The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-06-30
CHIPS.

az mutual benefits. They expect to
purchase building and conduct bust
ness in first class style.-Ex.
Miss Mildred Lyle graduated with
high honors from the Lake Hgl
School last week. She was the ly
Afro-American In a large class, and
the first one to ever graduate from
that school
The ladies of the Phyllis wheatly
Club will give a social and have a
sale Of aprons Tuesday, July 8. the
proceeds to be donated to charity. We
hope all that can make it conve lie t
will attend and encourage the club In
this worthy enterprise.
The family Of the late B. H. Chst-
man, who died very suddenly in Glen
coe few days ago, have had their
sorrows doubled by the loss OF a s0n
the past week. He was a promising
young man and the pride Of his moth
er. Quick consumption was thu cause
Of his death.
The leaders of the Cook Comfy. del
egation to the State Convention and
in fact all the supporters of Adam Ort-
seifen, won the respect of these not
favorable to his candidacy TO- III
loyalty and devotion to him. Fut the
country boys were too much fer The
followers of Mr.. Ortseifen.
Thomas Gahan, Esq, the present
member of the Democratic National
Committee of Illinois. vii tie re-
selected at Kansas City to contin-
his services as such, which shows Mr..
Gahan has no opposition and that he
enjoys the full confidence of all the
leaders Of the party throughout the
state. and as long as Mr.. Gahan adhers
to Colonel VIM. ]. Bryan, he can have
the support Of The Broad AK.
Politics very often makes strangs
bed-fellows. For instance Judge
Worthington's supporters and friends
were led through the streets Of Spring
field by Mr.. ]. E. Murphy, who is
a full-blooded Irishman and he was
followed by Samuel Taylor, a full
bloOded Afro-American. who carried
the Worthington banner Mr. Taylor
Is plasterer and contractor in Peoria,
the judges home town. He is a full
fedged Democrat and a great admirer
of Judge Worthington.
One of the many interesting CAD
Mating exercises which were held last
week were those Of the Sth grade at
the Coleman School In a class of TWEEN
ty-six. six were Afro-Americans and
they all deported themselves up to the
very highest standard. The essays
and orations were well delivered. One
that deserves special mention was the
Grafton by June Webb, on "Tcussa MT
L'Ouverture" and was one Of the test |
on the lengthy program. The s < AT o.
Americans that graduated were as fol-
lows: Jessie Foster. Becca Hill, G &C,
Jones, Annie Kennedy. June Webb AMI
Milton Webster.
Hon. Geo. E. Taylor of Oskaloosa- |
Iowa, secretary Of the Negro National |
Democratic League, spent three or four |
days in the city the past week. Sun
day evening he lunched with Mr.. and |
Mrs. Julius F. Taylor. In conyersing |
with Mr.. Taylor. he stated that tie |
does not stand for nor take any stock |
In grafters, touchers nor con. men. |
Neither does he put any confidence in |
that class of white politicians or poll
teal managers who imagin that they
can secure the Negro vote by appear
ing before them several nights pri-r |
to the ELECTION and giving them a lot Of |
tafiy, false promises. two or three bid |
cigars and by throwing several drinks |
Of cheap whisky into them. Mr.. Taylor |
also stated that great preparations are
being made to entertain the Afro
American Democrats who will visi. |
Kansas City during the convention.
While in attendance at the Demo
cratic State Convention hell st |
springfield, We had another p ca ant |
visit with General and N s. John N.
Palmer and Mrs. Palmer read extens-
lively to us from a commune ticn of /
the Geperars to Lyman Trumbull, re-
lative to the legislation which sho-ld
be enacted for the benefit OF the co..
Ored race. At the time the General
wrote the letter TO Mr.. Trumbull, he
was military commander of Kentucky.
The generals new book win be pub
lished by A. C. McClurg & Co. this
city. It win be On sale Sept 1. ard 1t
win contain much valuable informa-
tion pertaining to the Afro-American
race. General Palmer, assisted In CT
eanixing the Republican patty, st
III. in 1856. and he says.
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