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The Appeal., 1908-06-06

June-This is the month for the
sweet girl graduates and the sweet
June brides, and they are both prom
ised in large numbers-all happy
too.
This is also the month for the great
Republican national convention at
Chicago that will nominate the next
President of these United States
and, Judging from the applications
that. have been made for admission
tickets, it promises to break the rec
ord in attendance = and interest
Everybody isn't happy now, but will
be when the convention shall have
completed its work.
This, too, is the month for the
meeting of the great National Edu,
cational Association at Cleveland
and the positive assurance has beer
made that all Afro-American teach
ers and visitors will find no "colo,
line' anywhere, as has been the case
at several Of the meeting places o1
the association in recent years. This
will certainly make all Afro-Ameri.
cans as we'll as all fair minded peo.
pie, happy. ~.
June is the month for good things
The Appeal., 1908-06-06

Congressman J. Hampton Moore
of that wide-awake city Philadelphia
is having considerable fun poked at
him because he introduced a bill in
congress to license public laundries
in the District of Columbia, and to
prohibit, under penalty, the use of
chemicals and heavy machinery
which tend to destroy clothing. He
was highly incensed because of the
outrageous way his pet shirt was
treated and said in his speech, when
presenting the bill: IF my shirt is
to be destroyed, I should be given
the privilege of feeding it to the
goat" Well, Congressman Moore is
not the only sufferer along that line,
there are others who have suffered in
silence, or, at most, have poured out
their wrath on the ambient atmos-
phere or over the telephone wire who
will not only second his motion, but
ask him to amend it to reach all over
the country.
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THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Established Political Institution Will
No Laws but Its Own.

Established Political Institution With
No Laws but Its Own.
The national convention is the most
distinctly original American contrlDu-
tion to the art of government. It is
a product of evolution and it has no
legal status.
The men who framed the Constitu-
ton made no provision for nominal
ing candidates, and, in fact, had never
heard of nominations. It was their
intention that the electors should
choose the President uninfluenced by
popular passion or prejudice. There
were no parties or party organiza-
tions, and everything was left to the
wisdom Of the electors, who were to
be chosen by the State in whatso-
ever manner the States pleased.
Before Washington's administration
had ended two parties had formed,
and nominating machinery was soon
provided in Congressional caucus,
by which the Congressman OF each
party selected the candidate and the
electors ratified this selection. Thus
the Legislative department Virtually
chose the Executive in spite OF all
constitutional precautions TO Keep tne
departments independent.
The Congressional caucus lasted un-
til 1924, when the Jackson men bolted
the nomination of Crawford. ! The
overthrow of King Caucus was pop
ularly regarded as the greatest politi-
cal reform since the establishment of
the republic.
The early national conventions
were hardly more than conferences,
the first having been held in 1881 by
supporters of Clay. There are thou.
sands Of men still living who were on
their way to manhood before the
national convention became an estab.
ished political institution, with no
laws except voluntary consent, vet as
effective in enforcing it's DEGREES as
the government of any other nation,
Indeed, more so, for while government
is forever fouted, there is no case on
record in which a Presidential elec.
tor ever refused to vote Tor the can
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is about Is years Of age. He gave
up the Presidency some years ago
that he might devote his life to teach

4 : T ss ( Z
is about rs years Of age. He gave
up the Presidency some years ago
that he might devote his life toteach-
ing. IS
He expressed great pleasure with
what he saw at Ti1skegee. Heecalled
it a building plant for building boys
and girls into good men and women,
and said he wished to see such a
building established in his own co1n-
try.
Too much cannot be said in praise
of the efforts Of the young people
who had part in the program They
were listened to with the closest at
tentlon and most heartily applauded.
The industrial parts showed great
skill and Familiarity with the subjects
presented. A good and enthusiastic
audience showed the favor in which
industrial training is now held.
The annual address by Hon.
Charles w. Anderson Of New York
was most happy in every respect. It
aroused the greatest enthusiasm on
the part Of all present, and will be
long remembered.
Following the annual address, J. J.
Dorren, Vice President of the Re
public Of Liberia, was introduced,
and in a brief, spirited address, spoke
most hopefully Of the future of Ii
IBERIA.
In very few words DR.. Booker
Washington presented the diplomas
and certificates, urging upon each
one to find as quickly as possible his
work and to put both body and soul
into it.
All the prizes Of last year were
awarded this year, and in addition,
THE Robert c. Owens prizes estab-
lished by Robe<t c. Owens, a
wealthy Afro-American of Los An
geles, CAL They consist of five
prizes of $40 in gold each, first, to the
student who makes the highest rec
ord during the middle year; to the
student in the senior class who shows
most efficiency in agriculture; to the
young woman who exhibits the. most
skill in domestic science; to the stu
dent who makes the best design, in
cluding plans, specifications, etc., for
a four-room house, to cost not more
than $500; to the student who makes
the best exhibit lin bookkeeping over
work common to the business course
of the school.
With the singing of "Auld Lang
Syne" and the benediction by DR..
Gibson, of Liberia, great COM
mencement was brought to close.
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didate nominated 70 by the national con
vention OF his party. I
BURROWS 70 PRESIDE.
Temporary Officers Are Chosen Fo

lemPorary Officers Are Chosen For
Chicago Convention.
The following temporary Off GERS
have been chosen for the Republican
National Convention at Chicago. June
l6: 80 Il -
Chairman-S Senator Julius @. Bur.
rows of Michigan.
General Secretary-John E.. Malloy,
Coumbus, Ohio.
Chief Assistant secretary-La
cite b. Gleason, New York City.
Assistant Secretaries Charles
Brooks Smith, Parkersburg, w. Va. !;
Ernest Walker Smith, Hartford,
Conn; Phillip NJ. Teofele, st. Louis:
M. j. Tobin, Vinton, Iowa; c. M.
Harger, Abilene, Kan; Allen ROLLS,
Concord, N. H. sS
Reading Clerks Thomas w. Will
hanson, Edwardsville, Ill; George A.
Wilson, Des Moines, Iowa.
Parliamentarian- Asher C. Kinds,
Washington, D. C.
Official Reporter M. w. Blumberg,
Washington, D. c.. i
Messenger. to Chairman Empsirde ell
Stone, Indianapolis.
Messenger to Secretary-Jo ohm H.
Jackson, Cincinnati.
Sergeant-at-Arms William F.
Stone, Baltimore. 81.
First Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms-
Edward p, Thayer Greenfield, Ind.
Chief of doorkeepers, Stephen r.
Mason, Baltimore.
The subcommittee has passed a rule
which put the Coliseum, where the
convention is to be held, in the pro.
hlbltlon column It declares that mo
liquor shall be sold, served or brought
into the convention hall either at the
committee meetings or in the conven-
ton week."
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NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE
NOTES..

The ninth annual session of the
National Business League is to be
held at Baltimore, Maryland, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, August 49,,
20 and 21, 1908. The Local Business
League of Baltimore, Mr.. Harry T..
Pratt, President, is in CHARGE of the
arrangements of entertainment, ETC..
The strongest forces among the
people of that city are cooperating
with Mr.. Pratt and the Local League
to make the coming session a sue
cess. Reduced rates as usual will be
secured for the meeting.
The following Local Business
Leagues have recently secured char
ters from the National Organization,
namely: Riverside, California; Sac.
ramento, California; Annapolis, Mary
land; and Natchez, Mississippi. Un-
der decision of the National Negro
Business League, no Local League is
now recognized as such unless it
now recognized as such unless it
| holds charter from the National Or
ganization. Charters will be sent
whenever requested by Mr.. Emmett
J. Scott, Corresponding Secretary,
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama on re-
ceipt of Post Office Money Order, or
New York Draft to cover same. Those
interested in promoting business en-
teprises among the Afro-Americans
are urged to secure charters as early
as possible and to have their Leagues
represented at the coming Baltimore
session
DR.. Booker Washington, the Presi-
dent of the National Organization,
recently gave utterance to the follow
ing statement in explanation of the
purposes of the League: "The League
is not lodge; it pays no death bene-
fits; it has no pass words, grips, and
is not fraternal.' It is an organiza-
tion of Afro-American business men.
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WELCOME TO DELEGATES.
Chicago Preparing to Receive Afro
American DELEGATES.


American Delegates.
r Afro-American citizens are prepar-
ing to give the Afro-American dele
gates and visitors to the Republican
convention the greatest time ever CIV
en- to delegates and visitors to any
previous national convention. I'm
questionably, however, the most beau
tiful and enjoyable affair to be given
during the week of the convention
and possibly the most brilliant affair
ever given in Chicago for the social
entertainment of the race-will be the
band concert and full dress reception
rendered by the officers and men of
the Eighth Illinois Regiment on
Thursday evening, June 18. This is
the. crack regiment that went to
Cuba during the Spanish-American
War, and which, with Col. John R.
Marshall in command, rendered SER
vice that won the highest enconiums
at the hands of the United States
government. 1t is the only Afro-Am-
erican regiment maintained by any
State in the Union, and is regarded
as one of the finest drilled, most
capably differed and best disciplined
regiments in the country. The First
Regiment Armory, probably the larg-
est arnlOry in the world has been en-.
gagged for the occasion
It is also planned to have an eX-
hibition drill by the regiment, so that
the visitors from the North, East
South and West may see wnat Chi
cago and the State Of Illinois have
in tho Chono Of A f,.o A M Drioon col
diers. It may be added that the
Eighth is the only regiment in the
land oficered from colonel to corporal
by Afro-Americans, and it will be a
matter of much pleasure and deep
interest to all to see them in action.
The officers in full regimentals,
beautifully-gowned women and distin-
guished Afro-Americans from every
State in the Union, in full evening
dress, will make this function one that
will go down in history as the great
est and handsomest reception ever
given among Afro-American men and
women in this country. It will take
on truly nationa proportions, and the
ladies are fairly on tiptoe of expecta-
ton in anticipation of it's brilliancy.
1t is the desire of the officers and
members of the regiment that every
delegate and alternate delegate to the
convention receive an invitation, and
it is requested by the management
that all delegates and alternates send
their name and address at once to
Col. John R. Marshall, $500 Calumet
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, to insure
their receiving an invitation.
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It offers to it's members the fellow
ship of the men among the race who
have succeeded. 1t has no honors or
dignities to bestow. 1t is not in poll
tics and is not run by political meth
DDS. 1t recognizes that in a free coun-
try like ours it. is the individual who
counts and that it is in the competi-
tion and struggles of business that
big men have been developed-men
like Carnegie, Rockefeller, George
Foster Peabody, Robert C. Ogden, etc.
We have successful business men
among us. We want to get them to
know each other. AS a race we have
many special and peculiar business
problems to settle. We want to find
out what we are doing in business
way and we want the best advice the
best business men of the race can
give us to assist in solving our
special business problems This is
the purpose of the Business League.
1T has no other purpose. It does not
seek to take the place of any other
organization. It is like the organiza-
tion Of Afro-American physicians. Bet
ter than papers is a study of facts:
How much business are we doing?
How about credits How can we i'm
prove our methods Of selling, etc?
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1908.

We know advice is one of the
things that is generally so freely Of
fered that it is seldom acceptable, so
we generally refrain from giving it.
We, however, fatter ourselves that
we know good thing when we see
it, even If it is in the nature of ad-
vice. We saw the following in an
other fellows paper and it looked
good to us, SO we republish it that
you may see if it looks good to you:
THE CHEERFUL MAN.
"We love the man with smile, the
man with the roses on his tongue,
the man who sees your boys dirty
face, but mentions his bright eyes,
who notices your shabby coat, but
praises your studious habits, the man
who sees all the faults, but whose
tongue is quick to praise and slow to
blame. We like to meet man
whose smile will light up dreariness,
whose voice is full Of the music of
the birds, whose handshake is an in
spiration and his God bless you a
benediction. He makes us forget our
troubles as the ravens dismal croak
is forgotten when the wood thrush
or the brown thrasher sings. God
bless men of cheer!
There is plenty Of trouble here
but we need not increase it. There
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TUSKEGEE'S
Annual Commencement as Usual {
Marvel,

:
The twenty7seventh annual COM
menceB1ent of the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute held last
week was, as were its predecessors,
marvellous exhibitions of the progress
that has been made by that wonder
full institution. q synopsis of which is
herein given. ..l = : g.
The total number of students in all
departments is nearly 1000.
Thirty eight states and territories
and twenty-one foreign countries
have been represented. ,s..s-, .ss
The ENJOYS from the Republic Of
Liberia, Africa, G. w. Gibson, for
ner President and now Secretary of
State; J. J. Dorren, Vice Preident;
Chas. B. Dunbar, Attorney, and
Chas. Branch, Secretary, were pres
ent. -
The class of 'ss held its reunion,
celebrating its twentieth anniversary,
and the previous classes were its
guests. Hereafter every class will
celebrate it's twentieth anniversary,
and one of it's members will repre-
sent it on the commencement pro-
gram. .s.--.,=. ...--.... r
There have been many improve
ments. The greenhouse has been
nearly doubled in size, the printing
department. has secured an "Opti-
mus press and linotype machine, a
system Of waterworks to be supplied
from artesian wells at the rate OF
100000 gallons of water daily is be-
ing put in; large additions have been
made to the orchard, strawberry, fig
and vineyard culture has received
new impetus, and 5000 quarts OF
strawberries have already been
picked Improvements have been
made in the horse barns, poultry
raising and bee culture The large
dining rooms and kitchens for teach
ers and students will soon be ready
for use The "Alexander Moss
white memorial dorn1itory for girls
to cost $4,000 is in its second story
Several hundred students remain
at the institution during the summer
and pay their way while learning by
cultivating the 1000 acres now under
cultivation, and doing other dairy
and farm labor, thereby getting the
practical knowledge. ".
A beautiful memorial to w. H
Baldwin, Jr., designed by Carl Bit
ter, sculptor, and w. w. Bosworth
architect, has been erected by the
students.
DR.. Len c. Broughton, pastor OF
the Baptist Tabernacle, Atlanta
preached the commenc ement sermon
The Phelps Hall Bible Training
School graduated seventy-nine stu
dents t....H.
The Trinity Church Boston Ora
torica1 prizes, $25 and SIS, were won
by William Harris, Leesburg, Fla.
Subject: "A Plea for the Preserva-
ton of American Forests" and Mat
thew Woods of Virden, Oklahoma,
on Relation of Agriculture to Ra-
cial Development" There were four
other contestants, who received hon
orab1e mention
The students have paid in cash
during the year $4,000, and 100000
in labor.
Eighty-eight received diplomas
from the Normal Department, eighty
seven received certificates for the
completion Of some trade.
The audience was much pleased to
see a black man who had been Presi-
dent of Republic and when he was
given an opportunity, in an over
crowded program, to speak for a few
minutes, he was listened to with very
great interest. Ex-President Gibson
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is lot of dying ahead of time. There
are living men who have already
crossed Jordan two or three times,
and, unfortunately, they are not the
type who cross the river Of Jordan
happy in the Lord bat, who sing, if
they sing at all, gloomiest, dreariest,
deadliest music. The very tone is
fatal to happiness. If you have, faith.
preach it; if you have doubts bury
them; if you have JOY, share it; if
you have sorrow, bear it. Find the
bright side of things and help others
to get sight of it also" -.,.. ......
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6AMMoN THEOLOGICAL Seminary
ATLANTA, 0E0RGA

AIMS AND METHODS
The aim of this school is to do prac-
teal work in helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. It's course of study
is broad and practical; it's ideas are high;
it's work is thorough; its methods are
fresh, systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY.
;, The regular course of study occupies
three years, and covers the lines of work
IN IN the several departments, of theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seminaries of the country.
EXPENSES AND AID. -.
Tuition and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nlshed. Good board can be had for seven
dollars per month. Buildings heated by
steam. ~
Aid from loans without interest. and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserv-
ing students who do their utmost in the
Line line of , help. No young man with
Of the advantages now opened to him
IN this Seminary. For further particulars
address r., ---
REV. j. w. E. BOWEN, ID. ID.
Pres. Cannon Theological Seminary.
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Col. Watterson has a very poor
opinion of the Cubans-thinks they
are unfit for self-government, ETC.,
etc. We should like to hear his
opinion of Kentucky
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TILLOTSON COLLEGE

AUSTIN, TEXAS.
The Oldest and Best School in Texas
for Colored Students. Faculty mostlv
graduates Of well known colleges in the
north: Reputation unsurpassed. Manua.
training part Of the regular course
Music special feature of the school,
Srecial advantages for earnest students
seeking to help themselves. Send for
catalogue and circular to .
Rev. MARSHALL r. GAINES, A. NJ,
President.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.
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BRAINERD INSTITUTE
CHESTER. S. C.

CHESTER. S. G..
A normal and industrial school with a
graded course of study designed to give
a thorough, symmetrical and complete
English education and lay solid foun-
dation for success and usefulness in every
vocation of life. Board and boarding hall.
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Mon % a9f s e1s apd another for iHe
~o~~"e"e o.
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SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE.

CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
Able and Experienced Faculty.
Progressive ic all departments, best
Methods of Instruction, Health Of Stu
1ents carefully looked after. StuuentA
taught to do manual labor as we'll as
think. For catalogue and other infor-na-
ton. write to the president.
r. 6. LcViNGGOoD,
5ss.. Austin. Texas.
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EnJ.LEEEH. AMI HEHuuLa

aes'es 5unonE Hoys Hah Stone Hall Home
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY Atlanta. "a.
Hon cHs est % %11tntoR sau
Physical % en sgPe1 9pe % a0Yao9as17 H6m H.
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY

49, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
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FOUR YEARS. GRADED COURSE
THREE YEARS GRADED COURSE in DENTAL SURGERY
THREE YEARS GRADED COURSE PHARMACY.
AN OPTIONAL FIvEYEAR MEDICINE oEEepEn
laboratories
o"' - Soo'ooo o"eis unexcened cHnoA
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-11-19
PERSONALITIES
IN RUFF CASE

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. is-nis.
tor personalities betueen Attorney
Henry Aeh. for Abraham hurf. In.
siicsnd ax.boaa of San francisco.
and the attorneys for the prusecn-
ton marked the beginning Of the
Ruef trial in Judge LAwior's court
today. The verbal encounter vas
cut short By Judge f.awlor. who de.
clhrcd that be would not tolerate
further indulgence In personalities
by either side. and that he wuuld
take measures 70 prevent their r..
currenro.
Ach spent the entiru morning sea.
aion In trying "a get from jim
Gallagher his motives for accepting
the immunity contract from Rn-
dolph Spfeckies. aud judge iAwioT
finally directed him that ba could
not Inquire into Caliagher'a motives
for entering Into the Immunity con
tract