Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-19

ployed at and engaged in forty differ
emit pursuits and business The men OIL
character and intellect have the hard
est struggle Recently a negro lawyer
appeared in a case before the federal
court in Illinois. and he halls from
Des Moines and Iowa. He has fought
his way up at the bar of this county.
But "A few years ago another negro
lawyer was banished from Iowa by
Judge Woolson and is now in the penl-
Tertiary of Illinois. TIE evidence
shows that white men went out of their
way to show favors and extend cout-
tesies to the latter. while the former
was not even allowed to file an appll-
cation before the supervisors for that
elcelnosynary position known as jus
ticc of the peace.
There is a young man in this city
whose signature on piece of paper IN
his official capacity is good in any part
of the United States for $4,000. mora
o, less A few years ago he and his
wife We're arrested for robbery con-
mitted i'm the federal building. He WAS
threatened with the loss of his posi-
ton and then arrested by a white man.
VINO Is HOW SelNIUS ttil VIZ, litNVi' Nei'
sentence in an Iowa penitentiary.
There was not a scintilla of evidence
even connecting him with the crime
Honesty triumphed in the end.
Recently several negro girls have
been discharged solely on account OF
nationality BY denying their race
they could have retained their positions.
There is not a white man in the state
of Iowa who could have distinguished
these girls from any of the white girls
i'm the city-either in manners. fea-
lures, intelligence, or womanly bearing
The most recent case is the discharge
of a girl by a firm which has had the
benefit of at least $4,000 in trade from
the negroes of Polk county during the
existence of the store. The store is
willing and ready to employ a foot
man, janitor, or woman to take
charge of and clean the lavatory. But
position requiring brain power and
skill-perish the thought!
In one city on our border there are
twenty or twenty-five negro girls
teaching in the public schools. The
school board is made up of white men
and a vast majority of the pupils are
white The state is republican and the
city democratic in politics. The teach
ers were selected on their merits. Iowa
people, think on these things.
For the benefit of the Cedar Rapids
Republican, Marshalltown Times-Re-
publican, Keokuk Gate City and Coun-
ty Attorney Jesse Miller, give sum-
mary of the current criminal docket of
Polk county The written and ex-
pressed opinions of the above are not
in harmony with the record. The cur
rent census will give at least 5000 ne
groes in Polk county. l want to en-
phasize the fact that three-fourths of
the crimes and misdemeanors are COM
mitted by nom residents. The docket
from September 25 1908, to date, shows
the conviction of thirty seven negroes.
The vital and only question is how to
reduce this proportion, six out of 1000.
Why not keep negro boys and girls
of character and intelligence and skill
for Iowa? Why not open the doors of
honest and respectable employment
and close the Jail door?
Foley's Kidney cure makes the dis
eased kidneys sound so they will elm
mate the poisons from the blood.