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Now then, fellers all together! She's got to come

| where he shall make use of his attain
ments and his accomplishments am,
therefore, one to go on record by say
ing, teach the Negro all and every
branch of industry, so if he should fail
in one avenue of business, there may
be another way for him. AS a citizen
of this country, I believe it belongs to
the Negro, .i.e., the privilege of edu-
cation.
The power of the ballot is a preroga-
tive which, if the Negro of the South
would enjoy, he must in most cases
vote to please some white man, and if
he does not we all know the outcome.
In the North is it about as bad, and if
it is known how one should vote he is
often thrown out of employment. The
trouble with the Negro can be told in
a few words. They are thtse: The
power of unity is not observed; that
is the keynote of his trouble, and until
this is done he will always be regarded
as play-toy and convenient tool in
the hands of with few exceptions)'
mercenary and prejudiced people. AS
to the privileges eff education, I can
not but say that the fundamental prin-
ciples are wrong. For instance, in
schools attended by both races there
is always quarreling more or less, and
frequently the result is separate
schooling. This has a tendency to
crush instead of elevate the young Ne
gro. This is fact one may see any
day, and it is no fault of the children,
but the parents, who make mountains
out of molehills; and, seeing that we
are all citizens, our children ought to
be treated alike, and not buffeted about
through prejudicial whims of people
who are aliens in many cases, or citi-
zens of a year or two. -
The political and industrial level in
which you fail to lift the black man is
a right the black man must not dare
to assume. 1t is a well-known fact
that competition is not tolerated by
the white man. When competitor
malice, for the mighty dollar is the
business it would be resented, and
through mere prejudice. A white man
would never allow a black man to en-
any means to prevent it, and he would
trate and break the other up. The Ne
SIO pO11C1Cdl1y A0 lnC1C C1pucl. III Is
not allowed voice or choice of any mat
ter brought up. The Negro politically
can carry, no points befitting his race,
on account of prejudice to his color.
There is, however, one place where pre-
judice is forgotten, and that is where
the cannons roar. There the Negro is.
warmly welcomed by the same peo-
pie who in times of peace scorn him
and tread him under foot The gov
eminent when confronted with trouble
does not remember our color, and we
willingly respond; but when we appeal
for protection, Justice is denied u.s.,
But there will be a time, and 1T is on
wings, when the white people must
realize that the black man is factor,
and quite a large one, in the United
States. Taking all these things into
Iteration, and the manner in
which the press deals with the ques-
ton at issue, one must not be surpris-
ed if this government clashed arms
with the Cubans through promises new
er to be put in execution.
I'D w. SUEDERS.
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THE APPEAL A NATIONAL AFRO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
OFFICERS
AND ADDRESS OF THE AFRO
AMERICAN COUNCIL.

< 3 . - - r ( i + b IS
President Bishop Alex. Walters.
Vice Presidents-Bishop A. Grant. Bishop
g. w. Clinton, Bishop B. w. Arnett, Rev.
8. w. Lee, John G. Dancy, L. G. Jordon, R.
H. Terrell, Rev. G. w. Lee.
Counselor-D. J.. Jones. .jb
Secretary-Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett.
Assistant secretary-R. w. Thompson.
TreasureE: w. Thompson.
Sergeant-at-Arms-J.A A. Bray.
Chaplain-Rev. F.. ]. Grimke.
!. Executive Committee.
Chairman. Thomas Fortune, New York.
Arkansas-E. &. Morris, John K. Rector.
Colorado-E. H. Hackley, P. A. Hubbard.
Connecticut. p. Peaker, Geo. A. Jenkins.
Delaware. A. Jason, o. D. Robinson.
Fod!a N. Moore. NJ N; Lewey.
Illinois-Cyrus Field Adams, T. T.. Allan.
Indiana-R. w. Thompson, Geo. L. Knox.
Iowa.. Frank Blagburn. e. J. SANFORD.
KentaekyW REue Steward 2SneE Gaines
Louisiana-P. B. s. Pinchback, James
Lewis
Maryland Ernest Lyon, S. T. Tice.
Michigan-W. L. Burton, Robt. Pelham Jr.
Minnesota. @. Adams, F. L. MoGhee.
mississippi John r. Lynch, James Hill.
Missouri Q: M. Wood. Peter H. Clark.
NebrasAa-O. M. Ricketts,.
Nevada-Wiuiam Robinson.
New Jersey-H. r. johnson, Jesse Lawson
New York-T. Thomas Fortune. w. B. Der.
rick. sS.s..@ a
North Carolina-G. H. White. H. P. Cheat:
ham. t..
Ohio-John p. Green, H. C. Smith. !
Pennsylyania-H. c. c. Astwood, N. F.
MOsseN. To- i
: Rhode 1sland-p. P. Brown, g.. T. Downing
South Carolina C. w. Murray, w. D
Crum. afisE Sa2%@T5s{5gS j. t.t.@ i,
, Tennessee c. Napier, ]. T. settles. I
Texas-W. E. King H. T. Healing. =
Utah. F. Taylor.
Virginia-John Mitchell, W. L. Taylor.
Washington-H. c. Cation, Con. A. Rideout
West Virginia-J. r. Clifford, J. McHenr,
Jones. + ' s' a.,g. 30. .."., :
Wisconsin, J. Miles, Shelton Minor.
District Columbia-Daniel Murray, E. E
Cooper.
New Mexico-H. o. Flipper.
Oklahoma-E. p. McCabe. s. D. Russell.
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honest labor and sacrifice and devotion, a CO.
equal share and participation.
It seems to us strange and unnatural that
We should have to turn from the magnificent
record we have made slaves-and freemen
in peace and in war, to specific grievances
which 60 at the very roots of our citizenship,
and to appeal from the injustice and inhu-
mainly of portion of our fellow citizens to
the justice and fairness and Christian char
ity inherent in the heart and the soul Of the
great American people. But we lave to do
SO. We do it with confidence born of
Christian faith and ESQ years of education in
not appeal in vain. We have lived in darker
hours than those of today; we have seen
American justice and fair play go through
purified by the faith that abides in the Col
of Destiny, and we expect to see it do So
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An Afro-American' Views of Matters
Recently Discussed in the Port
Land Oregonian.

Portland, May 26, 1S99-(To the Edi-
tor. JAS a constant reader of your pa
per I ask that you allow me space to
refute the statement made in your is
sue of May 81, under the heading of
"Education and the Negro" The prob
lens of the Negro race as they are and
ever will be in the United States, to my
mind will never be solved. You say
in the issue of May 81 eve have made
the Negro free as other men but we
have not been able to make him the
equal of other men. We have endowed
him with citizenship, given him the
power of the ballot and opened to him
the whole realm of civil rights, includ-
ing the privileges of education, but we
have not been able 20 lift him to the
political and Industrial level of the
white man." These, Mr.. Editor, are
statements T consider as coming from
the mind of an unthinking, selfish man.
To the first one of your remarks,
would say that the Negro is free, but
his freedom was not brought about in
the manner you seem to believe and
try to make others believe that it was
done; could the Union have been pre-
served otherwise, the freedom of the
Negro would never have been de facto;
in manner it was compulsory. You,
no doubt, will call to mind a decision
rendered in 1857 by Chief Justice Ia
ney, that a slave was a slave anywhere
in the United States, and had no rights
that white man was bound tore
spect. That decision is still holding
good wherever white man and black
man come in contact, and this is the
freedom you boast Of The fact of hav-.
ing been in bondage does not bring dis
credit to the Negro. 1t was a, thing
in which there was no alternative left
him, and if there is any shame to be
felt it is at the door of the white man,
and he knows it, too. The citizenship
with which the Negro is endowed is
farce from it's very incipiency. Tell
me what does or must a citizen of any
commonwealth expect? The Negro is
taxed as a white man and pays it, and
if, perchance, he should enter into a
business to earn an honest living, it is
fOregone conclusion that he fails and
cannot compete with |, the next door
neighbor. He is ever reminded sby the
white man of his black face Let him
try to get decent meal in clean,
neat cafe, he is told, Il am sorry, but
if serve you here | lose my white pat
rons. = That's the citizenship accord
ed the Negro in the United States.
There are young men growing up
who are as capable of filling positions
as the white man. Let them apply for
such, and what do they get? Either
half the pay of the white man or no
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A few days ago there was a row at
cake walk which resulted in the kill
ing of one man and wounding of sever
al others. Now comes the news that a
Miss Rose Storker, white attended a,cake
walk given by some of her Afro-Amer-
lean friends, and in her effort to outdo
them exerted herself to such an ex-
tent that she died suddenly the next
day. The coroner's jury brought in a
walking." Is it not about time that
the curtain should be rung down on
cake walking?
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The appointment of Walter E. Bill
lows, Esq, a young Afro-American
lawyer of Pittsburg, Pa, to the posi-
ton of clerk in the Office of the Dis
trict Attorney, at a salary of 81 200 per
annum, is a good piece of news and
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"1nda.t:i,, training will set 70 motion sea theu
REV. ~A' So asMso ID p s:9t IL p
THE LOCATION.
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high mountains 2eHplsd with timber Of many y,re
sty Ife free from the unheslthy seducons and alursa
81 a1a
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SUBCOMMITTEE
OF the Executive Committee, Being
the Real Working Force of the
Organization. ..

Alexander Walters, New Jersey.
T. Thomas Fortune, New York.
]. B. w. Barnett, Illinois.
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Benjamin W. Arnett, Ohio.
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c. S. Morris, Massachusetts.
w. A. Pledgel Georgia.
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A subcommittee consisting of Cyrus
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resent the executive committee in. all
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concur and which it may recommend.
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EnuEATI1NAL.
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EGKSTElN NORTON UNIVERSITY

"1rdustsial training will set 70 motion ten theus
wheels"
REV. WIN. }. eyMMoHtI, D, D., IL. D.,
rCo-founder and Est ChanoaInc
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According to the Physician and Sur
geon, Prof Roswell Park makes the
startling prophecy that if for the next
ten years the present relative death
rates are maintained in 1900 there
will be more deaths from cancer than
from consumption, smallpox and ty-
phoid fever combined For a number
of years back the English statisticians
have been calling attention to the rap
id increase of cancer in England 1t
has been almost universally noted that
flesh eating and cancer are increasing
at about the same ratio. The rice
eating natives of India are almost
wholly free from cancer, which is
found to be most frequent in occur
renee among pork eaters and those
who make free use of animal food. 1t
is impossible for human beings to
make cemeteries of their stomachs
without suffering the natural conse-
quences of polluting the vital stream
with the products of disease and put
refaction. This is the means whereby
fertile soil is prepared, not only for
cancer, but for consumption and many
other maladies.
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Material. for writing to Be

Materials Tor WrlJlnE TO he improved
The pope has invited chemists and
librarians from every part of Europe
to meet at Einsiedlen abbey, Switzer-
land, to consider the question of paper
and ink The matter is grave one,
since the records of this generation
will disappear in time which can be
estimated unless the materials for
writing be improved A number of
documents from the archives of the
vatican, it is said, will be submitted
by the pope. These documents are
scarcely decipherable, though they
we're dated in the present century
Perhaps things were worse in Italy
than elsewhere, for it was an incident
in Rome that first called public atten-
ton to the evil. Bearing on this point
the London Mail says: Certain re-
turns were demanded in parliament,
referring to the condition of the army
in 1870 When the war Office produced
them they were illegible In twenty
five years or so the ink had faded and
the paper decomposed. This was an
extreme case, as it turned out after in
quiry, but all the records had deteri-
Grated in an alarming manner. In
some countries, perhaps, greater care
has been used in selecting the quality
of paper and ink, but it is admitted
that the best will not endure like the
writings of old This is rebuke to
our conceit, This age is scientific in
nothing