The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-17
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
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was upon "The Coming and the Over
throw of the Negro in Congress" HIS
notice Of Hiram r. Revells, the hrst
negro to enter the United States Sem
ate Gin 1S70), concludes thus
"Ten years after Revells' letirement
from the Senate visited the capital
of Mississippi, and there met the late
Senator George, who was then Sena-
tor-elect. with the Governor OF the
State and number of other promi-
nent officials. / was equally surprised
and gratified to hear from them that
ex-senator Revells was doing great
work in Mississippi as president OF
college for colored students, and that
he was very highly respected, and MS
work was so we'll appreciated that the
State of Jefferson Davis, who was then
living. contributed annually and liber-
ally to maintain the institution. Re-
wells continued in that work until MS
death, and he lived to see Blanche X.
Bruce. of his own race, represent his
State in the Senate, with half dozen
or more negro representatives IN the
House. Bruce entered the Senate In
1875, served full term, and afterward
was made register of the treasury. He
had more rosy pathway than his pre-
decessor in the Senate. as the negro
was no longer Stunned as a pest IN
tbo oo,,pci Ia nf thp nation
B. X. Bruce's son, Roscoe Conkling
Bruce, is, by the way, the orator OF this
years senior class at Harvard.
Col. Mcclure relates also the follow
ing interesting story Of John r. Lynch
and President Roosevelt:
I'm 1873 John R. Lynch, another
prominent negro, appeared as a mem
Der of Congress from Mississippi, and
was one of seven negroes in that body.
He was elected for three consecutive
terms, and | saw the rapidly growing
tolerance of the Republican leaders for
negro political fellowship very impress
sively portrayed at the Chicago Repub-
lican national convention in 1884.
When the chairman of the national
committee called the body to order one
of the youngest members of the con-
vention rose and in a speech OF sin
gular elegance and force nominated
Representative Lynch as temporary
chairman. In presenting this nominal
ton the young orator said that it was
a fitting thing for US to choose to pre-
side over the convention one OF that
race whose right to sit within these
walls is due to the blood and treasure
SO lavishly spent by the founders OF
the Republican party Mr.. Lynch was
promptly and unanimously elected,
and the young orator who thus pre-
scented the first negro to preside over
national convention, and the only
one of his race who has ever been in
charge of such body, was Theodore
Roosevelt, now President of the United
States"
Capt John A. Webb, secretary of the
Railroad Commission, has recently
completed statistics from which we
gather the following interesting facts:
During the two years ending October
| /, 1901, 1000 persons were killed OF
| injured on the railroad in Mississippi
Such tragic happenings are on the in
crease and this record shows an in
crease of Is per cent. over the two
| years Immediately preceding the pc
Rod, and this despite the fact that
there were no smash-ups or great &C
cidents involving heavy loss.
The number of persons killed by
railroads in Mississippi in 1900 was
| 106 and the number injured 361, max
ing a total of 467 killed and injured
during the year. In 1901 124 were killed
and 400 were injured, making a tota
| of 593, or an increase Of sc over the
record of the previous year. The tota
number of killed during the biennia
period was 23O and the injured no
making a grand total Of killed anc
injured amounting to an even 1000.
Labor agents are infesting some o.
our hill counties" again, each per
suading the negroes to follow him Il
some new land of promise" Abou
100 families have left Claiborne count,
for the delta already. Most of thes'
people did well last year and clearet
money, but in spite of this they wer'
eager to leave their comfortable cab
ms and patches" their kindred ant
home, to enter q new country ant
new life of "the ills Of which the.
know not" The poor. deluded crea
lures are usually glad to get bacl
| hama n ftn.. n ,nar or two annnt In I'll