The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-05-31

Tower Inn. south Kensington at Mar
Iagansstt Pier, n. /. has been donated
by Gordon Maclay Of Newport Cor q
manual training school for ooiOred
children. Included IN the gift Of the
hotel property are ten acres Of land
and four cottages The principal Of
the school win be the Rev. Mr. Holly
Of PhiladeIphia.-E1
Old Ham Carter. who resembles an
old mud hen in Is much as he always
endeavors to soar way up above the
clouds, while as a matter Of fact he
is unable to jump or hy two feet, an
nounced HIS candidacy for Congress
In the First District at Arlington han
Friday night, but It Is said that his
announcement fell fat and cold upon
his hearers and that they did not take
any stock IA the old mud hen, when
he declared sthat six thousand Col
ored voters residing In the LIST dis
trict would vote for him"
Rev. Longreen Murray opened his
large mouth Sunday night I'm his pull
Dit and he declared that ne wanted
the brothers and sisters 20 call and
see him in his 14-rOom mansion on
wabash avenue. that the only reason
he moved away from the "niggers'
was to get more room" We would
advise all the members Of Bethel who
want Rev. Longreen Murray's servent
tc let them into his mansion, 70
take their dollar money and a fat
chicken with them, then Rev. Long
green viii permit them to stand in his
hallway while he smiles upon them.
Congressman Thompson. of Alabama.
Littleheld of Maine, Gen. Dick Of Ohio
Secretary shaw, Of the Treasury De
partment and several other Congress
men and high priests Of the G. o P.
travelled as far South recently as Tus-
kegee. Ala. where they chatted with
Prof Booker T. Washington. the ]. P.
Morgan of the Negro race, and these
distinguished gentlemen after eonVers-
ing with a thousand men in connec-
ton with Prof Washington, have pro-
claimed to all the world "that the Ne
groes in the South are happy and con-
tented that the Race Problem is
solved" and that settles IT,
John ]. Coburn. of the Twelfth Ward
would be a very good candidate for
Judge of the Circuit Court. Mr.. Co
buEn's candidacy would materially
help the ticket in the country towns.
We clip the above from the Standard
Opinion. We are shocked to see such
utteranees appear in its columns II
must know that a man Of the stripe
OF John COburn, would neither lend
strength to the Democratic ticket nor
dignity TO the bench IL he should hap
pen to be elected. In the name Of
common sense, Bro. Standard Opinion,
above all thing, let us have men Of the
proper metal for the judiciary.
Tuesday evening a Democratic
meeting was held at 4Srd and State,
which was presided over by Thomas
E. Ryan, and addressed by Alderman
NJ. McInerney, ex-Ald. Chas. J. Boyd,
Rep. z. NJ. Cummings, Harry Elem.
ings, John Breen, S. A. T. Watkins,
Joe Schran, and a few
then-announced his candi-
dacy for member of the Board of Re
view, against Roy o. West. It was
a roasting meeting from start to fin
ish, and all the orators, with the ex-
ception Of Mr.. John Breen, thought
John J. Bradley, Col. Dan
Arthur Mclaughlin & Co.,
we're very foolish to put up a fight at
the primaries. The bitter fight in the
SOth ward between the above men and
their followers and the hot scrap in
the 21st ward, between Messrs. Quinn
and Burke, promises TO be the great.
est show, OF the hottest fight Of the
season.