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THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1903.
A Throwing Votes Away. th« Editor of Tbo Kovs: Sir—The people, the great mneiee, always desire and deserve good and honest government, but how ehail they regain control and enforce their will? W e must adopt better methods of voting for our public servants, so that the will of the people shall not be defeated either In their selection or In their serv-
ice.
We made distinct progress In copying the ballot law of Australia. The people of Germany have to-day a system of voting that reflects the will of the people while ours does not. In Germany and France the public servant who Is elected must secure a majority of all the votes cast. He must be the choice •f the greater number of voters. If at the first election no one receives a majority of the votes another •lection must
be held.
This system gives the voter a chance to express his sentiments. He Is not compelled to say, "I much prefer a certain candidate, but if 1 vote for him 1 shall throw my vote away.” The first election shows their real principles and wishes and gives an opportunity to maice a showing that will result in electing men that they would not vote for under our system tor fear of "throwing their votes away ’ on a candidate too good to
hvpe for.
In this city at the coming municipal election, if this system of voting ^ere used the people could redeem the City from !t* present misgovernnr.ent with a certainty of action and an exact enforcement of their will. We have three candidates, two of whom are urged as reformers. The people should be allowed to exercise their real choice without fear of throwing their votes away. If a majority of the people really desire a continuance
A Protest for Fairness. To the Editor of The Kew*: Sir-In The News of the 2Sth was a . communication advocating the establishment of a perk fo. colored people. It thought the better class of colored people would favor it. I don't know whether I may speak for the better class of colored people or not, but I am certain that I; should bitterly oppose anything of that
kind.
What class of whites is It that molest colored people at the parks? Certainly; not the taxpayers, but the hoodlums and thugs, the offscourings of the earth, the class that make the Jail and prison
population. This Is the e.ement public Is asked to give In to.
that the
filiation.
give
There is no race feeling in this city in
the proper sense of the word at all. Alii Law-abiding citizens get along in peace and barmen y at the parks, and elsewhere Who ever heard of a government giving away to thug* and cutthroats? The better class of colored people, I take it. are not asking the city to set apart any special park for their use. To ask this would i be to consent to a surrender to mobs. As individuals, colored people land I mean law-abiding people; will do all they can to avoid personal conflicts with the disreputable element, even to remaining away from the parks, but they will never consent for the city, county or State to surrender to thugs, directly or indirectly, by doing what that communication advo-;
cates.
It occurs to me that if the newspapers of our city would be more particular In j trying to get the facts la any of these ; so-called "race riots” much feeling would j be allayed The other day eight or ien white toughs Jumped on a colored boy (not a man; at the city market and beat i him. Three of them were arrested and \ fined by Judge Wballon In Police Court. The evidence showed the assault to be i wholly unprovoked by the colored boy.
- - . .. ‘y aesire a continuance j The newspaper accounts, however, were i Present city government they could entirely different, making It appear that ! nay SO, but It would hava to bo a trlg^l tn tiaiirn trifl’ht* rtf 1
majority that said so. if they desire a
any
his
Change they could develop at the first election which of the other Candidates was desired by the most voters and at the second election elect him. The people should rule. Borne day a still bettsr systsm will be used by which on the first ballot the voter could express his first choice, second, third, fourth, fifth or an number of choices in the order of preference. In thus voting for one man he Would not lose the chance of expressing his desire as to ail the others, and the man elected would have to have the majority of votes whether he was first or second choice or fifth choice, so he waa higher up in the preference list when counted. A second election would perfect
the plan.
Little Switzerland can also teach us a valuable lesson. That Is a true republic, where the people really rule, and by direct legislntion, suggest and pass the laws. If this great republic Is to continue and la to bless coming generations with Justtcs, equal rights and good govarnmant, we must rely upon the great honest masses of tits people, the source of all righteous powar, and provide means for their expressing and exercising their
Will.
At our regular elections thera should be placed upon the ballots questions of public policy, so that the will and sentiment of the people may be known, and so plainly expressed that no set of political scalawags could defeat them. A carefully prepared bill for this purpose waa handed last wlntsr to one of the best tnen in the Indiana Legislature, and he sadly aald that It would stand no chance with the "gnng" unleaa upon Ita face it ■bowed Itself to be for party advantage, that they would simply laugh and sneer
about it.
Is It not about time the psople were asserting their power to turn these men from their ruinous public career? We elect public servants, not rulers to disobey ths people’s will. HIRAM MA1NU. Indianapolis, September 2, 1203. Negro Independence. To the Editor of Ttis Nswsi Sir—Some time ago an attack was made on the negro by the CuiVent Topto club Of North Indionapolia. It la true the great mass of our people vote the Republican Just aa the great majority of the Irlah vote the Democratic ticket. There are many colored men who desire a changed condition of things in our city—antl-Book-walter Republicans, If you please. But Just as they begin to think of asserting their political Independence In local affairs up pope a Tillman or a Jeff Davis Democrat and makes it Impossible. There are some colored men tout do not like •xlstlng conditions In local affairs: that want the loafers regardless of color or race put to work.'that because some miscreant colored man commie* n crime do not want to be held responsible for it, and because of it driven out of the parka that our money, as well as white man a, have paid for. We are the balance of power and that Is our salvation. We have used It. and It may be neoaeoary to unite with white men and use It again to save ourselves and the republic. History repeats Itself, Who knows what will happen In an ever-shifting, changing republfo? In conclusion.! say. frankly, such talk as Mr. Osborne's and others ih*e* the communlt> harm. It tends to unite u» politically when we should divide. It enoouragea a lot of half-starved, Ignorant loafers- called Inmgnluog - to attack the wrong people and get killed. JOHN L. EVANS. TJ5 Locke street, Indianapolis. Pray and Vote for Hit*. To the Editor of Ths Nsws: " 81r~ If all the ministers will use their Infinono# and all the churches and Epworth leagues and Christian Endeavor*!-* will vote ns they pray, the election of Oeorge Hits Is a certainty. Many people have decided convictions for true reform, but fear they will loee their vote. But if one prays right one has nothing to lose and why should he by voting right? The truth of the matter ta the religious people of this city hold the balance of power In the coming
Consumers’ One Company Methods.
Tt> the Editor of Ths Nswt
Sir—In former years the Consumers' Gas Trust Co. made Us yearly statements of the number of new wells drilled,
election, and If they will cast their votes the amount paid out for leases and 1mfor reform then a glorious victory will' -- »--- -- —
'niggers” tried to usurp the rights of j white people and make themselves gen- j
erally offensive.
Many cases of a similar nature have; come to my notice as an attorney where the newspapers have published the de- 1 tails of "race Hots” (and of course every ! little difficulty between a white and colored person rises to the dignity of a Hot \ these days) that were wholly at vaHance with the facts as sworn to by officers and
witnesses In court.
There is not now and never was any | race feeling between the decent elements I of both races here, and In the nature of ' things there can not be for reasons that are obvious to all intelligent, fair-minded ; people who believe In obeying the laws of our community. For one, I am sick and tired of the constant parading of the actions of the disreputable element of the I colored race, especially when the facts j are discolored and magnified, seemingly for the purpose of creating race hatred ! with that portion of both races that is j controlled by prejudice and not reason If anything creditable Is done by colored people very little if any attention Is | given to It by the press, as, for instance, i the proceedings of the colored men's bust- j ness league held at Nashville last week, j where every kind of Industry was represented by more than 200 delegates But i had there been an alleged crime commit- j ted by some "burly negro” It would have . been published with flaming headlines so \! large that a blind man could see them. Give colored people what they are entitled to under the law and let them alone | and they will work out their own salvation. JAMES H. LATT.
' The Race Question. To ths Editor of Ths News:
Sir- Being born and brought up a Friend (or Quaker) I was thoroughly drilled Into a strong friendship for ths negro. Forty years of Ums has revealed ths fact that the seal of our abolition forefathers led to an extreme that has resulted dangerously near to the abandonment of genuine race pHde on the part of both whites and blacks who were
oonsoientlously opposed to slavery.
A condition now confronts us, and we are forced to associate with ths black race, and draw the color line according to our Individual tastes; and this same
color line must be drawn somewhere.
The negro le a man In all respects as we are except as to color. He Is susceptible to ail of the elevaUng Influences of civilization. He Is fully entitled to all of the benefits, the same us we are. How Is he to get them? He can not until he 1$ placed on an equality with us. This can not be until his skin Is made white. There are only two ways open. One Is
assimilation, the other Is separation.
The Idea of amalgamation or assimilation Is repulsive and radical. Let the thought perish forever and let us return to the common-sense Idea of separation. Colonize the negroes by constitutional uet. either In a part of our own country or on foreign soli, or both, under the care of our own Government. Give them power to manage all of their own affairs as we do. Prohibit white citizens among them. Let our Government take a free hand in assisting both races to make the change and take five or ten years' time to perfect the work. This would forever stop the race war. • . The whole negro population should be the first to favor se pit ration, They should be the first to see that they are out of place In trying to perform the duties of cltisenship while mixed with white people. They should be the first to comprehend that they can not reach the bight of
their ambition while with us.
The Lowest Priced Store For Furniture of Quality
Members Merchants’ Association
W. H. MESSENGER’S
Railroad Fares Refunded
We Neve Furnished Over 10,000 Homei, Why Not Yours
$34.00
September Furniture Sale B OF IMMENSE PROPORTIONS CLIPSISG ail other offerts at value-giving. We ara sacrificing much of the present stock in order to secure space for the new which is coming in now by the car loads. Whether you buy now or wait until later you will save money by coming here. Of the hundreds of extraordinary values waiting for you we can only print a few which are chosen at random. Visitors and out of town folks are cordially invited te make this store their headquarters, and look through our big Fall Stock of Furniture, Stoves and Carpets. Every person is tt'eated as a caller and made to feel free from the importunity to buy.
EXACTLY LIKE CUT
This
celebrated SC HILL STEEL
RANGE, with Large reservoir and high wanning closet, quick and perfect baker and wonderful fuel saver. If you ex-
purchase a Range, you should
Ue the Bchlil.
pect to p Inveetiga:
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$9.75
Broad, eaxv COUCH, same as cut. Oak frame with claw feet; 30 inches wide; 7 rows clinch buttons; springs supported by eteel cables.
$16 to $24 GAS RANGES, well and scientifically made, even bakers and broilers, rapid cookers, with least expenditure for gag, thoroughly tested and fully guaranteed. All sixes on sale this week. i-i.rm.
$12.98
TUFTED DIVAN, with steel con-
tructed seat, same aa cut.
structed seat, same as cut. Five rows deep tufting Tempered steel springs of beet material. Heads adjustable to •tx positions. Can be changed in a moment from Divan to Full Length
Couch.
$8.08 SIDEBOARD, same as cut, with two small drawers and one large linen drawer and cupboard below. Finished In golden oak. Has good sized bevel mirror. See the greatest line here of Sideboards and Buffets.
$3.59
for IRON BED. style tame as cut. Made of good heavy material, with brass rod at head and foot. This is a full size bed, In the apple-green enamel finish. Visit our Bedroom Furniture Department and see the greatest assortment of Iron and Braes Beds. All tints to match Interiors.
$19. *75
8 FT.
THIS BEAUTIFUL ROUND TOP DINING-ROOM TABLE le Just like the cut. We Invite comparison with any J30.00 Table you can find. It It made of very fine select quarter sawed oak and highly finished by hand. The top measures four feet In diameter and extends to 8 feet when drawn out. Has piano shaped legs, with carved claw feet. The same table with square top, In 8 feet length. $18.15. TWENTY OTHER BARGAINS this week In sample Dining-room Tables. As there is only one of each of these sample tables, the prices are made very low to close out and make room for other goods that must go on sale at once. Customers that make their selections Monday will have the pick of the lot.
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$25.00 BED DAVENPORT, with oak frame. Gate end and style with wardrobe box, covered In green velour. See also two samples Automatic Bed Davenports, covered In tapestry. One In mahogany finish, the other In golden oak. Your choice $46.00 to close out. Other styles up to $85.00.
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$35.00 BUFFET AND CHINA CLOSET combined, same as out. Made of fine figured quarter sawed oak, highly polished. Hlght 68 inches, width 46 inches. French bevel mirror, 88 Inches by IS Inches. One deep drawer. Note the cross-band veneer stanchions supporting the top shelf. This has been one of our leading pieces for the dining-room this year. Aak to see It
79c
Special while they last. Monday morning, this CHILD'S ROCKER, same as cut, made of rattan, nicely finished.
SANITARY STEEL FOLDING BED COUCH, including a very fine soft mattress, in Oriental ticking, same as cut Can be changed from a couch to a full-sized bed in a moments time. The very thing for living rooms in which you need a bed at night and a couch during the day. Also a complete line of Bed Couches, made up in velour,
verona and plush covers.
$18.75
MISSION BOOKCASE, same as cut. Made of quartered oak Hlght 69 inches, width 44 Inches. In this department we are showing an entirely new line. Some with leaded glass doors, in golden oak, from $15.00 to $35.00.
$35.00
THREE-PIECE PARLOR SUITE, same as cut. Genuine Mahogany Veneer. Upholstered in fancy silk damask. Genuine carved ornaments. The frames are made very strong, yet gracefully de-
signed. Three and Five-piece Suites from $15.00 to $140.00.
INDIINi’S LEADING DISTRIBUTER OF FURNITURE, CARPETS AND STOVES W. H. MESSENGER Southeast Corner Washington and Delaware Streets
$15.00
Quartered Golden Oak FOLDING BED, same a* cut. Very eubstantlal in •very way, solid ends, metal legs and handle* and provided with patent folding spring, which does away with the center spring support* and gives room for mattress and all necessary bedding. flee also our all-steel FOLDING MANTEL BEDS on eale this week at $9.00, Including spring.
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or.tuglous disease fwere to break Vcula we be better prepared to
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Would
It than two years or a year ago
,v-.. — .him give answer In his first speech to i Civilization, education and religion must this community, wherein he is expected i all fall to remove the barriers of nature | to give an account of his stewardship.
By themselves, merit would and relying on Ids record of
between us. By themselves, merit would and relying on Us record of duties ae reach the highest pinnacle, and no power , comphsheu and promises fulfilled, a; could rob the negro of his Justly earned! them to continue him and his appointet reward. As long as he associates with In power. _ QUESTIONER,
us this Is not so. By all means give him
a chance to this end
.rSjWHEN NAN TRAVELS; A STUDY IN THE ART OF PACKING TO LIVE IN A HOTEL
D. H. TALBERT.
Indianapolis, September 9.
be won.
Will they do it? If not. why murmur If all things continue aa they were? And why pray for reform and not reform when the ballot box give* such a good chance? As we sow so shall w© reap i JAS, W. PERKIN& The Anti-Saloon League. To the Editor of The Newt: ®r—I see by The News of last week that Mr. Sanderson, of the Anti-Saloon League, “to not sure what the league will do” In the present contest for mayor In this city. It occurs to me that a fight like this of all times Is the time for that association to get a move on Itself If It is ever to act. Its men have been saying all over the State. "Not men. but measures." Now every citizen that knows anything of the situation knows where every good cltisen should atand. Aa one who haa given some money to the Anti-Saloon League. I enter mv protest and ask the supertstendent of the league to move for clean government, or do as the board asked him to do last June, namely, resign. A CITIZEN.
proveraents. also the number of consumers, with the amount of cash on hand and also it* Indebtedness, doing its business in an open-handed, business-like mannar. according to ita legal as well as
moral duty.
Of late years the officers of this company do not publish or in any way make public any statement of Its condition, and. altnough Mr. John P. Frenzei made the statement three years ago that the Trust Gas Company could not borrow
Hitz, Track Elevation and the South
Side.
To the Editor of The News: Sir—No doubt Mr Hltz is a very fine gentleman, but any South Side citizen who ha* taken any- interest in track elevation knows well what Mr. Hltz has done in that direction. He has never, failed when an opportunity presentetd Itself to get on the side of the corpora-! tion. He is, and has been, an enemy of i track elevation, and has appeared before j the city council and even before the lust
The Consolation of a Clock and Candle, the Advantages of Chintz Trunk CoversTakes a Little of Her "Rut"' With Her.
Nan
N
AN has gone
thence to the mountains to escape j
hay fever, which lies in wait for her tha 30th of August
year.
When Nan takes a Journey It is a privF lege to watch her pack and a liberal edu-
the seashore and, now and then at the folding and stow-ting and one straight
Ing away—when suddenly I saw Nan trui ’
c, , .u^ trunks, all travel stains and pasted labels, whisk the clock off the mantel and put | completed my misery. The first two days
chair. My
•*»*-. and pas
. .., rl - . pleted my misery. The first It In her trunk. This amounted to an act I sat o» my trunks and cried ” each | of violence, and yet she had such a cun-! "Why on your trunks?" I asked un-
moved.
"Because they were the only things that
vinclng way of twlshlng tissue paper around the face and crushed newspaper around the whole structure, that when the had wedged It firmly between some ca~lkm ,0 whM r*. into bet trun^ £■* *
Although I have watched the process Innumerable times, 1 come to each performance with the Interest of a first
legiaiative committees In opposition to It, I nightar.
and the records w ill show this. I pose as assistant at these migratory Mr. Hitz is a mighty good man to elect ! preparations. I am permitted to polish
Ticking Got on Her Nerves.
*T always let It run down the night before," she said to me confidingly. "I packed it once ticking and I felt horrible. It was like burning something
if you are an owner of a railroad or gas j shoes, lift trays and to bind fast sundry j alive." Her clock is a Waterbury in a company, but I have neither, and in the boxes with ribbons suggestive of past de- j leather case and comes smiling out of all
interest of the South Side Mr. Hitz lights. ; adventure*.
Nn tbOMUMl Mb*, on It. plant, during I °<? «■.« ^ »m down bn that .ubco.Kioa.ne,, N«n I anted no QueeUnu. Talk!.* to Net, A , tracks. As ..Ar as l.is t>€ia*gr ta\or of f».nd I understand MCh other perfectly. when she packs is attended with perils
Not for worlds would ehe allow me to | similar to the hazard of speaking
law violator each day In the week j meddle with the serious responsibilities; the "man at the wheel.”
of folding a flare skirt, and not for : a few minutes later she tucked
‘'IMPB0VIH6 OH NATURE ” Has Been the Bootmaker’s Fatal Error.
words—but
Pryden had the right idea. These are not exactly his the idea is conveyed: Hunt for health with drugs unbought; I/eave the doctor's help unsought; The wise (for ease) on new rubber depend; God never made man for cobblers to mend. Man was born with a natural heel gmmmt 1 --: ^ * The shoemaker tries to improve on nature with hard leather heels. The O'Sullivan Rubber Company ha* brought back the cuahtona that nature originally intended for man. All first-class shoe stores should supply O'Sullivan Rubber Heels for ®c a pair. O'Sullivan’s are (“next to wings") new rubber. Substitute* are (next to nothing) old rubbish. Send to the makers, Lowell, Mas*., If ♦£# dealer does not haye them.
the past year the stock haa been selling , enforcement of laws, that Is bosh. He
at a fabulous price, demonstrating the u fact that the company if properly man- b _
aged could not only pay off all Its debts, of his cctnmisJon house.
but wonld have sufficient left to ; Holtxman l* the mm for a sensible taxK.OM fcni.ter. who-w I ,0 suggest, as he ha* made proKi U miia r ^ i tnises that are for the best Interest of the ^nJF^throuah city ar “ li citizens, and I believe he will ttrm, 1 ?*^^^A l varl mkeep them, but Bookwalter ha* broken t\ n jf 8 -fi* 1 ' t0 t a . anous pans t. 0 jj ppjmjses and says he win run on his
A movement is now on foot to take mon^i
steps to compel the Consumers' Gas prUrin3ea Uiat a * m * <u |
Trust to give all stockholders or certifl- Jesir8 8 Cate owners a statement of its condition _ and Its consumers a sufficient supply of . . , ,
gas. The drat of these meeting* will be As to BiShwp Joyce,
held Friday evening, September 12, at { To the Editor of Tfc« News
Gift’s shoe store, 94. Massachusetts ave-
belonged to me or that I had ever seen before’ I became so depressed that I began to think I had a sorrow. Then I did what all the other people were doing. 1 hurried out and lived on the piazzas, and when It stormed we wandered about the office and sat in the big, barren parlors, where the piano was never silent
The Value of a Little Rut.
“Or course. I understand.” said Nan, waving off an Interruption, “that's what
trunks look like boxes covered In croton; and I empty the smaller one and put it at the head of the bed In place of a night table. There I place my candlestick and booka—and perhafis my workbasket—Just a tiny one,” Nan added apologetically, "and then, do you know,” she paused an Instant—of course I didn’t know. "Well, I always carry two or three sheets of common shelf or bookpaper in my trunk—to line the drawers of bureau and wash stand.” Nan smiled. "They quiet apprehension and restor* confidence, you know.” ’Where* the clock?" I asked. “Oh, the clock,” said Nan. "On the table or bureau, or by the bed on the covered trunk If you like it to talk In your sleep. I could tell the time by my watch, but I never would at home. 1 like to feel at home wherever I am. Life Is too short to feel lost and strange if you can help it, and a clock is cheerful and cheap—$2.7(1 tlmt one cost." Curtains from a Country Store. There was a silence; then Nan continued In the tone of one recalling past delights: "Ono* I spent two months and a half In such a room, and I decided It would pay to have curtains. There were some
woriila would I assume duties for which! cushion Into oue corner of
no higher education could fit mo. But' genius, however modest, craves an audi-
So Nan and I enjoy that ‘understanding each other.
station . • ^ *• !
ANTI-BOO KAY ALTER.
trick.
described by
The Neatness of Nan.
Nan 1* a girl who knows how to keep her hair curled in damp weather, and
take Just enough of my rut with me to t0 ! have a place to fall Into when I am tired I or w hen I want to try whether or not pin* I can still remember my own name and
i tray and | address. I am no longer to be browcandlestick beaten and driven out by the bleakest
have learned how to
I saw ner add a gay chintz table cover, make home happy with a trunk, you see.
we go summering for-to get out of countr J r • u>r * B ln tb * llttle the rut-to live out of doors and meet new : ,n on ® 1 ,ound tho d ® are8t old-fashioned d*- jole I still eo for that hot r in,- cotton stuff-thin and white, with pink fTa- ,A k t0 rosebuds—you can not fancy how pretty!
fitted a blue enameled tin
turned. I said: "And now, will you be
, ^ j good enough to tell me If you always
whose Oxford s.ioes were never known to travel with a clock and a candlestick—or
But it was out of fashion, and I got cheap. I hemmed stripe and ran a tape In the top and hung two widths over each window—no ruffles. They were perfectly lovely. I mads a splasher to go back of the washutand of the same That was the prettiest room I ever made
In a hotel.
"Of course,” said Nan, reflectively, “I
■ , you see I can not remember off-hand like this ex-
a white linen bureau cover sprigged with "Of course, the walls are white, and ! actiy all 1 do take with me, but they flowers end sundry trinkets more closely . that's bad,” continued Nan, with enjoy- are Just the necessaries of life. They ass.ciatsri with the idea of a Journey, i ment, “but they are too big for me so I are all light and take up no space to When we had finished and the keys were let my fancy go to what I can handle speak of. I’d rather have a hat less than trrashgi I «r. i rl • ‘ ’ A r» r-.nxar xartll vr»*l Kg* T n&rrrr tKat crexar «K ? ^ a. * . wert t Vi/vnF f 1;s> rr\ 99
tPi”thV*a£niiVi; a«Tciwiri■’KE•« *»«■ -
oue. All interested In a good supply of
Sir—Bishop Joyce was a Methodist pas-
whether you intend to palm them off aa ! table and get out mv portfolio, traveling journey, new goods and present them to your ! inkstand and a little Japanese tray to ! friends—at the journey's end?" ! hold pms. sealing wax and so on. Then .
tend this meeting, as it may be the last strenuous effort, well known by olcnr laychance to organize the citizens against men and preachers of the Methodist
this home-grown octo;—
topus.
JULIUS
A. HAAG.
Acta and Promises. To the Editor of The News: Sir—Why do we pay for an Increased force of inspectors while the city pays for more sprinkling and sleeping th*-n is actually done? If the inspectors are
church, from a small salary to a life j ositlon with a large remuneration approaching $$,000 annually. Ke also has ample provision for travel in comfort, even luxury. Other preachers aspire in
the same way.
Nothing hinders this bishop or any other of the Methodist bishops from resting in a commodious Pullman, dir.in. in the magnificent cars of well-equipped
1 carry' that gay cotton table cover because it fit* any size—Just hangs over a little more or less. I put that over the
slip a knot.
However, it is not Nan's gowns and
feathers and frills that hold me en- I ^T l m*not gotag t^visit friends—I'm go-j m^bureau^ver^goe* cm 1 next,^‘ith'^y tranced from that chaotic hour when ing to a hotel,” she replied, as though own pin cushion that hatpins will really when Nan gives one last comprehensive carry a watch and is there no gas?" j Japanese tray for brush and comb and glance at the arren furniture to be quite Purpose of Clocks and Candles. : aSlS 1 comfor^ble lWn<r *' ^ reaUy sure nothing Is forgotten, before sne| ^ there is.” said Nan, "and' * * £ s««med so to me. But Nan had not wheed.es the trunks into closing and . . g, f „ f elef , tric | finished, she was only fairly launched, i turns the keys. The furbelows have a *>•- “f® ^ large offit» full of e ric "Then I carry,” she contlaued. "a lot
bells—and boys carrying thick white pitch- - * * - *
go without them.
And this is why I'd rather miss the German opeia than Nan's packing for
wildering charm, but that is not the rea-
^ n ‘ o ‘
at tha expense of the taxpayer? xyhyl jyUwaya, fd arriving on t. :nen«r packed away tnto a given
— —- ■— — —— j the annual does the city pay Interest on bonds for body srd a sweet
moneys not used? It certainly is not in
the city's interest. Why is tnere gam-
bling with the administration b apparent approval? Who gets the "Etahke "-off?.
roved? Who
do winerooms flourish? Why has the mayor failed to fulfill any promise made previous to his election? That his would be a debt-paying and not a debt-making administration; (2) that all laws wotfid be faithfully and Impartially
enforced.
What would he do If an epidemic of
\
irst- , y dares criticise, hut to pay the_saiarv
of brass hooks that screw in—t'aripua
. ,, , . , ers fiXed with iced water, and you go to sizes With these, if I hare a closet, I Ae~ linear her* 3 ?ranks ^-ome the desk and get your mail from the clerk l^ng up my shoe bag on the inside of the down from the garret. ... is to see Nan s nd sit on the piazza in rocking chairs, t 0 °“all over^be *top U goeif wlmre it seems individuality, her atmosphere, her cozy &n <} your hair on the beach if it’s nat- most convenient—also on hooka
uraDy curly. And you never have a mo- j
conference with & rested number of cubic feet, that I would pay x-kaps r i r _ . * ^ i v ^ _ .
No preacher
as a layman, helping „ r _p — . and whose servant the bishop is. I want to protest against Bishop Joyce lamp-oon-Ing Methodist preachers for trying to do the very thing the bishop has done, and of Intimating that he has a “tired' feeling with all his honor, salary and ease.
F. T. Me WHIR TER.
Chintz Trunk Covers.
“Then I have chintz trunk covers.
Thousands suffer from a short hacking Cough; might be cured by Fisc’s Cure.
any price not permanently detrimental to | meat to yourself except to dress and sleep ■
self-respect. because your room is so depressing you ‘Then I have chintz trunk covers. I was^° n admitted'* 1 to^ThST pStuIegi can not stay there and keep your spirits ] *ay chintz, you know, because It sounds I remember I was startled. I had been j up at the same time—and that’s what j more effective. Really, as a matter of detailed to roll umbrellas and swaddle clocks and candles have to do with ho- ! fact I buy any flowered cotton stuff selltheir handies in tissue paper. I was tak- tels, you see.” (And she adopted a con- i„ v.„ r -.„ )ri Q . life seriously and was more or ciliatOry tone.) "I can not stand the ln * ch * ap on a barsaln counUr and eut
* * * * - . _ off a piece the size of ths top of the
Ing life seriously and was
lees engrossed with a conscientious per- bleakness of the rooms in a hotel. I spent formance of the duty in hand—possibly i ore wretched month in the midst of four with a view to winning honorable men- ! white walls finished in pine and furnished tion if not distinction—later. And I had j in ash, with a bed, a pretentious little buailowed myself but a desultory glance i reau, a toy waits Land, a table, oue rock-
trunk and line it with canton flannel; then I put a flounce around the edge as deep as the trunk is hlgn. You see my
THEY BET ON BASEBALL
Unseemly Conduct of Church Members
Being Investigated.
PHILADFXPHIA, September 12.-Nor-wood Is stirred to Its Innermost circle over the terrible wickedness of some of the raemt^srs of Prospect Hill Baptist church. Just who the members arc Is yet to be disclosed. Howard Knapp, qne of the pillars of the church, lias been quietly in-
vestigating the matter.
Some of the members of the church actually have been guilty of betting large sums of money on the result of baseball games In which the Norwood team has participated, Mr. Knapp declares, and he is prepared to go before the trustees of
the church and Some of the wage while others he h«
tell all that he knows,
rs he has seen as information
i placed,
about.
For Debilitated Men, Hors Bird’s Acid Phosphate. It ranks among the best of nerve tonics for debilitated men. Renews the vitality.
THE NEGRO PROBLEM. Booker T. Washington and Hl» PMfc tion on the Question. To th* Editor of Tho News: Sir—I have read with absorbing In teres! the proresolutiona adopted by the Suffrage League at Boston condemnatory d Booker Washington on tho charg# that: Hs has depreciated tb* primary Importano* of tho ballot, has preached to th# colored poo* pi# of #u#nt •ubmlsslon to Intolerable sendi* tlone end make# hie people a byword SM laughing stock before the world. I have read with equal Interest your editorial defending 'Washington In which you say In conclusion that the resolutions which you condemn “undoubtedly reflect the feeling* of many negroes." ' This suggests to me that there may be more in the “negro problem" than even Booker Washington lias though! out, Indicative of which Is a letter I had a few days ago from a (whits) man la this State, a profound scholar, a deea thinker, a minister of the gospel —and what Is more, an unworldly man — who carries In his heart the burden of poor humanity * load. He wrote before thl* Bouton Incident; he wrote from a rull heart and a knowledge of the negro tha! few surpass. I make these extracts froia his letter; Th# negroee are like sheep without * shsp; herd. They are hectored and lectured aad bullied because they do not come up to ore densands: at the name time the proper coo'll t Ions are not afforded them. They are use* ts the Hpsrtans ueed the helot*, on whom w# work off th* stigma of our own vice* and unconscionable system. In our own town her* tn a remonstrance movement against th* saloons th* negro** almost to a man cam* «■ th* remonstrance, and then almost to s man were bought off by the saloon keepers 11 cam# out that they have no convictions, n# principles, no morality. Th# two virtue# that distinguish th# Anglo-Saxon — th# roman U# sexual Ideality and th* civic genius of self* government — are both lacking in them. t>ui tho negro has two, things that th# AngloSaxon ha# not—affection* ten ess and unworieiineftg. • • * What t# the prevalent remedy? ,® ook * Washington's Is materialistic, superficial. « Is logo # ad vice to Koderlgo — "Put money thy puree" — get property. In other woroa Imitate the vice of the whites - the <»* T*®* that Is threatening our country and civliUntten. If th# negroee succeeded In doing that tney would be bated and feared in addition to twin. despised. Th# white proletariat would expend their envy on them, a# they now aspen® It on tb# rich, their employers. But they can not succeed. They are too Improvident. We do not want them to succeed. »n the labor strugg! they are shut cut. Organ«*« labor take# no account of them « a race war In th# next few years tt will com* about right there. In the struggle for existence tn the labor market. ■ * u. h*_ Bo Booker Washington's program Is folly, because It provides no standing for tb# negro#*. bI The Pouth they have already lost thelt ephemeral political rights; In the Nortlv they have no industrial rights. A* Booker WashIiigton 1# persuading hie people to let their i«olltical right* go. the new leadership will persuade them to let their greed and material ambition go. This will represent th# Spiritual protest of the new Amerio* that U rising from the universities and the best journalism. • • • Are you aware of what negro preaching contists in nowadays? It Is on lago's text. *• T- *
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