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THE MONTAN PLAINDEALER . gg_ Helesa, AsUs, rvq. Sep ember 8 1911 THE MONTANA PLAINDEALEE Published sly by The Mon tana Plaindealer Company JOSEPH B. BASS, EDITOI Subscription, $2.00 per yeas strictly in advance. Entered as second-class mai matter in the post office at Hel ena, Montana, under the act o Congress of March 3rd, 1872. Address all communication: to The Montana Plaindearler 17 South Main Street, Helena Montana. PEACE PROSPERITY I UNION I We are going to ask all of our sub .cribers to meet us when we call or you in a few days anti pay up your arrears to The Plaindealer. Thi editor and publisher of this paper ha: arranged his business so that he car devote all his time to newspaper work and we shall need all that is due u! so that we may be enabled to pay of our indebtedness. We are planning an extended trit and shall publish in these columns our observations in the different lo calities that we shall visit. The Plaindealer wil be in charge of com petent hands during o.i absence of a few months and on our return we shall open new quarters and settle down and continue to get the news and the business. AROUND THE WOLRD IN SIXTEEN MINUTES. For the purpose of determin ing hte time it would take to ac complish the feat, the New York Times, the other da\. forward ed a message of nine words around the world h\ wire. It took exactly sixteen and one half minutes for the mies sage to make the journey of 28,613 miles overland and under the seas of the twi hemispheres. In that time it passed through the hands of eighteen different agencies, operating land and sub marine lines in the new and old world, traversed the t nited States, and touched at the I iawa ian Islands. Guaim, the I'hillip ines, China, t wo parts of India. Africa, Spain ani the .\zores. It flashed along the hIt ttomi ot the Pacific. Atlantic anti Indian Oceans, the Red anti %Ilediter reanean Seas and Suet Canal and from Ndadra- It I tmbay buzzed its way through the pri meval forests of the man-eat ing tiger, panther. toa-constric tor and python. Ver the t,4% miles of land lines c ne!d iv the Indian ( tl eminent. The experimeat had a -pecial significance in view ti the fact that fifty--four years ag, thii month. Cvrus \\. Field. -aw hii dream of electrical mi ninuica tion between Englant adOl the United States reali/ed oI tir successful la'intt tf the tir-t .t lantic cable and hte tramntotiliu mm of messages between tlt c twV widely seperated nation- That achievement. foilt \ving the in troduction tf the laim te lc'alph of Professor Morme. li toirtetli years, moved the u trb murel a thousand years. With its aid I)ewee .A a- en abled to notify the xnt rbl n- thie sinking of the Spanish .\Arnada under Montojo, 7500 mile- away in Mlanilla liay. an h ur after that historic disaster to Lastdl lian ascendency in the Far 1Ea:t. As we thing of this marvel. the picture of Nathan RothIis'hi Id riding at top spec(l on a fiery steed over night to the coast of Belgium with the first news of the defeat of Napoleon at \\ ater loo and Its dispatch by boat and relays of trusted carriers, every torty miles from Dover to Lon don, unconsciously looms before us, as a ghost of the wistful past. Reverting in fancy to those primitive days, as we feli citate on the wonder ow the ilo(leertn ocecai greyhound cross ing the Atlantic in four days, the world now recalls in amaze nment how it took eighty for lien Franklin, to make the journey to France on his inission for the \merican colonies. Iroit the introtictitnn -f the cable dates most if those ilcc trical engineering and other mar els which have since stirred the universe and fired the imagina tion of the progressive and thotightftI. Since then .\lexan der Graham Bell has his en us the telephone, Edison, the syon ders of the electric light. Ilessi mer its great secret of modern steel making, I lolland and Lake their sub-marine destrovers, I)e alny, his time annihilating tele post automatic telegraph system, \\estinghouse. his striking me chanical inventions, and Marconi his marvelous wireless system, not to overlook the automobile, the air ship, and the great inven tions which have made possible the mile a minute railroad train, the skyscraper, the great canals, viaducts and bridges, which fa cilitate communication between Sconimtunities and add to their comfort and convenience. lager-Schmidt, a Paris journal ist. circles the globe in -to days for his paper and makes jules \ernes conception of such an undertaking in SiU (ilyiv ,) rce Ct itsidereil an extravangantl im p(tssible accompnishtmiten t. lok ridiculous. .\ssuredl\ the storId Is plecd mad. The question is inK how fast is it moving, but when and where-ifever-will it stoptI IT'S MOVING DAY. There has never been no un :ertainty as to the stand of the 'Plaindealer" on the question of hat element that of our citizen ;hip that prefer the red light and ive without work on the shame f the residents thereof, and we lsot have advocated that it is noving day for this class of itizenship. We are with the movement of he Colored Progressive League, ind think it is a good one and hink that they should keep up he good work of morality as vell as business for which they ;hall have the thanks of all who atand for good citizenship. The *Plaindealer" stands for all that s uplifting, and we muost a ;tiredly agree with the Colored Progressive eLague that this un lesirable element are the weights vhich are holding dlown the pro gress of the race. We do not thing much of the roposition that is put forth only :o throw dirt in *m body'. ets. td a threat to prosecute lom eb (ody w h t- is tilln ;a c0 u1111it :ee for some infaction oi the aw monthý age . in the ci inplaint :he sunme member of the -commit ;ee was seen to coime out of otine woman s hou1 c at tive a. r-. We believe that regardle s Af threats that conunittee will MAYOR HORSKY AT THE HELM. SThe iIon. IL. W. 1lorsky. bril liant and successful young at thrnev. reared lan born in this city, has taken tip the reins of the city government. And we predict for him a successful ad ministration " lie is progressive and being so long associated with former Mayor Edwards the business end of his administration will be at all times safely piloted. We be lieve that lie will be the mayor for all the people and that he will take in consideration all phases of the body politic. And that from the highest to the most humble shall have from Mayor Ilorsky a respectufl hear ing. Now -onic of the defenders -' the pimps and men who dis regard all semblance to even com mnor dece 'cv xii h)o propose that men shale 'ive in open and no Strious cohabitation in a low a biding comnmunity have set up a great howl as to the work of a conunittee appointed by the (ound Citizens league. All we have got to say is that the com mittee has done excellent as far as they have gone. All the fault that we desire to find is that they have not gone far enough but we will not complain at that Since they have begun their work, at least 6 notorious char acters have come to the conclus ion that IHelena is nbt a good place to lit e in and the work is still going on. The officers are on the alert and we have judge to issue out Justice to the transgressors. NEGRO DEMOCRACY. It is amusing a, well as ridiculous to hear colored men declare for the Democratic party. It is a question ol serious consideration whether it would not be advisable to have these colored men examined Just how a colored man can declare for the Democratic party in the face of ex isting conditions is a question for serious consideration Democratic representatives in con gress are declaring against the negra every day. In states where the demo cratic party is in control the colored citizens have no more rights than a convict has in a penitentiary. except the citizen is allowed in the open, while the convict's privileges are lim ited. A writer to The Bee a few days ago justifies Democratic negroes for ac cepting spitoon washers' positions at the Capitol. He forgets that undev a Republican administration the col ored citizen is not only appointed to positions of spitoon washers, but to other high and responsible positions Vicious utterances of the Governot of South Carolina a few weeks ag« are evidences of the feeling of the Democratic party in the South toward the colored citizens. The Democratic party has nothing for the nergrc Democrat. The Democratic part) has no faith in the negro Democrat and many of them remark the negrt is ungrateful if hlie deserts those wh: hate protected him. There must be insanity in the negrc Democrat. Certainly nothing but in !ane beings would support those whi. abuse them. There is no differenct ebtween an insane person and a negrc Democrat . An insane person will at tack hi, best iriend. If the negre Democrat was tnot insane he would not go toi his tnenmy li the Deinocratic party held oui any induccmenmt to the coloref Americans. The hee would not con plain If the Diemorratic party states thait it controls would repeal I obnoxious- law tlhere would be an i duccemnnt for negroes to give it aid Negrf. Democracy cannot he : trict in the present council. factor -Washington nee POLITICAL AND OTHER WISE. Governor Allen who is Lieut. Governor of this state and re sides at Anaconda is holding down the job as governor dur ing governor Norris' abse of several weeks in the east. 'We would like to see Governor Al len elected to that office next fall. He is a broad-guarged man and a regular old Abraham Lincoln republican. We do not like to get person al with some of our subscribers but we do wont our subscrip tions paid up and will insist on the same being done from now no. We are suprised at the way some of our subscribers take a bill when presented by us they seem to think we can buy paper and print it and do no, need any thing at all to do it with. We will be around this week, please he ready to meet us. Ilon. Jno. \endell after the council had been deadlocked for many ballots as to who should he the presiding officer was fin ally their choice. Mr. \-endell is in every way deserving of the honors given him as he is a hard worker and consciencious at all times for the interests of his constituents We do not share in the be lief of stme of our friends and some of the members of the Colored I'rogres ive club that Cap. Adamson as constable has been unfaithful to a trust, that he is not sincere ect. We. of course, can be mistaken, and if he is not all right. we are. We have at all times found him cour teous and obliging as an officer and we trust that the differen ces that exist between him and the committee from the progres sive club can be settled and all will be better off. We do not understand that a man's color ought to cut much figure a- to him watering a lawn and caring for a park. But ac cording to Ward Cole we under stand that it does, as he was dis charged by the park commis .ioners on the cast side for no ether reason than that he was colored. \\e understand Mr. Goodkind is a member of this cmimiision snd others. Whatever you are ,hame on you for being so nar row the matter shall he taken up with the mayor and council. GOOD CITIZENS MOVE MINT. The colored citizens of Hlelena taken the initiative in a move ment last week which will re dound to their credit more than all the efforts of organziation that they have ever attempted. The idea ;s largely to the ex tent that colored colored element condem immorality, but the strong resolutions passed at this meeting against the vagrant pimp macques and secretaryies told in no uncertain manner the senti ment that has been crystalized in this city against that element. They' elected officers and also a committee of five to confer with the proper officials ti the end that the community should be ridded of this undesirable cle ment. The committee appointed is a strong one hlitat will do their ut most in the premises. The meeting met at the Ma sonic hall at the foot of lriadl way was called to order by IB. F. looper who stated its ob ect. whereupoin 11. .1. Itaker was elected as presidtent and J. E. 'lark. -ecrf tary. 11. I. Ilotoper 1st vice presidentit, A. J. Walton second(l vice president. ( Over 5fty names were enrolled as members the different commit tees were apitointed. The committee on permanent organization and by laws re port ed that the temporary ortganiza tion be permanent and the or ganization be named the Colored Progressive League and the by laws prvvifle for work all al"ng the line of racial pro.gres. Mor ally and financially. The most important. after the moral i. sue is the hus ines outbth>k. A committee which will look ttn after the businesr. apportunities ior membelrs of the race. The torganization bids fair to become an important issue in the prog ress of the city. And is to be made state-wide as during fair week a state organization will be perfected. The New York )r% oeeds otre Special Bargains In Our Ling And Domestic Department. 1Sc Zephyr Ginghams, yd. . . 10c SOc 27-inch Silk Mull, in very 15c Daisy Cloth, yd........lOc newest shades, yard ......35e 30c 27-inch Natural Colored 35c very large and heavy Turk Linen, per yard .........20c ish Towels, each .........24e 12 1-2c Union Huck Towels 65c 36-inch Round Thread each ..... ...........81-3c Linen for waists, yard....s 20c Fancy Corded Madras for 6 1-4c 36-inch Bleached Cheese shirt waists, yard........1Sc Cloth, yard ..............Sc 15c 36-inch very finest Silko- $1.25 Honey Comb Bed line, per yard ...........10 Spread ...............7. S $2.50 20-inch pure Linen Dam- 30c 36-inch Fang Curtain ask Napkin, doz. ......$1.75 Madras, per yard .........llc 20c 27-inch very fine and sheer SOc Fancy Poplins in latest Dimity, in stripes and checks shades for waists and suits, per yard .............12 1-2c per yard ................3kc 25c white Shrunk Cotton for 20c Fast Color Black Law. for dresses, per yard ........15c dresses, per yard.... 12 1-2. 65c 45-inch Persian Lawns, 12 1-2c 25-inch Fancy Cretoas per yard ..............SOc for draperies, yard...... 1ic The recent editorial ija The Plain dealer in which we took occasion to flay the r'cretaries that infest the city at this time brought down on us the wrath of that gentry and some of their champions, but we have nothing to take back. We still say that at the present time they are a menace to the community and should be suppressed. And there is something wrong why they are not. We have been told that somebody is getting paid for protection and also that one of the oldtimers stands so well that he can fix things for them. In the. meantime they grow more bold and seem to flourish like the green bay tree. And Nero Fiddles While Rome Burns. NEGRO SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH The work being done by the South for Negro schools is indi cated in the fact that of $1,000, 000,000 spent upon common schools in the 16 former slave States and the District of Col umbia since 1871 at least $185, 000,000 have been spent upon; common schools for Negroes. In that territory the common school enrollment increased from 2,013,684 white and 685,942 Negroes in 1870-71 to 4,692,927 whites and 1,655,781 Negroes in 1907-08. In 1860 there were in the public schools of the South 781, 199 pupils out of a total of 4, 955,894 in the United States, and the income of these public schools in the South was $4,474, 370 out of a total of $22,548,519 in the United States. The popu larity of the academy and other private schools at that time in the South was one of the in fluences against the spread of common school idea there in that period FIVE NEW RIGHTS WHITE AND BLACI 7 . Prof. W. E. B. DuBois, th Race's Highest Educated Citi zen, Defines the Five Nev Rights Which All Men, Whir and Black, Should Enjoy- Commented on By Robe Hunter in the Printer an Decorator Magazine. Some time ago Professor \1 E. B. Dubois. of Atlanta (;n versity, spoke in New York He spoke of the five righ , which all rmen, white or blac should enjoy. The first was, he said, "The right to individuality, and I mean by this, the right to his own color, and his own way of thinking, and to his own pre judices, so far as these things do not interfere with other peo ple's rights to the same thing. "Second-The right to public courtesy. This world, from now on, is going to be a world of contact of races. It is going to be utterly impossible to sep arate and isolate men. In the past, contact meant war, caste arnd slavery, but today it must not and cannot mean these, for "these will cost too much to be indulged in. If, then, this to be a world of contact, each being in it has the right of public cour tesy; to visit public places without insul and to travel in public conveyance unmolested and to be entertained in public hostelries. "Third-A citizen of the world should have the right of oppor tunity. We used to say the right of education, but this 'demand shoul4 be broadened to the right of opportunity; the right to be educated in his childhood and then to have the doors of econo mic and political development thrown open to him, according to his ability. Herein lies the answer of that great search for ability which human culture must make. Hitherto, we have said, not that we must have men of ability, but that we must be English, or that they must. be long to the first families. Now the Lord, in his great wisdom, did not confine the ability to ac quire wisdom to any one class of people, but distributed it to men of many races and all de grees of color, and this ability must be found and honored and put in command, regardless of prejudice 'Fourth -The citizen of the New \Vorld must have the right of peace The protection from force and violence in the prose cution of work, and this cannot he done until a stop is put to wvr and lvnclini and peonage a'od xvakc slaver r Fifth- -le ha, a r: .lit to the truth if he has a r. ht to be piotected aga:n-t vh '.:cal viol ence, he has a igrea:er right to protect:n aga:n t moral lies lace ;re:¾ice :u this land could net stand for a day if as much easrt was nm:ide to have the truth in regard to all human be ins known as is now made in trying to spread lies about them" rights which all men, white and "These, then. are the five