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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Such is the tangle in the affairs of
the Republican party incident to the
organization of it's national
ton, that it will be well nigh impos-
sible for the leaders to unravel it in
a manner satisfactory to all con-
carned -. =.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New york Press.1

A man can have some political conytc-
tons unless he is in politics.
The way a girl learns to smile all the
time is to have pretty teeth
People are always hopeful about every
thing so as to have ii ~disappoint them.
What makes a woman SO hopeful about
what great men the children will grow
UP to be is their father didn't.
AS long as a man calls his earnings
pay he has a lar to live within II:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
TELEGRAPH report of that great news or
Ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news Is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for his sole pur-
pose. ,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

More business for the already over
worked dove of peace. The post
election riots in Belgium have assum-
ed the proportions of a revolution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Colonel Roosevelt's continued in
sistence that he Ices not intend to be
in Chicago during the sessions of the
Republican convention is all the evil
dence many people need that he will
be Johnny-on-the-spot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Another young New Yorker who in
herited millions from his fathers es-
tate evidently has no desire to enjoy
them for any extended period. He has
Joined the ranks of the aviators, those
get-death-quick artists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

If the national headquarters of the
Temperance society of the M E.
church, which has moved to Topeka,
keeps busy, most of its efforts will
have to be expended in regions be-
Nond the confines of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander. In losing the delegates-at-
large from Ohio. Mr.. Roosevelt got
the same dose of medicine that was
administered to President Taft in
Massachusetts,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

J.. Bruce Ismav doesn't appear to be
acting consistently. He tells the Brit
ish court of inquiry that Captain
Smith had orders to drive the Titanic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

History repeats itself. During the
legislative rumpus in this state in 1898
the Populists, who had 5S representa-
tives to the Republicans So, filed con-
tests against enough Republicans in
the house to make their minority a
majority. and then seriously commended
that those members against whom
contests had been filed should not par
ticipate in the organizationi Roose-
velt's are playing substan-
TALLY the same game. They have
trumped up contests against nearly
half of Taft's delegates and are threat
ening that the colonel will bolt If
these delegates are not unseated and
theirs permitted to help nominate the
colonel. 1t is an old scheme to bully
the convention and win by bluff what
they have failed TO win by votes. But
cute little trick of their prototypes,
the Pops. twenty years ago.-Marion
Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
FROM III PENS
STRIKERS.

A welcome ray of common sense is
evidenced by the proposal of the strik-
ing dock laborers of London to remove
the embargo on the movement of meats
and other supplies for the city and
even to assist in the work of unloading
such wherever necessary.
This is in marked contrast with the
recent threat of a representation of
tho locomotive engineers in this part
of the United States to tie up New
York City and starve it into submis-
sion to the extent that it would CO.
operate with the strikers. And it IS
a direct contradiction of one of tho
theories of "syndicalism," as well as
of a method of Industrial warfare
which was common before it had beer
dignified with this specific title. There
has been a fallacious belief that the
one sure way to win a strike was to
Cypress the public to such an extent
that it would compel concessions, ever
il it had to pay the price eventually
itself. Lately this plan of campaign
has worked with success in England,
apparently the dock laborers have
their doubts about testing the temper
OF the public or the government fur
and will attempt to win sympathy
without melting prejudice. If this
should set a new fashion in strikes,
1t will indeed be welcome-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
BEHAVE

If you are sober, you rid society of
the nuisance of a drunkard; if you
are truthful, you rid the world of a
liar; if you are modest, you rid the
world of a bore; if you are indus
trious, you rid the world of a loafer;
if you are ~peaceable, you rid the
world of useless quarrels; If you are
polite, you rid the world of a cad; If
you are honest, you rid the world of
a cheat, and reduce the charge for
jails and police officers; If you are
capable in a large degree, you liz in
the worlds advancement materially,
and therefore morally. If you are a
good and capable citizen. you have
done your duty to yourself and to So
ciety. Behave yourself and you are
not only an ornament to society, but
a help.-Ed Howe in his Monthly
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
ExPERIMENT WoRTH WHILE.

EXPERIMENT WORTH WHILE.
Warden Codding has agreed upon the
approval of the prison board to send
% -penitentiary convicts to Topeka tic
assist in road building this summer
This experiment will be watched with
a great deal of interest as it's success
will mean that those who favor the use
of prison labor. in road making are
right in their contention that it affords
healthfuI work that does not compete
with free b and from which the
public at large will directly benefit
Many other states are now using con
Wet labor on their roads and the re
suits from every standpoint are strong
arguments in it's favor.-Salina Jour
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
RoBBING COAL CONSUMER.

Ever since the formation of a vir-
tua1 coal trust each advance of wages
to the miners has been made the ex-
cuse for adding our or five times
its cost to the retail price of coaI The
last price advance is no exception.
Twenty-Five cents a ton added to the
retail cost of domestic sizes, which
form 81 per cent of the whole product
and of pea COAL, is equivalent to about
10 cents a ton averaged upon the en-
tire marketed output. The cost of coal
at the mfne ~s,according to the strike
commission, has been 50 a ton, which
includes royalties of 80 to 40 cents a
ton and all other mine expenses. The
actual labor cost of mining is in most
cases probably less than 81 a ton. ana
the recent increase in wages is figured
at only Sc per cent. An additional cost
which may vary with local circum-
stances from 3 cents a ton to 6 cents
in rare cases is made responsible FOR
an average charge upon CONSUMPTION
OF ~ cents a ton. There is neither rea-
nor excuse for further exactions
by corporations whose Golfers are AL
ready bursting with excessive and nm
profits.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

S and B; vurry good, boys-best
thing in the drug store racks. Go to it.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29
PubiCItyIn
Religion

minds of young and old the seed
which it trusted to bring a harvest
of popular liberation and apprecia-
ton. 1t hopes in time to bring
our people to the accepting Of the
idea of an American pontlff.
This is the continent-wid pro-
gram of education that has been
already begun. What has the
Prote slant churches of America
done, or what can they do to coun-
teract this new agency which has
taken possession of the field? We
should like to ask how the Men
and Religion Movement proposes
to meet the emergency, If the
vast wealth of the Catholic Church
is being employed for such a pur-
pose, it can only be effectively me,
by like movement. on larger
and broader scale, by American
Professionalism, which has at it's
disposal all that is needed. The
time has gone by for sectarian
quarrels and UNCONVENTIONAL diver
gences. American Professionalism
must unite it's force and its denom-
nations must stand shoulder to
shoulder if it means to maintain
its integrity and retain its bold
upon the faith, the confidence and
the support of the people.
Neither the creed of Rome nor
the personality of its leaders is
now in question. 1t is the Roman
lists campaign for political and re.
ligious supremacy in the nation
that must be considered as a
whole. That there are many Cath
olics who take little or no interest
in such a plan, and who may even
mildly disapprove, is not the point.
The plan exists; is already work.
ing; and it will continue to work
practically without opposition,
until Professionalism is awakened to
the seriousness of the situation
Christian Herald.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29
ATTUCKS MONUMENT
TO BE REMOVED

Boston, Mass.-The liberty low
ing citizens of this common
wealt and the race loving people
in particular are all agog over the
report that has gained circulation
here, that Crispus Attucks' monu-
ment is to be removed from Boston
Commons. The report gained Gre
dance rapidly and some go so far
as to assert that Southern Socie-
ty has asserted its influence to the
extent that the monument, the
pride of years, will soon be re-
moved elsewhere, Confirmation
of these sensational reports is a
hard matter, but your oorrespon-
dent has talked with number of
persons with sufficient standing in
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29
DENVER, COLORADO, s. ATURDAY. JUNE 20 1912

the community to warrant the
question, will enlightened Boston
stand for this? Will the younger
generation, stand for this wanton
insult to the sacred memory of
William Lloyd Garrison. Wendall
Phillips, Charles Summer and Har-
riet Beecher Stowe and the hun
dreds of other race patriots would
almost be a farce if such a project
were allowed to be carried out.
What is Boston going todo about
it?
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29
NEGRO BOY A REAL HERO

There Is Negro boy In Canton,
Texas who has proven himself a
real hero, end there are two happy
parents in the vicinity of the little
town who feel that they never can
pay him for the debt of gratitude
they owe him for the rescue of
their darling baby from linger-
ing death.
Little Calvin Stepp, child of
three years, fell into a 60-foot
bored well. 1t was dry and had
been Abandoned, but was insecure
ly covered. Owing to the fact that
the well was very narrow-only 13
inches in diameter, the body of the
child struck from side to side, thus
breaking the fall.
Strange as it may seem, the lit
tie ope was unharmed. Its voice
could he heard calling: "Tome,
dit me out"
The mother insisted upon being
lowered into the well and she made
a desperate effort to descend but
her shoulders could not be forced
through the narrow opening.
For two hours or more, fruitless
attempts at rescue continged.
Hope was dying in the hearts of
all when Ebert Gray, Negro lad
of 13, arrived at the well.
"I'll go down." he said.
A rope was fastened about his
body and he was lowered feet fore
most, to the bottom of the well.
He grasped the child by the
sleeves of its dress and the two
were raised 40 feet, when the cloth
tore apart and the child fell to the
bottom again.
A loop was fastened about his
ankles and he was lowered into
the cavity head downward. He
carried rope in his hands with
which he made moose under the
baby's arms. Both were swiftly
drawn to the top neither very
much injured.
Glad cheers from the crowd and
fearful thanks from the parents
greeted the boy. Twenty-Five dol
lars was raised for him at the we'll
and a much larger sum was given
him in town.
Truly, as has been said, of him,
Bravery is not all in uniform and
all intrepid heart may beat under
a ragged shirt and a black skin"
Grit.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29

That the printing press is the ap-
propriate and Indispensable ad-
junct of the pulpit was lately rec
ognized in very striking manner
by a proposition in the report OF
Men and Regilious Movement.
That report strongly advocated the
blishment of central pub
licity bureau for the dissemination
of religious news. We have not
heard that this has been done, and
the project may be me whose real
ization is to be looked for in the
inde6nate future.
Within a very recent period,
however as we are reliably inform
ed, religious publicit bureau has
been established in another quar-
ter. 1t is organized and controlled
in the interest of the Roman Cath
olic Church, and it sends out reg
ularly service of considerable
volumn to large number Of pub
licans, mainly secular newspapers.
Its work is skillfully done so
that it may not give offense to the
general public, and their suspic-
ions may not be awakened to the
real purpose. 1t is a we'll planned
campaign for the education of the
American people in the religion OF
the Roman. This is wholly new
line of tactics in the great . cam
paign which Rome is now con-
ducing with the ultimate object of
securing religious and ascendancy
in the United States. Protestan-
tism has its struggling factions
and its rival denominations, which
their varying and oftimes conflict
ing interests, while the Roman
Church has the tremendous advan-
tage of solidarity, the whole body
working as unit for sinle pur-
pose. Moreover, Rome plants its
campaign not to last for week or
month, but to extend over per-
iod of years. 1t is willing to plod
patiently and persistantly, know.
ing that in the end the constant
attrition will smooth down oppo-
sition and bring about the desired
result. First, it means to familiar
ize the millions of American non
Catholic readers with its version of
contemporary history from the
Romans point of view; next, to
impress them with the power and
dignity of the princes OF the
church, who, it has openly claimed.
are entitled to outrank all save
sovereigns. 1t presents in de-
ferential yet positive phases the
ancient claims of Romans priority
and spiritual supremacy. 1t gets
the average mind accustomed to
reading the descriptions OF georg-
eous ceremonials of impressive
masses and of the pomp and splen-
dor of the church in America, and
thus it is steadily sowing in the
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29

This year there was one colored
graduate from Harvard College,
Mr.. John Francis of Washington,
D. G. Mr.. Cater is graduate OF
of Atlanta, University of the class
of 1909. He received the grade of
"Cum Laude" for his speciality
work in mathematics.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29

The Dutch Beers and the Brit
ish colonists in South Africa, who
now dominate the county compre-
hended in British South Africa,
have done what they could to dis
inherit the native blacks and to
reduce them to a cipher in the Eu-
ropeanized governments. Before
the British conquered the Dutch
Free States the Europeans had de-
veloped an administrative policy
that excluded the native popula-
ton from any participation what
ever as citizens. They were re-
garded as services and treated with
less consideration than dumb crea-
lures, having no rights which a
white man bound TO respect" as
our Chief Justice Taney defined
the condition of American slaves.
When the British conquered the
Dutch Republics and consolidated
them with other possessions in the
British South African Union, the
natives were not included in the
terms of citizenship and now have
no status as citizens. Such peo-
pie so situated are bound to have
grievances, as people who have no
part, no voice, in making and en-
forcing the laws under which they
live, unavoidably have.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29
INSULT RESENTED
(From Chicago Defender)

A delegate walked into the Key
stone FL otel Thursday night with
the air of Jack johnson, and said
to a party of friends, "Say, just
had to get me some cracker |
could not stand that white mans
talk any longer, and when few
white friends gave me assurance
that they would stand by me l re-
sented an insult that l trust all
Negroes will resent, and that is
about our women. Before telling
me to remove my hat, he in that
Southern way of Dragging of what
they did to niggers and how he
treated Negro women in the South
and all white man had to do was
to tell him his place and he would
get in it without any trouble; all
this was talked of within my hear
ing. Then, too, he said, L will
show you what to dol will just
go over there and make that mig
ger" take off his hat.
His friends watching him, he
came over to me and said, Niger,
where are you from?' and in the
same breath told me to remove my
hat. l was sure that | was in
Chicago, where the citizens give
everybody show, regardless of
color, and | landed him square un-
ber the chin. with a wicket right
to the jaw, which foored him.
The men with whom he had been
talking laughed out, and the gen.
tlemen with whom l had been
talking stampeded things and help
ed me out of the hotel. We hus-
tied up Michigan avenue to the
I. @. depot and talked and laughed
over the affair, and we said good
night, to each other.
When [ first entered the hotel
he said, You can buy any of those
''niggers'' votes, and | got fighting
mad then. Well, have made
convert out of him, and | bet in
the future he will not talk to an
other gentleman like that"
Turning to the reporter of the
Defender he sain, You need not
use my name, nor the state from
whence L come, but you may tell
the story, and let the world know
that we are not towards down
there when we are given a mans
chance. We will hold our own
with any of them"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29
Attic Classic,

The Humorous Burglar ION his way
out, to little Binks as he enters a
room In the basement Of his house)-
'Ullo, old sport You comm fer me-?
Little Binks Cess heroic than when
he started)- d)-Oh-er-no-I beg your
pardon. My mistake. I thought yor
were In the attic.-Tha Sketch.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29

The Georgia delegation to the
convention will ever remember
Chicago, After long and tedious
trip their special car was wrecked
in the railway yards in this city.
The entire delegation was badly
shaken up and many of them su-
stained painful injuries. When
interviewed by Defender report
er, Hon Henry Lincoln johnson,
Recorder of Deeds in Washington,
in charge of the party, said that
the accident was the fault of the
railroad company, as the car was
an old, dilapidated wooden coach
and in the makeup of the train it
was placed between two steel cars.
The accident happened as the
train entered the yards, a sudden
stopping and then sudden start
ing and the car was crushed like
an egg-shell.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29

Pine Bluff, Ark, June 15.-The
first white man to be executed in
Jefferson county in more than fifty
years was executed upon scaffold
which he had himself constructed
for tho execution of Negroes. In
1902, w. T. Nichols, a carpenter,
then % years old, erected a gallows
on the grounds of poor-house,
one mile west of the city, little
deaming that the fatal tree he built
so strong would ten years later
bear as its fruit his own body, con-
demned to death for the murder of
his wife. 1t was built; unaided,
by Nichols, for the execution of a
Negro, Elisha Davis, and in the
fall of 1911, another Negro, Jack
Blackburn was hanged upon it.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29

Birmingham, Ala, June 1S.-
Arthur Jones and Will Watson,
white, will be hanged July 10 for
the killing of John Holland, Ne
gro. Sentence was passed on them
by Judge Catalan, who after fix
ing the date of the execution, adj
dressed the two men. telling them
that while he did not care to dis
pei any hope that they might have
as to ultimate escape from the sem
tence, he did hope that they would
in the time allotted to them, for
spiritual consolation and prepare
themselves to meet their deaths
an their Maker. The silence that
prevaile in the court while the SEN
tence was being imposed was in
tense.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29

ninth street. A big panic follow
ed and six of the tenants were bad
ly cut and bruised by flying frag-
ments The building, four stories
high, was SO badly wrecked that it
will have to be condemned, the
tenement house department asser-
ted. The front wall was put out
of plum. Edward johnson, keep.
er of the saloon and dance hall on
the first floor of the building, said
after the explosion that he had no
enemies and did not believe that
the work of vengeance was direct
ed against him.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29

New York, June 20.-An actual
blackhand, the police say, today
laid a bomb on the stair of the ten
ement occupied exclusively by col
ored persons at 3l7 West Thirty
The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-29
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

John Patrick, chief gunner's
mate in the United States Navy,
reenlisted on board the q. s. S.
Franklin at a monthly rate of $780,
81. Patrick is a Negro and has
had over twenty-seven years SER
vice He will soon be eligible to
retire on a handsome anuity.
Speaking at one of the sessions
of the recent fourth annual con-
vention of the National Associa-
ton for the advancement of color
ed people in Chicago. Miss Anna
Jones, prominent white woman,
paid a glowing tribute to the race
when she said: THE Negro owns
300, 900 plantations in the South
and more than 100000 homes.
He has crept ahead in literature
and oratory and 200 years more, if
given an equal chance, will creep
up in attainments to the highest
deans of the white mans civiliza-
ton"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
illness and Disturbed Nerves Are the
Sure Result II It is Lacking
There.

The imperative need of harmony IN
home surroundings rs well as In bust,
ness life Is being felt by thinking
more every day. 1t Is impossible to
do our best work In any atmosphere
Of confusion, and 1t Is an almost In.
variable rule that illness and dis.
turbed nerves are the penalty exacted
II we allow ourselves to be drawn In.
TO conditions that do not spell har.
mony, Our home Is our castle, and
nothing should be allowed to enter
therein chat makes us unhappy.
If one Is obliged to take strangers
into the home on account of financial
consideration 1t Is wise to make sure
that they are not antagonistio in any
way that Will affect the family rela.
tons, otherwise It ia better to give up
the extra profit and do with less IL II
g peace of mind. There is no
price too great to pay for harmony,
for 1t mea health, happiness, finan-
cial success to you and yours. the
ability to help others. and all through
the gaining and holding the mental
poise which Is the peace OF under.
standing. Some of us have to be beat
en- with many stripes before We real
isc the need OF and grasp the knowL
edge of harmony, but those who have
already felt a longing for It and pause
TO listen will get the revelation and
receive its gospel like benediction.