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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-23
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wANTED-Old feathers. lls Nass. av. B. B
DUBOIS. Main laps,
The colored American., 1904-01-16
WHAT THE PRESS CAN DO.

THE REFoRMER, published at Rich
mOnd, Va, prints a very timely editorial
on the subject, What the Press Can
Do" If the colored editors would lay
aside their jealouSies and their hobbies
long enough to take a manly stand for
therace, the colored press would indeed
be a power in the land. There was new
er a time in the history of the race, when
strong leaders were more needed and
when the men of thought and action
should get together for common pur-
pise and for a common cause. There is
no excuse for division of opinion on
the part of our leaders and editors.
The cause is a common one and the fight
is a common one. What does it matter
if one leader believes in industrial edu-
cation, another in higher educatiin, an
other III the principles of the Republican
Party and another in the principles of
some other party. The civil rights of
the Negro are being abridged every
where; he is denied the use of the bal
lot; he is denied his civil rights in thea
ters, hotels and common carriers he is
denied the right of engaging in certain
kinds of labor controlled by labor unions
and organized labor.
If the colOred editors want common
cause to fight for, let them all support
the MOrrell Bill. which makes it a fine
(with punishment of 5000 for any
railroad company or corporation to dis
Crininatc against its passengers OH ac-
count of race. color or previous condi-
tion of servitude. There is no reason
why this bill should not become a law.
Every eolored newspaper should print
this bill, and every colored editor
should call the attention of his Congress
The colored American., 1904-01-16
DELEGATES TO THE NEXT CON.
VENTION

EDITOR The COLORED AMERICANS
The time and place for the next Ma
tional Convention has been named, Chi
cagO is the place-June Ist, is the time
The all-important question now is, who
shall be the colored delegates from the
District of Columbia?
In former years, Mr.. Perry Carson
has been honored with the privilege of
representing the District in these great
National Conventions Mr. Carson has
always proved himself true to every
trust imposed in him, and has ever stood
for the rights of his people We praise
him for what he has done, and will ever
cherish him for his past record in behalf
of his people. But, his hard work of the
past and his declining years all tell us,
that his usefulness to his people, and, to
the party of his choice, is about at an
end, and therefore, it becomes the duty
Of the people to select a delegate to rep
resent their wishes in the next National
Convention. Whom shall it be? is the
question.
We can only stand off and look on.
There seems to have been a great deal
Of dissatisfaction in the selection of the
cOlOred delegate to the National Con-
vention of 1900. The cry of Hunfair"
ballot was heard on every corner. These
The colored American., 1904-01-16
WHY DO THEY BUTT IN ?''

II certain groups of persons would
devote their energies toward pushing
the philosophy they pretend to espouse
and refrain from making trouble in
other spheres of activity where neither
their advice nor presence are desired,
what a beautiful world this would bel
An Irishman would not be likely to
attend a session of the A. P. A.. You
wouldn't find Jew getting busy in a
Gentle prayer-meeting. Arthur Pue
German would not be looked for as
4 delegate to the National Afro-Amer-
lean Council. Then, by the same token
why do such well-known Negro Dem
ocrats as Archibald H. Grimke and
William Munroe Trotter insist upon
'butting in" and attempt to control the
deliberations of a true-blue Republican
Convention, made up, to a man, of
loyal. working Republicans? These ac-
Enowledged Democrats and their confed-
crates carry trail of trouble wherever
they go They created a fuss at the
Louisville meeting of the Council. and
this winter saw them sowing the drag
onS teeth in the sanctuary of the
Suffrage Association If the Negro
annex to the Democratic party is trying
to initiate the main body of their
,rowd by pursuing a policy of obstruc-
ton, negatiOn and decentralization thev
are IN very fair way to be admitted
INTO full fellowship with their dear Cor
mans Illlmans, Vardmans, Morgans,
CarmackS, and other excellent friends
OF the black man. Mr. Cleveiand's
sometime consul to San Domingo and
the endorser of the Bay State Democ-
racy should shiny on their own side, y
and make more strenuous effort to OBJ
serve the eleventh commandment
Don't butt in -
The colored American., 1904-01-16

In the death of Col w. A. P1edger,
of Georgia, the race losses one of its
great men and one of its ablest cham
pions. Peace to his ashes.
A race that is building schoo1houses,
building churches, building banks and
other institutions, is not race to re-
main long in the rear in the procession
of human progress.
How well the white people love office
is shown by the number of them who
are going to the islands of our new pos
sessions as school teachers-male and
female-civilian clerks and common la
borers. A colored officer in the Philip
pines writes that the department and
temperament of white people toward the
American Negro is changed as soon as
they get into the new possessions. The
white office seekers and office holders in
the Philippines get on the most friendly
terms with the American Negroes over
there, and really attempt to enforce
social quality.
The colored American., 1904-01-16
DIED AT AN OLD AGE.

Mrs Eliza Johnson, we'll known in
this city and perhaps best known as the
mother of Mr.. Gerard Millar the world
renowned baSso profundo and comedian,
died Sunday, January 3rd, at e D. m, in
her 6Ist year. She was a Christian and
died in full Christian hope and faith.
She was daughter of the late VIM and
Ellen Pinn, and was born in Fauquier
County, Va. She leaves a loving, de-
voted son, Mr. Gerard Millar, and a
brother and sister, Mr. Strother Pinn
and Mrs. Sarah Gaskins, and host of
friends to mourn her loss. Her son did
everything in his power to assist her,
and nothing was left undone to add to
her comfort. Her slightest wish was
always granted. At her death Mr.. Mil
lar was travelling in Michigan with a
theatrical company and could not be
mothers death The funeral took place
from the Second Baptist Church, Janu-
ary 9TH, at o'clock Rev. w Bishop
Johnson and w. ]. Howard spoke beau
tifully over the remains, and the good
and hustling qualities of the deceased{
She was member of the Council,
maritans.
The colored American., 1904-01-16
GREAT DAILY.

One of the things the Mirror would
led by colored men. We would like
20 see that daily published at Wash
ngton as probably the most central
point. There is a number of good men
AVAILABLE for it's management. In this
inc E. E. Cooper has demonstrated
superior ability. w. E. B. Dubois IN
the editorial chair would make 1t
worth the reading and r. w. Thomp-
son as ''Paragrapher," would not be
bad.-The Mirror, Danville, Va.
The colored American., 1904-01-16
TO OUR DELINQUENT SUBSCRI-
BERS.

We have on our mailing books, a
large number of names of persons who
are considerably behind in their sub
scription to this paper, and who have
been notified a great number of times,
but who seem to pay no attention to
hese mild duns. Beginning with the
Scr Year we hope that every subscri-
be. NJ, make an effort to pay up what
we can get out a better paper
i every way. This dOsen't
other fellow, but it means
Iho will be the first to start the
rolling.
The colored American., 1904-01-16

things ought not to be; we should be
just in all our dealings But, as unfair"
as that election might have been, we are
again an aspirant to go as a delegate.
This may be true But we can not be-
lieve that the intelligent people of the
District of Columbia will always sit still
and submit to these nominations made
in the whiskey saloons and forced upon
them for ratification.
You can not expect to be recognized
as an honest people-people who should
be counted worthy to have a say in the
national affairs, until we learn to put
our best men to the front to represent
us among the brain of this country.
The eyes of the world are watching us
today, as never before, so let us be
prudent Let us endeavor. to be men,
Traders" and traitors" in former
national conventions, m years gone by,
among our own people, are some of the
great objections to the colored people
in politics today. The Negro who can
be bought for a song, and who is easily
turned by every wind that blows, is
not flt subj Ject to represent any race of
people. Beware of that colored brother
who would give his very soul to repre-
sent you in the Chicago convention
He is after something race be
Id.
We know of no one more befitting
to represent the District of Columbia
IN the next National Convention than
Mr.. James w. Poe. He is a true race
mana man who has the interest of
his people at heart,-and the District
people should see to it that Mr.. Poe
be elected as their delegate to the next
National Convention. He is a man of
clean character and is highly respected
by the leading Republicans of this coun-
try. He is also for President Roosevelt,
Gas all sensible colored people are,) and
is therefore in better shape to present
the wishes of his constituents, before
that august body, than the gentleman
who went as delegate in 1000. Three
cheers for Mr.. James W. Poel On with
him to the Republican National Con-
ventiOn.
]. c. CUNNINGHAM.
The colored American., 1904-01-16

There are three sections in the State
If Illinois where Negroes have been
lriven out,-where a colored school
teacher was lynched for defending him
self and where colored children are de-
lied admission to the mixed schools
md still the wealthy lawyer and race
nan is not on record as having offered
his services to prosecute the law break
RS, or his purse to help along the cause.
The colored American., 1904-01-16

should be accOmpanIOU - z-
of the writer, not necessarily for pub
ncation but as a guarantee of good
faith.
We solicit news. contributions, opin-
ions and in fact all matters affecting
the race. We will not pay for matter,
however, unless it is ordered by U.s.
All matter intended for publication
should reach this Office by Wednesday
OF each week to insure insertion in the
current issue.
Agents are wanted everywhere
Send for instructions.
The colored American., 1904-01-16

Petty jealousy is the besetting sin of
he Negro. One so-called big Negro
will travel a thousand miles to tell the
people of the faults-real or imaginary
of another one.
The colored American., 1904-01-16
rolling.

The truly great men do not stoop to
small things.
The colored American., 1904-01-16

ask him to vote for i. If
IN does not vote for it,
the reasons for the
The colored people
.- oportunity as
.a. -e-.r. : of Con-
---- '1y or I'M
Y.
tn.
.s- .e ..
s.. er.
The colored American., 1904-01-16
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-03
AN OLD SMOKERS DREAMS
He Had to Give Up His Pine and
Cigar, But Still Enjoyed
Them.

1T has been IS years since 1 was
told to break loose from tobacco, as
over-fndulgence in smoking was about
to knock me out said S. 3. Mason of
Chicago, reports a local exchange.
From that day, though SO dear
a lover Of the weed, haven't nut
a cigar or pipe between my lips, and
yet, strange as it may sound, ON nu-
merous occasions find myself putting
out huge clouds of smoke drawn from
the most fragrant HaVanas that ever
were given to solaee mankind.
These smokes, let it be understood
come in my dreams, but the enjoyment
they confer is as solid and substantial
as in the old days when the indulgence
was reality. Curiously enough. too.
the visions always present group of
friends, can see them putting aWay
vigorously. catch the aroma they
blow forth; hear their conversation
as In the old days, and the whole at
mosphere is OF tobacco. Yet, DESPITE
these vivid pictures, awakening brings
no desire to resume the ancient habit
and SO expect to continue dreaming
of smoking to the end of the CHAPTER
without ever putting it in practice ,,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-03
Al 5IasculgaN Trait.

Men, as class. are not certainly
in the habit of Boosting of their coed
looks" said Miss zaida ben Jusuf, the
distinguished photographer. AT the
same time, though, every man is sure,
and rightly sure, that there is in his
face some unique and admirable quail
ity, and on account of this quality he
would not change faces with any one
There is on Arabian story" Miss
ben Jusuf resumed, which brings out
well mems liking for their own faces
and theif distaste of the faces OF
their fellows.
1.-TWO camel drivers, according to the
story. met in the market place and the
first said:
at met B. mag to-day @ho declared
that / resembled YOU
!" Tell me who it was, said the othes.
that may knock him down
Oh, you need not trouble, said the
first camel driver, I did that at once
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-03
EGGS MATCHED BY THUNDER
So Says Tradition of Swans Eggs,
But There Is a Doubt
About It.

A beautiful white swan sat patiently
on her nest in a zoo, relates the Wash
ington Post.
She's a-settins,'' her keeper said.
There's seven eggs under her, and
they'll all be ready to hatch out by the
time the next thunderstorm comes IN. y
Thunderstorm? e. said the visitor.
What has thunderstorm got to do with
it?''
TIN hatch out the eggs" the keeper
explained. Swans eggs are SO bloom
In hard that nothin' short of a good clan
o. thunder will burst 'em. It's d we'll un-
derstood fact among naturalists that
young swans are never Matched except
durin thoundersterms. Did you never
examined a swans egg? Why, hang it.,
it's as hard as rock
Considerably impressed, the visitor
sought out the superintendent of the
zoo.
Your birdkeeper," he said, tells me
that swans eggs are so hard that it takes
a thunderclap to hatch them. Is this
true?''
It is tradition, !" the superintendent
said gently. Many persons think it
true. You and I. however, would just
call it a tradition-an odd, pleasant, in
teresting tradition
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-03
she would Not Do.

a Boston mother with the true Boz
ton woman's born-and- bred horror Of
anything "vulgah" had to engage a
nurserymaid to take the place of one
who had married. An advertisement
calling for the service of another maid
was inserted in the papers. and an ap-
plicant appeared in the person OF q
demure looking young woman, to whom
the mother Of the four young hopefuls
said: Il am very particular regaWd-
ing the language used by my nursery
maids. am especially particular re-
gawding the use of slang. / nevah
allow my children to use any form OF
slang, and hope you would not mind
IL I corrected any grammatical errors
/ might diseovea' in your conversation. ;"
We'll, dunno said the applicant.
after few moments reflection. so
guess, lady, that I'd hardly come up to
the scratch, 50 might as well git q
move on me an look somewheres else
feg a sit. So long. LADY. - yaman's
Home Companion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-03
IN PHILIPPINE JuNGLEs.
Army Experience That Brings Out
the Stuff That American Sol
diers Are Made Of.

The column was toiling along in the
sun up a hillside. The grass was over
the head Of a man on horseback, and
it was very hot down near the ground,
where no breeze could come. says the
New York Sun. Here and there a sick
man was hanging back under his load.
It was the sort of a trail where you
are quite worn out and you make bets
with yourself as to- whether you will
keep on going to the top of the hill,
knowing very well that you cannot
help it.
Suddenly the boom of a mountain
gun ahead came down through the
sitting air. The crash of a rife vol
ley followed, and then more guns.
swiftly, steadily.
A shiver of life ran down the col
umn. Hit 'em," said the old SER
geant.
Heads lifted. The column closed.
The walk changed into a half trot.
There was only one thought-to go
forward to get at EN-
Don't YOU think you'd better stay
awhile lenger?" hospital attendant
asked a private who had just fallen out
under the sun and was resting in the
shade of a bush.
Hill! don't you hear them guns ?,'
was the unansWerable answer. Gimme
my rife
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-03
Not a Promising Client.

An old lawyer tells a good story
about a case he had, but which he
didn't keep.
An Irish woman sent for him in great
haste Que day. She wanted him to
meet her IN court, and he FASTENED
thither with all speed. The wonan's
son was about to be placed on trial
for burglary. When the lawyer en-
tered the court the old woman rushed
up to him, and in an excited voice
said:
Mr.. b, OF want We to get a re-
n1and for me by Jimmie"
Very well, madam. replied the law
yer. Il will do so If I can, but it viii
be necessary to present to the court
some grounds for a remand. What
shall I say?''
"shure, We can just tell the coort
that Oh want a remand till Oh can get
better lawyer to spake for the by
After telling the woman that she
would have to get another lawyer to
take up the case, he hurried back to
his Office very angry man.-Rehoboth
Sunday Herald.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-09-03
PORTO RlcANs LOVE MUSIC
Even the Children Sing snatches Of
| italian operatie Pieces in
Their Play.

The Americanization of Porto Rico is
! thing OF years There is much to
be done before the majority Of the peo-
pie here, uneducated and simple as they
are, can be made successful American
citizens. But there is no doubt that
these particular descendants OF the Lat
ms and Indians have some peculiar at
tributes which we in our zeal to reform
should neither make over nor endeaver
to better, says a San Juan correspond
ence.
One of these IS the inherent love and
talent for music which one finds in
every man, woman and child on the IS
land, no matter what their station or
advantages.
This is just as purely a general trait
as are many others perhaps less laud-
able. The music of Italian opera is as
familiar to these people as it is to the
graduate of a musical conservatory III
the states, and more so in great
sense The first lullaby a child hears is
likely to be a stirring solo from "TroVa-
tore or snatches from difficult Italian
sextst. This is the class of music that
the small boys whistle and the girls
sing to their dolls. The mass Of the
people are unfamiliar with the music
of the Anglo-Saxon nations. but know
s to a greater or less extent the lighter
music and more recent operas from
Spain and Italy.
At intervals italian opera companies,
usually direct from South America,
have come to the cities of San Juan and
Ponce and played for one or two weeks
in both places. The last company
which came comprised some 50 mem
bers. They played all the. more IA
mi1iar Italian operas, and what they
lacked in costumes and stage settings
they made good in enthusiastic and APP
preciated interpretations and really ex-
.cellent voices. The barytone in this
company took the city of San Juan
quite by storm, and Americans and
Porto Ricans alike Joined in his praises.
The thealer here was filed to over
flowing every light-that, too, at prices
TO equal those of a similar occasion in
the states. The gallery was filed with
poems and people of the lower classes,
many of whom lad very likely had
nothing more to eat that day than a
piece of sugar cane and a bread crust.