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New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

fellows face. and instantly told German that he
could remain president of the affiliated baseball
clubs, If he wished. until his expired and he
trusted that his new office would interfere with
his playing right field for the Nationals.
For many years Mr.. German absolutely named
the governor of Maryland The state conventions
merely Endorsed his choice In 1888 he made the
late Robert McIaue governor. but the latter was
too ambitious He wanted Germans seat In tho
Senate When Cleveland first elected Presi-
dent In 1854 he asked German to select a Mary
lander Tor an important post The Senator
promptly named Governor MOLane as Minister to
France When German was asked at a gathering
of friends to explain why he had selected a poti-
cal rival for such desirable post. he said:
II thought Governor McIsane was less dangerous
q rival In Paris than In AMMAN ,,
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
COOL UNDER CRITICISM.

1t was also during Clevelands first admInistra-
ton that Mr. German had leading Maryland
Democratic lawyer appointed to a high executive
position in the Postoffice Department. When the
Maryland boss soon afterward wanted that orfcIal
TO make room in the department for a number Of
Maryland political workers he declined to appoint
moro than certain number. Mr. German made
no attempt 10 force the appointments.
year or SO later the lawyers friend started a
boom for him for governor He had quite a fol-
lowing and believed he had a chance TO win the
nomination. Meeting Mr.. German he said:
Senator. l have been asked TO for gov
ernor''
''Ahr' remarked Mr.. German BY which
party2'
The lawyer never got the nomination or any
other office Mr.. German was revenged.
MIR. German never spoke disparagingiy OF HI.
political enemies matter what he Thought on
them Neither did he ever betray any feeling over
tho newspaper attacks upon him.
In the last campaign the day that Senator
Rayner came out in an open letter denouncing the
dlslranchisins amendment TO the constitution. and
following II UP with a challenge to MIR. German
70 meet him In joint debate, the Democratic State
Committee met, Senator German present ana
wss asked what coramsnt he had to mako upon
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

his own fights, and asked nothing for which he
was unprepared TO pay These tactics made the
boy who was Senate page in 1853 the very con-
siderable figure he was at his death last week.
When Senator German said, MY public career
has been treated of in both a fair and unfair
manner by the newspapers; my private life does
not concern them" he expressed as nearly as was
pOssible IN short terms his rnoda OF living
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
W. S. SCARBOROUGH. vice-president of wIber-
force University. Wnberforce. Ohio:

The term Negro does not appeal to me- though
1 sometimes use it. As this word was ORIGINALLY
used TO designate certain African tribes possessing
peculiar physical and racial characteristics | re-
gard 1t as too rsstrietive 70 be applied to all peo-
The people of African descent in this oo1,n+rv
run the entire gamut from ebony black 10 pure
dtstinctively to both types. Thus in the original
genealogical and chronological sense some are
Negroes and some not. Hence this term
cannot justly be applied to all OF them For This
reason prefer the term 'Afro-Arnerf,an hacaNss
l believe II is comprehensive enough to take In
Another objection have to the use Of the word
NEGRO IS that it is too often used in derision
and In contempt In the mouth OF the average
Southern white man Negro and ''nigger's are
synonymous the former too frequently giving place
TO the latter. In view of present race antago-
nsn1s, see no possible way of dgnifying the term
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

The Rev. FRANCIS J. GRIMKB pastor of the
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, Washington:
AS TO the by which people of color ara
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

THE REV. r. s. LOvINGGOOD. president OF
the Samuel Houston College. Austin. Tex
The term niger is used in reproach Nero
is much like niger that I and h sornsJShat
offensive TO many of my people. In this section
Negroes use the term Negro more than any
other. "Afro-American' IS rarely ever used 'CSoi-
ored people is not offensive. I prefer Negro
with capital n.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

designated in this country. it IS matter OF no
Importance whatever IL seems TO The only
terms to which I object niger" 'negress''
and ''darkies' The thing that am concerned about
that people OF cclOr be accorded their full civil
and political rights in every part OF the Republic.
As between Negro" and "AfrO-American' either
may be used so far I am concerned. Sometimes
use and sometimes the other.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
CHARLES W. ANDERSON. Collector OF Inter
nal Revenue. New York

The usual difficulty Of adjusting the terminology
of race groups after they have been transplanted
for a generation or more from their mother coun-
tries presents itself in a peculiarly aggravated
form when We attempt 20 find a word which will
correctly distinguish the Americans OF African de-
scent from the descendants Of other foreign breeds
IN this country, without being in itself or soon
degenerating into a term OF reprOach Tho term
Negro is neither completely descriptive sats-
factory.
The Americans Of African descent are only con-
structfvely Negroes, for many OF them have blood
retnforcements from other races and IN color they
run the entire gamut from clear white 70 pure
black. This. however, IS the least its OFFENCES
The real objection is that II too frequently sug-
geStS the abhOrrent siSter-tern, ''Negress" Afro
American IS not bad, but not enamOred OF
any term which qualities the word 'American.'
The title American citizen IS too broad 70 be
qualified don't Ike ''Afro-American, Irish
American. German American or any other
hyphenated American I therefore inclined TO
favor the OF Negro partly because to drop
II would expose to the charge Of being ashamed
of my race (and hate any man who IS ashamed
of the race from which he sprang). and partly be-
cause know that name term confer or
withhold relative rank in this life All races and
men must win equality OF rating and status for
themselves.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
CHARLES ALEXANDER. Editor OF "Alexar
der's Magazine" Boston:

- 4 large proportion Of the inhabltants Of West
Africa, South Africa, Brazil the West Indies, the
Cape Verde Islands. Peru, Arabia and fully one
distinguished chiefly by one physical Characteristic
and that is a dark complexion. There are. II is
true, great variety of shades found among these
people ranging between black and creamy white
History, science and philosophy have stamped
these people as Negroes 1 agree fully therefore,
with Booker t. Washington that the proper name
BY which representatives of this race scattered
throughout our country should be designated is
Negro The term 'colored originally applied
TO the Negro shortly after the Civil War as a term
OF derision-an OpprobriOus epithet the same as
niger while the term "AfrO-American" was in
vented to force the capitalization OF our race desg
nation. But now that IT is almost universally
agreed that the term Negro is the proper name TO
apply TO the people described above. the cOnlbina
ton Of the political term, "Afro-AmeTican' is not
needed
There is. perhaps. no instance IN history Of a
race striving 20 shun itself is the with a
large element OF the Negro race in the United
States When individual attempts to change
his name it is evidence that he IS no longer
proud of that name else he would not care 10 dis
card it; and so II must be with a race.
II each individual Of the Negro VIII strive
with all his might to live such a life OF useful
ness as TO compel the respect and admiration OF
his neighbors. he will dignity and make glorious
and honorable the name that fixes his racial iden-
tity.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
JOSEPH A BOOKER. president OF the Arkansas
Baptist College, Little Rock. Ark:

agree with Booker T Washington. The most
enlightened among the American people have called
US Negroes for the last two and half centuries.
Niger is corruption which ought not 10 pretu
dice an unbiased mind The term Negro desig-
mates q black people the progeny OF q black
people. While there many individuals IN the
race who as white as. or perhaps whittier than.
some Caucasians, II Is nevertheless true that the
race as such Is either dark or black We could in
vent or apply convenient term TO designate
them as rnolgrel people, but the classification in
this way would be both unsctenttdc and unpopular.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
The Rev. HENRY HUGH PROCTOR, pastor
Of the First Congregational Church Atlanta.

prefer Negro to ''Afro-AmerIcan. The 1s+,ar
IS pedantic, clumsy, exceptional and un-Anerican
vantage Of popular usage. What is needed is not
to change the name of the people but the people Of
the name Make the term honorable that men
will consider it an honor TO be called a Negro
But always spell 1t with capital
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
JUDsoN W. LYONS. Register of the Treasury.
Washington:

The Negro. colored man Afro-Amerfcan. Just
as you may be pleased to term him. has been IN
this country since he with Columbus.
He has been here ever since. He has bled IN every
battle for the preservation OF it's flag and inde-
Pendenee He has exeelled all in his labors for its
development. He Is to-day its greatest Industrial
factor and II ever man has earned the right 70
be described by a term general to all. he Is the
man.
1t Is high time therefore that he should insist
upon being called American. but, X 70 is neces-
Sary to use another term 10 dtIerenLiata him
that term In my opinion is "colored He is no more
a Negro than the descendants Of the Puritan
who settled at Plymouth Rock those OF the
Cavalier who settled at Jamestown Va. English.
He Is no more Afro-Amerfcan than these same
settlers are Ango-Saxons. In all the struggles
through which they have gone TO earn a name and
reputation for themselves, he has been BY their
sides. as brave and unfaltering they have been.
Now, them II IL be necessary To term OF
distinction, am IN favor OF using the word "col-
ored. for that puts him in the biggest company OF
the world, and gives him the advantages OF being
in that company; and scientifically IL is more
known TO the world
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

The world is too busy TO do US the honor OF TAX
ing time TO call US Americans. We must find
name less imposing Such a name has been
given 70 u.s. and we must keep IL and make IL
honorable That name Is Negro Everybody the
world over knows what you mean when you say
Negro, whether the person referred 20 resides in
the United States elsewhere.
We are not ashamed to-day TO be called Chris
tans because that given TO the follow
OF the Lord Jesus Christ by their enemies. not
in praise but a reprOachi Nor do blush 70
be called Americans because in the earlier days OF
the Republic II the custom Of English
men to regard with emotions OF supreme contempt
country. its people and bOasted civiliza-
tion. The black people Of America have but to
augment their efforts In lines OF self-eeVatiOn and
culture. and men Will 70 reDroach Us by
name whatever.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

The Rev. BENJAMIN MARKLEY NYCE presi-
dent of Taladega College Talladega, Ala:
Negro is the natural title. and the most ac-
ceptable.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

The Rev. WALTER II. BROOKS. pastor OF thu
Nineteenth Street BAPTIST Church WASHINGTON:
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
GEORGE L. KNOX. Editor Of THE Freeman. 81
indianapolis.

The word Negro has at all times been used TO
designate race, and while some people prefer
TO be called colored, prefer to be called Negro
The word Negro" is not objectionable to me. and
for my part. but 1t should always be spelled with
capital y large IT be made. When a
man calls me Negro do not feel insulted any
moro than white man does when called eau
casian a man from Ireland an IrLAnman.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

mes a,yav vvbe, men of black skin are as refined
and cultured ana l,l AfGi back man need not depore
its color ALL and black Will bn+ g we cling 10
Negro'' we win always be mixed up, uR i in Afriea
minds with the original stock, %S a1 ~i after we in
America have worked our way up 10 eoH'P' ~
9sI II is a curious fact that the black man man
does feel ashamed OF MS Color y Nor ~ do red or
brown or yellow despise the black @ man on on
oS bis color only in the presence OF whte aH nleH
and the white man is the ohiy one ~ap W. because
they are black or red brown or Yellow anu +is bG
white Now, how has the white S,t man Skin and why
do blacks so generally concede the superiorlty 3t
a colorless cuticle? say it is wholly f0
and the exact reverse ought to be the rule' ioT
rake. for instance the question of majority
There are only about six hundred mlMom I Tni.eS T
in the whole world whereas OF DLack Sht SeT b,nSrs
million. Now the majority rules IN AmeriGaI IN Ttf
matters HoweSeT if Ss any who tho desPise 95s
the majority as necessarily common fbav Should reject
on the fact that while there are about six hundred
nne rIi6n bunGred and fifty million blacks. that the
whites are in feeble minority when compared
majority when compared with blacks alone
ferring White skin to black one In fact. ar ar
tsticay the black is finer ard se ead eap
like a plant grown IN dark cellar , white In a
more more naked and shamefaced than tho black whose
skin seems to clothe him almost ike garment,
appearance OF white skin when it is pimply or
in time. and after the black man in America has as
really bs yt bFother bacK @ skn should not be
Just as desirable and popular as a white one. and
Teroes s5 BY 'T ouT friends and ngger by our foes
but just blacks plain blacks. good blacks; true
or yellow, for wear or for fashion either. Hold up
0pF ensnY g rsspecab ye you only
insist always that It is 50.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

The letters from Negroes include the following;
JUDGE ROBERT II. TERRELL. Of Washing
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

The Rev. JAMES GRIswoLD MERRILL presi-
dent OF Fisk University. Nashville. Tenn.
agree with Booker T. washington that the
Negroes Of America should be called Negroes, sim
ply because find that this is the name by which
all my friends of the race prefer TO be called.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
MARION J. VERDERY.
York Southern Society:

EDWARD OWEN. commander of the Confed
crate Veteran Camp of New York:
I agree with Booker Washington.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
DR.. DAVID STARR JORDAN. president OF L
land Stanford, jr.. University, California:

] think that Mt. Washington ought to be a goot
judge Of what the Afro-Amertcans should bt
called. Racially they are Negroes; Negro" in
Spanish means simply "blaclz." There IS however
this serious difficulty: A very large percentage o
them, including most OF those who are ambition!
or disaffected have quite as much Caucasian blooC
they have Negro blood IN their veins
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

WILSON L. GILL. president Of the Patriotic
League, OF New York City:
I favor the name 'colored people," 7 believ'
1t is preferred by that race.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

DR.. WILLIAM FREMONT BLACKMAN presi-
dent Of Rollins College, Winter Park. Fla.
The "AfrO-Americans ought TO be called NE
groes." This is the name assigned to this by
the general consent of anthropologists and eth
nologists. II IS short, accurate, universally un-
derstood and dignhed term, and OBJ
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

DR. WILLIAM H. MAXWELL, City superin
tendent Of Schools of New York:
1 quite agree with Mr.. Booker T. Washington
that the Afro-Americans ought 10 be called Ne
grOes. The term Afro o-American is too anC
too formal. The term niger always carries with
II the idea OF dsapprobation.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
DR.. THOMAS HUNTER. president Of the MOI
NAL College Of the City OF New York:

IN my opinion the correct word is Negro-Ameri
can To call Of this race 'colored" means
nothing tor this IS a term commonly applied TO a.
Asiatics. To call the Negro an Afro-A American
does not distinguish him from one OF the many
other races inhabiting Africa-from Nuban, al
Egyptian, an Abyssinian Algerian. Perhaps
after all, the simple word Negro were best. Hy'
phenated names. when applied to Americans BY
adoption, should be avoided.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
THE REV. DR. HORACE BUMsTEAD, pre-
dent OF Atlanta University:

I have long been accustomed to use the wort
Negro" (spelled with capital like other rac
names a convenient designation for the peopL
OF African descent (more or less whom American
race prejudice has undiscriminatingly segregated
into class by themselves. At the same time,
recognize the inaccuracy of the term as applied
to a large portion OF this class who have no les
white blood (and many Of them far more) thar
they have African. regret the necessity of usnJ
any terms that tend to emphasize and perpetual
distinctions of class In O country wher
all citizens have an equal right to be known sim
ply as Americans
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-04
Relief for Rheumatism.

These damp days are hard on peo-
pie afflicted with rheumatism, and
relief is sought In all sorts of rene
dies.
There Is no doubt In the minds OF
people who have suffered with the
dread disease and those who have
studied it closely that probably more
relief can be secured from the Osteo-
pathic treatment than any other
or course, some chronic cases
won't yield to any treatment, but in
stances of cases of. seven and eight
years standing yielding to three
months treatments can be cited. II
you are suffering of rheumatism. I
should like to discuss your case with
you. examine you and tell you what
can do for you. With the dry hot
air treatment that ! use with osteo-
pathy am having very gratifying
success with people you know well.
DR.. G. B. Froage, SIC Broadway.
Phone 1497.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-04
PASTOR KEEPS GOLF AND CIGAR
Effort to Upbraid Ministerial Deyotet
Of Links Fails.

Gadsden, Ala, Dec. A. Rev.
James A. Duncan, a prominent min
lister of Birmingham, may continue to
play golf and smoke cigars the while.
The effort in the Methodist confer
ence for north Alabama, sitting here,
to upbraid him for indulging in the
pastime has failed.
Rev. Mr. Duncan is a daily visitor
to the links in Birmingham and re-
Gently engaged In tournament at
Memphis. winning loving cup and
playing with such brilliancy that the
daily papers reproduced his photo
graph. which showed him dressed In
a regulation golf costume and smok-
ing cigar as he was in the act oil
driving" Bishop Hendrix and Pre-
siding Elder Dobbs called on DR.
Duncan for a statement. His reply
was that he had never committed an
act In his life that he could not thank
God for. The incident was thus
closed.
DR.. Duncan resigned from a pulpit
in Chattanooga several years ago
when his congregation sought to dis
cipllne him for engaging in golf.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-04
10000, 900 People starve.

St Petersburg. Dec. Princes
Lvoff and orbeliani. the representa-
tives of the Moscow Zemstyo famine
relief fund. who have just returned
from the stricken districts. have furn-
ished the Associated Press with the
following facts regarding the condl-
tions in the famine provinces:
The crops in the seven provinces OF
Samara, Samaratov. Sembirsk. Kaz-
an, Penza, Tambov and Ufa were
practically total failures. In twenty
provinces the hsrvests were very
poor. About 10000, 900 people will
need assistance from four to tel
months to tsave on starvation until
the new crops are available.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-04
Purchased By SOn-In-Law Or
The President.
Bring $fs,s3O and Trustee Il to
Finish Leather-Weaks
VIII PrObated.
NEWS FROM CIRCUIT COURT

j. e. Walters. son-in-law of T..
Rehkopf. bought the stock in the
Second street store. the machinery.
tan bark and equipment at the tam
merry and the stock at the latter
place. belonging to the bankrupt es-
tate of the e. Rehkopf Saddlery CON-
pany. this morning from Cecil Reed,
trustee, the whole bringing approx
mately s17.73O. The stock at the
Second street store was sold first,
Mr.. Walters bidding II in for s12,-
600. Then the party proceeded to
the tannery. The leather goods there
was sold for 35 lie cents the pound.
Part OF 1t is not finished but the trus-
tee is authorized to finish 1t. The
stock will bring about $4,000. The
tan bark machinery and equipment
was sold TO Mr.. Walters for s2.730.
The assets were estimated at $4,000
In value. other bidders were Carl
Fink, Louisville; A. Dobbins. Louis
vile. and e. spillinger. Cincinnati.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-04

Eighteen ruined girls destitute on
the streets, ordered out of Cairo, be-
cause they are Paducah's victims,
not Cairo's, many OF them hack heI 0
for the city to take care of--this is
the condition people breed when they
permit such settlements as that which
disgraced Kentucky avenue. TO thrive
in their midst. Out on the avenue
now are "Madams." who have grown
opulent trafficking in young girls vir-
tue. They decoy these girls from
the country hold them in positive
slavery, teach them to drink and the
use of drugs. and then when the or
der comes to discontinue their prac-
tees, throw the girls out into the
world penniless. 1t win be a shame
II ever these harpies are allowed to
resume their feast of sin.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-04
OPENING FOR soMERopY

With the erection of the immense
elevator now under construction by
the Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis Railroad company, the hopes
of Paducahans turn toward the ac-
QUESTION OF -four mill. If there is
one industry this city needs, and that
would pay If property managed. it is
a -four mill. II is estimated that the
people of this city spend $500 week
for this staple. Every cent of this
money, except the per cent of profit
taken by the dealer, goes out of cir
cuhtion as far as Paducah is con-
cerned. Hopkinsville has three mills
that grind wheat. Most OF the wheat
Is shipped there from Kansas. The
mills get stop over privilege for the
wheat. II Is taken from the car,
ground into flour. repacked in the car
and sent on it's Journey Paducah is
better located for this industry. II
has larger tributary population. bet
ter railroad facilities, the river to
draw on and big elevator in course
of construction. Some experienced
mill man will discover Paducah as a
-four town before long, and there is
a fortune in waiting for the discov-
erer.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-04
BIT OFF HER NOSE.
Chicago Man Threw Landlady's Feat
ure In the Fire.

Chicago. IM., Dec. Hitting of
the nose of his landlady with whom
he quarre!ed, Tom Murphy carried il
to red-hot stove and dropped It into
the fire where 1t was destroyed. He
then made his escape. The victim is
Mrs. Charles Dwyer 1885 Wallace
street, and Murphy roomed at the
same address.
Last night they had an aitercation
concerning a delinquent bEl and the
struggle that ensued, II Is charged,
Murphy succeeded in severing the wo-
mans olfactory organ with his teeth.
A small nephew of Mrs. Dwyeh noti-
fed the police. but Murphy had es-
capped and was not captured. The
woman was given medicaHl attention.
but will be disfigured for life.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-04
SALOONS AND GROCERIES
Will BE Divorced IL This Ordinance
Is Enacted by Council.

An ordinance divorcing saloons
and groceries was introduced in the
board of councilmen last night by
the ordinance committee. and refer
red to the city solicitor for revision.
The ordinance makes 1t punishable
by fine for a person to operate a
saloon in connection with any other
business. It will affect about twenty
FIVE grocers in the city.