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TUE GRAND FOUNTAIN.
United Order ui
2True Rsior
ORGA NIZED January
Offices 6O4, SOS and 6OO n. End st.,

The Strongest Financial Organization the Negr
Read and learn for yourself what it has done
SUBORDINATE FOUN
Subordinate Fountains are composed of males al
and Of good moral character
COnventiOns.-When joining the Order through C
IA to 90 years OF age; when Joining the fountain
II to 80 years ot age complete.
Joining or BENEFIT Fees.-Fron II to 10 years o
at so, $3.50.
Death Benents;-s75 and s125 s1oufd Gea.h occ
nrst year, S126 will be paid to the heirs assigns
Sick Benehts-FrOm SO to 50 per month, paid
Monthly Dues are 30 or 30 cent? KuOnth. Tt
annually, January and July The nre .~<5 monthly
benefits.
Life Membership--Ten shares Of Bank Stock c
said member a life member. After paying dues
fruits of the stock vii pay the members dos and
var. Just calculate monthly dues, 90 cents per
d80unt to $780, and a dividend ten shares of st
per share, amounts to $40 annually, which will paI
balance of $500. Should the dues be 80 cents ne
the monthly dues and taxes will amount to S5 per
the monthly dues and taxes, and leave balance of
Additional Benefts OF Life Nembership-Shoud
Der, said member may take his ten shares of stock
from 81 to $S8, which will enable said member to
loan. redeem his policy and stock go on his wa
z. ROSEBUD FOUNTAIN (Fo
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The Savings Bank OF the G. r. [
1883. Its capital stock Is $1,000
1889. The amount OF business to 4
stock OF this bank Is sold to the me-
buds, 3 and e classes, and paws a ii
lar. Persons can deposit their none,
pays 4 per cent interest on all time
held suhiecf fn the nraAra nf tha 4
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Rosebud Fountains composed children male and
male, from to II years age ~
- - ~ - - 'A'"
Death Benehts.-$24.5o and $500. Should death ocs
TO the parents guardians. ~ -
80 Sick Benefts-From s160 per month paid week
% cents 20 cents and 81 week. respectively
monthly dues purchase the highest weekly sick benefits
49, Monthly Dueo and Taxes-The monthly dues are 10 cen
10 cents 20 cents, respectively just Fountain
decide Taxes 10 cents annually, paid semIannuay Janas
stock which makes his policy elfsupportng, with
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the franchise generally, in advocating its
limitation TO those having educational and
pro5ersy a1aleas,ens ana a N MS
Different methods will be employed.
Sometimes the voter will be directly bribed
or directly intimidated He Will vote for
money or for drink or In order to win the
favor or avert the dlspleasure of someone
who Is more powerful than himself. The
tenant Will think OF bis landlord, the
"A poor. struggling man. called on TO
vote upon question about which he cares
nothing and knows nothing. is surely not
to he greatly blamed IL ne is governed by
such considerations.
"A still larger number of votes will be
won by persistent appeals to class eupidi-
'SThe denasogue will try to persuade the
voter that by following a certain line Of
policy every member or society viii OBJ
"Ife will encourage all their Utopias He
will hold out hopes that by breaking con-
tracts or shifting taxation and the power
OF taxing or enlarging the paternal func-
lions of government, something of the
property Of one class may be transferred
HE will also appeal persistentiy, and
often successfully. to class jeaiousies and
antipathies. All the divisions which ma
turally grow out OF class lines and the re-
iations between employer and employed
will be studiously infiamed.
Envy. covetousness, prejudice, will be-
come great FORCES IN pOllucai propaganda
ism. Every real grievance will be aggra-
waited. Every redressed grievance will be
revived. Every imaginary grievance will
be encouraged.
IF the poorest, most numerous, most ig
norant class can be persuaded to hate the
smaller class and to vote solely for the
purpose of injurine them. the party man
ager will have achieved his end
"A bad harvest, or some disaster over
which the government can have no more
influence than over the march of the PLAN
cts will produce a discomfort that will
often govern dubious votes and may. per-
haps. turn the scale In nearly balanced
election.
There is another and very different
class who are chiefly found in towns.
They are the kind OF men who
may be seen lettering listlessly around the
doors of every gin shop-men who. through
drunkenness and idleness or dishonesty
have failed in the race OF life: who either
never possessed or have wholly lost the
taste for honest, continuous work: who
hang loosely on the verge IT the criminal
class and from whom the criminal classes
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would a gen;leman's speech urging the
right OF the oolored men In the South 10
exercise the right TO vote read IN parallel
columns with his speech defending the
property qualification for the Hawaii
Rnsf
Sir. there Is force IN the contention for
property qualification. X is ably defended
by such men as Lccky In his Democracy
and Liberty" but ] do not see how we
tan make local exception to a great IN
DERIVING rule Of our republic. We have not
heretofore required a property qualification
in any Of our territories although riotous
and ignorant legislation might IN some In
stances have been Appreciated.
Then. sir. pat the proposition 10 your
self. Let any man pat fhe proposition 20
himself. u q man mnat arss set an eag-
cation, and then must get real estate Of
the value % N.ioe and carry his TAX re-
ceipt In his pocket or have obtained n
position drawing ssS a year salary how
would have been excluded from ''Fanne'
eternal camping groln1'' and had % wan
Ger down below. while some gentleman
have been sitting Ia the forum or ssag-
gsring In the puSlie giarss
II is said Of the ate Emory A. siorrs
that some rich men were once chafanig
him about the fast that he had rot ar-
quirea much property Mr.. storre stood h
for awhile. and then said "6enticmen
the money making instinct IL a mere ant
nal trait II ~ the instinet q accumpia~
ton. The chipmunk possesses g.. ths
beaver possesses II IN an eminent degree.
Doubtless the rich men 81 Athens sat
around with their thumbs In The Rrmhcies
- their yeats and talked about the sgsea-
dii work they were doing On the Psrthe-
non. bat. gentlemen, where are the rich
men o, Athens today. and where IL Fhi-
9iasf'
TO my mind. there 10 no true aEissocrxey
except the aristccraey % brain And Il IL
true now. as It vas true Always, that
Kind hearts are more than ooroness.
Ana simple fsita than Norman blood.
Ana would not be wiling 70 ptt myself
on Terars az the advocate 81 any gov
eminent thai would exclude a man from
participating therein simply because he
had not LAID UP dollars and cents ! can
not give nay support 70 a proposition which
makes impecunioux youth to stand longer
and longer a. the outer door OF corporate
opportunity waiting 20 Be Invited IN and
given JOB ans which makes his future
subseryient TO some other mans money
making Instinct DO not dsaSance
wealth Far from Il. l recognise that
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are chiefly recruited These men are not
the real lahorers, hut their presence CON
-titutea one Of the chief difficulties and
dangers Of all labor questions, and In ev-
cry period Of revolution and anarchy they
are galvanized into sudden activity,
VITA very low suffrage they become an
important element in many constituencies.
Without knowledge and without char
acter, their Instinct viii be 20 use the
power which is given then for predatory
and anarchic purposes.
TO break up society and TO obtain
new deal in the goods Of life will naturally
he their object"
We recognise this picture. Il delineates
some campaigns in this country as II made
TO order.
Business depression. q dry time In sum
mcr, an unreasonable frost, are the dsrna-
sogus's opportunity. aud always have been
ard always viii h%.
The whiting statesman ioitsrsns at the
ginhonse door while his wife supports the
family II not an unfamiliar rsNfe In our
civilization, and the candidate who go.s
about the country scattering nrebrands
Of discomfort from the rear end % spe-
clal cars has reappearcd from time 10 time
"a our history. and viii soon again reap
pear ia our history.
But believe there Is great truth, Mr.
Chairman. tn the theory that the right OF
frre expression at the pods "a IN the ma
ture % q safety waive. and as 70 the con
the crcoltor may exercise over the debtor.
We have controlled that somewhat by the
Australian BALLOT system. ana OF late, IN
some recent campaigns, The man with a
dollar ahead has been made 20 feel that
Ne actually ought 10 conceal the fact Or
Apologize.
To yield to the psssinistie theory that
a guzn IS not able 10 govern himself be-
cause OF abuses here and there. would BE
20 Yield the contamination ana rower OF
the evolution % political frettom which u
typihso and Illustrated IN Our nationality.
and II We cannot yield Il as q whole. We
cannot Yield Il In spots
SIR. there is an Underlying principle a.
stake here. dear 20 the hearts Of al Amer
team citizen, more important than prop
erty. more important than the Hawaiian
Islands, namely. the rixht OF every AEneF.-
can citizen to participate In the govern
ment 10 which he owes allegiance.
We dofT eur hats to no king. We make
our own laws and We rule our own poiiti-
cal destinies. Here. between the Atlantic
and the Pacific. between the lakes and
the gulf. there are thousands of people
white and black. who 90 not possess even
ths scCcAsienai auallneatien which We ex-
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act here in this bill. and yet they are en-
titled to vote.
Macaulay somewhere satirically remarks
in his history that none OF those Virginia
patriots who vindicated their separation
from the mother country by proclaiming 1t
10 be self-evident truth that all men were
Bile right to liberty, would have had the
slightest scruple about shooting any negro
slave who had laid claim TO that same
inalienahie right.
that time we have determined on many
hattlefelds in this country that a mans
man, tho ere so black. that a mans a
man for a that and a that. and although
it was once, as late as 1870, held among the
states OF this country that the right to
vote and the right TO hold Office were de-
pendent. not on manhood qualifications.
but on religious opinions. on acres of land,
and pounds, shillings and pence.
Although Il was held In Maryland. North
Carolina and South Carolina that a man
must have fifty acres Of land or personal
property to the value of $50.
In New York that a man must be worth
ego York money or pay house rent Of a0s
year. pay his taxes. and carry his tax
receipt in hts pocket;
In Massachusetts, that he must have a
freehold estate yielding 43 year or
possess an estate worth GEO.
In Connecticut an annual income Of 81
from real estate rated on the tax list at
s13i:
In New Jersey that a man must reside
in one other state the sole requirement
was that the voter have white skin and
property OF the value Of SO
Although such were the laws OF the
earlier days of our republic, since that
time we have written with firm hand the
amendments to our constitution which lift
us now above the just reproach Of history,
and property qualification Is an obsolete
antiquity.
Property IL not the only interest Of men
In the social compact. Man is something
more than a mere taxpayer. He Is above
all. a man, and the laws touch not only
his field but they touch also the man
And 1t is one of the boasts as Il Is one OF
the bulwarks Of our free American eivili-
cation, that
"A mans n man though e'er sac puir--
A mans a man for a. that"
We are called upon here congress after
congress to vote In contested election cases
where the colored man is defrauded OF his
right to vote and where the proof is am
pie we unseat the man who is shown to
have obtained his seat by defrauding the
colored man of his right to vote. How
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case "hewers Of wood and drawers of wa
ter, without hereditary or acquired conn
im ne tendencies. they entertain more or
less political jealousy toward the more
prosperous white man. although PERSONAL
~ and privately friendly and dependent up
on himi and that this jealousy Is stimulat.,
Tor purposes Of their own.
That under mere manhood suffrage, with
eoucauonal qualification superadded, the
resentatives from the legislature or re-
turn white demagogues
That the native rs kind, affectionate,
generous. well-meaning. quick to learn and
personally loyal. but is a child of the trop-
les, and believes the last story he hears.
a. Ihat ne has not yet learned to regard
tne pallet as moral force, and that, be-
ing irresponsible financially, his domina-
uon or the legislature would probably lead
70 period OF political corruption in which
me thrifty; educated and progressive
munity from Legislative oppression, and
iegisiauon would, by reason thereof be-
come matter Of bargain and sale.
ritorial eoyernment have been evolved out
OF condition which was, indeed. sup
ported by the native vote, but was abolish
ca because the native race had proved
ing 10 the Angio-Saxon standard
L naYe endeayored to present that argu-
ment just as strongly as Il has ever been
presented to the committee. or could have
been presented to the commissioners. who
are honorable, conscientious men, and
who visited the island
Now. two points must be taken into con-
sderation: First. the senate is composed
OF fifteen members elected from four dis
tricts, spread all over the islands. and the
house IL composed of thirty members,
elected from six districts. IL will be OBJ
served that the natives have abandoned
their homesteads and have assembled in
cities, and principally in Honolulu. This
being true, IL seems to me that Ii would
be difficult for the natives so to spread
themselves evenly over the districts as to
be able to control the legislature in that
way. That Is one safeguard which pre-
sents itself TO my mind, The next is: II
is conceded that the natives are many of
them intelligent people. who are able, TO
comprehend and appreciate the meaning OF
the ELECTORAL privilege and are capable OF
legislation.
should like very much. IL + had the
time. to discuss the subject of Cuba and
Puerto Rico and the Philippines though
those subjects have been pretty well dis
cussed. want to say that the committee
on territories have reported this bill unani-
mously, both Republicans and Democrats
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supporting &C. They have tried to consider
these questions with absolute fairness
The question OF Puerto Rico and the Phil
ippineS has not entered into the considefa-
ton of this bin at all II has been our
theory-ans think voice the sentiments
OF the members. of that committee-that
ternity OF this Union under our govern
mental control-~under our congressional
control, Il you please--on its own basis
ana that the government OF the United
states viii he able 10 take care OF each
territory as il presents Itself.
An that has been said here In favor Of
a property qualification for Hawaii has
been said in Savor OF a property qualiAea-
ton generally For instance. Mr.. Psley
In speaking % the English constitution
o. ne eighteenth century, In his work on
Moral Philosophy" says.
'Before we ask 20 obtain anything more.
consider duly what we have. We have
a house OF commons, composed OF SIS mem
hers. IN which number are The most con-
adorable landowners and merchants IN
The GlngdoTns the heads OF the army, the
navy and the law; the eccDplers az great
private Individuals eminent by their
knowledge, eloquencs and activity. II The
county hs not safe IN such hands, In
whom may Z coutde itS interests n such
a number % such men De nasic 70 the IN
hueuce of corrupt motives, what assembly
~ men will be secure frpyn The same dan
gers D0es any scheme 81 representation
promise 20 collect iogether more wisdom
or 10 produce armsr inieErttys
And yet what political party nowadays
would tara 20 advocate form OF koyern-
lcant az heat because composed exclusively
N rich men. Office holders. lAD9holdsrs
Aaudhoiders. railroad magnates. shtpown-
ers. trust promoters and army and navy
oincerse Oar form ~ government gives
REPRESENTATION to AL classes and proses-
si5ns from the frontier homestead 70 the
hrownStone feat rom The nserehant
prince 20 the Aaorer In the iiteh: and be
tween the two gEeat extremes % ahtect
poverty and sopsrhucns wealth IS the
greas body OF The plA4n people. IN whose
hands cur nationality Is sttll safe thank
God applause On the Republican side
Peopie with few more furbSs0~s, per-
hans. than in Isancelns day. We have
passed the era 81 jeAns 90 creased trou-
sers. and the style OF parting the hair df-
fers according to age and the amount Of
hair: but We are stu plain people. And.
gentlemen. when the plain people cf this
great government cannot - TRUSTED. then,
indeed, our country Is In danger,
Commenting upon the English reform
bulls Of 1884 and 1851. ana The sxsrSiss e
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pose cf ,hese lands In the following man
ntT.
/ Al public auction FOR cash In aafaels
not exceeding q. aefcs.
2 Al public auction. part credit, Ia par
cells nnt exceeding 60 acres
q without auc tlan sale. ln eSchsaga fer
p'er, g ss.s % oy s 81 sge, g'g sa, ~,
more than twenty-one years.
& Honsstesd leases
q Right ~ purchase ieases
z Cash ffeshclds.
ny this blil The Commissioner o. rubiic
landT fskff the place ~ TIE board -
commlssieners boz t1s ia~s relating 70
ana the issuance ~ patents on land essn,-
mission awards continue IN fGFne until
congress shall provls4 gisrwise
f.sirict comrrsing Inc shese territory, q
customs district esmpfiAiag ths sAs.fa
Territory. ~ith four PORTS ~ cuify. en1 f5r
To he prapo~itien that The sovsrnnsn,
prepo.ed ny this btu win be taken AZ a
Ereeedtni and examine - hat - rgsfto
zach tsrrisory--uslr9 she. word tsrsitsry
ncw 49, me aninp pniy and ut thr flssatis,
sHereDn-~sach territory must h~ tees "a
asge.aigeF = ~ asa nd. ena e,ntl,.ons
isblis'ing and maintaining static gov.
rTnnnrnt tie laws art c1ried from ntr
laws hs furispriifenee runs hack 20 The
sanre source from ~htfs 10 derive ours
ahd - enriched and Illuminated Nv the
decisions - American courts. tie people
are familiar with our peobis AMI Language
on tho islana 81 Ha1ail ihsrs rsAnas
a monument where Caet caDk. she fls
eassrnr ~ these tsianda wAs hsl.e4 ~
ire natives n III He was followed ~
Nanconvsr Then came ne missionaries
AMI civfsixa ton.
Philosophers have philosophical ana the
ofists hase teserise& "a 20 shsthsf man
may not - h4Vpler in a rate 81 natare
han under tas restfictigns as well as
10 weak or unasselaped race has ever
appeared - have any right ~ inertia or
tsffoFfessica which stronger EAisons we're
Lc2nS " r&anect.
Tke word usovss on toward the rsfii.-
ussnf Of man ara the fetsration 81 the
world seu.stirSs. BY eompsistos. sofss-
timer b spontaneous s1vhEfAs
~ 70 Hawai- shs comes 90 ga without
PURCHASE and riis0u; price without s.oos-
sa%d. and even without solicitation. and
has voluntarily merged hsSseif into the
on ward march 81 the nation which IL the
standard bearer 81 the noDlsst sdsais
which ever animated any nation since time
began.
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Legislature may authorize loans by the ter
ritoYy on any such subdivision thereof for
the creation 90 penal, charitable and edu-
eationai institutions, and for public BUILD
inEs. whnryef. harbofA ana othef hAhae
The total Aadestedness. however, that
may be incurred IN any ono year ~ TIE
territory, or any such subdivision thereof.
Is limited 70 / per cent. ~ the taxalsls
property Of the territory or any such SUB
division AZ shown By thf last general -.
sessmsnt and the total indebiegnsss ~
the territory at any one time shnn rot
exceed per cent Of assessed valuation;
nor shan the total Indebtedness q any
such subdivision 81 the territory al any
assets0g valuation However. the gov.
ernment IL not prevented from refnnding
existing Indebtedness at any time.
90 No loans are 20 be made upon TIE
rsbl,e domain. and no bonds or other In
strtfuentz 81 indatteAneas are 20 Dc Issued
unless redcemEb,e IN Eve years. and pay
age No retrospective laws are TO 10
I No legislative divorces can be
The The legislature IL exprspaly given power
to create county. town and city naniei-
pAiltiss and 70 provide for the s9Fern-
rnent thereof
Pabli. I@sas.
OF the various Offices. officers ani soaFts
,a hash a pusic laa4 has stishciss most
attention.
rats Hfp provides that
me avs 81 Hawaii relating 20 paasse
lands tna settlement ri boundaries, afsa
re issuance ~ patents On Lana commits
sien awards except As changed ~ iris
al. snAn continue IN force untN congress
sal otherwise rroxt4s "
The public land sFstsu Of the Hawai- n
Islands haE been evolved cut % local con
dltians and u peculiar 20 them. Aftsr
careful consideration u has not besn
thought advisable 70 attempt = extend
our rnb.ic lard system hs II exists here
~ as 10 include Hawaii In some re-
SpActR auca exteusien woEid ne absolute
M Impossible unaer ire constitutional
rrovlsion In that behalf e0nsress hsss
rom time 70 time made laws 'fesyTctiEE
the territory or ether. propsrty essonxssg
10 tae Cnlted states
At TIE outset the original thirteen
states contained 1tAzz.Ss3 acres. ~ the
esrrife treaty % peace vtth Great Brit
ain In Ira our territorial sxten. was In
erased To "a 20. den acres In fHa. by the
fxoulFtana purchase We obtained - 81 =
~ acre. BY the Florida ce.si0n tn 1873
ws obtained a further tract ~ g7.ssi Sd
acres. by the annexation OF Texas 20
isE We obtained f7s.Ess.sse acrssi In 40
We purchased Of Mexico 534fuS 80 acres.
IN $50 the federal government bought gf
Texas - i3e.ss acres. in fss3 We bought
cf Mexico 2s.is2.4e9 acres. in lsss we
hoa4ht 81 Russia Alaska. conta4niag u.s.
sxs,es acres. and ~ the toint reselltioo