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Vol 5
Muskogee Indian Territory, Thursday, September J 5, 1904-
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BROOKS AGAIN
Gives Davis and His Man, Fri
day, a Hot Roasting.
On several occasions the old ring
and tlie court house gang have
been called on in this nation to
stop trouble that has arisen be
tween the races, and to the satis
faction of all concerned, they have
done so. Yes, the court house
gang have said that the Negroes
can live at Holdenvillc without be
ing molested so long as they are
law-abiding. Davis and his foul
mouthed gang know this. Then
what objection have the colored
people to the court house gang?
it is a foolish idea of any one man
to say hard things about men who
are spending their money to build
up the community, and giving
their time to keep down strife and
confusion between "the races. The
colored men who have lived long
enough can and will point out ev
ery white man that is not preju
diced against Negroes. And it is
a fact that the "old ring" of the
court house gang have demonstrat
ed that they arc willing and did
give the Negroes more representa
tion on the jury, at the jail as
guards, and at one time a Negro
police. But since the new ring of
Davis crew have stepped to the
front things have changed along
those lines. We presume when
Davis and his new ring get com
plete control of affairs,' representa
tions and recognition of the Ne
groes will be a tiling of the past.
However, the best thinking el
ement of the Negroes are watch
ing the tide and the sudden change
it has taken. And whenever the
time comes that these things can
be properly aired, and in a way that
these men can be politically forced
to see their errors, tlien the best
thinking element of the Negroes
will join in with the better element
of the old gang and we wil have a
political battle fierce and royal.
The person that wrote the article
and had J. H. Davis to sign it, is
a coward, .and he possesses all the
qualifications of a midnight assas
sin, a thief, a robber, and every
thing that" is necessary to distin
guish him from 'a good citizen or
a gentleman. Such a person can
not be trusted in matters of right
and justice, and he -can always be
.found liiding'when the battle is on.
REMARK FROM HARK."
Upon many occasions and in
various places the Negro profes
sional men meet with insults that
are not sometimes intended, but
yet to a man of fine feelings they
are very galling and humiliating.
The Negro lawyer possibly meets
these rebuffs more so that any
other protessional man. Frequently
in the court room and elsewhere in
performance of his duty he is met
with that opprobrious and damna
ble epithet of "nigger," ' "slick
head," "darkey," "coon," etc.,
which even though applied to his
client present, whether or not the
deed be humiliating. We don't be
lieve that any decent white man,
officer or private citizen, will use
that epithet in the presence of any
decent Negro if he has atjy kind
of respect for the Negro present.
We can say one thing, that any
white man who uses the epithet in
our presence, sinks himself in our
estimation to the very clement of
the slums of white men who com
poses a mob that burns and mutil
ates a human being because God in
his wisdom painted the color of the
bkin black. It is only occasionally
that we meet those things in the
beautiful Indian Territory, yet to
our sorrow, we must acknowledge
that wc -meet them here. They
are relics of barbarism and rebel
ism handed down to the sons of
barbarism and rebclism, by their
ancestors.
Frequently the men who use
these epithets do so to show their
contempt for the race and to show
that they are against what is
termed by the ignorant and vicious
white men, as social equality.
There is and can be no such a
thing as social co-mingling be
tween the whites and blacks of
this country. The whites won't
have it, and the Negroes don't
want it. It is only the lowest el
ements of both races who slip
around in the dark and perform
the degrading deeds that is a dis
grace to the better elemdnt of both
races, the results of which can be
seen in the projects of these im
moral reprobates.
There is no ppjitics in a question
of this kind, and yet there are some
Democrats who attempt to take
advantage of what they term the
Negro question, to defeat the Re
publican party because the mass of
Negroes belong to this party, and
yet there arc some Negroes in
son)? states who affiliate with the
Democratic party, and arc re
ceived on equal terms politically
with their white brethren who are
Democrats. "HARK."
In the Labor Day parade there
were only two colored men to be
seen. The doing of the day are
in the hands of organized labor,
and as organized labor is as a
rule against the colored man, also
unwilling to give him the same
chance to earn a living, is possibly
the reason for such few colored
men being represented in the par
ade. Unless the labor unions will
come to their senses and find out
what a great mistake they have
made because the greater masses
of negro laborers will be compelled
to side with capital, and wc be
lieve it is their duty to do so since
the unions will alio wthc preju
dice to get the better of sober
sense and judgment ought not to
have the simplician of our race in
any of their contentions against
capital.
"I am not willing to close the
door of hope in the face of the
colored man who has made him
self worthy and deserving."
These are words spoken by
President Roosevelt, and that alone
is sufficient to cause every negro
who is loyal to his race, his coun
try and his God, to vote for the
man who is big enough and brave
enough to utter and express such
sentiments, and at the time when
the whole earth is trying to make
the Negro the issue of the cam
paign; and to defeat the Presi
dent because he is willing that ev
ery American citizen should have
an equal chance in life, no matter
what his color may be if that citi
zen is worthy.
Warning; Order.
In tho United States Court for the Wes
tern District of tho Indian Territory
Bitting at Muskogee, I. T., October
Term 1904.
Mollio McClure. Plaintiff 'j Equity
vs.
Thomas McClure, Defendant J 6507
The defendant. Thomas McClure is
hereby warnod to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer the com
plaint of plaintiff, Mollie McClure.
Witness tho Honorable Charles W.
Raymond, judge of said court, and tho
seal thereof, at Muskogee, Indian Ter
ritory, this tho 25th day of August, 1904
P. n. Harrison, Clerk.
By Chas, T. Runyan, Dep.
A. McRea, Attorney for Pltf .
P. R. Price, Att'y for non-resident De
fendant. First Publication August 25, 1904.
Certain Test.
Daughter I sometimes wonder II
Jack really loves me.
Brothor Well, you needn't. I'ra
been borrowing money from him for
the last nine monthi, and ho hasn't
decreased his visits.
Princess Christian, Princess Charlef
of Denmark and the Princess of Wales
could earn their llvine as stenograph
ers were It necessary but they arent
looking for a place just now.
The esteemed Birmingham Newt
recently "editorialized" on Dress rs
an Influence. Seems to hava a very
depressing influence sometimes oa
tho head of the family.
Love's Queet. i
When all the clamor of the world.
Its nolso rrnd wild alarms,
Has wrapped mo pitilessly round,
And in Us web my heart has bound
I srave your sheltering; arms!
When nfl the brasen crash of swore
The sllonce rends apart:
When I am steeped hi toll and strife,
I crave. O rrreut love of my life,
The stillness of your heart I
Charles Hanson Towne, ia The Readesv
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a lady who will have the courage te
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him in a balloon."
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Where people of all nations can be served
A Splendid Billiard and Pool Hall Adjoining
The finest in the southwest. If you are hungry
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