The broad ax., 1903-04-18

me syn lQ1IuLl On lol8 plAoA
which win Be held At Quinn Chapel
Sunday night, promises to be q very
instructive aRair. Many Of our leading
Doctors EIn read papers. and par
6cipats IN the discussion. DR.. A WI
bsrtorce williams win preside. Free
admission.
Col Ban. Moriarity. Of the Seventh
Regiment Of H., Is Of the impression
that 81 the friends and supporters Of
alderman McInerney would have
played politics on the square last sum-
mer, when the officers Of the ward or
ganization were elected, the result Of
the late election in the SOth ward
would have been different
he mobbing and lynehing Of
Thomas GIyard, q Negro, BY many
white christians Of Joplin No, We'd
nesday night.the burning Of the homes
Of al the other Negroes who were not
charged with committing any crime
ana driving them from town, shows
that Prof. Booker 7. Washington's
dope Is not settlsing the'Race Prob
lem" very fast in the south
The Boston Enterprise Is the latest
venture In the Newspaper world. The
Enterprise has been started for the
purpose of unhorsing The Guardian
which is the best newspaper published
IN the interest Of the Afro-Ameriean
race In this country, and which win
not fan at the feet Of Booker 7. Wash
ington. But it's our opinion that the
Enterprise which Is run for the bene-
at Of Booker T. can never route The
Guardian.
Two more Colored lawyers are now
entitled to practice before the SUI
preme court Of the United States.
They are julius s. Mitchell, Of
Charleston, s. c., and William J. Whip
pie, Of Beaufort, s. @. There are
now about twenty-five Afro-American
attorneys practicing at the highest
bar In the land, the first Of whom
was Hon. John n. Langston, who was
admitted away back in the 70's on mo-
ton Of James A. Garheld.-Ex
Three thousand and one hundred
dollars was gathered in at Quinn
Chapel, Easter Sunday. One thousand
and eight hundred dollars was pulled
in at Bethel Church. Many thousand
dollars was faxed in, in the other
AfrO-American churches, and some Of
the hard-WOrhng men and women
gave so much money into the churches
on Easter Sunday that it win take all
the money they can earn between now
and next Easter to pay their honest
debts.
John P. Hopkins, chairman Of the
Democratic State Committee Of mi-
ncis, who stands ven with the lead
ers Of the party throughout the coun-
try and the newspaper men Is well.
is just the man to choose for chair
man Of the new national democratic
committee in 1904. For with ex-Msyor
Hopkins at the head Of that commit
tee legitimate weekly newspapers,
which advocate sound democratic doc
trine would receive the same consid-
Grafton from his hands as the great |
daflyE
The Spectator, St Joseph, MOI
sass that "the Ola Church Organ" Of
this city b fencing at its own shadows
that It advised the race to vote for
Carter Il. Harrison, for the few dol
lars Carter Harrison contributed to
wards the incorporation Of the many
times sold Conservation" There Is {
much truth in what you say, Brother
Jones, about the Old Church Organ, 8
for It does not help to shape public
sentiment, neither for good or bad.
Long ago It lost what little influence
/ did have with the people
RsEs. Archibald James Carey,
Abraham Lincoln Murray, came near
having q set too over politics in the
conference held out IN Iowa last year. h
Archibald spoke kinder in favor Of the
democrats and acted Is though he was
ready TO put his hands behind him and
AXE money from either the democrats
Or the republicans, while Abraham !.
denounced the democrats and was
ready 70 cuss any one who spoke in o
,aEor Of them but Just a. soon As there
vas something doing OF some money =
vas held ND before theiv eyes, both
Murray and Carey foped over TO the q
IsmoeTsts- Il