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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-07

Rot FscEAttE AVtSEstoH g
notify Collector E'rhart to proceed
under the requirements of the law
covering the refusal OF taxpayers to
pay their taxes. as he saw no excuse
In their pleas.
On motion the rent OF borough
hall was increased from twelve to
s-~@w1s.sy .o.4ss Tl4.s ues uone GA
snagestion Of Treasurer Condit M.
Dhvtson nf the Jamesburg Building
ana Loan Association, az agent for
the latter, who now uses the build
ing three times a month, instead OF
but one time.
Chief OF the fire department,
Harry Lokerson, requested that
Mayor Patten name the Judge and
tellers to act at the coming cleo
tion or the fire department and
Mayor Patten named Condit M. Da-
axisnn, Judge. and Jacob Hansser and
John Monahan, tellers.
The matter of removing the snow
from the sidewalks was discussed By
Mayor Patten, the members OF coun.
ell and several citizens present. MT
Patten brought the matter before
the body In the way OF a protest
from several who objected to tbs
. l2AkAaAiSaA 4AEif tOhCiEt6 VAIN
suffered from the sharp shoes of the
horses pulling the snow plows. The
protesting citizens wanted to know
iii the town authorities could no
remove the snow without taking
part Of the walks with the plow.
The only relief given the owners
Of property. who had cement walk
was to pass an ordinance compelling
them to remove the snow themselves
within tw snty-four hours under pen
atty OF "a fine. This suggestion wal
argue for some time. hut no definits
action was taken. 1t was suggested
that the owners OF cement walks
take care Of their own property be
foaes tile ARRIVAL of the pillow.
This discussion was at It's heigh
when hotion to adjourn was en-
rhretaetfrr1iw cn~wsaa
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

Two years ago Champion Jack John
son celebrated the 4th of July by lick
ing Jim Jeffreys, and he had another
celebration last Thursday by doing the
same thing to Jim Flynn. He had
licked Flynn once before and he ought
to have known better. We do not
care rap for Jack Johnson and abhor
pugllism, but it is pleasing to know
that in the manly art of self-defense,
as they used to designate it, as we'll as
in many other lines, a mans ability
cannot be absolutely determined by
the color of his skin Our sanctum
sanctorium is in close proximity to a
daily newspaper and on the occasion
of the two victories of Johnson we
could tell of the progress of the fights
by the shouts or the silence of the
crowds that surrounded the aforesaid
newspaper office as the returns of the
fights were announced. Of course the
crowds were made up almost entirely
OF men of the complexion of Jeffreys
and Flynn, and they were mighty poor
loosers. Had they been genuine
sportsmen they would have cheered
| the winner of the coveted title, "the
best man in the world" but they were
as silent as clans when Johnson won
We were away up on the 9Th floor, but
their silence reached us and was music
| to our ears, for it told us that as Burns
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

training; he has paid high tribute to
the race for it's great progress in edu-
cation and industry during the past
forty years, and he has expressed his
deep sympathy for the sufferings of
the Afro-American from the con-
temptuous insults Of white men not
his equal in intelligence and devotion
to duty.
TO President Taft must be given
credit for having appointed an Afro
American to the highest office yet OBJ
tanned by one of the race. He did this
when he named William H. Lewis AS
sistant Attorney General of the Unit
ed States.
The President has shown his inter-
est in the race in so many ways that
there can be no doubt about the mat
ter.
The great body of the Afro-Ameri-
cans are Republicans, true to the
party, and when November comes
they'll cast their votes for William
Howard Taft.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
Salient Points in The
g. 0. ?. Platform

Renews allegiance principles Republican
limiting children
OF wageearners dangerous occupations.
Uphods the authority and integrity of the
Favors antitrust legislation that will make monopoies
Reaffrms belief
import duties Praises tariff board p
Condemns tariff bills sxseond
high living promises
abuses that mayexist
Of banking Of
facilities
to farmer
the civil
contribution of
President President Senator'S Representatives
ton against American citizens.
maintenance Of
Of
Mississippi river and help prevent flood disasters.
harbors.
Favors ample life on
Regards unnecessary
disputes
court of Justice
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1912.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT,

The Republican party made no mis-
take when William Howard Taft was
renominated for the presidency.
He is man of the people, his public
record is clean and he stands for poll
cies which mean the continued prog
ress of the Nation.
He deserved denomination because
of the great achievements of his ad-
ministratiOn. He has shown sober
Judgment and broad craftsmanship.
The Afro-Americans have a good
friend in Mr.. Taft. He inherited his
open sympathy for the race from his
father, Judge Alphonzo Taft, than
whom the Afro American never had a
better friend.
A few years ago Mr.. Taft was APP
pointed a trustee of the Jeannes fund
for the education of the poor Afro
Americans in the country districts of
the South, and his acceptance of the
trust is an evidence of his sympathy
for the poor and downtrodden.
In his public utterances, President
Taft has denounced lynching in the
strongest terms; he has approved
higher education as well as Industrial
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

Every once in while you will meet
a man, whose vision is bit clouded,
who talks about the waste of money in
teaching men of your race the cur
rlculum OF an academic institution
Instead Of sending them to the univer-
slty, the claim has been made that
they should be sent to manual train
ing institutions. Such a man has
never thought deeply on the subject
and does not understand that as a
race which is striving upward and on
ward you need many who shall be
leaders-men who shall figure in the
learned professions, many Of them as
physicians, as lawyers, and especially
as ministers.
Higher Education Essential to Race
Now it is highly essential that all of
the men of your race and any other
race who are to occupy the learned
professions shall be equipped with
complete education and those of us
who are responsible for the coming of
your race to this country are equally
responsible for furnishing the means
by which they shall lift themselves.
(Hearty applause.) 1t is essential
that We should encourage those who
aspire to be the leaders of your race
as far as possible and furnish the
means for higher education such as
are supplied by Howard University, by
Fisk University and other institutions
established for the higher education of
your race. Now these people who are
worrying about the waste of money on
that account, need not sit up at night
on the subject, for I have looked into
the amount of money that is invested
in those institutions and there is not
anywhere enough money to furnish
the education that is needed by the
colored people Of this country. Gap
plause.)
President Advocates Government Aid.
Of course, it is well to have volun-
tary contributions where you can get
them, but where you cannot get them
they ought to be pieced out with the
governmental appropriations. Cap
plause)
Believes Race Has High Ideals.
l believe in the higher education OF
the Negro so that the leaders of the
Negro race may have high ideals, and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

seph e. Lee, Collector of Internal Rev
enue, Jacksonville, Fla; Henry Lin
coin Johnson, of Georgia, Recorder of
Deeds, District of Columbia; R. w.
Tyler, of Ohio, Auditor for the Navy
Department; Whiteield Mckinley,
Collector of Customs, Washington;
Charles A. Cottrell of Ohio, Collector
of Customs, Hawaii; Robert H. Ter
rell, Judge Municipal Court, D. c.; J.
E. Bush, Receiver, Land Once, Little
Rock, Ark; T. V. McAllster, Receiver,
Land Office, Jackson, Miss; Nathan
Alexander, Register Land Office, Mont
gomery, Ala; w. c. Matthews, Assist
ant u. S. District Attorney, Boston,
Mass; S. L. Williams, Assistant U. S.
District Attorney, Chicago, ILL.,; James
A. Cobb, Special U. S. District Attor-
ney, Washington; Gen. Robert Smalls,
Collector of Customs, Beaufort, S. c.;
Mrs. E. P. Booze, Postmaster, Mound
Bayou, Miss; Thomas richardson,
Postmaster, Port Gibson, Miss; w. T.
Vernon, Supervisor of Indian and Ne
gros Schools; w. D. Johnson, Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture
etc. The list is not complete, but it is
long enough to show that the Afro
American has not been overlooked in
the matter of presidential appoint
ments.
The highest salary paid an Afro
American is received by the Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tertiary of the United States to Haiti,
whose salary is $4,000 per annum. A
number of government officials receive
from $4,000 to $4,000 per year. Clerks
are paid from 5000 to $1,000.
The total number of Afro-Americans
in all branches of the service of the
United States Government is in round
numbers $4,000, and the aggregate an
nual salaries paid amount to nearly
$4,000. 900
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
IRACB WELL REPRESENTED
In Government Service. Taft Named
Nan for Highest Place ATTAINED by
the Race. Nfro-A Americans Draw
Ten Millions Annual Salary

There are more Afro-Americans il
the Service of the United States Gov
eminent, under the Taft Administra
ton, than ever before in the history oil
the country.
President Taft Gives Race Highest
.., Office Yet Attained.
To President Taft is due the credit
for having appointed colored man to
the highest Office ever held by one of
the race in the government service
When Mr.. Taft named Hon. William
H. Lewis, of Massachusetts, Assistant
Attorney General of the United States,
he did thing unprecedented in the
annals of the nation, for this is a near
cabinet position.
An Afro-American's Name on All U. S.
Paper Currency and Bonds.
One OF the most important offices in
the Treasury Department, that of Reg
lister of the Treasury, has been con-
tinuously filled by colored men, under
Republican appointment, for more
than quarter of century, while I'M
der Democratic administrations dur
ing that time no Afro-American was
considered worthy to occupy that po-
sition. The place is now held by Hon.
]. c. Napier, of Tennessee, who was
appointed by President Taft The i'm
portance of this office is Indicated by
the face that the signature of the Reg
lister is attached to all paper currency
and bonds issued by the Government.
Some Others in High Places.
Among the other colored men hold
ing good places in the government
services, who were appointed by Presi-
dent Taft or at his suggestion, or re-
tanned by him are the following: H.
w. Furniss, of Indiana, Minister to
Haiti; DR.. w. D. Crum, of South Caro-
lima, Minister to Liberia; Charles w.
of New York, Collector of
Internal Revenue, New York City; Jo-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

A very romantic wedding took place
in Marshalltown, Iowa, this week.
when George NJ. Minkler, aged II, and
Mrs. Huldah A. Davis, aged Is, both
inmates of the Soldiers Home, were
united in wedlock The groom had
been married four times and the bride
three. They took a six months eur
Tough" Immediately after the wedding
Evidently they do not believe mar
riage is a failure.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
SAUCE FOR THE GANDER, SAUCE
FOR THE GOOSE.

Mrs. Mary Dubal of Birmingham, N
Y, is believed to be the first suffra-
gist in the United States to be given a
penitentiary sentence for husband
beating. She was arrested on war;
want obtained by Mr.. Dubal, who COM
planned that in fit of rage she gave
him a sound beating. City Judge AL
bert Hotchkiss declared that if wom-
en- desired mems prerogatives, they
should also have mems punishments.
He always dealt severely with wife
heaters, he said, and accordingly SEN
fenced her to three months in the
penitentiary. Now, ladies, will you be;
good?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
SOUNDS THE KEYNOTE.

Upon the solid rock of the
rights of the individual as grant,
ed by the Constitution, the Re-
publican party builds it's struc-
ture of optimism. The Demo-
cratic party, on the other hand,
in the opening sentence of its
address to the electorate, be-
trays its occasional quality by
denying the right of Congress, a
right again and again confirmed
by the Supreme Court, to estab-
lish protective duties for the ben
eft of American industries. 1t de-
clares as false the vital issue of
the constitutional liberties of the
individual. Such liberties are
now assaiIed by those who advo-
cate the overthrow of the inde-
pendence of the judiciary. 1t
would leave the individual de-
fenseess in the protection of
those rights declared inaienabIe
under the Constitution.-Charles
ID. Hilles. chairman of the Re.
publican national committee.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
(OL0RFD RAGE HAS HIGH IDEALS
Said President Taft in Recent Address. Be-
ieves that Race Needs Men in Learn
ed Professions. College Educa-
ton Essential to Full
DEVELOPMENT.

I believe they have. l believe that
they subscribe, as perhaps some others
in our community life do nO1, to the.
majesty of the law and have respect
for constituted authority. Clearly
applause) and for our institutions un~
der our Constitution as they are.
(Hearty applause. )-President Taft at
Howard University meeting.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

From Newton, N. j., comes the
statement that a White Leghorn hen
OF that burg laid an egg this week
measuring 9.5 by rs inches. It is al
most as much of strain upon ones
mind to believe this story as it must
have been upon the hen to lay it, al.
though it is said to have had a soft
shell. The egg has been put in alco-
hol to preserve it, and we will put this
story in our archives for the same pur-
pOse
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
"'THE PRESIDENT
Of the United States Can Have Nc
More Sacred Function Than to
to Speak Words of En-


with your efforts to upliit your
selves, l have the deepest sympathy
The President of the United States
can have no more sacred function than
to speak words of encouragement and
hope to assist your own efforts. Fate
in the past has not been kind to you,
and the whole American people has the
highest obligation of trusteeship and
guardianship for your uplift
81 say to the colored men and
women Of this country that hard as
your lot has been and hard as the
road is likely to be, it will be a road
onward if you abide by your con-
sciences and by ideals of self-restraint,
and that you will attain a condition
you hardly dream of today Address
of President Taft, to Afro-American
citizens of Atlanta, Ca, at Bethel
Church.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

A strenuous effort was made at the
Democratic National convention to
have plank inserted in the platform
disfranchising the Afro-Americans
and yet there will be some boneheads
who will vote the Democratic ticket at
the coming election.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

The Democrats have nominated Will
son and Marshall. Taft and Sherman
will beat them to fragile.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

The outlook for a bumper crop all
over the country is so favorable at this
time that the dealers in provisions
have already begun to reduce the
prices on many of the necessities of
life. That good crops will knock the
stuffing out of the high cost of living
is contamination to be devoutly
wished for.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

The United States still stands at the
head of the heap in the Olympic games
at Stockholm, and, as usual, the AFRO
American is helping.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

Like the famous whiskey: The
nomination of Wilson-that's all.
Taft will be elected
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

says, "A mans man for a. that AND
a that even if he is black.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13
THE APPEAL
Additional Afro-American NeWspauer

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
40 E. 4th Street, st. Paul, MINI.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-13

ST. PAUL OFFICE
j. q. ADAMS, Manager.
No. 236 Union Block, 40 E. 4th St.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-23
WILSON MAKES PLAIN
VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION

Gov. Wilson to-day made his first
statement in answer to the charge that
he entertains illegal views with regard
to immigration. The charge against the
Governor was made on the basis of
statements contained in a volume writ
ten by him some years ago called The
History of the American People" In
this work the Governor refers to immi-
grants from the south of Europe as the
lower and meaner sort of people"
In an interview which the Governor
granted supplemental TO his formal
statement he explained that this book
was written at a time when steamship
companies We're bringing undesirable i'm
migrants TO this country because of their
greed for the passage money.
The Governor gave his formal state
ment to Geza Kende, editor of Amerikar
Magyar Nehzava. a Hungarian newspa-
per published in New York City. The
statement, which bears Mr.. Wilson's sig
nature, reads as follows:
II believe in the reasonable restriction
of immigration, but not in any restric-
ton that will exclude from the country
honest. industrious men, who are seeking
what America has always offered, an
asylum for those who seek free field.
The whole question is very difficult one,
but I think It can be solved
Mr.. Kende had told the Governor that
the Hungarians were ready to support
him IL he could make his position on the
question of immigration clearly one Of
liberality.
'T am not opposed to sound immigra-
tion" Gov. Wilson said to-day. Il favor
those regulations of immigration which
will maintain the health and moral con-
dtions of the United States. At the
time I wrote that book, the steamship
companies were inducing undesirable peo-
pie TO immigrate to this country because
the steamship companies wanted the
passage money. People have been mis-
led into believing that / opposed the ad-
mittance of desirable immigrants"
IF Gov. Wilson's attitude toward i'm
migrants is satisfactory to the Hunga-
rians. our paper will support him. He is
the type of man who appeals to us in
many ways" said ended.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-23
WASHINGTONIANS
WE'D IN BALTIMORE
William J. wheatley and Miss
Hattie Z. Lockwood Surprise
Their Friends.
Special to Ths Washington Herald.

Special to Ths Washington Herald.
Baltimore. July 22-The parents Of
Miss Hattie E. Lockwood. of es Q Street
Northwest. and william J. wheatley. Of
2H Seventh Street Northeast. Washing
ton, were doubtless surprised this after
noon when the youthful couple called
up on the telephone from Baltimore and
announced: I'VE are married and are
coming home in a day or two"
The runaways came to Baltimore on
the Warrington. Baltimore and Annap-
oils electric line at 10 o'clock. accom-
panied by q young uncle of the bride.
Arthur Hipsiey. the sonly person in
Washington who was let in on the
secret. Reaching here they went d.
rectly to the courthouse and got a IL
cense to wed and then went to a min
ister's home.
William J. wheatley. an employe of
the War Department. living at z7 Sew
enth Street Northeast, and Miss Hattie
z. Lockwood. Of 6S Q Street northwest.
went to Baltimore and got married yes
terday afternoon without confding
their intention to any one. except Ar
thur Hipsley. an uncle of the bride.
who accompanied the elopers.
The parents of both young people de-
cline to discuss the matter. 1t Is un-
derstood that the couple returned to
the city last night.