The Topeka Plaindealer from Topeka, Kansas • 1

'f THE TOPEKA PLAINOEALER, 1 NUMBER VOLUME II. TOl'BKA. KANSAS. FRIDAY U0RN1N8. JANUAliY IS, 1907.

If the South Accepts Gov. Vardaman's Way of Dealing With the Negro, Who Would Cultivate Her Enormous Crops of Cotton? hearts of every man, woman aad child. ANTHONY TILLMAN 11 Xne president says his case is strong in the Brownsville aiair, freen ROOSSVELT the fact that he sent a one sided in HOCH'S COMPARISON IS AN INJUSTICE! i. The Crimes of the Whites Far Exceed the Blacks They are More Brutal and Inhuman Than Negroes. vestigating committee to make a ene sided investigation and to take the TheSouth Carolina Fire-eater testimony from these whose minds were made an to swear te most any.

thing. Ihe following is a portion Brilliant Leavenworth Editor is the Right Matr to Succeed the Hon. Chas. Curtis ef Tillman speech: Condemns the President Dismissal of Negro Soldiers. Declaring that President Reeae-velt was mere responsible "khan any other Mr.

Tillman read The Ceveraer's reforest in his from order If a. 31, issued by ihe eemmitted by Negroes. A search Taa first district is new up ia War department February ltOt, and signed by the president, as Shnavor Tin tm( ef South Carolina aas surpassed President Reose veil in one thing and Ik at is that he has readied the conclusion that tae of the two institutions, the one at Lansing aad tke reformatory at Hutchinson aad one will Ind that the oolored oriminala are there message te the number ef colored erisaiaau ia tke peaitasUiary and the reformatory should net ke based on the papulation ef the; white aad president has overstepped the bounds colored people front tke Uot tkat it TIM umUtm af Mltal4 is hUf hMf. mUo Urn ta yo Itw iMiUf Ht It vi tkat In graat auJfUr aiul-aroaa tfeaao aaaiu af wSf-eMiaaW, af seU-raabalat, af ok4at at fsarUoaMis It thfMf daosw walofc pat kirn aaara awl ef alt fatlawa wha hire aat fmnmrt. atadUu prlrlHM.

Ta iMn te ilaarialaaJa acalnit through his desk. But previous Negro registers have largely permitted clerks and assistants to do whatever work there is to do, aad have rested, made speeches abroad, or simply been ornaments in the de partment. Not so with Vernon. The first thing he did was to set to. work to learn all that transpired in his bureau.

He went the roaada of the different divisions and talked with clerks as to their duties. Now he knows just what is done ia his off oe and has made some ohanges that are creditable. All this has bee a observed by tke treasury department oSoials. Of coarse there is time for Dr. Vernon to go out and make addres tt.

Tke register ef tke treasury, usually a Nsgro, is generally an efiolal wke is bright, oapable, and able to go forth and speak to the race with noma samklan of authority; la otker words, to take messages from tke national administration. This ia wkat Dr. Vexaoa kas been doing to a eauiderakle extent since ke enttrea efiee seven months ago. Ia tke last eampfcbjra also was a useful man, particularly la Kaasas. Bat tke point ta all tkis is, tkat Dr.

Vernen kas no congressional ambition and is jast as modest a maa ac he was Were kc seoured kis present a Sea, witk wkiak he Is akuadaatly satiated, aad seourinj which, and its attendant difioalties, ke greatly appreciates. htft la tar war Utorallf tttvmf tt II ta rsftUlr uaa af tka mt atrlaa ttat wklah arms aad fall ef exsitemeat, Tint aad push in search ef a eaadidatc for congressman to succeed IT. I. Senator OurtU, wke has served tkia district in the lower keuse at Washington for tke past fourteen years. After beatiag tke kushes for tke past tkree or four days, tke voters have auooeded ia reuuding cat of thekrusk at least a deeaa candidates who are wiUing tt aerve tke people ot tke First dlstrist ia tke kills of Congress.

The eae most favorably spokea of, ani wke will ia all prob om aa ONMlUal tlil Ska staWUtr ana kis constitutional riguts is discharging the soldiers at Brownsville, Ttmi. This id something unusl for a aniocrat who is on of the rakid supowters of secession, who for years has espoused the rights of the iost cause aad jistified the Soatk in nullifying the constitution. Now, Mr. Roosevelt, wko was ior tka preservation of tke Union, and raataaw at oar atla, "That is the milk: taa cocoa-nut," ejaonlated Mr. Tillman, who said it was this "sort ef staff" that pat into the head of the Negro sol dier that he was entitled te osmaad sooial eqnality.

mostly for petty tkeiving some-tking to eat or a few ololkes to keep tkeaa from hunger and the white man has deoreed to keep the Negre oa starvation wages. lis does net think tke Negre is entitled te mere than $1. 19 per day to feed himself and family wkleb. rangea from five to twelve. Oa she ether head, tke average ping white maa never receives less than lit a montk, yet this does not stop him from forging checks, wrecking hanks and trains and murdering kis own fatker, mother aad sisters te get held property aad life iasuraaoe.

A wkite boy is seldom brought before the courts for petty efeases. It is always settled en tke quiet for the sake ef his prreats whe are "respectable," aad te kelp matters along, the offender la given a good position. If they were dealt witk in tke sime manner as whose sy mpatky was oa the aid of At this point Mr. Tillman was is impossible fera while maa to eommit a crime in this oeuntry baeiuie a premium has been placed upoa that oeler, aad every white person is ecaltel ia tke kigkst as te honesty and integrity when compared with tke Negro. Tkerefore tke opportunity tkat a wkite maa as over a Negre from tke fact of kis being wkite, and set up as a model race for etkers te follow.

It ia unfair for tke Geverner te compare orime between tke raoes. Had ke compared tke enormity aad tka keiaouaaeas of crimes committed by tke two raoes, he would lad tkat tke wkite maa kas tke most atreoieus and brutal crimes ia tke aanals ef kiatory, ekalked up to kis credit. No Negre ia ail tka kistery ef orime in Kansas aan even be interrupted far the first time, Mr. ability auetead Mr. Curtis is tkat Nelson asking: "Would yen deny these privileges te white soldiers? undaunted aad matchless kere, aad statesman, D.

It. Anthcny, THII1UISLS TILLMAN. "I will go ac far as any nun in editor ef tke Leaveawertk Tinaea, giving white men, either soldiers or Leaveawortk, whose ances eitinens, their rights, answered Mr. Tillman. tors for tke past two generation were abelittoaiau and wke recked 'Why skenld net the colored sol dier, if ke conducted himself as a tke cradle ef liberty ameag tke wkite soldier, have the same consideration?" persisted Mr.

Nelson. early settlera af Kaasaa and fenad- PASSING OF RABBI KAPLAN 'For the simple reason that iod are Negroes, tka Governor would compared witk or eeual Willie ers of Leavenworth, le is a krigkt ke called upon te reoommend aa energetic, keicct aad upright yeunr Almighty made kirn oelered. He did not make kirn white," retorted Mr. Tillaa, wke added that oaste feeling was universal; that it pal-, Sell, wke at tke age of siuteeu murdered kis fatker, metker and appropriation te enlarge the insti man aad if teat te Congress aeitkor sated even in the bosom of tke Sen one or two bretkers; Jokn Collins, convicted of murdering kis own fatker as ke lay sleeping; Emmet ator from Minn neseta Mr. Nelson.

tutions at Laasiag ani Hutahinsenl It mikes na difference kow well qualified a Negro may be the wkite maa will not give him a a Following a colloquy with Sena Dal ton, murderer and bank robbe tka rights of naaakiad and the iplift efthe constitution, had aucesters oa oae side who war seecssioalsts aad oa the other side they were abolitionists; therefore Mr. Roosevelt a hi mother's side is a secessionist aad oa the side of his fathar, a Union-isi. So he can very conscientiously aad conveniently have Mr. Till wan agree with hint at times aad at other times tie can disagree, a hi has th proper qualifications to ride two horaes at ooca. In the past few days the president has been overcome by another spell.

Ma has now discovered that he made a mistake in ordering that the dis-missed soldiers of the Twenty fifth iafaatrf should he forever barred fram holding positions in the civil service. This he says was wrong and he has rescinded that portion of his order. Now we think that this is tka first time that a president of the United States, wko has been declared one of the greatest statesmen the day, has, alter making an order of that character, been made to recoosiderit and come before the people and acknowledge that he overstepped his constitutional authority. This is the first president and the first statesman who has gone down in history as haviagcemmitted sack an act, The American people have idol ized Roosevelt as a muter statesman aad the man who never made a mis tor Culberson on kis position as to the president's authority nnder the Jessie Morrison, wko weat into a Tke rabbi wke ca Saturday night stepped down aad eat, after his infamens article against the whole Senthcrn people ban keen called to public attention by The Citizen, may kc used to paint a moral if not te adern a talc. Mr.

Kaplan claimed to be a Jew; from kis eenrsa in tkia oenununity ke was an lshmaalita kis hand being against every man. A year ago it will ke remembered, ke published artioles of war te diioharge tke sol, neighbor's house aad deliberately diers, Mr Tillman remarked that neae of th Negroes discharged murdered her; tke blood tkiraty Stafeibaoke, iakuman lends wko murdered scores ef people. Has wonld return to 1 exas. hi nuianvKS Ataox minoo. tke Governor ever thougkt of this? "One of them" he oontinned, "that We oould name naany mere suck famens Sergeant Miapo Sanders comes from Senth" Carolina.

I wonld like to meet Mingo and shake rimes Joommitted by young while montk job; therefore the Qov ernor's citation orimiavolegy among the Negroes ef Kansas should be given a thorough consideration by himself aad tke white people of this state, and when (key kave ascertained tke causes and tke enormity of Ike crimes, tkey will find tkat one orime oemmitted ky a single wkite man will eioeed the orimes of a dozen Negroes eoafined ia these institutions. So tke per oent. af crime as indioated in the Governor's message is net fair aad is aa iajuatioe te the raie. Kansans, who as criminals make the Negro pale into insiguifloaaoe, his hand. Bat he is not going back to South Carolina." an article in wkiak kc arraigned the clergy of this city as Ignoramuses and kypoerits.

This was overlooked as tke vain vaporing of a mind diseased ky tka iafeation ef its own overweening self-conceit. But i and so im pares tke sigit of tke 'Why not?" interrupted Se nator Foraker. white man that he oan only sea the the peeplcef the First district aer the American people will ever kave aaythiag te regret, kit tkey aad their descendants will have the pleasure ef enjoying same ef tke blessings ef tke geed laws tkat he will introduce aad have passed. Mr. Anthony is a conservative business man, and ke will weigh and consider all prepositions that are for tke best interests ef kis aenstttneata.

The voters ef Skawacs eeiaty wko have keard ef hia candidacy are pledging themselves te bis rapport. He will continue the good work tbat has been dene ky Hen. Ckarles Curtis and tke two will work te-getkei in harmony ia Wanking ten. Let everykedy wke kelieves in good government and fair play, get the Anthony hand wagon for it is gliding by with rapid speed and those who want to be right and hear all the musie had better get in on the front seat. As usual the fellow who tags on behind is apt to be an uoyed by the bass drum.

"Beoause tke suspicion tkat might acts of some Negro, who perhaps stole a sack of ooal or a few chickens. prevail as to who really did the killing would make it mighty un uit ke confessed tkat since ke be healthy for kirn dawn there. 1 wish Now, wa will oompare the crimes it were not so, but I can't help it. If he had been disoharged honorably he oould have come down there and been the biggest man at Negro oamp meetings and receive respect gan the publication of tke ricktly se named, his chief desire seemed the provekisg ef dis eord between the members of his ocngragatioa aad the ether religious deheminaiieus ef the city. DR, VERNON take, but when ha comes out himself IS SATISFIED, ful treatment tram the whites.

AH TRET ALL KNEW, HE KA1D. Senator Tillman convulsed the Washington, L.C, Jan-T The gall ries and amused many Senators a minute later by illustrating the discrimination between the raoes iu story that Dr. William T. Vernon of Quindaro, the noted No gro orator, who is now ltegistrarar of the Treasury, is contemplating a Congressional career, and would aad admits that he has made them, we will have to infer that he is not the statesman he is reputed to be. It he overstepped the bounds of au-t ority in ordering that the soldiers could not serve the government in oivil aflairs then Low much more hae he overstepped the bounds of propriety in the dismissal of soldiers without a trial The oresident is wrong, and the American people know it Washington.

"IS egrocs are not allowed to drink at all at the bars in Washington, as you all he said. The last three words were given with great like to succeed Charles F. Soott, in the House of ltepresentatives, is so illy as scarcely to deserve mention. emphasis, and the senator waved Tet, because of its publication here Senator Foraker and that class of hishaud to include the whole senate. RICH iKRBl TO A UOOSKVELT BOOK.

NEGRO FARMERS HOLD MEETING senators who for years have been Mr. Money called attention to an fighting to uphold the constitutian of and by a Topeka morning paper asj a serious Washington there has been considerable attention given the so ry. assault case in Colorado. Mr. Patterson did not justify this, but ei- the United State and to build up this great American republic know The Bunflower Agriculturists met in their third annual session Thurs that he ia wrong and will never let Dr.

Vernon is not in the city atj plained that it occurred in a sparnoly settled section of the elate, lie indorsed the president's message condemning mob violence. Mr. in the country, the passible exception of Booker T. Wanning-ton. It is a distiaot reoognitien of the advancement of the Negre.

Dr. Vernon, has often espresed himself as above indioated; and therefore the silliness of the itary of congressional aspirations. Dr. Vernon has been very modest and anat-Huming since his preferment, lie has said tkat his desire is to hold this ofiiue for a period of four years, at least; make a good official; understand the duties af his office, keep iu lus ok witk the administration aad the ethoiala af the government; save as muck af the liberal salary as possible; go about tke oouuU as oocasieu may demand or permit, taking a mei sige to his people; keep closely associated witk kis aid school at Quindaro and with tke slate af Kansas; and thea go back to tka work for kis people and tka tpksild-ing of kis institution. Dr.

Ternan was telling a Ktnsan just tke athar day what his ambition wai, and kc mentioned theie things. The point to it all is that l)r Vernon hope ta be of assistance to his race as a ra mil of his four years at least of oflioe holding in Washington. Vernon is held in esteem and respect by oflicials of the treasury department in which he is the head of a bureau. There is no great load day and Friday of last week at Shi- up until it is so proven. present.

He is in Kentucky, mak ing some addresses. He lefthere a We flee that Texas has endorsed the president, which is conclusive loh Baptist church, C. A. Groves president and Mrs C. A.

Groves, act- Money again interrupted to quote from memory a statement in one of President a books, entitled "laugh This was the mere anuallad far kseansc iu Albuquerque, above many other plases in the world, the people of alt religious faith from the agnestie ta tha mast fanatical religioniit were living iu peace and recognition af mutaal rights, oivil, politieal, aeeial and all others. His religions diatribes were therefore not only nsnreasiary, but harmful. But when ka aMered a filthy at-task upon a whala section of our eonntry, he raaakad hii limit, and the Congregates Albert is to be eoagratulated upoa the quick and emphatic aiiur in wkiuk they task aetian. at tka eleir af the war Charles O'Genaer was asked to bring indietwaati against the lead, eii ta sccetsien, bnt ke declined, eying that ka knew not how to bnag an indietmcBt against a whole people. Mr.

Kaplan seemed able to do so. llewever, bis effort and its eonsfqufnees 4ie hardly worthy of emulation. Still, had Mr. Kaplan confined his generalization to the men of the South, it is probable that little ati tenUon would have been paid to his slanderous article; but when he included the women of the South in his effusion he passed the dead Ibe. There is one subject on which all ONTINI KDON l'A(iV; KOVII, evidence that he is wrong, for the South always endorses everything week ago.

The story was originally printed in a morning Washington paper, a njw'paper, which is making strong i ins: secretary. There was a great crowd present and everybody enjoyed the discussions of the different subject" pertaining to the advantages that is detrimental to the Negro One branch of the Southern legislt efforts to rival the well' established ture has also endorsed him. which is further evidence that he is wrong of far life. J. H.

Childers made The sooner Mr. Roosevelt realizis that he is not. the Jesus Christ who the address of welcome and J. C. Carson, one of the leading farmers of is spoken of in the second coming ing It, in which the president justified the lynching of horse thieves in the early days in Idaho.

This reference lo Idaho brought Senator Hepburn to his feet with a disclaimer that the senator was mistaken in the state. 'Perhaps I am, as the semtor is still alive," retorted Senator Money, much lo the amusement of senators and galleries. 11c at once disclaimed anything but a pleasantry in his remark, and said he would say it was Wyoming if ha did uot nee Senator Warren in his scat Mr. Warren protested thit it was not Wyoming. Vlr.

Pat ersoii said ho would name the territory were it not that he nor is he the Son of Man whom the Christian people are Inking; for, the Douglass county, responded, Of the numbers on the program aa instrumental solo by Miss Alberta Guy, and vocal solos by Mrs. J. soonr lie will be ot more service to the American people in the official Washington Post. After being) discussed here a day or two, more or less seriously, the Washington correspondent of a Topeka morning newspaper wrote an elaborate piece about Vernon's prospective candi daisy, treating it in a serious vein, and sent it to liis paper. Vernon is content with lus present job.

lie likes it. He appreciates' the desperate fight made by Senator Long and the Kansas delegation to land him. lie knows it will give him an excellent opportunity for the next four years It places him nearly at the head of noted Negroes position he now holds. The Saviour lived on earth thirty three vears to Wright and Mrs, Lizzie Brown are ving of mention. J.

G. Grovesf bring about the reformation of man kind, and it will be impossible ior a to carry in holding down the otlioe of register of the treasury. The president in just six or eight years knew that two senators would rise and proieHt. lie explained the early frontier conditions, lick of courts J. C.

Carson, Attorney of Hill City and several ether farmers discussed subjects that were interesting and entertaining. to reform the people who have had man at the head of that bureau several thousand years to think over and sparse population to justify the has responsibility of courso, and a so much evil which reigns in the methods described by the president. groat dual of important work parses.