The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 34, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 2, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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Muskogee Indian Territory Thursday June 2 1904-
Number 34
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COLORED CtflZENS RESOLUTE
Meet And Denounce The As
sault offone of Their. Own
Kacf Upon a White
Worn -in.
And Plepgfl THioir Best Efforts lo As-
biKt In tttringinp lh Biule
i Speedy Justice.
Luat Tuesday morning the coloieu
Tpcsday
weoole ofi Wagoner met' ai tho law of-
tiyc of Hinublo Carrington Main street
lo disiusstthe hoincous erim perpetra-
ted the day before MPn a whito wo .nun
hy a momfier of their own raee in the
ticinityof Wagoner n
D. G. Mitehell was Elected as cliaii-
iu:tn and Humble Carrington as'secfo
mry and inlroducod the following reso-
lution wh'eh were unanimous1 y adopted:
Whereas It hm bcen'reoontly re-
.portcd that a very heineoiis crime hus
ben committed in the neighborhood of
our beloved city Wagoner by some
member of our raee on an individual of
the other ruoe' the white race be
That we as the pood col-
ored citizens of Wagoner and its vicini-
ty denounce the perpetration of such
crimes by whomsoever eommittect and
place on re ord as ready and willing at
this time or any other time hereafter to
assist tho authorities m capturing chc
perpetiator of this reported crime or
any other crime that might be commit-
tee to disturb the peace and quietude of.
ourcoantrry. lio it further
Resolved That the good colored citi-
zens of this vicinity form a posso from
among thom&lvr s and offer their ser-
vices to the U. S. Marshal and the au-
thorise to helD run down the scoundrel
the reported perpetrator of the heinous
crime and see that he be properly lodge
in prison and receives the punishment
he deserves and as the law directs. And
be it f urth
Retoved That we as the good col-
ored citizens ef this beloved country of
ours wished t be placed on record as
d mouncing mob law believing that the
l.iw is udequato for the punishment oi
all crimes and . that the majehty
of tho law should be upheld at
any 2ost.
Hamblc Carrington was the ftpokes-
- man of tho meeting which he addressed
in an earnest sensible manner. He
mid that the colored people of Wagoner
stood for tKe punishment of crime and
that the race had nothing to do with it.
They believed in good morals and de-
nounced violations of law no difference
who the perpetrator might be or wheth-
er Jic was black or white. They did not
uphold crime of any kind or character
committed by members of t' eir own
toee and it was their duty in the present
instance to assist in every possible way
to aprchend the criminal and see to it
thai ho receives swift punishment for
h's crime. It was evident the audience
approved what ho said arid volunteors
to assist in the search were called for
quite a number responded and left for
the neighborhood where tno guilty
wretch was supposed to" be hiding.
Our colored citizens did tno proper
thing in thus publicly placing them-
selves on record and it will wo believe
havo a ood moral otfeot. Wagoner
Record.
A NEGRO BISHOP ELECTED
Scott Wi'll Be' Sent Among The
Riicu in Africa.
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Los Angelef Cnl. Ma.xjiji it is un-
officially stated today that tho ballot
taken by thi Methodist General Con-
ference Saturday for tho missionary
bishops tho result of which will be an-
nounced officially Monday morning has
lcsulted in tho election of Dr. I. B
Scott of Louisiana colored) as mission-
ary bishop to Africa and Dr. W. P.
OldhnVn and Dr. K. K. Robinpon as ad-
ditionl bishops in Scuthern Asia Dr.
S.'ott's election occasioned some sur-
prise as it was thought that Dr.Cam-
dhor of Liberia would be tho successful
candidate.
Nearly all the bishops filled pulpits
cither at the morning or evening servi-
ces in this city and nearby towns.
While Monday Ma 30 is the day set
for the final adjournment -of the confer-
ence it is believed that practically all
tho important business will have been
completed before tne end of the presont
week.
Two subj cts will doubtless cause a
spit-hod debate during the next few days
namely the amus&mnnt que t on nn1
the relations of capital and labor. The
latter was made tne subject of a special
roport from tho jupiciary committee last
week in which vigorous denunciation
was mado of tho "greed of corporations
and their indifforonoo-to tho welfare of
their employes."
It was sought to have the conference
pass the resolutions reported by the
judiciary tcommittco as the expression of
the body but strong opposition devel-
oped when it was mado the. special or-
der for Tuesday morning. Fraternal
Union.
DIDN'T GO IN PRINT SHOP.
S)metime ago a Negro com-
positor from Alabama secured a
place in tho government prjnfcing
offke and recently was assigned'
to work in an "alley" in which a
number of white men are employ-
ed. Some of these men particu-
larly John W. Martin of North
Carolina objected to the presence
of the Negro. Mr. Martin see-
ing that there were number of
v .cant frames asked that he be
transferred to another 'alley.'
Alter waiting a few days Martin
saw that t")e foreman D. J. Rob-
erts of Kansas had no disposition
to g ant his request He told the
foreman that the situation was
distasteful to him by reason o
the presence of the Negro. Thid
failed to make any impression
whereupon Martin took his giiev-
ance to 0. J. Ricketts chief of
the entire printing depirtment.
Unsuccessful again he applied
for relief to R. S. McNeil secre-
ary of the North Carolina Repub-
(Continucd on page twelve.)
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Twine, W. H. The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 34, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 2, 1904, newspaper, June 2, 1904; Muskogee, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc69951/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.