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Hot weather seems to have q bad
effect upon the equinamity of Editor
Franklin OF The Denver Statesman.
This is no time to get excited.
Archibald 81. Grimke has touching
beautiful story, entitled "a Madonna
OF the South, In The Southern Work
man for July. There Is also poem,
"Our Unsung Heroes" by Paul Lau-
renee Dunoar, while Prof. w. s, Scar
borough considers the possibilities
opened to the race in "Our New Pos
sessIons-an Open Door"
The arrangement 10 emerge "The
Defender and the Afro-Americar
Speaker did not obtain favors by
mutual consent the association has
been dissolved. DR.. s. P. ]. Sharp has
resigned as business manager of the
DefendeE and severed his relation with
the paper. We couldn't think of an
Astwood- Sharp combination lasting
long.
To no other person Is so much credit
due foS thepepulaEIty OF Paul Laurence
The colored American., 1900-07-14

Dunbar, as to William Dean Howeus
who first told the literary world OF the
new star in the armament Of Ietters
More than that, this fair man does no,
refuse to speak kindly of other worthy
men and he gives them credit without
regard TO their color. Tonic Chesnutt
and Washington. however, had many
kind words from him.
An artistic and striking portrait OF
Theodore Drury as Don Jose In
"Csrmen" forms the frontispiece of the
Colored American Magazine for June.
published at Boston. The cover bears
the features of James Warren Payton
who writes Interestingly on "some
Experiences and Customs at Yale.U
Frank Putnam of Chicago, gives what
is announced as his personal view" on
'The Negroes Part in the New Nation
81 Problems. in which 'the forces of
plutocracy" are vigorously assa,led.
A neatly gotten up volume Of verse
Of more than ordinary merit has been
issued under the tit,a of "The Epic of
Columbus Bell aud other Poems" bv
George Hannibal Temple of Reading,
Pa A history is given of the bell, now
the property OF the African NJ. E.
Church at Haleyvilie, n. J, which
gives It's name to the collection. The
bell is stated to have been given by
QueQu Isabella to Columbus upon his
last voyage TO America.
The Richmond Planet has sustained
serious loss in the death Of Mr.. Thorn
as W. Mitchell, Jr. SIR. Mitchell was
quite a young man only thirty one
years of age but had risen to place
high in the journalistic profession. He
was an expert compositeT, and at the
same time possessed such excellent
business qualifications that he was
raised to the position Of manager of
The Planet office. having control of all
the business The deceased leaves a
wife and two children. father, mother
and one brother. He was prominent
member of the Knights of Pythias, Odd
Fellows, Masons and other orgsBizs
| tiOns
The colored American., 1900-07-14

Hcan party will. need TO take a iaFch in
the galluses aud go to werk. The igno-
rant white Iaboring man ls about as
treacherous an animal as walks upright
and he never forgets to remember an
iuiury or tn punish his enemy when ne
gets the opportunity.
Neither of the two parties has deed
in fee simple on the Presidency and
neither of them 1s wise in assuming
that the election of its candidate Is
foregone conclusion. There has never
before, in the history of American poiH-
tics. been such a condition as confronts
both parties In the present political
crisis The country is going through a
political, social and industrial trans
formation. 1t is getting nearer to the
crisis revolution-whIeh only the ar
roganee of accumulated millions can
psecipitate.
The Negro mean while Is placid, loyal,
tractible and unconcerned about what
is transpiring around hin, as he always
has been-perhaps. And ne has not
been included by the managers OF the
Republican party In the equation. LII,
however. they are wise they will cultf'
vase the Negro this year as they never
have Def IRE aud thus with his united
vote, which is accessible and getable.
offset any detection in the ranks which
may occur. VIII the managers play
this kind Of politics to elect Mckinley,
or trust to fate the platform and the
candidates popularity to elect them?
The present Chinese imbroglia bears
upon the domestic politics Of this coun-
try whatever is to be the policy of the
President in treating conditions which
must sooner or later arise, is perhaps
not even known TO the President him
self. 1t is disagreeable and annoying
situation and coming right upon the
eve OF presidential cam paign is more
30.
The fate of the Republican party il
now in the balance and there ars omi
nous portents lowering over 1t, dispite
its cheerful and confident and self
satisfied air. The powerful and PEE
suasive forces that usually work in the
interest OF Mr.. Mckinley and the Re
publican party may again do their per
feet work in November and land hin
in the White House as his own sue
oossor; still it were better not TO be TOT
confident, as many things are to hap
pen before November which may
change the whole phase of the situa
ton.
: BRUCE GRIT.
The colored American., 1900-07-14

CAsAcDCA Hhu ucA-elaFOnOaAAoS SAss~S~S -
the south. OF the performance OF
Pitchfork Tillman, Mrs. Lease says:
"streDg sympathy was expressed for
the Beers, and IN this at least, democ-
racy as consistent with its past record.
The Beers have enslaved the native
Africans wherever they have come In
eentact with them. and again and again
the supremacy OF the British flag has
brought them liberation. The BOeTs
did not trek into the wilds OF Africa to
establish republic upon the equality
of all men. They sought TO establish a
slave oligarchy, lest such govern
ment az democracy sought to establish
when il made war upon our republic
few years ago. Henc the slave hold
ing are ia eympathy with the slave
holding Beers and it was touching &C
have Pitchfork TilIman grow pathetic
SO he pleaded for secognition for the
Beers IN their struggle for freedom.
The rank hypeericy and humbue
which this democratic wall for freedom
from these Dutchmen with the CHIN
panzee whiskers, is as ridiculous as Z
is deceitful and damnable.
Bad as the democratic platform Is
dangerous IS are the men who hope Il
land it to victory by appeal to the wors
passions of the worst elements IN thi
country, il will not do fer the republi
can party or les managers TO res
supinety in the knowledge of tbe fac
that its candidates repres ent broade
statesmsnship or that the platform
upon which they stand and the princi
pies and policies 30 which they ar
committed, will be sufficient for all th
purposes in the cam mpaign upon whicl
We are about to enter.
Mr. McKinley's position just now
particularly delicate and the slightes
faux pas will give his rival an advan
tage over him. The Chinese ImbTogli
will have to be handled with the thick
est kind of velvet gloves, il handled q
all, to prevent a blunder which ma
cost him the presidency. Sooner o
later he will have to face one or tn
other of these propositlons-Shall tn
United States proceed independent
or join the concert Of the powers, o
| take concurrent action, or enter int
co operation with any OF them i
bringing China to book for its misdC
ings. Will he stand aside altogether @
will he sit on the fence. There al
other considerations equally as impel
tant upon which the election OF MI
Mckinley hangs refer to the III
settled labor conditions in the country
Not the least menscing is the recen
outbreak IN Chicago and more recentl
that IN St. Louis, where the strikers en-
ployed dynamite and created state {
anarchy and disorder such as has neve
before been witnessed in this country
Against whom did these men rebel
Corporate power. With what part
are these great corporations and trust
allied and why? Scores of oths
CltISS nave nau tnCiI VI pIOlt
tartan revolts which are even MOI
formidable than were those OF lai
year when the city Of Cleveland Wa
more terrorized by dynamite than weI
the mining regions Of idaho and whe
the Borough Of Brooklyn was unde
military rule and when the CO!
uaiUars of pennsvIvaDis uora raa%raina
The colored American., 1900-07-14

uDregenerate barbarians, who are Dut
one remove from cannibals-they do
not eat their victims-though they
roast them.
The Chinese heather have not yet
reached this high point in civilization.
We hear of no Iynchings in China and
no burning OF men for crimes real or
imaginary. This then is the difference
between the followers of, and believers
in the teachings of Mahomet and Con
fuolus; and the righteous and holy Eu
ropeans who seem to feel that they are
specially commissioned TO civIlize and
ChrIgtIaniEe these people who had
religion and civilization when Eur0p'
can nations we're living in caves and
eating the raw flesh OF wild animals.
To nations, families, races God gives
missions but he has not commissioned
any EuropeaH nation TO carry to these
children of the Orient a religion which
they cannot assimilate nor reconcile to
their methods of thought and belief,
since for five thousand years they have
had q religion OF their own which may
ia every essential be to them what the
white mans religion appears to be to
him-if not more. The spread of Mo-
hamedanism in China is doing much to
clog the wheels Of European mission
fTnn in kofo sxltV nd a
typed missionary reports OF the spread
OF the religion Of Jesus Christ ia foreign
lands especially deoeives no one who is
close and critical observer of the work
of these misguided and over Jealous
defenders OF faith of which they pos
sess monopoly.
The humanity of the Chinese is be
ginning to assert itself and is made
more manifest in their determination
to rid their land of christian dogs" as
they characterize the missionaries who
are spending as much to convert one
John Chinaman as It would require to
educate one Of our white Heathens at
the south who now kills time and kills
Negroes for lack of something better to
employ his talents and TO make him
thIuk great and noble and elevating
thoughts.
The recent democratic convention at
Kansas City discovered great pau city
of real statesmanship anG a woful lack
OF practical politics in tts deliberations
and actions. We break with David B.
Hill of New York, who let the cat out
of the meal bag and made palmer the
sentiment which has long been known
10 exist in that party expressive OF
doubs and uncertainty as to the sOli-
daIity of the great unwashed OF the
wisdom of the financial plank in the
Chicago platform of 1896, as an issue
for 1900. The democratic party can nc
more hope to win with the candidate ii
has nominated aud the platform 1t has
just adopted than 1t can fly.
That platform is its death warrant
and the chief exeeutioneTs are William
J. Bryan and Adlai Stevenson.
The democrats who ate crow and
swallowed hemloek in the interest OF
harmony, will not enthuse over the
candidates or the principles for which
they stand.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-29
MERRYNAN PRIMARY HELD.
Light Vote Cast in the Eleventh Dis
trict-Conyention To-Day.

The primary election ordered by the
Hoard of Election Commissioners in the
Eleventh Congressional District was hello
yesterday. II was marked by an entire lack
Of incident or interesting feature, there be-
Ing no opposition 10 J. Frank Merryman.
the lone candidate. The Merrynan deiega-
tiuuS were the only ones in the field.
Fourteen wards ana parts OF wards COM
pose the district. There We're twenty-SiN
precinct polling places, and the total vote
cast fell far short Of l.to, averaging about
thirty to each voting place. In the second
precinct Of the Twentieth Ward only five
votes We're cast. these ballots being de-
posted by the judges and clerks. Owing 10
the light vote. the returns were all IN the
office ut ihs Election Commissioners before
O'Clock
The convention will he held this morning
al 10 o'clock IN North St. Louis Turner
Hall. Il Will be called to order by j +.
Harrington. chairman OF the Congressional
Committee. Mr.. Nerrvrnau's nomination
will probably be made by accl4 nation.
Just week ago Patrick ONallsy WAS
nominated for Congress in this district in
the same hdli by delegates chosen at mass
NEE JiECs held unusr a cali issued by the
Soy faction Of the committee. The result
Of to-day's convention will give the district
two nominees for the office and result IN
some awkward complications.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-29
Great Combines, He Points Ont,
Are a Menace 10 Ameri-
can Liberty
"HANNA, THE REAL PRESIDENT"
Appeal for Conquest Of the Philip
pines, the New York Leader
Declares. Is Based on the
Greatest Sham of the Age.


| RT-rJG,TIC SPECIAL.
| Nov York sept 2S-In ? statement re-
Gardiug his position on the national pol!ti-
| cal situation. issued hy Richard croker to-
| night, the N,a York header mainly dis
| cursos u" trusts ana the commercial ques-
tions arising from possession ~ the Philip
pines NIr. Croker begins by Saying:
This country has become a close corpora
| tion, In which the man with hts way to
make in the world has 10 part or prospec-
tive place. Tho President ana his cabinet
Is a trust. Hanna ia tsc real President and
the money gott,r. engaged in destroying the
privilege aud rights of the ballot
"Combin,G capital dictates the policy Of
the present a,lrniui.tra lion. Twenty-Five men
can tle u? this country with their vast
wealth NJ. Rockefeller has money enough
10 take all the gold in circulation. Hanna
recognizes the -alUe Of these trusts for pO-
litic,l purpo--s and is now levy-inE large
sums ct money with the intent 'o utterly
destroy the sacreduess # tire ballot. am
told that there are TO he $50 200. all OBJ
tanned from the trusts. poured into the
doubtful States just before election day.
We already have tovgrnmt Ct by the
rich. II ihe people are 20 toiortt" this, we
might better have ali empire al once!
"Hauna's only issue IS the checkbook-
..-,... ,...,, ,..-.,..I.- .s.. ,,. r,a
7.Hr'1l So""S men S.''.,'' o'',-. - -
ara SdIt u'e! "tie 'r"N! :" 50 l','' 80
n"ss--to bcbln the pdttie o! NE on th'if own
account. Il was the cruelist thing l ever had
TO say when / told them frankly that all
avenues for Independent cude!vor were
closed; that. strive as they might. success
was Impossible to them without the consent
OF th. confrierated combHatioas of capital.
l said to them:
- r.. 9y,,iI .r,t.,,...,, i J-|r,,.9 -
'''S'''l''' ne '4i''''t u 80. = - =,
"rpat'litnt stores nave ''>. - MIN i"1
cannot become coal meTcnant unless you
obtain the permission of the trusts that con-
troI thai pro!flct Of the earth
a Trs.t1 - .'r4 a r.rr,f,, fs found in
, - - - - ,r,.,,,',
'il' ~" 'O'''9' i'''''' 4N'. -
lvvt'vp tcunS men VINO cast th-F hfs' votes
for Presidential Electors. The young man OF
this hour who votes tor the first time WleiGs
the balance Of power.
DO you realize what Is In the immediate
future All the railroads. steam and vIsC-
tric. viii soon BE- united into one great
trust
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-29
The "First Auxiliary" Will Be
Organized in the Damaged
Texas City.
ALL RIVERS ARE STILL HIGH.
No Loss of Life Reported in the
Various Dispatches, but Each
Tells of an Enormous Dam
age to Crops and Stocks.

Galveston. Tex. Sept. 2s.-Miss Clara Bar
ton addressed the Central Relief Commit
tee to-day on the subject OF home-building.
Miss Barton also addressed the Galveston
auxiliary OF the Red Cross this afternoon,
expressing great satisfaction that men and
women of Galveston had asked to be re-
oe.ved as an auxiliary OF the Red Cross.
She explained that this was probably the
first auxiliary OF the Red Cross to be or
ganized in the United States, as it had not
been possible before the recent act OF Con-
gress for the secretary to establish auxili-
aries.
Later In the evening. Miss Barton at
tended reception given in her honor by
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sealy. where she met
a number of women OF this city. and made
a short address.
To-day 2.2ao men were employed clean
ing the streets OF debris and dsposing of
dead bodies from the wreckase.
Thirty-one bodies Were found, making a
total of 2,Sl1 so far known to have been re-
covered
The receipts Of cotton to-day were 5000
bales The grain receipts still only mod
crate.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-29
FIRE A GREAT SPECTACLE.
Naphtha Tank Exploded in New
York. Threatening Gas Works.

New York. Sept. 29-At 1.fJ o'c- ock this
m.rning napbtha tank exploded in the
Central Gas Light Company's works at :he
foot Of East one Hundred and Thirty-eightii
street The explosion was heard for miles
around and broke all the windows in the
vicinity
The burning naphtha flowed dcwn the
street and into the encine-roum of the gas
company. setting it afirc.
Two alarms We're turned in, and the fire
boat WAS summoned The flames, at times,
shot seventy feet Up in the air.
The IRE l. stil burning hcTCely, and the
nrem"n are lighting desperately to prevent
the flames from spreading to the gas hold
orS, which are near the scene OF the en-
pluSion
Tncrn haS hncn N los. Of lifs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-29
TEXAS GIRL TO WED.
Houston Belle Will Marry a New
Yorl; Physician.
RTPCBLIC SPECIAL.

RFPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. SEPT 2S.-NIiss Lulu Fowler.
daughter Of Mrs. Bette Bryan of Houston.
Tex. is TO be married to Doctor George
Gibier Rambaud. director Of the Pasteur In
stitute in New York and New Jersey
Miss Bryan is an heiress and a college
graduate. She came To this city suffering
from Il grave. inherited na!ady. and was 4
patient at the Pastcur institute in New
Jersey. when she first met Doctor RambaUd.
When she recovered she returned to her
Texas home but a correspondence has been
kept UP between the lovers
They are 10 he married on October 9 In
Christ Church at Houston. Tex
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-29
New York Republicans AssaiEcd
Him With Queries Concern
ing Combines.
FORCED TO APPEAL TO BLISS.
Tumultuous Audience Greeted the
Senator in the Wholesale Dry
Goods District-iIis Speech
Was Finally Delivered.
REVCELTC' SPECIAL.

RErJHLIC SPECIAL
New York. Sept. Ex-senator Hanna
/ ceased 70 worry ab Ut the Pennsylvania
( coal strike long enough to-day To address
! the members OF the Wholesale Dry Goods
Republican Club at Broadway and Leonard
street.
At noon. when the meeting opened, the
cluhroo0 was fun # dry goods men who
wanted t. hear the Ereat medicine man"
talk. preferably ahou; trusts. hut in de-
fault Of that. about anything or nothing
Some went Ia see the rerUtrd custodian
al a s. 5oiayl" fund
Elaborate Pr parat!,ns had been made to
receive Senator Hanna. lie was escorted
20 the platform ard introduced TO the meet
ing hy Co~aes,us y. Bliss. who made a
speech T.. preserving the Ohio .nator 70
the meeting The Senator was compelled
to rebuke the noisy oudence. lie was
greeted with q It -d' : OF You're all right.
MARK How about that bcef?' ard other
complimentary and urconiplimeutary
speeches. The cheers drowned half OF
these. bat sorce Of them reached the
speakers ears. Hho, raising his right hand
said inVfcSsiv.ly:
come, boys. you're not in Colorado
now"
l. or I'VE minutes more the noise continued.
the crowd, composed mostly of dry goods
men and young erils from the white goods
district. raising such a hubbub tha; Mr..
Hanna could get no voic. ct alt. After
standing for ten minutes. yalHly trying 70
get IN 4 few shnterccs as a starter he
broke thrcuel; the thunder of voices that
assailed him and spoke fer several minutes.
Then the audience demanded something
about trusts. Il do not care TO talk upon
that subject to-day the Senator pleaded
wlier-rpun he was greeted by chorus Of
groaus
Al this junctUTe Senator Hanna had a bad
attack Of stage fright" He turned ap-
peIlinsly TO Mr.. Bliss, who whispered
something e. him. The Senator then turned
and. up-toeinE to his fun height. shouted:
IN tell you what kind Of a trust you
want Trust William Mckinley This bit
Of repartee caught the audience and Mr.
Hanna was permitted to continue with his
speech. He seemed greatly relieved when
he left the meeting.
Chairman Hanna IL TO speak tomorrow
at q MONDAY meeting of the Commercial
Travellers Mckinley and Roosevelt club
Because OF his reception to-day Mr.. Hanna
has asked for police protection. Ills re-
quest has been granted. and be Will be sur
roUudoi Tomorrow by Police Captain Chap
man Of "See!ey dinner fame and a squad
Of twelve bIueceuts
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-29
working Against Judge Klein.

The Central Trades and Labor Union is
making vigorous fight on Circuit Judge
Klein, Republican candidate for renomina-
tiOn. TO oppose his nomination by the con-
vCntiOn. The secret of the fight is the de-
Cisiou rendered Icy Judge Klein in the case
involving the legality of the union label on
printed matter ordered by the CITY The
decision was adverse 10 the union interests
The Central Trades and Labor Union has
printed amt spread broadcast thousands Of
teaflets containing an alleged extract from
Judge klciu'S decision in the case, I'm which
he Is reported TO have said that tho union
label was q badge or scrvitude." fhe cir
cular calls on all workingmen and friends
of union labor to ''repUdiate the insult
placed upon honest labor by voting TO de-
feat JudEe k!ein for :hr nomination.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-29
CONVICTED OF CRUELTY.
Two American Officers Tried for
Torturing Filipin0s.

hEtt Blslt SFE'l 'lAl-
Washington. Sept. 2s.-Major General Mac
Arthur has forwarded TO the War Depart
rnert the record of the trial by court-martial
OF Captain q. W Brande and Second Lieu
tenant a. s Perkins. OF the twenty y-sey-
enth Volunteer Infantry, for torturinS Fill
piGO prisoners.
1t Was charged that Captain BranGle tor
tur-d two and Lieutenant Perkins i've oy
causing them To be hanged by their Hecks
for period of about ten seconds each. Botn
officers were found guilty and Were SEN
fenced to be reprlmGnded by the reviewing
authority
In carrying out this sentence. Major Cen
erai Macarthur says:
1t Is obvious that cruel and Illegal as
sauit was perpetrated by these accused oiii-
GERS upon certain native pllsoEeTSi an as
Sauit net only criminal III itself under the
laws OF war but IN remote consequences
well calculated To defeat Il carefully con-
sidered policy, and to infiiCt permanent in
jury upon essential interests of the nation.
The purpose Of the United States in these
islands Is TO introduce and plant republican
institutions, based upon the t.eneiceut prln-
CiPir5 of the Constitution. Success III this
great and inspiring unaertatihg depends
largely upon securing, through = sense OF
Selt-lutrrcst ana altitude, the confidence
and attachment Of the Filipino people. II
is therefore INDISPENSABLE To the true in
tereSts Of the EcpuhlC that Americans In
the archipelago. especially officers OF the
army. shall IN All Transactions Oi business,
est standards Of American civilization by
practiCing dignity and decorum in all inter-
course with the natives.
In order TO emphasize an important prin-
cipie. IL is necessary To severely 'CtnsUre all
that is contrary 10 fl: this = more especial
ly true when the vital interests or a great
nation are ieopardiz.d by the thcughtleSs
and Illegal actions OF these accused officers,
who. FOR the time being, were exercising Its
authority
1T is believed that the sentence of the
court will he sufficiently executed by re-
ninding captain Brardc and Lieutenant
Perkins that by reckless defiance Of the
ct hics of their profession they have inflicted
iDcalculable injury upon the interests of
their country. and nave also cast an un-
warranted aspcrs.on upon the reputation of
the United States Army for sentiments Of
honor and humanity"