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The Atlanta constitution. VOL. XXXVI. NO. 16. ON SOUTHERN WHITES HOPES FOR NEGROES REST —Ex-President Grover Cleveland NO HATRED OF NEGRO IN THE SOUTH. "here Is Social Prejudice, But Mr. Cleveland Thinks Such Prejudice Is Natural—Booker Washing- ton and Rev. Edgar Mur- phey Among Speakers. /Cew York, Vprll J4.—Former President Grover ‘‘leveiand was the principal speaker tonight at a meeting held in the ■ oncert hall of Madison Square Garden in the interests of th- Tuskegee Normal and Industrial institute. Among those on the platform with Mr. Cleveland were Mayor i.ow. who pre sided; Booker T. Washington. Edgar G. Murphy, 1 >r. Lyman Abbott. President Nicholas Murray Butler. and Dean J. Van Amrit.ge. of Columbia; W. 11. Baldwin. Chancellor McCracken, of New York uni xersity; John DeWitt Warner and George F. PeaboJx Mrs. Cleveland sat In the gallery v.! h Mr and Mrs. Andrew Car negie, who are Mr. Cleveland's host while he is in tlie city. Mr Cleveland was greeted with prolonged applause as he was intro duced by Mayor Low. ■. >f his addtess Mr. , .".•veland introduced Hex Edgar G. j Murphy Rev. Edgar Murphy’s Speech. K“V. Edgar Murphy also discussed the. I race problem. Mt. Murphy said tn part: I think that wl<- men everywhere are i. agnizing m th- principal ot I uske„'u I one of the gr-atest moral assets in lhe .... of tile *sseu of .»ur country todax. ! «... n», h ,s net'<!><,■' lud-.t luni with ■ •i -•innlii..i ing jgii ‘ Hi’ i.t * -itlicr in-i-i i.-. tn--light'’-• oroiiCi -s .■.c.-raiffl. Ti.c l ■ -it.-. li.’.s s r.chni’-s blamed him. But tn. s mh is too fair to him and to his i t o a iiow thes o:< dSlons ot disagree io distort tie- broad perspective in v l’i. h slie has viewed ..nd appreciated • t .-In pul.l:- s-’-v e- through ’ v. 1. . t event v wars. in cheerful pa- ( atl q unaffected < modesty. he has , red for I! O ’t’ui’.iiug of his humble • -i umutor'd fell *ws. ■ It- has g- done a great w rl. in . snori? . to a great need. North and there have been those who have seen p< ril in the negro's proeT< but tite progress of the negro brings peril . with it. that peril is nothing in compari- i s m w th the perils attendant on the ne- I prn’« f iiHnr.y” Lvman Abbott on tbe South. T>r I.small Ai- o'.t. wli . f-.li’W'd u aid ■ t’aat til -oiith deserved great credit for I king up is it had an untried problem ,■; '.-ipii.g the negro tn help himself. "And the north." lie said, "has given iter s :nv credit. Site has given him s-bools that 'ii north has refused him and done manv other things towards bis . J ... tbnt the north never thought of." Dr v... it n> x « -eke oft!” great work j -,<■ i’.’.oker 'l'. Wa-hington and praised . hirn in the highest tern’s. do daring he i hn-.i dor nr-- mu- j for tlv- whitp race as [ f (l| - tu. <»’.>rcd r;i- - His work iwd really < brought about the union of north and I south in th’’ v. ■ .1. that 1> ■ had taken up Mj -.lag a"r«-mark mad’ by Henry Ward p p.l ,• ♦«> ’ effect that W<‘ sh-'.ihi ’ •'• • • " then ■ i,i. n « ifs'r::-• " Dr. Abbott said: ’ Wo “make th mistak. of giving him s-.ff-. ag.- first .c i the in; >rt:mat” negro r : i< t., suffer *•—r sh . What tlie , negro wants is -duati-’i It all de p( : ,c ■ upon ■ ’incatlon whether the negro ~ ii> iIP a . a , i; ■ to our f> ••: or wings v\ ii j,. .i-.-.i Jr., tie..surer of the ■ ■■ id begun lie had" re- ! o . Inga r fi ' ■r -n ladv in Ohio, and tbe • a'. ■ ~e -■ ■ from :< ladv and gen- , •• . outh. He si!d that SIAMO ■ .....,.i. ,1 to pay the indebtedness i of ■:.o : st: ti-i..’ and that taking the | wa s the - „' | .... .f ■ for which he ■ .. ■. ns well as for a Cleveland Introduces Washington. jtr i'. . 'and, in Introducing Booker T. , IV i '.; .n, the last speaker of the even- < "I hav' 'n Introduce to you a man too ! States; man who has been spoken of I too freq lently and too favorably for It to : ' „ n .,.,. 5 . . for me to sa i more than ; hero is Booker T. Washington." Booker Washington’s Speech p.ooker Washington's speech was tom- : perate in I’-nr Booker W isbington said in part: The Tusk-gee Normal and Industrial | Institute, at Tuskegee. Ala . is the out growth ”f the efforts of General S. •'■ Armstrong of the Hampton institute, in Virginia. Gen-ril Armstrong was on- of t'.ie great s*-’*rs and prophets who realized that tile task of tile nation was not ful filled wlien th- shacki. s of si-al Slav- . ,-rv were struck from tbe limbs of the millions of slaves of the south. He realized that nine millions of hurr-n . beings st< p d in ignorant e, minus ex perience. e.” d b- !>ut b.-df free. He for”-- saw that th- nation must have a new , birth and a new freedom, and that this; regtti-r.ition must include Hie industrial., intellectual and moral ami r’'li<riou.s free- ; dom of the ex-slaves. Further, In tf fnstng to r. turn to his comfortable north- ■ ern home after th- surrender at Ap- [ j’omatl’iA and in de-iding to remain I s. th to h’-lp in fighting for freedom in ;lie larger and higher sense, General | Armstrong appreciated as few Americans] have that th- north owes an unfilled : duty to the south. General Armstrong said by word and; action that it was unjust to leave ih south with its industrial system tlisor-j ganizod and overturncii in tlie midst of ;. poverty that, forbad’ the proper edu cation of the white youth—to say noth ing of th- millions of recently emanci pated black children. In this ■ -onifection 1 am glad that we lave i.nothcr great American and Chris tian statesman in the person of Hon. Grover Cleveland, who is manifesting by his presence and words here this evening ! VIEWS OF MR. CLEVELAND ON THE NEGRO QUESTION New York. April 14.—Discussing the negro question, former President Grover Cleveland said: "1 have come, here tonight as a sincere friend of the negro and 1 should lie very sorry to suppose that my good and regu- • lar standing in such company needed spp port ai this late day. either from cerliu cate or confession of faith. Inasmuch, however, ns there may be diff’ n-nees of ; thought and sentiment among those who profess to be friends of the negro. 1 de- | sire to deqiare myself as belonging to : the Booki r Washington-Tuskegee section j us the organization. 1 believe that tlie days of Cm ie Toms Cabin" are past. 1 ■ do not believe that either the decree that : made the si; ves free or the enactnient that suddenly Invested them with th rights of citizenship, any more purg 'd . them of their racial and slavery-bred ir.i perfections and deficiencies than that ■ they changed the color of tlie skin. I ' believe that, among Hie nearl> nine, mil ' I lions of negroes who have been inter- | . mixed with our citizenship, there is still . a grievous amount of ignorance, a sad ■ amount of vicimmness and a trenj-ndous . amount of laziness and thriftl- -sn-i - I I believe that those conditions in. xorablv present t” tlie white people of Hie I nit. I States to each in ids environment and I under the mandate of good eitiz.'-nship. a problem which neither • nliu-ht. a-d s-ls- . interest nor the higher motive of human svmpathv will permit them to put a ’ld” I believe our fellow countrymen in Hie I southern and late slave-holding states j surrounded bv about nine-tenths, or near ly eight millions of this <ntire negro pop I illation, and who regard their matcri il : prosperity, thoic nonce and cv n tlie safe- , t v of their < fvilizaii<>n interwoven witli i tile negro problem arc entitled Io our lit- ] most consideration and sympathetic f - I I lowship. I pin thoroughlv convinced thm I Hie efforts of Bonk-r V asliington ar. i j the methods of Tuskegee institute point i . the wav to a saf- and bonofieenl solution j ; ’lf the’vexatious negro problem at the I south: and I know that the good neoi.l” at ‘ I the north who have aided ili-se efforts j i and methods have illustrated the hieh st , and best citizenship and the most Chris tian and enlightens! philanthropy. Depends on the South. "I cannot, how-ver keep out of my ' : mind t> night tlie th.r.igbt !' .-• witli all we ■ ' ”f the north may co, the r’-allz.ition ”f I I cur h’-pcs for Hie negro must alter id. | mainly depend- A- pl so far as it rest; with the negroes tnem.--.uves -upon Hie senument ut.u c-uiiuuct ot leading auu ] ...... i KE’T<ir<‘<! ‘-iKrnck s jb \?h.\ .\ r ■ana 'l ‘a- - i.. ve t nai witiiuut cxcepiiun, ihc negroes wn<» nt thfinstives !•»»• u. lul • acapa i/ais and service mid wilimg and <-i. -i lui pauoiiiigi; and enlploslllc.nl ■ iffir wnile neighbors. fh< man who i- 1 beyond doubt me best authorii.v in the : world on tie- prosp -ds 01 inc negro race, ; an»] who loiintJ «i and is now at inc load ' of TusK>-g‘ - institute, and i> the most not- 1 ! able repr< s«-nialive ot negro a dvance- 1 , rnent, said al the Atlanta exposition in i "'And in tiiis connection it is well to ; ] bear in mind that whatevii other sins | I th” south may l> ■ called to --ar, when it ; conies to business, pure and simple, it 1 - is in tile south tiial tin n-gro given a 1 man s eiia.m.-e in the i-oiiini-rcial world, : and in nothing is tiiis exposition more eloquent than in emphasizing this eban»-e. Our greatest danger is tlinl in tile great , leap from slavery to ireedom. we may : overlook the f n-; Hint tin- masses of us i ar- to live by the production of our ' hands and fail to keep in mind that ’ v. e shall prosper in proportion as w - !< arn to dignify and glorify common - labor ami put lira ins and skill into tile common occupations of life—shall prosper , : in proportion as we 1- irn to draw tlie line. ■ I between the superficial and Hie sub- i that he, too. Is conscious of the fid j . that th- lifting up "f the n-gr” i.s not ■ alone Tuskegee's problem, not alone tlie i ; negro's concern, not alone Hie south's; l Hutv. but is the problem of the nation, i ie -i use the whole people were rcsponsi- i ! bl.- for Hu- introduction au-1 perpetuatl'm i of American slavery. THIS NEGRO WAS LYNCHED FOR KILLING AN OFFICER : Joplin. Mo, April Ik-Despite too plead-. . Ing of City Attorney P. H. Decker and ■ ; the efforts of law-abiding citizens who . i were ov'-rcome in a tug of war over* the I body of the victim, a mob tonight, bang-| I -d a negro tramp to a telegraph pole j i after forcibly taking him from jail on | • the suspicion that he might be the man I . ih.it last night shot to death Policeman , : besile White. The officer.- was trying to ; arrest s un- negroes in the Kansas City ] Southern ra.l!road yards. 1 The lynching of the negro served only : temporarily to satisfy the indignation of I tli- mob and later tonight hundreds of j nien again .-issembled and rioted through the negro district, burning houses, stoning negroes and finally driving ’ very negro from Joplin. The police were powerless. COLLEGE NEGRO IN TROUBLE. - ; Arrested in Richmond Charged with Theft of Bicycle. : Richmond, Va.. April 14.—(Special.)— J I Boston-born, college bred in mind and i 1 uody, F. H. Carter, colored, brother of j ; the head bookkeeper of Tuskegee institute, i and one cf Booker Washington's right ■ I hand men. was sent to jail this morning i for -1 months for stealing a bicycle from i a negro gm-st of the True Reformers ] Loti I. Li Jack on ward. Cart-r. before he could bo arrested, suc i c.-ssfnliy fought off Detective Gibson and escaped, and later fought both Gibson ; and Chief of Detectives Tomlinson. In th so two tights Carter displayed i more than well Hi- advantages of train- j ing in the gymnasium. Gibson ran into him in a pawn shop, trying to get rid of a. stolen wheel. He arrested him. recog- I nizing him as a negro wanted in New port News for theft. Then the fight be- ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1903. stantlal-the ornamental gewgaws of life, ana tne useiui. •-j do not know how it may be with other normein menus of the negro, but t have faith in the nonor and sincerity of toe respectable wrnie people ot tn-. soutn in lueir relations won tne negro and his improvement and veil being. 1 hey do not believe in tne social equality or the races aid tney mage no lalse 1 pretense In regard to it. 1 nat mis uoes not grow out ot Hatred ot me negro is ; very plain. it. seems to rne that llieie ; is abundant sentiment ami abundant be- I aavior among Hie soutnern wanes i”- , ward tlie negroes t > in.iae ns doubt tt*3 Justice of cnarging tms d- njal ot so . :.il equality to pri juuiee. as we usually understand the wont. Perhaps II is born ot sometbing so mu h deepc.' and mole : imperious tnun prejudice as to amount Ito a racial instlt it. Whatever it Is, let I us remember that it has condorfed the I liegt 's share in the humiliation and I s;i" ;of ibe whit.- men of tlie soutn I during th-- saturnalia oi reconstruction ’ days, .ind ii.i- allowed a kindly feeling tor the negro to serve the time wnen | tlie south was deluged by a perilous fl ”>.| of Indis riminate, unintelligent and l blind negro sutTrage. Wiiatev.-r it is, let I us try to be tolerant and considerate of j the feelings and even the prejudice of racial instinct of our white fellow coun ' uymen of Hie south, jvho, in tlie solu . Hou of tne negro problem, must, amid I th-ir own surroundings, 1.-ar the. heat ot ■ the liny and Stagg r under the weight of the white man's burden. I "I'i-tc ai-. howev’-r, considerations r-- . later! to lids feature of Hi.- negro ques i ti”n whi h may be regarded as more in ' kc. ping witli tlie objects and purposes of I this occasion. : "As friends of the negro, fully believ i ing In the possibility of his improve ment and iidvancement, and .sincerely ami ’ confidently laboring to that end. it is ! folly for i”. to ignore tile import.m.-e of the ungriulif! ng cooperation on Hie I part of the white people of the south jin tbi- work Labor as we will, those wiio do Hie lifting of the weight must be those who stand next to It. This coop i-ration cannot be forced; nor can It be I gained by gratuitously running countor ;to 'irmly tix-d and tenaciously held ’ southern id-as. or oven prejudices. We I are not brought to the point of doing or iverlooking . vil tii.it good may come v. c.i n-- u.-.i -i*—d upon th*’ theory that before reaching th- stage whore we may be directly and practically confronted witli tlie question of the negro’s full en ; j.ivmcnt of civic advantages or even of I all his politiea! privileges There are im mediately before us and around us ques ! tions: dcmand'ng our immediate care and ’in dealing effectively with these, we can confidently rely upon tlie en-'otiragi - ; :u-nt and assistance of ex-cry thoughtful I nud patriotic citizen of the land- whor l-ver lie may live, and whatever may be ■ hi.* ideas or predilections concerning the moi-r remote phases of Hie negro prnb- ■ iem. The Pressing Question. 1 ••'l'l • --e questions flia: are so immedialc- 1 ■* -sing Isixo to do witli t!:-- practical . ii-ic.ition of the negro, and especially with fitting him to compete v. ith ids white ti. iplil-■•: in gaining a decent, respecta ble and ri-munorative livelihood. Booker Washington, in speaking of th- condi- ■ lions and needs of his race, has v iseiy I said: , " It Is at the bottom of life we must I t.-iria. nd not at the top. Nor should we ii . :unit o-.ir grievances Io overshadow I our opportunities.’ "in summing up the whole matter, there ; is on.- thing of which we can be absolute i y and unreservedly certain. When we aid ■ Tuskegee institute and agencies like it. [ striving for the mental and manual . dttca- I l’ ui of t ’i.' negro at th- south, W" are m ’-very point of view rendering him the best po; 5i1.1.? service. Whatever may be bis ultimate destiny, we ,-ir- thus helping to fl: him for filling his place and bear ing its responsibilities. We arc- sowing well in th- -oil nt 'tlie bottom of life’ the ” .of the Ida.-k man's dev-lopm* nt ~n 1 ’ ’>■•: 'i:i- ss. I'hos ...la will not uV but will rmt and grow; and if it be within the wise piirp .roof God. Hie hardened riirfai-e of no outward sentiment or pr. ju • li<’ can p””.-mit tile 11’11 Hing fill-til of the bind- and plant of the negro's appointed opporlunity into the bright sunlight of a I Cloudless d.-iy " 1 "~— I gan. Gibson was unable to get his stick I from its eas,. the young college-bred i -pro kept mm too busy. He was up I against, f. r Hie first time in his life, the i hi.en-r education in th- negro. ; Gibson and Tomlinson finally traced ' 1 ■ •" G-nn-x c t0..-i -co f-n-torx. The | oiperlnt.-ndent called him from work and • orought. him into the room with the d-tecuves Gibson had the handcuffs ; on mm before Iv could g„ t , . guard. Rut handcuffs did not seem to hotner him much COTTON GOES SKYHIGH. New High Record for May and July Options. I N-w York, April n.-N-w high prices | for M.iy and July cotton were recorded on Ibe local exchange today. May went | to 10.15 and July, which was really the I leader of the market, sold as high as • 10.11. Other options advanced from 1 to ; 3 points. The early strength was due tn active bull support, no jess than to short. i covering. Tn the second hour there cnni another sharp rise, in which May ad vanccd tn 10.52 and July 10.12. N„ S p w .' iflc I news ae.•<>nip:ins•?<1 the movement, am] l tlie advance seemed to result largely I from further short covering. , During tho early part of the session I sentiment was really bearish, chiefly bc i cause of the weather and general crop I conditions i In the last half hour May cotton touch- I ed 10.63 and July 10.20, the record prices. I it was und-rstood on the exchange that Wall stro t ixa.-i a Iv-avy buyer of July for short a count. The bull leader sup ported May during the entire session. May and July cotton sold off j n ( | ia early afternoon, and there was consider able protit-taking. Just, before the close ' fresh orders came in and prices advanced 1 to the highest level of tlie day. May sold up to 10.03 and July to 10.20. I witli niucli covering by shorts. I TraJing in Hie options other than May I anil July was light .-.nd had practically no I bearing upon tlie day's operations. Tho I closing was steady at declines from the top. Sales aggregated about 250,000 bales. i * I I i / 1 • iy - * • F/y - -WOO. ’• -- " ’ a ') 'v " ' - • <- * y /4-"\/1 ili /. ' ° • -■ i ? a x ~x' .M-’-t t I - i I • 4 1 • T • THE MAX WITH THE HOE: “Why Can’t That Bull Do Business in the EaH Instead of in the spring?'’ • A A A A A sk. a. A . . n-. .<». o > . a »x .ex r A a-A « •••A•••fl ••■ A • O• •• CL* • tfr •e•A •a- Q 1•fl• •> r> .a. T* .•. fi .a. (» ■ Ju « A r 9 t * * 3 « fl • ® > 9 9 * 9 • .• e «- *• 9-9-9 © •••« o © •©.*••• COMPARED NEGROES I TOCURDOGS. Baldwin's Statement Called to Atten tion of War Department and Reprimand Will Follow—Bald win Was Stationed at Fort McPherson. ■ Washington. D. C.. April 14.—(Special.) Because he compared Hie negro as a ' soldier to the l-'llipino and gave some what unique reasons for liking both in that cap. city, I’rii.-.idler General Frank I>. Baldwin, formerly stationed at Fort McPherson and now lommander of the department <>f Colorado, will, it is un derstood, be called to task by the war department. General Baldwin, who has just arrived In Denver from the Philippines, has al lowed himself to be Interviewed Ex cerpts from that interview t-legraphi 1 to Washington papers have attracted the attention of his superior officers, ami General Baldwin will be tailed upon to explain. It is not so mu. ii Hint G.-n --: oral Baldwin likes Hie Filipino in the capacity as a soldier, but that lie giV'-s ; his reasons for his liking in these words: "One of tnx reasons for liking the Fili pino as a. soldier is tlie same that, glv- « me a preference forth” negro in the same capacty— In a tight I am not wor j ried about his s ifety, as it do-s not make any difference wh- ther he g‘ >s killed -r not. There is nothing more to it. If a person owns a thoroughbred or f»i’.l- THE PORT I RECEIPTS CONTEST This Contest Has Been In Progress Since January 20th and Closes To day April 20th. ‘ All estimates .nailed and bearing post ’ mark today that reach us by April 25 wid ; be du j y recorded, all conditions of contest having been met by Hie contestant. The $10,OX) deposited in the Atlanta national bank to m-et our obligations to contestants will remain intact, awaiting the result of the contest. immediately after May 1. the date on which tile port Receipts, so far as this ■ contest is concerned, will close. Secre ; tary tester, of th- New Orleans Cotton ' Exchange, will furnish us the offii-t.il 1 figures to decide the matter. His report through Friday, April 17, shows th- port reexdpts to be 7.221.9Gtj. 1 What tin- next two weeks wili bring forth l no one knows, nor can know. This period I protects all estimates now of file and record in the contest. Due announcement will be made of tho result. THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. a <>.»...< «.q ,O f O-’•» >» . »e • -•- ' blooded dog. is it not natural Hint he ' should prefer to hive the cur killed be- , fore tlie other?" When prominent negro politicians in • Washington saw this rep n ted interview ! they lost no time in telephoning the wav : department. It seems that their qu•■«- I tioning had been expected by lh- offleia s ' and steps had already been taken to a- ■ ertain from General Baldwin whether i he said it or did not. ; On tills subject oi th- merits or de i merits of the . egro as a soldier tlie pres | ent administration is very tender. Prom ! iii-m negro republican office holders re j call that at tlie time l’r. si.cnt Roos-- | velt's book upon Hie Cuban campaign ; appeared lie was severely . ritlclsed by , ; the cx>l”r-d pr-ss for what w.-re assorted i to be mtsslat’-m-nts concerning tin col- { I ored troops, which served, and. It is said. i saved th- Rough Riders. One episode , I described bv the then colonel of the] ■ Rough Riders made then particularly I | angry, because it put th- wiiter in the ; ] attitude of preventing the retreat of vol- ; . oi. d soldiers at a eritie.-H time, when th- ) . officers commanding Hi.---, ni- n asserted I that the circumstances were entirely dis- I ' f erent from the statement made. ; So strong was tlie .-inf.(*athy th- a felt ’ 'by th- n.-g’.-s for Colon-1 Roosevelt tnat ' it.’ is elainT-d they had determined to op- I ; pose iiis reelei Hon to tlie New York gov- : • ernor-ilip to -i man. and that Hie only * . tiling that sax.-d him from defeat was | | his sudden demotion to Hie vie- presl- i id* ncy N. g.o. .- who s-rved in <’ ib.-i have ; n-\-r quit- forgiven him for what they | i considered in.ivarrant-d r-tlection upon ; them and tln-lr fellows. i It is thought, that President Roosevelt • will be espcei-'llv jirompt. t > reprimand I i General Bal n. if it is found that lie I gave utterance to h sentiments as.-rib- : i .-d to him. in order t > show especial i ; friendliness a. this time. Tho reticction t . upon the Filipino do. s n it seem to worry I , anvbodx- in the administration circles. Tiie Filipino has no vote. General Baldwin Side-Stepping. D-nvcr, April 15.—General Franklin I>. i Baldwin, commander of tho department of Colorado, who has boon asked by the war department at Washington to ex plain an interview in tiiis city recently in wlii.-Ii lie xvas quoted as speaking dis paragingly of the negro as a soldi, r, said that ids statements were misunder stood. In an interview tlie general is i credited with the following statement: T'he inference from th? interview in j I question by which 1 am made Io appear . i as disparaging the lives of tlie negro ami ( ; Filijiino soldiers is ridiculous, as my past I ’ record wi'l sustain. As to tho portion! I of th- interview relatlv- to the Filipino j i and negro soldier being disparaged, I , ’ was entirely misquoted, for the wording] . was of the harshest character. What l ' i intended to say was to express an en ! tlrely opposite sentiment as to my feel- I ing.-' regarding the Filipino and negro! ; soldier. ! ; "I class both as second only to the ■ I American soldier ami 1 would venture ■ , any military enterprise with either one of ] ' those nationalities. BRYAN THE GUEST OF INGALLS. , In Both Campaigns Ohio Man Fought the Nebraskan. I Cincinnati. April 17.—Considerable stir ’ ' was caused In local political circles today ] 1 by Colonel William Jennings Bryan being j I the guest at tlie Queen City Club of ' ■ Melville E. Ingalls, president of th. Big I I Four railway, ’’resident Ingalls was one I -of Hie most prominent of tlie so-called I gold democrats in both of tlie Bryan I ! presidential campaigns, ami many of tho - ! Bryan democrats ar- imported a- not i supporting Ingalls here for mayor last i week. While Colonel Bryan Is here to fill a lecture engagement his luncheon with I’residnet. Ingalls and meeting other | so-called "gold democrats" was the sea- ture of the day. * • • o «.s o-e-O-v-O 9 -O • UDO THE FUME OFi I JEFFERSON, Celebration of the 16th Anniver sary of Jefferson's Birth—Speech es Are Made by Senator Hoar. Charles Emory Smith and Bryan. I Washington, April 13. Senat r Hoar j I mid Governor Montague, of Virginia, tor 1 m- . I’ostm.'- t-T Gener; I Chari”.- lama \ , i Smith, of i’hllml. iphia, and W. .1 Uryrni ] w. r< tlie principal sp-akers ai a dium I given ai th- H”t..-1 Barto-.i t-nhlit uml. . tin- auspices of the Thomas Jeff, r-.n ; ' M-mo.-al Association, in ’•.-1-bration of ] the on- hundred and sixtieth annivers.-i:x I of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Thomas i Nelson Page was toastmaster Th dii - : ner was not of a [>oliH-al chara.-t. r. i I Senator Hom responded to the I .mt. | ] "The Author of tlie Declaratixin of In- > i depend, m- Senator Hoar on Jefferson. : He spoke in part as follows: ; ••!.' w.. want i sure pi”of ..f Phoma- : i the^neV' .".'ry " x .-.i mi x ‘ ,'d I ! political opinion, however far asunder. i find confirmation of tin :r do -trim- in I • him. Every party in this country todav | reckons Jefferson ;•- its patr >n saint 1.. | the late dis< u-Sion which rent th 1 try about the Philippine isl rnds on one ; side quoted what Mr Jefferson said In th- ■ i i.-.-l,iraH.’t- ol Jnd< nd . • and other what they thought lie did in th acquisition of Ixiuisimia. "The. supporter of a protective taritt claims him as the highest jiroteeii-nis. m <i:ir history. 'I h.- free trader mn.iitatr-' that the spirit of ex’-rythlng h- said and everything he did leach the doctrine unlimiti ■! freedom in a'i human . ondm-t. except so far as may be n—dl.l,l forth restraint of actual crime.’’ Speaking of Jefferson's confidence i: ! th- rm . ess of tli- right principles. Mr. i Hoar said: I "More than any other statesman down I to his time more than any oilier states | man I < an Hunk of save Lincoln alor.e I he had a steadfast and abiding faith in | justice, righteousness ami liberty is ti.-- j prevailing and abiding fore, s in Hi- . on | duct of states, and that justic. and I righteousness were sure to prevail where i any iit-ople bear rule in p< rs.-ct liberty. ! L'pon this doctrine as on a corner stone. i he laid til- foundation of the republic." Smith on the Louisiana Purchase. Charles Emory Smith responded to I “The Louisiana Purchase." speaking in I I part as follows. ■ "The purchase of the Louisiana terri- ; tory was by common consent, the. su- I preme act of Thomas Jefferson's admin- • istration as president. Then- are thr-e j master facts upon xvliieh his i-mliu-ing fame chiefly r-sts. First, he was the ; author of the Declaration of Indepem:- : I ence. Second, he was the founder and - I leader of a party and s-liool of poiiti-.il ; | thought which, under various name-.-, has > ] divided tlie nation from its l>- ginning t - I l ihe present time. Third, he mac- the I | Louisiana purchase. | “The honor which belongs t- Jefferson i I is greater than that of 'imply having ' | ’.-.een the pr-sid-nt under whom tin- pm- i : chase was made. He was t’ae father of ! i the vital policy which brought that sj.len- ‘ did culmina.tion. The cru-ial nec’ssity i which led up to the Louisiana acquisi- I tion was the free navigation of th- Mis- i sissippi. "It has often been urged that in this { 1 great acquisition—the most important act 1 PRICE: FIVE CENTS. -O •• O-o's • in all our history between the adoption of the constitution and tj:-- civil «nr — Jeff.rsiin was im■■ msisten 1 with his prin ciple-- ;.: d professions. | l; . great public emergene.' lie d. part- <1 fr-T.i les g<n”r.-iI theory of inK-!-,.relation and in <l. ins s he*did a transcend hip imi achieved inealeula a tage for the republic/’ Bryan on Religious Freedom. MBrian, who was tin last speaker on the programme, address.'; bims.-if to "The Statub for Religion ■- Freedom.” He concluded as follows. ‘'To Jefferson the doerrine ‘ speech and freedom of opiiii.iu applied t • etorythidg br.-.-i :>«<•• h< rigbl'.'. sad ■■> • 1 that no censorship of ..pinion couli be permitted that would n■: '■■■ mor- d.--:’:- gerous to truth than to er- • Jeffers -:i I re,-agnized tii.it ; lie Christian r>. lipr.- " rested nnon love and that the ' 'TV I:!it ite.-is of violence and of brute fore. . it is w- / reno-mb. - tli.i’ t:?> I >"clur.t‘ion of I'id.-p-nd.Ps.-.f upon tii? star > fonnd.i:ion which san ports our religion, immelv, ■ .] threw who tb ti- the do.•!:■::••■■ of h'lm.in broti;.*r 'r'ol ire not ant hi r -sp.-el tie ; rood Ilf O'o "er I' hiO r;cl i‘ ■ ? ' • I. I■i -. ' .'a Pt -.- | .-nil.oci. d ie she I li..' ■ ■ -I - t ‘-nee and the constitution of ;v,.. United I "Jefferson was I 1.-ip-'v-n ’ . ’ i -t■ \ . It, ' . ■ ■. J is t|-:- rights of I ■’.■. ri ? ■ l-'rge . -,..ngh - i-> i. , He li 'cd ■ ■ ' ■ it . ■ . ...i ilso'r p. ( rc; -. o p’ 7’ d H ’»>' ied ' c d : ■ • . ... ' l .-'I •. IS " The ofli'-r sr-.r-ulo-rs v Aml,-.--w V Lips 'omb ‘ ’ ff< \P- mor'i! Ai-so. ii'i'in; ’ P -fl? ‘ Hrmrv Xeodha m. of i I nml'fa ■c ■ ■ r ’J. ' f Tim ns a p r of-- ~f t; ? Pda.-- - t.ion:” Rev. J Stafford. "J. ff. ■- ii-J lt.irain Rights." j .'i-wr:.?: \ J. Montagne. of Virgi : ? - ft Citizen of the </on.-m<.. : -.v0. l uh of V!r ginia.” FOES OF TREATY NUMEROUS Colombians Will Make Effort Tc De feat Canal Convention. Washington. April 17 I >r. 7 "nomns Hirran. th? ColomUm !i • d'affaires here, said todav wi'li a the prospects for the ralite-a.? ■ :'?■ al treaty b.v the Cn'nmhian congress.- "rhe advi-es rec iced ftoni i.g.-.tfl through privet., sources are .; rd.-,i e-n tradiclory. They sb w i-?■ ..,o scion '■> the tr.-aty to bo quit str 'tig, but io not. state who .-ire leading ti - o position. 1 have received no ofiieial is forma', i-m to indicate what are the pros?"?-- for tiio success op failure of the t ri iiy. I do not know th..' e?. iet d:.t- w's n ‘-mgro.?' win be convened, ex... tb :: ■ .utaiie-.I in earlier adv!< es that it wo tld bt aJ stmbled alc>:t 1. ;■’; matters ■> come before th, sio-inl seiscm is tins canal treaty and the .) ie.-'i.Ti of reor ganizing tl’.e fiiances of th' government." i Panama Treaty May Be Defeated. j I.ondon. April 15 A private cable dis patch from llogoin, Colombia, received her,,, today s.i s that the ratifleation of the United State- l dombi.in Panama : canal treat.' ’s xlr. n. iy doubtful. * I "Bob” Fitzsimmons' Wife Dead. : N< w York. Aiv il 17 Airs. Robert l-’iiz- I Simmons, wit" of th. former champion i heavyweight pugilist, died tod-'y at her ■ home in Brooklyn. She had been ill for I several days with typhoid pneumonia. * There Is No Lottery There. Washington. April 13. The Mexican am nssador has informed the state de partment that tickets are being sold in this country for a lottery said to be. In San I.uis P. tosi. Mexie . where the im bassador says there Is no lottery.