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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
ANOTHER DECISION.

/ The United States Supreme Court rend-
cred one of its characteristic decisions
last Monday, 9th instant, and incident
ally sustained the contention of the
state of SOUTH CAROLINA. Inasmuch
as the opinion was delivered by the re-
/ cent appointee of President RoosE,
| WELT, Mr.. JUSTICE OLIVER WENDELL
HOLMES of Massachusetts,, it will be
seen that the material added to that
body is in hearty accord with those who
constitute that august tribunal.
JOHN BRooMFIELD, (coloreD, was
, convicted of murder in the state
of South Carolina. He appealed TO the
SUPREME COURT of SOUTH CAROLINA
and the Judgment of the lower court was
affirmed. He then appealed TO the UN-
TIED STATES SUPREME COURT, alleging
that he had been denied the equal pro-
lection of the laws as guaranteed by the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States, inasmuch
as all colored men were excluded from
the grand jury that indicted Kim, not
withstanding four fifths of the popula-
ton of the community are colored peo-
pie.
There was no denial of the facts set
forth. The state of South Carolina
did not deny that all of the jurors were
white men, but the Supreme Court
decided that there was no proof to sus-
tain the allegation and the Judgment
of the state court was affirmed.
If the proof satisfactory to the UNIT
ED STATES SUPREME COURT had been
submitted, no doubt, some other Justice
would have discovered that it involved
a question of state sovereignty, in fact
was an action brought against state
and inasmuch as state can
not be sued, the case must be remauded
to the state court.
In other words, the Negro will be
hanged because he didn't submit the
proof and he would have been hanged if
he had submitted the proof. Both roads
lead to the same city and gallows for
this Negro is in the centre of it.
Well, he got decision from the UN-
TIED STATES SUPREME COURT and that's
something. Some people have died
from old age while waiting for what
this Negro got during his own life time.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

other living Republican was likely TO
receive from the South electoral votes
in 1904. These prospects have for him
now been bhghted, and blighted for the
reason that he has butted up against
what is a fundamental and eternal prin-
ciple with his fellow-citizens of the
Southern States,-a principle which is
supreme and which, when once attack
ed, is defended by united and concert
ed effort of Caucasians in the South.
That there was even a remote posi-
bility of any Republican President re-
ceiving electoral votes from the South
will hardly be accepted by any person
acquainted with the facts. Mr.. Nc
KINLEY to whom Mr.. ROOSEVELT is
said to be second in the affection of the
southern people couldn't do it. The
commercial elements that do not con.
troll a single electoral vote could say
pleasant things at dinner, but further
than this they could not go.
| MALONE, LoNGsTREET and other ex.
Confederates could not hold their states
in line for Republication, and how
could ROOSEVELT do it? The South
as represented by the Negro haters is
warning upon the fundamental princi.
pies of the government. 1t wants to
| establish monarchical customs in a re-
public. 1t wants system of caste.
and this doctrine, when once it has
worked its will upon the Negro will
attack the poor white man.
1t is well known fact that white
men in humble circumstances in the
| South are barred from the social fireside
of the aristocratic families with an
even greater certainty than a Negro,
for the latter can enter the threshold of
the mansion as servant and a poor
white man cannot.
The South asked that it be left alone
in the settlement of the SO. called race
question. Its request was complied
with and every state government and
political Office hereunder is in its con-
troll. Race prejudice grows with what it
feeds upon and it is now stretching
forth its rapacious hand to take from
the American citizen of color that pal
try official recognition accorded by a
Republican President. Will it succeed?
viii Mr.. ROOSEVELT be a party to this
transaction? viii he yield to the siren
voice of the tempter and lay the last
remnant of the Negroes rights at her
feet? If he will, so be it! Our ewes
are looking TO the North, where our
brothers WELD their priceless heritage
of suffrage and have promised ms pro-
lection.
We shall not lose hope, but if the
worst must come and no earthly hand
can stay its progress, in the language of
MCKINLEY, who felt the kiss of the
fiatterer, we shall murmur during the
moments of our political death:
sit is GODS way, His will be done,
not oursl"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

Mr.. J. o. NIXON of Wilmington, N.
O., is of the opinion that Congress will
either reduce the congressional repre-
sentation at the South or that basis of
agreement will be reached whereby the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
to the Constitution will be repealed.
He may be right in both cases, but we
are of the opinion that it will take an
other deluge of blood to bring about the
legal elimination of the national
Amendments referred to. IT'S true,
our friends in the north are silent, but
they are not dead, and any such at
tempt viii he met by recurrence of
the scenes that distinguished the abol-
tionists' efforts of other days.
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TO RACE PREJUDICE

THE New Orleans, Louisiana. TINES.
DEMOCRAT is carrying at the head of its
editorial columns extracts from the ut.
terances CT ABRAHAM LINCOLN during
his campaign for political Office and in
tending TO show that he was opposed to
the social and political equality of the
white and black races and that he was
even opposed to their serving as jurors.
This journal carefully evades any refer
ences TO his later utterances, but at
tempts TO convey the impression that
Mr.. LINCOLN was as radically opposed
to the Negro as is Senator b. r. TILL
MAN of South Carolina.
This reminds us. too, that before the
war the slave. owners quoted Scripture
to prove that slavery was divine insti-
tuition and even JESUS CHRIST, who had
left the earth eighteen hundred years
before was represented as endorsing one
of the foulest human institutions ever
devised by man. So Mr.. LINCOLN is no
exception to the rule. All these Negro
haters want is to get these men into
the grave where they cannot speak for
themselves and then they will proceed
to speak for them.
This journal even quotes THOMAS
JEFFERSON, dead man and OLIVER
WENDELL HOLMES, live one. 1t is
doing all this, however, for the benefit
President THEODORE ROOSEVELT and
the bait on that hook is so thinly dis
guised that you couldn't, in this section
catch a James River mullet, unless it
wanted to be caught.
1t says:
my paramount object in this strup.
gle,' wrote Abraham Lincoln, in his
famous letter to Horace Greeley at the
time of the civil war, "is to save the
Union, and is not either to save or de-
stroy slavery. If / could save the I'm
ion without freeing any slave, 1 would
do 1t; and If could save it by freeing
all the slaves l would do it; and if I
could do it by freeing some and leaving
others alone, / would also do that.
What do about slavery and the color.
ed race do because believe it helps to
save this Union.''
If President Roosevelt would in the
above quotation substitute the word
serve for the word save and the
words appointing Negroes to Office for
the words freeing the slaves he would
make easy the solution of the Negro
problem in the United States. The
trouble with the President is that ne
attaches too great importance to the
political recognition of the Negro and
too little Importance to the welfare of
the nation"
1t might be said that the TIMES. Dem.
ocRAT and its fellow Democrats attach
ed too much importance to slavery and
too little Importance to the welfare of
the nation, when it entered upon a four
years war to destroy the government
and these much abused Negroes entered
upon the same length of service to save
it.
And again:
HE seems to feel that he is obligated
to appoint Negroes to office, even
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

The people about here seem to think
that after a man has employed able
counsel at the expense of hundreds of
dollars, the cost of which had to be paid
out Of his own pockets, and after occupy
ing the time of the court for week ask
ing jury of white men to make an editor
give him ten thousand dollars for the
damage done to his character, and that
same jury after thoughtful consider
alton decides that his character was
worth just ONE O CENT, this mar
should keep quiet, or in the language o.
the street,-"go way back ard 81
doHn"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
GENERAL MARKETS

philadelphia, Pa, March lo.-FIour
was steady; winter superfine, $4,000
ESQ Pennsylvania roller, clear So 10
&3.25; city mills, extra, S2.956Dg 10,
Rye Hour was quiet. at 3S.150s.20 per
sylvania, red, new, 7SS7s%c Corn
was firm; No. 2 yellow, local. 5iHc.
Oats were quiet; No white, Clipped.
4SAc.; lower grades, aye. Hay was
steady; No. I timothy, $19 for large
$4,000. Pork was arm; family SOC
Live poultry, 13c. for hens, and g6
9hc. for old roostsrs. Dressed pouf-
try, at 1S3fc. for choice fowls, and 10c
for old ROSTERS. Butter was steady:
creamery, &c. per pound. Eggs were
steady; New York and PennsyIyania
1fhc. per dozen. Potatoes steady:
choice, 68670c. per bushei.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
Live Stock Markets

East Liberty, Pa, March 10.-Cattle
were steady; choice, $515@5.3O;
prime, $5Q5.16; good, $46594.S5.
Hogs were higher; prime heaviss and
mediums. $7.7547S0; heavy Workers
$T.s5QI65; light Workers., $7.S56745:
pigs, $40; roughs, $6.5027. Sheen
were steady; best wethers, S5.7566;
culls and common, $22503.50: choice
lambs, f6.S5@7l0.
East Buffalo. N. Y. March 1O.-Cat-
tie slow: prime steers, $5.25@5.5O:
hetfers, $3.50@4.60; cows, 81. 75SD4 25,
bulls, $3.25Q4.25; good to choice cows
$46Q65 per head. Veals steady; tons
$SQs.5O; common to good, 81 .500Tf5'
Hogs were active; heavy. S775@790;
mixed, $765@775; Workers., S7.45m
$50; pigs, 1925; roughs, S6.75@7:
stays, $5.5OQ6. Sheep were steady:
mixed tops $5.5065.f5; culls to good.
$7f5@T25; cuils to good s5som7.
western, $6.75Q7; ysarlings. S5.S06
$3.50; ewes. tS.soos.76.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
True Enough.

He-Funny thing about multiplica-
non and addition. You may multiply
nothing by a hundred, but it's still
nothing; while if you add a hundred.
it's different.
She-But there are exceptions. For
instance, you might take the dowdy
sort of girl and add hundred dollar
nat to her, but she'd still look like
30 cents.-Philadelph Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

WE shall discuss next week the mode
Of appointment to political office in the
country and how it has been changed in
the South in order to exclude the colored
brother from paying positions. The
method has been insidious, but sure.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
woula Liz. To ExnerIna,,

81 read the other day." he said, "of
fellow who hypnotized girl, and the1
kissed her"
You're not hypnotist, are you
George ?" she asked.
no." he replied. "Why?"
Because" she returned wistfully
81 believe I'd be a splendid subject
Chica 90 Post
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

Every Baptist Church should re
member its duty to Virginia Theologi-
cal Seminary and College at Lynch
burg, Va. The effort is to raise $12, 900
The outlook in this country is such as
emphasize the necessity of rallying to
all such enterprises
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

WITH wsll-nigh every right and
privilege swept away, there is more Of
a howl against the colorsd man than
there was when he was in possession of
all of his rights and privileges and
occupied seat in the United States
Senate
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

. Where ~ here igno zee is bliss, tits foil,
1T this be true, it may be, that what
we are about 20 say had best remain un
said. 1t may be that it is cruel to dis.
turb the feeling of jubilation, which
animates the breast of the average citi
zen of color at the prospect of the re.
turn by the Republican President to a
recognition and practice of those great
principles preached by SUMNER and
practiced by GRANT.
We confess that appearances on the
surface justified all of the conclusions
reached by our orators and editors, but
those who had investigated the situa,
ton and had watched the signs, shook
their heads ominously and gloomily adj
vised us TO wait and see. For these
reasons, we have been cautious in ex-
pressing an opinion concerning Presi-
dent RoosEvELT's policy in the south
land and when we read his remarkable
letters to southern Democrats, notably
the one to Mr.. CLARK HOWELL of Geor.
gia, comparing it with the utterances
of his brilliant Secretary of War and
the explaining dissertation of Mr..
THOMAS NELSON PAGE of Virginia, we
thought that it would not be out of
pace to analyze that BOOKER T. WASH
INaToN dinner, in the light of recent
developments.
President ROOSEVELT announces that
he will not swerve one-hair breadth
from the policy which he has marked
out. In view of this positive declara-
ton, it would be well to enquire about
that policy and to ascertain in time who
will be the MoRDECAI and who the HA.
MAN as result of its rigid enforcement.
1t should be understood that Mr.. RoosE-
WELT has no special love for the colored
brother and so far as we have been able
to observe has never gone out of his
way to accord to him special recogui-
ton. He AYERS in his most remarkable
letter that he will not do so now and
points to his record to show that in
this, he is in line with his former atti-
tude.
1t is but fair to state also that he is
emphatic, if not vehement in declaring
that the color of man s skin shall not
in any wise affect his estimate of any
American citizen This is a most COM
mendable position, but strictly in accord
with his oath of office and the manda-
tory provisions of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States.
Before we proceed further, it might
be well to remark that there is a Chop
ping-block in the backyard of the
White House and it is reserved almost
exclusively for the use of the Negro
office-holders of the southland, several
of whose heads may now be seen lying
around, a sight which will be appreciat-
ed by any Negro-hater, who will ele-
vate his line of vision above the level
CT the presidential bacN fence. True,
there are few lilly whites" heads
there TOO, but there are an over-abund-
ance of Negro office-holders' heads and
the presence of the others only makes
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
A Ray of Hone

Il am afraid the nobleman who is
to become your son-in-law has not
much talent for business"
Il don't know" answered Mr.. Cum
rox. IF he can manage to get as
good prices for other merchandise as
he does for title I'll trust him to
take chances in business. Washing
ton Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

IT should not be forgotten that the
colored men themselves are directly re-
sponsible for many of the ills from which
they suffer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is all right on
the CRUM nomination. Now let him
get all right on the matter of southern
appointments.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

CoLoRED people cannot afford to lose
faith in God. With that hope gone, in
the light of our present difficulties,
chaos would follow.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

Lives OF rich men, If we knew them,
Might not seem so Blamed sublime;
Oft the stomachs fastened to them
Keep them doping all the time.
Chicago Record Herald
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

CoLoRED men should make friends
with the better element of white men in
the South land.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
SATURDAY, ............MARCH Ii, 1908

CoLoRED men, continue to save your
money and buy property,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

ANY colored man who opposes race
enterprises among the colored people
is their own worst enemy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

THE Newport News, Va, STAR has a
$1,000 suit. We have been there and
know all about it.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14

Entered in the Post Office at Richmond, Va.
as second class matter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-03-14
JOHN 1ITIHELL, JR., EDITOR.

All communications intended for publication
should be sent so as TO reach us by wednesday,
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THAT BOOKER 4. WASHINGTON
DINNER.

to r BY niss ttgn9Ass is bliss, ii. foil:
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
Music
N e M O rial
Day
BY N. K. RUTLEDGE

Copyright. 1909. by W, L vail.l
"A AZ EMORIAL day music has a
|" double Office to perform
that is to say, It is adapted to
heighten or inspire two and
even more than two widely different
feelings. The dead heroes arc remem-
bered because they were comrades,
and they are honored because they died
glorlously for the country.
Since the exercises Of the day are a
festival to commemorate noble deeds
the mind is attuned to earnestness and
soberness, not, however, to mournful-
ness. Sometimes the feelings swell to
regions so lofty that the solemn and
majestic strains of 1.-THE Star Spangled
Banner alone have strength TO bear
up the mighty impulse. That noble
tune and the still nobler thoughts 1t
suggests when the heart is filled with
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
Tips From the Bat.

The Cubans play a great game. Their
inability to hit Myers yesterday was the
cause Of their defeat IL was "A gilt
edge game in every respect
Knox should be disciplined. People
are tired of hearing him cursing. His
action yesterday. standing In front OF
the grand stand cursing a spectator
was disgraceful Such acts of that kind
hil baseball. II he cannot be a gentle
man those who see the game would
rather see SOMEONE else In ms place
No one wants to see toughs
Chandler knows how 10 handle Joe
Myers.
Brown made a double yesterday.
The visiting players are all gentle
men. Their coaching In spaniah Is
Burtamantc played great game at
short.
Two games tomorrow at Front and
The villa Nova College play two games
..over the bridge" tomorrow. This Is
verv strong team and two good games ma,
be looked for. Powers OF last years A
A. Aeam plays on the college nine.
Ballantyne is playing great bali on
FIRST base.
rerney's fine playing yesterday was tn
feature Of the game. He had two two
base hits. ? sacrifice hits and walked onc'
giving him a batting average Of a thous
and. He also made a fine catch Of
line bah in the eighth inning.
II Everson got revenge yesterday. H'
n iphched another fine game.
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
,.PioRTS
y : .
TURNED THE TABLES
Lebanon Whitcwashed BY the vii.
minqton A. A.


Every member Of the A. A. team got
busy yesterday and as consequence
ne score was Gar different from the
day before, when the Lebanon team
bumped them to the tune OF 3 10 i.
Every member on the team had his Ut
tie brush, and the result was that the
fnlsh Of Lcnanon was painted la the
most approved style and given a coat
Of whitewash.
The game was different In every way,
isnd there WAS not a minute the visitors
were near scoring. They were outplay-
ed at every stage OF the game. Every
man on the home team got one 1r inorc
hits. except Hoffman, hut he IS cott'ed
10 an off day In this department. as n;s
work with the stick has been far pbu,t
Sie average.
l.vefson was again In the box. AMI
hold ihc visitors down To six scattere
hts Gastmeyer, who made such guod
immersion when he came here. has
been of for several days and .'ester-
day iaade the only errors ON the team.
Stecker and SINNERS had a cc'lr'ion,
VI. which the latter was put out "f the
ear'e Tor several minutes, but az Ter
the medical assistance Of DR. BlDugh
was brought around. The score;
Evening journal., 1903-05-29
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philadelphia, iltn Ma,

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Evening journal., 1903-05-29
RUMOR OF MENSCH'S REMOVAL
Union men Would Be Pleased to Get
Him Away.
Special to the Evening journal.

DhoSiai u the EVenlng journal.
Dover, May Politicians Of lower
Delaware are again astir over the ru-
NOR that Superintendent Clark NJ.
Mensch, of the rural mail delivery in
Delaware, is to be transferred to Penn
sylvania. This transfer would mean
much to both Union Republicans and
Regulars, and the outcome is being
awaited with much interest.
Supc. intendent Mensch is vigorous
lanti-Addicks worker, and has been
chairman Of the Regular Republican
Kent County Committee for several
years. Il is largely through his ef-
forts that the small band of Regular
Republicans have kept together and
untinucd the fight against the Ad-
dicks men. bIr. Menschs transfer
would not only get him out Of the State
and aw from the leadership of the
Regulars in the county, but the vacancy
would leave room for the appointment
Of Union Republican to the office,
and Speaker of the House Henry S.
Anthony is being spoken Of for the
place.
Mr.. Mensch has been any efficient
worker in the rural mail service since
his appointment, and is thorouehly ia
miliar with the work.