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The Appeal., 1910-10-22
"JIM CROW" EAW HITS ROAD.

Frankfort, KY, Oct. 6.-Damages of
$40 to women and S. to men were
awarded against the Chesapeake &,
Ohio Railroad here in thirty-one
cases where the plaintiffs. white per-
sons, had been forced to ride in the
Jim crow car ten miles. The verdict
was compromise.
If Kentucky could be as successful
in dealing with the night-riders as in
enforcing the Jim crow law, it would
greatly enhance her credit in the civ
ilized portion of the world. But she
is not, owing to certain condolences
that occurr with surprising regulari-
ty. A night-rider case has been pend,
ing at Hopkinsville for nearly year
By one of those condolences, the
principal witness was secretly shot in
the back and nearly killed. Since
he has been under constant military
guard. The community that is com
PEELED to guard the lives of witnesses
while in attendance at court is not
holding out strong inducements to i'm.
migrants.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER %, 1910.
TO. ARMS, THEY COME, THE
GREEK. THE GREEK"

The goodly town of Tarpon Springs,
situated on the lower portion of
Florida, is in a decidedly bad fix. The
industry of the city is the sponge
fishery, in which nearly all of the
inhabitants are engaged. The Flori-
dian method of gathering sponges has
been, from time immemorial, to drag
them up from the vastly deep by
means of the HOOKER. a kind of
three-pronged rake.
But a few years ago, some mis-
guided Tarponspringsite imported a
Greek diver to settle in the town.
The diver came, settled, dived and
made a big thing out of it. Then he
wrote for all of his brothers, nephews,
cousins and brothers-inlaw to come
and settle and dive.
And, accordingly they all came and
settled and dived until they captured
the town, cornered the market and
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THINGS SAID DURING THE WAR.

THINGS SAID DURING THE WAR.
1t is very interesting to read some
of the things said during the war OF
the rebellion, but which have now al
most faded from the memories OF
men. The New York Sun reproduces
the following: ,
Here is what one of the orators
said, and he was a minister of the
gospel at that, and hailed from the
loyal state Of Iowa: '5s
The American people are ruled by
felons With all his vast armies,
Lincoln has failed! failed! failed!
failed! And still the moster usurp
er wants more victims for his slaugh-
ter pens. I blush that such a felon
should occupy the highest gift of the
people. Perjury and larceny are writ
ten al over him. Ever since the
usurper, traitor, and tyrant has oc-
supied the presidential chair the Re.
publican party has chouted war to
the knife and the knife to the hilt
Blood has flowed in torrents, and yet
the thirst of the old monster is not
quenched. His cry is ever for more
blood.
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
1.-THE ROSARY"
The Attraction at the Grand Theater
Next Week.

The Attraction at the Grand Theater
Next Week.
In 'The Rosary which comes to
the Grand next week, commencing
Sunday matinee, Oct. 23, Edward E.
Rose, the author Of the play, has taken
an average set Of people, and shows
you first their outside; then deftly,
subtly, with careful strokes and a
firm hand he takes you within the
brain and mind of each character.
You even sec; the result of their
thinking. 1t is like seeing first the
results of eiectricity-street cars run
ming, telephoning working, all the
wonderful effects of this mighty force
and then being taken to the central
power house from whence all this
energy flows.
And you see the effect Of thought
upon the different individual. One
character is that of a modern bust
ness man, stock broker, happily
married to wife who loves him, bui
his thought is wrong. He harbors
fear, doubt and unbelief in the good
that lies all about him. He loses al
fortune, home, wife-even his OWE
self-respect.
. How does it all end? All, that is
too long for me to tell you, but this
l may say, that he is brought to {
knowledge of the supreme law of life
by a priest, modern priest, not o1
conventional stage character, but {
real man, a big man Of faith, strength
conviction, whose eyes see clearly an6
whose spiritual power is the moving
force of the play.
This beautiful play has just com
pleted a three months run in Chi
cago and is now the sensation of the
season in New York City where it is
playing at the Garden Theater
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the relation of superior and inferior.
In many cases the Afro-American who
gains the Friendship of a Southern
Caucasian does so at the expense of
his manhood. THE APPEAL is not
willing for the settlement of the race
question to be left to the unjust, un-
American, unchristian South for set
tlement 50
TO-. THE APPEAL refuses to con-
slider any proposition that the Afro
American relinquish any of the politi-
cal or civil rights now possessed by
the race. Every effort should be made
to retain those which exist and to re-
gain those which have been lost.
THE APPEAL reaffirms it's unalter-
able determination to continue to
battle for the right to the end and
come what may, THE APPEAL will
never give up the contention for
justice and the absolute equality of
all citizens under the law.
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THE APPEALS PLATFORM,

1. THE APPEAL resents the claim
so persistently made by many Cau-
casians that this is a "white mans
country" The Afro-American is a
citizen by right of birth and the Fed
eral Constitution specifically places
all citizens on equality before the law
g.. THE APPEAL believes that the
idea advanced by certain persons that
the Caucasian race has been espe-
cially commissioned by God to rule all
of the colored races is blasphemy.
3. THE APPEAL firmly believes
that in republic there can be but
one kind of citizen, hence challenges
the right of the government-Federa
state or local-to discriminate in any
way between citizens by the enact
ment of any law which specifies that
the Afro-American must be separated
from or treated differently from the
great body of citizens. THE APPEAL
is opposed to class legislation of every
kind
4. THE APPEAL believes in man.
hood suffrage without any educational
or property qualifications whatever,
and contends that the law-abiding man
of good character, who does his duty
as citizen and risks his life in de-
Tense of the flag, should not be de-
,,r;1,o1 of Tho ballot booouco ho ic DOOr
and cannot read and write. Disfran-
chisement works irresistibly for the
denial or abridgement of all the re-
lated rights of citizenship, because a
voteless man has no right which any
one is bound to respect.
5. THE APPEAL believes that the
schools supported by public taxation
should be open to all regardless of
race, color or creed and that every
parent should determine the kind of
education he wishes his children to
receive.
6. THE APPEAL believes that the
statement that the Southern Cau-
casians pay the taxes necessary to
educate the Southern Afro-Amecican
is an economic absurdity. That each
man IN his place pays as much tax as
anyother man in the community is an
economic truism which has never been
disputed by any reputable sociologist
or political economist from Adam
Smith down to the present time.
7. THE. APPEAL knows that the
Afro-American has been misrepre-
sented in the matter of crime Enemies
have endeavored to prove that Afro
Americans are scriminal people, but
their statements have been disproved
by statistics Caucasian-Americans
commit more and baser crimes than
Afro-Americans.
: 8. THE APPEAL is opposed to
mob law and believes that mob license
is more dangerous to the well-ebing
and perpetuity of society than the iso-
lated infractions of the law by indi-
viduals.
9. THE APPEAL does not believe
that the Southern Caucasians are the
best friends of the race. The South,
ern Caucasian idea of friendship is
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The Appeal., 1910-10-22
JOHN WAGNER
Democratic Candidate for Sheriff of
Ranocev Ho,,nfu

Democratic Candidate for Sheriff Of
Ramsey County.
John Wagner was born in st. Paul
in 1862 and knows and is known by
almost all the citizens. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools of the city,
was for years in the grocery business
He served as sheriff from 1896 to 1900
and is thoroughly competent to fill
the office, both theoretically and prac-
tlcally. He is a heavy tax payer and
now lives in the Fourth Ward. He
has wife and a grown daughter. He
is a member of number of fraternal
societies and stands high in the COM
munity in every way. He promises,
if elected, to distribute the patronage
of his office so as to properly recog
nize all nationalities and colors.
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
:. 6. Wells IN the
N. Y. Independent.

living CT members of the two races, if
we compare individuals of about equal
means of living. It would be hard to
find, in any part of the United States,
any Afro-Americans who need super
vision and instruction as to sanitary
matters so badly as the miners in the
coal regions of Pennsylvania. Ac-
cording to the testimony of credible
witnesses, the miners live in a condi-
ton of utter disregard of the rules of
decency or hygiene. The case of the
Afro-American is not a peculiar one;
as a general thing he compares, class
by class, very we'll with his white
neighbors. ~
The Appeal., 1910-10-22

A big vaudeville bill is presented
and as an added feature for this week:
there will be shown the much talked
of Partisan sensation Paying the
Penalty which shows the low life
seen nightly in the French capital.
The dance of the two lovers as pre-
sented by the two Mitchells is as
gingery a piece of work of it's kind
as ever seen. In addition to the regu-
lar show the original Jeffries-Johnson
fight pictures will be shown.
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
THE PERVERSE CAUCASIAN ED.
TORS,

TORS.
1t is remarkable fact that the Cau-
caslon editors persist in speaking of
the Afro-Americans of the United
States as if they were as wild, ig-
norant and uncultivated as the tribes
OF the jungles of Africa. For in
stances the Washington Herald says !:
The Negro does not know by in
heritance or early training how to
care for himself, either as to temper
ature or sanitation. He still needs
supervision and instruction, even com
pulsory, in such affairs of self-preser-
|vation"
The foregoing is true in reference
to large fraction of the race, just as
it is true of a very large number of
both races. So far as the North is
concerned, there is very little differ.
ence in the intelligence or mode of
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
"MISS NEW YORK, JR."
The Next Attraction at the Star
Theater

The Next Attraction at the Star
Theater.
One of the hardest contentious that
confronted theatrical managers Of
musical comedy this season was the
scarcity of show girls. To supply the
demand it was necessary for managers
to have their agents draft girls from
all over the country. The manage
ment of the Miss New York, Jr., Bur
lesque Company, which will be at the
Star Theater next week, has been I'M
usually fortunate in selecting twenty
five handsome and shapely young
women to participate in the rendition
of the musical numbers which have
been specially written for the first
part "Guests at the Hotel Cess" and
the "Slowtown Junction." which were
written and staged by the author,
John ]. Black, who plays one of the
leading parts in BOTH
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
PROHIBITION DoEsNoT PROHIBIT

The main argument now used
against statewide prohibition laws is
that they do not prohibit. 1t is an
argument not invented by the liquor
interests and used by them exclusive
ly, but is the conclusion arrived at by
many disinterested observers. The
Indianapolis News gives the following
summary of results:
Just now Greene county is much
disturbed over these conditions. The
clubs are comparatively numerous and
positively successful. 1t is said that
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
OPPOSED TO UNIVERSAL EXPERT
ENCE.

It has remained for Chicago's wo-
man superintendent of schools to say
the sensible thing to the pupils about
handwriting. write any way you
please" says Mrs. Young, "but write
legibly and fast.''
The foregoing is from the Chicago
Tribune, which warmly cOmmends
the sentiment of Mrs. Young. But
THE APPEAL is not so sure that
Mrs. Young has said the sensible
thing, just because it is opposed to
The Appeal., 1910-10-22

write man had; so he discharged the
prisoner. At first glance the forego-
ing may seem a rather unimportant
matter, but we pronounce it one of
supreme Importance and know that it
required no little courage upon the
pat Of rhe judge to take such action.
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RIGHT TO DEFEND HIS HOME.

~-
We welcome with pleasure every
Indication of disposition on the
part of the Southern brother to treat
the Afro-American with fairness and
justice and such an instance recently
occurred in the state of Arkansas A
difficulty took place between white
man and and an Afro-American. La
ter the white man went to the Afro
Americans house and shot at him.
The Afro-American returned the fire
and wounded the white man. The
jury awarded the Afro-American two
years in the penitentiary. Judge A.
E. Grace set aside the verdict and
ruled that the Afro-American had the
same right to defend his hcme as the
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
The SIN Of sILERcE

To sin by silence when we should
protest makes towards out Of men.
The human race has climbed on pro-
test. Had no voice been raised against
injustice, ignorance and lust, the in
QUESTION yet would serve the law, and
guillotines decide our least disputes.
The few who dare must speak and
speak again to right the wrongs Of
many.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Appeal., 1910-10-22

universal experience. A music teach
er who should instruct his pupils:
Finger any way you please, would
soon be voted a first-class idiot. And
again, THE APPEAL is not sure that
the two things "any way you please
and "1egibly" are compatible. So
we shall take the matter under ad-
visement.
The Appeal., 1910-10-22

The Republican platfOr
adopted at Chicago, explicitly de-
mands justice for all men with
out regard to race or color, and
just as explicitly declares tor the
enforcement, and without reser-
EntiOn. i'm letter and spirit of
the thirte zenith, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Con-
stitutiOn. t is needless to state
that L stand with my party
sauareIy on that plank in the
platform, and believe that equal
justice to all men and the fair
and impartial enforcement of
these amendments are in keeping
with the real American spirit of
fair play.-HOn. VIM. III. Taft's
speech accepting Republication
nomination for Presidency.
The Appeal., 1910-10-22

THE ST. LOUIS KITCHEN. Mrs.
Julia Hinson, proprietor,N No. SIT Wa
basha, up stairs. Meals 25cts. Break
fast from 700 to 11:O0 a. NJ, Dinner
from 1900 m. to 300 p. NJ; Supper
from 500 to 800 p. m. All regular
meals 25 cts. All home cooking, Tel.
n g o71o ~
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
The MAN WHO pAREs

honor the man who in the con-
seientious discharge Of his duty dares
to stand alone; the world, with ignor-
ant, intoIerant judgment, may con-
denim, the countenances of relatives
may be averted, and the hearts of
friends grow cold, but the sense of
duty done shall be sweeter than the
applause Of the world, the counten-
ances Of relatives or the hearts Of
friends.-Charles Summer.
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
RACE PREJUDICE.

NAVE TnEJOOtOE.
an? convinced myself that
there is no more evil thing in ,
this present world than Race
Prejudice; none at all. write
de!iberately-it is the worst
single thing in life now. It JUS
titles and holds together more
baseness, cruelty and abomina-
ton than any other sort of er-
ror in the world. Through its
body runs the black blood of
coarse lust. suspicion, jealousy
and persecution and all the
darkest poisons of the human
soul.
-. G. Wells in the
NJ, Y. lndependent.
The Appeal., 1910-10-22
THE APPEAL.

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 236 UNION BLOCK, 9TH & CEDAR
j. @. ADAMS, Manager.
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street Church. Alderman Sanborn, who
was chairman OF a committee appointed
to see If arrangements could not be made
whereby the municipal lighting plant
could supply the electricity for lighting
the clock reported that the city could
/ urchasc OF the Burlington Light &
Power company the apparatus now in
purchase the apparatus,
A petition for an electric ligft on
Brookes avenue, between Willard and
North Prospect streets. was referred to
the electric light commissioners. A petit
ton to have Lyman avenue accepted by
the city was referred to the street COM
missloncrs.
Tbs report that the city cannot he held
responsible for the damages caused by
break In the water main at Winoo-
:ki avenue and Main street was received
and placed on file.
The board adopted n resolution att
thorizing warrant for 900 In favor Of
w. T. Harrington of New York as the
balance of the award FOR taking piece
Of land on bradley place.
The board disposed of n large amount
OF routine business Among the monthly
statements presented and bills ordered
paid were Police statement, $l1So7; fire
department pay roll. s,10D; electric
light department, S3,S2c.oS; water depart
mont. S6,Gol.Gi; park department. s95i53;
library. S350.y5; pauper department, $500. %
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Vombcr mark the departure Of the sum
mcr and the approach of the winter. The
summer groups are much loss conspicu-
Gus than those of winter. They are
found this month In the west, drawing
nearer the western horizon rs the even
ings succeed each other. At the Same
time tho winter groups are appearing in
the east rising earlier as the month ad-
Nances. The zodacal groups Sa gittarlua,
Caprlcornus, AQuarua, Pisces, Aries,
Taurus. Gemini extend from southwest
to northeast Aries has the planet Saturn
Tor visitor while Taurus possesses Al
dcbaran and the two groups known from
classical times rs the Pleades and the
liyades. The chief groups in the depart
Ing list are Aquila, Dclphinus. Hercules,
Pegasus. In the approaching groups
Taurus holds chief place. followed closely
by Gomlni at Its north sido and Orion Mt
its south side. The ancient observers rc-
gardod the westward march of the con-
stcllations as natures calendar of the
seasons. We can do the same, although
the shortening OF the days and the length
ching OF the nights are n more distinct
sign of the approaching winter.
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COOK DIsCRTDITED AGAIN.
Explorer Travelled in Il Circle Accord
inG to ENGNiMRuN.

Chicago, Nov, s-Dr Frederick A. Cook
was further d.scredited in u special cable
despatch to the Chicago Daily News to-
day from It's correspondent In Copen-
hagen. Denmark. The story was the first
publication of the report of knd RasmuS-
sen. the Danish explorer, as sent by him
to his wife in Copenhagen and now given
out by her.
Contained in the story is what purports
to be the statements of Cooks two Es-
quimaux companions in the polar quest.
Ithusaka and Aplak. in which they con-
firm Commander Rohcrt T. Peary's
charge that Cook travelled in circle and
never even approached the Pole Ros-
mussen obs quoted as saying he himself
ais not interview the mon but that their
statements were taken by the Rev Gus
tav Olsen and Katekets Echmann Ros-
bach missionaries born in Greenland, ana
at the time of securing the statements
working in the country from which Cook
claimed to have started for the Pole.
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WILL OFFER $1,000.
Council Fixes Price on Land De
sired for a Public Wharf.
Nothing Ueipg Heard from Central
Vermont HALLWAY Company, Sc
qucstrntion Proceedings Were
Authorized.

The city OF burlington will award the
Central Vermont Railway company s7,50O
for tho land situated on the lake front
south Of the line of College street, which
the city desires for a public wharf site
ing at the meeting of the city council.
The council met directly after the meet
ing Of the board of aldermen and tho do
cision to award the company $3.50 was
reached within n very few minutes after
the meeting was called to order. The
meeting was an adjourned one. the DELAY
being made for the purpose OF giving the
railway company an opportunity of set
tins price upon the land. No word was
received from the company and the men,
bcrs of the council decided that further
delay was Unnecessary
rho members Of tho city council each
wrote upon q slip of paper the highest
figure which, in his opinion, should be
paid for the land. The amounts ranged
from 5000 to $500 An average was
then struck. which amounted to $500, and
this sum was decided upon.
The resolution authorizing the proceed
luNe ~ scquestrn;ion was thon passed,
followed by the resolution awarding the
$500 t. the railway company. The city
clerk win hlc In his office all reports con-
corning the hequestration proceedings and
'n Six days tho tender OF tnc award will
lie made by the city TO tho company.
CITY Attorney Villas asked what action
no ahoCll tnfc in case the Cent? Il Yer
mont Railway company should Offer the
desired land at n certain price. He was
directed to report any such offer to the
city council