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Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-21
Lo, THE POOR INDIAN.
But He Made the White Man Sit Up
and Take Notice in Oklahoma
Convention.
washington Dispatch to New York
Times.)


Times.)
Some fairly reliable reports have
finally reached Washington from Okla
homa's constitutional convention, and
they chiefly illustrate a new quality
in the character of "Lo, the Poor In
dian." More interesting even than the
expected color line legislation, temper
ance legislation, and the effort to re-
strict corporations is the fashion in
which L. P. I. has put it all over the
white brother in the game of politics.
To Indian Territory was allotted
fifty-five delegates in this constitution
al convention, to Oklahoma fifty-five
delegates, and to the Usage Nation two
delegates. The whites of Oklahoma
were settlers who had been educated
from their youth up in primaries and
nominating conventions, and terrific
rial elections had kept them in train
ing, while Lo had none of these ad-
vantages. 1t therefore was NATURAL
that the Oklahoma delegates should
have begun to caucus weeks before
the convention, planning the distribu-
tion Of the Offices, committees, and the
good things generally that are passed
around in constitutional conventions,
as well as legislatures. They gathered
in Oklahoma City and glibly discussed
the task of organizing" the untutored
red man for his good and their profit.
The untutored red man was shock
when he arrived, for he had been ed
ucated at Harvard, Princeton, Cornell,
Michigan, or Chicago, and he wore
tailor-made clothes and smart linen
and the latest thing in scarfs that had
reached st. Louis. For the Indians"
of the territory are rich beyond aver
age avarice, because paternal gov
ernment has protected them in their
property until it has reached boom val
ues. The farmers" as the Oklahoma
delegates called them, were heads of
banks, directors Of railroads, promot-
ers Of gas and electric companies,
and owners Of farm mortgages. The
untutored Indian had put forward his
best man.
Oklahoma, on the other hand, select
ing delegates according to the best
traditions of American politics, had
picked chin whiskers for honesty
windy little lawyers for oratory, and
a few bartenders here and there to
lead in such manipulations as might
be necessary.
The two neutral delegates from the
Usage Nation looked over the two
crowds and threw their deciding votes
with their fellow Indians. Some of
the Oklahoma delegates liked the COM
pany in which they found themselves
SO little, or were so upset at being
overlooked in the planned distribu-
tion Of the pie, that they sided with
the enemy.
The white brother had planned to
give Indian Territory a few janitor-
ships. That is precisely what he got.
The untutored red man hogged the
whole business-presiding officer,
clerk, sergeant at arms, and the chair
manships of all the important commit
tees.
But the end was not yet. The con-
stitutional convention was to cut up
the new state into counties. The Okla
homa delegates had made some plans
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-21
Celebration at Halls, Tenn.

The Farmers Educational and Co
Operative Union of America is plann-
ing to have big celebration at Halls,
April 3, the occasion being the compile
tion Of their large new warehouse at
that place. All the unions of the
county have been invited, as we'll as
the merchants, bankers, lawyers and
all business and professional men OF
this and adjoining counties. There
will be some distinguished speakers
present. Among those expected Is the
Hon. Thomas e. Watson, of Georgia.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-21

1t is said Dave Francis is making
motions like running for a presiden-
tial nomination. About the only place
where he would run we'll is on the
Cleveland farm at Princeton, N. J.
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-03-21
Cotton Company.

NOIloH NOIHPdHys
To the members of the Georgia Divis-
ion of the Farmers Union:
AS cotton companies have been
formed by stockholders of union ware
house companies in other southern
states, and as many letters Of inquiry
relative to the organizing of a cot
ton company in Georgia are being re-
ceived at state headquarters, we, your
state officers, after having talked the
matter over with several union men,
have decided to call a meeting for the
purpose Of discussing the question of
organizing a cotton company in Geor-
gia.
We ask each warehouse company
in Georgia, whether your warehouse is
complete or not, to send one or more
representatives to Barnesville Ca, on
March goth, the date which has been
agreed upon.
The Hon. Thomas E. Watson has
agreed to draft charter for the Geor-
gia Cotton Company.
Remember the meeting is to be in
GAINESVILLE, Ca, in the City Hall, at
10 o'clock, a. M, March 20, 1907.
Fraternally yours,
r. F. DUCKWORTH, State Pres.
J. L. BARRON, State Secretary.
J. G. EUBANKS, State Bus. Agt.
J. L. LEE, State Organizer.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12

At great peril,-at the peril OF
his political life Senator Foraker
has championed the cause of the
black battalion against the enor-
nous and unexampled injustice
and abuse of executive authority.
Let them repay him a part of
this debt by standing as bravely
by him in his fight for his polit-
ical life as he stood by the black
battalion on the floor of the Sen
ate, in the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs and on the plat
form and in the press. We also
record our sense of deep graft
tude to the Constitutional League
of the United States for its brave
and effective defense of the black
battalion, and other organizations
who have assisted in its defence.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
RACE PREJUDICE on THB
INCREASE
Sweeping Charge by the Afro
American Council. North and
South Alike Unjust to CoIOred
Citizens. Gratitude Dying and
HerOiSm Forgotten.
UnconprOniSing Stand
For Justice and Fair Treatment
Of the Race. Equal Educa-
tOnaI Facilities and
Suffrage Rights
UncOIDprOmiiSing Stand

The Afro-American Council in
its Tenth Annual Session in this
city, congratulates the nations OF
the world in their effort to pro-
mote universal peace through
their representatives now assem-
bled at the Hague. We rejoice in
the aroused sentiment in behalf Of
the natives of the Congo Free
States, who have been so cruelty
treated by the Belgian Govern
ment. We rejoice in the general
progress of the American people,
and in the marvellous manifesto
tion of industrial and material eX-
pansion which innures to the edu-
cational, moral and spiritual bet
terment of the people. We wish
to express our profound gratitude
to Miss Jeans of Philadelphia for
the gift of a million dollars for
the education of colcred children
IN the rural districts, who repre-
sent the most needy element OF
the race. We congratulate the
Atro-American people on the
splendid progress which they are
making, and urge our people
everywhere to approach the grave
problem which confronts them
with brave optimistic spirit.
The story for the year for the
colored people in America has
been but a repetition of the olc
story of their struggles anc
wrongs. Unexampled has beer
their expressions, and unexamplec
has been their successes also
Denied nearly everywhere in the
"outh are the rights OF American
citizens, equality at the ballot box
equality in the courts, equality OF
the railroads, equality in th'
schools, equality of opportunity
and equalIry~of protection from
mob violence, the race has gone
on doing the labor of the South
and Piling up for it its vast in
ereaSing wealth, and lifting th'
level of its own life in many line
at one and the same time.
AT the North the race has beer
knocking at the door of Oppor
unity, open to all races in the re
public, but closed to it alone,-
Closed to it alone not because
vas bad, worse than other races
out solely because it was black
uarker than other races. 1t wa
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12

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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
HOW The NATIONAL
FORESTS SERVE THE
PUBLIC

"The Use Of the National For
ests," publication just printed by
the Department of Agriculture, is
a brief, clear manual for public in
formation as to the forest policy
of the National Government.
1t is too true, as the short pref.
ace to the public says, that many
people do not know what National
Forests are. Others may have
heard much about them, but have
no idea of their true purpose and
use" 1t is the object of this pub
lication to explain just what the
National Forests mean, what they
are for, and how to use them.
In the first place, it is explained
how the Forests are created, and
how their boundaries are drawn.
Next, their direct use and value
are shown from the point of view
of the homeseeker, the prospector
and miner, the user of timber, the
user of the range, the user of wa
ter, and other users of Forest re-
sources. Third, it is shown how
the Forests are intended for use,
/ for the production of usable prod
ucts, and for the establishment
and maintenance of homes; how
on all of them the timber is pro-
tected from fire, the water flow IS
! kept steady, the forage on the
range is increased and guarded
from abuse; and how, in addition,
they serve as great public play
grounds, and as breeding places
and refugees for game. Finally
the management of the National
Forests is described.
Here it is that the great useful
ness of the Forests is brought out
most clearly and strikingly; for the
Forests are managed by the peo-
pie in their own interests, anc
every means is used to meet the
desires and wants Of all Fores
users half way by dealing witt
them in the main, directly on the
ground, and in all cases with the
utmost practicable dispatch anC
freedom from red tape.
In a word, the special interes
of this manual lies in its showing
that the Forest policy Of the Gov
ernment, both in principle and II
practice, is for the benefit Of th'
ordinary man, for the benefit o
every citizen equally. There i!
still a tendency to think of th'
National Forests as preserves.
closed to use, and to leave tn
public lands exposed to unreg
ulated individual exploitation
Where these misrepresentation
still prevail The Use Of the Ma
tional Forests" will go far to cor
rect them.
The book is written by Mr.. Fred
erick E. Olmsted, whose intimat
knowledge Of conditions in tn
West, and the policy under whlc
the National Forests are managed
especially fits him to deal with tn
IeubiHrt
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12

tain employment and the sort of
contact in the churches, in labor
clubs and in unions and residen-
tial neighborhoods which may be
raised to the scale of industrial
efficiency of moral, mental and
material work, and value to itself
and to the nation at the same time.
Many of the white people say
to the colored people, "You are
weaker than we are, you are infe-
rior to u.s. But when the colored
people seek, as they are doing,
along industrial, educational and
political lines, to, of their boasted
freedom, Christianity and civiliza-
ton, put themselves in the path
of the colored races progress,
from it's weakness proclaim it has
not, but which they also proclaim
through their race prejudice it
shall not have in America.
Injustice toward us as a race is
everywhere increasing race preju-
dice is growing in the republic,
North and South alike. We are
here in the midst of our country,
here where we have given our
love, our best blood and our most
devoted service in peace and in
war. Gratitude seems to be dying
in the heart of the nation, and a
bitter and relentless race hatred
and contempt are growing to
monstrous strength in the souls OF
the American people. Our faith
fulness to the women and children
during the War of the Rebellion,
our heroism and self-sacrifice in
defense of the Union during the
same war are almost forgotten,--
forgotten by the South, forgotten
by the North in this period of re-
action and commercial glorifca-
ton.
We approve the stand of Pres
ident Roosevelt, in behalf of fair
play, and a square deal for all
american citizens, as exemPlitied
in the appointment of DIR. Crum
and the Indiapola Post Office
affair. Ne deplore his discharge
Iof 167 soldiers of the 25th United
States Infantry, without any com
petent legal evidence of guilt, as
subversive of fundamental right
We trust that he will yet see the
injustice done these patriotic sol.
diers who have devoted their best
wears to making the nation glo-
rious, and will exercise his char
acteristic courage in correcting
this great wrong. We also re-
gret that President Roosevelt IL
! his annual message by imPllca
ton. at least, holds the whole ne
gro race responsible for crime
committed by 4 few, psrnicioui
! principle which is applied to nc
other class.
| We advocate all modes of edu
cation for colored youth applica
Bile to other classes in like condl
ton of needs. We are unalterably
opposed to any special educa
tional brand as a badge to racia
inferiority.
We as a race suffer great wrong
at the hands of the South, at thu
, hands of the nation, and we ar
! counselled by those in high place
in and out of office to be silen
! and patient, in which counse
there are some colored men whC
are base enough to join. But a
colored men we declare here anC
now that we will not be silent o
i, patient at the bidding of such un
= worthy counsellors, regardless o
their high official position o
j., their race or color. We will CT,
= aloud on the platform, from tn
pulpit, in the press, against ou
enemies and oppressors and wher
ever we can, we will indicate ou
,osition at the polls,-smite then
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
REV. D. A. JEFFER-
son OF BUTTE IO
The Dallas Express

~ CoiAdo Ia k'ANS9 AS"A ~
Sitting in my office this afternoon,
thinking over the conditions of
the city that l am living in, both
spiritually and temporarily, I've
about reached the conclusion that
there is not city in the United
States of the size of Butte that
has as many peculiarities as Butte.
Just to think that a few days ago
there were thirty thousand miners
who threatened to go out on a
strike, and at that time the city
was at fever heat with excitement,
and things were looking dark for
poor man. tell you, if you
never was in a place when one OF
those strikes took place, you need
not want to be, for they are "hot
mustard and ones life is in dan
ger. After so long time, things
got quiet, and the ball rolled on,
and is still rolling on in peace, SO
far as the miners are concerned.
Next came the Telephone Girls
Union, and tied up the town for
few days, and now they are at
work again, and things are run
ming smoothly on. l guess there
are nearly one hundred unions in
this city, from bootblaeks' union
up to the carpenters, bricklayers
rock masons' clerks, in fact, every
thing, and they all go on strike
whenever they see fit, and every
time they 90 on strike the mer-
chants put five or ten cents more
on their goods, and sometimes
twenty-five cents more. 1t would
sdrprise you to know what one
meal would cost you in this city,
and yet she is crowded all the
time. But what l wanted to say
about the unions is this,-the only
union among all Of them that
gives me much trouble is the Mail
Carriers Union. They went on a
a strike, and to think of it,
eighty thousand people going to
the post office for their mail; don't
you know you have to wait some
time before you can be waited on'
But | think that will be over in
short. and then we will have as we
have had, the best town in the
United States for making money
l am just getting the kinks out oi
me from the big snowfall we hao
last Sunday, when the snow GOV
cred the earth from eight to twelve
inches, and in some places deeper
than that. Now the sun IS chin
ing bright and warm, but all
have to do is to lift my eyes W
and look out of the window, anC
see the hills white with snow
This is a great country. l live
|z.767 feet above the sea. | am uE
among the stars. Our people Il
this part of the country are no
doing as | would like to see then
do, but l cannot talk anything tC
them for their good. | NEAR
some of them, not all, for there
are some who are looking for 4
rainy day, and they are making
every edge cut that will cut, ano
it does my soul good to see it. J
would be glad to read a copy ol
your paper. Knowing you as
do, it seems to me that something
will happen since you are Editor
of the Express. Well, be taithtu
old boy, unto the. end, and yor
shall reap, if you faint not. 1t II
5 time for the Negro preachers t'
take hold of something else t.
: help them preach the gospel
While your paper is not a demon
g. national nor Christian paPe
, solely, you can say SO many GOO
. things that our people need T.
f, know along other lines that wi
help them in the walks of life t
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-12
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HOSIERY AlD UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-08
Color Bearers at Earlham
Will Be Chosen at Mass
Meeting of Students.
MEANS TWO FACTIONS.
PLAN WILL STIMULATE CLASS
AND SCHOOL SPIRIT AS WELL
AS PROMOTE GREATER INTER-
EST IN ATHLETICS.

A meeting of the entirestudent body
of Earlham will be held Monday for
the election of the color leader Much
interest is being taken in this division
of the entire school into factions which
will contend against each other in all
athletic sports. The standing of each
man in the number of credits will be
examined into by the faculty and the
limits which they have set will deter
mine to which class each person be-
longs. Any one, who a, the beginning
of the Fall term has lesls than inc act
ual college credits. will be dubbed q
Freshman; between nine and eighteen
a Sophomore, and so on. This action
of the faculty will put all of the men
in their proper places and will make
everyone work to keep up with the
class he entered school with. not in
spirit as heretofore, but in truth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-08
ROOSEVEIT'S PLAN.
Hopes to Check Peril Which Constant
Iy Surrounds Mine Workers,

Washington. Dec. 1.-Clarence Hall.
the government explosives expert. ar
rived here today after an investiga-
tion of the mine disaster near Fayette
City. Pa, only to learn that a more
terrible accident had occurred at the
Monongah mine in West Virginia.
Hall left Immediately for Monongah
to make an official inquiry.
ut is peculiarly sad. said Hall.
that on the day the message of Pres
tdent Roosevelt was read to congress
in which he recommended the crea-
tion of bureau of mines @nd a sten
toward stopping the continual slaugh-
ter OF miners, the morning papers
should contain the news that thirty
two men had met death in the Naomi
mine and that four days later We
should hear that many more lives had
been offered up to this monster of the
mines.
These catastrophes not only are
increasing in number but growing
more terrible in the number of Der
sons injured and killed.
''It cannot be claimed that all these
explosions are due to the carelessness
of the miners. In this country we do
not yet know how much of any given
explosive can be used safely in the
presence of coal gas or coal dust.
These recent disasters seems to ME to
emphasize the need for the informa-
tion which the president has called
for in his recommendation for the
creation of bureau of mines.'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-08
Judge VIM. c. Converse of the
City Court, Says the Pun
ishment Not Harsh Enough
For Fiendish Wife Beaters.
CITY CANNOT PUNISH
BY THIS METHOD THOUGH
Solitary Confinement With
Bread and Water Diet, Is
Good Enough for Such Men
Says Police Sergeant.

Judge w. c. Converse. of thine city
court, believes that public whipping
post for wife beaters, would be desir
able thing but he states that this city
could not authorize such punishment.
owing to the fact that the legislature
provides the methods by which law
the Legislature has not seen fit to en-
act a law authorizing public whipping
as a punishment for wife beaters.
Judge Converse made this statement
when asked what the thought of the
suggestion made by Councilman Bartel
at council meeting last Monday when
he said that Jail Imprisonment was not
sufficient punishment for brutal hus-
bands and that they should be punish
ed by being given a public whipping.
OF all the classes of offenders that
appear before Judge Converse, he is
harshest with wife beaters. A man
TO Judge Converse for leniency-he can
depend upon a long sentence in the
county jail. The judge says that in his
opinion public whipping of brutes who
mistreat their wives. is none to mild
a lesson for them to receive.
Sergeant McManus says that he does
not favor the whipping post as a meth
cd of punishment for such a prisoner
even wife beater, but he says that he
does think such brutes should be pun
ished by hard labor or solitary con.
finement on bread and water diet.
A local newspaper man. who witness
ed the public whipping of a negro dt
Georgetown, Delaware, states that pun
/ ishment is a most cruel one and sick
ems the person who chances to witness
it. However. Delawareians say that
the punishment has the desired effect
and it is rare thing when a man once
whipped gives the authorities the op-
portunity to punish him by this meth
| cd d second time.