The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1901-11-23

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"a l4Hter ~ q court room IA. e-li
nan Iiar. sc0undrel, villain Or
Thief. assd no one piIl make com
paint when court adIOurns. II q
neWspap6r prints such reflections on
mans cha4actsr. there Is q Bbel suil
or dead editor. This is owing to
ere fact that people believe what an
editor says what a lawyer says cuts
40 hsure-Ex
Alderman Bathhouss John Coughlin,
the head statesman Of the First ward,
win Be a dead cock in the pit in the
spring. M. James K. ssbree, presi-
dent Of the saratoga Hotel and the
Morrison Hotel and Restaurant Co,
Who is Or WIN Be backed up BY the
TiIden Democracy. WIN before the
ides o. next April. have Alderman
Bathhouse Johns scalp dangling from
his belt
H C. Haynes. Chicago's famous
razor strap manufacture. has trav-
eIed some $1,000 miles and sold over
1900 razor straps IN three years. His
record only shows ~ straps sold 70
eolorsd barbers.-Ex
Mr.. Haynes belongs to the Afro
American race. but IKE the most Of
the ooIored men in business he would
starse to death il he depended upon
those belonging to his own race to
support him. ~
Alderman william H. Ehemann,
24th Ward. is a hard worker in the
city council. he Is q member OF several
important committees ana his cool
Judgment goes q long way in deter
mining the actions Of the committees
in hts ward. Alderman Ehemann is
never idle. he Is a member OF the ex-
ecutive committee OF the Harrison
League and chairman Of the executive
committee Of the North Shore Union
Club.
Ms Jennie H. MagIll has begun
divorce proceedings against her hus-
band. Thomas w Magin. member Of
the hrm Of H. o. Stone & Co, 2Os
Lasaue street Many years ago Mr.
and Mrs. Magin resided in Fargo. N.
OAK. where they are both wen known,
ana when he was In serious trouble
Mrs. MagiH stood by her husband
through thick and thin, but now she
claims that he has proven false to her
and desires to retain the use OF her
property and money.
Shad-beIly Frankhawk Murphy, who
has been connected with the city pay
roll for many years. claims that all
the cOlOred voters in the sOth Ward
win vote for him for alderman with
out the aid Of The Broad AK. The
erap-shooters like Terrell and the
chicken steaiers may support cheap
skate Murphy. for he may associate
with that class OF Negroes for all We
know, but the decent colored people
residing in the SOth Ward do not know
any more about shad-beIly Murphy
than a pig does about it's daddy.
Alabama has Joined Louisiana. Mis-
sissirpi. South Carolina, North Caro-
lina. Maryland and Virginia. by dis
franchising the vast majority Of her
oolored voters last week it was
Thought BY many that out Of con-
sideration for Prof Booker 7. wash
inston that the people Of Alabama
would not favor the proposition to
deprive the Negro Of his ballot ami !
permit ignorant white men to vote.
but Il appears otherwise and the re-
turns from the election indicate that
the people never thought Of Prof
Washington. nor his leadership while !
they were voting to unhorse the Ne
gro. Mr.. Love. chairman Of the Dem
ocfatie State Committee Of Alabama,
was opposed to its adoption. and he
strongly fought against the suffrage |
clause on the floor OF the convention, !
and several other leading Democrats /
went on record IN opposition to it In
the convention. but their votes and
aaEnlngs were unheeded By the people
Of Alabama.