WHEN THE SUN HIDES
WHat Will Happen Iurlng-
the Coming Total Eclipse.
BY ANDREW DOWNS.
IT HAS ELIUIIIATED .
THE HEGRO.
BUT THE AMENDMENT III LCUIJIJUIA
GUARANTEES TO EVERY AHITE '
MAW THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
It Has Purified the Politics
of the State.
LETTER BY J0SEPHU1 DAUIELS FBOU
NEW ORLEANS, U.
On tffe mornins of May 28, when the
spring sun is riding high in the heav
ens, a strange thing will happen. The
moon, Invisible, of course, will get be
tween the earth and the sun. Al
though the moon is an insignificant
little ball when compared to the sun.
It Is so much nearer us that the great
orb of day will be entirely blotted out
Reaching down through space will
dip, like a great pencil, the black
. shadow of the moon. This shadow wil
draw across the face of the 'earth
,uro.iu umcK nne. it win De a rus
ing, sweeping stroke, that will swln
eastward at the, rate of nearly 2,000
xnik-s an hour. This will be the path
uf total eclipse. The line will be about
DO miles wide. It will cross Mexico
nnd strike the L'nfted States at New
Orleans. From there it will sweep
northeast to Norfolk, whence it will
l)a8s out across Capo Henry and over
the ocean. -
So from New Orleans to Norfolk the
eclipse will be totaL This means that
for the space of about 90 seconds this
Iart of the" country will be in semi
darkness. All the rest of the country,
from Salt Lake City east, will have to
be satisfied with only a partial eclipse.
Hut this will be well worth seeing. If
3 ou are anywhere near the line of total
eclipse, you will see the greater part
jf the day star obscured, as If a great
hand were trying to shut out the light
Eclipses of the sun, as you know,
are not everyday occurrences. Even
wheu they do come it often happens
that America Is left out. The last total
eclipse visible in the United Stated
east of the Rockies was in 1878, and
the next one will not occur until 191G.
So if you are fortunate enough to be
within the iath of totality during the
coming eclipse you should make the
most of it", for this Is the chance of a
lifetime. The people who have seen
more than one total eclipse are the
astronomers who have traveled to
the ends of the earth for that purpose.
Rut this Is a popular eclipse. It is
nut one of those shy affairs that go
ofT to' inaccessible parts of the earth
to be seen by the favored few. It will
eome to a thickly populated and easily
reached section of our own country.
It will occur on time too. There is to
bojio uncertainty about this phenome
non. There will be no disappointment
as there was'about the meteor showers
last fall. Eclipses are reliable. They
never cancel dates. Ouly cloudy or
stormy weather can obst-ure the show.
The eclipse will go on, clouds or no
clouds, but. unless there Is a clear sky
we cannot see It
As a spectacle a total solar eclipse
ranks among the most marvelous ever
presented to the eyes of man. The race
f the moon shadow across the face of
the landscape as the moment of total
ny approaches has always been de
scribed by observers as one of- the
most staggering, awe Inspiring scenes
mat it is possible to imagine. Then
come the obscurity, the disappearance
or tue sun. the strange chill of nnnat.
ural darknms. the outburst of the won-
Ml .! . i 4
luriLui voiuuai si reamers around the
spot where a black hole seems sudden.
ly to have taken the place of the sun,
the red flames of the prominences and,
after one or two minutes of awful
pause and silence, the gleam of the re
appearing orb and the swift flight of
in? snaaow eastward.
During most eclipses that have bere-
torore occurred astronomers have had
few eyes to assist their own In showing
the picturesque features of the phe-
iii.ujunon. neu known astronomers
uo nave gone half round the earth
to observe an eclipse have come back
acknowledging that they had not real
ly seen it because they had no time to
look at it Their attention was entire
ly aDsoroed by the technical observa
m-us. ana oniy a dreamlike Impres
sion of the real wonders of the scene
nau Dcen made upon their minda.
On this occasion what has heretofore
noon so seriously lacking will be sup
pliodln abundance, and while astron-
-mi-rg-are onsr with, t&escooe. soec-
troscope and camera, thousands of
eyes will note things which perhaps
I have not before been described as visi
ble or as occurring during a total
eclipse.
Here ta the reply given by Professor
Burnham of Chicago, when asked by a
budding astronomer for. advice as to
the best instruments to use during the
coming eclipse. lie said: t
"Use- the most . valuable Instrument
God ever gave you your eye. Watch
the effect of the strange phenomenon
on nature, and learn a lesson In. her
laws that you'll never forget sir; nev
er forget"
Some details of the eclipse which are
of Interest are as follows: The track of
totality begins on the Pacific ocean just
west of Mexico at sunrises-trends due
eastward over Mexico, enters the Unit
ed States very near New Orleans, ex
tends northeastward over Mobile and
Montgomery, near Atlanta, over Ral
eigh, and leaves this country In the re
gion of Norfolk and Cape Henry. It
then crosses the Atlantic ocean and
touches Europe at Coimbra, Portugal,
takes In Algiers and northern Africa,
terminating near the northern end of
the Red sea at sunset
The eclipse, therefore, may be observ
ed In the United States in the morning
hours from about 7:20 to 9 o'clock, and
In Spain and Africa in the afternoon
after 4.
The local hour of totality increases
from west to east, beginning at 7:27 a.
m., near New Orleans, and growing lat
er to 8:50 near Norfolk, as the shadow
sweeps over the country. The duration
of totality is 1 minute and 13 seconds
near New Orleans and 1 minute and 42
seconds near Norfolk. This fact con
stitutes a powerful argument in favor
of locating the stations as far east
ward as possible in North Carolina and
Virginia; since the gain of half a min
ute is made in the duration of totality,
which is Important when every sec
ond is precious for observations.
Scientific men have made elaborate
preparations for observinjr the ecllnse.
The United States government will
have two stations, and "every big col
lege in the country will have its ap
paratus located somewhere in the track
of the moon shadow. From New Or
leans to Norfolk there will be an al
most continuous line of telescopes and
cameras pointed skyward. To a man
in a balloon it would look as if we were
planning for a fight with Mars.
The amateur photographers, who are
a legion In themselves, will be out in
full force. They are spurred on by the
knowledge that the most successful
photograph of the sun's corona was
taken by an amateur. This amateur
was Mrs. Maunder, wife of an English
astronomer, who accompanied her hus
band to India to witness the solar
eclipse of 1 80S. She used a Dallmeyer
stlgmatic lens of V3 Inches aperture
and.9 inches focal length.
The silvery white halo of the rwnn
which looks as if It belonged to the
moon, is the most impressive ohwt
seen daring an eclipse. Portions of the
corona unaueslionablv extend
va.u WV- 1 Villi
Xews-ObMrer.
In this city the adoption of the
constitutional amendment, simi
lar to the one pending in North
Carolina, resulted in reducing" the
negro vote from 14,177 to 1.403.
These are official figures, taken
this morning from the books in
the office of Mr. Jere M. Gleason.
State Registrar of voters for the
parish of Orleans.
This fully answers the question Jmitted to vote.
as to whether the amendment, if : suen that no
adopted in North Carolina, would
eliminate the negro from politics.
A reduction from 14,177 to 1,493,
I in the city where-the negro is
better educated and poseesses
' more property than anywhere else
in the State, is a fact that nobody
can get around. The negroes are
said to be better educated in this
city than in any other portion of
the United States. The public
schools here are in a high state of
efficiency, and have been open to
the colored youth for more than
twenty-five years. The number
of negroes is smaller here, than in
most Southern cities, being in the
proportion of about four whites to
one negro. Here the negroes get
better wages than in any other
parish (all counties here are called
entire1rttyxt)eing"der twater,
ana aunost; tue entire state as
well. The railroads" were i under
water and some of them have not
been able to run trains until two
or, three days. ago. I never saw
anything- before like that flood.
It began the night before the
election;- and such a pour-down
was something new for us. I left
home at 6 o'clock, and voted on
my way up. The voting; precinct
is two squares from my residence.
It was 11.30 that morniner before
I could get to my office, so great
was the flood. Men had to ero to
the election in skiffs and crafts,
and of course, knowing that the
voting-was all one way. many did
not care to go to the trouble to
voxe.
'
I next asked Mr. Gleason this
question : "Have any illiterate
white men in New" Orleans been!
denied the privilege of voting be-j
cause they could not read ? and
write?"
that their advocacy 01 negro ruic
haVcost them most of their votes,
these Re-pop-lican leaders turn
around and say that the chief de
sire of their hearts is to keep the
negro on the poll books to vote
for them, but ! to forever prevent
any negro to the third generation
holding office. 7
3. i The Republican conventionf
composed almost wholly of Fed
eral office-holders, takes ground
in favor of letting every -negro
vote and in letting- negroes hold
office, but vigorously opposed let
ting friegToes participate, in, Re
(publican conventions. For two
months the Republican" bosses
,have; strenuously "devoted them
selves to keeping negro delegates
out ;of the State convention.
Their policy may be gathered by
this extract from a letter written
J - - - - , 1 -
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"NntiP vWi.r: Kvmwhi oy a revenue omcer 10 a negro
m who wants tn vnt 1 rJ politician in an eastern county:
Public sentiment: ! iTei negroes xo agree xo
sena none Dut wnice aeie gates 10
the State convention. The Dem-
A. . . . A AAf
in thewavof an illiterate whit ocraw yvon many votes in lovs oy
man's voting. Practically all whofl Clgl the KePubllcall 1
man in politics
would attempt to throw obstacles
could'nt read and write reg-istered,
under the grandfather clause -in
jthe time prescribed by law and is
on a permanent .roll of qualified
voters, and is guaranteed the
right to vote all his life. r i
"NO : WHITE MAN NONE
WHATEVER HAS BEEN
DISFRANCHISED."
witn . oeing a
4 they came d-
C
"What has been the result of
the adoption of your 'tlew constii
tution on the elections I asked
Mr. Gleason. Here is his answer i
"Elections are now, absolutely
fair. The most bitter enemy has
been unable to substantiate a
charg-e of the least unfairness
parishes), and are of a higher 1 The opposition, after election
grade 'of intelligence than in the were forced to say, "We haven't
farming sections of the State. If a word to say;' There is not a
in this city, where the negro is suspicion of unfairness about bur
BUperior to his brother on the su- elections. I believe that the reev
gar and cotton plantations, the istration in this city is the cleanl r TX 7u 1 , omcc:noiaers.
npo-rn mtP ti w,ti, t A. . ,i taking the lead in carrying out
14,177 to 1.493. the orooortion of I As to iho Jn.!fK- orders of the revenue bosses. C.
shrinkage is said to be even larger 'the amendment, Mr. Gleason said: . f0 f we have thls
m iuc rurai uisincis. 1 will ?o. " l Here has never Iwpn atnr cp! t v . r yr-"- V
to some of the country precincts rious suggestion ol testing the -iT ?ncgro'fS.d
later and riVf tne nffii Tfio-,ic Q;f;Lu . Jr, j5! less than 30,000 white men delib-
Oneof the. best xednl Uc ffijSS'? V7
T-VTi Hon. 'satLed wi& i PrivatelJ it Tntl
-wc uiwwu, owie jcvcistrar oi xcepuDiicans say that the amend
New Orleans. I interviewed him ment is a geod thiug-, but public-!
about the-practical operations of ly they can't afford to Say it."
ouituuiuvm aim iuuuu iaai 11
negro part, and
-n near oroviner' it.
If there are many negroes in the
State convention the Democratic
papers and speakers will howl as
never before and, we will not be
able ! to do any better than in
1898. Tell all the negro leaders
that if they will get the negroes
to take a. back seat this year, ire
will idefeat the amendment, and
next! year we will give them a
fairer division of offices than ever
before. If they make demands
this year, we will all-go down to
gether to the bottom of the sea.
If they will stay in the back
ground till the August election
thtj will help win a glorious vic
tory 1 for. their race, and then
the whites and blacks alike can
"shake the plum tree."
T.hat advice was taken pretty
generally, the negro office-holders
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
la use for over 30 years, has borne the slgrnaturo of
and has been made under his pcr-
Trfj sonal supervision since Its Infancy.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but ex
periments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience Bgralnst Experiment.
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Castoria is a substitute , for ' Castor Oil, Paregoric, Iropj
f., and Soothing: Syrups, ilt is Harmless and Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its agrcis its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Fever ishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teethlns: Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. .
What
CASTOR I A
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Bears the Signature of
ne ma you Haye Always
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Bought
Years.
tu cawTAva eMNnr. rr numwr BTnerr. new took errrl '
The Bank of Pee Bee,
LEAK Prcsdt. -
Capital, - -Stockholders'
Liabilities,
Surplus Fund., -
W. L PARSONS, Cashier
$24,950,001
J 430.00
15.000.00
ad been a perfect success in do
ingfrthree things:
1. Eliminating' the nogro.
2. Guaranteeing- the right taf
vote to every white, whether edu-
cated or not.
3. Purifying- politics.
Mr. Gleason said:
"In 1896 a full registration was
brought out by the hot fight made
by the Democrats against the fu
sion of all the elements opposed' notoriously
iu me democratic party. The
registration in the city in that
year (1896) exceeded 60,000, of
which number 14,177 were ne
groes, as this table shows :
Three Sorts of Disfranchisement.
In this campaign the people are
bers and then goes before the peo
ple flighting the Democrats be
cause they propose to do at the
oallot box what the Republicans
uvc uone m xneir primaries ana
conventions! it was a scheme
worthy of the fellows who say in
one oreatn that the Constitutonal
Amendment will not stand be
cause it discriminates in favor of
Total Responsibility $64,900 On
Transacts" a General Banking Business
j a j r - cause li uiscnminati
. i ' me luuerate wnite man who is
chisement : ; permitted to vote while denying
constitutional amendment by b ri ana in tne next breiath declares
which the ereat mass of nPImv8 I x the. Amendment will disfran-
0.
unfit for suffrage,
may De eliminated from the bal- franchises educated and uneducat-
lot dox, tnus, putting an end to: , ecl negroes in its own conventions,
Directors
T. C. Leak.
WLI. Everett,
Wm. Entwistie
J. P Leak,
RL: Steele,
H (' I)orkt7if,
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Registered voters, April 12th,
7896, Parish of Orleans:
Ward. White. Colored. Total.
1 2,846 783 . 3,629
2 2,916 713 3,629
3 5,121 2,237 7,358
4 2,481 854 3,335
5 3,850 1,021 4,871
6 2,924 513 3,437
7 3,683 1,449 5,132
8 2,234 270 2,504
9 3,422 558 3,980
10 - 4,172 914 5,086
11 3,776 1,100 4.876
12 2,578 711 3,289
13 1,656 522 2,178
14. 1,166 337 1,503
15 1,962 1,431 3,393
16 477 488 965
17 643 276 919
negro rule and the jeopardy of it.
This proposition is based on the
same fundamental principles that
have actuated the State of South
Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana!
and other Southern States in
dealing with the ignorant negro
but obiects to the disf ranch isp-
ment of ignorant negroes at the
polls.
Of the three plans -of disfran-
t . r n n a. a.1 t i . ..
tmscmcm ine nepuDiican is tne
only party that has put its plan
in operation. tOf its 240 dele
gates in the State convention in
session here, 127
roters,thatMassachsettsadoptea j lZTZ
w I ni LlUll?i. .T-Iir-III I I 11 III TV ZMTtf, rm. T O T
TW I , m -
I Total, 45,907 14,177
60,084
4Tn November, 1899, the first
election was held under the new
constitutional amendment. The
total registration was 38.964. of
million miles from the body that It Bur- which number 1.368 were negroes
ut0uuuure ui mis envelope rcuucxion oi tne negTO vote from
rounds.
i:iitf8 wonaer even In the Inexperi
enced observer, but It Js made the sub
ject or careful research by the sclen
list.
iKwn at the bare of the snow white
corona ues a crimson ocean of bydro-
Ktn. nenum and other prases. It Is
called the chromosphere. Langley,
Younff and other experts say It is about
o,uw or 6,000 miles deep. Up from
this rose red, or blood red. sea at timmi
rise cloudlike prominences over 100,000
mues nign. loung has seen one swift
ly grow to an altitude of 350.000 miles.
With a spectroscope it is now nossiKi
for the astronomer to' studr the solar
enromosphere and prominences at al
voters who had recently landed,
and that was put into practice by
tne acihc States and the Federal
Congress to put an end to the
wholesale importation of China-I
men who threatened the occuoaJ
tion of the laborers of California
and adjacent States on the Pacific
ilope.
a. i ne Populists advocated
unlimited negro suffrage, but say
tney would favor an amendment
to the Constitution to put negroes
in the same class with atheists
and criminalsand forbid all three
classes holding office.! That is
what the Populists say thev
r . - "
iavor. When, conjointly with
tne Kepublicans, they were in
full control of the legislative, ex
Vi ioqa a.z . . .
-" cKiairaiionf wnicn was
the fullest known, of 12,709. This
city election showed to the whole
State the value of the amendment.
and opened the way for the result ecutive and-judicial departments1
TMe ?ld ffOTernment, insteid of exclud4
was held on ih iv t a "ff negroes from office, thev
: - V AUIIL.
Registration closed on the 17th of I1 to lect more than 1,000 tc?
March, as the law reanira if Important oublic noitioti in thi
close thirty days before the elec- Bute, and to emphasize their bei
tion. The registration in he is- : l . !
parish (it embraces only the 17 e7 V X. - ' T BU
wards in New Orleans) for the Chairman of the Populist
State election was . m q.i " Executive . Ciommittee. Stat Aui
offices, (we include negro office-
noiaes in tnese ngures) and the
I . 1 i m
uaiance were orotners, cousins
and connections of pap-suckers.
with possibly two dozen delegates
wno nave not had their mouths
in the swill tub. The negroes.
however, were in the" srallerv in
iuii iorce. ana the Edgecombe
darkey showed he understood the
fraud the bosses were perpetrat
ing when he said to a Wake ne
gro : "You camt lose us niggers.
We'd ruther not 'ficiate in, this
convention this one time than to
be i Tillmanized ferever. Huh i
we'll take a back seat dis here
year, but when de mendment ,is
done 'feated, den de nigger will
come back ter his own, and den
we'll run the whole blame t'inirl
1M ' . . '. . - . O
iikc we Den er aoin' ter lo deu
ma a y years.
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