather and this city to-day Will be proba
bly, fair and cooler.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

diagram Il continuous white line shows the
changes in pressure indicated In The Tribune SELF
barometer. The dotted line shows the tenn
peralure recorded at ferry's Pharmacy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
BRITISH CRUISER AT PORT ARTBUD

Shanghai. Feb. l2-The British sscond-eIass
cruiser Rainbow. Captain Vernon A T,sdsu ha
arrived al Port Arthur. rus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

root OF our National prosperity. Wtnou' IN, ,h Nth
coud not live any more than man can Nv. .,'ert,,
ont hread But we have high Scriptural authority
for the saying that man shall not i've p gnat,nnai
alone and neither shall any nation I'VE a Ilietro
lie really worth living by material prosperity a'o"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
DANGERS OF y FLOATING DEBT

II this be true. or approximately true. he N.
quiry may be repeated Why out Of the innowing
surplus. not these notes. the more dam
gerous part Of the war debt retired and eed?
Was II considered, Is II now considered. TIA, our
war banners have been forever furied? Resting
as we may in sense OF security 10 pea e 81
home have all the nations given us satisfa ctOry
pledges against unjust agsressiOns from without
EXperence-hitter costly. Illuminating experience
has taught us that behind the Army and the Navy
must be strongly intrenched Treasury and an
unquest!oned public credit floating debt. ia va
BILE on demand, Is an element OF weakness. Ii Is
the very opposite OF strength
I'm pointing the dangers or Government paper
money. Secretary Chase emphasized the ever
present liability 20 be called on for redemption
beyond the means Of payment. however carefully
provided and managed The hazard OF panics pre-
cipitating demands for coin concentrated on
few points and single fund" II requires little
reflection TO convince the mind that this danger
20 which for many years we have been exposed
would be realized 10 It's fullest extent In the mi
tial movement OF great war. In such move
ment the folly OF our present situation would be
fully revealed The immunties Of peace cann,t he
accepted - safe conditions against the contin-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13

Theodore Roosevelt was the next speaker 20 be
introduced. and the theme assigned 10 him
The Navy" He received with cheers and with
cries OF "7hree cheers tor Teddy" In the
OF his address he said
The Navy Is precautionary the arm OF the Gov
eminent on which We must rely in carrying out the
TIA dltionai foreign policy OF the United States.
Appiause) There are among Us. unhs ppi,y. many
men VINO though perhaps good and honest citizens
In the ordinary relations OF Efe are either cursed
with The carse OF timidity or else are afflicted with
parochiai minds so that they are unable 10 look
a. anything save from the parochial standpoint
] believe that great good comes 10 the country
from the scholar ana that good also comes 10 the
country from the man OF wealth; but The timid
scholar and the timid man Of wealth. the scholar
who Judges OF me actual strife OF living only from
his standpoint in the ciOsier, and ,he man az wealth
who gets think Of nothing bat wealth. aud 10
regard the unsettling OF the stock mArset as out
Weighing he uphOld!ng OF National honor-thcsc
show themselves thoroughly undesirable citizens,
IN spite Of the fact that they may be excellent men
in Their family relations. and may perform their
ordinary civic duties hOnOIa5y. 80 II is with ne
good people with paroclial minds; the people who
cannot understand That a grea; country must,
whether IL Will or no. have a foreign policy, and
that after all there IS some ncO.er desl for a
great nation than that " being an assemblaee Of
prosperous huoksters. Business thrift. business
energy. business enterprise, all these are indis-
pfnsable. and the industry and commercial and
nanufacturins activity VI our people lie at the
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
The American Sovereign.

The American sovereign can be
found in all sorts of unkingly posi-
tions. He does not appear to good royal
advantage as half-starved miner.
He is not princely as he stands with
doffed hat, shrinking and trembling
before his master, who holds in his
kingly hand the threat of discharge.
He is not royalty dignified when he
casts his kingly prerogative, the ballot,
in herds, with the fear of his en-
ployer before his eyes. His sover-
eighty is not apparent when he tramps
the highways, hopeless, penniless and
hungry, or when hanging like grim
death on the brake beams beneath a
palace car. Alas for fallen royalty,
when he is arrested, chained and
placed on the rock-pile under the
scornful gaze Of the public. OF what
benefit Is his sovereignty when it fails
to preserve him from the conditions OF
the most abject slavery? More than
the mere title of sovereign" is re-
Quired to secure even his manhood
Freedom, equality, justice, are better
words to conjure happiness with than
royalty or sovereignty.-Labor Ex-
change Guide.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
Duty of q Reformer.

Are you doing anything, my brother,
in the way of assisting your friends
and neighbors to understand correct
principles of reform? A true reform
er never should be idle; should never
give up the fight. He may sometimes
become a little discouraged when he
sees men who need reform; who need
a change for the better, who will con-
tinue to vote against their own interest
and the interest of their country at
large, but this should not keep you
from doing your duty and all in your
power for the right and for the final
triumph of our principles. Woodbury.
Messenger.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
Judicial Usurpation.

Uncontrolled by law, the federal
Judge can now abolish free speech, for
bid a preacher to pray and prohibit a
man from pursuing his work or an
elected official from performing the
duties Of his position. All these things
have been forbidden by federal injunc-
tion, and, though they are all legal
acts, the persons so enjoined would
have been sent to prison without trial
If they had tried to assert their rights
Legislation is needed to stop this
usurpation by the federal judges, to
curtail their arrogated and despotic
power to rule the people, and to guar
antee the liberty for which this nation
was founded.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
BY HIS OWN PETARD
AN ADVOCATE OF FALLING
PRICES EMBARRASSED.
The millionaire Owner of the Golfbug
Philadelphia Record Explains That
tho Rapid Decline In Prices Has
Cleaned Him Out.

We sincerely sympathize with the
misfortuntes of Mr. Singerly, editor
OF the Philadelphia Record, and presi-
dent Of the Chestnut Street National
bank, Of Philadelphia, and several 9TH
er failing concerns. His statement of
the failure is pathetic. In his state
ment published in his paper, the Rec
ord, he says editorially:
ITO the public: The Record is COM
PEELED to make painful personal an
nouncement this morning. Owing to
the financial embarrassment OF Mr..
William M. singerly, president of the
Record Publishing Company. the
Chestnut Street National bank, and the
Chestnut Street Trust and Savings
Fund Company, were obliged to sus-
pend business recently.
THE weight which proved too heavy
for Mr.. Singerly to carry was his large
investment in the Singerly Pulp and
Paper Mills, at Elkton, Nd The ex-
treme shrinkage in the price of paper
and the resulting depreciation in the
value of that property was the primary
cause of his embarrassment and of the
suspension Of the bank and trust COM
pany, with which he has been so close
ly identified.
An extraordinary effort was made
before the announcement of the sus-
pension recently to tide over the diff
ficulty, and Mr.. Singerly's friends ral-
lied to his assistance with rare gen.
erosity and fidelity, but it was found
impracticable to turn the assets at his
disposal into a shape to meet imme-
date requirement"
Mr.. Singerly has achieved the honor
OF occupying the foremost position as
an advocate of contraction of the vol
ume of money to the gold standard
the consequence of which is falling
prices, stagnation, and bankruptcy
says the Silver Knight-Watchman. His
wild rawlings against the restoration OF
silver to the place it occupied before
a. criminal conspiracy deprived the
world Of the benefits of the supply OF
metallic money which was enjoyed foI
thousands Of years previous to 1873
might sound harmonious in the insane
asylum, but not elsewhere.
The great crash which has carried
down the Chestnut Street Nationa
bank, several other banks and kindred
institutions, is attributed by Mr.. Sing.
erly and his friends to the shrinkagt
of values. We must assume that Mr.
Singerly did not know that the shrink.
age of values was embarrassing to en-.
terprise, otherwise he would not have
been so earnest an advocate of con
traction. II he thinks that the shrink.
age Of values which has busted" him
is good thing, We are not disposed te
question his motives in advocatins
such folly, but If Mr.. Singerly anf
other men engaged in business are no;
real maniacs and animated by an Ia,
= f-t't- 90. = >
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
The Growing neaclt

The Dingley bill threatens a larger
deficit for the fiscal year, five months
of which have now elapsed, than the
panic year ending June 80, 1894, which
was $72,325.44S; it is 46,101 ,494 for
these five months, and will probably
reach round $lOO,00O,OO0 beating the
record. 1t will show the rottenness of
the whole protective" doctrine; for
so far as protective, in the sense of it's
advocates, it cannot yield revenue, and
so far as 1t yields revenue it ceases to
be protective. Like the Wilson bill
which was just as bad--it is good
object lesson San Francisco Star.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25

sane impulse to commit financial sui
eide, it is barely possible that they are
financial idiots. and really believe the
doctrine which they teach, which Is
that the smaller the volume of money,
and the more the circulating medium
is contracted the plentier money will
be, and that the facilities for obtain
ing money will increase with the de-
crease Of the supply of money.
II Mr. Singerly is sane and can con-
vince himself that the lower prices fall
the easier it will be for him to extricate
himself from the ruin which declining
values have produced in his case, we
will recognize him as a genius
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
Cramps Anchor to Windward.

Mr. Cramp, who builds war vessels
at vast profits for the United States.
again sounds the alarm with an article
showing how Japan is outstripping us
in naval preparations SO rapidly that
unless we wake up we shall not be
able to control the Pacific ocean in
three years. This is exactly the time
required for turning out a first-class
battle ship, so if we Immediately en-
gage Mr.. Cramps valuable and costly
services. and spend, say, $1,000, ,000, 900.
we can pull through.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
SALT RIVER SIFTlNCS.
Comments Of the Phoenix (ArIz.) Gazette
IN Current POlitlCS.

on Current Politics.
When Mr. Mckinley penned that por-
tion of the message relative to Cuba,
he probably recalled Private John
Aliens definition of platforms. PLAT
FORMS said Private John, ARE not
| made to sand on; they are made to
get in on
Mr.. Mckinley seems to be laboring
under the impression that he was
elected president of Spain.
The president says that "Not an
American is now confined in Spanish
! prison" Perhaps not. A few were to
have been pardoned, and the rest have
been starved to death or murdered.
|: Congress is to be urged to pass a
bankrupt law. There is every indica-
tion that the treasury department is in
need of one.
The silence of Mark Hanna may be
taken as an indication that he Is sulk-
ing because Mr.. Mckinley failed to
mention the Ohio difficulty in his
| message.
Perhaps the Mckinley administra-
tion is real sorry that Mr.. George
Washington and his associates refused
to accept autonomy about three gener-
ations ago
The return of the bolting Demo
Gratis to the fold is accompanied by
a silence that would be rudely shocked
by the thunderous echoes OF pin
falling on a rubber door-mat.
About all that is known as to what
congress will do, is that the house will
do just as Tom Reed says.
The patriotic way would be to cut
Alaska up into small territories, so
that every original Mckinley man
can be named as governor.
1t is noticeable that the return OF
the Arizona gold Democratic prodigals
has not increased the market price Of
veal.
A race of pigmies has been discov-
cred in Guatemala. Even in the United
States, when the spoils of office are
being divided, there is always de-
veloped race of pigmies.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
POINTS FROM THE PRESS.

Cages plea Of ignorance as to the
effect OF contraction and the gold
standard made to the Federation Of
Labor is we'll taken. We know he is
ignorant. However, in order to give
him lesson We refer him to the de-
cline in value of the securities and
stock of his gold standard friend, Sim
gerly OF Philadelphia, and of the Mar
vim Safe company of Ohio These two
failed on account of fall in prices.-Sil-
yer Knight-Watchman.
New York was a Tory town during
the American revolution and it is
Tory town yet. Most of it is owned by
foreign nobility or their American rep
resentatives.-Appeal to Reason.
he who casts vote to give the poor
chance to make an honest living does
work for the Lord.--New Era.
In many lines of business there is
no longer any such thing as competi-
tlon. What is going to be done about
such kinds Of business? Are the peo-
pie going to sit down supinely and be-
come the slaves the trusts. or will they
arouse themselves and become the
masters of all these great combinations
of capital?-Star and kansan.
A commodity is worth the labor Of
making it-no more. Labor should
form the basis of the measure of value,
because it is the source of value
Coming Nation
Poverty and its resultants, crime
| and intemperance are the bastard Off
springs of private ownership of ma
lures store houses, placed at the dis
posal of all and which must again be
redeemed before the children Of God
can be free.-Labor Exchange Guide.
Suicide has increased 300 per cent in
this country in three years-from 2O4O
in 1890 to 6,420 in 1896. Of course
these are effects without any cause
The social system with its inevitable
concentration of wealth has nothing to
do with it!!-Appeal to Reason.
We took run around the employ.
ment bureaus of the city last week
They were crowded by men and WON
en-, with poor clothes and hungry
anxious looks. OF course they dom,
want work. They only stand around
for amusement's sake and pay in thei,
dollars to help the bureau man keeE
the wolf from his door.--New Charter
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25

/ very positively can inform you the
considerablest part of the misery Of
the world comes of the tricks of un-
just taxation,-Ruskin.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25

He who has right to live has a
right to food by which to live and land
by which to live.-Washington Glad
den, Pastor First Congregational
church, Columbus, Ohio.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Monopoly in all its forms is the tax
alton Of the industrious for the sup
port of Incidence, if not Of plunder.-
John Stuart Mill.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-02-25
Spain's Mistake,

While Japan was on the silver stand
ard, like Mexico. she prospered and
grew wealthy. There was no need of
increasing taxation. Since she was
persuaded by Rothschilds to adopt the
gold standard, she has gone down and
down until her people are getting as
wretched as those in gold countries.
There can be no prosperity while gold
is king.-Silver Knight -Watchman.