davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
g. A. B. Parades.

The death of two veterans of the civil
war. while marching in parade of the Grand
Army of the Republic at Minnea polls,
should mark the close Of these professions
For several years the suggestion has been
made to the officials of the c. A. r. that
1t was dangerous to permit the elderly men
who comprise the organization to particle
pate in exhausing marches. and that it
would be better to abandon this feature or
the annual encampments altogether. Now
there can be no doubt of the extreme dan
ger and there should be no question of the
substitution Of some other form of per-
sonal participation In the occasion by the
veterans. They have done enough march
ing. They may love to tramp along to the
tune OF bands OF music or the flfe and
drum. with their beloved nag waving above
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

them. They may feel 1t to be their duty
thus year after year to testify to their de-
yotion to the country which >they saved
from dissolution. But nobody expects them
thus to prove their pride in their organiza-
ton or their loyalty to the flag. Their
patriotism Is not in question. It has been
proved on many a battlefield and by many
a march They have reached the age at
which they should rest from all unneces-
sary labor or exertion. Far better would
it be for them to assemble In stands anu
review the parades Of the younger men In
arms, the citizen soldiery Of today. their
prototypes. who stand ready to serve at the
call to arms against any foe that may arise
to menace the national integrity. The vet
Grams days Of active personal participation
in military affairs has passed. He is rap
idly approaching the time OF complete re-
tirement from all activities. Death is thin
ming the ranks of the g. A. r. swiftly
enough without these annual sacrifices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
Night Song.

'Tain't song O. sorrow
That comes fioatin' through de night;
It's a song about tomorrow
When de sun is shinin' bright;
A song about de mornin',
An song about de noon,
An about de twilight's warnin'
Dat we'll all be restin' soon.
De branches keeps a-swayin'
Whah de moon looks through de tree;
De katydid keep playin'.
An dat tune sounds good to me.
De music dat goes hummin'
Through de dark an starry hours
Is about de day OATS comm,
VIII de sunshine an de flowers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
Sullivan Of Illinois,

National Committeeman Sullivan OF IL
linois replies again to Mr.. Bryan, and this
time not only declines to resign his office
at Mr.. Bryan's command but quotes from
the record of the st. Louis convention to
demonstrate his right to his commission.
Listen to this:
THE national convention, by vote Of
CAT to 299, confirmed the right OF the legal
Illinois delegates to their seats. Those
delegates elected me national committee,
man by vote of 40 to 8. The national
convention again confirmed that action.
To allege fraud against my right to
seat in the national committee Is to In
dict the last national convention and Its
leaders for compromising felony"
But Mr.. Sullivan fails to difrerentiate be-
tween the democracy drunk and the democ-
racy sober, or vice versa. as one may
choose to look at the matter. Or. for DO
likeness sake, let us withdraw the word
drunk, and substitute the phrase sane and
safe.
At st. Louis two years ago Mr.. Bryan
found himself shorn of everything. includ-
ing his smile. When he discovered that all
was lost but his smile, he threw that in for
good measure. and went at the conven-
ton, with set. grim face. in hopeless
fight The convention heard him, but it
n6eUeQ not. ltS HedTI was III Lie COiOiiiai
mansion by the Hudson where Judge Parker
was preparing for the part Of quoting his
Bryan vote for silver in 1896 as evidence
of his party regularity, and framing his tel
egram to the convention which was to
make him acceptable to the gold wing of
the democracy. Mr.. Bryan was q back
number. Polling 800 votes against CAT was,
in the circumstances. an extraordinary
achievement.
Today Mr.. Bryan. as much to his own as
anybody else's surprise, is again in the
saddle more firmly seated than ever, and
apparently with a clear road before. him.
Mr.. Sullivan of the many who have spoken,
is the first to. challenge the right of Mr..
Bryan to rule. Democrats from Maine to
Texas are yielding him obedience with. an
enthusiasm which approaches hysteria. If
he were to address a democratic national
convention today he could have Mr.. Sulli-
van not only deposed from office, but
lynched If he cared to go that far. Mr..
Bryan in eclipse was easily overborne. Mr..
Bryan as king can do no wrong.
If the Bryan movement continues, Mr..
Sullivan will in season be done for. In
the face of the national leaders protest
the Illinois democracy will not think Of
naming Mr.. Sullivan to succeed himself, but
will choose man acceptable to Mr.. Bryan.
II the Bryan movement, for any cause
should peter out before the democracy's
next national convention, this fighting Irish
man Of the Sucker state may develop into
a hero
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
Gov. Glenn on Lynching'

Gov. Glenn of North Carolina Is deter
mined that in future the presence Of a
military company on the scene of a threat
ened lynching shall mean something. The
cartridges shall carry balls, and the men
who carry the guns shall have authority
to use them. No more marching up the
hill and then down again, with no impress
sion made on thesmob but that of contempt
for the states troops. The Salisbury episode
d!sgusted the governor quite as much as 1t
did anybody else, and he has been In
structed by 1t. In future when the troops
appear the mob which challenges them will
do SO at its peril.
The warning which the governor issues
to citizens against mob formations goes to
the root of much Of the trouble. Men who
have no sympathy with mob law, and
would never think of abetting lynchers,
sometimes offend by their bare presence on
the scene. They crowd up to see what is
going on, without thought of aiding. and
in that way encourage the lynchers, who
may be few in number. and discourage the
officers of the law, who in the excitement
OF the defense are unable to distinguish
between the lynchers and the onlookers. A
sheriff with dozen deputies might we'll
believe that he was confronting a hundred
INCH, WHtH IIlOEe tHdH tuHly were law
lessly seeking his prisoner. He sees an
active lyncher in every form before him.
With the information that in future the
military will shoot this warning by Gov.
Glenn should have a good effect. The idle
and the curious will hesitate about forming
background for law-breakers. who. re-
duced to their actual number, will not look
so formidable to either the civil or the mill
tary authorities. And once assure the
states troops that only the guilty are be-
fore them and all hesitation about firing
should cease. The lyncher has no claims to
consideration. and when he can be popped
over without imperiling the life of by
stander it is likely to be done.
Meanwhile the country will expect to hear
further from Salisbury about the recent
lynching there. The conviction and SEN
tence of the man Hall for his part deserved
the praise widely sounded. but the good
work should not stop with him. AS an ex-
convict he was an easy mark. He must
have had a good deal of help, and probably
from men of standing in the community, but
who on that occasion lowered themselves
to his level. Some of them should be sent
to the penitentiary to keep him company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
What the Shah Took Home.
From the Chicago Post

Evidently the Shah Of Persia Is an OBJ
servant traveller. 1t il not a great while
since he made a tour Of Europe with an
eye-startling retinue and. an evident disin-
clination to copy certain polite manners of
civilization. But for all this he took home
with him something worth while, and,
what is more to the point, he Is making
his observations practical
1t Is only a few weeks since the shah
dismissed his grand vizier because he was
not progressive; he was not in sympathy
with the shah's plan to give the Persians
a taste of popular education. Now the
new grand vizier and foreign minister an
nounces that for the first time in her his
tory Persia is to have national repre-
sentative assembly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
The Common School.
From the st. Louis Republic.

fOfu LOu!S hepuDIfc.
In higher education England Is certainly
the equal IL not the superior of this coun-
try, but the benefits of that education are
necessarily limited. and limited by the way.
to those who have no pressing need for
it. In the matter of common schools how
ever, we have done for our people what
no country in Europe has yet attempted.
The results have naturally been an indus
trial and commercial forwardness that has
made us sometimes the admiration and
sometimes the envy of the English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

Representative Longworth intimates that
he was little disappointed in Mr.. Bryans
speeches in England. However, there are nc
American voters to be Influenced by
speeches in England. Mr.. Bryan may be
saving his ammunition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

The demand of the Tennessee republicans
that Roosevelt be a candidate in 1908 will
no doubt find courteous attention But the
Tennessee republicans are not sufficiently
numerous to exert any compelling force in
the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
MOONLIGHT on the Nile,

"Why so pensive, my Antony?" said Gle
.opatra. -
81. am sad" was the, answer. because.
owing to Shakespeare's hardness, we are
unable to deliver some of our own best
speeches to one another"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

The Mutual Life idea that any sort OF IN
vestigation is impudent interference Is mol
new. Every individual or organization en-
gagged in the collection Of unreasonable
profits has 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

The bridge whist habit among women Is
calculated TO make young man who con-
templates proposing to a girl pause and in
quire whether she CANDLES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

The psychic explorations of Mars now be-
ing conducted are in some respects prefera-
BILE to the search for the north pole. They
require no relief expeditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

A mail carrier in New York state who ex-
tinguished the fire in a building struck by
lightning was given "a. by an insurance
company. San Francisco will marvel at this
liberality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

The Shah Of Persia is reported to have
agreed to the most sweeping reforms. 1t
may be that the car Is exerting some ben
eficiaI influence as horrible example.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
North Carolina.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
II North Carolina continues to send lynch
ers to prison and train it's National Guard
for riot service, 1t will fir up so fast with
immigrants that all other southern states
will be distancSd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

1t is now declared that coffee Is terribly
aduIterated. Whisky is VIGOROUSLY impure.
and water has germs in 1t. There are thirsty
days ahead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

Mr.. Rockefeller's associates unanimously
insist that he~is neither as rich nor as
homely as unfriendly publications declare
him to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

Maxim Gorky must occasionally be
tempted to interrupt his program Of REFORM
ing Russia and turn his attention to
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

American crowds are proverbially good
natured, but summer resort railways should
recognize that there is a limit to the pa
thence Of public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
Inevitable Sneers,

IF you do not take care Of your money,
said the ant to the grasshopper, "the world
will simply sneer and ask you what you
did with it."
Eyes. And If invest 1t and become rich
the world will sneer and ask me where I
got It,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

Mrs. Verrault. the matrimonial adventur-
ess in addition to taking her victims
money. leaves them looking foolish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

The Sultan OF Turkey will approve OF the
Oyster Bay review as a naval demonstra-
ton which does not imply any threats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
Minor Variations.

This world Of ours Is very strange;
Few people comprehend it.
Reforms oft bring about some change,
But do not seem to mend it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

Perhaps it is wrong to arrest the automo-
bile owner for speeding His chauffeur may
have run away with him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
SHOOTING STARS.
An Esteemed Deficiency.

els there any redeeming trait in an an
archist7"
YES" answered the European monarch.
bad marksma nship."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
Enjoyment.

! "Dolan.'' said Mr.. Rafferty,, II hear yez
took in Coney Island on yer travels"
81 did"
"What was the best thing about itr'
1.-THE ride on the cars. I always did
enj'y fight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
DIR. Miles Heart Cure

which cures heart disease in every stage.
Every day we read Of sudden deaths from teart
disease, yet 1t is a fact that the heart had been
pleading for help. and gave up the struggle only
when it had exhausted the last spark Of vitality
and they call It sudden.
For more than six years was troubled With
my heart. I would have dizzy spells, then diff
Guilty in breathing, choking sensations, ny heart
would futter, become painful. I could MT breathe
lying down. 1 commenced taking DIR. Miles Reart
Cure, and in a few weeks entirely cured
MINNIE E. JOHNSON Olivia, IiDn.
The first bottle will benefit; IL not. the druggist
will return your money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

~ In order to avoid delays on account OF
personal absence, letters to THE sTAB
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the ONCE, but simply to
THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Bust
ness Department., according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16

THE STAR has O regular and permanent
Family Circulation much more than tbs
combined circulation Of the other Wash.
ington dailiss. Az . News and Adver-
tising Medium It has NO compstdtor.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
puke Of Welllngton,g vanitv.

Among the portraits at the Royal
academy, London, there are some
which could tell stories; some with
little touches of idiosyncrasies of sub
jects no less than OF painters. Is the
story of Lawrence's portrait OF the
Duke of Wellington commonly known?
The duke had only one vanity-his
wrist was like steel. Now, when he
was given the sword of state to carry
it was his infinite delight that he was
able to carry it upright; all his prede-
cessors had to slope it toward the
shoulder. He would go down to pos
terity, he resolved, glorihed by the
power of his wrist.
In vain Sir Thomas Lawrence point
cd out that, as a matter of art, 1t
would never do; that the sight of a
man perennially carrying a sword from
the wrist would fatigue those who
Looked at his picture. The duke in
sisted upon having his way. Lawrence
old manage to smuggle in a cushion
upon which the duke seemed to rest
his elbow. but close examination shows
that arm and cushion do not meet.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Judge A. ]. Poppleton, then general
counsel for the Union Pacific, to assist
him and make the argument. Popple-
ton agreed, and then a writ was APP
piled for in the United States court at
Omaha, over which Judge Dundy pre-
sided.
Made Thousands Of Citizens.
The case came to trial. It was the
most notable trial ever brought in the
west, and, in fact, the scope was as
wide as any aver tried in the United
States, for by its decision 100, 900 peo-
pie were made citizens.
Thomas II. Tibbles attended every
session Of that court. In his own
words he describes it this way:
THE courtroom was crowded with
f~sshlonably dressed women, and the
clergy, which had been greatly stirred
by the incident, was there in force.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

Lawyers, every one in Nebraska and
many from the big eastern cities: BUSH
ness men, Gen. Crook and his full staff,
in their dress uniforms Cthis was one
ut the few times in his life that Crook
wore his full dress in public), and the
Indians themselves, in their gaudy col
ors. The courtroom was a galaxy OF
brilliancy.
ION n side stood the army officers,
the brilliantly dressed women, and the
white people; on the other was Stand
ing Bear, in his official robes as chief
Of the Poncas, and with him were his
leading men.
Far back in the audience, shrink
ing from observation, was an Indian
girl who afterward became famous as
a lecturer in England and America.
She was later known on both conti-
nents by a translation of her Indian
name, In-sta-the-am-ba, Bright Eyes.
Long and Able Arguments.
Attorney Poppleton's argument was
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

make the attempt. l take my child By
the hand and my wife follows after me.
Our hands and our feet are torn by
sharp rocks and our trail is marked by
or blood At last l see a rift in the
rocks. A little way beyond there are
greer, prairies. The swift running wa
ter, the N%iobrara, pours down between
the green hills. There are the graves
Of my fathers. There again we will
pitch tepee and build our fires. 1
see the light of the world and of lib
erty just ahead
The old chief became silent again,
and, after an appreciate pause, he
Turned toward the judge with such a
look of pathos and suffering on his
face that none who saw it will forget.
and said:
But in the center of the path there
stands a man. Behind him 1 see SOL
diers in number like the leaves of the
trees. If that man gives me permits
sion l may pass on to life and liberty.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19
Order Issued by Carl Schurz, While Secretary of the Interior,
Brought LOng-Standing Trouble to Crisis.
SPLENDID GRAFTON MADE BY INDIAN CHIEF
ElOquence of Standing Bear, Pleading for His Own and His Peoples Rights
the Cause of An Ovation in Crowded Nebraska Court Room
Judge Dundys Famous Decision.

Omaha.-The late Carl Schurz is best
remembered in Omaha as the cause of
the American Indians being admitted
to full citizenship in this country-not
through his taking the side of the red
men in the long struggle, but because
he, as secretary of the interior, issued
an order which so aroused the west to
the wrongs of the Indian that a cru
sade was started in Omaha which
reached to all portions Of the United
States, lasted seven years, and ended
by supreme court decisions and legisla-
tive enactments making the Indian as
free as a white man if he choose to be
so, and to accept the conditions Of
civilization.
Schurz had the order issued to Gen.
Crook, then stationed at Omaha and
commanding this department of the
army, and Immediately the cause Of
the Indian was taken up by Thomas
H. Tibbles, late vice presidential can
didate on the populist ticket; Gen.
Crook, John l. Webster, Judge Dundy,
ard a score of other men prominent in
the west.
Previous to the fight spoken of here
every Indian in the United States was
subject to the orders of the secretary
Of the interior. The government was
an absolute autocrat over the destiny
OF the red man in the entire country.
Pitiful Funeral Procession.
Back in 1879 a pitiful procession
wendell it's slow way northward from
Indian territory, bound for the prairies
Of Nebraska. There were 80 Indians
on foot and one old wagon, drawn by
two wornout horses. In the wagon
was the dead body Of a child-an In
dian boy. The leader of the little par.
ty was the father Of the dead child
the famous Ponca Indian chief, Stand.
ing Bear, a few years later to be the
b~est-knOwn Indian in the entire worlC
and to speak in every city in the
country in behalf of his people.
Standing Bears party was q route
to the Niobrara country, in northern
Nebraska, to bury the child in the an.
cieut burying grounds of the tribe
They had started on the long trip, al
though permission to leave the reser
walton in Indian Territory, on which
they had been settled against theil
will, had been refused.
Formerly the POncas lived in north
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-07-19

carefully prepared, and consumed 16
hours in the delivering, occupying the
attention of the court for two days. On
the third day Mr.. Webster spoke for
six hours. And during all n pro
ccedlngs the courtroom was packed
with the beauty and culture of the
city.
Towards the close of the trial the
situation became tense. AS the wrongs
inflicted on the Indians were described
by the attorneys indignation was often
al a white heat, and the judge made no
attempt at suppressing the applause
which broke out from time to time.
For the department Mr.. Lambert
son made a short address, but was lis
tened to in silence.
1T was late in the afternoon when
the trial drew to a close. The excite
lnent had been increasing, but it
reached a height not before felt when
Judge Dundy announced that Chief
Standing Bear would be allowed to
make Il speech in his WI behalf.
Not one in that audience besides
LllG dILlg OlllCGl0 anu WI 4AbsgsNo q
ever heard an Grafton by an Indian
chief. All of them had read of the elo-
quence of Red Jacket and Logan, and
they sat there wondering whether the
mild-looking old man, with the lines of
suffering and sorrow on his furrowed
brow and cheek, dressed in the full
robes of an Indian chief, could make
a speech at all.
1T happened that there was a good
Interpreter present-the son of Father
Hamilton, a well-known missionary.
Standing Bears Address.
standing Bear arose. Half-facing
the audience he held out his right hand
and stood motionless so long that the
stiffness of death which had settled
down on the audience became almost
unbearable. At last, looking up at the
judge, he said:
THAT hand is not the color of
yours, but If / prick it, the blood will
flow and | shall feel pain. The blood
is of the same color as yours. God
made me, and l am a man. l never
committed a crime. If l had, l would
not stand here to make a defense, ]
would suffer the punishment and make
no complaint
"Still standing, half-facing the audi
ence, he looked past the judge out of
window as if gazing upon something
far in the distance, and continued:
"I seem to be standing on the higf
bank of a great river, with my wife
and little girl by my side. l cannor
cross the river, and impossible cliffs
arise behind me. / hear the noise o.
great waters; / look and see a tloOC
coming. The waters rise to u feel
and then to Il knees. My little CIR.
stretches her hands toward me anC
says, Save mel"
"T stand where no member of my
race ever stood before. There is nc
tradition to guide me. The chiefs who
preceded me knew nothing of the cir.
cumstances that surround me. l hear
only my little girl say, Save mel"
Reached Heights Of E~loquence.
In despair ] look toward the clitfi
behind me, and l seem to see a din
trail that may lead to a way of life
But no Indian ever passed over tina
trail. It looks to be impossible.