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’’iSSr’ 1. BULLETIN"APPEAL irsaSaL.
VOLUME HI, NO. 13
MAYOR NELSON'S
ABLE TO FIND FAOLT IN THE ?AX
PROGRAM VOTEO ON RY CITIZENS
Voters Crave Almost Unanimous Consent in Providing for Improve*
ments That Made for a Greater and Better City
in the Northwest Section.
Tbe opposition to Mayor Arthur E.
Nelson has vainly attempted to inject
"taxes'' as an issue in the present
city campaign. In virtually ever/
public utterance made by Mayor Nel
son’s opponent, and in virtually every
pieoe of printed matter issued by the
opposition to Mayor Nelson, there has
been some mention made of the al
leged "high taxes," that are suppos
ed to have resulted from the two
years’ administration under Mayor
Nelson.
Mayor Nelson, however, has con
clusively shown that taxes for the
two years of his administration are
actually LOWER than for two years
preceding his administration. To
prove his assertions, Mayor Nelson
asks the taxpayers of the community
to examine and compare their tax
statements for the last two years with
the two years preceding his adminis
tration.
An examination of tbe tax rates for
the past four years, as disclosed by
the official records of the county audi
tor and tbe county treasurer, shows
tbe following table for the respective
years:
This table, it is pointed out by
Mayor Nelson, shows that the total
\ tax rate paid to the county treasurer
’ is made up of three separate tax
rates, L e., the clsp. county and state
tax rate. By adding the total tax
rates for the years 1921 and 1922,
which are the two years preceding
Mayor Nelson’s administration, we
get a total of $138.50.
By adding the total tax rates for
the years 1923 and 1924, the two
years of Mayor Nelson’s administra
tion, we get a total of $133.90. De
ducting the total obtained for the
years 1923 and 1924 we find a differ
ence of $4.&4 per every SI,OOO of as
sessed valh&tion, which is the exact
amount by which taxes for the two
years of Mayor Nelson’s administra
tion are LOWER than for the two
years preceding his administration.
Mayor Nelson’s explanation of the
taxes as outlined above has complete
ly dlsproven the statements made by
his opposition, and has robbed this
opposition of what it believed to be
its strongest ‘‘scare’’ fpr the taxpay
ers and voters of St. Paul.
Mayor Nelson frankly admits that
taxes for the year have increased over
tha first year of hhuadministration.
But Mayor Nelson points out, too,
that neither he nor the city council
that has been in office for the past
two years is in any way responsible
for this increase in last year'B taxes.
"The people of St. Paul by their
own vote or else by the vote,j>f their
representative* In the state legisla
ture have voluntarily increased their
taxes in order to provide needed
schools, sewers and roads," Mayor
Nelson points out to the taxpayers.
"In the fall of 1922, we began a sur
vey of the school conditions in St.
Paul and found that we were danger
ously overcrowded in schools in ev
ery section of the city. The commis
sioner of education, Mr. Ferguson,
and myself, .went into every section
of the city, explained the situation to
the voters of the city, asked them to
investigate these conditions-and then
proposed a remedy for the bad school
conditions. The voters investigated_
the school conditions, and when there
was submitted a proposal for a
15,000,000 school bond issue to rem
edy the precarious school situation,
the good people of St. Paul by a vote
of more than 3 to 1, demanded and
ordered that the city council go for
ward with its school program.
"Similarly," Mayor Nelson points
out, "there existed a year ago a most
dangerous lack of adequate sewers in
the city. In at least two sections of
the city we had no sewers at all, and
only unhealthy, menacing ’open sew
ers,’ nothing more than open ditches
were utilised by the people ef these
two sections of the city. These con
ditions constituted a dangerous men
ace to the health of the entire com
munity. The attention of the peo
ple of St. Paul was called to these
conditions. Again they were asked
to investigate the truth of the state
ments made with reference to the in
adequate sewer systems, and again
w
* ly
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The Tax Issue.
Voter Gave Consent.
AkimJtt E. NELSON
the people of St. Paul, after careful
investigation, went to the polls and
voted by more than $ to 1 to build
the sewers the city needed so badly.
Bill Submitted.
“The city and county planning
boards, the board of county commis
sioners, the members of the city coun
cil and the members of the St. Paul
Association, Trades and Labor As
sembly and all of the officers of the
various improvement and civic clubs
of the city indorsed the program for
building permanent roads and high
ways tn the city and county. Because
part of the money was to be spent in
the county, it was necessary to ask
the state legislature to authorize the
issuance of $6,000,000 in bonds for
road and bridge purposes.
“Accordingly,” Mayor Nelson
points out, “there was submitted to
the state legislature a bill authoriz
ing the county of Ramsey to issue
this amount of bonds for the pur
poses mentioned above. Every mem
(Continued on page 4)
Bodies of Four
Men Are Found
Members of a freight train crew
discovered the dead bodies of four
unidentified Negroes in an empty
gondola car at Flomaton, Ala., last
Sunday, according to a report receiv
ed by officials of the company.
The bodies were covered with bul
let and knife wounds and a deck of
cards was scattered on the floor of
the car. The gondola left New Or
leans Friday night, remained in the
Mobile yards all of Saturday, leavlag
here at noon Sunday. The bodies
were piled on top of each other and
the men had the appearance of being
dead several hours. The county cor
oner of Escambia county at Brewton,
Ala., is making an investigation.
MINNEAPOLIS FORUM TO
MEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Regular meeting of the Sunday'
Forum at 3:30 P. M. Sunday after
noon at the Elks’ hall, Sixth and Lyn
dale avenue north. The following
excellent program has been arrang
ed. Violin and piano, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Manderville; vocal number, Mrs.
Edith Moore; paper, Mrs. Chas.
Foree; vocal number, Mrs. Edward
Manderville; address, "The Youth of
Today," Mr. S. Quay Herndon, man
aging editor of the Bulletin-Appeal.
A cordial welcome to all.
STANLEY MEAT MARKET TO
OPEN STORE NUMBER TWO
The Stanley Meat Market has
opened a new store at 383 Wabasha
street known as Stanley Meat Mar
ket No. 2. It is outfitted to the very
last detail that leads to efficient serv
ice and cleanliness. In other words,
the most up-to-date market house in
the Northwest. "Stanley Meats are
Better. Stanley Prices are Lower,"
Is the slogan that they have upheld
since we started our first store. A
visit to this store on the opening day
will amply repay the housewife who
is looking for bargains.
ST. PAUL—MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDAY, MAY 3,1924
VOTE FOR THESE
MEN TIESMV
For Mayor:
Arthur E. Nelson
For Comptroller 4 :
Erman M. Skipton
Commissioners:
Ferguson
Sudheimer
Clancy
Wenzel
McDonald
Hodgson
Judge Municipal Court
«*» .. 1 -Neutral
McDonald f
Justice of the Peace:
Kelly
O’Neill
WELL KNOWN MAN
DIES ON SATURDAY
FROM PNEUMONIA
Funeral Is Held From Church at
9 A. M., Father Theo-
bald Officiating.
Mr. Wm. J. Oardner, 369 Jay
street, well known and highly re
spected citizen, and beloved husband
to Ida Gardner, died.. Saturday eve
ning at St. Joseph’s hospital at 7
o’clock. Taken suddenly ill on Mon
day with chills and fever, Mr. Gard
ner was rushed to the hospital,
where the beat of medleal skill and
attention was given him, but owning
to complications which later develop
ed into plural pneumonia, caused his
death. He is survived by a devoted
wife and ten children*.
Old Resident of St. Paul.
For the past forty-two years Mr.
Gardner had made his—home in St.
Paul. He was born in St. Louis, Mo.,
May 3, 1866. He arrived in this city
in 1882 and was married to Miss Ida
Williams, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. G. B. Williams, who settled
here in 1867. Their union was
blessed with eleven children, all of
whom, with the exception of the eld
est child, Mrs. Ella Thompson, who
passed away two years ago last
March, are living. Mr. Gardner was
formerly emplpyed at The Irish
American Club in the earlier days;
leaving there he was appointed cus
todian at the knights of Columbus
hall, which position he held up to the
time of his death, for twenty-five
years. _
Member of Catholic Church.
Ever since the organization of St.
Peter’s Claver Catholic church, Mr.
Gardner had been a faithful member
and was also a loyal member of the
Catholip Order of Forresters, All Hal
lows Court No. 817. The funeral was
held Tuesday morning at 9:00 from
the church, with Solemn Requiem
High Mass by Father Theobald, as
sisted by two priests. The church
was filled with a vast concourse of
friends who came to pay their re
spectß to the deceased. He was borne
to his last resting place by six of his
friends and associates who acted as
pallbearers, Messrs. J. B. Johnson,
Owen Howell, Charles Milan, James
Lee, J. M. McGee and P. M. Maroney.
The last two named were members of
the Forresters Court. Magnificent
floral tributes completely surrounded
the casket and attested the high es
teemed in which the deceased was
held. The interment took place in
Calvary cemetery. J. Wlllwerscheid
and Son had charge of the funeral
arrangements.
SOO LINE CHEF STRICKEN
SUCCUMBS IN HOSPITAL
Mr. James Preston Ogelesby, chef
on the Soo Line for over twenty years
and well known in railroad circles,
died Tuesday morning at Ancker hos
pital with pneumonia and complica
tions. For a number of years Mr.
Ogelesby had resided with Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Jones, 1390 St. Clair
street. A host of friends in the Twin
Cities mourn his death as many did
not know of his serious illness.
UPTOWN SANITARY NINE
CALL SUNDAY PRACTICE
The Uptown Sanitarys will practice
on Dunning No. 2, Sunday, May 4,
at 2 o’clock. All former players and
tryouts are requested to be present
THE NORTHWESTERN
GEO. L SIEGEL
VOTED AGAINST
NEGISOLDIER
Candidate for Mayor Used Pow
er of His Vote in Legislature
to Beat Measure.
George L BiefM, candidate for
Mayor of Ht Final, subject to desire
of the voters Tuesday, was one of the
, members of the legislature who VOT
ED AGAINST a Negro Battalion
Guard. Thq b(U for an addition to
the state militia cahe up in 1010.
According to Journal of the house
for the year of 1119 on page 076,
House Pile 200, Mr. Siegel is credited
with casting his vote against the cre
ation of a Negro unit of the Minne
sota National Guard.
Those who believe Mr. Siegel to
consider the Negro from an unpreju
diced angle may do well to look up
his record before Tuesday, May 6.
Don't help put the wrong man in of
fice and afterwards be sorry.
There have been organizations
i which have sought to engender into
the minds of our voters that Mr. 81e
gel is just as fair, capable and honest
as the man he opposes. This senti
ment as propounded by these men is
lacking fact because the public has
not been informed Of the activities of
Mr. Siegel prior to his candidacy for
Mayor. 9
Purpose Ha plained.
Naturally it becomes obvious that
any platform may be adopted or any
promises made to favor a certain
group whose voting strength may be
called the casting vote. This has
been done by the Siegel element.
Promises based on futuristic success
have Jbeen made the base to secure
votes from our group. The unfortu
nate fact Is that this kind of unstable
propaganda has been distributed by
some of our group and has been tak
en seriously by our voters.
The voter must not be blinded by
Mr. Siegel’s promises after he gets in
office. s Jfis record in the legislature
in 1010 clearly demonstrates that he
is not capable of rendering to the
City of St. Paul a good government;
nor is he sincere in the platform
promise to deal squarely with ns as
citizens.
Use Logical Reason.
A Negro unit in the Minnesota Na
tional Guard would have been the
pride of every Race citizen in Minne
sota, had it not been few the fact
that certain individuals of the caliber
of George L. Siegel voted against the
Now Mr. Siegel seeks the support
of the Negro of St. Paul, to help him
become Mayor. Shall the voters of
our group forget so soon that Mr.
Siegel helped defeat the bill whereby
we might have had a Race unit in
the Minnesota National Guard.?
Oar investigation of Mr. Siegel’s
record was made after his glowing
campaign speeches. He Is not the
man for oar Mayor- And there is on
record at the State Capitol files that
prove Mr. Siegel helped defeat the
Negro unit in the Minnesota National
Guard.
Race voter, Mr. Siegel helped de
feat os in 1919, so let ns help defeat
him next Tuesday. When yon go to
the polls Tuesday, remember why we
have not a Race unit in the Minneso
ta National Guard.
Bishop Brooks
Returns to U.S.
Bishop W. Sampson Brooks, for
mer pastor of Bethel church, now di
recting the works of the. African
Methodist church in West Africa, ar
rived in Baltimore last Saturday from
abroad.
Bishop Brooks declared that Africa
needs the civilising agencies of the
white nations and missionaries. In
stead oL trying to drive the European
nations out of Africa, ho said, the
slogan should be to encourage them
to aid In the big work of civilising
heathen who have followed old cus
toms for 50 centuries.
Africa, he declared, has plenty of
common laborers. It needs men of
brains and wealth. Unless migrants
have something to contribute, unless
missionaries have something to carry
with them besides the Bible, they
might Just as well stay in America.
There is considerable talk about
the appointment of another racial
commission to stody conditions In
Haiti.
Some least as Why the
Veters Shemld Smppert
MiyorNelsoaTuesday
Paul grew and prosper
ed moat while Nelson
was Mayor. *
E—We provided for decent
schools for our children
while Nelson was Mayor.
C—We got sewers where com
- non sense and public
health demanded them
while Nelson was Mayor.
A—We got good roads and
streets where we needed
them while Nelson was
Mayor.
U—We got a dollar’s worth of
honest service for every
dollar of tax money
while Nelson was Mayor.
H—We got honest, efficient gov
ernment while Nelson
was Mayor.
E—There was government for ]
all the people w hile Net
son was Mayor.
JOHN R. O’NEIL IS
EOR REAL JUSTICE
AND EQUAL RIGHT
Justice of the Peace Candidate
Has Good Reasons for
' Being in Office.
John R. O’Neill,
candidate for
?iot> of the Peace at
Large, born and
raised in fit. I’aul,
son of O. H. O'Neill. ■
former corporation jjpp
counsel for the City Xk 'jHfffij
of St. Paul. Mr.
O’Neill tw< n-|^^Hmfd^r
t> niti.. months i '
the U. S. Marine HBHHEaHI
Corps, studied law j K O’Neill
three years and will
be admitted to the bar in the fall.
Promises to put an end to the illegal
methods of the loan sharks, who have
been preying on the laboring people
of St. Paul, and that he will have no
affiliation or. connection with collec
tion agencies. No man will be evict
ed from his home, no judgments will
be entered nor will legal experts be
allowed to take advantage of the lack
of legal knowledge of people appear
ing in the Justice court.
Technicalities of law will not be
cloud the facts, but each and every
case will be decided after the facts
have been presented.
There will be no discrimination in
the court against any race, nor will
any religious prejudices or fraternal
affiliations be allowed to influence the
decisions of the court.
Prepared and Issued for John R.
O’Neill, by Eugene O’Neill, for which
the sum of 110.50 is to be paid.
FIVE RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
AT AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
Among a class of elghty-two grad
uates, five young ladies, popular in
the social set, received their diplo
mas at the annual graduation exer
cises held recently at the Agricultural
School of the yniverslty of, Minne
sota. Those who completed their
course were the Misses Josephine
Tatum, 766 StT Anthony avenue;
Mary Tolliver, 599 Rondo street;
Thelma Davis, 624 Rondo street;
Dolly and De Quince Jordan, 791
Rondo street.
BURIAL OF MRS. BRIGHT
IS HELD IN OKLAHOMA
The funeral service of Mrs. Emma
Bright, wife of Mr. J. P. Bright, 479
St. Anthony avenue, as held at
Lyles Mortuary Tuesday, April 14,
under the auspices of Princess Oslel
Chapter No. 46, O. E. S., and Queen
Esther Chapter No. 82, O. E. S. The
remains were shipped to Oklahoma
accompanied by her husband. Among
the beautiful floral offerings was a
floral piece from the officers of Rondo
police station.
Mrs. Mayme Donovan, Minneapolis,
Minn., a recognized leader among the
women of our group, is a candidate
of the State Legislature.
Georgia has the greatest number
of colored carpenters, and is followed
by South Carolina, Louisiana and
Alabama.
NECESSITY SEEN FOR CAPABLE MAN
TO FUNCTION IN THE CAPACITY OF
CITY COMPTROLLER; SKIPTON BEST
One of Most Important Offices in Municipal Government Is That
Pertaining to the Fiscal Affairs—Skipton Has Proven
Himself the Logical Man.
ERMAN M. SKIPTON
N.A.A.C.P.HoId
Sunday Fcilrum
The Forum of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Col
ored People met on last Sunday at
Little Pilgrim, the last meeting of the
season. It was conducted In the form
of an Open Forum. Mr. Wm. T.
Francis, attorney at law, gave a 10-
minqte talk on "Thought,” some of
the things we as a race fail to think
of. Five-minute talks were given by
Geo. W. Wills, S. E. Hall, Rev. L. W.
Harris and Dr. V. D. Turner, who
spoke on the failure of race men to
take care of themselves properly,
thereby causing premature death.
Talks were continued by Mesdames O.
C. Hall, R. F. Wilson and Marcle
Vallee. The secretary of the Duluth
branch, N. A. A. C. P., Mrs. Susie
Evans, was called on and gave a very
interesting talk.
Drive solicitors reported member
ships and paid pledges amounting to
$17.00.
It was decided that the opening
meeting of the Forum next fall be
held in the form of a mass meeting
at one of the large churches.
Excellent musical numbers were
presented by St. James’ A. M. E.
choir. Mrs. J. Hlrsch rendered a vo
cal 8010.
STEVE HOPKINS MASSEUR
FOR ROSE ROOM GYM
Steve Hopkins is now connected with
the Rose Room gymnasium in the ca
pacity of masseur..
Hopkins was rated one of the best
athletes ever turned out of Mechanic
Arts high school, starring in football,
basketball, track and baseball. After
leaving school he played professional
football with the Banholzer team,
which held the state championship in
1916-17.
He then took up professional box
ing, in which he was engaged for the
past eight years.
He is a graduate of the Bernard
McFadden school in Chicago.
‘Last Loaf Was
Well Produce <f
The “Last Loaf," a two-act drama
presented by the Mistress of Social
Session of Como Temple No. 128,
Wednesday evening at Union hall,
was highly enjoyed by a large, appre
ciative audience. Each one portray
ed their parts remarkably well and
are to be commended on their ability
to produce a drama of this kind. The
play was splendidly staged and di
rected by Mrs. Mamie McCarthy. The
leading characters were A. 1. Todd as
Mark Ashton and P. H. Henderson as
Caleb Hanson, Carrie Allop as Hate
Ashton (Mark’s wife) assisted by
Huey McCarty, the Hlgbtoned Dick
Bustle; L. C. Jackson, the stuttering
butcher; Lilly Ashton, Gladys Smith
and Jean Mundy as Patty Jones, the
hire 3 girl. After the drama dancing
was the feature of the evening. Re
freshments were served by the so
cial session committee.
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Comptroller E. M. Skipton is seek
ing re-election to the office of Comp
troller solely on his record as an able
and efficient, thoroughly experienced
municipal accountant, according to
bis campaign statements.
An examination into the record and
experience of Comptroller Skipton
discloses that bis statements are
based on whole truth —that he is ex
actly what ho says he is—thoroughly
experienced, capable and efficient.
For more than twenty years, E. M.
Skipton has been engaged in tbe busi
ness of accounting. Ten of these
years have been spent in the office of
tbe Comptroller, and for tbe past
fourteen months, Mr. Bkipton has
been active Comptroller of the city of
St. Paul.
He was elected to this office by the
members of the present city council,
following the death of Jesse Foot,
former city comptroller under whom
Mr. Skipton served as chief deputy.
Most of the present advanced sys
tems of accounting in vogue in the
Comptroller’s office were inaugurated
and installed by Mr. Skipton. His
vast experience as a municipal ac
countant, together with his ten years
of experience as an accountant for
some of the largest establishments in
St. Paul, have given him an Intimate
knowledge of the duties and demands
visited on the City Comptroller.
Importance Shown.
It is an accepted fact that the of
fice of City Comptroller is a very im
portant part of the city’s govern
mental machinery. Primarily it is a
position requiring expert and thor
ough experience. The job needs the
very best kind of an accountant, de
spite the fact that in previous years,
some of the officials who held the j6b
were not themselves expert account
ants. The Comptroller must know
intimately the working* of the sev
eral city departments, for he is tbe
sole Judge of the amounts of monies
to be spent by each department.
Mr. Skipton baß qualified himself
for the Job through long years of ex
ecutive and accounting experience.
Voters at the May 6 election will un
doubtedly cast their ballot for the
best fitted by training and experience.
An investigation into Mr. Skipton's
intelligent selection.
Twin City Band
In First Parade
The Twin Cities Musicians made
their Initial appearance on the streets
of the Twin Cities Monday. Led by
a former 25th infantry drum major,
the band began its parade at St.
James avenue north, to Lyndale,
thence to Seventh avenue, down Sev
enth street to Sixth avenue. Selec
tions were played at Aldrich and
Sixth avenue, also at 7th street and
Sixth avenue. The band then pro
ceeded to Washington and Tenth ave
nue south, parading to Eleventh ave
nue, then back to Washington. Num
bers were played in front of the
South Side club and the Keystone
Billiard parlor. The band marched
down Thirteenth avenue to Fourth
street, then to Cedar and back to
Seven Corners.
After the Minneapolis parade the
band went to St. Paul, beginning the
line of march at Kent and Aurora
streets; from Aurora to Rondo, then
to Mackubin, where the first concert
was given. From Mackubin the pa
rade was eagerly followed to West
ern avenue, where another number
was played; then to University ave
nue and back to the Mill City.
This band is deserving of support
because as Prof. Moore, the leader,
says, "It’s ybur boys and your band."
The Maryland Legislature appro
priated $125,000 for a Science Hall
at Morgan College.
P. H. James of Oklahoma City is
the proprietor of a large bottling
works.
We have 47,000 children, 10 to 15
years of Age, gainfully employed in
non-agricultural pursuits.
Horace A. Page, president of Tbo
Page Coal Company of Indianapolis,
Ind., Is our leading coal merchant.