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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
COUNTY OPTION
To Cut Something Of Figure in the
Coming Election. Are You for it?

To Cut Something Of Figure in the
Coming Election. Are You for it?
st. Paul. Mimi, Oct %, 1914.
To The Editor of THE APPEAL:
Will you kindly grant me space in
your columns to briefly discuss pub.
lie question which ought to be of in
terest to the colored voters of the
Twin Cities.
I want to call your attention just
now to County Option, which is an is
sue in this campaign. Mr.. Lee, can
dldate for Governor, has declared in
favor of County Option and this brings
it, as a political issue. sQuarely before
the people Of the State.
Now, what does County Option
mean? Purley A. Baker, Superintend-
ent of the Anti-Saloon League, SAYS
that
County Option is stepping stone
to Prohibition"
This means, then that if County Op-
ton is attained, the next logical step
is prohibition for Minnesota.
The next question is, how would
this affect our people? Prohibition
would drive out of business the better
class Of cafes and retail liquor estab-
lshments which now offer an oppor.
tunity for the colored man to find en-.
ployment. II we had prohibition,
there would be no employment for the
colored man at Carvings Uptown,
Carvings Downtown, The st. Paul,
Magee's. The Frederic, The Ryan or
any of the first class hostelries where
so many of our people now find en-
ployment.
It is true, and of this fact there is
plenty Of evidence, that under County
Option or prohibition laws, there
would be plenty of "blind-pigs" or
"speak easies," where the colored man
could obtain liquor. The result then
would be that County Option or pro-
hibition would deprive him of one
means of earning a livelihood without
tending in any way to better his moral
welfare.
The colored voters of St. Paul and
Minneapolis should, in self protection,
carefully inform themselves as to how
the candidates for office stand upon
this question before they cast their
ballots. 1t seems to me that no COL
ored man, who has the interests of his
race at heart, can afford to vote for
any candidate for the Legislature or
State Senate or for Governor who is
a champion of this form of sum;ptuary
legislation.
If the readers of your paper are op-
posed to County Opion and prohibi-
tion, they should cast their ballots for
those who agree with them upon this
question.
Yours for the race,
w. F. T. Chandler.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 236 Union Block, 40 E. 4th St.
J. G. ADAMS, Manager.
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE
No. 1912 Tenth Avenue South
j. N. SELLERS, Manager.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24

In the article which follows, Mrs. Mag.
gle IL. Walker, the banker editor of
st. Luke Herald, Richmond, Virginia,
truly says, when the spirit and DOW.
err of agitation die among a people,
they are doomed beyond all hope of
resuscitation and redemption"
THE POWER OF AGITATION.
The greatest power on earth for the
rlghtlng of wrongs, is the power of
agitation. When the spirit and power
OF agitation die among a people, they
are doomed beyond all hope of resus-
citation and redemption. So important
is the power, that it is guaranteed to
the people through the mandates of
the Constitution of the United States.
The colored man is not an agltator,
nor has he ever been. It has dinned
into his ears until it has reached his
very soul, that all he has to do toward
righting his wrongs, is to wait until
the Lord himself shall see fit to come
down and right them. The idea OF
peaceably assembling and making in
telligent and persistent protest against
outrage and wrong seems foreign to
him. Or, should he start an agitation
and is rebuffed at the start, he loses
heart, abandons the effort and gives up
like a disappointed child
1t is the agitation of the waters of
the sea, which prevents stagnation
and death. 1t is the agitation of the
air which gives pure air to breathe.
1t is the agitation of the blood, which
gives us the power of motion and lite,
and it is the agitation of thoughts and
ideas which prevents brain stagnation
and mental death. When a people lose
that interest in themselves, to that
extent that they stand supinely by,
quietly submitting to wrong, without
protest, they have reached the danger
point in race progress development.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
To the Citizens and Taxpayers of the
CitY of St. Paul:

wy OI OF. raul.
st. Paul, Minn, Oct %, 1914.
Having received nomination on
June 18th in the Primaries among
field of twenty-five candidates of more
or less prominent men of our city, 1
feel it my duty at this time to thank
each and every one of my supporter,
for having assisted me to successful
victory in the nomination, hoping you
will continue to add to my cause by
requesting your friends to do the same
and by little effort on your part. In
this way you can add a link to what
is commonly called the endless chain
that will end in successful victory,
and by so doing you will have the hon
or of having assisted an old settler
among you, as we'll as a man who is
deserving of your suffrage.
l claim that I am qualified for the
office I am seeking, and if elected on
November 3d. I assure you that none
of you shall have reason to feel dis
appointed in having placed confidence
in me as one of your servants, for I
believe a public official is nothing
more or less than public servant of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24

0I raul
| feel that can truthfully say that
my business training and experience
will be of value to me in administer
ing the business affairs of the county
should the voters see fit to make me
county commissioner. If I am elected
| shall do my best to make the tax
payers money buy for the taxpayers
the most possible of vaIe.
Out-of-date methods have no place
in the affairs of a progressive county
like ours. My pledge to the voters is
to insist on as efficient work for the
county as insist upon in my private
business.
| am native of this city and re-
specially refer to my record as
citizen, business man, and member of
the School Board as the best evidence
OF what my course as county commits
sioner will be.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24

JUDGE BUM
has been a member of the Supreme
Court the past three years and for
fourteen years before that served on
the district bench.
The splendid record which the Min
nesota Supreme Court is making, is
due, to a large extent, to Judge Bunn's
great legal ability. His decisions are
regarded as masterpieces of legal learn
ing.
Judge Bunn's honesty and special it
ness are recognized by the bar of the
state, as practically every lawyer in
Minnesota is heartily in favor of his
election. This view is also held by a
large part of Minnesota's representa-
tive press and by men in every county
whose opinions are valued highly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24

Candidate for Reelection as Surveyor
OF Ramsey County.
J. H. Armstrong, candidate for re-
election as Surveyor of Ramsey Coun-
ty, is one of the old timers, known
by everybody, and knows his own bust
ness. The roads of Ramsey County
are in splendid condition and are
considered to be the best in the state.
This is evidence of his work as they
were principally developed by him.
He has been elected three times and
this is good recommendation for his
reelection as he has been tried and
found not wanting, so vote to keep a
good man in his place.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24

1.-THE POWER OF AGITATION"
THE APPEAL is always pleased to
read in the columns of its Southern
Afro American contemporaries editor
ials which may serve to inspire the
race to always protest against wrong.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24

There are four fortunate candidates
in Ramsey County, viz: E. w. Bazille,
Probate Judge; r. D. O'Brien County
Attorney; NJ. w. Fitzgerald, Regis
ter of Deeds and w. ]. Bazille. Alb
stract Clerk. They have no opponents
and can elect themselves by each one
voting for himself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24

Register of Deeds, Ramsey County,
and Candidate for Reelection.
The above cut is quite small, but it
represents one Of the biggest hearted
men in the city. He has no opposition,
but he is publishing his cut and paying
for it as compliment to THE APP
PEAL So just cast your vote for him
as a compliment to him and make his
vote the biggest of them all.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
What Segregation Means
Rev. Quincy Ewing Southern Caucasian Reared
Mississippi Shows the Policy of the South is to Keep
the Afro American in Inferior Status

tre-auditoriums and baseball grand.
stands are seldom crowded; the rule
is, not all first-class seats occupied,
but many vacant Surely as simple as
moving from seat to seat makeshift
screen in street-car, would it be to
set apart certain number of seats
in the dress-circle of every theatre.
and in the grlndstand of every base
ball park, for Negro patrons. The rea-
son why this is not done, is perfectly
obvious; it would be intolerable to the
average Southern man or woman to
sit through the hours of a theatrical
performance or a baseball game on
terms of equal accommodation with
Negroes, even with a screen between.
Negroes would look out of place, out
of status, in the dress circle or the
grandstand; their place, signifying
their status, is the peanut-gallery, or
the bleachers.
Consider further that, while no Ne
gro, no matter what his occupation, or
personal refinement, or intellectual
culture, or moral character, is allowed
to trave in a pullman car between
state lines, or to enter as a guest no.
tel patronized by white people, the
blacklist of Negro nurses and Wallets
are given food and shelter in all first
class hotels, and occasion neither dis
gust nor surprise in the Pullman cars.
Here again the heart Of the race prob
lem is laid bare. The black nurse with
a white baby in her arms, the black
valet looking after the comfort of
white invalid, have the label of their
inferiority conspicuousIy upon them;
they understand themselves, and
everybody understand them, to be SER
wants, enjoying certain privileges for
the sake of the person served. Almost
anything the Negro may do in the
South, and anywhere he may go, pro-
vided the manner of his doing and his
going is that of an inferior. Such is
the premium put upon his inferiority;
such his inducement to MAINTAIN it.
THE VALET TAILORING CO., No.
1874 e. Sixth street. The most up-to-
date establishment Of it's kind in the
city. Clothing made to. order, spong-
ed, pressed, renovated and repaired.
Goods called for and delivered. Four
suits pressed for 81. We are pre-
pared to give best service at lowest
rates. Tel. N. w. Cedar 1852 O.
Howell, manager-Advertise
The entertainment given by John
H. Hayes Lodge No. g. Knights of
Pythlas at Coliseum Dancing Academy
last Monday was a splendid affair and
while not so largely attended as it
should have been was much enjoyed
by the large crowd present
Mr.. John H. Charleston started to
take trip to Seattle, this week but
was called back by the information
that his father, Mr.. G. J. Charleston
who is at Rochester was lying at the
point of death.
Mrs. Henry Hart, the milliner, has
moved to Minneapolis, and is now
established at 1908 Washington avenue
SOUTH
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24

have. reason to regret having supported
an old settler, one who stands for hon
esty, economy, efficiency in the govern
ment of the county. Make him one of
the four you vote for.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
PAID ADVERTISEMENT.

Prepared by j. @. Adams, 40 E. 4th
St., St. Paul, Mimi, for the candidate
herein named, for. which $500 has been
paid.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Prepared for and issued by Carl G.
Van Dyke, 617 So. Smith Ave., ST.. Paul,
Minn., for which $1.00 per inch is to
be paid
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
RACE PREJUDICE.

RACE PREJUDICE.
evil thing in this present world than Race Pre-
JUDGE; none at all. write deliberately-it is
the worst single thing in life now. It justi6es
and holds together more baseness, cruelty and
abomination than any other sort of error in the
world Through its body runs the black blood
of coarse lust, suspicion, jealousy and persecu-
ton and all the darkest poisons of the human
soul.
III. G. Wells in N. Y. Independent
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
CHARLES A. ANDERSON.

CHARLES A. ANDERSON.
Candidate for County Commissioner
Ramsey County.
Charles A. Anderson, candidate for
County Commissioner, residing at 200
Grove street, st. Paul, is real estate
dealer. He is well posted on the needs
of the people, having long been resi-
dent of the city and always active in
looking after their best interests. He
is capable of filling the Office he seeks
and If nominated and elected none will
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Prepared by ]. @. Adams, 40 E..
Fourth street, st. Paul, Mimi, for the
candidate named below, for which
$l.OO per inch Is to be paid.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-10-24
PAID ADVERTISEMENT

Prepared by ]. Q. Adams, 40 East
Fourth street, St. Paul, in behalf of
the candidate here named, for which
$1.00 per inch is to be paid.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-21
FINLEY BACK ON THE aJOB-1

u is estimated by those familiar with the nrocoodr
Oh the FISH and Game Commission meetno at PortIa1J
recently at which Game Warden Evans was 1,ncorao
lously Tired and William L. Finley re-apnointad t tbo
piace that there was argesized pckaninnv in tba vol
ple game basket fish net or whatever # was II % tt
Gu at only Tour OF the commission were present Chair
man Dlyeu oelng at Newberg on business it being under
$1,000 Ghat only routine business would be taken IN r
git De caled routine for it seems it was pretty well
lalu ou IN advance AS a starter Commissioner Dncan
was cdeo TO the chair and he held he could onv vote
we occupying that position in cases of tie the scheme
went tnrougn without hitch Commissioner Stone would
make motion which Kelly would second and both wouId
% Tote ave. while Kinney voted no by his little onesome
Inc result was that Stone and Kelly were the whole hno
anu Evans was removed and Finley appointed in his nIoco
Y TWO members OF the commission instead of rnaiorIt
~ IT, win full commission present if Commissioner
Ducah was not party to the affair the whole thino
could De easily undone for Biyeu would stand with Kp
ney ana Duncan could then vote and so renstato Ev
IL ne desired to do so. Nv 'A'''
Whether any action will be taken along this line n no+
Known put OregonanS who believe in fair pIav will not
!aAe kny TO snap Judgments of the kind especially ban
IL places back IN charge of the commission The man h
managed TO spend S92 45337 of the taxpayers money m
game olrds during the year 1913 Mr. Finley saws il o
not the taxpayers money because it was raispd tbon
nceises ahd other MEANS and not by taxation At t6oI
Same Time II he money raised had not been snant with
sucn generous liberay the legislature would have t
ed II INTO the general fund where it would have toL 49,
place of that much tax money '''''" 'iie
lhere are men so constituted they would refuse to 90
cept an office handed them under such donhtfnI ci
stances. N1 00"''A'u circuin-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-21
Editorial Page of The Daily Capital Journal
THE OPPORTUNITY IS RIPE.

number OF the southern states preparing to send
agents to Belgium to induce those hardy and thrifty
PIE, now homeless, to settle in them This is something
oregon should not neglect Oregon is destined sometime
70 ne the worlds linen CENTER the greatest grower of flax
NOW the time to secure number of Belgian flax grow
ers and enough workers from her ruined factories to at
least teach us how to make the beautiful linens and aces
for which Belgium looms are famous It will be wears he
Iore TINS industry can be again built up in the old coun
tres and IN fact be made success here much more
easily than there Steps should be taken at once to secure
goody number of Belgian flax growers and linen max
ers and as the immigration department has ntmated
would not scan too closely the question of aid to get these
people mere some steps should be taken pay the pass
donS here are ideal for flax growing and handling and
II would furnish the Willamette valley with the one thing
most needed something to manufacture Flax is profit,
aole crop and with our unlimited waterpower would fur
ns Just the material wanted for factories and it wonId
make the payros of the valley cities one of their greatest
uptts We need the people who can start the Industry
properly and surely the Belgans need both homes and
nep to get them Salem will do well to begin at once TAX
ing the steps necessary to aid the unfortunate Bepans in
getting homes and themselves in getting an Industry
gourd. -N ii'Ne 0oii@n
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-21

Judge McGinn has great many admirers, no doubt
because OF his eccentrcities which are generally exhibit
ea IN 9e @ interest Of justice if at the expense of the
ing tha the Wronged girl shall have the $3.50 fine
sea against two men who wronged her. looks like gallery
play to even up with the Portland women who criticised
nim for barring them from the trial The weakness of
MS oslCon hes IN the fact that fine is no real punish
elI m In case like this if the guilty men are able to pav
as They seem to be in this instance 1t good deal Ike
plan sometimes nduged in in wide OPEN towns of fin
ing the propretors of dsreputabe resorts occasionally
ana st allowing them to continue their business unmo
esCeu ao peIween raids In reality it is simply imposing
License upon vice. II these have started the girl ON
She downward road the money will probably oniy beIp
ner TO travel 1t bit faster for time and the authors Of
ner rum Will have escaped much easier than hey had rea
som 10 @ expect when convicted Judge McGnn judicial
more good than harm by constantly setting aside esta5
Snea law and precedent although at times his decisions
evoke pretty general applause.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-21
SILVERTON NEWS NOTES
lCapital journal speeiaI service. J

Capital journal Special Service.)
SilvertOn, Ore, Nov. 2l.-The Silver.
ton cafe changed hands this week. Guy
wilson purchased the place from L. j.
Glass, who has been the proprietor for
the past few months. Mr.. Wilson has
mad great deal of experience in this
line of work and will continue to run
TINS popular eating house in the same
creditable way.
DIR. A. L, Wrighton operated on Mrs
Chas, Moores for appendicitis at the
Salem hospital on Tuesday of this week.
The operation was successful and Mrs
Moores is recovering nicely.
5. j. Edwards, a manufacturer of q
patent tire reliner for automobiles.
came over from Salem Wednesday on
business.
The Eastman brothers, proprietors of
the Silverton Blow Pipe Co, are in.
stalIing furnace in their garage build.
ing.
Rev. Geo. Cromley, of Portland was
visiting his sister, Mrs. T. j. Glass, for
a few days this week.
Louis Lachmund of Salem, spent n
short time in Silverton on business this
week.
W. c. Anderson, of the Lumberman s
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-21
THE ROUNDUP

x < = 4 4 x 4 x x 4 x 4: X X \
Eugene s council has authorized the
ehaln gang system, as discourager OF
the hobo.
Thurston S school board has provided
not lunch facilities at the schools and
is installing complete Fairgrounds
equipment, ia fIyNWWtI
The city of Monmouth has placed
its water system on a permanent basis.
Meters have been established and req.
ular rates fixed.
Independence, with 30 blocks of
street paving, just completed, claims
to be the best paved town of its popu.
lation in the United States.
La Grande's $4,000 Y. NJ. C. A.
building having been completed, a
= Finish the job campaign abs been
installed to raise funds for the fur.
Pendleton East Oregonian: It was
eoinvidence of course but rather an
odd one that the first man to register
At the Hotel Pendleton yesterday morn
ing, the first snowy morning Of the
year, was j. 5. Winter, the Portland
contractor who built the hotel. Win
Ter arrived with the snow but is stay.
ng longer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-21

rust l,n and Savings bank, a' Portland,
was mere on business this week.
Mr Eastman, Of Portland, is here for
snort time visiting his two sons, who
are in business here "'
Claude Slade, of the Woolen Mills
store, spent Wednesday in Portland ON
business. - '
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cherry snept
Wednesday in Salem.
Miss EllaSask, of Prntum, is visiting
MISS Cora Ravelstad, of this place.
Rey, A. NJ. Van Marter win begin
q series of revival meetings at the
Methodist church, Sunday.
Ray Wilson returned this week from
Dutur, where he has been spending the
past month or more.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-21
REDUCE OREGON RATES

Washington, Nov. 2l.-on complaint
OF the chamber of commerce of Port.
land, Oregon, the interstate commerce
commission today ordered material re.
dnetioHs in freight rates on bakery
goods in less than carload lots from
points in Oregon and Washington to
destinations in Oregon, Washington,
Colorado, Idaho ad Montana.