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The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Mrs. ScharFs Guests.

Mrs. Scharfs Guests.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ F. O'Donoghue are
the guests of their daughter, Mrs Paul
Scharf, OF 1870 Monroe street northwest
Mrs. O'Don0Ehue. formerly Miss Marion
LongfellOw has recently come from Bos-
ton She will be pleased TO receive her
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. WoIcott were
hosts at dinner last evening cOmpli-
mentary 20 the British Ambassador and
Mrs Bryce.
Miss Pauline Jacobs. Of New York.
spent short while during the week
with Mrs. Benjamin Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Meyer OF the Ash
ley, have as their guests, their nephews,
Morton Rothchild and Jefferson Miller
OF Baltimore, for a couple Of days.
Mrs. NJ. Rhine. OF y street. has re-
/ turned 20 her home after spending the
week with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs,
Goldsmith, Of Fredericksburg, Va.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry Isaacs. Of Brad
dock, Pa. and Mr. and Mrs. A Ola
/ few days with their uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. II. Newmyer.
Mrs Hartman. Of Twelfth street. has
Of Baltimore
Frank Uric, Of Toledo. Ohio, is in
Washington. where he expects TO re
side permanently.
Mrs Joseph Abel and son, joseph.
with their guest, Miss Carrye Adler. OF
Pittsburg, were the guests for a few
DAYS this week of Mr.. and Mrs. A. e
Lissberger, of Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul COblenzer have re-
turned TO their home In Boston. Mass.
after being the guests Of their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. Strasburger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sigmund. of the
Ashley, entertained Leo Goldsmith, of
( New York. during the week.
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the second edition of The Reaping," by
Mary Inlay Taylor, published in Febru-
AIRY, and the third edition OF THE Hem
lock Avenue Mystery" by Roman Dou-
Dleuay, brought out the same month
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"A new volume has Just been issued in
the imposing series pro scted by the late
Sir Walter Besant. with the title The
Survey OF London Early London is
the title of this volume, which covers
the Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, and
Norman periods. Like the other vol
umess IL Is a sumDtuously printed and
work
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Wolcott were
hosts at dinner last evening cOmplt-
mentary 20 the British Ambassador and
Mrs. Bryce.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Miss Pauline Jacobs. OF New York.
spent q short while during the week
with Mrs. Benjamin Harris.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Meyer, OF the Ash
ley, have as their guests, their nephews
Morton Rothchild and Jefferson Miller.
OF Baltimore, for a couple Of days
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Mrs. NJ. Rhine. OF y street. has re-
turned 20 her home, after spending the
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Goldsmith, Of Fredericksburg, Va.
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\ Mr. and Mrs. John w. Foster enter
tanned at dinner last evening in honor
Of the Governor Of Hawaii and Mrs.
william A. Freer.
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Dr. and Mrs Henry Isaacs. Of Brad
dock, Pa. and Mr. and Mrs. A Dla-
few days with their uncle and aunt Mr.
and Mrs. M. Newmyer
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Mrs. Joseph Abel and son, Joseph.
with their guest, Miss Carrye Adler OF
Pittsburg, were the guests for a few
days this week of Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID
LissbergeT, of Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Monologues. Beatrice Herford. Serb
uer's Sons Illustrated
A series Of celebrated mOnologues,
assembled for the first time, which are
very amusingly illustrated
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

F. Wilder. Funk & Wagnalls CO. Il
Illustrated.
a sunshiny book, full Of happy and
humorous tales Of the people of all the
WQTid.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

True Stories OF Crime. Arthur Train.
Scribner's Sons Illustrated.
Stories Interestingly told as fiction
but in reality the accounts OF actual
crimes gathered from the annals of a
noted district attorneys office.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Frank Uric. Of Toledo. Ohio. is in
Washington, where he expects TO re
side permanently
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Mrs. Hartman. Of Twelfth street. has
as her guest, her sister, Mrs. Dorshan,
Of Baltimore.
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Nor All Your Tears" Maude II
Yardley. r. F. FennO & Co. A book
like Tess of the D'Urdervilles,' except
that Tess was a girl Of the people and
Valerie of the aristOCTats. Each kills
a paramour, and one, Valerie, dies from
consumption, while Tess is hung.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul COblenzer have re-
turned TO their home In Boston, Mass
after being the guests of their parents.
Mr. and Ms. Z. sra shurger.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

The Silver Blade" Charles E. Walk.
A. G. Mcclure, Illustrated. A bright,
clever and thoroughly interesting de-
teetive story with q dainty romance
interviewer.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sigmund, of the
Ashley, entertained Leo Goldsmith, Of
New York, during the week.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

THE Spanish Jade" Maurice Hew-
lett Doubleday, Page & Co. Illustrat-
ed A vivid story OF love and adventure
in old Spain of fifty years ago; well
and Interestingly told.
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ILLUSTRATED BY RIDER
See Next ESSue.-2Dd pdOe

From the truth they needs must
think"
Or. Dubois is usually a level head
ed gentleman. but in this case. Il
. seems to us that he is rather pre-
cipitate in his conclusions. He de-
clares that here is no difference be-
tween the platforms Of the two par
ties before one of the platforms mas
been drafted and presented to the
country and in fact before the Re-
publican platform had been adopted
by the Convention at Chicago. It is
this kind of rash haste that limits
the sphere of influence Of some of our
best leaders and 1t is why DR.. Book
er T. Washington has such a lead up
on those colOred people, who oppose
him.
Prof Dubois announces that he
VIII vote for Hon. William ]. Bryan
before he knows whether Mr.. Bryan
Will accept such support. We are
not here to criticise any colored voter
who supports the Democratic nomi-
nees. 1t is his right and privilege
and we concede that the treatment
OF colored men at Chicago affords
ample Justification for so doing. if
we view it from a standpoint of re-
venge rather than from the forum
lof logical debate.
AT present, we are in the middle
Tor the road and we are watching
carefully all of the advantages from
one policy and the evils of the other
with the hope that before election
day comes around, we shall be able
to form an intelligent conclusion rel
|ative to the course TO be pursued by
colored men in the approaching e.
lection Certain though. If President
Roosevelt can adopt Democratic mol
ieies and select Negro hating Dem
ocratic Official as Secretary of War to
succeed the able Hon. William IT
Taft, then a colored man has the
right to use his own judgement in
supporting the Democratic nominees
without being ostracised or undulv
|criticised for so doing.
Still Prof. Dubois may plead
justification for his course. but he
can hardly find logic in support of
a course decided upon before he had
all OF the evidence before him. In
the meantime, it would be well for
the Republican managers to get busy
1t viii need a veritable army of the
aoiest and best colored leaders in
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-04

Frederick L. McGhee, Esq. the
able attorney OF ST. Paul Mimi. writes
us that he has won the case I'm which
his client was denied Pullman Car
accommodation in the State of Ten
nessee upon the plea that it was in
violation Of the laws Of that state.
Mr. Nc Chez contended that this
was no defense; that on the law and
authority, the Pullman Company had
no right to establish a rule separat-
ing white and colored passengers. and
this whether the plaintif was an in
terstate or an intra-state passenger.
The counsel for the defendant
company admitted the soundness of
Mr.. McGhee's argument. Mr.. Nc
Ghee deserves great credit for the
admirable manner in which he han
died this case which will be of SO
much benefit to those colored people
who travel and have need TO secure
the accommodations referred TO in
the communication.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-04
Fall On Hay Fork Fatal

Barnesboro. n. J.. July Isaac
Taylor, sixteen years old, was In.
stantly killed at his homo here by
railing from a load OF hay upon the
tines OF a pitchfork. Young Taylor
was the son OF Mr.. and Mrs Edward
Iaylor, who own and operate a farm
mere. As Taylor is employed as a
rural mail carrier the boy had been
doing most of the farm work, and il
was while he was driving into the
barn with a load Of hay that he met
MS death. Seated on top of the hay
the lads head hit the top OF the door
frame He was thrown from the
wagon. his head striking the floor with
terrible force. while his body was i'm.
paled upon the tines of the fork. which
penetrated his abdomen. lie died in
stantly.
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THE SLAUGHTER IN TEXAS.

The report from Houston Texas
announcing that five colored men
lynched by hanging at Hemphul.
Texas June 81. 1905 and that six
more were shot down and uncere-
moniously butchcred because two
white men were killed and one
wounded 10y colored men seems TO be
a bloody revival of the reign of ter
ror in vogue for such a long time fin
The Southland.
The Democratic Governor seems
TO Doe doing an fin his power TO check
this reign Of lawiessucss and yet we
see that it is asserted that one
thousand colorod people have been
ordered 60 leave their homes because
two white men were killed although
eleven colored people have been
murdered i'm q spirit Of retaliation
as "a result of it.
This is done too ia a state which
has for it's example the surprising
action OF President Roosevelt I'm the
case OF the "Black Battalion" These
are the people that he seemed TO be-
ueve needed protection ~ his hands.
Something must be done. IL the
government cannot protect the coll
ored people. then the colored people
must protect themselves.
Lyuch-law must 60.
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feelings OF the public in a boat race
upon the plea that the innocent
would be made to suffer with the
guilty.
President Roosevelt's friends may
attempt TO explain these things away.
but such explanations are worthless
in face OF the facts. We are glad
Harvard won and we are more than
pleased 10 know that there is one
President OF great educational in
stitution. who defes the big stick
and challenges the Influences behind
il to battle in a great and good
cause.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-04

hope for his recovery came IN a con.
slant stream from all over the coun.
try, while numerous cable messages
OF similar purport were received from
various parts OF the world. Little re.
assurance could be given the anxious
inquirers. owing 10 the admittedly
critical condition OF the patient. and
even the slight turn for the better was
not made the basis for any marked ex.
pressions OF belief that the issue
would be favorable.
Bishop Potter's health has for a
long time been far from good. but il
was not until early In the spring that
his condition began TO cause anxiety.
Wnen, on Easter Sunday. he was un.
able TO take part in church services.
II was announced that he was suffer
Ing from acute indigestion. Later Il
became known that he was experi
encing an attack Of stomach trouble
and liver trouble. and early In MAY il
developed th~t he was too IN 20 think
OF attending the Pan-Anglican con.
gress in London. The bishop was much
auected, too. IL was said. by the death
OF DR.. Morgan Dix. OF Trinity parish.
on April 30. this serving TO aggravate
his illness. He made a sufficient recov.
cry. however. TO allow of his removal
here on June 10.
During the past few days. however.
the heat had a serious effect upon the
bishop He is in his seventy-ffth
year. his powers Of resistance are i'm.
paired by his illness, and he rapidIy
grew worse.
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SENATOR FORAKER's ATTITUDE.

The nomination OF Hon. William
II. Taft as the Republican candidate
for the presidency has caused specu-
lation in some quarters as to what
position the distinguished ohioan
would take in the premises. So far
as we were personally concerned. we
have never had any doubt as TO his
attitude and the following interview
emphasizes our opinion. Senator
Foraker is quoted as follows:
Until the convention made a NOM
nation every Republican had a right
to have his choice. but now II is no
longer a question of men. but a
question OF party. In this way Sec
rotary Taft becomes my candidate
Tor the Presidency, and while I'M
der the circumstances / can proba-
Diy do but little, yet / shall do an
can do help him. Republicans will
now quit quarreling among them
selves and turn all their guns on the
enemy"
The above words are Characters
tic of the man. He is a Republican
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this country 20 check the disintegrat-
ing movement among the colored vot-
ors.
The danger is more in their not
soing TO the polls 70 vote than il is
in the landslide to the Democratic
Party. unless Mr.. Bryan has inserted
in the platform a plank welI-nigh
as strong as the one Whitfield out at
Chicago.
But how can he do il? VIII the
Southern contingent stand for IL and
VIII the party leaders live up to its
provisions? This is the question:
the burning question and we can af-
ford to sit down on a fence-rail in
this neighborhood and await deveI-
opments. -
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HARVARD WON.

President Eliot was certainly vim
dicated in his course with reference
70 those students who violated the
rules Of Harvard University. when
the team won the boat race without
the aid Of the dishonored members
OF the team. President Roosevelt
had made his plea that the public
would suffer in the loss of the pleas
ure Of the sport if men, guilty of
dishonorable conduct we're not per
mitted to take part in the contest.
u seems that those who remained
exerted themselves into a pitch that
ensured victory. It is becoming
more apparent to the public at large
that President Roosevelt often preach
es, one doctrine and practices anoth-
er. He had dismissed without hon
or one hundred and sixty-seven col
ored soldiers. none of whom had been
specifically convicted OF any crime
and he had their military records
marred to such an extent that their
wives end children are barred from
receiving pensions in case of their
deaths and yet he pleads for the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-04

through and through. a devotee OF
the PARTY that has honored him for
nearly half century II is too late
in life now for him TO assume any
other attitude. The correspondence
between him and the victorious mem
Der of Mr.. Roosevelt's cabinet is e.
qually significant and important.
Here it is:
Dear Mr.. Secretary: Although I
fear il may be unwelcOme and pro-
badly misunderstood. It is, neverthe-
less, my pleasure TO avail myself OF
the privilege TO send you heartiest
congratulations and best wishes for
success In November. Very truly,
]. B. FORAKER.
MY Dear Senator: I assure you
that your kindly note of congratu-
lation gave me the greatest pleas
ure. and I thank you for it from the
bottom of my heart I have never
ceased to remember that I owe to
YOU my first substantial start In pub
lie life. and that il came without so
licitation. With very best wishes,
cerely yours. WILLIAM II. TAFT"
Viewed in any honorable light and
gagged by any moral standard, every
candidate. who submitted his claims
to the convention was bound by its
action. This viii have a tendency to
strengthen Senator Foraker among
am classes. not only in Ohio. but in
the country at large. Tt may be
well to state that Senator Foraker AMI
his colleague Senator Dick hold the
key to success" I'm Ohio Still. even
the commanding power and trans
cendant influence OF the distinguished
Ohio Senator with the colored peo-
pie OF the country viii hardly be suf-
fcient 20 neutralize the effect Of the
attitude OF Mr.. Taft in the Browns
vile affair and the steam roller"
methods employed az Chicago in
seating 'lily-white" delegates and
busting those colored men from the
Southland. who have borne "the heat
and burden OF the day and felt the
chill of many winters winds"
The outlook is gloomy and the
slump in the Negro vote this year
will be revelation to the managers
of the Republican Party. who seem
to be deaf. dumb and blind fin their
attitude TO one OF the most devoted
races Of people on the face Of the
globe. The suffrage plank with re-
ference TO the Negro is strong and
for that reason viii bear weight. but
we advise Hon. William II. Taft that
ne had better stand with both feet
squarely on top Of that plank. Selah.
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Colored men might as well Doe pa
tient and wait until election day.
They Will have an opportunity 20 de-
eide as 20 what course 20 pursue and
find the best mode and method Of
administering "a rebuke 90 those poll
iticians, who SO vehemently and per-
sistently oppose them.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-07-04
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT's BLUM
DER.

u is almost inconceivable that q
man of the Intelligence aud promi-
hence OF President RooseveIrs stand
ling should havc SO far forgotten the
Ordinary rules OF propriety as TO
butt in tho internal affairs Of
Harvard University and especially 90
virtually uphold culprits who had
violated the rules governing that i'm
stitution. He has set such high e.
deals himself and has become to
such au extent the expounder OF an
great principles that we have been
led 10 wonder by what course Of reas
oniug he could take issue with the
distinguished presiding officer of
Harvard University.
lie argues about furnishing tho in-
nocent with the guilty and making
the innocent suffer and yet this is
precisely what he aid and sim insists
upon doing in the Brownsville case
But here is President Rooscvelrs
letter.
Ito President G. w. Eliot. Cam
bridge.
els 30 not possible and would 10
not Doe more fitting and just 90 sub
siltute another punishment for Fish
and Morgan, 10, as is stated. they
merely took away q book which they
were permitted 90 use in The library?
TO seems 90 as. and we feel sure 20
the great body OF graduates. &C. is un-
fair and unnecessary 10 make others
suffer for an offense OF this kind. for
which some other punishment might
surely Doe found.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
ROBERT BACON"
And here is President Eliot's re-
ply:
To President Roosevelt. White
House, Washington. d. c.:
Each man did a dishonorable
thing. One violated in his private
interest and In a crooked way a rule
made In the common interest. while
the other gave false name and did
not take subsequent opportunity to
give his own. The least possible pun
lshnent was putting them on pro-
baton, but that drops them from the
crews.
"A keen and sure sense Of honor
being the finest result OF COLLEGE
life, j think the college and grad
yates should condemn effectively dis
honorable conduct. The COLLEGE
should also teach that one must new
or do scurvy things In the supposed
interest or for the pleasure of others.
CHARLES w. ELIOT"
Now here is a case where Mr..
Roosevelt woke up the wrong pas
senger, if he expected mild treatment
at the hands Of the scholarly presi-
dent of Harvard University. It is a
rebuke with a handle to 1t. indicating
that there is more Of the same kind
If he chooses to return to the attack.
Mr.. Roosevelt is a graduate and Pres
ldent Eliot says that he thinks that
the college and the graduates should
condemn effectively dishonorabIe con
duct
ms means that Mr.. Roosevelt is
upholding dishonorabIe con-
duct and would use to crafty social
appetites and pleasures, men who
were dishonorable to satisfy the crav-
Ing. This places the distinguished
statesman upon a plane with those
,oiored men, who he declared to be
guilty OF the crime of silence. In
this case. he is himself convicted
of the offense of condonIng wrong
doing TO crafty animal pleasures.
But President Eliot was not salts
led with what down here, we call a !
lick for he followed it |
up with the toe of his shoe in n most
'ital part of his aDotomy, when he |
The college should also teach thatI
me must never do scurvy things in