The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-13

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ly discussed the question, Resolved,
That Jim Crow law should be adopt
ed and enforced in the District of
Columbia" The affirmative won the
debate That the authorities of the
university allowed such subject to
be discussed, shows that they are un-
fit to be in control of an institution of
learning.
Senator Teller OF Colorado has in
troduced a bill in the Senate making
February ~, the anniversary of Lin
coins birthday a legal holiday.
Representative Champ Clark OF Mis-
souri, is the author of a bill providing
that when in addition to the regular
postage 10 cents worth Of stamps shall
be affixed to a letter, and the words
Special delivery" written on the let
ter, it should be carried through the
mails as if it bore the regulation "spe-
cial delivery stamp.
1t is given out on good authority
that Hon. j. c. Napier Of Nashville,
Tenn, will be appointed consul at
Bahia, Brazil.
Hon. VesIasian Warner, commits
sioner Of pensions and formerly Con-
gresham from Illinois, has been made
rich man by the recent death of his
father, Dr.. John Warner of De Witt
county. The estate of Dr.. Warner is
pension commissioner will get one
|. fourth.
For the past few years Senator Gull
lom has had in mind the accomplish
ment Of an achievement which will sti.
the pride of every citizen OF Illinois,
the building Of a monument in the city
of Washington which will commemOr-
ate to the remotest generation the
fame of Abraham Lincoln. He is one
of the few men now living who knew
! Nj. Lincoln. before he became a ma
tional character He sat at the feet Of
Lincoln and drank inspiration from
that noble soul. He was his associate
at the bar OF Illinois, upon the political
platform and in the details of political
and social life. His love for the great
emancipation strengthened with the
years, and much OF his character, ex-
emplified in his long service, is the re-
suit of those years of training with
MI Lincoln in the work Of the legal
profession in Springfield. The frui-
ton Of his great design seems now to
be fairly in sight. He secured the
passage OF a law making an appropri-
alton for the purpose OF securing plans
and a location for the proposed Lin
coin tho c9rita1 Tine
desires and prayers of the people not
only Of Illinois but Of the whole coun-
try will attend Senator Cullom in this
labor Of love-
Secretary Root has undertaken the
reorganization of the consular service
with the same energy and determine
ton that he showed in reorganizing
the army, and he proposes to '.sit up"
with Congress until he has succeeded
in securing complete revision of the
laws now governing that branch. of
the government.
Some time since, Mrs Anna J. Coop
er, principal of the Washington High
School, through the influence of Mrs.
Beulah Ray Penny, wife of Prof. Pen
ny OF the Kansas State university,
signed an application for membership
in an around the world excursion
managed by Frank G.. Clark Of New
York. She paid her deposit and re-
2ceived reply from Clark, Who wrote:
eve should be glad indeed if you
decide to go with us. We can assure
you delightful trip
Three days later Clark learned that
Mrs. Cooper was an Afro-American,
and therefore returned her money and
denied her application to join the ex-
cursion.
Mrs. Cooper thereupon sued Clark
passage to Europe on her own account.
She travelled around Europe, visiting
the places the Clark party visited, and
paying her way with $500 worth Of
travel tickets she had bought from an
other excursion firm in New York, but
she missed, as she explained on theI
stand the valuable educational features
in the shape Of the lectures Of thaI
guides that took part in the excursion. /
In explanation of her demand for
damages, based on an alleged breach
of contract, Mrs. Cooper declared, i
"As woman of education and re-
fnement suffered considerable indig-
nifty and modification when the fact
became known among my friends mi
Washington that l was not to be a
member of the Clark tour, and that
my deposit had been returned. 2
Are you in good standing in Wash
ington society,"" Mrs. Cooper was ask
ed on cross-examination
I think | am; claim to be, was
her answer.
You know what good society in
Washington means that it consists
exclusively Of the president and his
cabinet, the Supreme court, the sena-
tors, a few representatives, the army,
and the navy--do you not 2" continued
Alexander S. Bacon, who represented
Clark in the trial, and that outside of
those few nobody can get into it-isnt
that fact q
This is democratic America. We
believe in America that a man is a
man, replied Mrs. Cooper.
But we are speaking of aristocratic /
Washington" interposed Mr.. Bacon.
sE And when we speak of good So
ciety, retorted Mrs. Cooper, we UNI
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