The Colorado Statesman (Denver, Colo.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 27, 1900 Page: 4 of 8
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COLORADO STATESMAN
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tion to the Colora-
do Statesman is due
you will be notified by a BLUB PEN-
CIL MARK across this notice. Your
prompt attention to the Bame will great-
ly oblige us.
Booker T. Washington is a product
of Hampton Institute, the pioner in-
dustrial institute of Hampton, Vir-
ginia. The proprietor of the Colora-
do Statesman was a collegemate of
Professor Washington at Hampton.
The murder and escape at the pen-
itentiary last Monday was a most
vicious occurauce, which will do much
to banish the sickly sentiment so pre-
valent in favor of being lenient with
criminals. Most criminals of the
thieving and murdering class, are
totally beyond the pole of human
sympathy.
BOOK Kit T. WASUINOTOX.
Booker T. Washington's visit to
Denver and the lecture which he de-
livered last eveuing to a large audi
eace of white aud colored people in
ths fkiest church edifica in Colorado,
give us a theme upoi which wa can-
not say enough. Professor Washing-
ton, as the great apostle of industrial
education for the Negro youth, has
earned the title of the Mo3es of the
Negro race, but as a true philosopher
rather than as an educator, does he
probably deserve that title. The
great industrial school at Tuskegee,
Alabama, over which he presides, is
a wonderful institution, where hun-
dreds of young men and women have
already obtained, and thousands
more will yet obtain, a priceless prac
tical knowledge which will give them
an advantage in life which nothing
else would have brought but the
principles upon which Mr. Washing-
ton basis his efforts, anj the logic
and tact with which he reaches and
teaches both races in America, are the
most imjjortant features of his won-
derfully succesful career, and, in fact,
of his whole life. To eugage the in-
terest of the massss whose undivided
problem the race question really is, is
a thing which no other man in the
world is doing in the manner and to
the extent in which Booker T. Wash-
ington is doing it; and the fact that
such a thing can be tloue, as he is
ably proving, in itself is thoroughly
convincing that the great race prob-
lem of America is well upon the way
of final and happy oolution.
The industrial theory is Lot alto
gether original with Mr. Washington,
for he gained his start in a school
fouuded upon that idea, and other
men, *>oth white and black, have ad-
vocated its benefits before him, but
the wide and constant application and
dissemination of that theory, uutil its
virtues have become almost universal-
ly recognized, is the great work for
which Mr. Washington deserves su-
preme credit. He argues that the
advancement of the Nr<gro is of as
much moment to the white people of
America as to the Xe^r) himself, and
th»t the one must naturally aud
one
necessarily advance or retrograde in
the same measure aud at the same
comparative speed as that in which
the others does, for the two musses
are so indissolubly Jinked by provi-
dence, that the conduct of the strong-
er toward the weaker must essential-
ly react upon itself. He then urges
the Negro to prepare himself to tnke
advantage of the opportunities of the
present aud the future, by mastering
industrial science, the foundation of
all progress, under the present sys-
tems of society and government. To
be able to do a work or thing better
than the avernge man c«n do it, will
lift any man over thebHrrier of race,
argues Mr. WasLington, or to possess
a thing which the dominant man
needs, will natarally obliterate the
distinctions of race, based upon prej-
udice. The capability of the Negro
to grasp Mr. Washington's ideas in
their fullness, is the only possible
question to arise, but the manner in
which the bright young men and
women of the South are grasping it
and putting it into successful execu-
tion, already demonstrates that the
Negro is equal to the occasion. But
Mr. Washington's great petsonal
work goes on in connection with his
philosophy. In 1898, the total re-
ceipts and disbursements of Tuskegee
Institute, were $160,000. The State
of Alabama gave $4,500, and the bal-
ance came from private funds and
endowments, the result of Mr. Wash-
ington's personal efforts. This work
brought Mr. Washington to Denver,
and we sincerely trust that fhe vast
wealth of this great mineral belt may
catch the philanthropic inspiration
which has marked the goodness and
wisdom of the wealth of other sec-
tions. Mr. Washington's hope has
grown to the hope of the race and
when one contemplates the splendid
influence which this magnificent ef-
fort is exerting over ten millions of
people directly, and indirectly the
entire nation,, the bright rays of hu-
man thankfulness bless the provi-
dence that gave to the world a Book-
ar T Washington.
BOULDER BRIEFS.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Howard went to
the country on business.
Mrs. James Hall has been feeling
quite ill but is some better.
Mrs OIlie Elliot left Tuesday for
her home, and will return next Tues-
day.
It. B. Smith and 'kC.F.^Hall went to
Lyons, Colorado on business Sunday
returning in the evening.
The Willing Workers will meet at
the residence of Mrs. B. Harris Thurs-
day afteroou. All are invited to be
present.
Eva Ellis and brother Kernal have
returned, from an extended trip to
Puebo where they have been visiting
their sister.
Mr. and Mrs. ^Oscar White and
James Hall will leave the city on the
26th, for Denver to hear Booker T.
Washington.
Mrs. OIlie Elliot and Mrs. McCuller
were beautifully entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mrs McVev, Sun-
day afternoon at dinner,and at Mrs.
B. Harris on Monday.
Mrs. R.P.Davis of 2105 Walnut
street, very pleasauty entertained at
dinner Fiiday afternoon Mrs. OIlie
E'liot, Mrs. McCuller, Mrs. J. A.
Edwards and baby aud Miss McVey.
Rfev. H. Davis of Denver, is in the
city and will leave forkCreason, Colo,
with a force of men to work in the
Golden Rule mine in winch he has
let a contract of $10.00 a foot. He
also has valuable mining property in
Gilpin Couuty, aud will put men to
work in a few weeks.
COLORADO SPRINGS NEWS.
J no. Clark arrived from Denver,
while Jim Gist and George Hatch
came down from Cripple Creek Sat-
urday night.
Miss Eliza Johnson, a late arrival
of the city departed for Denver Wed-
day, while Miss Goldie Smith will
leave next week.
Mrs. Giles sister of Carrie Kinkaid
also a former resident of Denver ar-
rived last Saturdny from Kansas and
expects to visit indefinately.
Al. Curtis moved to No. 8 Oak st.
Monday. Mrs. Doc Hendereou mov-
ed to 802 S. Wahsatch and Christina
Hall changed to 712 S. Weber.
Six colored barbers came Monday
and accepted the position offered
them at the Elk Barber shop where
white men had been employed.
Will Owens, son of the late Rev. J.
C. Owens of Omaha arrived from
Cripple Creek, where he has been
busily engaged in mining busiuest.
Sick list was greatly lessened this
week and only Buddie Beckwith.
Mesdames Hatch, Peck and Miss
Olive Green are reported in ill health.
F. C. Fane and wife, formerly of
Denver, are now beautifully located
in this city. Mr. Fane is a former
business man of Denver and an ex-
member of the police force there.
The Box party at Black Patti Mon-
day night consisting of H. C. Davis
aud wife M. Seymour and wife aud
A. J. Jenkins, were elaborately
served with lunch after the Opera by
Mrs. Seymour.
STOP THE FOOLISHNESS.
The so-called anti-imperialist oppo-
sition to the administration policy In
the Philippines has its humorous side,
and it is from that side that it has been
treated generally in the press of the
country. It is high time, however, that
the serious view should be considered,
and that the opponents of the adminis-
tration should be called upon to formu-
late their policy in a positive state-
ment. That the speeches of Senator
Hoar and others, telegraphed to Hong
Kong and thence to Manila, encour-
aged Aguinaldo and his followers, and
that the continuance of the insurrec-
tion, and the blood of General Lawton
and many others is directly chargeable
to these treasonable encouragements of
the armed enemies of our country, has
toeen put beyond a doubt. It is time
now to stop the foolishness.
The so-called anti-imperialists differ
among themselves as to the policy to
be pursued; but one thing all of them
apparently are united on: that the
United States, when it abandons the
Philippines to Aguinaldo and the
Hong Kong junta, shall guarantee that
no other nation shall put a stop to the
anarchy which would naturally result
from the withdrawal of the United
States forces, or take possession of the
islands or any pait thereof, for the
time of ten years at least. aThis is the
most definite proposition mpon which
all the anti-imperialists appear to be
united. This is a policy which can
only be characterized as a dog-in-tlie-
manager policy. Does any one imagine,
who has any sense, that the other na-
tions who would be glad to get pos-
session of the islands would acknowl-
edge for a moment the right of the
United States to. withdraw from them,
and at the same time announce to the
world that no other nation should take
them? So long as we hold the islands,
other nations acknowledge our right to
do so: but the moment we withdraw,
and allow the natives to make war^on
each other undisturbed, to violate the
rights of traders, to pillage and mas-
sacre at their will, other nations are
bound to see that the rights of their
subjects are protected, and they will
do so; and if we should undertake to
prevent them we should have on our
ha^ds a world-wide war.
The guaranty which the anti imperi-
alists propose, therefore, is a guaranty
of war with Kngland and Germany and
Russia and probably France, all in the
interests of peace. A more absurd
proposition was never formulated by
a man insancg
There is not a single anti-imperialist,
so far as their utterances disclose, who
would have this country simply with-
draw from the Philippines and leave
them to their fate. Every one wants
the United States to guarantee them
from interference by any other power.
Such a guaranty involves all the re-
sponsibilities and none of the benefits
which would come from an occupa-
tion by this country. That the Fili-
pinos would have under our govern-
ment a larger measure of individual
freedom, a better administration of
justice, and a better chance to "life,
liberty ami the pursuit of happiness"
than under the dictatorship of an
Aguinaldo. is not worth arguing. The
question is whether this country, hav-
ing undertaken a responsibility, shall
flunk it. There is but one answer to
such a question that can be given
by the American. people, and if Mr.
Bryan and the majority of the Demo-
crats in their next national convention
shall declare that this country ought
to adopt any such qpurse as is now
proposed by the Democratic leaders
who'seem to have most influence in the
party, the popular verdict in the next
election will be so overwhelming that
the party will need a quarter of a
century more to recruit its shattered
forces enough to make a respectable
contest.
and churches," "to foster trade and
Industry," and concluding with the
words that it was "their liberty, not
our power, which we are seeking to
enhance."
In speaking of the attitude of the
United States toward the Philippines,
Senator Wolcott maintained that we
took the islands "not as a conquest, but
as one of the highest duties we owed
the human race." He upheld the re-
tention of the Philippines upon the
high grounds of humanity and not be-
cause of their value to us in. dollars
and cents.
His address, while not a studied
speech, was a notable one, as all of
Senator Wolcott's utterances are. He
showed that the United States govern-
ment owes it to itself and to the na-
tives that it establish peace and good
government in the islands, and that
our first duty, in earrj-ing out such a
policy, is to quell the insurrection.—
Denver Times.
Pettilent Pettigrew.
In the Senate yesterday Pettigrew
pettigrewed with even more thau his
habitual pettigrewness. He said that
Mr. McKinley had laid himself open to
impeachment and had acted by order
of the British government. He swat-
ted the British government, "the ig-
norance and sycophancy of the British
people," the "miserable, contemptible
rot" of Rudyard Kipling. British rule
in Egypt, and other things to numerous
to mention. He said that white men
couldn't live in the tropics, a saying
characteristically pettigrew. By the
side of Pettigrew even Billy Mason
seems to have almost a rudimentary
intelligence and a faint glimmering of
reason.—N. Y. Sun.
No Cover Necessary.
The administration seems determined
to allow the "aunties" to fire all their
ammunition before answering, but
there will be a broadside when it does
come. After witnessing the operations
since the beginning of the Spanish
war no rational citizen really believes
that there is any necessity for the ad-
ministration to cover up anything.—
Minneapolis Tribune.
Bryan and Kentucky.
Bryan denies the report that he urged
the Democrats of Kentucky to respect
the will of the people of the state as
expressed in the election. The story
was improbable on its face. Bryan is
not the man Avho would raise his hand
to prevent his party from committing
a fraud if he thought that the fraud
would give it control of any important
otfice. Still, if Goebel steals the gov-
ernorship, Bryan aud his party may
bid a long good-by to power in Ken-
tucky.—St. I^ouis Globe-Democrat.
WOLCOTT AMD THE PHILIPPINES
Senator Wolcott's reply to Senator
Pettigrew on the Philippine question
was a scathing and timely rebuke to
the gentleman from South Dakota and
his fellow American Tagalos, who are
banging away with their blunder-
busses at the administration, notwith-
standing. as Senator Wolcott says,
there is "not an liones't Democrat who
did not admit that if his party were in
power the first thing to be done would
be to crush the insurrection."
The Colorado senator said: "Scat-
tered through every community there
.vere the discontented and unhappy
people who had not been successful
and who viewed with suspicion and
hatred all those whose lives had been
crowned with success, who behind ev-
ery good action looked for a lurking,
sinister purpose." The people are fit-
tingly represented in the United States
Senate by such a man as Pettigrew.
for "during all the years I have known
him," stated Senator Wolcott, "I never
knew him to say a kind or friendly
word about a single person or a single
cause."
Senator Wolcott warmly defended
the position of the President, who has
taken no step "that did not reflect
honor upon the people of the United
States." He read from the President's
message the extract about the duty of
the government after the insurrection
was over, to spare "no effort to build
u?T the waste place," "to open schools
The Danish West Indies.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
the leading Republican paper of Ohio,
says, anent the proposition to purchase
the Danish West India islands: "The
islands are on the market, the price is
reasonable, they will add completeness
to our system of coaling and harbor
stations in western waters. The evi-
dent conclusion would seem to be that,
regardless of any other consideration,
they are a uesirable purchase."
A Disciple.
In a sermon on "Creeds and Trusts" a
Chicago clergyman, the Rev. Alexan-
der Kent of the People's Church, put
forth the novel theory that religion and
theology are the sources of trusts. If
the tariff was the mother of trusts, as
has been asserted, he declared, then he
was "justified in saying that popular
theology is the grandmother of trusts."
-1.S the tariff is not the mother of trusts.
Mr. Kent's very interesting theory
falls.—New York Sun.
Froth
The earnest efforts made by the Pres-
ident and his Cabinet to get action out
of Congress for the establishment of a
government in Puerto Rico is a suffi-
cient answer to the outcry made by
Oliver Belmont in a December maga-
zine in which he accused the admin-
istration of i plot to prevent any dis-
position of Puerto Rico at the present
session of Congress.
According to the Popocratic theory,
McKinley desires to be a dictator in
our new possessions aud Belmont even
suggested that Congress would be in-
vited to append a new title to the
President. He would be hereafter
styled "President of the United States
and Emperor of the Philippines and
Puerto Rico." The amount of cheap
froth that has been emitted from the
jaws of the traducers of the adminis-
tration since the adjournment of the
last Congress in.connection with its al-
leged "imperialism" is incalculable.—
Nebraska State Journal.
Copperheads of To-day.
The copperheads will be a little slow
about putting themselves in the way of
getting another drubbing like the one
they got on the Pettigrew proposition.
In fact, the copperheads are about as
feeble to-day as they were in 1SG1-65.
They are feebler, indeed, than they
were at one time during that period.
They carried several northern states
in 1802 and 1803, and ran the Demo-
cratic national convention in 1804.
They failed to run the country then,
however, and they will fail now.—SU
Louis Globe-Democrat.
SPECIAL SALE
^ AT -v
The PlymoKtl
Corner 17th and Larimer
Streets.
$7.45
takes any of our $12 and S15 Suitsl
or Overcoats in the house—this w«
only.
k
%£goodvS£-
Our Annual
1 Our Annual Sale of
Milslin Underwear Sale Housekeeping Linens
The greatest in our history starts j starts Tuesday, Jan. 2nd. GreJ
Tuesday, January 2nd. | Savings than ever before.
That Famous After Christmas
DRESS GOODS SALE
"Which so many took advantage of last year—and admitted it to be
greatest money-saving event of their lives—will occur again
With More Kinds, Better Kinds
and Lower Prices
than ever before. As an idea we will mention:
r»0 pieces Colored Novelty Suitings, new and seasonable, but lines
slightly broken—many 75c goods in the lot. none worth below
oOe—take your pick these three days at
2<) pieces All-Wool Tailor Suitings. r»0 to 54 inches wide—English
Cheviots, Homespuns. Mixed Kerseys. Broadcloths Venetians,
etc., extra values up to SI.25 yard—Select what you want at. ..
Skirting Plaids and Eancy Novelties for either Suits or Skirts lines
that have been popular all season at .*1.50, $1.75 and .$2.o<» vard
—these you can buy for three days only, at. yard
French Sponged Venetians. Broadcloths. Whipcords. Zibclhics and
plaid back Gold Suitings in colors, suitable for spring, worth
S-.OO to $:-{.00 yard, now $L3
REJINAX'l S and Dress Lengths left from Holidav Sales, in
and black. AT HALF. " 1
The Gallup Floral and
Seed Company,
PERRY C. GALLUP, Manager.
Cor. 15th Street 8r Cleveland Place, Denver
Headquarters for Cut Flowers, Floral
Designs and House Plants.
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