Franklin's paper the statesman., July 26, 1907, Image 1

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Franklin's Paper The Statesman
Eighteenth Year.
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ANOTHER
OUTRAGE
(From the Press Bureau.)
One more Infamous decision lias
been added to the loos Hit of Infam
ies which hare bow a/*t saw Mlnf
a roes of America. This rase was de
elded last week by be Interstate
Commerce Commission in the case of
Georgia Edwards vs. Nashville, Chat
lanoogu and SI. laiuis railway. Miss
Edwards purchased a ticket from
Chattanooga. Tenn. to Da don. Ga..
and entered Ihe car lssigne<l to white
passengers, and waa promptly re
moved therefrom to the car nsalgned
lo colored people. Through her at
torney, under the provisions of the
llephurn Rale Daw, she Died a com
plaint alleging discrimination In the
matter of accommodations for white
and colored passengers. The commis
sion heard arguments on the ease,
snd held that there bad been dis
criminations in the case In Issue and
ordered the railroad to correct the
matters complained of, and. as in the
Dred Scott decision of 1857, which
held that u colored man could not lie
a cltlsen of the United States, Obiter
Dictum, that a colored man had no
lights that a white man was hound
to respect, pasaqo upon a Question that
waa not before It at all. and held that
the Jim Crow Cat laws of the south
are legal r.nd proper. That Is to say,
the commission had only one question
befort It. and that question was one
of discrimination; but It went out of
It* way and held the Infamous lawt
DENVER, COLO., FRIDAY JULY 26, 1907.
of the south to be legal even when
they affect Inter-state traffic.
The congress of the United States
meats sairoaodlas the formatkm of 1
the law. as well as the lam- creating
the commission, had, so far as we are
able to ascertain, only the intention
to give to the commission single ad
ministrative powers which would
naturally arise during the develop
ment Incident to this line of progress
in our rapidly growing country.
The congress did not delegate, and
cannot delegate, the power to the
Inter-State Commerce Commission to
prescribe rules and regulations which
properly belong within the sphere of
legislation. It did not give to the
commission, either In the act of 188?
or in the act known as the Hepburn
Rate Ijiw, the functions of a legisla
ture. Its own powers in this respect
are clearly and specifically defined.
"Congress alone shall have power to
regulate traffic between the states,
with foreign nations and the Indian
tribes." This position has been re
peatedly affirmed by the supreme
court of the United States. It was
very learnedly discussed by Chief
Justice Marshall, who speaking for
the supreme court, held that the con
gress alone could speak on the ques
tion of Inter-State commerce. No
state law, he held could be valid when
It attempted to speak with respect to
the regulation of traffic between the
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MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR
OWN.
“Music hath charms to soothe the 0
savage beast," so hath she the same j 1
charms and allurements to assuage a
the bias and hate, to entertain the f
mind of the indifferent and intellectu t
ally bathe the soul of any human. The c
; negro is reputed to be natively a *
s
musician, and when we think of
Madame Jones and Hadey. Harr. |
Borieigh and Theodore Dory, espa<*
[Nashville Jublle singers we are con
vinced of his ability musically. When (
we reflect on the Amphim Glee Club i
of Washington. D. C.. and the S. Cole- '
ridge Taylor Choral Society of the
same place, of the choral bodies in
New York. Chlrago and Philadelphia
we should have every reason for en
couragement of every advantage and
the door of opportunity leading to
self helpfulness and eminence and to
better equip the negro should be
heartily opened and held ajar by all
regardless as to the class of music,
especially that class so difficult to por
trav the author’s soul revealing his
i
dlqerent natures. The Azalia Hackley
Choral Society will produce a sacred
1 cantata next Tuesday tight at the
• Zion Baptist church. The cantata is
i a rare piece of musical work which
shows how well versed the author is
on the Bible. Th e religious enjoy
ment. the spiritual uplift and the his
torical review, moreover the dramatic
‘ portrayal of those Biblical characters
a under such terrible conditions, will
• profit anyone who attends, besides the
r Inspiration and stimulation that your
support would give to the musical so
ciety who deserves your patronage.
TALLY-HO PARTY
To aav that the Denver Club boys
K*re an exciting and jolly tally-ho
party and that everything was royally
carted out would only reiterate their
Five Cents a Copt
past record, but when we say that
the tally-ho party eclipsed all previous
efforts we come nearer the expression
of the truth. With the eight horses
prancing down the streets and at
tached to a tally-ho crowded with boys
and girls bubbling over with life and
fun and with six more horses hitched
to another tally-ho whose seats were
completely occupied including the
bugler blowing his many musical
solos, made that beautiful Tuesday
night, with the moon even seeming to
beam forth with a greater light for
the aaeh a ghdifaad spec
mm- that it «n tom w m
ma&rnrnmm >•> • urn
were there aad danced at the Hia
watha at Sand Creek, and the grey
morning caught the jolly crowd before
they wrapped themselves in the arms
of Morpheus. The Denver Club boys
only again carried out tbeir Idea of
success in making that coaching
party such a memorable affair.
SUNFLOWER BOQUET
AT BLOOMFIELD.
Wawho! Wawbo!
Ha! Ha! Ha!
K. U. K. U.
Hah! Rah! Hah!
Kansas!!!
Wednesday night waß an Ideal night
for any outing where the young peo
ple assemble in these sultry day > for
'.hose not from Kansas. Everything
some cool recreation At cool Bloom
field Park with everything quiet and
refrsehlng because of the green trees
and the lake only now and then trou
bled with a brisk but gentle aephyr,
these merry sunflowers gathered to
pour out their llfes’ radiant joy to
themselves in the form of yells,
toasts, old college songs and stories
of corn-fed hogs and long winged
grasshoppers. So perfectly charfltiug
was the occasion that everybody pres
ent felt in the deepest sympathy for
was Kansas, served in the Kansas
style by Kansas people who happened
to be carried to the park on a car
controlled by a Kansas conductor.
Everybody was wearing a broad
smile because of the joy of that event
and much credit was given to Messrs.
Davis. Langston. Mallory and Parks,
et al. because of the uniqueness of
the affair.