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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Booker Washington in Florida.

The reception of Booker Washington at
Gainesville. Florida. was creditable to the
community. He appeared as the friend of
both races, and his address was worthy Of
the occasion. He had q message which
proved Of interest to everybody who heard
it. 1t would profit every man, white or
black, in the south who desires good order
and thrift for his section to consider the
questions presented by Prof Washington
and in the light Of his presentation. He has
considered them himself with great care,
and he is man of superior intelligence
and fine character. In some particulars he
Is the ablest man his race has produced,
and he is devoting his life to its uplifting.
The present regrettable revival of race
prejudice cannot obscure two facts The
first of these is that the negroes are here,
and here to stay. Nothing is less worthy of
serious consideration than the occasional
chatter about colonizing them in some dis
tant country. Those who indulge In 1t are
either dreamers or Idle agitators. No such
scheme could possibly be put into success
full operation. The number of negroes and
their wishes have both to be taken into &C.
count whenever the subject Is mentioned
They are very numerous, and they don't
want to go. They have a right to stay, and
for that matter the great ma jority of their
white neighbors In the south want them to
stay.
The second fact Is that, as rule, they
are now and for many years may be ex-
pected to remain, agricultural laborers
The south Is now. and always will be,
largely an agricultural section. The land Is
rich, and the climate favors the crops The
negroes like the south and will remain
there. They are at home there But they
need training in the better order Of farm
work With that they viii become of
greater service to themselves and to the
south. The greater their intelligence the
greater Will be their producing capacity,
and the more desirable in every way will be
their services
Now this is the end Booker Washington
has In view. His whole effort Is to increase
the sum of the negroes practical intelli-
gence. SO that as tillers of the soil for them
selves or for others. or as wheelwrights, car
penters, smiths, or what you please in the
lines OF everyday usefulness, they may do
better work and earn better wages. Should
not a man like this be encouraged? Is 1t
not. indeed. a public injury to visit upon
him any feeling arising from mere political
agitation and for political purposes?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

the practice. they lent their encouragement
to the extent that they refused to sanction
the right of youngster to refuse to do bat
tie. Capt. Brownson, superintendent OF the
academy. has undertaken to stamp out this
practice absolutely. and Is trying to secure
pledge from the entire third class to obey
the academy regulations in every respect,
and especially with regard to this matter
Of hazing fights. Pending the agreement OF
the class to give such pledge he IL re-
strfcting its privileges. and thus the situa-
ton stands Cadets who will persist in q
refusal to pledge themselves to respect the
rights Of their youngers and to abstain
from unmanly prosecutions and brutal prize
fights should be deprived Of more than their
leaves and outings. If necessary. Capt.
Brownson would be justified In vacating the
entire class should 1t persist in a refusal.
The navy would be better or without these
young officers altogether than to swell its
ranks with men who hold such ideals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
The Standard Oil Trust.

The attitude of the trusts toward Con-
gress does not vary. They all take 1t and
maintain 1t. 1t Is assumed that the national
legislature Is composed Of men who not
only have no knowledge Of business Affairs
but are prejudiced in some way against
capital. The trusts, therefore, when meas
ures in which they are interested are taken
up by Congress come forward, first with
advice through special representatives, then
with cajolery If advice falls and then with
threats If cajolery fails. We usually hear
If their wishes are finally disregarded that
the party thus offending shall receive not
dollar of contribution from any trust
source for It's next campaign fund.
The sugar trust played Its part little
openly nine years ago when the tariff was
under revision. 1t as much as said to Con-
gress, You must consider my interests and
favor them as far as possible in whatever
you do. The sugar schedule you are de-
batting is not acceptable to me. 1 know
more about the subject than you do, and
you must be guided by my opinion. Give
some attention to the schedule have pre-
pared. That meets my wishes. and 1t rep
resents the business aspect of the matter"
The result, as we all know, was an explo-
sion, and an investigation by the Senate
which disclosed with other things the
fact that the sugar trust at that time had
no politics, but had been distributing its
campaign favors impartially between the
two parties. The sugar schedule finally
adopted was not displeasing to Mr.. Have
meyer and his associates.
1t Is the Standard Oil trust that now
makes itself known here. 1t objects to
the antitrust measures under consideration
in Congress and calls halt The assump-
ton is that Congress Is pursuing capital
at the behest of the mob, and that 1t needs
to be reminded Of the danger and called
down. The precise terms Of the telegram
ascribed to Mr.. Rockefeller are not given,
and Mr. Rockefeller refuses to discuss the
subject. but enough Is known TO support
the current story that the Standard Oh peo-
pie are exceedingly active In an effort to
have put into shape to suit their Inter-
ests the antitrust measure Of this session.
or defeat all legislation Of that kind.
Both the President and Congress. we are
told, are advised fully of the situation.
This should insure the defeat OF the trust
program. The President, as everybody
knows, has incurred the deep displeasure
of all the trust influences, and he Is not
likely to decline a fight. At any rate the
countrys interests will be quickened by
these disclosures, and public sentiment will
approve Of an extra session Of Congress II
the trusts shall make one necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Ex-SIaves and Pensions.

The true friends, north and south, of the
negroes should be at pains to convince
them OF the absolute valuelessness OF the
bill introduced in the Senate by request to
pension ex-slaves. It has no chance what
ever Of becoming law. 1t may never even
be seriously discussed In either house OF
Congress. Why should It? Why consume
time in this Congress, or the next, or the
next upon a measure with no claim upon
attention except that Of vague sentiment!
There are a great many ex-slaves who are
very poor and whose condition excftes
much sympathy. but to propose that the
government succor them by granting them
pensions is simply to propose that the gov
eminent undertake the care Of all the poor
and needy. No such proposition ever will
command support Of any consequence In
the Congress Of the United States.
The following surprising dispatch comes
from Birmingham, Alabama:
Camp Hardee United Confederate Veter-
ans, one of the largest confederate veteran
camps In the south, this afternoon adopted
strong resolutions indorsing the bill re-
Gently introduced In the Senate by Senator
Hanna providing pensions for the ex-slaVes
and urging Congress to pass the bill.
1.-The resolutions highly eulogiZe the old
slaves for remaining at home peacefully
and cultivating the crops Of the southern
ing for the south's rights. The resolutions
also declare that the slaves were not by
any act Of their own responsible for the
war, and deserve pension for their heroic
conduct during that conflict"
This testimony to the fidelity Of the
groes Of the south to their trusts during
the civil war is well borne, and 1t could not
be too heartily expressed. That chapter Is
as fine as the best written in the history of
any race. While the whites OF the south
were in the field waging war for the con-
tinued enslavement Of the blacks, the lat
ter remained at home guarding the families
Of the former. and by producing the crops
helped to prolong the struggle. We hear no
little of what the whites Of the south
have done for the blacks since the war
closed in the way Of taxing themselves for
school purposes. but every cent Of It was
earned by the latter during those four ter
rible years, when what was dearer to the
white men of the south than their own
lives, or the flag for which they were fight
ing-the security of their wives and chill
dren left behind-was largely in the care
Of the blacks and admirably accounted for
at the close Of hostilities.
But what does the national government
owe these ex-slaves on that account? AS
we'll might 1t be asked to pension the mas
tiers who were in front of the Union armies
with guns In their hands. For master and
slave were at that time allies. The former
was a soldier trying to disrupt the Union,
while the latter titled the soil and produced
the food upon which the soldier and his
family subsisted. Those confederate veter-
ans cannot be testers. but they evidently
take q very strange view of matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Medical PROGRESS.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.

foHi IHe I@'uIsVIIIH CourIer-JUuTuAI
An analysis OF the philanthropic gifts
made In the United States during the last
year shows that larger sum has gone
toward the alienation of physical suffering.
and work that gives promise of alternating
it. than toward any other cause. This Is
the dictation Of sound estimate of the rel
alive Importance Of human needs. It is q
fundamental philanthropy; bodily health Is
condition precedent to mental. and even
to spiritual, growth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
For q Change.

The summer time will soon draw nea
And twill be rather nice
To drop this bother Ger the coal
And worry Ger the ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

A Georgia episode In which two white
men killed two negroes. MORALLY wounded
one and seriously hurt eight others Is de-
scribed as a race riot It looks very
much as II the colored men lost the race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
SHOOTING STARS.
Generalization.

do you have to wear silk stockings II
you are an ambassador said the man who
had just arrived at the European court.
Certainly; there are two classes Of peo-
pie who are required to wear silk stockings,
diplomats and chorus ladies'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Imagination.

Don't you find literary work a great tax
on your imagination?"
YES" answered the author; II keep on
imagining that every book 1 write Is going
to be hit and make fortune"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

There Is naturally some hesitation abou:
allowing a class of Annapolis students to
be the judges of what constitutes undue
physical hardship in hazing. college
boys idea Of a good joke is liable to be
more or less extravagant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

The picture of Mr.. Rockefeller trembling
before the prospect Of trust legislation is
one that will appeal to many imaginations
But 1t looks more like fancy sketch than
a photograph from nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

The nearest to a retirement that Mr.. Ad-
dicks will come Is to call It a draw and
start another game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

Reports OF threatened revolution in CO.
lombia should be received with caution.
This is Colombia's golden opportunity to
settle down to business and become a high
class country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

]. Pierpont Morgan insists that he is pay
ing more than his share Of taxes Mr.. Nor
gan now realizes how a vast number of the
little fellows feel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

The South Sea Islanders who escaped the
tidal wave literally took to the tail tim
ber'' by climbing cocoanut trees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

The Butte, Mont. young woman who
shocked the proprieties is no longer in liter
airy demand. She can now put her hair In
curl papers and wear corsets like other
girls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Mediunal
From the Chicago New

Probably the truth about the American
people Mes somewhere between the things
chat WI said and the things that Speck
is saying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

A great many false hopes of chicken and
watermelon will be aroused by that bill to
pension ex-s1aves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

From the Baltimore American.
There are faint signs that the tween
tieth century Is going to see a rebellion
against the sardine system Of street-car
travelling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Frederick's Statue.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
It appears that just at this 1uncture
Washington circles are impressed with the
difficulty Of finding a suitable site for that
statue Of Frederick the Great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

Nothing short OF an automobile accident
can revive public interest in Mr.. Tom L.
Johnson at this particular moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Work Of the Trusts.

From the New York World.
With 1000 Standard iOil employees dis
missed, 5000 laid or by the sugar trust
and from l.b00 to 5000 to be thrown out of
work by the Interurban Company. prosper
ity begins to bear a faint family likeness to
ha ri fiu,oa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

Various types Of great men demand va
'rous amusements. W. ]. Bryan, for In
stance, would rather edit than go fishing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09

China is quite as civilized as any country
on the map when it comes to an apprecia-
ton Of the Importance Of holding on to
money,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Burying the Wires.

From the Chicago Post.
Every little blizzard Is an argument in
favor OF having at least trunk line tele-
graph and telephone wires run under
ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Civic Spirit.

From the Knoxville Sentinel
The hope Of any city is in the proper de-
velopment OF spirit Of cooperation on the
part Of its people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Suggestive!
OvercroWdingl

From the Mexican Herald.
Latin America needs more Krupp guns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
The Oil King Cracks the Whip.

From the Baltimore Sun.
How can any senator vote to STOP the
passage of laws to which Mr.. Rockefeller
for wholly selfish reasons, Is opposed with
out exposing himself to the suspicion that
he IL controlled by the 'oil king and Is
carrying out orders?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Typhoid and Drinking Water.

This country will have to get on the best
1t can with Hobsonless navy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
OIL
e Portsmouth q. H. Chronicle.

From the Portsmouth a. H. Chronicle
Colleges are all right, Mr. Rockefeller
but we prefer to let the colleges worry
along with what money they have. for a
while, and pay q few cents less a gallon for
Oil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
So Thew Did!

"a number of people refuse to concede
that a man is great simply because he is
rich"
II know that" answered Senator Sorg-
hum, 'but you can't tell anything about
popular opinion. Didn't lot Of people
sheer at Calico and Shakespeare and Ma
poleon and all the rest Of the great men?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
A Modern Version.

The prodigal son of the modern day
Journeyed homeward from far away;
well treat 1t all as a harmless JOKE
His father said, when he comes home
broke"
But the young man sported a necltie red.
And his hat reposed on the side Of his head,
And he put his feet on the parlor chair
And told them to get him the bill Of fare.
They stood and waited in great suspense
For him to begin his penitence,
But he simply said he would like to know
What made the town SO COMPOUNDED slow.
And he never allowed them to forget
That he was ON deck as the family pet,
And they sold the calf. mid vexations
grim,
Cause veal wasn't good enough for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
His Only Interest.

The price Of coal today said the dealer
refectively, "is-
II don't care anything about that" inter-
rupted the consumer; what 1 want to
know IS how much will have to pay be-
fore you will consent to deliver q ton to
me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
The Lengthening Day.

From the Boston Herald.
The ten-hour day Is with us again. Who
doesn't like to see the daylight waxing
longer at q two-minute per diem PAGER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-09
Echo Of Grfdiron Dinner.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Spain's eloquent and scholarly minister to
the United States Is doing good work In
emphaslzing the byEoneness OF the byGouss.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-09-24

The recent advance i n silver to fifty nine cents, the highest price at which the white metal has been quoted for more than two years, is attracting con siderable attention. Should the rise continue and prove to be stable, inter est will be awakened in silver mining as an independent industry and some of the mines abandoned few years ago will be reopened and worked at . profit, Arizona would gain to as great a degree as any other division of the United States by a revival of silver mining. There is yet hope of an in ternational agreement to fix the ratio between silver and gold on basis ac. ceptable to the nations.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-09-24

The announcement is made that Joseph L. Giroux has resigned the superintendency of Senator Clerk's United Verde mine, to give his per sonal attention to the interests of the Giroux Consolidated company of Mexico. The Jerome News says " It cannot be but with feeling of the keenest regret, that Mir. Giroux gives up the reins he has so success fully handled over the magnificent properties of the United Verde Copper company. To bring property, which authority tells us, was, twelve years ago, valued at less than $40, 900, to n point where it is estimated to be worth more than S5O,OOO,O OOO is triumph enough for one man.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-09-24
The Grafter's Plea

The statement is made by the Phoe. K Gazette in behalf of Hugh Price, le deposed surveyor general, that hile he knew that an investigation of Is office was being made, he was too ok at the time to take much notice of and was compelled to leave Phoenix efore the investigation was concluded Id did not have chance to defend lmself. It is now understood that he IS recovered sufficiently to return to hoenix and inaugurate a fight in his VII behalf. Mir. Price and his chief erk, Mir, Murphy, who was also dis issed, both claim that at no time were legal fees received, but that when urry orders were received, the extra loney paid by applicants for patents as legitimately disbursed among the flee force for working overtime.
 It would be gratifying to many per )ns, no doubt, if Messrs, Price and Iurphy succeeded in refutiug the harges of which they have been de. Jared guilty, and for which they have cen dismissed from office, but the tets are against them, and facts are .ubborn things
 The claim made by Messrs. Price nd Murphy that the extra fees exacted ,om applicants for mineral patents ere legitimate charges is refuted by pecial Inspector E. B. Leonard, who lvestigated the surveyor generals of- ce at Phoenix. Mir. Leonard has ;ated that If the office was not pro ided with sufficient help that there as in the mineral fund of the office 3S, 900 which could be expended in mploying such help as was necessary lere being two fuGds available for Ieeting the current and ordinary ex. enses of the surveyor generals office. he public land fund had been depleted, ut the other remained untouched. The xtra fees extorted from the public was luch easier money than the mineral md offered, for which strict ac- bunting was required.
 Washington adyices are to the effect nat explanations will not avail, as the uilt of the deposed official, of the harges preferred, is established.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-09-24

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has 1ncisely stated the mission of the Ma onal Irrigation congress "The pres nee of the national irrigation law on .atute books marks the end of the poeh of effort toward committing the ation to making the most of it's terri ory. The Ogden congress, while indulg- lg in congratulations regarding prog sss thus made, has been considering the ractical methods of executing the law. he personnel of the congress com. rises the business men of the noun lin states. They are interestediu the 'ork of scientists of the several de- artments of the government having ) do with irrigation for entry and soil improvement. This work is much more Xtensive along these lines than the Ountry generally is aware. The noun Iin states are exceedingly rich in lant food, both in uplands and low Gnds. As soon as water IS applied the ssult is phenomenal There is much } learn, of course, regarding the re- loval of alkali from the soil, economy the use of water and selection of lalts from all the countries of the 'orld where the conditions are found .milar to those found in the west. Of le two thousand scientists in the de. artment of agriculture nearly every ne has something to do with these roblems. We shall have scholars in le land competent to deal with every ,ature of the irrigation ques ton, and no work will go on with increasing ef- ectiveness
Arizona silver belt., 1903-09-24

t he district court at Colorado Springs, Judge Advocate McOlelland asserted that, General Chase was in authority by virtue of the executive order of Governor Peabody, and had absolute authority of the situation by right which the governor gave him when he ordered troops to the district" We do not believe that the courts will sus- tain the judge advocates contention.