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The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07
Special to CoLoRADo STATESMAN.

Special to COLORADO STATESMAN.
In the course of his Lexington
speech, Secretary Taft uttered
some very wholesome truths with
a directness and absence of equivo-
cation which is seldom shown in
the public utterances of political
leaders of either faith. He spoke
without reserve On the race ques-
tion and acknowledged the deli
cacy of his position or that of any.
Northern man who discusses the
question before a Southern au-
dience.
There can be no doubt of the ac-
curacy of these reflections, but
such conditions are not or should
not be surprise to any one who
has observed the general trend of
the after-dinper and other efforts
of Northern men of position and
influence, who have for one reason
or another gone into the South
land since reconstruction.
These efforts have seemed to
tend in but one direction, and
that is, to so conciliate Bourbon
sentiment as to make possible the
gradual disintegration of the solid
South, and the building up of a
sentiment of cordiality and mutual
interest to supersede the passion
ate hatred ond animosities which
followed in the footsteps of the
Civil war.
In the accomplishment of this
purpose, the Negro has been per-
sistently and insistently put for
ward as the ''buffer," at whom all
blows were aimed from either side,
but who was incapable of either
retaliation or defense.
The burden of these speeches
has been the South dobtless un-
derstands this matter best and the
South should be allowed to adjust
it.
Not one of these uttering this
sentiment, but who fully under
stood that if the thing he really
advocated were realized, the Negro
would be relcgated to a position
but little removed from that of the
days when he hailed every white
man as master, and was sold and
beat and driven as though of kin
with the lower orders of creation.
1t mattered not and it matters
not. except in the fulsome flow of
rounded periods, which sound
well and gain for the speaker a
certain need of consideration at an
opportune time, whether the ef-
fects upon the fortunes of the Ne
gro are beneficial or sinister-the
great and overshadowing aim is
the benefit and success of Party
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07

remain in perpetual thraldom to
an intermediary boss set up at the
whim or caprice of whoever hap
pens to be President.
strangely enough, one of the
most significant moves of the
President affecting the political
life of the Negro has almost or
wholly escaped attention. He has
shifted the center of gravity from
the South to the North. Hitherto
the important Federal places ac-
corded the Negro have gone to per-
sons below the Mason and Dixon
line. 1t would seem from present
tendency that there are to be no
more new Negro appointees in the
South, but merely continuance
in Office of those officials against
whom local Democratic protest is
not too loud and boisterous. In a
few years there will not be Ne
gro Federal official South of the
Mason and Dixon line.
The chief irritating issue be-
tween the President and the Ne.
gro race is the outcome of most
deplorable incident. A Negro bat
talon was quartered in an obscure
town on the remote frontier of
Texas. One dark night shooting
was done in the streets, resulting
in the death of a barkeeper and
the wounding of an officer of the
law. The alarm was sounded that
the Negro soldiers have shot up
the town.
"a food of righteo us indignation
welled up without him at this out
rage upon the national arm. He
would teach the wrong doers les
son which would never be forgot
ten. The color of the often
ders, he stoutly AYERS, neither
migrated nor magnified the char
acter of the otfense in his mind.
The discipline of the army must
be upheld. TT is easy to believe
/ that the Presidents conduct at
this stage was not based upon con-
sideration of color. He is himself
of a military mold of mind. In
military matters, as elsewhere, he
is law unto himself, and has little
reverence for those above, around
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that he is going to sleep with a
thief, robber and a hypocrite
And he knows that all the ingenu.
ity of hell can't separate him from
that thief, robber and hypocrite
! during the remainder of his ma
tural life.
How do you stand with yourself
Daily Express.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07
(Codtinued from last week.

After alluGing to the Presidents
stand in the appointment of DR..
Crum, the matter of the Indianola
post office, and the Booker Wash
ington :acident. Prof. Miller says:
"But it must be said that these
evidences of friendship and good
will have not been systematic and
sustained, nor followed up to their
logical conclusion. Roosevelt new
er surrenders, but often seems to
evacuate his stronghold as soon as
he has demonstrated the enemy's
inability to capture it. In the f.
nal estimate of history, if his repu-
tation falls short of superlative
greatness, it will be because he
lacks consecutiveness and persis-
tence of purpose and policy. He
is not permanently welded to any
one question as the dominant note
of his career. He suddenly takes
up measure, settles it, and drops
it, and goes in quest of issues new.
And so in dealing with the Negro
His scheme of selecting referees
with whom to consult on political
dealings in the South is something
new under the political sun.
"Dr. Booker T. Washington has
been chosen as referee at large and
as the sole spokesman for the en-
tire Negro race. His selection
was not due to his political activity
or experience, for the whole tenor
of his teaching has been to per-
suade his race to place less proper
tional stress on politics and con-
centrate its engergies upon things
economical and material. But by
reason of his general prominence
and the world wide esteem he was
put in command of political forces,
to the relegation of war-scarred
veterans who had borne the heat
and burden of the day. Othello
naturally objects to his loss of oc-
cupation. Most of them have
yelled, out only after they learned
that the only road to official favor
was the straight and narrow path
that leads to Tuskegee.
"Should succeeding administra-
tions follow Mr.. Roosevelt's exam
pie in this regard, the Negro would
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may keep on fooling his fellow
churchmen. But he can't fool
himself. And he can't fool Gcd,
When he gets through with his
days work of fooling other men in
the marts of trade. and then gets
through fooling his neighbors at
church, he still has to deal with
himself. And when he goes to bed
he knows, if anybody else does
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07

in state and national issues, all
else can be easily sacrificed.
The great moral question of
right and justice to all and each,
as citizens of the Republic seems
to have no effectual standing with
the influences which suggest,
guide and control the policies of
state.
The all-powerful test of ex-
pediency is applied to all questions
and if the right implies reversal
of precedent, why then the wrong
stands and must continue SO to
stand. That this is SO is the won
der of citizens of other countries
and forms the darkest blot on the
fair name and fame of our great
government.
Mr.. Taft took it to be "the
crowning glory of the administr-
ton if under Mr.. Roosevelt, some
of the Southern states. including
Kentucky could be led into the
Republican column"
Now in all truth, if this should
happen, what in reality would be
accomplished?
The old-line Republican party,
the party of Grant, Logan and
Sumner was firmly planted on the
fullest equality of privilege and
citizenship and while the ten
dency in this latter day has
been to wander far from this
wholesome ideal and to bow
down to the STANCE gods OF
prejudice and class, TIE great prin-
ciples of the party are rock -riven
and must ever remain the same.
To the devious ways of politics
all things are possible. The vote
of Southern state may be coral
led and the Republican party fiat
tened into the belief that its splen
did traditions are responsible for
wonderful convention. But what
, real benefit would accrue? Would
Kentucky, Georgia or South Car
olina be any less the enemy of Ne
gro elevation and progress because
of such political apostasy?
These states and there are 9TH
ers, do not and never will subscribe
to such liberality of sentiment.
The most earnest advocate of
this policy of political transforma.
ton has never dreamed of its DOS.
sibility.
The era of miracles was closed
more than 1900 years ago and only
the passing of centuries, with its
consequent softening, humanizing
and evangelizing tendencies may
supply an influence sufficiently
corrective to accomplish an equi
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07
NO. so.

or beneath him. He skaters
military idol with us little hesitan-
cy as he would reprimand a COM
mon soldier. Did he not criticise
and discredit the sagacity of his
own commanding general with
little ronnd robin? The man who
spoke disparagingly of the troops
who saved his life on the battle
field, who unceremoniously repri-
manded Gen. Miles, the gallant
head of the army and hero of many
battles, who imputed cowardice to
Admiral Schley, our only naval
hero who triumphed with modern
guns over modern arms, might ma
turally be supposed to act vigorous
ly in case of reported wrong do
ers at Brownsville.
Then came Senator Foraker,
like gallant knight of old and
stepped into the arena as the cham
pion of the helpless and overborne.
The voice of 100000 Americans
unheard and unheeded in the con-
duct of the nations affairs, found
expression in this eloquent and
fearless Ohioan. The country and
the Senate sided with Mr. Foraker
although by the nice amenities of
legislative verbiage they refrained
from wounding the Presidential
pride.
"The President became incensed
at the persistent attitude of the
colored race and in several special
messages reiterated his innuendoes
with redoubled vim and emphasis.
Senator Foraker became the prin-
cipal object of his wrath. 1t was
rumored that at social function,
where secrecy was imposed upon
all present, a personal colloquy be-
tween the two was sharp and bit
ter. All of this served to make
Senator Foraker the hero and idol
of the Negro heart. Roosevelt
lost what Foraker gained. The
Ohio Senator is the only COM
manding statesman of our day who
has risked his political career on
an issue involving the Negro's
cause. Whatever may be the i'm
mediate outcome of the issue, he
has, and will have, his reward, for
no one who devotes his powers to
the defense of the helpless will
fail to receive the highest need
of praise when the ransor and heat
of the conflict have passed away.
This affair has shaken the
prestige of the President as has
no other occurrence in his public
career. 1t gives him no end OF
keen concern. There is every
reason to believe that he could
wish the deed undone. He has
songht to conciliate the Negro
with the banisment Of office, but
to no avail. With the double view
of disconcerting Foraker and rec
onciling the colored brother, at the
psychological moment, when the
Ohio Senator was booked to make
strategic move in the Browns
vile affair. announcement was
made of the intention to appoint a
colored citizen to the leading Fed
eral Office in the Senator's own
State and home city. But as this
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07
WashingtonD.C.

The Republican Party and the Negro The Party Grant Logan
and Sumner Stood for Equality of Citizenship The
Crowning Glory of the Administration the
War Secretary Sees it.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07
MILLER

Writes of Roosevelt and the Negro" Charges The
President Turns the Race that Him al
Hill and in New York Gubernatorial Election
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-07

Continued to fourth page.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-28

| SCHEME ATTRACTS
| MUCH ATTENTION
United Press Associations.

United Press Associations.
New York, July 27.--As a result of
sterday's Investigations of officials
the district attorneys Office, a large
mber Of Armen;ans have been called
In the hope that light might be
on the operations of the black
syndicate believed to be do
YApess on an international scale,
headquarters in New York.
ny arrests are expected today
it is believed that sufficient evil
te is in hand to insure convictions
extortion and threats and even for
rider. The police authorities are
ceiving dispatches from other cities
telling of American residents receiv.
ing threatening letters.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-28

Washington, July ~. Tuesday will
be election day in the land Of the lit
tie brown broter, and Washington Is
awaiting with considerable interest the
returns from the initial experiment Of
y partially independent government
Tor Uncle Sans Oriental dependency.
According to cable advices from Ma
Mia, the Filipinos are manifesting con
siderable interest in thier first political
campaign, although the masses who
are not qualified to vote, are naturally
enough not envincing any wild enthus-
iasm Washington officials who havN
spent more or less time in the Philip
pines believe that the propetry-owners
and well-to-do classes win prefer to
continue the present regime.
Although the campaign has not been
for the most part quiet, the bitterest
rivalry has characterized certain fac
lions in Manila. One Of the most ac-
tive of the politicians, DR.. Dominador
Gomez, was landed in Jail on account
of incendiary speeches in which he
attempted to arouse the "ombroys" to
revolution against the United States
Hevilified the Yankee invaders as
Swine" and otherwise comported him
self in such manner as to earn the
right to exclusive possession Of eel
in the Jail. This kind of revolutionary
campaigning is common in the native
quarter Of Manila, but the authorities
have as a rule overlooked and condor
ed it as "a safety valve for an excitablt
and unsteady people.
Among Washingtonians versed il
the ways of the brown brother tn,
widest difference of opinion prevail
as to the wisdom of allowing him t
manufacture his own laws at home
Those who hold to the doctrine of i'm
perialism and the white mans buI
den" believe that congress and tn
Washington officials know best wha
is good for the Filipino, and that to a
low him to decide what he wants TO
himself is the rankest folly. Other
hold that the right to vote and hol
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-28

ment are lying awake Of nights. "
ing thier brains overtime IN an 81
to f1nd some satisfactory solution
the fisheries controversy betv
America and Great Britain, which
bobbed up again with all its old-'
capacity for trouble making The
herring fishing season on the coas
Newfoundland will begin next '
and the Newfoundlanders is just
looming large on the horizon.
modus vivendi by which Amer
were permitted to fish unmolest
the shores Of Newfoundland has
ed, and the Observation-Disclosures al
insistent upon thier rights to-
| fisheries laws to suit then
They insist upon the prohibition
purse seine, already forbidden t
own people, but which has beer
by the crews of the Glouster
smacks since time immemorial.
American fishermen insists, IN
that it is not possible to profita
crate fishing smacks, with theil
sive equipments and crews.
the use of purse seines, and
deprive them of this right wo
violation of privileges conf
treaty. Unless the differenq
settled satisfactorily there II
be a shortage in the herring
year.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-28
Miss Wright to Wed.

Washington people have received
invitations to attend at Toxic next
month, the wedding of Miss Katrina
Wright, daughter of Hon. Luke Wright
ambassador to Japan, to Charles Palm
er, vice president of the International
bank at Manila. The ceremony will be
performed in the embassy and the
couple will leave August q with the
brides parents for this country. Mr..
Palmer is a graduate of West Point
and now one of the Philippines most
prominent financiers.
Fisheries Quarrel Again.
Acting officials of teh state depart
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-28
Best Medicine In the World
and Diarrhoea.

II find Chamberlain's Collie
and Diarrhoea Remedy to be
remedy in the world" says
Carter, Of Skirum, Ala. Il an
to collie and diarrhoea. Last $
seemed as though | would die
think would If I hadn't taken
berlaiA's Collie. Cholera and Dia
Remedy. l haven't been troubled
1t since until this week, when I
very severe attack and took hal
bottle of the twenty-five cent siy
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Dia
rhoea Remedy, and this morning fe'
like new man." For sale by Hays
Field and Yellow Pine Pharmacy. -
position wanted" ans. are printe
| three times free in the Daily News.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-28
Take the Postmaster,s Word for II.

Mr.. F. M. Hamilton, postmaster at
Cherryvale, Ind, keeps also stock Of
general merchandise and patent medi-
cines. He says: "Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is
standard here in its line 1t never fails
to give satisfaction and we could hard
ly AFFORD to be without it." For sale
by Hays & Field and Yellow Pine
Pharmacy. 49,
sesss sssss sss :
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-28

position wanted" AIS. are printed
three times free in the Daily News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-19
COMPETITION DROVE
DEALER TO SUICIDE

WASHINGTON, D. c., DEG. IS
(SpeciaI -Lawrenc S. Nicolai, 80
years of age, who was until last year
a we'll known oil dealer of this city,
committed suicide at his rooms, in
the George Washington Hotel, Fiji
teenth street and New York avenue,
by drinking two ounces of laudanum.
In a letter that he left he stated that
the business methods of the Standard
Oil Company and its subsidiary CON
Germs which opened rival ware
house practically drove him out OF
business, and the desertion of his wife
led him to kill himself.
The letter found in his room dated
August l last, shows that Mr.. Nicolai
contemplated suicide as far back as
the early summer The contents OF
the letter follow
Having recently been deserted by
my wife, Mrs. Marion e. Nicolai, 1241
Kenyon street northwest, and same
coming at a time when / should have
received her cooperation and support
the most; this, combined with my
misfortunes in business during the
last year or more through the unbus-
inesslike methods of the Standard Oil
Company and its subsidiary concerns
now doing business here, | have de-
cided to end my combined cares and
troubles on this earth by taking my
life"
Mr.. Nicholai was in the oil bust
ness in South Washington for num-
Der of years His company had a
large number of wagons used in de-
livering oil to small stores, and did a
big business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-19
MRS. MILLS is DEAD
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Funeral at Sumter Last
Sunday.

After an illness of a few days, Mrs.
w. c. Mills of Edison, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. R. K Webb, succumbed
to a severe attack of lagrippe.
While the death summons had
been expected for three or four days,
it was indeed sorrowful to give up
one who was so universally loved.
Her host of friends were numbered
by her acquaintances and to know her
was to admire and love her.
On the goth of Dec. 1905, she was
married to Mr. w. C. Mills of Edison,
where they have resided happily
until. in death the Master called her
home where sorrows and suffering
are known nc more. She was gem
tie and kind, having a smile and
pleasant welcome for all.
Since her residence in Edison, ev-
cry one who knew her loved her
Attesting her trust and faith in God
her every9wish was to get well that
she might make her loved ones happy
She is survived by her bereaved
husband and a little babe of month
old, her parents, Col. G. c. Webb, and
r. K. Webb, Jr., of Columbus, and q
younger brother and three sisters
Her untimely death in the flush and
vigor of young womanhood, being
only % years old, carries sorrow
into the homes of all who knew her
Quite number of friends and rel
atives accompanied her body to Sum
ter, where the last solemn rites were
performed at 1890 o'clock Sunday
morning by Elder r. H. Jennings OF
Dawson. The church was filled tc
it's capacity with sorrowing friends
Elder r. H. Jennings opened the
funeral services by singing softly
"Some Sweet Day" which was very
touching.
At the conclusion Of the service
Never Say Goodbye In Heaven
was sung as the pallbearers VshereC
the body to its last resting place.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-19
Fun For Christmas.

The BOMB-BOMB makes the noise
of a cannon Children can shoot it
with perfect safety. For sale by G.
A. KEMPEUR and NAHoUM BROS.
1913 to 1-1-08
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-19

Confidence is being restored as
fast as the old stockings filled with
money can be untied-Temple Tele-
gram
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-19

Trusts were accused of increasing
prices, but now that the trusts are
being destroyed, prices steadily in
crease. How do you explain this
paradox. -Carsicana Courier-Light.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-19
Booming Hughes

NEW YORK, Dec. (SpeciaD-
The Lincoln League, the leading Re
publican organization of Northern
New York State, has adopted reso-
buttons recommending Gov. Charles
F. Hughes to all Republicans as the
next Republican nominee for Presi-
dent
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-19

sum of money at Our Savings
Department to the credit Of you
Wife, Son or Daughter please them
as Gift for Christmas?
They'll be proud of Bank Ac-
count and want to increase the
amount to their credit will incite
them to further savings!
Try this plan for Christmas per
cent interest begins Jan. LIST.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over pr.vate wires of Horn blower & WeeKs, members of the New York and Boston Stock Ex- changes, New Haven office, 27 Center ct
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06

Money continued to relax in rate; reign exchange was quiet, and the
 tnk of England gave out a decidedly Eong statement. The only show of |paired position was at the Bank of lance, whose gold holdings decreased |175,O00 for the week.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06

SEx-dividend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
CT Brokerage Failure Firmer Tone
 Is Apparent.

New York, Sept. 5.-The bad news |ich has been supposed to be hang over the stock market eventuated |day in the announcement of fail- of a stock exchange house, after .ich and the Burlington extra div |nd declaration there was a buoyant |overy from the weakness which E been in evidence yesterday and lily to-day. This is the first failure Ia stock exchange firm which has Iurred through all the drastic con- Sction of values of securities of the ling and summer, record which been subject of surprise. That troubles which pulled the firm 'rn were not of the immediate past the general supposition, surmise snting to the shrinkage of some of northwestern railroad group Hpng the earliest in the severe de- { as the origin of the embarrass- !. nt The incident called attention } he fact that an installment of $3,- boo on Great Northern stock sub ptions is payable tomorrow On ember 20 there is payable the final allment on the Union Pacific con slble bonds, which will call for 300, ,0O0. On October 1 again , re falls due $11,4O0,000 for sub 8ptions to Northern Pacific stock. ssmall part of the uneasiness prevz alt in the stock market has been 1 to the knowledge of the difficult I involved in finding resources for zting accruing calls of this kind by lon of the tight money market The aEngs of relief over having the mat sof the failure out of the way over
 other considerations and also
 short interest uncovered that sold stock on early information of
 trouble. The same effect was pro-
 Pd by the announcement of the
 tension of dividends on Interbor- < 1-Metropolitan preferred stock.
 price to which that stock, had
 had given ample warning of the #ng action on the dividend and left
 to do towards price adjustment.
 special weakness of the Hill
 IS in the early dealings on ac-
 1t of the coming failure was sup
 Pented by depression in the cop-s