The National tribune., 1907-07-18

}, one. or tried to, and after an ineffectua
t struggle, discovered that, indeed, tn
:, cigars were mot made to smoke" a
a matter of fact, they We're so tight
U rolled as to resemble plug" tobacco
e and no amount of putting would max
i them burn. Mr.. Busbey found that b.
. whiting off a few Shavings witt.
sharp knife, and placing them in pipe
the offering from South Carolina coul'
e he smoked, but in no other way. Nov
;. anybody desiring to see real chewin.
cigar may have the opportunity b!
calling on Uncle Joe's secretary.
! The Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided that the ''jim-crow' cal
law is not discriminatory where equa
facilities are furnished both races II
, passing upon the conStitutionality o
the laws enacted by Southern State:
| requiring railroads to furnish separate
coaches for the races, the Commission
, holds that the broad question of the
: right under the 18th and 14th amend
ments of the Constitution to segregate
white and colOred passengers has beer
upheld by the Supreme Court of the
, United States"
The most recent outcry against the
law providing separate coaches for the
! races was that of Senator Foraker il
his speech at Wilberforce, Ohio, when
: he urged the negroS to resist the en-
forcement of this law.
The case before the Interstate Com
, merce Commission, which resulted in
the decision uDhOlding the ''jim-crow
car law. was brought by Georgia Ed
wards. colored woman, against the
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
Railway. She invoked the provisions
tof the rate bill Immediately after its
passage by Congress and it was gem
orally understood that she was acting
for many prominent negros in the
South and North. Her first move was
to purchase a ticket emitting her to
first-class passage from Chattanooga.
Tenn, to Dalton, Ga. She entered the
car assigned to white passengers. and
was promptly removed therefrom to the
car assigned to the colored people.
Thru Eer attorney she filed a COM
plant attacking the law and alleging
ed to her as against those provided for
I white passengers.
The Commission heard arguments on
the case. and While affirming the valid
| ity of the law, found the complaint as
to inferior accommodations well found
ed, and ordered the railroad to pro-
vide equal facilities for coiored pas
sengerS.
Secretary Cortelyou has recommend
ed the appointment of Frank A. Leach.
| present Superintendent of the Mint at
San Francisco. as Director of the Mint,
| to succeed George +. Roberts who has
resigned to accept the Presidency of
the Commercial National Bank of Chi
cago. The appointment was announced
by the President last Monday.
Mr.. Leach was appointed to his pres
ent position Aug. /. 1897. The salary
! is $4,000, the same as the pay of the
J .fFa- Of rf,at
Mr.. Leach for this office is a recogni-
ton of the merit system. in which Mr..
Corteiyou thOroly believes. The Super
intendent at the San Francisco Mint
has an enviable record for painstaking
and satisfactory work. He came into
prominence during the earthquake by
his heroic work at the Sub-Treasury.
1t was thru the untiring labors of the
Superintendent and his loyal assistants
that that building was preserved and
the millions of money of the Govern
ment on deposit saved from fire and
robbery.
stilled. The fight on the color line in
the office of the Supervising Architect
has met its Waterloo for the time at
least The row was impending for some
| time. colored man who came into
the Office on his merits thru the Civil
siN', 'sdttlA DIS tlt WDlte men IN the
Office did, was taunted, nagged and re-
viled in the covert way that such things
can be done. until one day he slapped
one of the white men. who slapped
back. and then friends separated them.
and the case went before the Assistant
Secretary. He went into the case pret-
ty thoroly, and he found that if any
body was to be fired it would be the
white men in the office, as they had
been the aggressors thruout, and the
coIorcd man had only struck when his
manhood could stand no more Under
these conditions the Assistant Secre-
tary concluded that a reprimand would
be all that ne could do. so he talked.
TO both of the bel!igerents. and to-day
there are just many colored men in
the Architects Office as ever. and JUS.
as many white men, tho the man VINO
struck the colored man swore he would
have his h-e-a-r-t-S-b-l-O-o-d, or things
20 that effect. but he didn't The As
sistant Secretary says that if anybody
desires to resign he can but no resigna-
uons nave been rendered.
By a formal order issued from the
War Department the memory of the
late Maj.-Gen. Shafter, who commando
ed the American troops in Cuba during
the Spanish War. has been honored by
beStowing his name upon the new mill
near Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
Brighten. James Z. Aleshire the
new Quartermaster-Gener of the
Army, VINO won his spurs originally As
an Indian fighter on the plains of the
Northwest. is the second member of
the noted West Point class of 1880 to
come conspicuously to the front re-
Gently
The other member is Lieut.. Col. Geo
w. Goethals. Chairman of the ISthmian
Canal Commission and Chief Engineer
OF the Canal Zone. Brig.-Gen. Sharpe
commisSary-Gener whose office is
nearest related to that of the Quarter
mastcr-Generai, was a member of the
same class.
Col. Pete" Hepburn, the heavy
weight from Iowa, who ought to be in
the United States Senate, but is in thu.
House instead. has been sojourniny in
Washington recently. He is just back
from the Hawaiian Islands, in which
ne has taken an abiding interest. Col
Hepburn does not think that Hawaii IS
prCspering as il should.
"On the contrary, conditions were
bad and business much depressed. The
only source of revenue was from the
sugar plantations, and a great part OF
the money derived from this source
went TO uon-Tesidents The labor sltua-
ton was also bad. White men could
not work in the sugar cane fields. tn.
japanese would do so but only for a
brief period uEtil they could get other
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