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The Negro Question.
A Comunication.
Republicans feel that they owe much
to the negroes, and that the negro vote
ir worth conciliating and cultivating;
therefore, every republican administra
tion civee Eome offices to negroes. I do
notobjeet to this; victors --'an divide
the spoils as they please, but 1 think
that it would be fairer to select the
offices for negroes in republican dis
tricts, instead f offending the southern
people by putting black officials among
them. The crucial test of an old aboli
titionist was, "Would you allow your
daughter to marry a black man?" I
never happened to know one republican
leader that would stand this test. How
should we like to have negro judges,
tax collectors, postmasters, mayors and
governors? Could any negro be elected
to public office in New York? The south
once had to endure negro legislators and
congressmen and cow the McKinley
administration is shly appointing ne
groes to federal offices in the southern
states. It would he wiser to educate
ourselves first, and then attempt to
abolish the color line in the former
slave states gradually; but I notice that
whenever a republican decides to inject
the black virus, be selects a democratic
community for the experiment. Then
comes a popular protest, and then the
accusations that the south is still
stubborn and disloyal, and refused to
accept the lessons 'of war. Human
nature cannot be changed by legislation;
the people of this country must be edu
cated up to the absolute social end po
litical equality of races, and the best
place to begin this education is in dis
tricts where the republicans are largely
in the majority, and their doctrine that
the black man is equal to the white man
in every respect iB held as an indis
putable truth. "Physician, heal thy
Belf !" is a fair rile. Let us give negro
officials a trial in the northern states
before imposing them upon the south.
Although negroes are entitled to eaual
rights uuder the amended constitution,
most of these rights continue to be de
nied to them in conEequence of popular
prejudice. In Georgia the white depu
ties cave refused to serve under a negro
collector of internal revenue, and the
white women in the mills have refused
to work with negro women; in New York
last week, a crowd on the sidewalk in
front of a prominent hotel watched and
applauded while the waiters refused to
serve a negro man and woman in the
public restaurant. The law impose8
heavy penalties for such refusals, but
'the higher law,' "to which the abo
litionists ured to appeal, is now against
the negroes. The prejudice against them
is not sectional; it iB as strong in the
north as in the south. Cosmopolitan
To the Editor of The Cocriek: Your
"unknown correspondent" wishes to
rush into print just once more, and this
time for quite different reasons. First,
to thank you for your amiable reception
of my letter about the Administration
Arch, and fo the flattering tone of your
reference to it. Second, to remove the
impression you have formed of your
correspondent's calling, attainments and
sex.
I am not Walker & Kimball, nor
either one of them. , I am obliged to
you for finding my chirography "sym
metrical and distinct' but ah, it is not
that of an architect! I am not technic
ally wise. I am not a citizen of Omaha.
I am not even a man! Dear Editor,
your experiences should have shown
jou the feminine quality of your un
known asrailant's communication, if not
of her handwriting! And when you
stop to think of it, you will see that the
architects in-chief of an enterprise such
as is now taking shape, could have
neither time nor disposition to go into
letter writing in defense of their build
ings, even if defense were needed. Also,
you can't seriously think they would fall
to admiring their own work in public,
after the manner of my very outspoken
letter. Nc, I am sure they leave all
that to such onlookers .19 may h'ave
leisure and inclination for it.
As for me. I don't recall anything
very technical in my bit of writing. The
examples I gave were mostly recol
lections of travel, verified by sketch
books, and one of the examples is ex
tremely like the Omaha arch, propor
tion, shapo and roof and alL If you
have "never seen anythicg like the top
of the Arch," I would like to remind
you that novelty is usually a desideratum
for exposition architecture, provided
it does not fail in beauty. And in
support of thie last remark, I can't let
you off without quoting what I have
heard given as the opinion of one of the
mofat gifted architects in this country,
i.e., that the building we are now dis-
First publication August 7, 897.
S. L. GEISTHARDT. Attorney.
ORDER ON ABSENT DEFENDANTS
In the Circuit Court of the United
States, for the district of Nebraska.
At a session of the circuit court of the
United States, for the District of Ne
braska, continued and held pursuant to
adjournment, at the United States court
room in the city of Omaha, on the 29th
day of July. 1897, the Hon. W. H. Mun-
ger, judge, being present and presiding
in said court, the following, among other
proceedings, were had and done, to-wit:
Charles Jorn, as executor of the last
will and testament of John Jorn, de
ceased, complainant, vs. David House,
et al., defendants No. 182 "S," in
chanrery, order on absent defendants.
And now, on tbis 29. b day of July, A.
D.. 1897, being at the may term, A. D.,
1897, of the said court, it having beea
made to appear to the satisfaction of the
said court tbat thi is a suit commenced
to enforce a mortgage held by comp'ain
'ant a lien upon real property within the
said district, and that John M. Sharon,
David B. Welch, Charles A. Hanna and
the Harrison National Bank of Cadiz,
O., a corporation. Defendants herein
are not inhabitants of, and have not
been found within the said district, and
have not voluntarily appeared in th's
suit, on motion of complainant's solici
tor, S. L. Geisthardt, solicitor for the
said complainant, it is considered by the
court and ordered that the said defend
ants above named, be and are nereby
directed to appear and plead, answer or
demur to the complainant s amended
bill of cotnplaint. on or before first Mon
day in October, 1897, and that in default
thereof, an order be entered in this
causs, taking the said bill pro confesso.
Jt is further ordered by tne court that
at least twenty days before the said first
Monday in October, 1897, a copy of this
order be served upon said John M.
Sharon, David B. Welch. Charles A.
Hanna, and the Harrison National Bank
of Cadiz, O., a corporation. The said
defendants, wherever found, if practic
able, and also upon the person or per
sons in possesion or charge of the real
property described in complainant's bil
of complaint, if any there be; or in lieu
thereo" a copy of this order be published
for six consscutive wejks in The Couk
iek of Lincoln, a newspaper published
and in general circulation insaiddisttict
of Nebraska.
signed W. H. Munoer.
Judge.
The United States of America )
District of Nebraska. E8
I, Oscar B. Hillis, clerk of the circuit
court of the United States for the dis
cussing was the most praiseworthy de
o; f ll 1 :: ..r, ..wuii. u. mo uimcu 01
a ,- - Is,l",u BrouD- beauty trict of Nebraska, do hereby certify that
onu D.U1J.I11..1V ire one most true ineaDoveanu loregoing is a true copy
Of all the architectural of an orJer entered upoa the journal of
sometimes!
styles nowever, what seems to you be3t
suited to festal occasions? The severely
classic? You can't think so! Fancy a
set of strijtly Ionic exposition buildings,
for instance. The effect would be heart
breaking. But make them Oriental
or Moorish, say have a riot of orna
ment, color, even bizarre effects and you
have architecture suited to a frolicsome
season, to the "come-and-go" in which
the Frenchman delights. There is a
case where beauty should not be
fettered by simplicity,
tne proceed 1 nes of said court in the
causa thetein entitled; that I have com
pared the same with the original entry
of said order, and it is a true transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
Witness my official signature and the
seal of laid court, at Omaha, in said
district this fifth day of August, A. D.
1897.
Seal Oscar B. Hilus,
, Clerk.
Endorsed: Filed July 29, 1897, Oscar
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New York has only three reputable f X "" . , " . uesigneu
hotels in wnich negroes are received on
Pirct. 'Plllilir.jtinn 1 nmiAf T ICflT
Think of the New England Loan and Trust Company
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in tne Moorish manner by some of our 10 Anmo -itts and William Pitts, her
equal terms with other guests, and all
three hotels arc kept by foreigners. But
the prejudice is confined to the United
States; it does not extend to any part of
Europe nor to Mexico and South Ameri
ca. On the continent there is no color
line, and in England negroes are re
garded with special favor, probably on
account of their rarity. There is no
reasonable explanation of our popular
antipathy. It has nothing to do with
slavery, because slavery wa6 abolished a
generation ago, and because there is no
discrimination between negroes that
may have been slaves and the freeborn,
educated, wealthy negroes that come
from the West India islands. It baa
litde to do with co'or, because there is
no popular objection to the jellow
Hongolians and Japanese, the copper
Indians, the dark skinned Mexicans,
Brrzilians and South Americans, who
can dine anywhere, be received every
where and marry anjbody, if they have
money enough. It is not inherited, for
our children are as fond of their black
nurse sb some of us used to be of our
great New York architects; how fit they
are in me tropical place, and how dis
mal would bo the result if they had been
treated in a "columnar" style, like the
railway station which jou justly
approve, and which is most lit in its
place.
You will think I am loo tedious to
live. Pardon me once more and believe
me an appreciative and wholly feminine
reader, and in good faith a
Sojourner.
August lGth, 1897.
and you'll be happy, my
"Bo good
daughter.
"Isn't there any easier way, ma?"
At 117 so. Tenth.
husband, Philip K. Ketrick and Prank
S. Bolar non-resideLt defendants:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that on August 5, 1897, New
PJngland Loan and Trust Company,
an lowa corporation, as plaintiff, be
gan an action against you and other
defendants in the dmtrirr. mnrt r
Linc-iiter county, Nebraska, the cb-
jeci or. wnicn is to foreclose a certain
mortgage on the following land in said
county, to wit: the south west quarter
ol : section number 21, in town number
12 north of range number 5 eist or
thoGth Principal Meridian, made by
James Thompson, and Sarah Ellen
Thorn p?on tc Now England Loan land
Trust Company, dated April 25th 1887,
to secure the payment of promissory
notes of said James Thompson, to
said ISew En gland Loan and Trust
Company for 81G2TK) on which there
is now duo &0M with interest from
may 1ST, ltvt, at ten per cent
per an-
slare "mammies.'
THESAUNfERER.
western line-the greatest railroad 'and to satisfy said liens as aforesaid,
system touching Lincoln, with shortest foF. deficiency judgement and General
,.., ou aro "quired to answer
plaintiff's petition on or before the 27th
day of September, 1897.
New England Loan &. Trust Company,
Plaintiff. "
a 3 By s-L- Geisthardt, Attorney.
mileage to Chicago and St. Paul and
making quickest time. Get our low
ates to tourist points before buying
tickets. A. S. Fielding, C. P. & T. A
Lincoln, Neb.
Pree
Aclveirti
ISins.
What a lot of fr.p ad
vertising the Burlington
must roceivo if it is true
as some people hJ Umt
"a pleased passenger ia a
railroad's best advertise
ment!" To all points east, west
north and south, th. Bur
lington has well equipped
and unparalleled sen ice.
George W".
Bonneii,
AMERICAN EXGHANGF NATIONAL BANK.
LINCOLN, NED.
S.H.
Bl'RXIIAM,
President.
D. G. Wing,
A. J. S w ei:.
Vice president
Cashier
CAPITAL S2.-,0,C0O.
Directors A. J. Sawyer. S. H. Hum
ham. E. Finney, J. A. Lancaster. Lea is
Gregory, N. Z. Snell, G. M. Lambert
son, O. G Wing, S. W. Burnham.
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SPICTO
Actual time traveling.
.'11 hours to Salt Lake.
Gl hours to San Francisco.
G3 hours to Portland.
77 hours to Los Angeles.
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LINCOLN, NEB.
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