Broad Ax, The (Newspaper) - April 2, 1898, Salt Lake City, Utah IT is ERROR ALONE WHICH THE CAN BT ITSELF q THE ETERNAL WE SHALL SEE WHO IS GOING TO THE MONEY POWER ORTHE ANDREW HEW TO THE VOL. SALT LAKE APRIL 2, 1898. No. 32 OUR Of the and the Future of the American by D. W. A M D THE NEGRO AND HIS The Hon. Thomas B. Reed of when it was flashed all over the world the morning atter the congressional election of 1895, that the great statesman of Maine had succeeded in winning a signal tory there was great rejoicing m the Republican the members of our race could not find sufficient words to give expression to their feelings over the re-election of the Hon. Thomas B. The distinguished leader of his the present speaker of the House of returned to the national capital amid the blare of trumpets and all the of glorious war and and beautiful bouquets were showered upon him because he had succeeded in triumphing over his Democratic On or about the 21st of Decem 1895, all the leading of the mm made great preparations tc give that honorable gentleman a grand invitations were lent out in all directions and they all anticipated that he would grace the occasion with his presence and address them upon the subject mob and lynch But none of its cowardly delegates had the courage to make the slightest re- ference to the unmerited and con- treatment which was accorded to all negroes who were delegates to that great When the campaign of was at its height ex-President Harrison journeyed to for the purpose of addressing the Re- publicans of that But he was not in favor of permitting any There is another fact which our BLACK friend must not fail to take into i WE were highly delighted when namely that Richard formerly of who became Vice President of the married a beautiful negro So we would advise you colonel to cease from railing against the negro because it might be ing to your orthodox and negro to occupy a seat on the that Black Patti of Troubadours it was announced and her troupe would make their appearance at the Salt Lake Theatre and we gave her and the troupe several com- But we were greatly astonished when both the sunday papers of March 20th an- to the world that there ZANE ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS Deseret National Bank Bldg. ELLIS ELLIS Rooms 512 to 515 Progress then he might pronounce a curse would be a cake buck dances platform with standing the fact that 80 per cent of the Republican vote of that state s composed of James A Mount was electee of Indiana in 1896, am the majority of the members of ou race residing in that state The negroes felt highly elated over the election of their Republican but they felt greatly mortified when Governor Mount informed them that he would not permit the two negro militia companies to become a part of the state guard ot that neither is there one negro employed m any capacity in the state capital of United States Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York never gives any negro the slightest but the Senator naturally concludes that ic is the duty of all upon and cause you to become as black as the ace of It has been admitted by many biblical students that your God is a gigantic personage with a broad and We then and there resolved that under no consideration w we permit oui selves to witness such degrading and demoralizing FERGUSON ATTORNEYS Rooms 304-5-6 7 Templeton Wholesalers and Retailers ot ETC 213 SOUTH MAIN SALT LAKE retreating forehead and performances and the tickets which wide mouth and thick brained and kinkey hair and with a complexion as dark as Assuming that this is then it necessarily follows that all persons we had secured we gave away and sincerely regretted that we gave Patti any publicity through the columns of the Hroad We are unalterably opposed to W. Attorney and Private legal advisor Rooms 303 and 305 McCornick Salt Lake H. L Mining Litigation a Specialty Nos 81 and 82 Commercial National R. K. Thomas Dry The Waverly Bicycle only Oliver R. 29 E. First South St. Trunk and Bicycle Attorney at Law A the Peace Rooms 35-36 Salt Lait City will have to be transformed into i minstrel shows and cake and j little black angels before they can j we have never minstrel enter the kingdom of negroes to affiliate publican party with the Re- the commander-in-chief of the army and navy the right to protect an American citizen at home and abroad with the army ana navy of the United But all of them were astounded and almost struck dumb with amazement when they that he would not condescend to appear at the reception to address them upon that theme nor upon any other subject the chairman of the local approached most of the other great leaders of the can party but none of them would consent to appear at the reception hall and address the ter they had been insulted by all of their supposed friends they were puzzled for a few then it occurred to several members of the committee that possibly they could persuade some member of the Democratic party to address The chairman and his associates waited upon Congressman Benton McMillin of Dr. if yon and your friends conscientiously believe that all those gentlemen whom we have recently referred to have proven themselves to be the best and est friends of the then we cannot refrain from exclaiming in the language of Allah and his guarding angels prevent us from falling into the hands of our be THE MEETING OF THE DEM LEADERS OF UTAH ON March 28, a of the prominent and influential leaders of our assembled at the Knutsford Hotel for the purpose of paying their respects to Senator Stephen M. White of who is the chairman of the Democratic con- gressional campaign The main object of the ence was to discuss the advisability C. M. Attorney at Lait and of the Const Rooms 209 210, Bldg. Thomas Marshall Jonathan C Hoyle ld B ATTORNEY 125 S Main Street AT LAW Salt Like City performance nor a cake and I as long as we retain our senses we never because they are both degenerating and they ably tend to lower every negro in Royle the estimation of the opposite They serve as a means of ment to the vicious and immoral of other races who are rather in- to encourage negroes to make monkeys of We have never experienced any HENRY Room 520 Dooly Salt Lake City of fusing or uniting the list party and those call themselves free Republicans with the THE COL. NOBLE has had a severe attack of Tennessee and when they ed that great Democratic leader with their errand he very ly consented to address them atd their It does seem to all ed persons that all negroes should have been ia favor of repudiating In the last issue of the Bee he made an extraordinary effort to convince its perusers that all negroes are utterly incapable of acquiring the art of singing tic selections or classical If Colonel understood music thoroughly himself and if he was familiar with the educated then his opinion might be worthy of a little But as it it is not worth the paper which it is written The Col. is firmly of the that the hundredth part of an who silver But it seemed to be almost the unanimous opinion of all who were present that it would be political suicide for our party to surrender its organization at the present time as it would re- quire a vast amount of labor to re- organize and get it in good fighting trim and condition be- tween now and 1900. All those present expressed a great willingness to extend a warm invitation to those who are in favor of free silver to join hands with the Democratic party and help to assist in furthering the cause which is so dear to the hearts of the people of It was very gratifying to note that the party leaders would be more than willing to accord representation to those who have heretofore affiliated with other If they would at- tend the county and in coming in contact with black and white monkeys every day of our life without at- ending a theater or public place of amusement to observe We hate with all the intensity of our being all negroes who will for the sake of acquiring money mit themselves to be exhibited by their white managers for the cial purpose of furnishing ludicrous amusement for the gaping and to the debasement of the They seem to lose sight of the fact that they are placing a club in the hands of the vile and vicious whites and their newspaper editors to beat all negroes over the The negro race can never progress or raise themselves in the estimation of the Anglo Saxon race as long as they pate or lend their presence or countenance these performances which are worse than We heard black Patti when she made her debut in Chicago in 1894. At that time see was the prima ion ounce of to poison negro blood is sufficient all the members of the the Anglo-Saxon race in If this proposition is true then it naturally occurs to us that the the great of Maine after he had insulted the negro leaders of his hut snch was not the case when arrived to select to the Republican national convention jn 'the Republican city of St. June all the self constituted leaders of our race labored incessantly for the nomination of Thomas B. they claiming that to other Moses possessed the requisite tions to lead the negro face out of the the adjourned it passed male members of the Anglo-Saxon race ought to have entertained a great horror of being poisoned to death while they have been engaged in ruining and debauching the tat suca beM of the time had rf state conventions chances with the and take their other adherents Attorney at Law and Notary Room 8, Commercial STRAUP AND Attorneys and EAGLE SALT LAKE CITY A magnificent eml n i the latest deigns of 13eds in win r cream brown a 1< and on CO ors lir lirds ol exquisite design ind beaut ul ship Will be pleased to It signs for Brass Bed r t Bed range in price to oo H. 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Gives them to then fm Diy Goods and 1 Supp 28 MAIN It will not do for the editor the Bee to ignore the fact that Motes who and talked with the gods and whom we are taught to look upon as the great married a coal-black and it is said that the gods the sister of Moses and caused her to become as snow be- cause she criticised her brother for becoming united in the holy of matrimony with a negro to the free silver The Democratic party does not require or exact a long service be- fore it will permit its new bers to enjoy all the But the last is entitled to occupy a minent seat at the banquet When the last speaker had ished Senator White arose and made some very appropriate re- marks and thanked the gentlemen present for the cordial manner in which he bad been The editor of the X Ray of Ogden intimated a few weeks ago that none of the leaders of the cratic party of this state would en- dorse the position which the Broad Ax had taken on the fusion but Monday's meeting is conclusive proof that Brother Smith does not know any more the Democratic and the performances were lutely free of all objectionable And all the great daily newspapers of Chicago lauded her to the skies and sounded her praises from ocean to and unlike the papers of our city they did not se the word darky or or pell negro with a double ver they had any occasion to re- to Black The Salt Lake Herald and all other negro hating sheets copy about party Utah than a pig about TUB NO. 62 WEST SECOND SOUTH 3T. 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