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The colored American., 1902-07-05
WHAT EVERY FAMILY SHOULD
KNOW.
Athens, Tenn, June 2

Athens, Tenn, June %, 1902.
Editor Colored American: have
read a great number of Negro papers,
but the Colored American is the best
Negro journal that I have ever seen.
1t is just what every Negro family
should have in their home. speak
proudly of this paper and I wish that
l had the opportunity OF reading II
Oftener than I do. l have been read
The colored American., 1902-07-05


Georgia, with practically solid Wes;
behind him. What he hasn't clinched
as yet. will be found in the Roosevelt
camp at the close Of his great overland
tour across almost one-third of the
continent. We predict the renomina
ton Of Mr.. Roosevelt by reclamation
The serial story, Firing Negroes al
the Census ONCE" Will be continued
in our next.
Hon. Henry A. Rucker, collector OF
internal revenues at Atlanta, Ca, has
again been rated No. by the Treasury
experts.
After the Cumberland County (Penn
sylvania) Republican Convention had
instructed the confreres to support
Congressman Olmstead for renomina
ton, Samuel Jordan, the colored Re
publican leader in the county, in q
ringing speech pleaded for the nomina
ton of a colOred man. He told the
convention that IL the Republicans did
not value the colored mans vote, they
the Negroes, would hunt another Gov
er. He said they do not ask recogni
tion, bat demand it.
The two Negro supervisors OF cen
sus in Mississippi were appointed after
a special appeal had been carried by
influential forces to President Nc
Kinley. At the request OF the chief
executive and over the continued pro
test OF Director Merriam (who wanted
no Negro supervisory, Messrs. Banks
and Mollison were appointed. Con.
gresham Whites district was gerry
wandered by Merriam to escape the
danger of naming s. Negro supervisor
recommended by Mr.. White.
Here is given the vote cast for each
by the colored men of
1st district, black vote,
13,576; I'd district, black vote, 8,472 /;
9 district, black vote, 6,875; 4th dis
trict, black vote, 9,145; 9Th district,
back vote, 1908; 9Th district, black
vote, 4,795; total black votes, 55,956.
This showing ought to cause our
Maryland r;ends to think bit. and
bestir themselves. Is 1t possible that
so much political strength is being
frittered away without substantial re-
suits. either in patronage or legisla-
ton?
Mr.. John Edward Bruce, we'll
known as Bruce Grit" the races ver-
satile correspondent, has been given a
responsible position in the correspon-
dence division of the surveyors Office,
New York, by Gen. ]. S. Clarkson.
Upon being sworn in the General had
Mr.. Bruce to Senator Do1li-
yer and Director Roberts, of the U. g.
Mint, he said of him, after speaking OF
his large abilities, that he would make
him a major general If he could. His
conduct was indeed handsome. Gen.
eral Clarkson thinks the world OF
Bruce, and 1t is certain that he will
have a pleasant service under him.
The Republicans OF Illinois have
two eolored men for import
ant Offices, viz: John r. Marshall,
for county commissioner of Cook coun-
ty, and Edward H. Morris for the leg
islature from the first district. M.
Morris Is an able lawyer and Grand
Master Of our national order of Odd
Fellows. He was nominated In his
absence, as he is now In Europe.
Joseph r. Pollard is being favOrably
talked of as a candidate for Congress
from the Richmond district of Vir-
ginia at the coming election. Mr.
Pollard was a delegate to the last nat
ional convention. He Is a lawyer of
ability and IL nominated will make an
fight
The colored American., 1902-07-05

is praiseworthy. His fervent tribute
at Harvard to the services and saeri-
fees Of General Wood, Governor Taft,
and Secretary Root showed his nature
to be free from grain OF selfshness.
Mr.. Roosevelt now has assured all
of New England, New York, Pennsyl-
Vania. North Carolina. Virginia and
Georgia, with practically solid West
behind him. What he hasn't clinched,
as yet. will be found in the Roosevelt
camp at the close of his great overland
tour across almost one-third of the
continent. We predict the renomina-
ton Of Mr.. Roosevelt by reclamation.
The colored American., 1902-07-05
The Political HO roS cCp

Continued from Sixth Page.
The colored American., 1902-07-05

This picture should be in every PAsIoe,
Library. Reading Room, School Room,
and every PubGe Hall used by intelligent
colorcd peOpiS.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
Editorial page Of the Capital 3ournal


Marion county elects this year an
entirely new delegation TO the legisla-
ture-three senators and FIVE represen-
tatives. The nominees of the domi-
nant party are men of ability and in
telllgence, and men who will stand for
the Marion county program i'm our
state and legislative affairs. While
the primaries in which the delegates
were chosen were conducted under the
old corrupt system of the past, they
have put themselves fatty upon a
platform of direct nomination. The
eight Republican nominees comprise
some of the best business men of the
county and city of Salem. They are
men who Will extend the influence Of
Marion county to our state affairs and
into the legislature They are men
who will not sanction extravaganza, or
study to create new Jobs and heap up
new burdens. but will seek to protect
every Interest of the state, without
crippling any.
If they present the predominant idea
of the people Of Marion county they
will not permit nearly a million dol
lars of public appropriation TO be made
in the log-rolling enterprises of sena-
torial candidates, and to buy votes TO
appease this faction or that. They will
make fight to put every public Of
fetal on fat salary, and put all fees
where they belong-in the state treas
ury. They will cut loose from the cor
rupting primary system now in vogue,
and refuse to pay the bills out of the
public treasury which politicians In
cur to get on the ticket. AS we inter
pret the better intelligence OF the peo-
pie, this is demanded all over the
state, and the leadership and influence
of Marion county will be followed by
majority of the members in the leg.
islature as a business proposition. The
Journal believes It can truthfully say
all these things of the Republican
nominees. and for the Republicans of
Marion county. without disparaging in
any manner the character Of the nom
inees on other tickets.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08

voted for, in ali s1,s45,OOO, and they
say: He's a good un to talk re
forml"
All of the above, II It is true, does
not affect what we claim should be
done with the state officials, put on
fat salaries, and the expenses Of the
state trimmed to one-half the present
figure.
The Journal editor, when in the leg
isIature. fought the clerkship and
whitewashing Investigations until the
total expense OF the house at that SEES
sion was only $500 for clerks. while
the senate spent $500.
The total revenue required by the
state for the year 1896, following the
work Of that legislature. was the low
est OF any year since 1892.
The Journal editor did vote for two
bills that not a half dozen members
had the nerve TO vote for-One was
the state publication of school text
books, and the other for a portage at
The Dalles.
Since then the Republican party has
confessed its iniquity in the school
book matter by changing the whole
system, and now It is In favor Of The
Dalles portage The editor of The
Journal has not a single vote against
him that he does not feel proud OF, ex
cept that he was buncoed into voting
for Geo. w. Mcbride for United States
senator. and he found he was not
alone In that.
state salary reform will come, and
cannot be confused with personalities
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
souNp ON IRRloArIoN.

williamson. the Eastern Oregon
candidate for congress, Is sound on
the irrigation question. He is op.
posed TO turning over the waters and
irFlgable districts TO private corpora
tiOna,
The Journal has always pointed out
the danger OF that proposition, and
has tried 20 show that the homestead
or and producer would be at the mercy
OF corporation leasehold under any
but government ownership and control
OF the water supply,
In speech at The Dalles Congress
man Williamson said
Speaking ON the arid land question
he said Il IN not SO much question as
to whethor OF not these lands should be
irrigated, as Il Is a question as TO how
they should be irrigated.
These barren regions" he cOntin'
ued. had hettor remain SO indefinitely
than 70 be reclaimed by any system
that would pass them Immediately into
the hands OF large corporations. Some
scheme can, and must be, devised
whereby the federal government shall
put the water now going to waste, In
10 storage reservoirs and irrigating ca
nails. ON such plan as 60 be accessible
20 the homesteader and home-buildeI
IN quantities and under such condt
tions as viii render Il OF SUFFICIENT ben.
eht 10 him that he can anOrd 90 10.
main permanently upon the land. 9th
erwiso | had rather see Eastern Ore
Ron remain as Il is until this can be
adopted"
Better. as he says. let the desert lie
fallOw forever than 10 make the soil
and water. that belongs 10 the people.
a means for creating serfs and a de
pendent class og tillers OF the soil az
the merry at a corporation baronage.
with the land bonded and held by non
resident landlords,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
A cLATsoP CITIZENS MOVE
MENT

MENT,
Clatsop county now has the big
gest debt OF any county In the west
ern part of the state, and naturally
tho people talk citizens movement.
But there are citizens and citizens
movements. A citizens fusion party
means little or nothing I'm way OF pro
gress or reform. A real Citizens
movement throws partisan interests
overheard.
The genuine thing in that line can
not be accomplished by a mere coali'
tion OF politicians under a new name
a cohahitauon OF several minority par.
ties as a new plan to get political
thunder.
A Citizens movement must be born
with a new heart that feels the vanity
and faislty OF partisanship in munlc
ipal affairs. IL must divorce itself alb
solutely from the partlsanship foI
spoils that anlmates party.
The Astoria city and school debt
and the couaty debt are about 1910,
900, drawing nearly 10000 Interest
annually, and each Legislature IL
asked TO enlarge the debt limit.
Il n very doubtful II tho average
citizen can be brought 10 see the un
wisdom, the positive dishonesty and
immortality OF such a program, and be
brought to substitute a program OF
sOlvency.
Nothing will save the property own
ers OF Clatsop county and fair Astoria
from final reputation OF their debts
hut 10 reverse the engines OF munlc
ipal government, and adopt non-parti
san business administration.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
nNorAlNn IN IT,

That is the way the Portland Ore
& nian heads It's leader on the fat sal
airy plank OF the Republican state
platform
y II says there Is nothing In this re-
form for "the boys 10 warm up over.
Isn't that noble ideal 10 hold up
TO the people In public affairs? Is
Il any wonder the political morals of
Oregon are at low ebb?
There may be nothing In II for the
"boys" or the Oregonian, but there Is
a great deal In Il for the taxpayers of
the state.
The state officials are going to be
put on a fiat salary In spite of the
"boys" and the Portland newspaper.
The hired man on the farm gets a
fiat salary, and no fees or perquisltes,
unless II be kissing the hired girl, and
that costs the farmer nothing.
The hired men of the people at the
state house can be put on a fiat salary
Just as we'll as the hired man on the
farm, and they will be.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
CAN eEER ee SHUT oUr9

As the Republican party in Oregon
is really only a one-lunged affair any
how, 80 far as newspapers are con
cerned, II has TO take what the Ore
gonian gives II or stay out Of busl
ness.
AS the Oregonian deliberately shut
Governor Geer out OF the race for gov
ernor, and Simon out OF the race foi
senator. the people are anxious u
know who they may have for senator
or II they may have one at all.
The Oregonlan shut Geer out foi
governor as completely as though
Harvey had shut his front gate on
some child playing on the sidewalk
Can Il shut MIN out of the face foI
the sonatorship as easily2
Some day the Republican party will
have another newspaper and II VIII
breathe with both lungs. At present
Il Is too light-waisted TO do good work
or cut much figure in national affairs
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
A nnrAr MAGAZINE

The Review OF Reviews for April
has the most exhaustive treatment OF
the sugar tariff and bounty question
and OF the great merger trust. It's ar
tlcles are illuminative and accurate.
It has adopted the plan Of not only
telling the people all about such great
matters, but It has convictions of
what is right, and states them fatty
and unequivocally.
Thus the Review of Reviews exerts
great influence in shaping public
sentiment, and gives a distinctive NOR
al influence in public affairs.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
aiNc,No AN ON SONG.

Since The Journal has taken up the
nght 60 put an state officers ON a nat
salary. Just like the aired man ON the
farm. a few poowoe editors have
sought 70 make the editor an issue.
and here is their vail
They CHARGE that when he was in
the legislature ho voted for an appro-
prlaliona. aud noms that ne one elss
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08

The wounds of the Geer men are be.
ing healed by mentioning Governor
Geer for the Senate. Quite a ruse,
says the Albany Democrat.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
THE DAILY JOURNAL
THE MARION COUNTY TICKETS.

with the holding of the Democratic
county convention, the tickets OF the
several parties are now before the
people.
A good-natured canvass will be en-
tered upon and the voters will be ful
ly enlightened on the progress OF the
campaign through The Journal
II will be found that the county
government of old Marion the past
three OF four years will be hard to
improve upon.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08

The Jefferson Review says: II the
Democrats will nominate Hon. J. X.
Weatherford, of Albany, for joint SEN
ator of Marion and Linn he would win
in walk. It says Linn would give
him an astonishing majority, and he
would run far ahead of his ticket in
this county.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08

cago. The most reasonable dining car
service between Pueblo and Chica-
90. IL you are going to Kansas City,
Omaha. Des Moines, Chicago or any
place East, you should enquire about
the Great Rock Island Route before
purchasing your ticket. ASK your
nearest agent about 1t, or write for
folders, and any information desired.
A. e. COOPER,
Gen. Agt., Portland, Ore,
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
'sAVs-x 7VNHnor

Who will be the first saleslady in
the city?
Joe Simon will be found to be the
Marconi of Oregon politics.
%~s
The president will do well to let old
General Miles violently alone.
aF@
Salem milliners do not mean that
any young woman shall go unadorned
by proper lid or sky-plece.
If the Oregonian can have its way
Simon and Geer will be shut out of
the senatorial race completely.
Kitchener says with Grant, uncon-
ditional surrender. but he does not
with Grant seem able TO procure 1t.
rrs
The people of the rest of the state
will be asked to cough up in cold cash
a million dollars for the Portland Mid
way.
Il is another laurel in the crown Of
John Altgeld, of Illinois, that he died
a poor man, when he had an opportu-
nifty to be dishonesty rich.
~tt*
The Democrats are prematurely
alarmed lest the Republicans of old
Marion county be not sufficiently unit
ed in the coming campaign to win.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08
The Bicycle Boom
Is on Again

sort OF boom that prevailed To" years ago
an boom this time
People riding bicycles simply because Is the
fad or fast how
miles ride
the bicycle is
nothing affords such nvgorat
oyread OF obtaining that outdoor exercise
much In the we'll being mankind
people indulge In bicycling because Il Is onebeeause
harder sounder and feel better
generally
boom ought Interest and awaken YOU and
pe those who renewed their cycling
activity have purchased bicycles We position
tell you did and wen be swf glad to
do IT, too,
OTTO J. WILSON
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08

The Journal would have been glad
to have seen an opportunity to have
given some deserved public honor to
Captain Finer and Lieutenant Muir
ply.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08

III UVIIIN0 I2U0V' 111g
ing car between Salt
Lake City, Denver and
Chicago, buffet, library,
smoking cars between
Pueblo. Denver and Chi.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08

Is the only line
operating week
ly personally
conducted tour
list excursion
cars between
Pnrtlnnd an d
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-04-08

Chicago change via. the worlds great
est scenic line, making close connec'
tions at Chicago in Union Depot for
nI1 r,nintr Ernct nnllv standard RleeD
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-08
wasted Water.

From two great mountain systems of
our country, the Appalachian and the
Rocky. and from the lesser highlands
the interior, flow countless streams
hat are capable OF furnishing millions
horse power of energy. Many of
hese powers are already used, where
hey liz near the CenterS of population,
but by farthe greater part Of the whole
remain still undevelOped, and the
waters which might be, and eventually
will be, employed for the generation
of cheap power. are allowed to run to
waste What this waste energy
amounts to is still undetermined. but
it must be enormous. Some idea of its
extent is beginning to be realized by
the Investigations which have been
carried on for several years by the
United States Geological Survey in it's
study of the water resources of the
country, and by the numerous meas
urementS it has taken of the flow of
many of the STRAINS. These investiga-
lions have clearly demonstrated the
important fact that there is a magniti-
cent reserve supply Of unused power
scattered over many parts of the
country which awaits the demands
Of trade and industry.-U. S. GeOlogi-
cal Survey Bulletin.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-08
SAWDUST AS A FOOD.
GERMANY SCIENTIST SAYS IT CAN
BE so UTILIZED.
Ingenious Theory the Subject Is
Advanced - Declared to he More
Nutritious Than Straw-Horse and
Cow Yet to BE Heard from.

The mule that died just as his mas
ter had taught him to live on sawdust
was an ungrateful beast. Before long
horses and cattle will be fed on saw
dust entirely. if the invention Of a
German, as described in the Baltimore
Sun, fulfi!ls expectations.
Consul Frankenthal of Berne reports
the invention in Germany of method
Of utilizing sawdust as a foodstuff for
horses and cattle without the aid OF
the green goggles of the traditional
anecdote. There is residue of the
beets consumed in beet sugar factories
called ''melasse," which contains about
90 per cent of uncrystallized sugar
This melasse is to be mixed with saw
dust, which is shown by analysis to be
more nutritious than straw. Straw
contains over 312 per cent of albumen
36R per cent of nitrogen, IA per cent
of fatty substance and 39A per cent
of wood fiber, while pine sawdust has
SA ger cent of albumen, 40 1-3 per
cent of nitrogen, . per cent of fatty
substance and 35A per cent of wood
fiber. The sawdust, however, is first
treated with salt and lime water and
fermented to a certain extent before
mixing with melaSse.
Animals, it has been observed, easily
digest ysung shoots and roots OF
shrubs, sunfiower stalks and cornstalks
and the same nutriment remains when
these become wood. According to the
report, when certain chemicals-Salt
and calcareOuS water-are added tC
sawdust or ground corncobs and stalks
that have undergone certain ferment-
ing process the resultant product is q
food for animals that is easily assim-
Hated and digested and is liked by cat
tie, horses, sheep and pigs. The valu-
able properties of this prepared food
are based upon the nutritious matter
contained in the wood (Which is set
free by the fermenting process). mixed
with a large percentage of melasse.'
To the fermented sawdust may be add
ed potato Feelings, bran and the like
and then from 10 to so per cent OF me-
lassc is to be mixed in so as to be alb
sorbed by the sawdust
Inventors have often attempted &c
turn sawdust to use, without practical
results so far. One proposal is to con
vert it into fuel by pressure or by mix
ing with tar or other substance. An
other scheme is to blow sawdust into
furnaces. The schemes are innumer-
able and do very well except to the
eye of the bOOkkeepcr. If the nutri
tious elements of sawdust can be made
available by partial fermentation a
great point is gained. But the horse
and COW which are to eat the mixture
are yet to be heard from.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-08
Feeding Silage.

From the Farmers Review: ! have
fed silage for four years with good
success, and have never seen any bad
effects of using il. In the meantime
l have gained very large business
over nonfeeders. l feed daily from
thirty pounds to all that will be eaten
per COW. l have also fed oat and pea
silage. There are not very many
silos around here, but farmers have
been watching mine and have made
up their minds that silos are Just the
thing l am feeding now about fifty
head of cattle, and would say that
for me mo silo, no dairy."-Geo. L.
Franz Berrien County, Michigan.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-08
First U4e of Maxim Guns.

The British officer. Maj.-Gen. Sir
Francis de Winton, who died recently
in Wales at the age Of 90. was the first
man who fired a Maxim gun in war.
1t was he who first demonstrate ted the
practical use OF the new gun. All
doubt as to the efficiency of the YEA
pom passed after it had once been put
to this test of war. While it's utility
was still uncertain its inventor was
asked by a government committee to
have 10000 rounds fired at the highest
possible speed and the experiment was
carried out. But still the committee
was not satisfied. Gould you guar
antee your gun to go on firing auto
matically at the same rate for say.
twenty-four hours?" asked the chair
man The inventor replied that he
could and would on one condition
that the government found and paid
for the ammunition. The first inciina-
ton of the committee was to accept
the suggestion, but somebody calCu-
lated that the number of rounds would
be S64 900, and that the cost would be
about $50 900. and the committee sud
denly decided that it was satisfied
without the new trial.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-03-08
Some Points on Oats.

From the Farmers Review: have
considerable experience farming, and
raising stock for the past forty-siX
years. Every year 1 raised more or
less oats. l have always found the
oat crop very profitable and very nee
essary In raising colts, calves and
pigs, to give them bone formation.
l never raise oats to SELL l always
raise them to feed on the farm. cut
them at the proper time, and thresh
as soon as they will do. so get the
full benefit of straw, which is worth
half its bulk in hay, if it is kept in the
dry. There is more profit in oats, If
fed to good, well-bred stock, than to
scrubs. One way l have found a profit
In the oat crop is, we live in country
where we raise winter wheat. l al
ways had better yield Of wheat, from
three to five bushels to the acre, when
1t followed an oat crop, and could al
ways make a smoother surface to SOW
grass seed for meadow. And when
don't want to follow it with wheat
fall pillow 1t and turn the stubble un-
der, which makes good fertilizer for
corn In the spring.-James a. Teel.
Schuyler County, Illinois.