The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-12-02

the Municipal League. ,..s,.
The friends of Mi. and Mrs; Nelson, OF
1921 Armour Ave, Chicago, were sorry
to learn that their house was robbed and
set on fire. Asst occurred at night ttey
we've glad to escape with their lives.
Rev. E. Wilson of Rock Island is in
the City, the guest of Capt. w. M. Har-
grow. Rev. Wilson is a,ypical gentle
man. THE APPEAL agent pent some time
with him at K. T. .Conclave in Chicago.
Corporal L. ..Buinn of the gallant 9th
Illinois whose friends we're fearful that
he bad been captured by Chief Big Foot
down in the Bad Lands near Ladysmith
has turne up alright and reported for
duly. 81.
The literary society of St. Marks
Church elected the following officers:
S. L Marsh, President; Dr.. g. A..John-
son, Vice President; Mrs. r. H. Ander-
SOD, Secretary; Mrs. w. Hawkins, Asst.
secy.; Miss Mary Black, Treasurer; Mr..
w "1IA0I3 0SAkSAG 0t-<tI AAos 4
A meeting for the purpose of organic
ug SUE day Cub was held lass F riday
at the Office of S. L. Marsh. Mr.. Marsh
explained the plan and he was endorsed
by j. Miles, J. H., Reid, s. NJ. Banks,
J.B. Beaufort, SIN Minor, w. T. G. teen
and L. II. Palmer. A meeting to Or
panize will be held at St. Marks A. M.
E. Church. next Sunday, Dec. 8.
While we hope that Mr.. s. L. Marsh
will meet with success in organizing
Sunday Club among the young men he
will find it an uphill undertaking. Now
a-day's many of the young men have too
much business to attend to en- Sundays,
such as craps, stud poker, pool and bill
llards. If one wanted to establish q
club containing these games, there would
not be standing room.
Rev. J. Higgins writes from Burling
.tou that the persons who started the re-
port that he tried to influence the mem
bere of st. Marks A. M. E.. Church, to
hold sn indignation meeting 70 protest
againet the, coming ofRev. Knight are
hypocrites and unworthy of the respect
of the devil. When the churches get
rid of such members respectable people
will enroll their names in the house of
Cpd, ~ ..,.+.-p.~..#s h..
The meeting which was called by the
Executive Committee of the Afro-Amer-
lean League IVES held at ST. Marks A.
M. E, Church, Monday evening and was
we'll attended by the better claes of citi-.
zens, the ladies bsing out 10 full force.
.1r. J. J. Miles called the meeting to Or
der and introduced
Mr.. J. B. aBuford who presided. Tee
chair appointed the following com nilts.
on REF olutions: s. H. Minor. Chairman
L. II. Palmer, J. J. Miles, s. A. Robin
son. j. White, T.J Wheeler, and R
Bland. The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
There are certain firms and indiyld
uals engaged in the keeping Of public places and
catering to the patronage Of the general public in
this city and State, prescribing against and will
1r4y refusing to entertain respectable, law abid
ing Afro.Americans for no other cause than the
God-given hue of their skins, in the exercise of
their civil rights as citizens, and to which they
are Justly and constitutionally entitled and
Whereas:-Our citizens Of this city have feIe
keen1y the disgrace end humiliation for some time
to which they have been and now are subjected, BY
reason of-such discrimination, and more particut
larry the recent refusal to serve one of our mos
respected citizens and his friends something TO
eat by the proprietors of q well known hosiery,
purely ON account of his color, and:
Whereas: In the wisdom and providence ~ Al
mighty God, our Creator, and the trainers Of n
Constitution Of our beloved country. "All men ar
free and equal that we are citizens. patriotic ana
affectionate, with pride and devotion alike fod
country, off spring and home, and are CAPABLE ~
intelligently exercizing the suffrage that was be-
slowed upon us by that great emancipator, the
lamented and immortal Lincoln, as citizens. that
we are also endowed with the same physical at
tributes and sensibihies as the rest Of the human
family. notwithstanding the kink Of onr hair or
the color of onr skins, and therefor feel more
acutely the damnable curse of casfe.hatred and
race prejudice, therefore be it;
Resolved: THAT we, the Afro. Americans ..ofthis
city, in meeting assembled, under the auspices Of
the Estate League and National Council, de-
plore and condemn the outrageous practices. above
stated, as being cruel, inhuman, un-A American
barbaric and belonging to the dark chapters Of thu
worlds history. That It is hard to conceive men
OF the Caucasian race, with thousands Of years Of
civilization back Of them, who will persisten,y
INDUCED in exhibitions Of ignorance, and improp
er conception Of the brotherhood OF mankind: .
who are to short sighted too read s'Hand writing
on the wall BY keeping pace with tho progressive
moral, and intellectual spirits that are the NOV
ng and governing forces OF the world today,
Resolved That we denonnce be men who draw
the color line Tor no other reason than color. re-
gardless Of character or reepectability. and 4
the same time entertain and accommodate the
notorious prostitute and rufaan il he 81 she am
My white ,as class dangerous to the welfare Of
society; menace to higher and brorder ciyiliza-
ion and an outrage We will no longer endure:
that we hereby pledge our support, mo.al and
financial, to one, Of our race who has recently
brought suit before the courts Of this county to
secure restitution for wrongs done him in the re-
lection Of his civil rights
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