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JW t - VOL V: NO. 176 ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AUGUST 31, WOO. PEICE 5 CENTS - . Yt.- . . ...I , ....... . .... 1 OESTREIGHER & CO We Have JUST Several Pieces of the B SKIRTINGS This Season's Buy Jng Affords, la Blacks, Double-faced and Solid Colors. Also a new shipment of the Celebrated Eagle Brand Muslin Underwear. 8ESTREIGHER&GQ 51 Patton Avenue. 11 we have it, it is the best. sXliO changing- of co? wheels o o o necessary to increase or diminish either grain or fertilizer feed. This is done "by levers which are in easy reach of the operator. Steel frame, lifting arrange ment, automatic gear arrange mentand, in fact, everything needed in a first-class drill will ht found in the HOOSIER. mmi mam co,. igu ASHEVILLE, N. C -SOUTHEAST COR. COURT SQUARE. PHONE 87. .MASSAGE AND PACKS. Treatment far: Nervous, Rheuxntl nd otl- r diseases. Srecial: Thur Brandt Massage for tfer ie Diseases; also Face Massage. PROP. EDWIN GRUNER, S. MAIN ST. TELBPHONB JQ. Gradute Chemnitz College, Germany. formerly with Oak nd Heights Sana torium.) Home or Office Treatment. Offlo our, u a. m. to 1 p.' xn. 2 to 4 -BfeV TO HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. A i Southern Railway is -preparing CO ISSUe their. TX7Mt.f A. TTma -BVM4j' giving information concerning hotel and" Jruing toouee accomodations Jong It .S S't tevaftbelr houses meaia this folder will kindly call i. ue uuy Ticket Office. No. 60 Pat - nwaveawie, where such Information w"e gladly, received; - - -rTaUadvertIsemerit is free '-to "all,' RECEIVED EST m It V AN ADDRESS BY SENATOR PRITGHARD Delivered Before the Afro American Council in In dianapolis. Why 15th Amendment Should Not be Repealed, Position the Democratic Party Occu pies Toward the Subject. The "Consent of the Governed," a Home and Abroad. LOYALTY AND PATRIOTISM OF THE AMERICAN NE-GRO-POSI-TION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN RESPECT TO THE PHILIPPINES. Indianapolis, Aug. 30. Senator J. C. Pritchard addressed the Afro American council-in tne senate cham ber today. A tremendous crowd, made up of the best brains of the colored race from all parts of the country and a large number of whites, heard him and applauded him heartily. The sub ject matter of his address was strong and logical, bold and conservative. He gave the negro race the "best sort of ad vice and they showed their apprecia tion of it by heartily applauding the strong points. He 'paid a high tri bute to the negro race for its devotion to the white master in time of war and loyalty to the -American flag in time of peace. He made a. strong appeal in defense of the McKinley administra tion. At the close of his speech he was tendered an ovation and warmly con gratulated. His speech was as fol lows: It affords me great pleasure to be with you oh this occasion and talk to you oi: a subject which concerns the welfare of the nation. We live in an age when new questions, which de mand serious consideration, are forg ing to the front, and it is our duty as American citizens to deal with them in that spirit whirih will Insure a proper solution of the issues involved. have been requested on this occasion to discuss the subject, "Why the Fif teenth Amendment Should Not Be Repealed." At first 'blush this in quiry impresses one with the idea that it is absurd to waste our time in' dis cussing a question which in " reality does not exist: that no one' who lives in a country which has a republican form of government would he willing to amend its constitution so as to abridge in the slightest degree the po litical .rights of its citizens; but when we come to consider recent events, and the position which the democratic party now oc cupies with respect to the subject we are forced to the conclusion that it is not only a grave question, but one that demands the immediate consider ation of the American people. In order that we may intelligently discuss the question at issue, it is nec essary that we should understand the purport and meaning of the fifteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. The fifteenth amend ment does not confer upon the negro the right to vote.but it prohibits the United States, or any state, from discriminating against him on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, when he undrertakes to ex ercise the rights of an American citi zen on election day. Mr. Blaine in his "Twenty eYars vf Congress," in. dis cussing this phase of the question, among other things says: "In short, suffrage hy the fifteenth amendment was "made impartial but not necessarily universal, to male citi zens above the age of 21 years." The fourteenth amendment estate lishes American citizenship upon a firm foundation, which affords the humblest citizen in this country pro tectioh against any attempts to abridge his rights Ty state law, and which forever secures to him and his descendants the fair and impartial i Valuable Mine fail Property, One hninldired acre tract on Tur key creek, containing large de posits., of ..magnetic- iron- ore. Worth rtfoe .nveegatiop, of , amr. one navrng necessary capacaa iw development!, as it possesses great ooesihillties:; Owner aoxtoos to 4 make ar QUlck1 Balei": r ; ' i tr protection of the law with respect -to all that pertains to his welfare as a human being. It has been well said that the first section, which includes these provisions, "is in fact a, new charter of liberty to the citizens of the United States." The section reads as follows: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the states wherein they, reside." Since the adoption of the foregoing the negro has been a citizen of the United States and the state wherein he resides, thereby vesting him with all the privileges, rightsrand immunities to which an American citizen is en titled, and the sole object of the fif teenth amendment is to prevent the United States, or any state, from de nying him the right to vote on account of his race or previous condition while at the same time other citizens who are .similarly situated aie permitted to vote. There is nothing in the fifteenth amendment which prohibits the states from regulating or qualifying the right of suffrage, provided there is no dis crimination against any race or class of people. In other words, the restric tions must apply alike to all races and classes. The fourteenth amendment, when first adopted, was understood to relate to the rights of the colored race alone, but it has been given a broader mean ing by the courts, especially since the decision of the famous. Slaughterhouse cases. It has now become one of . the most important provisions in our na tional constitution. Mr. Guthrie, in his lecture on the fourteenth amend ment, among other things says: From the foregoing it is clearly shown that the fourteenth amendment is relied upon as a protection not only to the colored race, but it affords equal protection to every American citizen to whom an injustice is sought to be done." Thus it will be seen that the earlier decisions deprived the fourteenth amendment of much of the scope and power which it was intended that it should possess. In view of the recent decisions of our courts I take it that no one will seriously contend that the fourteenth amendment should be re- neaied. In dealinsr with this subject we should not ignore its provision-s The Question naturally arises, whit would be the result if we were to re tain the fourteenth amendment and re peal the fifteenth amendment. To re peal the fifteenth amendment and not disturb the fourteenth amendment: would leave us with a class of citizens in the United States who would be el igible to hold any office, state or na tional, but the states would have it in their power to deny them the right to vote on account of "race, color or pre vious condition of servitude." This is one of the many absurdities involved in the proposition to repeal the fif teenth amendment. In the discussion of this subject, we are canea upon, in uie nnsi insiam.T, to decide as to whether there is any necessity for the proposed change, and if so, is the democratic party in a po sition to maintain the affirmative of the proposition. At the close of the late civil war, the southern states were n a chaotic condition, and our citizens were clamoring ror reaamissiun the union. The republican party of the. na,tion prompted by a spirit of magnan imity which has always characterized its fcmftuct in dealing- with great na tional questions., submitted to the leg islatures of the various southern states, for their ratification what is known as the Howard amendment, it gave tne negro the right of citizenship as pro vided in the fourteenth amendment, but left the states free to deal with the question tof granting him the right of suffrage, thus affording the southern npnnlp an omrortunitv to resume tneir tr x- - i- i- - former relations with the national gov ernment upon terms that were liberal and at the same time giving them an oooortunitv to deal with the suffrage question as they might deem proper At that time the democrats were in control of the several legislatures, and for some inscrutable reason the south em states, except Tennessee, voted against its ratification, and for the time being were 'denied readmission into the union. Tennessee was prompt ly readmitted to representation by res olutionv-of congress. It is erenerally admitted that the southern democrats made a fatal mis take when they rejected the Howard amendment. After it became appar ent that all overtures were to he ignor ed, and at a time when codes of law were being enacted in some of the southern states that were calculated to make the condition of the colored man more intolerable than condition bad been before he was emancipated, the republican party of the nation 'sub mitted the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the several legislatures for ratification, and after a fierce struggle they were ratified by the leg islatures of the southern states, and thereby became a part of the organic law of the nation. The democratic party of the south insists that the negro ought not t o be permitted to . vote. This position implies one lof two propositions. First, that there . is nothing in the fif teenth amendment which guarantees him against dis crimination in this particular, or that j the fif teen thyamendment is of no bina- Continued; oa third, page) . : There h been lively 'demand tor 3emm c and fTanilta-" tatety: rtfce, prefers enoe. rf curseV:la dtori-Bluief Bibbott, as the Iaares.taavteJonicd otft la'the best-: and goeitfartBen s - , V Af good . aa? any malt Vxlract aad" a nd rnnrh cheapen t the X&ng, Island i. VMaH.tl,5a -pen doz Grant's Prtrrm- ML GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES Toft Commission About to Enter Upon Its Duties MacArthur to be Executive. "Washington, Aug. 30. All arrange ments have been practically perfected by the Taft commission fkr commenc ing its duties in connection with the establishment of civil government in the Philippines. The commission will assume on September 1 all the func tions which properly belong to the! leg- slative branch of the government. It is not proposed that it shall be in su p-rente control. Major General Mac- Artmir will be the executive of the isl ands and the commission will be co ordinate just as the executive and leg islative branches of the United States are on the same plane. OVER 75 MILLIONS What the Census Shows Will Mem bership of House of Represen tatives be Increased? "Washington, Aug. 30. The census bureau announces that the count has progressed sufficiently to show a popu lation of over seventy-five millions in the United States. The counts in thir ty of the largest cities show a total lof 1S,243,315, an increase of almost 30 per cent. If the increase is maintained throughout the country it would mean a population in the neighborhood of eighty millions. Congress will have to increase the ratio of representatives, or add fifty six new members to the present mem bership of the house. LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY. At Bo-stoo RHE Boston 3 7 1 New York 5 14 2 Ten innings. Batteries: Willis and Clarke; Mercer and Grady. At Brooklyn RHE Brooklyn 14 18 2 Philadelphia 3 7 2 Batteries: Weyhing and Farrell; Dunn and MoFarland. At Pittsburg RHE Pittsbure: H 14 1 St. Louis 3 8 3 Batteries: Leever and Zfrnmer; Jones and Criger. At Chicago RHE Chicago 3 9 1 Cincinnati 3 9 3 Thirteen innings. Called on account of darkness. Batteries: Callahan and Dexter; Newton and Kehoe. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Buffalo Buffalo, 2; 'Chicago, 3. At Cleveland Cleve and. 3: Kansas City, 4. At Detroit Detroit, 11; Minneapolis, 3. At Indianapolis Indianapolis, 4; Milwaukee, 7. MINISTER WU AT CAPE MAY. Washington Aug. 30. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister It'o this coumtry, left at 10 o'clock this (morning for Cape May, where his wife and son have been for some weeks. It is not known how long he will be absent from Washington. REST-CURE PLACE. One of the most beautiful houses in Asheville, charmingly situated; sur rounded bv 62 acres of land: on street car line; 10 minutes' walk to postoffice E'leganit general table foT re" cure boarders. Hygienic diet far those under treatment. QUISISANA SANITARIUM, 167 French Broad avenue. STOPS TH3 COUGH AND WORKS OFF THE COLD. Laxative Bromo-Quinire Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay Price 25 cents. Lipton's Tea. Grant's Pharmacy. At 10c. per box, three for 25c., Grant's Talcum Powder is a bargain. The quality and quantity is exactually the same as that usually so I at 25c Grant's Pharmacy. Delicious Vanilla, Flavoring of supe rior qualitv and etrenffth. 2Zc. a bottle or in quantities' to suit. ' Grant's Phar maey. CALL AND SEE That we are al ways prepared V to supply you with the best Wines; MWWsMes... both imported . ,, and , domestic at the . Boston Saloon ABR- &VWAED, Props. i 23 '8ourtb'ItEcf ' $ a Pbnm0 2S2. REQUEST FROM CUBAN POLITICAL PARTIES Want Convention Older Amended as to Our Relations. Havana, Aug. 30. Seventeen dele gates representing nine political par ties o.f the provincial branches of par ties, met last night and drew up a, tel egram to President McKinley asking him to clarify the order 'summoning the constitutional convention . by or dering that the-eonvention will not be bound to discuss and approve the re- ations between Cuba and the United States, such relations being regarded as farming no part of a constitution. The telegram was not sent owing to the fact that the delegates of the na tional party were not empowered to sign it, they only being authorized to ask that the order convoking the con vention be explained. It was finally decided to hold another meeting on Friday, the national delegates mean while consulting their party as to sign ing the telegram. The national party has expressed its intention to take part in the elections, and does not want them delayed. It says that the con servatie party is trying to induce the Cubans to refrain from taking part in the elections in order to prolong the intervention. THOMAS J. POWERS KILLED. Pennsylvania!! Fell From Train to Instant Death. Philadelphia, Aug. 30. Thomas J. Powers, commissioner of banking for Pennsylvania, and a leading republi can state politician, was found dead in the outskirts of the city this morning. Mr. Powers, who is commissioner of banking for Pennsylvania, was killed by falling from a train in the outskirts of this city last night. His badly man gled body wai found under the Penn sylvania railroad bridge spanning the Delaware river this morning by three men gunning in the marshes. Mr. Powers had been spending the summer at, Atlantic City with hi family 'and it is presumed that he fell from the train from that resort which reaches this city via the bridge route at 10:30 p. m. Mr. Powers was a man of heroic build, measuring considerably over six feet in height and weighing about 275 pounds. Mr. Powers was 65 years old He was a. conspicuous figure at the re publican national conventions and was one of the 306 delegates who held out for a third term' for President Grant One of his sons, Lieutenant Thomas J Powers, Jr., is in the regular army at Manila. JEFFRIES READY TO TRY AGAIN. r' New York, Aug. 30. Jeffries recon sidered his determination not to fight again for a year and today he declared he is ready to fight any one, especially Fitzsimmons in a month's time. He paid he would agree to fight Fitz in four weeks either in Carson city or San Francisco for any amount from $10,000 to $20,000 a side. He declared he was anxious to demonstrate to Fitz that he could whip him again. "We have a specific for Catarrh and the evidence to prove Ik Grant's Pharmacy. Just received Graham and Oatmeal Wafers, Water Thins, Butter Thin3, Animals, Milk Lunch Biscuit, Recep tion Flakes, etc., at Kroger's. . The success of Blue Ribbon flavoring extract is that the ladies are so en thusiastic once they try them they tell all' their friend how delicious and what a savimg. Wood's Turnip Seeds. Grant's Phar- nracy. Remember me for cots and cot mat tresses. iMra. L. A. Johnson, 43 Pat' ton avenue, 'phone 166. Blue Ribbon lemon and vajnilla the most satisfactory kind to buy. 16 "R0GKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. Canvassed eats PER LB. hprns Nmnkpri .... Tongue V .... Ferris' Hams Ferris Breakfast . . . .Strips- . : . . - Dove Hams., Gold, Band Strips. . CLARENCE SAWYER -GROCER J NORTH . COURT 1QUARB.' M DIPLOMACY AND NOT VM - ' Is Our Government's Plan of Solution for the Chinese Troubles. Note to the Powers Not Yet Made Public, Russia Believes P.kin Shr.nlri ha Evacuated. As a Prelimiaaiy to Final Peaca Ne gotiations MILITARY PROMENADE OF ALL. NATIONS THROUGH THE IMPE- RIAL PALACE AT BUILDING THEN GUARDED. PEKIN THE CLOSED AND Washing-ton, Aug:. 30. Official se crecy is still maintained with regard to the contents of the diplomatic note sent to the United States representa tives abroad in answer to the peace proposals of Russia. It was thousrht this note or memorandum was to be made public todav. but dintomatir. courtesy demands, it is said, that it it shall remain confidential until pro claimed from St. Petersburg-. That may be done tomorrow. There has been no session of the cabinet todav. but the president remained close to his desk and discussed over and over with Root, Adee, Postmaster General Smith and others every point in the most im portant diplomatic controversy since the advent of the McKinley adminis tration. He 4s profoundly impressed with the opinion that diplomacy and not war will settle the Chinese trou bles. The United States does not so beyond its policy, declared from the beginning- of the Chinese trouble, in its answer to Russia's proposition. Rus sia has made a proposition which, the United States cannot unconditionally agree to and this government has so stated in its reply. , ENTERED- IMPERIAL. FAX.ACE . Washington, Aug. 30. The state de- partment makes public the following cablegram from Minister Conger, re ceived this . morning through the United State consul at Chefoo: "From Chefoa, received Aug. 30, 6:44 a. m. Secretary of State, Wash ington: Thirtieth, following despatch dated yesterday: 'More Russian, German, French and Italian troops arriving. Imperial palace was entered August 28. Mili tary promenade of all nations made through it afterward closed and guarded. Prince Ching is expected in a few days. (Signed) CONGER.' " The department officials say that Mr. Conger's despatch it dated "yes terday" (August 29) probably refers to the Taku date line (it being necessary to send it through that place) on the message as received by him at Chefoo. They don't think it means that it was dated Pekin, August 29. W LI HUNG CHANG'S CREDENTIALS. London, Aug. 30. Diplomatic circles in London appear to be satisfied that Russia has either directly or indirect ly sent circular notes to the powers proposing the opening of peace nego tiations or has reached an agreement with the United States in regard to the basis on which the government at Washington will take initiative action. Russia may prefer the latter arrange ment on the ground that the United States has no entanglements like Man churia, calculated to arouse the sus picions of the powers. Nothing definite however, seems to be known at the le gations in London except that Russia's great anxiety to end the prevailing conditions as speedily as possible, though, the opinion is expressed that Russia believes, as a preliminary to the negotiations, that the allied forces should evacuate Pekin and retire with their resident ministers, Europeans and native Christians1 to Tien Tsin, where they can better treat with the irfost responsible Chinaman available. It is pointed "out that though some governments are inclined to recognize Li Hung Chang's powers there is a feeling in some quarters that it would be more satisfactory could some repre sentative prince belonging to the reigning' dynasty be found with whom to arrange terms. If, however, XI Hung Chang oan secure any. kind of credentials from, the dowager, empress it seems to he the opinion that his au thority 'will not be too closely scrutin ized, except possibly by Germany, es pecially 4f Li Hung Chang can demons strate that he ltas the support of the v powerful southern viceroys. CHAFFEE'S CASUALTY (REPORT. 'Washington, Aug. 30. The war de partment this morning received the following casualty list signed by Gen eral Chaffee: ' Tien Tsin, 'Aug. 27. Adjutant ' Gen-' eral, Washington: I -'"lVll0wirig 'casualties occurred AU.--I "j" gust 24: myeteTilet M. Anderson, Company" M",' Fourteenth infantry, :dld from effects of shrapnel -wound; ,WJli-j.' , jam 'H.' Waldron, second lieutenn'.:., 4 1 . .it. 13AEBT. T TV, A &$4 te I c t t ac r (Continued on fifth page
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