The American Negro. [volume], October 25, 1890, Image 1

About The American Negro. [volume] (Springfield, Mo.) 1890-1890

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THE AMERICAN NHEGRO.
VOL. 'L
The Right to Hold Office.
The right to hold office in this coun
try carries with it the right to hold
an office if one can get it, and to aspire
to hold office is an honorable ambi
tion, and it is pleasant to see the ca
pable and honest enrobed with official
dignity. It should be remembered,
however, that office-getting and office
holding are not the ends of human
existence.— Fx. :
This is the principle upon which
the republican party is founded, and
upon whiech it is destined to win, pro
vided this ‘“‘right to hold” office is not
restricted to a part only of this party.
Every citizen who is qualified has a
right to enjoy the privilege of ‘‘office
holding’’ if he can be elected, regard
less of color, or previous conditions,
When the republican party restricts
this right to a certain class of its citi
zens, it does so to its own detriment.
We should lose sight of such pre
judices and aim to elect the entire
ticket from ‘‘Alpha to Omega.” A
Over Four Thousand Children En.
rolled in the City Schools.
The enrollment in the Springfieldi
public schools up to Monday was as |
follows: High school, 237; Central
school, 679; Phelps school, 356; Camp
bell school, 445; Baily school, 322;
Berry school, 852; Weaver school, 361;
Rogers school, 334; Waddell school,
411; Lincoln school, 498; Second ward
colored school, 68; total, 4,093.
According to Superintendent Fair
banks’ report, the schools are very
much erowded, and the teachers have
no time to play. The enrollments
shows that there are now 566 pupils
attending the colored school, which
gives an average of 80 to each teacher.
This is a good number to be seated
comfortably in any room at Lincoln
school, and it is also about as many
pupils as any one teacher of that
building can handle and do justice
by; if the enrollment increases during
the year, the question is: What will
the board do with them? Or, will
they have them crowded into the
rooms ‘‘on top’ of each other, and
still expect the present corps of teach
ers to furnish the necessary instruc
tion? The principal of Lincoln
schools tells us that even now more
teachers are needed, and, especially,
is more help needed for room No. 6.
If this demand had been made some
time ago, more room would have been
ad.ed and teachers provided for. The
fact of the matter is, parents are not
really interested in this matter and
stand back in the distance ‘‘hissing’
some one else to push this matter in
stead of coming up like men men and
demanding justice.
AT the November election voters
will find on their tickets, at the bot
tom, the words “Constitutional
Amendment—Yes;”’ “Constitutional
Amendment—No.”” If you are in
favor of the amendment you must
eragse or ‘‘scratch’ out the word
«No.” And if you are opposed to the
amendment, you will erase the word
«Yes.” The amendment is intended
to help the ‘‘supreme court” by ad
ding two more members, which will
enable the supreme court to get
through with its business. As it now
is, much of the business is delayed
from year to year, and the court is be
hind.
SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 325, 1890.
THERE is a misapprehension among
the people concerning the republican
candidate for coroner. Mr. Ely Pax
son was defeated for the nomination
by a colored man named White. This
was done simply to satisfy the colored
voters. Of course the republicans
don’t intend to elect him.—Dem.
It was the republicans that nomi
nated ‘W hite,”” and it is.certainly to
their interest to elect him. If there
are any republicans in Grerne county
who thirk that they can afford to de
feat him and then expect the negroes
to support them or their friends, all
right. We say ‘‘Let ’er go Gal
lagher,” and we will be with you in
the future. The negroes will vote the
republican ticket almost as a unig;
and then for white republicans to de
feat one of their men for the very
“tail end’’ office will certainly be
resented in the future. This is a
pointer. E
CoL. WADE is accused of voting to
increase the price of ‘‘commodities’ |
by voting for the celebrated ‘‘McKin
ley tariff bill.”” This accusation is |
very feeble when it is known that
this increase of “‘tariff” or ‘“tax’’ ap
plies principally to that class of ‘‘arti
cles” and ‘“‘commodities’” which are
really ‘“‘luxuries’’ and are used prin-i
cipally by the ‘‘rich,”” and not neces
sities that the poor and the common |
laboring classes are compelled to
have. Besides the common laborers
can be beunefited by a ‘‘protective
tariff” that keeps out foreign goods
and competitive labor, that can be
had at home, giving employment to
Americans instead of foreigners. Thig
‘“great question’’ of ‘‘high tariff”’ may
directly affect and interest the white
man who figures prominently in busi
ness circles, but it does not materially
affect the negro, nor it should not
‘command his attention so earnestly
‘until he shall have attained a more
‘eminent position among the ‘‘business
‘circle” than what he now has. And
i hence, he cannot afford to ‘‘go back”
'on his friends simyly because they
have placed a ‘‘high tax’ on those
‘“fine artieles’ that the rich want to
use, and at the same time the poor
are not benefited whatever by their
having them. The colored voters
must consider this matter and help
to re-elect the man who has*proven
himself their friend.
WE have been accused of ‘‘writing
up’’ the ‘‘Ratification Meeting’’ held
at the court house a few weeks ago,
and also, the articles concerning Mr.
Smith, which have appeared in the
Democrat of this city. We do not
hesitate to give this mean misrepre
sentation the ‘lie.”” We have not
furnisned a single line on this matter
and will face any one in defense of
what we say about it. It is a mean,
jealous and willful “‘lie,”” told on an
absolutely innocent man.
" Onefine upright piano, used a few
months, at a great bargain, easy
terms, at R. W. Stewart’s, 401 College
street. :
It will pay you to call and examine
Speaker’s line of Queensware before
purchasing. He keeps a full line,
Do you want the best likeness and
at the same time the handsomest,
finest finished pictures of yourself? If
you do, then go to Byarly’s, South
street, just south of Walnut. |
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Great heavens! what have I done? I'm pretty fresh, but not near as
fresh as that paint is. Just when I was enjoying myself so nicely, too, and
waiting for those girls to come along and admire me. Now I shall be afraid to
let a policeman see my back for fear he will take me for an escaped jail bird.
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iive in wear, and the satisfactory %rices at which we sell them makes them
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what you see and hear can be depende’ifuponi S your msney we give you
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largest since coming to Springfield. No one doubts that we sell the most
Clothing, Furnishing Goods and Hats, and sell at the lowest. -
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