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The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

it was to the slaves themselves, to
free them as they were freed, set
ting them adrift on an ocean of
prejudice with no light to guide
them, also that the carpet bag ele-
ment was entirely to blame for
their enormous ideas of equality.
They have struggled against great
odds for forty years. There is
scarcely a family in the South
who is not attached to some men,
Der of the colored race, some faith
full servant. This shows that ours
is not an individual but a race
prejudice and the question is shall
we overcome this feeling? We
welcome to our land the lowest
grade of foreign emigrants, many
criminals among them. We send
out money to foreign countries to
show Christian spirit to the be-
nighted heather while at our own
fireside are a dependent race ask
ing only justice. The whole world
is looking on us as nation which
stands for equity. Among our
states there is none more blessed
than this grand state of Texas.
Let it be first to show the world
that its people are not only sincere
and just but generous, and that
their justice is tempered with
mercy TO less fortunate people.
and let us remember that the con-
ditions of our birth are accidents
and but for the grace of God we
might be worse than they. The
better class of. colored people are
discouraged. They say that no
matter what they do there is no
friendly hand held out to them
Let us try kindness and see if the
race question cannot be settled
amicably. The golden rule has
worked wonders for over six thous-
and years, in every land on the
earth, and if honestly practiced
with the. colored race will trans
form them for there are no people
more appreciativo of kindness
than they. AS superior race
we owe them our protection and
we would not fail them to day if
they were attacked by an outside
foe there are good and bad among
them as is the case with all peo-
pie. They do not care for equali-
ty, all they ask is justice, but as
we hope for mercy let us show
ourselves merciful.
A WOMAN OF THE soTTH.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

A local newspaper of Cincinnati,
O., that recently offered a prize
for the servant establishing a re-
cord of the longest continuance in
the service of one family has made
the award. Lazarine Celestina,
for 80 years servant in the house
hold of Mrs. NJ. FL. Bentley, 359
Resor avenue, Clifton, a suburb,
is winner Of the long-term servant
girl contest. Lazarine Celestina
was born in slavery in Louisiana,
and speaks French better than
English. Fifty years ago she was
a full-grown woman and was
bought by Mrs. McGee, Mrs. Bent
ly's mother, who lived in New Or
leans. She was given her freedom
a year later, but she chose the pro-
lection of her mistress. and is now
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

Madison, Wis.,-January IA
The spectacle of a colored boy be-
ing carried in triumph on the
shoulders of admiring white stu
dents, being the central figure in
noteworthy demonstrators in
which the hundreds of members of
the men and ''co-ed" literary So
cieties of the university took part,
was presented to Eugene J. Mar
shal, the winner of the recent
Hamilton oratorical contest in
Chicago, was welcomed home from
his victory. The literary societies
suspended their regular meetings
and celebrated the return of the
forensic victor as was celebrated
the return twenty-six years ago of
Robert M. LaFollette, congress
man, governor and now United
States senator, upon the occasion
when he brought to Madison the
first Wisconsin intercollegiate ora
torical victory. Mr.. Marshall is
recognized as one of the ablest
young men in the university. He
comes here from Detroit and is
graduate of the University of
Michigan, where he was also the
winner of many oratorical contests.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27
'mended the abolition of the land
Office at Little Rock. but the presi-
dent will renominate Bush.

Believing it good luck to have a
Negro walk through a house at the
dawn of the new year, Mrs. M. l..
Parsons of 1906 Delaware avenue.
Wilmington, Del, about midnight
asked Patrolman Frank Kane to
bring a colored man to her home
The colored man Kane found at
first feared to enter the home,
thinking a trick might be played
upon him. He walked through
the rooms and the Negroes face
broke into a smile when Mrs. Par
sons thanked him and paid him for
the trouble. The Negro and po-
liceman departed and Mrs. Parsons
and her family went to bed con-
tented.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

There is no weakness known to
human nature that dies as hard as
does race prejudice. the other
wise broad minded man, who is
tolerant Of other peoples religious,
political or sociological convictions
when it comes to the world old
question of superiority of races, is
adamant. Colcr begets prejudice.
Few there are who will admit
that the amalgamation of the races
is other than wild and impracti-
cable dream. And yet this very
thing is question that is now
''up to u.s." 1t is as inevitable as
is the reconstruction of Russia.
The question recently propounded
by The Post, as to whether the In
dian should marry the girl, ex-
presses in limited way query
that is agitating the entire world
today,
We have become so enlightened
regarding the Orientals that the
arrogant assurance that character
lied the Anglo-Saxon twenty years
ago has become seriously shaken.
The gap between the Orient and
the Occident has been found to be
rather narrow after all, and the
y deep rooted conviction that they
were "heathen" and "benighted"
has had few severe shocks.
Happily, the Occidental mind is
alert. 1t can learn its lesson and
it is wise enough to admit the fact
of its mistake. The old theologi-
cal concept that God made the
human race with all it's variations
of color and characteristics for a
specific purpose, still prevails with
the majority.
But the question cannot help
forcing itself upon us, as to which
specific color or race he most fa-
vored. In other words, may not
God be black or yellow, or red, as
we'll as white?
We are told that "God made
man in His own image and like
ness" but the most Jealous search
of scriptural record cannot find
any authority for the assumption
that He made him (man) white.
We are not told that He made him
Angle Saxon, or Latin, or Mongol-
ian, nor any other tribe. From
which we may assume that this
recognition of differences of nation
and color and class have been add
ed since, by opinionated man him.
self
And, looking over the history of
the human race as a whole we may
be justified in assuming that the
merely human mind is prone to
err, since history is long record
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27
PLEA OF WHITE WOMAN

1t is deplorable thing that just
at this time such a play as The
Clansman should be brought be
fore the people of the South. No
good can come of opening the old
wounds of the Civil War. All
thinking people realize how cruel
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

Abbeville, \ C-Wholesale ar
rests will follow the lynching of
two Negroes at Barnweli recently,
news of which has just leaked out.
Sheriff Creech has telegraphed
Governor Hayward that the crime
was brutal murder" and has re-
ceived orders to apprehend all of
the guilty persons. The governor
also announces that he will use
the whole power of the state to
bring them to justice. County
officials who looked on and made
no effort to check the infuriated
mob also will face criminal prose
cution. 1t is the governors inten-
ton that every one of the 100 or
$50 who had a hand in the pro-
ceedings shall be hauled into
court, charged with murder or with
being accessories to the crime.
State troops will be called out if
necessary. The sheriff says he
has the names of all the lynchers.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

S. B. Forman, young colored
man of Cincinnati, Ohio, has in
vented a mail crane. for which he
expects to receive a fortune. j.
Alexander Chiles, the local attor-
ney, and Julius Thatcher are inter-
ested with him in the invention.
Letters received recently from
Washington stated that the patent
applied for would be issued. The
invention is one Of many excellent
advantages and is an improvement
upon the cranes now in use. 1t is
constructed so as to receive and
deliver mail bags at the same time,
and recommends itself especially
because it eliminates all elements
of danger in operating it.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

While trying to act as peace
maker during a fight in Phiiadel-
phia last week William Lovett.
was fatally beaten. The fight was
between Albert Grooms and his
wife Blanche, Negroes. The po-
lice say they were quarreling about
a trivial matter, when Lovett in
terferred. He was knocked down
and beaten about the head and
body. A policeman found Lovett
unconscious and sent him to the
Jefferson Hospital, where he died.
Grooms and his wife were arrested
and taken before Magistrate Koch
ersperger, who committed them to
prison without bail for a further
hearing.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

Washington, January 17.-H.
l.. Remmel, chairman of the Re-
publican state committee of Ark,
presented to the President to-
day the name of j. E. Bush for re-
appointment as receiver of the
land office at Little Rock, Ark.
Bush is a colored man. The Sec
retary of the interior has recon-
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

The 24th Infantry, now station
ed at the Presidio, except to sail
soon for Philippine Islands. For
the first time in about eleven years,
this regiment, is all together-1260
men, as fine as ever stepped in
shoe leather. Every man, woman
and child in the United States
should feel proud of that regiment
who were so loyal to the flag of
their country. The Spanish war
in Cuba was not ended, until that
regiment, went there, or the war
of the insurrection of the Philip
pine Islands was not ended until
they were sent there. We would
like to remind the people of the
United States unless the bitter
prejudice and the discrimination
against the Negro ceases growing
and spreading as it has for the
last few years, the Negro will lose
that respect and loyalty which he
has had for the flag of this country
ever since 1865.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

The National Memorial Associa-
ton met in Chicago recently aud
set apart May "a of each year for
memorial services in honor of the
memory of such men and women
as Wendell Phillips, Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Elijah P. Lovejoy,
Roscoe Conklin, Frederick Doug
lass, William Lloyd Garrison and
Charles Sumner.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27
NS'N'vU'O0 O0O'OOt
RACE NEWS
/, Gathered from Various Sources.

Mayor Bookwater of Indianopo-
lis Ind. has appointed A. G. Simm
(colored) Chief clerk in the Comp
trollers office of that city.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27
The Illusion of Environment
Says

BY Alexander j. McIvOrTyndal in Denver Post. Says
Question of Race, Color Class will Vanish
as We Learn to Recognize the Rela-
tionship as Souls.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

Newburg, N. William Bruyn
a Negro coachman, and Frances
Courier, a white girl, returned to
Washingtonville from Newburg
and announced that they had been
married. The girls father knock
ed them both down, and the angry
villagers attacked Bruyn and
threatened to lynch him. He es-
capped, but later he and the girl
were placed in Jail.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27

Little Rock, Ark.-The State Med
ical society has announced the re-
suit of the examinations held in
Little Rock last week. The high
mark of 90 was made by F. NJ.
Garrett of Montrose, Negro, the
only one of three Negro applicants
to pass. CARROTS mark of 90 ex-
ceeded by 10 any other made in
the examinations.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-01-27
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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-07

rates was the controlling factor in
that movement. The average member
of the legislature that. passed the
Newbury bill in 1891 knew nothing
of the silver question. The writer
well remembers suggesting that ques-
ton as a subject for debate in the
county alliance of his county that
year, and not finding single member
of the organization that had the
slightest idea as to the nature or
meaning of the question proposed.
Yet Colfax county elected an inde-
pendent to the legislature at the pre-
ceding election.
With the advent of national in
dependent political party, and the at
filiation of the independents of Ne
braska with the same, the local is
sues that gave rise to the Organiza-
tion were gradually displaced by ma
tional questions, particularly the sill
yer question which became acute at
that time In 1892, number of rail-
road politicians and hencemen joined
the populist party in Nebraska for the
purpose of influencing and directing
it's COUNCILS in the interest of their
employers to the great damage and
injury of the organization. The free
pass distributors did not overlook
their populist friends when they
doled out their paste boards, and it
is quite generally believed that the
railroad interest received some con-
sideration in return for the courtesies
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-07

questioned refused to admit the SUI
perior strength of Mr.. Berge as can
didate this year, and his position upon
any great question is not in doubt,
neither is his integrity called in ques-
ton. 1t is a safe rule to mistrust
the good faith of those who are I'M
able to give other than inconsequen-
tial and puerile reasons for urging
either the nomination or the defeat
of candidates before convention.
When reasons can be found that will
stand the light of day and be worthy
of intelligent men they are always
boldly stated. But when intelligent
men give us reasons for their conduct
that which is unworthy of their in
telligence, their action is in such
cases are controlled by reasons other
than those they state. 1t will not do
to overlook the railroads as a factor
in opposition to the nomination of
Mr.. Berge.
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THE PoPULIsT PARTY

+ The populist party is factor to be
reckoned with in the politics of the
state of Nebraska. The fact that the
party is not in flourishing condition
nationally does not necessarily de-
prive the party in Nebraska of i'm
portance and power It must be borne
in mind that the peoples independent
party of Nebraska was originally a
movement of the farmers of the state
against railroad extortion that the
movement had it's genesis in the farm
ers alliance organization and was
based upon local conditions in it's in
ception, and that the controlling con-
dition is substantially the same now as
it was at the time the movement was
started. 1t will be remembered that
the farmers alliance movement. or
peoples independent party, controlled
both branches of the Nebraska legis-
lature in 1890-91 when the Newbury
freight rate bill was passed, which
was vetoed by Governor Boyd. This
was two years before the populists
party as national organization had
an existence. s..s.4 W.
At the same time, and for similar
reasons, the farmers of South Da-
kota and Kansas broke away from
their old affiliations. The action of
the farmers in these different states
were each taken on their own initi-
alive and without the knowledge of
the other, no concert of purpose or
action existing in any manner be-
tween the three states or any two of
them. The populist party, as ma
tional organization, was initiated by
the appointment of provisional COM
mittees to select delegates to ma
tional convention by a. conference at
st. Louis Feb. %, 1892, and became
a full fiedged political organization at
Omaha on the 4th of July of the same
year. It's platform and purposes diff
fered very materially from that adop-
ted by the Independents of Nebraska.
1t will be. recalled that the democratic
party in the state of Nebraska. at the
time of the advent of this indeepndent
movement into the politics of the
state, was as thoroughly under the
control of the railroads of the state,
as was the republican party.
The silver question which played
such an important part in politics
in the nineties was not factor in the
formation of the independent party in
Nebraska in 1890. But, on the other
hand; the question of railroad freight
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-07
BERGE FOR GOVERNOR

In an open letter to the voters of
the state Hon. George w. Beige has
announced his candidacy for the gov
ernorship of the state, subject to the
democratic and peoples Independent
conventions to be held in August. Mr..
Berge's announcement has the ring Of
true metal. On the burning issues of
the day he voices the sentiments of
nine-tenths of the voters of Nebraska
regardless of party And, in our hum
BILE Judgment an overwhelming ma
jority of the voters Of the state are
anxious for the opportunity to elect
Mr.. Berge to the Office of chief mag
istrate of our commonwealth.
The reason for this is plain. The
fire of indignation that burns in the
breast of Mr.. Berge, against the in
EQUITIES of railroad politics and rail-
road extOrtiOn in our state causes him
to speak of them in terms of direct
ness that illumines the minds, and
fres the souls of his hearers with
resentment against the wrongs per-
petrated against them. When Mr..
Berge speaks on the railroad ques-
ton he voices the sentiment of his
hearers with clearness and power
that awakens in them the highest
emotions of loyalty to truth and right
before which partisan politics van
ishes as mists before the MONDAY
SUM-.
Mr.. Berge's letter is characteristic
OF the man. His message is plain,
his language direct and unquivocal,
and back Of it is man of conviction
and purpose. One thing can be de-
pended upon which is that the rail
roads will leave no stone unturned
to defeat the nomination of Mr.. Berge
in the democratic convention. Poll
tics will have become purified beyond
anything now known, and the millen-
ial days will be near at hand when
the railroads combine their manipula-,
ton of politics and conventions to any
one. party, or fail to find material to
work. with in all parties.
There is no good reason why Mr.,
Berge should not again become the
candidate of the opposition to the re-
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The Nebraska Independent

publican party. That he is the choice
Of the voters is evidenced beyond a
doubt by the thousands of letters that
| have come to him during the past
two years commencing him for the
courageous and patriotic stand he
took in 1904, and urging him to again
lead the forces opposed to railroad
domination in the campaign OF this
year.
| OF course, it is only natural that
other individuals should aspire to the
Office of governor. Such is their un-
doubted right. But, under every
rule of courtesy and civil procedure
Mr.. Berge is entitled to renomina-
tion on the showing he made two
years ago. In order that our readers
may have the facts before them, the
figures are here given which may be
verified by procuring an abstract Of
the votes cast in the state in 1904,
from the secretary of state. The fig
ures are as follows:
Votes for President
Votes cast for Roose-
welt, republican. $500. 1865
Votes cast for Parker,
democrat ........ 0l,SO
Votes cast for Watson,
pOpulist ,............2 O,518
Votes cast for Parker
and Watson combined72, 1894
Plurality for Roosevelt
over Parker .... S6,6S2
Plurality for Roosevelt
over Parker and Wat
son combined ...... 66,164
The vote cast for George w. Berge
for governor was 2,56S, being 30,174
more than the combined votes cast
for Parker and Watson. The total
vote. cast for the six fusion candi-
dates for congress in 1904 was S9,959
being 1869 less than the vote cast
for Berge for governor. The average
vote cast for the seven minor state
officers on the fusion ticket was 49,
O29, being 1859 less than the vote
cast for Berge for governor. Thus it
is plain that in 1904 Berge showed
great strength even against the land
slide to Roosevelt.
The secret of Mr.. Berge's strength
lies in the fact that he is sincere in
the work he is engaged in, and is
terribly in earnest. These, together
with the fact that he is thorough be-
lever in the integrity of the people,
and in their ability to in the end sue
cessfully solve all questions of public
policy, enables him to speak to them
as one inspired, penetrating to the
core of the intellect and conscience
of his hearers. a
If the nomination was to be made
by the primary system, as is done in
the South, the nomination of Mr..
Berge would be assured by practic-
ally unanimous vote. Under such cir
cumstances it is very doubtful if any
aspiring politician would be found
who would risk his future by contest
ing the nomination with Mr.. Berge
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Votes for President
Votes cast for Roose-
welt, republican. $50.
Votes cast for Parker,
democrat .......... 51,S76
Votes cast for Watson,
populist ..20,518
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