The broad ax., 1904-07-30

nesl this sumner. He Is vel blessed
With the colored people who have
beId uicnics there this season, ee
maintsins that 50 Ear nothing has oc'
cured 70 mar the occasion, and on
Non6ay August sth the Friends Of
Illinois club WIN hold forth at os-
Walds.
Thomas Taggart Ex-Mayor Of Indi-
snapo,is Ind, has been chosen as the
new chairman OF the Democratic
Nstiooai Committee. The colOred
peoDle Of Indiana have always had
consdepee in Tom Taggart, and when
eve- he has run for once they have
lemuy supported him and it viii be
pIeasing to them that he has been
fbuslv honored with the Craftsmanship
Of the national committee.
Mrs Booker t. washington has skin
ned everything back which she had
70 say respecting the discrimination
aeainst the colored people at the St
Iouis Fair. and this simply shows
that Mrs.. washington and her hus-
hand ara actually unfit to pose As the
eminent Representatives Of the
Afro American race, for they are
sfraid or lack the courage to give e1-
uression to their honest convictions
Rev. Father Kelly, the popular pas
tor Of St secelia's church, 9Th avenue
ana 45th street, who is one Of natures
pobIe men. has returned home nom
an extensive trip to the Philippine Is
lands. Japan and the Orient Father
Kelly greatly enjoyed his long ulp'
and when he returns to the city from
speamping at Springfield and at St
Louis with the It'll regiment he VIII
he kept busy in greeting his many
admirers.
The Coroners Jury found Denis F.
scauy the State street car eonduc-
tor guilty Of the murder Of Henry T.
Harris. a Negro, who offended another
conductor, by asking him what diree-
ton the car was going. Now let the
states Attorney do his part and hang
this handy atrigger-puller," for 1t Is
appalling to note how little a man 5
life and property is worth In TINS
state Il continued violence, incen-
diarianism and murder.
With twenty to thirty thousand men
On a strike ct the Stock Yards ana
With many hundred thousand Idle In
All uarts Of the country, and with
meats. and other eatables selling Tor
tan times more than they are worth
wbicb means that they are beyond
the reach Of those who work for small
wages. It Is high time for the leaders
n the Republican party to send up
that old familiar cry on with the
afuU dinner pail!"
The Afro-American National Re
publican League held q large RoOse-
velt and Fairbanks meeting at Bethel
church Tuesday evening, and from
now until the close Of the campaign
the colored churches all over the
country viii be transformed into com
mon political halls, which viii enable
the cheap white republican politicians
to cock their feet on the tops OF the
uuluits, spit tobacco juice over the
carpets, at the same time they VIII
shout at the "niggers" in the pit Re
member that we feed you"
p P. schlaeks, 6116 South Carpen-
ter street, ex-city DOiler Inspector, Is
one Of the many steadfast friends Of
this paper, he is unlike most Of the
politicians, for Just a. soon as they
are landed into q good fat Job, or get
out Of once they stop their subscrip-
ton TO the newspapers which had al
ways stood by them, but this Is not
tue as far as Mr.. Schlacks is con
cerned, for he has not held a public
once since July LIST, 1901, never
thaIess, long before and during the
intervening years he has been a con-
slant supporter Of The Broad Ak, and
it hopes HIS helpmate, Mrs. Sehlacks.
win soon be restored to perfect
health.
The following are the new oheers
of the DemOcratic State COMMITTEES Of
Illinois:
Charles BOschensteln, chairman; A.
w. Charles, Vice-chairman; b J.Clag-
set, treasurer, Denis J. Hogan, sec
rstary. At the meeting Of the con-
mittee IN the sherman House last Fri
DAY Il vas addressed by Hon. Law
renee q. sringer, candidate for COVER
nor, and several other candidates for
state omces. Senator Stringer made