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The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
BURLEY WHITE BRUTES
Assauld Colored Girl in the Quaker
City.

After a dramatic hearing, re-
plete with sensational evidence,
which their wives, who had been
subpoened, as witnesses, were fore.
ed to hear, seven white fremen,
members of Engine Company No.
2, stationed at Warnock and Berks
streets, were held without bail for
court Thursday afternoon by Mag
istrate Gallagher on charges of fe-
lonious assault. Another fireman
of the same company was held in
$500 bail for being an accessory to
to the crime.
Immediately after the magis-
trate had announced his decision
in the hearing, the attorneys for
the defense, John r. McLain and
John @. Crowley, secured a copy
of the transcript and hurried with
it to Judge Barratt, who was sit
ting in the Court of Quarter Ses-
sions. The Judge ordered that
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
A CHANCE
Is What Race Needs to Prove Its Ability the Var
iOuS Av0catOns of Civilization.

in different places, as the Indians
in Central America adopted civil
lization while those in North
America disappeared before it.
This showed that environment
had much to do with races given
status. At any rate, the Chinese
and the Japanese show that a race
need not be Caucasian to have a
high civilization.
If the Negroes of this city would
only spend one-third of what they
de spend each week with their own
men and women in business and
professions, what paradise this
would be.-Pensacola (Florida. J
Brotherhood.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
HON. w. T. VERNON,
Register of the United States Treasury

After long and thorough inves-
tigation of the malicious charges
brought against Hon. w. r. Yer
non he was declared not guilty by
the Senate committee and was con-
firmed Thursday May 18th as Reg
lister of the United States Treas
ury by unanimous vote of the
U. S. Senate. This outcome was
no surprise however by the better
class of people throughout the
country. Mr.. Vernon is now. as
he has always been, a man of hon.
or and integrity and ranks high in
the estimation of the people who
are loud in their congratulations
on his confirmation of the high
and responsible position which he
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
Make EN- Work.

There is plenty of work for the
alley birds, saloon buns and pro-
fessional buns and professional
crap shooters among us, and every
one of them should be made to do
it. The vagrant loafing, lazy Ne
gro will steal, and commit all sorts
of crime
The entire race has charged up
to it the wickedness and criminal
ity of this more unworthy class and
should for that reason exercise
great diligence in putting the in
dustrial recreants to work and
keeping them at it.-Nashville
Clarion.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

now holds. A vindication of the
charges by President Roosevelt
coupled with that of the U. S. Sen
ate the highest tribunal of the ma
ton is within itself sufficient proof
that the flimsy charges were uu-
warranted and had no basis save
those of malace and prejudice.
The people of Colorado and the
great West as we'll as those of the
entire nation are jubilent of the
outcome, and it can be savely
vouched that Res lister of the Treas
ury Vernon will make the race feel
proud of the record he will make
in the discharge of his duties. DR..
Vernon accepted the congratula
tions of the COLORADO STATESMAN
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
GERMANS AND NEGROES.

Berlin, May 19-Der Tag prints
a long editorial, intimating that
the kaiser himself is responsible
for the proclamation by the COVER
nor of his African empire forbid
ding the marriage between white
men and Negro women and Ne
gro men and white women. The
writer insists that the Germans at
titude towards the colored races is
loose" and that ever since Shakes
peare idealized the marriage be-
tween Desdemona and a Negro,
Europeans have winked at unions
of that kind. Der Tag cites a
number of recent cases relating to
elopements of German girls and
Negroes and of marriages between
German women and Cinnamon or
Japs.
"The elopements were consider
ed in highly humorous light"
says the paper. "and the marriages
were not at all thought improper
When will Germans arrive at the
conclusion that marriage connec-
ton between a healthy and super
ior race and members of the black,
or yellow races, is non-permissible
either from the moral, hygienic or
economic standpoint"
Der Tag insists that the Germans
must take pattern after the Ameri-
cans 'if they want to retain their
self respect" and that society
must frown upon any connection
whatever between whites and
blacks or yellows. "In America"
says Der Tag, "the white man who
marries dark woman becomes a
social outcast, and the white wo-
man who would dare to marry a
Negro would be classed with the
lowest of the low"
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
NO. 35

souri, is decreasing. 1t is less in
proportion to the white population
than it has been at any previous
time in the history of the State.
Less than ) per cent. of the total
population of Missouri is of Negro
blood. There are more Negroes
to the total population in the cap
ital city of every State from Mis-
souri, to the Atlantic than are to
be found in any Missouri city with
the single exception of Kansas
City. In many sections of Mis-
souri, the Negro population is very
small. In two countries, of Schuy-
ler and Reynolds, there are no Ne
groes.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

bail should be accepted for each of
the defendants in the sum of $1,000.
The prosecutor in the case is
Blanche Bowies, a 16-year old col
ored girl. With her guardian, Mrs.
Robert Hill, also colored, the girl
lives at 1910 Berks street Phila-
delphia Tribune.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Professor Joseph Boyce, the
world-famed philosopher of Har-
ward University, Cambridge, Mass,
in a recent address in Boston, said
in part:
One test of essential differences
in races is due to how they have
met civilization. Some have ASST
minated it and then originated on
pit as basis, some have disappear
ed before it, some have resisted it,
some have adopted it, but not
hadvanced it. But this falls as a
practical test of racial superiority,
because it is hard to apply it so as
to give some results Results are
confusing, because of complex con-
ditions that after the result, such
as time, environment, climate, his
tory, etc. The Germanic tribes
met civilization in such way that
they were in contact with it for
centuries without being enslaved
and held down by the Romans, and
so as a race could learn by expert
ence the value of civilization. If
Caesar had been supplied with
rapidfre guns and stock of whis-
key, and if he had settled the Ro-
mans upon the conquered natives
to usurp the land and hold the ma
tiges in subsection, perhaps to-day
that race might with some show of
reason be climbing the essential
inferiority of the Germanic race as
shown by its failure to adopt civil
ization. For man, whatever his
race, is animal you can debase to
almost any level if you have power
enough, begin soon enough and
keep it up long enough and this is
true as between races.
The present condition of any
DdChWdTu IdCC Ill COhldSu WIN SlN
ilization may be due to favorable
or unfavorable environment. For
us to surely say what the essential
mental and moral characteristics
of any such race are or what its
rating should be as to intristic
abilities, the race must be given
centuries to learn and develop un-
der the most favorable circum-
stances.
By the test of meeting and ap-
>propriating civilization, races may
differ essentially. But the only
way to find out is to give the So
called inferior race a chance.
Professor Boyce said that essen
tial superiority of race should not
be determined by which race be-
gan civilization, because no one
race seemed to be entitled to the
discovery. The same race differs
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Eastman, Ga, May 14.-Mrs.
Pope a widow who lives near
Eastman, was assaulted by a Ne
gro named Will Wommock last
Friday night. He told her if she
made the assault known he would
kill her, and that he would be back
the next night When the Negro
returned on Saturday night Mrs.
Pope began firing, one bullet
striking Wommock in the stom-
ach and passed through his body.
The Negro ran and Mrs Pope con-
tinued to shoot at him until she
had enptied her pistol Neigh
bors attracted by the shooting,
came and heard the facts. They
went to Wommock's home and
found him in bed wounded. He
was taken out and strung up and
his body riddled with bullets.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

The P. A. Hubbard literary So
ciety rendered the following pro-
gram, Thursday night: Address,
Mr.. Mcknight; Reading, Mrs.
James Scott; Solo, Mrs. Ed. Tay-
lor; Recitation, Miss Starkey; Solo,
Mrs. Clemens; Recitation, Miss
Davis; Duet, Mrs. Berry and Mrs.
Clemens; Paper, Mrs. johnson
closing remarks, Rev. Solly.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
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Ten thousand colored people of
Virginia are preparing to migrate
to Mexico.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

DIR. George Brewer passed the
best examination of all the colored
applicants at the Gainesville Fla. }
examination of the State Medical
Board held last month.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Mrs. Moore and Flower entertain
ed at dinner Sunday, Mesdames
Marshall and Johnson, Misses jeff
erson and b. Tyler, Mr.. Knight
and Rev. Solly.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

The Odd Fellows and the House
hold Of Ruth Thanksgiving sermon
was delivered Sunday by Rev. w.
M. Solly. The sermon made quite
an impression on the congregation.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Sergeant Horatio j. Homer is
the only colored man in the Bos-
ton police department, where he
has been since 1878. He is pro-
6cient on eleven different musical
instruments.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

The Harvard Memorial Society
of Cambridge. Mass. has invited
r. g. Bruce, son of the late ex-
Senator B K. Bruce, to deliver
the address before that society Oh
Decoration Day.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

John Lawrence left for Topeka
Sunday to attend the funeral of
his aunt.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26
La Junta Notes.

j. w. Marshall spent Sunday in
Rocky Ford.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Robert Worthy returned from
Denver Sunday night.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

When a japanese marries a
white girl there may be whisper
of surprise, and all is over. When
a Negro obeys the same call of
Cupid, it is miscegenation, and so
ciety is up in arms thereat. Yet
the Negro in the case may be
whittier than the aforesaid Jap
Why the difference?
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Misses Jones and Davis of Rocky
Ford spent Sunday in the city.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Hosey Lewis (colored) was
lynched last week by mob of 25
men at Montezuma, Ga, for strik-
ing J. M. Rape, a white man, with
a brick. Rape was only slightly
injured. Negroes are not lynched
for crime but for color.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Lexington, KY, May 15.-"Bill"
Griffin, a Negro, at jackson, shot
aud killed DR.. Strong, another Ne
gro, and then lay down on the
floor, and, using the corpse for a
pillow, went to sleep. When the
officers arrived Griffin was slum-
bering soundly. When awakened
he accompanied the police with.
out murmer.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

Down South they lynched a Ne
gro the other day for killing a
Lorse and the Negro didn't aim to
kill the horse either. Yet the
pious Northern gospel preachers
tell us that Negroes in the South
are lynched only for 1.-The nameless
crime" God pity the South and
damn these preachers.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

The race is keeping its best eye
on Governor Folk, of Missouri,
Justice-loving people have unlimi-
ted faith in Folks ability and dis
position to put down lawlessness
in every form, from lynching down
to grating. He will "show" those
Springfield miscreant-if anybody
can.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-05-26

The Negro population of Mis-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29
PENNSYLVANIA ROADS
WONDERFUL BOLDNESS
Advertises Increase in Wages and
Discharges Many Men-In-
>.... creases Burden.

According to the Cleveland Cit
izen the Pennsylvania Railroad
company is treating the Americ-
an people to another one of it's
wonderful exhibitions Of how a
corporation can, to all outward ap-
pearances, give employees more
money and clean up greater pro-
fits than ever. With big flourish
of trumpets the Pennsylvania mag
mates advertised the alleged fact
several weeks ago that all employees
receiving less than $500 a month
would receive an increase of 10
per cent. in wages. Columns and
columns of praises we're sung by
the dailies, and it wouldn't have
taken much effort to got the people
to agree to hand the Pennsylvania
another row of political offices just
to display their gratitude. But
during the past couple of weeks
persistent stories have been sent
along the road, and which the
prosperity putting dailies have been
forced to notice, to the effect that
the Pennsylvania company, was lay
ing off indefinitely hundreds of
employees and piling more work on
those who were retained. AS the
corporation also has a so-called old
age pension system, 1t was noted
particularly that those employees
whose services were dispensed with
were mostly men who would have
been eligible to draw pension in a
fewyears. Thus two or three birds
are killed with one stone. The
Pennsylvania got big advertising
and disarmed much criticism by
it's wage advance; its work will be
done by fewer men and the wage
raise, instead of costing the cor
Eporation anything, will really mean
more profit for the magnates; and,
finally, the pensioners are being got
rid of easily, with the result that
still more money will be left for
the plutes to- divide among them
selves. Says the trust fat man:
tits heads I win; tails you lose!"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your drug
gist that the Bell Phone is Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29

lationship between men. No tenn
porary advantage gained at the
sacrifice of righteous principle,
can permanently benefit the victor.
Men may boast of their power and
sheer at their helpless. opponents,
but just as. sure as there is truth
IN the world, so sure will come the
day OF reckoning. Some there are
who seek to put off the "evil day."
but their actions are Fastening the
time when Justice shall prevail and
truth shall conquer.
Whatever all this may mean to
the employing class, it means to
the Workingman that the day has
gone by when the counsel of the
cheap, shortsighted, ignorant
blatherskite is to be needed.
craftsmanship Of the highest order
IN the cause of labor is demanded.
Far beyond the narrow limits of the
man who has been bowed like
bulrush; or he whose eyes have
been dulled by the lurid glare of
his own imagination, must be the
vision Of the man who is to be
the prophet and leader of the
people.
Slowly such master minds are
emerging from among the masses.
Sometimes unappreciated by the
very ones. whose battles they are
fighting and whose destinies they
are working out these mon and
women must go on as did the
prophets of old, until the hour
shall strike that shall proclaim the
victory of the common people.
For, frankly, workingmen - like
most other men are ungrateful
to those who are sacrificing most,
and who are putting their best in
to a movement: which is giving ut
terance to their own cry for help.
How often do they break the
hearts of their idols! And yet,
how frequently do they make unto
themselves golden calves and bow
down before them, while their true
leaders are toiling in the mountain
top to secure for them that which
will be of permanent value.
What responsibility this puts
upon the leader: How close he
must live to : the highest ideals.
How free he must. be from the
petty. jealousies In: the labor move.
ment. Looking not only upon his
own things, nor; upon the interests
of his own craft but seeing the
need of the great body of toilers,
he must dare and do for men
the men whose needs are just as
great as those who are closer to
him. K;
Only in this way will the strife
among -jurisdictional
and every other !. kind-be done
away. 6..:~
Does this seem like a sermon?
Call it what you please-you know
it's true.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29

Interstate Commerce Commission
Report Shows Sad Increase ,
. In: Accidents. =
Appalling Story Told By Commits
sioners of Injury and Death
:. to Workmen.

Washington. Dec. 2o.-According to
commerce commission another chapter
is added othe .bloodstained pages Of
railroad history.
According to this document there
| was in increase Of five hundred and
forty-six in the total number of rail-
way employees killed and ten thousand
and ninety-eight in the number in
jured in the United States during the
| fiscal year ended June 80, last, as COM
pared with the number reported for
the previous fiscal year. During the
same time there was a decrease Of one
hundred and nineteen in the number
of passengers killed and an increase
Of one thousand ,one hundred and
forty-f1ve in the number injured.
These figures tell an appalling story
this way.
Accidents in making couplings,
which are wholly among employees,
show an increase of sixty eight in the
! number Of fatalities and three hum
dred and ninety-three in the number
injured, as compared with those re-
ported during the year 1905.
The accident bulletin for the three
months ended June 80, 1906, shows the
total number Of casualties to passen-
gers and employees while on duty to
have been sixteen thousand nine hun
dred and thirty-seven, as against eigh-
teen thousand two hundred and
ninety-six for the preceding three
months. Train accidents caused the
death of one hundred and ninety-four
passengers and employees during that
time, this number being eighty less
than the number killed during the
preceding three months.
The total number Of collisions and
derailments was three thousand one
hundred and three, Of which one hun
dred and seventy three occurred to
passenger trains. The damage to cars
engines, and roadway by these acct
dents amounted to two million three
hundred and seventy-three thousand
nine hundred and twenty-four dollars.
1t is also shown by the bulletin that
the reports received up to October %
Tor the present year, covering two hum
dred and thirteen thousand miles Of
track, give an increase Of fifteen thous-
and six hundred and ninety-five in the
number of trainmen employed, as COM
pared with the total for 1906
Other chapters will be added to the
tragic story, and still others as long
as railroads are run for private profit.
When the people take possession, when
railroad managers are no longer re-
Qu1red to sacrifice necessary precau-
lions In the interest Of dividends, then
and not till: then will the concluding
chapter be written. The tragic tale
Will not end until the people assert
themselves and claim as public prop
erty all means Of transportation and
distribution. To accomplish this and
similar reforms, all that is necessary
is to vote right.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29
ON THE EIGHT-HoUR
nAV

In the gathering dusk Of evening
In the woods of Minnesota
Sat two Indians near their wigwams
talking bout their next-door neighbor
And Of other current topics,
When their conversation drifted
To the eight-hour proposition.
Minnehaha, foolish damsel,
Was not up on this. big question,
So she asked for information
From the big chief, Hiawatha,
Il. will, tell you," said Hiawatha.
Tell to you a funny story,
Bout band Of noble warriors,
How they won a nobler battle.
1.-The band is called the Printers
Union,
The enemy Is called the Teapot
From Old Bunker Hill to Frisco,
And from Winnipeg to Southland
Rang the warwhoops Of the typos,
Grating. on the ears of teapots.
Eight hours Of each day will we give
For bunch Of filthy lucre,
With the other sixteen hours
We will have one grand old pow-wow.'
=. with their pockets, filled with wau-
pun,
And, advised Of Post and Parry,
Armed with numerous injunctions
|<Sallying forth to give them battle,
Strobe mighty force of warriors.
Big chief Jawny Macintyre,
Leading his big aggregation,
.Thundered forth in brand new war;
paint,
With the thought and firm conviction
l,C 1T ho
| That a word from him would make
them -;
| Skidoo for the tall and uncut.
Then the free and independent
All of whom were long-tail rodents
| (Never saw a union label,
Could not tell 1t from a shot-gun),
Came into their midst, and wigwans,
Came from counexy and from back
woods,
To give city jobs a trial,
| At the same old weary program
Of nine hours every weekday,
AT such meager compensation
| As the bosses cared to give them.
But in six months time thereafter,
Punched in. battered, badly damaged,
Jawny and his famous teapot
| Was no longer in the racing.
"Twas shame to take the money!
Like taking candy from the baby,
Was the victory for the printers.
With their 10 per cent assessment
They soon had the mighty teapot
On a dead run, on the gallop
To the coal mines, any old place
Where they could no longer hear
The mighty warwhoop Of the typos.
Nothing doin',' read the placards
Posted up where all could see them;
For the wheels had now ceased turn
In the print shops Of the teapot.
That's the story IN a nutshell,
OF fight now down IN history
AS the greatest Of the period, ,.~
1F'or' cause now universal .<z =. e
In this land Of ripping water,
Sunshine and abundant harvests.'"' d.
BnRGsETH.
lRacine.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29
PROPHETS NEEDED IN
THE LABOR MOVEMENT
BY the Rev.: Charles Stelz1e

The labor. question will never he
settled by passing resolutions.
Neither s will it's solution be hasten
ed by Misrepresentation and abuse
Nor yet will snob bieshness or tyran-
nv bring about 5a more cordial To
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-29
PRICE OF PULPWooD -
is BOOSTED HIGH

EvELETH, Dec. 26.-Farmers to the
south of Eveleth report that they are
this winter for the first time securing
Marlin of Dulut d, tn eT tCloquet Tie
& sRost company are CONF ting Tor the
product, with the result tina -th price
has been boosted n her han m
thought possib bio.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-26
FRANCE NOT TO
POLICE MOROCCO
Leaders of Algeciras Conference
in Informal Chat Agree on
Important Point.

Algeciras, Spain, Jan. 26.-Count
Won Tattenbach and M. Regnault, re-
spectively the German and French spe-
cialists on Morocco, today began the
first Of a seriese of detailed private dis
cussions with the object of reaching an
agreement outside the Moroccan confer
ence M. Revolt, head of the French
mission, and Herr Won RadOWitz, head
of the German mission, at their meeting
yesterday, while most pleasant towards
each other, avoided touching upon any
thing except the general ground. Won
RadowitZ rcmarking at one point:
"Well you know we could not let you
have the policing of Morocco
81 am sure that we shall not ask
FOR it, replied NJ. Revolt.
That was as near as the two diplo-
mats got to the main question, but they
arranged for NJ. Regnault and Count
Won Tattenbach to talk out the disputed
points thoroly. Their subject today
was Moroccan state bank, a question
which probably will be one of the next
to come before the conference after the
problem of the taxes is disposed of.
The conference now has four sorts Of
activity-the Regnault Tattenbach dis
cussions upon which most of the atten
ton is fixed; the subcommittee dealing
with financial reforms; the committee
of the whole from which the secretaries
are excluded, and finally the conference
itself. The ENJOYS are firing of this
quiet coast town, and already want to
get away, but it looks as tho month
more will be required to finnish the
work in hand