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PROF. DUBOIS LETTER.

Atlanta University.
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 19. 'O6.
Dear Prof. Richards:
The Georgia Equal Rights Con-
vention, consisting OF 200 delegates
from every congressional district in
Georgia has just made this unani-
nous declaration:
I'VE have saved something from
our poverty and to-day pay taxes on
more than is million dollars worth
OF property. Is IL fair that the pos
SCISSORS OF this property should have
no voice in its government and taxa
tion2 Taxation without represen-
tation is tyranny.
I'VE do not deny that some of us
are not yet nit for the ballot but we
DO affirm that the majority OF us are
ht-ft by our growing intelligence.
our ownership of property and our
conservative, law-abfding tenden-
cies; in any case certainly dis
franchisement and oppression will
not increase our fitness, nor will
they settle the race problem. The
right 10 vote is in itself an educa-
ton, and il Georgia had taken as
much time and trouble to fit us for
political responsibility as she has in
denying us our rights, she would
have safer and saner electorate
than that which is to-day swaying
her By appeals TO her worst passions
I Noteless workiRgmen are slaves
without the defense OF the ballot we
stand naked To our enemies, the
helpless victim OF jealousy and hate
subjected to, and humiliated by an
unreasoning caste spirit, which
grows by what il feeds upon. If
we are good enough TO be represent
ed by five Georgia congressman in
the councils Of the nation. we are
surely good enough to choose those
representatives; and IL we are not
good enough TO be represented at
least. as human beings, We are too
good to be misrepresented by our
enemies. We ask of this nation
therefore the enforcement Of the
l4th and 18th amendments"
Thus the wave of protest has com
menced in the South and il will roll
from Georgia TO Texas il the spirit
OF the Niagara Movement succeeds
In inspiring these black millions.
Success TO your meeting.
Sincerely yours.
W. +. b. DUBOIS.
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stract. which operates to deprive a
great part of the population Of a
state or the nation OF all direct re-
presentation in any law-making or
aw-administering body, and thereby
leaves them without power TO check
in any degree the acts of those who
make ami administer the laws. is
unjust and undemocratic: I wish
could say IL is un-American. And
when by the operation of such a sys
tenn, the representation based on the
number Of the excluded class Is O.
penly, avOwedly and shamelessly
used by the usurping class to hu-
initiate, degrade and further injure
those whom they have robbed. a sit
uation is created which calls for en-
phatic protest and ceaseless agita-
ton until the wrong is righted
The Fifteenth Amendment, which
declares that THE right of citizens
Of the United Status to vote shall
not be denied or abridged by the
United States or any State on ac-
count OF race or color" should be
enforced both in spirit and ia the
letter. II it be held by the Courts
that the DISTINGUISHING constitutions
OF the South 10 not violate IL. then
the punitive clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment should be enforced. and
southern representation reduced in
proportion 10 the number of those
disfranchised. There will then be
fewer Negro-haters and Negro bait
ers in Congress. TO seek spectacular
notoriety by abuse of their own con
stituents, and TO trade their votes.
in commercial legislation. for per
mission to maintain in their own
States unlawful and unconstitution-
al forms of government.
The right OF suffrage is fundamen
tai TO liberty. The poor and the
unlettereu need il even more than
the rich and the learned, for these
can In measure take care OF them
selves without il. IL is the plain
mans only bulwark against oppres-
sion. He is not free without il: and
II he be a black man. without il ne
cannot, as DR.. Dubois has well said
even earn a decent living in the land
OF his birth; he cannot get Justice
In the courts; and the traditional
Scorn of his color is intensified bv
the contempt which is felt for those
who cannot defend themselves. The
CAAS AOHC AOl Aut luNNIG OF the Ne
gro of the South lies in the recov-
cry of this right OF which he has
been deprived To this end. those
or us who love liberty should never
cease TO act, to agitate. and to seek
by protest and by argument. by ev-
cry means at our command, the SYM
pathy and support. for those thus
wronged OF the great army OF Amer
lean people who in their heart of
hearts believe in the principles of
democracy as embodied in the De-
claration OF independence and the
amended Constitution of the United
States.
The Negro is not without friends:
they are not dead. but only sleeping
Their rights and their liberties are
bound mp with the Negro's. Without
their aid We can do little. Togeth-
er we can win our cause. which is
not only the cause of the Negro, but
the cause of humanity.
Sincerely yours,
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DO You Know Them?

| desire TO know the whereabouts
or some of my people. My uncle
was named Henry Payne and for
a number OF years was a hackman
He lived at Richmond. Va. I had
four sisters but only two were al
home when left. Alice and Hen
rietta. The other two were named
Millie and Nancy.
Any information will be gladly
received by
MRS. CoRAH PAYNE REED,
8 Main Street,
Everett, Mass.
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VIII Come Again.

Clarkesville, Indian Territory.
February l4th, 1906.
Mr.. John Mitchell. Jr.,
Richmond, Va,
Dear sir.
Enclosed find postal order for
($l.5O) one dollar and fifty cents
for which please receipt me for the
Richmond PLANET I'll come a
gain IN short while with another
like remittance.
Just let the PLANET come ahead.
the bold defender OF the race.
Yours fraternany,
l.. l.. McSHAUN.
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THE EFFORT MADE.

Recently however, an effort was
made 10 bring the two Unions to-
gether; the following committee
having been appointed TO that end
Nelson Williams. Jr.. r. III. Thurs
ton. :. W. Turner. w. p. Epps from
the Richmond Union, and w. II.
Holmes; and J. Henry Crutchheld.
Nj. l.. Crittendon, W. II. Jones. ].
II. stephens and r. H. Fauntlerov
from the National Baptist Union.
The agreements were:
First, that the two unions be con-
soldated under the name of the
Consolidated Richmond Sunday
School Union"
Second. that each school should
be free in the purchase of its Htera-
ture
Third. that the Virginia Seminary
anu College be placed on all its lit
erature for educational donations.
Fourth. that in the selection OF
delegates 60 the Conventions. due
consideration be given the BAPTIST
State Sunday School Convention OF
Virginia.
IL seems however that for some
reason the officials OF the old Sun
day School Union demurred and
wanted the new Sunday School I'm
ion TO humiliate themselves and
come In the old union as new mem
bers. This they refused TO DO and
the National Baptist Sunday School
, Union viii proceed as usual being
supported by such men as Drs. w.
+. Graham, A. +. Edwards. w. r.
Ashburne. ID. W. Davis and Others.
THE NATIONAL UNIONS CLAIM.
The National Union in supporting
the Negro publishing house claim
that they help the race and denom-
ination by stimulating literary writ
ers. fostering missionary scaemes
and keeping some seventy thousand
dollars per year in the hands Of
the Negro Baptists of the South
The publishing house at Nash
viii has now a plant worth SS0o
| 600, employs over two hundred
young people as book-makers. bind
ers, printers. clerks, type-setters
and the rest, besides a host of mis-
sionaries on the field
/ CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM.
The promoters OF the National
Baptist Sunday School Union do not
understand how Richmond can be
such great headquarters for dis
tinctive Negro enterprises AMI at
the same time take a pronounced
stand in opposition to the greatest
publishing house produced, owned
and controlled by the Negroes in
the whole round world. They can
not understand how men in prom
inent positions of organizations.
National in their territory, depen-
dent upon Negro support through
out the entire country. can bitterly
oppose Negro Institutions like the
Virginia Seminary and the National
Baptist publishing house.
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MR.. CHEsTNUTTs REGRETS

A letter was then read from Chas
w. Chestnut of Cleveland, Ohio.
IL is as follows:
Cleveland, o., Feb. 21, 'O6.
My dear Prof. Richards:
i am sorry ! cannot be present at
the Suffrage Meeting. Were |
there ] could only say, as I shall ask
you to say for me, that a disfran-
chiset people is not a free people:
the colored People of the United
states, therefore are not free. A
people, part of whom are disfran-
chised, is not free: the American
people. therefore, are not free.
While the trend of political progress
IN every other civilized country of
N<he world, has been, for the recent
pass. toward the extension of tho
suffrage. the United States alone
has gone backward Seeking TO dis
franchise the Negro, the white peo-
pie OF the South have disfranchised
vast numbers of themselves. I be-
lieve in manhood suffrage. Whoev-
er by his labor, however humble,
contributes 10 the wealth and revs-
nue. of the country-and that is ey-
cry man who labors-should some
how have a voice in his own govern
ment. No man is fit to make laws
for others without consulting them.
Any limitation of the suffrage,
however fair and specious in the alb
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CHAs. w. CHEsNuT1
DIR. LEE SPEAKS.

Rev. George WI Lee then address
ed the meeting and treated the aud
ience to that profound philosophy OF
which he alone is capable.
The next speaker was former re-
preventative Mahany of Buffalo, n.
Y, and late minister to Ecuador.
who appeared as substitute for Hon.
John f. Milholland of New York.
Mr.. Mahany discussed the question
from the standpoint of a lawyer and
statesman, creating a profound i'm
preston.
Mr.. J. Max Barber, Editor of the
Voice of the Negro, from Georgia,
described conditions in the South.
and I'm a speech almost unsurpassed
Tor grasp ana learning. captivated
his audience, and reminded the ma
ton that taxation without represen
tation is tyranny" He saw but
one escape. and that must come
through the enforcement of the Con
stitutIon with all ifs Amendments.
He declared. ''the fight Is on, and
that IL will be pushed from this on
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Returns Thanks.

Richmond. Va. Mch. s, 'O6
The Sharon Baptist Church kind
ly thanks Mrs. Edmonia Delaney OF
Astoria l.. l.. New York City, for a
contribution OF ($12.OO) twelve dol
lars. which greatly helps us on our
Church debt.
a. S. THOMAS, Pastor.
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Mr.. a. A. Fennel of Ponds. Ala.
SHOWS his appreciation by sending
us cash subscriptions to the PLAN
ET and he assures us that he will
90 more. God is indeed raising IN
friends for us and the work.
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Rev. Edwards to Preach.

Rev. A. Z. Edwards, pastor of
Fifth Street Baptist Church viii
preach at Mt. Tabor Bapt. Church.
Sunday, March 18th, 1906 at $3.50
Z. NJ.
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FAILED TO MEET THEM.
The Sunday School Conventions Still
Apart-Ah Account of the
TrOublc-A Peculiar Sit
uatiOn.

From reports going the rounds of
city gossip there seems to be some
misunderstanding among our Sun
day School workers OF Richmond
and vicinity. For several years there
have been two Sunday School I'm
ions among the colored Baptists in
Richmond. the origin Of which dates
back TO the establishment Of the Ne
gro Baptist publishing house at
Nashville Tenn. and the division Of
the Baptist forces in this State in
1899. For ii will be remembered
that there was not only hot lis
cussion as 20 the school in Lynch
burg but also in relation TO the use
OF Sunday School literature publish
ed by the National Baptist publish
ing house.
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THE CAUSE OF THE DIVISION.

Two Sunday School State Conven
tions came into existence. the one
using literature published by the
white Baptists of the North. the.
other sticking by and fostering the
Negro enterprise. a second sun
day School union was organized in
Richmond because schools which
used Negro literature. as they say.
were Disseminated against: there
fore with Prof. b. II. Peyton as
President, the new Union has gone
along doing good work for the last
several years.
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Sacred Concert.

To be given by Hyaciuth Art and
Literary Circle at Leigh St NJ. f
Church for benefit OF the above
named Church Sunday, March nth,
LAT $3.50 o'clock =. NJ. Address by
Patsie *. Anderson. Public is in
vited.
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the case. we demand that represen-
tati0n in Congress and in the elector
al colleges shall be proportionally
reduced as directed by the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
GEO. II. WHITE, Chair
II. J. PINKETT, Sect'y.
A. II. GRIMKE.
L. NJ. KERSHAW.
Mr.. A. s. Gray. Secretary of the
meeting. then read the letters of re-
gret. One from w. r. b. Dubois Of
Atlanta University. Il was as fol-
lows:
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-10

WANTED-A woman 10 take
charge of kitchen and cook only.
Apply.
2O1 W. Grace ST.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-03-10

Mr.. James H. Coleman, of 23S
Gill St, Petersburg. Va. has been
indisposed the past week.
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Mll. GARRISON RECEIVES ovA-
TION.

Mr.. William Lloyd Garrison re-
ceived the ovation Of his life when
he arose 10 speak. He said in part:
The political rights Of the Ne
gro in the South are practically de-
MED by force and fraud and by sub
servient rulings of the Supreme
Court. The colored people cannot
be too alert too jealous 90 retain
the guarantee OF the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments 10 determine
that the ballot. the best safeguard
of the citizen. shall never be with
drawn. The assertion is false that
Negro Suffrage is a failure 1t new
er had a fair trial. While a free
ballot is denied in the South. race
differences will never heal.
''It is a monstrous hsurpation 10
base state representative on stifed
minorities
In forty years the moral tone Of
the North has uistinotly lowered
Material .deveIopmentsl have turned
public attention from Questions Of
right TO those of wealth. The South
alone, in the clutch pf economic
forces, is bewildersd and perplexei
DO not consider that this cause is
'At NtSiO Only. why the SlruE-
gle OF the poor whites, fellow vic
Tins OF the blacks under slavery, Is
his struggle also. TIE day has
dawned for them TO rise. And 9th
er fellow sufferers are 20 be seen In
the mill and mine and slum, helpless
while the few govern tie many and
congesting wealth makes expanding
poverty"
Or. William a. Sinclair, Author
OF the Aftermath OF Slavery" made
an able argument for the reduction
OF southern representation.
Other speakers were Congressman
Bennett Of New York and Cushman
of Washington. Or. Reyburn and
Kelley Miller. Music was rendered
by the Metropolitan Church choir.
the Amphion Glee Club and n solo
was rendered by Miss Lola Johnson.
=. s. TWISTER.
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GREAT MASS nEETING
IN WASHINGTON. D. &.
The Beginning Of Great Move
ment Of Agitation IS at Hand.

GARRISON PRINCL
SPEAKER-THE RACE, THROUGH MEN,
MANDS THAT CONSTITUTION ENFORCED.
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against the traducers of our rights
and our liberties.
Mr.. A. b. Humphrey. Secretary of
the Constitution League. gave an
outline of it's work, adding. "the
League will make no covenant with
death nor hell, yet we will be
heard"
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IF I only could, but it's not IN me-
Young men, what are you gong 10
do with the responsibility OF your cit
izenship? You may cover the walls OF
your room with pictures of great men,
hoping that you will take an inspira-
ton from them, but the only Inspiration
and direction is the divine directory
We mus tget back to the old idea of the
influence of the Holy Spirit, and to His
inspiration and guidance.
Those who deny, as 1 deny, that we
belong to the same family of the brutes
will agree with this, and ais proof OF
the superiority of humanity l would
mention that I have a horse that ride
every day and Of which I am very
fond and go into his stable and stroke
his neck, and he eats sugar out Of my
hand, bu twhen I am leaving he is lia-
Bile OF kick out in a way that might
kin me, and if / lay dead on the floor
beside him and the groom came. in
with his feed of oats, do you think that
he would not eat it because 1 lay dead
there? Indeed he would, but if you
have an enemy, or one with whom you
are on bad terms, and you meet him
and kill him do you think that YOU
could go home and eat any supper and
go peacefully to sleep? Indeed you
could not. You and I carry about with
US a divide witness to the influence of
the Holy Spirit
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Temple street, who went down to New
York to the horse show on Monday last,
returned to town on Friday. Mr. anu
Mrs Marlin but recently returned from,
their trip TO the Pacific coast and Mex.
co. Mr.. and Mrs Marlin went as Ia6
north as Vancouver and south some Zov
miles below the city of Mexico. They
had a most delightful three months OIL
travel.
Mrs. Adrian c. Beitmahn, of West
Haven, will be the hostess to-day tol
the Monday Afternoon Whist club
President and Mrs c. S. Mellen are
planning to return to town for Thanks
giving from their home in Stockbridge,
where they have spent most of the time
since early spring.
Miss Amy DuPuy, of Pittsburg. was
the guest over Sunday of Miss Funice
Parish, having come to New Haven 10
attend the Yale-Harvard football game
Saturday. Miss DuPuy is a sister Oh
Miss Parish's fiance, Charles M. DuPuy'
Yale 1908.
The Misses Edna and Lucy King and
Bronson King. of New Brighton Staten
Island, are the guests of their aunt
Mrs. A. c, Heitmann, of Elm street.
West Haven.
Mrs. William c. Wurtemburg. who
was entertaining friends over the game,
gave a smart little luncheon at her
".
Mrs. Wurtemburg house GUESTS. Miss
Helen Phillips and Miss Grace Allen, Of
Worcester, there were present Miss FL
eanor Wurts, Clarence Phillips. of New
Yor, a brother of the hostess: Joseph
L, Jennings, Irving J. MacDufle and
Cornelius Haskell, Yale 1908 men
MRS. Wolcott H Newberry gave a
small luncheon party al the Country
club Thursday afternoon.
Professor and Mrs Frederick M
Warren gave a very handsome little
dinner on Friday evening at their res
idence in Mansfield street. Their guests
were Professor and Mrs. Henry w. Far
nam, Professor and Mrs. R. J. sander
j son and Professor and Mrs. Frank G
Porter
Mr. and Mrs James p. Pigott, OF
East Rock road, were among those en-
tertaining guests over the game Their
i house guests included Samuel sweedy
Yale 6S. and Miss Maud Tweedyi the
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DR., CRAPSEY HAS The
COURAGE OF CONVICTION

Continued from Second Page)
must with a grief which only my own
heart knows, accept my dismissal from
the service of the church. But though
cast down, do not despair. As have
been true to God, so l believe God will
be true to me. I believe He has work
for me to do and this is His way Of
calling me to that work In His Name,
therefore right reverend sir. l beseech
You to forgive me my onenses and let
me 90.
Assuring you that I go without the
Slightest luminosity to any that leave
behind, and with love unspeakable to
/ mat host Of men and women within
the church who have comforted me in
my tribulation and most of all, with
gratitude that will never die, to four
men who have done for me what men
can seldom DO for another-to Seth
Low and George Foster Peabody, to
James Breck Perkins and Edward
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COMMITTEE ON SEWERS A


COMMITTEE ON SEWERS AND
SQUARES.
The Committee on Sewers and Squares
of the Board of Aldermen will meet in
Room l0-ll, City Hall, on TUESDAY No
vember n, 1905, at p. nj, for the con-
sideration of the following matters:
Petition of George H. Ford ct ais,
asking that the city Of New Haven
purchase the land adjoining the Gov
eminent reservation at Lighthouse
Point.
Petition of lie Grand Cannon, ct ais,
for sewer on Everett street between
East Rock road and Cold Spring street,
Petition of John Lowe, ct ais, for
sewer on Rowe street between Fine and
Lombard streets.
Petition Of Andrew Moorehead, ct
ais. for sewer on Ellsworth avenue
between Whalley avenue and Elm
street
Petition of Hattie M. Welton, ct ais,
Ferry and East Pearl streets.
Petition of Conrad j. Rabanus, ct
ais for sewer in Dover street be-
tween Rowe and Ferry streets.
Petition of p. B. Gillern, ct ais, for
! sewer in Middletown avenue between
Atwater street and Quinniplac river.
Petition of John Lowe, et ais, for
sewer in Rowe street between Pine ana
Chatham streets
! All persons Interested in the forego
ing are hereby notified to be present
and be heard thereon without further
notice.
Per order
FRANCIS S, HAMILTON, Jr., Chairman
! Attest
A. OSWALD PALLMAN,
mast Assistant City Clerk.
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City ADVERTISEMENTS.

Civil Service Headquarters. City Of New
Haven,
New Haven, Conn, Nov, 23, 1906
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
(Clerks.)
Notice Is hereby given that on We'd
nesday evening, December 3, 1906, at
7:S0 o'clock, in the aldermanic chamber
in City Hall, competitive examination
will be held. to ascertain the fitness OF
candidates for vacancy Of fourth clerk
in the Tax Department OF the City Of
New Haven, and for other positions that
exist or may exist in Class G, where
salary Is from nine hundred to twelve
hundred dollars per annum.
Application blanks and further in
formation will be furnished daily Eek
oept Saturday, at room IL, City Hall,
between the hours Of IL and O'clock,
and the remaining business hours of the
day at room 419, Exchange Building.
Applicants for said examination must
file, application papers correctly certi-
fed, on or before Monday, December 3,
1905, at / O'clock D. m.
FRANK S. ANDREW President.
Attest: J, r. DONOVAN,
n26 ct Secretary.
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MISSES Anna and Sara schuldlce, all of
iiIjTa,hnoury; Miss May Kelly, Edward Sell
lex Yale 81, of South Norwalk; Jona-
Tnlal $. Bradley and Edward Fay, of
lD-a"hnury, a Harvard man Mrs. Pigott
save a handsome little luncheon for her
suests Saturday.
street is spending few days with
trends in New York
Mrs. II. A. Fabian, of SO Cottage
street, who is entertaining several
friends from St Paul MINI, over tho
game, CAV ca small tea for her guests
at aer home Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Negbaur and daughter, Miss IneZ
HHegbaur, are visiting Or. and Mrs
bQardman In New York city.
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that is considerably ahead of any other
gun OF like character now being made.
The guns are to be made and delivered
in time for use on the battleships now
under construction 1t will take about.
year and half to complete the order,
and this. Of course, means that the
company for the next eighteen months
will be one of the busiest in the assoct-
ate communities.