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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18
REPUBLICANISM IN VIRGINIA.

mn = DIN aAANAFNNA ~ NAANAHAaNAsAa
1T would De argument for week.
laughter for month. and a jest
forever. Shakespeare.
That colored men were surprised
az the meeting OF the Republican
State Convention az Lynchburg. April
s. 1908. when they realized that the
Democrats Hnder the leadership OF
the representative OF President
Roosevelt and Secretary of War Taft
had absolutely captured q Republi-
can Convention. expresses it mildly.
The anti-Negro sentiment was so Bit
ter that it exceeded an bounds and
dlsregarded all limits 10 Will be a
source Of embarrassment 20 the Re
publican leaders at Washington for
many months 90 come. Mr.. Walter
Edward Harris report Of the meeting
viii prove an interesting source OF
information 90 the cOlored voters In
the doubtful states. There cannot
be any denial Of its truthfulness for
the facts have been confirmed and
verified by others OF equal veracity
and prominence.
This is a case where race prejudice
was so much in evidence that the re-
port OF the majority OF the commit
tee that had been vested with the
power TO Investigate the facts and re-
port thereon was rejected and the
minority report substituted Mt
Harris says:
NJ. NJ. Williams of HenricO, pre-
scented minority report signed by
three members of the credentials com
mittee. recommending that the dele
cation headed by w. r. Vawter be
seated. The chief ground for asking
that the Jones delegation be barred
was that the convention which e.
Iected IL was held in Fords Law Build
ing, Richmond instead of in Henrico.
AT the request OF Roy Cabell. the
Third District delegate. was given
three minutes to confer with a view
60 patching up matters between the
contestants. The band struck up a
two-step, while Mr.. Cabell hastily
proceeded TO organize his peace con-
ference. The convention became i'm
patient, and the band tired at the
end Of FIVE minutes. But the peace
conference was making but slow pro-
gress. and at his request Mr.. Cabell
was given two minutes more.
So there was more music and anOth
er wait At the end of the two min
utes. more were granted, and the
band got busy again.
John G.. Luce, of Goochland
member of the Legislature, candi
date for Congress and also chairman
OF the Third District committee, a.
the end of the last five minutes
made a speech in favor Of seating
the Vawter delegation. Eve arr
trying to build up a white mans par
" in Virginia." he said. "All OF thu
Vawter delegates are white men
1t will menace a thousand votes 70
the Republican ticket in my distric
If the Vawter delegation is not seat
ed"
There was a tremendous roar o
applause at this. The uproar in tn
convention was so great that Morgal
Treat could not make himself hear
as he demanded recognition, and h
had to scramble up on the stage
He was greeted by sWch volley o
howls, Kisses and demands that b
sat down He could not be hear,
ten feet away.
''Nigger, Niger" was shouted from
all parts Of the hall. The chair ha'
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18

this year will be continued until
next year and the next year and year
after year until right triumphs and
truth is known in all OF this land.
Words have grown SO false l am
lOath to prove reason with them. "
Shakespeare.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18
ooRRALLING THE NEGRO PRESS

But all was false and hollow. though
his tongue
Dropped mama. and could make the
worse appear
The better reason to perplex and
dash
Maturest counsels. Milton.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18

ing our readers 20 decide for them
selves as to their future course OF
action in the coming political con-
test.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18


words can paint.
And those who know thee. know
all words are faint"
Hannah More
We do not wish it TO be understood
that we are opposing the nomination
OF Hon. William II. Taft In the in
terest OF any other candidate. We
are simply discussing the facts as
they appear to us az this time and
we are endeavoring TO give an un-
biased view OF the situation within
the range Of the colored mans horl-
zon.
The distinguished Statesman has
a pleasing personality and he Is out
after votes with a persuasiveness that
awakens our admiration. II the
"cloven foot" is kept hidden he must
necessarily win out with the colored
folks. IL may be that he will come
under the wire" on time even with
It displayed in the case of the aver
age Negro. The methods now being
pursued, in order to conciliate the
disgruntled elements amongst us are
very noticeable. but never more so
than in that magnificent communica-
! ton from Chicago in the New York
Age signed by that brilliant lady.
Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams. the
wife of that able attorney, Mr.. S.
Laing Williams. Now, If we have
made a mistake about this relation
ship may the good Lord deliver US.
Be that as it may, everybody
knows that Attorney S. Laing VIII
iiams has recently been appointed
Assistant District Attorney TO take
charge OF the Bureau of immigration
at Chicago and that he was a candi-
date for the position now held by
the scholarly and popular Rev. w.
T. Vernon, both having been en-
dorsed by that prince OF diplomats
DR.. Booker T. Washington.
All of this is modern history. SO
to speak But that President Roose-
welt made no mistake in his selection
is evident. Mr.. Williams is an es.
Unable gentleman and the outlook
in Chicago is bright. One would
naturally conclude that in view OF
Mr.. Roosevelt's repeated denials that
he is using the patronage Of the gov.
eminent to promote Secretary Taft's
candidacy that there is some mis-.
take somewhere. Even Senator For.
aker was questioned and denounced
for even suggesting such a thing.
But Attorney Williams was ap.
pointed to take charge of the Blu
reau OF immigration but his friends
and himself, 1t seems understood
that they too we're appointed to TAX,
charge OF Hon. William II. Taft's
candidacy. Here are the words o.
Mrs. Fannie Barrier williams. Read
them for yourselves:
Chicago. April TN the Chicago
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18
SECRETARY TAFT IN CHICAGO

Mrs. Fannie Barrier williams In
her communication to the New York
Age states Hon. William II. Taft's
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Entered at The Poet O@ce At Richmond. Va
a. SECOND class matter.
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Boy Shot and KILLED BY Policeman.

philadelphia, April 15.-William Nc
Cue, aged seventeen years. was shot in
the back and killed here by Policeman
Philip Hoffman, who fired his revolver
to brighten the boy he was trying &c
capture. McCue was one Of several
boys who 1t is said attacked a party
OF Italians in the southern section OF
the city. Hoffman chased the boys and
caught McCue and companion The
former broke away. and the policeman
70 frighten him fired his revolver in
the air and again at the pavement
The second ball glanced up and struck
McCue in the back, passing through
his body close to the heart The
wounded boy ran full block after be-
ing shot and then fell unconscious. He
died three hours after being taken to
hospital. Hoffman surrendered him
self TO his supedor officer and was
locked up In ais own police station
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18
Swallowed a Live Toad On IS Wager.

Swallowed a Live Toad On IS Wager.
Alton, ILL.,, April 14.-Cadet Sapp. OF
Kansas. bet another cadet In tie West
ern Military academy at this place
that he could eat live hoptoad, and
made good, winning a So wager. A
doctor was then called and admins
tered remedies. and Sapp was able to
play bail in three days to cheers Of
He eats 'em alivei"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18
ROOSEVELT'S METH
obs.

"To those VINO know thee not. no
words can paint,
And those who know thee. know
all words are faint"
Hannah More
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18

The following telegraphic report
explains itself:
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18

Entered al the Poet OBce at Richmond, Va
SECOND class matter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18

1T would be argument for a week.
laughter for "a month, and "a jest
forever. Shakespeare.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18

Yes, we know that for ne told the
oolored folks that same thing at
Brooklyn, New York She contin-
ues:
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-04-18

Judge Gray, In Letter to Chairman Of
State Committee, Objected 20 In.
strueting Delegates For Him-cams
As a Surprise.
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Chicago. April TN the Chicago
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POSTAGE STAMPS OF A HIGHER DENOMISA-
TON THAN TWO CENTS NOT RECEIVED
on SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
COUNCIL MERGES LICENSE
LAWS IN ONE MEASURE
Existing Regulations Are Complicated
Because Amendments Are Scat
tered Through Statute Books
Without Compilation

L The city council yesterday adopted
the recommendation of City Attorney
Leslie r, Hewitt that the license ordi-
nances be put into one combined
measure.
Before the voting the following
statement was made by Mr.. Hewitt:
"A recommendation was made by me
some months ago chat the license ordi-
nances be compiled as one ordinance.
"This suggestion was made for the
reason that the existing general license
ordinance has been amended SO many
times that a search among large
number of ordinances is necessary IN
order to find the amount of license up
on any given occupation. This causes
inconvenience and uncertainty, as car
be easily understood.
you authorized me to prepare such
compilation and the same was reported
to you, but has not been enacted into
the form of an ordinance.
THE compilation as made did moi
contemplate any new licenses or In
creased rates, and probably 1t has beer
purely an oversight that the ordinance
containing the compilation has not
been enacted"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
MANY CASES SET
BY DISTRICT JUDGE
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL SUITS ON
DOCKET
Trials of Great Interest to Be Held
During Present Session-objec-
ton Filed to Removal of
Mexcans

Yesterday was one of the busiest Judge
DIN Wellborn of the United States fed
eral courts has spent for years, when the
federal courts opened for the January
term.
In all, sixty-eight cases were set for
trial in the United States circuit and dis
trict courts, In the district court, six
teen criminal suits and six civil cases
will be heard, while in the circuit court
forty-six criminal and civil cases will be
tried. The jury asked for by United
States District ttorney Oscar B. Lawler
will be impaneled January rs.
The trial of the Santa Fe, Grand Can
yon Lime and Cement company and John
s. Schirm has been set for January IA
Schirm is president of the Grand Canyon
company. The charge is for giving and
receiving rebates.
Attorney Job Hartman yesterday morn
ing at the opening of court filed an OBJ
lection to the removal to the district
court of Arizona of the three alleged
Mexican revolutionists, Villareal, Rivera
and Magon. On January q the argument
on removal will be heard.
Among the other cases is that of
Thomas F. Keefe, Ira A. Leighly, ]. w.
Lawrence and Flora Z. Peters The grand
jury rendered a new Indictment against
them in its final report Saturday, charg-
ing conspiracy to defraud. When the
defendants appeared before United States
Commissioner William Van Dyke yester-
day morning, they were released on $500
bail, excepting Keefe, of whom $1,000 bail
is required, and he was instructed to APP
pear January q for examination.
These four incorpJrators of the Cali
fornia Fruit Growers association are
charged with conspiracy to sell hundreds
of acres of orange land to which they
had no title. This is the same charge
brought against Ollie j. Watkins, whose
name still appears on the complaint, al
though he was accidentally killed after
he obtained bail. DR.. c. v. T. Watson,
who was in the first complaint charged
with watkins and the others, has been
adjudged innocent.
Two weeks to Plead were given ]. II.
Alexander. charged with counterfeiting,
and Antonio Augustine and Domingo Sc
gunda, charged with murder, when they
were arraigned before Commissioner Van
Dyke yesterday morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
A Woman's Back

Has many aches and pains caused by
weaknesses and falling, or other displace-
ment, of the pelvic organs Other symp-
toms of female weakness are frequent
headache, dizziness, imaginary specks or
dark spots floating before the eyes, gnaw-
ing sensation in stomach, dragging or
bearing down in lower abdominal or pelvic
region, disagreeable drains from pelvic
organs, faint spells with general weakness.
fany considerable number of the above
symptoms are present there Is no remedy
that wfN, give quicker relief or more per-
maAent cNxe than DIR. Pierce's Favorite
PreA%tANoR>> ut has record OF over forty
years of cufeA II Is the most potent
lpYlgoratIDg tonic and strengIRening- mex
vino known to medical science: ltis made
Of the glyceric extracts OF native medici'
nal roots found in our forests and con-
tains not drop of alcohol or harmful, or
habit-forming drugs. Its ingredients are
all printed on the bottle-wrapper and at
tested under oath as correct.
Every Ingredient entering into "Fa-
vorite Prescription has the written en-
dorsement of the most eminent medical
writer's of all the several schools of prac-
tice-more valuable than any amount Of
non-professional stimonials-though the
latter are not lacking, having been con-
tributed voluntarily by grateful patients
in numbers to exceed the endorsements
given to any other medicine extant for
the cure of woman's ills.
You cannot afford to accept any medicine
of unknown composition as a substitute
for this well proven remedy OF KNOWN
COMPOSITION, even though the dealer may
make little more profit thereby. POUR
interest in regaining health is paramount
to any selfish interest Of his and 1t is an
insult to your intelligence for him to try
90 palm of upon you substitute. You
know what you want and it is his bust
ness to supply the article called for.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original HLittle Liver Pills" first put up
BY old DR.. Pierce over forty years ago,
much initiated but never equaled. Little
sugar -coated granules-easy to take as
candy.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
BACK DR.. POWERS
IN INSTRUCTIONS
HEALTH BOARD REcEDEs NOT IN
PEPPER CASE
Accusing Physician, Who Charges Par
TALLY, viii Be Given opportu-
nifty Today to Prove His
Allegations

DR.. C. T. Pepper. an old time physi-
clan, who clashed with the health de-
partment over the handling of num-
Der of contagious, cases in his practice
on Workman street and filed charges
against the health officers, was heard
by the board of health yesterday and
the charges will be taken up officially
this afternoon.
Mayor Harper, Health Officer Powers,
Assistant Acting Health OFFICERS Ban
croft and Barlow and the three doctors
on the health board all took decided
stand backing up DR.. Powers orders
and so notified DR.. Pepper, but they
will hear evidence today.
DR.. Pepper appeared unwilling to
abide by the instructions to change
his clothes before and after entering
the home of the patients, as he differed
in the diagnosis of the cases and also
clashed with a guard at the house.
DR.. Pepper disagreed with the dag
nosis given by the city authorities, but
DR.. C. B. Dickson said bluntly to the
accuser yesterday:
II consider DR.. Powers the greatest
authority on that subject today and we
are prepared to take his judgment in
such cases."
The board notified him further that
unless he strictly obeyed the rules of
the department he rendered himself
liable for the consequences, especially
after he acknowledged that a postal
card bearing on the case which had
been sent to Mayor Harper had not
been fumigated.
DR.. Pepper claims that he was sim
gled out for prosecution, that others
are not obliged to hold to the letter of
the law as he is and that on some of
the instructions he had received no Of
fetal notice that such regulations ex-
listed.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
STORY PLACES GIRL
IN UNENVIABLE POSITION

After having come all the way from
her home in Newark, N. j., with the
intention of meeting E. L. Michot and
marrying him as soon as he obtained a
divorce, Miss Mabel England, young
woman under 10 years of age, says
great wrong has been done her by an
article in a morning newspaper, which
stated she and the man had been passing
themselves off as man and wife.
81 must admit 1 have made mis-
take" said Miss England yesterday ana
INV leaving home has caused me much
regret. No one else should be blamed,
however, as it was my fault.
MY father wants me to come nome
and Mr. Michot will buy me ticket for
that purpose today. The publication OF
that shameful story has placed me IN
an unviable position and has caused me
much worry. 1t is true we lived at the
same hotel, but Mr.. Michot has always
treated me with the utmost respect.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
TWO MAY WAR OVER
"CALLFORNIA BELLE'
SAME TITLE BORNE BY TWO
POPULAR SONGS
Music and Words Entirely Different
and Both Copyrighted Under Same
Name-lnIunction May
Result

Should a california Belle with
cover design of peoples take precedence
over a california Belle" clad in orange
and black with a picture of an Orpheunl
beauty on her frontispiece?
Lawrence L. Stevens wants to Know;
Mr.. Stevens has personal ana lhaneiai
interest in California Belle" OF the
former category and Melvin Bartlett OF
the Orpheum theater is proprietor OF the
"California Belle" in the striking colors
and the picture" sque title page.
Mr.. Stevens says that his California
BELLE was first on the ground and has
the right of way, and Mr. Bartlett says
thar his california Belle" overlook the
other and will stay in the race to the
finish.
Two songs of the same title but other
wise as different as possible are the
cause of the controversy. The "Calitor-
MIA Belle" of the poppy garment was
copyrighted by Mr.. Stevens in l9Oi Mr..
Bartlett's song was copyrighted In 1871
Both claim a legal right to the title and
both are apparently inclined to enforce
their rights
Mr.. Stevens saw the reference made
to Mr.. Bartlett's song in yesterday
Herald and at once sought his attorney.
What action he will take he is not ready
to say, but it is probable that injunction
proceedings will follow. The song OF
which he holds the copyright was written
by himself, the music being by Miss
Agnes Buisseret. 1t was much sung
about the time of the San Francisco
earthquake at benefits and concerts. Mr..
Bartletts California Belle" is written
and copyrighted by himself and the
music is by his wife. 1t is featured this
week in Buster Brown" at the Grand
opera house.
When asked whether he had been no
tilted of any proceedings to be taken
against him MIR. Bartlett said that he
did not believe anything would be done
in the matter.
.Tbera is not enough money at stake
To make such a suit worth WHILE" said
he "but there is another point TO De
considered. Should any action be COM
menced against me VIII certalhly up
hold my rights.
.'NIv song was written and copyrighted
without any knowledge of previous
claim on the title. I have carefully COM
plied with the copyright law and pelleVe
any attempt to deprive me OF the title
will fail.
Naturally I am sorry that any cloud
should be cast over the title, put al'er
Investing a considerable sum in the pub
LEGATION of a song l shall not De ueprlVeo
| OF it without a struggle
| GAS soon as I was told of the ex-
;stence of a second California Belle"
went To a music store and purchased a
copv. Neither my words nor my wire
music bear any resemblance to the other
Both songs might be sung on the same
program. they are so dlssimlar. -.
ssNaturally think my song the peter
If the two. but 1 dare say Stevens thinks
the same of his"
~ own the title. It's my trade marx
said Mr.. Stevens to a reporter. me
courts will enforce my rights. THAT'S
all there is to it..
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14
CTTY'S CHIEF GREETS
TINY MONKEY BABE
JOHN HOOLIGAN MORLEY CELE-
RRATEs BIRTHDAY
MAYOR Harper and Park Commits
sioners Hosts at Reception Ten-
dered Month-OId Captive
at City Hall

Mayor Harper had the pleasure of be-
ing introduced to a very rare animal yes
terday, when John Hooligan Morley one
of the few Java monkeys ever born in
captivity, was brought to the city hall.
1t was in honor of the monkeys first
months existence the little animal, born
Friday, December 10. was given his
outing.
At Eastlake park zoo, H. Gerson, the
head animal keeper, handed over the little
fellow to Mrs. Gerson the first day it ar
rived, and after being put In an impro-
vised cradle and fed first on condensed
and then cows milk it managed to thrive
without any collie.
John Hooligan is scrambling through
the teething period as well as he can, and
appeared good natured when presented to
the park commission and the mayor yes
terday.