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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-07-05
A MEMORABLE CONVENTION.
AT Burlington Thursday. ID. j. Foster
Nominated Congressman.

The Republican district convention
held in Burlington armory Thursday
was accorded an attendance of specta-
tors beside which the attendance at
the convention of the second district
at White River Junction sinks into
insignifieanee. Every available seat
on the floor or in the galleries was in
use and some ambitious ones watch
ed the proceedings from the upper
windows. Tickets of admission were
much sought after. The gallery at
the end of the hall back of the plat
form was reserved for the use of the
ladies and was well filled.
The representation was complete
and every one of the 3Ss votes to
which the district was entitled were
waiting TO be cast at two o'clock.
Chairman Swinington introduced
Hon. Fletcher ID. Proctor Of Proctor
as the selection OF the committee for
temporary chairman. Fuller G.
Smith of ST. Adams nominated W.
II. Crockett Of the Free Press staff
for secretary and he was elected.
Chas. T. Fairfield of the Rutland
News was elected assistant secretary.
On motion of f. C. Partridge of
Proctor the temporary organization
was made permanent.
The following district committee
was decentralization, A. A. Fetch
err; Bennington, J. w. Fowler; Chit
tenden, F. r. Stoddard; Grand Isle,
Juan Robinson; Lamoille, III. n. Grey;
Rutland, F. G.. Swinington.
On motion Of Hon. N. w. Fisk of
Isle La Motto the platform Of the state
convention at Montpelier was adopt
ed as the platform of the convention.
Hon. Henry Ballard of the Bur-
lington delegation made .he first
nominating speech, placing before
the convention the name of Hon. ID.
j. Foster of Burlington as congress
man for the first district. Save for
three or four delegates he said Chit
tenden county was united in support
of Foster, and that she had not had
man IN the lower house for so years
and but one senator, Edmunds, since
1871. He stated that since Fosters
from Dartmouth 20 years
ago, their offices had been on the same
floor, and he could speak of his char
acter from intimate acquaintance.
lie said:-"I have watched him be-
come one Of the best lawyers, one Of
the most forceful of our platform
speakers and one of the States lead
ing debaters. In this county he has
been honored and honored again.
First, states attorney, then county
senator, state tax commissioner aud
then state railroad commissioner.
And through all this his motto has
been Public affairs are the public |
trust"
Mr.. Foster was seconded by DIR. c. |
j. Russell of Hinesburgh, ALSO Ben W.
Smith Of Addison in an excellent
speech. /
The name Of Carroll S. Page of |
HYDE Park was presented to the con-
yention by r. w. Hulburd Of that
own in tn most eloquent speech OF
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the day. J. X. Curtis Of Georgia sec
onded the nomination Of e. 5. Page, as
did also a delegate from Bennington
and DIR. q. w. Peck of Brandon, Dr.
w. II. Vincent of Orwell, W. II.
Blake of Swanton, f. Il. Pember Of
Wells River and II. w. Chamberlin
Of Goshen.
Judge George L. Lawrence of Rut-
land named Joel G. Baker of Rut-
land. The nomination was second
ed by DIR. II. r. Manchester of Paw
let, n. 5. Wood of Fair Haven and
l.. II. Cook Of Dandy.
The speech of Col. f. 5. Stranahan
Of st. Adams in presenting the name
of Col. A. A. Hall was short and
TO the point. He was, said Col.
Stranahan, one whom his county
was proud to present as a can
didate for Congress. He stood for the
best in politics and would ably repre-
sent his district if nominated. His
nomination was seconded by Fuller
c. Smith of ST. Adams.
c. Ii. Darling presented the name
of Hon. j. X. Batchelder of Airing
ton and Hon. II. II. Powers was
presented to the convention by Geo.
w. Doty of Morrisville and seconded
by Frank c. Dyer of Salisbury and
n. w. Fisk Of Isle La Motto. The
six men who nominated candidates
were appointed tellers. There was
some little delay in announcing the
result of the first ballot owing to the
fact that two more votes had been
cast than there were delegates. After
it was announced the chairman APP
pointed two additional tellers, War
rem Parks of Grand Isle and o. a.
Smith of Addison and the vote was
taken by counties. The result Of the
first ballot mae ne Follnuyc.
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Vermont Pensions.

Original, Orange Fowler, Lyndon
vile, 50; Augustus A. Deming, Rut-
land, s.; increase, Lorin Hartshorn,
Greensboro, Sl4; Daniel w. More
house, Milton, Sl7; original, widows,
special act, June IA, Angie IL. Dady,
South Windham, 80: increase, Sidney
A. Ladd, Bennington, $40; Charles
Watts, Stowe, Sl4; reissue, George Ii.
Lewis, Huntington, Sl4; original,
widows, special act of June II, Julia
A. Dewey, South Royalton, s.; origi-
nal, David b. Goldsmith, dead, Rut-
land, ST.; increase, Joseph Clair,
Bridgeport, $50; Luther M. Kent,
Rochester, Sl5; Charles Dingman,
East Albany, Sl2.
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IianeOeK.


The village school closes this week.
Pearl Eaton was in Ripton Saturday.
Floyd Perry is home from Morrisville.
Hsrry Bruce has gone to Warren, Mass.
Will Church was in Barnard Monday.
Mrs. George Taylor was seriously i'll last
Monday.
Friends from the west side are visiting
at David Munger's.
Carroll Atkins OF South Royslton was
with Wesley Burke over Sunday.
Mrs. Addie Orvis of StarKsboro is with
her brother, W. W. Norton, for few
days.
Miss Jennie Woodward is visiting her
sister, Miss Helen Woodward, for short
time.
The ball game last Saturday between
Hancock and Ripton at the latter place,
resulted in favor OF Hancock, the score
standing 10 to u. Batteries for Hancock,
McAllister and Woodbury.; Ripton, Leno
and Woodbury..
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Genesse Pure Food Co., Leroy, N. Y,
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Respectfully Yours, A. G, JACKSON NJ D.
The colored American., 1900-11-03

| am asked by the editor of the Col
Ored American to tell the complete
story OF the American Negro Exhibit.
No task could be more pleasant, for |
believe the Negroes of the United
States should have the fullest infOr
nation about this project which has
gone abroad in their name and in their
name has demanded and received a
hearing in the great cOncOurSe of Ma
tiOnS that have met here in Paris 10
congratulate each other upon the prog
reSS of the nineteenth century. The
American Negro may not have eStab-
liShcd an independent government. and
he may be lacking in all the parapher-
MALTA of royalty. but his progress has
been no less marked in civilization.
and any just consideration of its mar
YelOus progress falls far short of the
truth if it puts him down as zero,
unless that zero multiplies by ten.
At the opening of this century the
Constitution of the United States was
still in sWaddling clothes, the slave
trade was in all its vigOr and hOrrers
of the middle passage" and in prac-
tically every State in the Union the
crack of the slave whip might have
been heard. The great American Con
stitutiOn, which has been characterized
ly William Lloyd Garrison as a Gov
The colored American., 1900-11-03
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY INTERESTED.

In the meantime President McKin-
ley had become interested. Mr.. Booker
L. Washington made personal visit
TO the President on behalf of the move
ment, and he was seconded by Messrs
Lyons, Cheatham and White. The re-
suit was that the President became
deeply interested, and after a cOnSuIta-
ton between the President and the
Commissioner General. l was told that
the exhibit had been arranged for ana
had been selected to carry out the
plans. 1t was not till November 18th
that l received my commission. and
there remained just five months to col
lect, transport $500 miles across the
ocean and install in foreign land an
exhibit that was to reflect credit uDon
nine million people scattered over II
States and distributed in every line of
occupation common to white Ameri
cans 1t is hardly necessary to say
that L shuddered at my task. and won.
uered II all my efforts had not been
merely to put a drowning weight
around my own neck
ITO MAKE BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW"
The first difficulty to arise was the
A VI IuiitiS. was lOIu JnaC funds
were so scarce that [ could not be paid
a salary of a clerkship, and any other
expenses must be limited to such Der.
sonal travelling as l should be spe.
cIllcally authorized to do. [ was al
lowed stenographer for 60 days and
was permitted 10 have an office in the
cellar OF the Capital Savings Bank. 1t
was IN this connection that Congress-
man George Henry White came TO the
rescue. He introduced in Congress a
Dill appropriating fifteen thousand dol
The colored American., 1900-11-03
The TheAmericanNegroE Exhibit;
At the Paris Exposition.


every white woman exposed. and a drug
in civilized society. This information has
come To them through the horrible HbelS
that have gone abroad whenever a Negro is
lynched. and by the constant references to
Us by the press in discOuraging remarks
The social and political economists of the
ola World put down the erroneous accounts
Of such cases as that OF Sam Hose as truth.
and. not reading the further disclosures,
reach conclusions which do Us harm.
How shall we answer these ISLANDERS?
our newspapers they do not subscribe for.
If we publish books they do not buy them.
if we lecture they do not attend To the
paris Exposition. however thousands upon
The colored American., 1900-11-03

enant with death and an agreement
with hell" had sanctioned forever the
ownership of human property and thus
To deny the truth of its own statement
that men are created equal" Let us
not refer to the terrible blasphemy in
which slave SympathiZing preachers
proved by Apostle PauTs epIStleS the
holiness of slavery. nor to the great
chivalry of the South which made con,
cubines of our illitcrate, helpless moth
erS. This will be too much. and the
picture is complete without it, Suffice
it to say that the century closes in
beautiful contrast. and from the four
corners of the Nation Negroes have
sent here to the Universal Exposition
proofs of progress in manhood. woman
hood, education. industry and all the
evidences of good citizenship.
PRELIMINARY WORK
So far as | know the first effort to
have a separate exhibit In connection
with the general exhibit of the United
States was made by myself in the fol
lowing letter sent TO over one hundred
representative Negroes in various sec
tiOns of the United States:
Washington, D. c.. October 4. 1899.
Nv Dear Sir
I compiling arguments to present to
the management of the United States Ex-
hibit at the Paris Exposition TO persuade
the managers 10 provide for n Negro EX-
hibit in connection with the United States
Exhibit at that exhibition during the next
year The principal argument I hope to
use is that the leading members of our race
desire IL. For securing a statement from
YOU l address YOU in this letter. While /
deplore rs deeply as any other member Of
my race, the matter Of drawing the color
line at any time where ii is not already
drawn by the other race. there are times
and this is one. when We owe il To our
selves To 90 before the world rs Negroes.
Every one who knows about public opinion
in Europe will tell You that the Europeans
think US a mass Of rapiStS, ready 10 attack
The colored American., 1900-11-03
New Orleans. La, Oct. 16, 1899.


Dear Sir:
| favor making such an exhibit at the
Paris Exhibition as will indicate TO the civ
iliZed world that the American Negro is
making an honest and successful effort to
overcome the many disadvantages under
which he has labOred hitherto.
Yours truly,
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 6, 1899.
Ny Dear Sir:
1t will be q tangible object lesson to the
civilized world that the Negro is not as bad
as it has been represented through preju-
L. H. HOLSEY.
Washington, D. c., Oct. 7, 1899.
Dear Sir:
Unless the Negro is specifically mentioned
he is left out by tacit understanding. This
exposition will furnish splendid Opportu-
nifty for the race to make a creditable show
ing before the world. Yours truly.
KELLY MILLER.
WiIberforce, Ohio, Oct 10, 1899
Dear Sir:
Your communication received ard the
contents noted. / am hearty in favor OF
representation at the Paris Exposition. /
am willing to do anything that l can 10
forward the movement to have our sons and
daughters represented in the Worlds Expo
''-OH' BENJAMIN W. ARNETT.
Washington, D. c., Oct. IS, 1899
Dear Sir:
The effort you are making to provide for
Negro Exhibit at the Paris Exhibit is
laudable, and should be encouraged by
every man and woman identified with the
race. In this way alone can the evidences
Of our progress be made a living, breathing
reality not only TO Europeans, but to many
Americans, who know almost nothing of the
strides the Negro has made in literature
and in art, a well as in the various indus
tries and trades
MARY CHURCH TERRELL.
These united appeals We're laid be-
fore Commissioned General Peck and
Director Howard J. Rogers, Depart
The colored American., 1900-11-03

New York October X 1899
[ am heartily in favor Of the effort to Sc
cure through the United States Commission
Il proper AfrO-American Exhibit. Under all
the circumstances we are entitled to such
an exhibit. as II would not only give Euro
peanS some idea Of the progress we have
made since emancipation. bur serve to cor
The colored American., 1900-11-03

ment of Education and Social Econ
Omy. The reply was favorable and I
was asked to state the plans and scope
of the proposed exhibit.
The colored American., 1900-11-03
\ FEW OF THOSE WHO HELPED.

Inc further planning of the exhibit
was not so easy. Institutions have
treasures which can be drawn upon
FOR public good when necessary. but
individuals among Us are not usually
so well supplied. One of the first 10
volunteer his services was Mr. Daniel
Murray. of the Library OF Congress.
Who has labOred late at night and with
great expense of time in collecting the
information which has resulted in the
magnificent collection of Negro Au-
thOrS.' 1t is not often we find men
who without compensation will devote
themselves so earnestly for the benefit
OF the race. In this category I must
also include Mr.. Andrew f. Hilycr
VINO collected information of industrial
progress of the race; Major Christian
Il. Fleetwood. who gathered material
showing Medal of Honor Negroes; Mr.
James l.. Nell. who gathered statiS-
ucS about clerks in departmental ser
vice; Mr.. Robert H. Harper, Of Chi
cago, who gathered valuable material
showing progress of c0lOred people in
that city; Bishop Lee. who began the
collection of facts relative TO what the
Negro is doing for himself in his
churches and schools. but which. I'M
fortunately, he could not finish. and the
editor of The COlored American. Mr..
Il. h. Cooper. who furnished two beau
dfully bound volumes of Negro news
papers. | reserve for special mention
The Georgia Negro" a social study by
Prof W. f. Burghardt Dubois. Ph.D.
TO pass over the unintereSting de
tails of the working out of the exhibit.
ii was March Z. 1900. that Mrs. Gallo
way, our little girls Lucille and Caro-
The colored American., 1900-11-03

lars for the Negro Exhibit. This hu
was ind0rsed by President McKinlo,,
! Commissioner General Peck. evaI,,
member of ApprOpria tiOns COmmittar
| both Republicans and Democrats ana
| passed, without Il single obiectionaI
| vote in either House of Congress NJ,
! salary was fixed at S24O0 Der annnm
and every expense which | have fouud
| 1t desirable TO incur has been met an,I
| yet half of the fund is vet To he n,.
| pended, most of which will 90 tO nub-
| IlSh book containing in great datafI
| the facts brought out in the eybihir
and which L hope to place. free of
| charge, upon the desks of every news
| paper editor in America. in every Iibr.
| ~, upon the table of every memhn,.
of Congress. in all the universities and
| colleges for both races. and among ou.
| own leaders and thinkers evervWbern
As its preparation entails great care il
| will be several months before it can lao
| distributed.
PLAN OF THE EXHIBIT.
To return now to the thread of nv
story: When my commission came on
November 10Th L left that night under
orders 10 proceed to Albany. New Yorl,
and receive instructions from Director
Rogers L wish to say now that of all
men in life L have worked with | have
never mad quite SO satisfactory deal
lnSS as with AIr. Rogers, and I wish
tne coI0red people i'll every part of the
United states 10 know that had it not
| Deen for the hearty cooperation of this
4 'FEsiSst tis,fa II
gro Exhibit would have been 4 farce
| Ihe plans which | outlined to him
were adopted as the proper scope. and
were the basis of whatever we have
| coHected. They have been published
| IN The C0lOred American. and some OF
your readers Will possibly recall them
Immediately from Albany | left for
conference visit 10 five Of our typical
institutions for special educational ey
| hIbItS. Time was too short and space
entirely too limited to attempt to col
lect exhibits from our $50 institutions,
hence L selected Fisk University. in
Tennessee. Atlantic University i'm
Georgia, Howard University in Wash
lngton, Hampton Institute in Virginia
and TuSkege8 Institute in Alabama as
the lifting institutions from which to
ask exhibits. Howard, because it was
our only National school. and the
largest, Atlanta. because of its special
work in sociology. and Fisk because Of
ITS higher education; Hampton. as the
father of industrial education. and
Tuskegee, because of all that it stands
for and is doing in practical educa-
t1On and cOmmOn-SenSe agitation.
These institutions responded with alac-
rity, and by December 1sU l had es-
tablished an office. and Miss Carrie +.
Lewis had accepted the work of stem
ographer and typewriter, which she
did with great credit
The colored American., 1900-11-03
THOMAS J. GALLOWAY.

To this letter nearly all replied. and
the responses were practically unani-
nous. [ wish l might give every one.
but l must not impose on your liberal
ity of space. Let a few speak for all.
The colored American., 1900-11-03

thousands Of them will go and a well Sc
lected and prepared exhibit representing the
Negro'S development in his churches his
schools. his homes, his farms, his stores. his
professions and pursuits in general Will at
tract attention. as did the exhibits at At
lanta and Nashville EXpOStiOns, and do Il
great and lasting good in convincing think
ing people Of the possibilities of the Negro.
Not only will foreigners be impressed but
hundreds Of white Americans will be far
more convinced by what they see there
than what they see. or can see. every day
in this country, but fail to give US credit
for. Hundreds Of white people were amazed
at the evidences of culture and progress
they saw in the Negro Exhibits in Nashville
and Atlanta, and yet you know that if they
would only visit the churches and the
homes of our best families in those cities
alone they would see an exhibit far more
pronounced Of the progress and culture Of
the race. But this they do not. and we
must prove our cause in other ways.
Please write me your views, to be used
in presenting the matter to the Commission.
Very truly yours.
A
The colored American., 1900-11-03

Normal. Ala. Oct. : 1890
l think Negro Exhibit will not only
benefit the Negro but reflect credit uno1
the United States As showing To the world
The wonderful transformation of i OOO O66
DarbarlanS aud ignorant slaves to fnduStrj
s, Gus christian citizens. No other country or
Yours truly.
". ii. COUNCILL
The colored American., 1900-11-03

rect many false impressions concerning us
which il is injurious to the United States
should be entertained by foreigners.
L. THOMAS FORTTNF
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1900-12-27
Telegrarny.

LoNDYN, 27go Grudnia. =
Pod Britstown, W kolonii Przylqd-
ka, wciagnali Boerzy kompanie mi
licyi W zasadzke. Kilku gwardzi-
stow polozono trupem, ,reszta dosta-
Ia sic do niewoli.
Brak urzedowych wiadomosci Z
Afryki niepokoi tutejsza ludnosc.
Jest rzecza widocznq, re powstanie
szerzy sic W kierunku pofudnio-
dniowym, a lord Kitchener ME mo-
re sobie Boerami dac rady.
Pod Burghersdorp wzieto Boe-
row "a konnice Brabanta i rozka-
zano zaprzestac ognia, gdy gf6wne
silly angielskie mus ally sic cofac.
Boerzy skorzystali tego rozkazu
zajeli undergraduates pozycye.
Pod Magaliesberg uznano "a sto-
sowne ME wypierac Boer6w re zaj-
mowanych stanowisk. Daily Mail"
nawofuje rzady, azeby wystat do
Afryki posifki, poniewaz lord Kit
chener ME moze dac sobie rady z
Boerami przy pomocy tych sit
zbrojnych, ktoremi rozporzadza.
q Zeerust, W Transwalu, dono-
sza, ze Boerzy zabrali diva wagony
z podarkami ma Gwiazdke,przezna
czonymi dla zoInierzy z oddziatu
generata Methuen.
BERLIN, 27go G fu d n a.
Hrabia Waldersee donosi Peki-
nu, re "a Grudnia wojsko francu-
skie starlo sic pod Ko Chan, mie-
dzy Pekinem Pao Ting Flu, od-
dziafem wojska chinskiego, licza-
Gym $500 ludzi. Chiiczycy ucie-
XII, straciwszy znaczna liczbe W
zabitych ranionych, piec sztanda-
row cztery armaty. Byfy to pra-
wdopodobnie szezatki wojska,ktore
luz raz zostafo rozbite.
PEK1N, 27go Grudnia.
Francuzi chwala sic, re pobili
25,OOO Chinczykow, ME poni6slszy
sami zadnej straty. Wiadomosci
tel Mkt tutaj ME dale WARY, Ii
Hung Gang zarzuca wprost Fran
cuzom kfamstwo.
Misyonarz prezbyteryanski u
wiadomif ma pismie posfa Conger,
re W dystrykcie San Ho spalili
Bokserzy zywcem 2l krajowc6w,
wyznajacych wiare katolicka. Con-
ger postal ten rapport hrabiemu
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Kr6tkie nOtatki miejskie.

= Zwrotniczy kolei Chicago
Junction, Daniel Lynch, zostaf
wczoraj popoiudniu ma szynach ma
Broadway Packers ave. przez To-
komotywe przejechany zabity.
Mai 80 lat.
w ,,noc nowego wieku" urza-
dza Stowarzyszenie Czerwonego
Krzyza W Coliseum t. z. Watch
Night" (noc czuwania) - tam to
beda odczytane powinszowania STA
wnych ludzi spisane dla Ameryki
przy zblizajacym sic nowym wieku,
a chor ziozony SO osob spiewac
bedzie piesni patryotyczne. w swo.
i'm czasie obszernie donosilismy,
jake znaczenie mice beda te OBJ
chody urzadzone W caiych st.
Zjedn. przez owe Stowarzyszenie.
- Pociag kolei Illinois Central
przejechat wczoraj zabif ma 55
ulicy psa Scotch Collie, naleza-
cego do niejakiego WaItera Scott,
a majacego wartosc podobno S2,.
500.
- Cd Poniedziafku znikfa bez
wiesci 47letnia iona Jonna Maher,
zam. pm. 1851 Manistee ave. Byfa
ona czesciowo obtakana W Ponie.
dzialek widziano ja idaca droga ku
Calumet Heights.
- Patrick King, zam. pm, 63o
w. Il str, wczoraj rano spadt z
werandy W SVEN mieszkaniu i tax
ciezko sic pokaleczyi, ze zachodzi
Ottawa jego zycie. Jest W szpi-
talu powiatowym.
John McManus, 334 Clark st,
wczoraj rano godz. 7, W piwiarni
pm. 296 State str. pobit sic " jakims
nieznajomym, ktorzy, przez Nc
Manusa nozem pokaleczony, ude.
rzyt go faszka W glove i rozbif mu
czaszke. McManus zapewne um-
RE. Policya szuka owego niezna-
jomego.
- Wczoraj aresztowano trzech
wyrostk6w kradnacych wegle z wa
gon6w towarowych kolei Chicago
& Northwestern. Chfopcy podali
swe nazwiska jake ,,Floddy" Pc
noski, George Smith i Stanley
Spik; So przeto prawdopodobnie
Polakami.
= Inspector pocztowy Walter
Mayer, wczoraj powrociwszy po-.
dr6zy inspekcyjnej W stanach po
fudniowych, twierdzi, re nedza W
Galveston jeszcze jest niezmierna
i ze "a wczesnie przestano posytao
tam ofiary.