The Washington Bee Newspaper, October 23, 1886, Page 2

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Subscribers are requested to pay up. The greatest advertising medi~ um in the city. Everybody should join in th: emancipation of Cuban slaves, Public Printer Benedict bas re- instated three of the seven dis- charged colored ladies in the fold- ing room. The resolutions recently passed by the Labor convention at Rich- mond in rega:d to the admission of colored apprentices in shops und factories, reflect great credit upon the delegates and serve as au entering wedge in the removai of opposition to the muateriai pros perity of the colored people It the reselutions mean business, it will be found that at the north, where tactoiies and work shoys are numerous and where the col- scarte; ote ini eormuaraivels skilled michanics will grestly in- cresse and that section of the country will beceme an i. viting place inducing industrious colored men of the south to part: ke of it- advan'ages and help furtier is material interests- The resolu- tions will test the sincerity ot the Knights of Labor and if they prove to be more than many oth- er high sounding resolutivus we have read and |-e.rd of and it they form a more subsiantial plank in the platform ot tLe party, thee need be but litle tear as to the party affiliation of the majority of colored people But we would see these resolutions put into prac- tical form vefore we would advise colored people to go too far. Promises and mocnshine are well enough in their places but real substantial benefit is what the colored people are now looking for and what they must have ere long. THE CHICAGO STRIKE. Our contemporary the Daily Post infers that the Chicago strik- ers were responsivle tor the blood shed in Chicago. It seems as if the Pinkerton detectives ure re- sponsible. While the laboring classes are resjonsible for some things, they should not be made to suffer ior a crime committed by others. When men are clothed with a little brief authority they torget thumeel ves. FOR MAJOR W ALKER’S EYES. While it isthe intention of Maj. Walker to reform, tbe police force, we desire to aid him if possible. There are several police sergeants on the force who cannot read intel- ligently nor are they sufficiently competent to bold the position. If Major Welker is anxious to have competent polce as he claims he is aswella discipilined, we think it advisable to have a civi service examination ot bis police sergeants. Again Maj. Walker has not made the appuintment of one colored police, but he hus dis- missed several, whose places have been filled by white men. Now Major give the colored mau a chance. OUR CANDIDATE. There has beena great deal of speculation going on for some time who isthe best man to be made} cee in Mr. Matthews the elements president of the United States.| of t.ue mauhood, and never hesi- Messrs. Blaine, Logan, & Sherman | tate to say so. So far as this ad- have been mentioned on the repub- lican side, while the democrats bave mentioned Voorhees, Hill, ministration is concerned or any other, we have uothing to ask, but we are not so ungrateful os Raf v safest man to trust is J. E. Young, ! the tit of a government position at 736 7th St. n. w., where you pay| 0nder the present administration your mouey and take your choice.| by p'etending to be inimical to You need notbe afraid of being kick-|t e repubilean purty and favora— ed out as an offensive partisan. Mr.| ble to the democratic party by Youug knows what it is to hold an | false methcds. We have criticised effice. He has been his own boss} repubi:can and democratie leaders for over 40 years and ifthe people | gy account of their infidelity to w Il go there and talk with him and his aimible wife, you will readily decide that they are the persons to fill the Executivechair. Mr. Young’s portrait appears on the first page. OUR ADVERTISERS. The merchants have come to the conclusion that it will pay to ad» vertise in the Brg, the < ficial or- gan of the Negroes in this coun-i try. Asan advertising medium the Bge surpasses all the journals edited by Afro-Americans. We first desire to call theeattention of the public and the reuders of the BEE to JOHN F. ELLIS & CO. our old stand by at 937, Penna. avenue, n. w. Ii you waut a good piano, first class music &c., this is the place to go, as well us to EDWARD F. DROOP, a similar establishment at 923 Pennsylvania avenue, n.w. Bu the first thing in order is to yur- chase a house, you can do so by. going to W. A. STEWART cor. 10th and F sis, n. w., who has just comp'eted a row of bricks or to R. D, RUFFIN, 604} 10th st., n. w., who can .lways ie found. Afte you have satistiel yourselves in real estate, vi-it HOUSE AND HERRMANN, 923 7th st., who kceps on hand all kinds of household goods. As the family increases and your boy needs clothing or your hu: band should veed anew suit drop in and see MR. SMITH, 924 7th st., n. w. one of the best in the city and a geutieman, who silLeataty..veu.. Lf you can 10 RoBINSON, PARKER & CO, 7th and D sts., where the smallest and largest ean be accommodated, or to the GOLDEN EAGLE n. Ww. cor of 7thand D and ask for T. K. Reelardson, who will cut and tit you to order, or to W. HORN, who makes panis from $5 up. Clothing is not all that is needed, suppose you drop in and see the THE OLD WOMAN IN THE WINDow, e 402 7th st., and purchase a pair or shces, or to DALTON AND STRICKLAND, 939 Penna. avenue, where the boys go and purchase patent leathers for the dance. ‘The ladies must be served with dress goods, and the place to go is J. E. YOUNG; 736, Tih st.. n. w., who has been in the business tor 40 years. Go to Young’s. Mrs. Young is one of the most affable ladies in the ety. There is no place like Young’s for ladies’ goods. Look at his picture as it appears in the Bre. Instead of spending thousands of dollar at other places where colored ludies are not treat- ed well, try this place and be suit- ed. AUERBACH & BRO. are exce'lent gentlemen. No wonder gentlemen can be so we'l accomm: dat.d. This house ke: ps all kinds of geuts furnishing goods. Their number is 623 Penna. avenue, n. w. OUR POSITION. There are a few in this city holding positions undera demo. cratic administration who are do- ing allin their power to retain said positions by claiming to be independent in politics, This same class of black republicans have embrace! every opportuuity to criticise and condemn u: be- cause we give credit to Mr Cleve- laud for what he does for the black man. Our position in the Matthews’ case is one that no honest man can object to, but there is a desire on the part of a few of these black republican ren- principles and sball coutivue to do so until every right is given us under the constitution of the U- nited States. Mr. Cleveland is a good man and he who Says to the cout:ary is an ingrate. If Recorder Mattl.ews sees in the democratic party any princip!e that will tend to el vate the Negro he has a per- tect right to support that party just the same as the Negro has to support the republican party. For twenty four years the colored man has ben the political slave of the republicin party and if it is not time for Lim to act and think for himself he will forever be theserf of parties and men who desire to use him to appease their political am- bition. We are no dem crat, but an Americ -n citizen, who believes in exercising a privilege guaran- teed by the consti‘ution. These republicans who take occasion to criticise the position of the BsE are using every effurt to retain their places and those who have beeu dis harged are end -avoring to be reiastated. If the demo- ciatic party iss» obvoxious why is it that these discharged govern- ment servants want to be rein tat- el? Why are efforts being mace to be sent abroad? We want it understocd that the editor of this paper is seeking uo position not has he asked for any. We shall support men irrespective cf their political convictions. MR. BLAINE’S SPEECH. Lust We:dnes lay evening in the presence of an immense audience, it Piusburg, Mr. Biaine gave to the country his views upon the great living issues‘of theday. He provoked the wildest enthusiasm and was cheered lustily by the sound of his Voice ina Uebtific his wisdom, his philosophy and_ his historical references. His dispo- sition of the Labor ques ion was sound and to the point and his retere: ces to the industries, aftect- ed by the tariff full of truths worthy to be remembered. His compliment to Mr. Powderly was among the most worttiy of his ut terances and it was received with applause. Mr. Blaine, however, has set the colored people to thiuk- ing by his utterances regarding the purposes of Reconstruction legislation. We do not believe what he says, but if we are made to do so we shall be very sorry that we have labored undera mie- take so long. In opening up the subject of Negro snffrage he says: “Now, geutlemen, [ do not hold out to you the slightest belief on my part that tle Kepublicans have any prosp: ct of carrying a south- ein state. The white men have the political power of that ¢ suntry in their grip. At the first they said they would not let a negro come to Congress, a8 soon as they got the power to stophim. Well the Negroes stepped aside. Then they said they would noi kta car- pet bagyer ccme to Congress, Well the carpet bagger eloped. {Laughter.] Now they say that they will not let a native white man come to the front if the col- ored men vote for him. [Laugh- ter.] That closes up the avennes pretty tightly.” All this is very true and we hold that i’ was the weakness of meu like Mr. Blaine, that the Ne- groes, who after they were guar- auteed suffrage under the Amend- ments to the Constitution were not fuituful enough to the prinet- ples they encoipvrated into the organic jaw to see that legal vot- ers wele not made by foree to flee from tie election polls. The rea- son that the Negro “stepped aside” wis because those who permitted him to vore and who reaped the benefits of suffrage as long as it was desirable, wien he was no longer need ruthlessly left him to the power and prejudices of those whom they helped to exuspeiate by Iccal antrgouism. It was the “cry of a solid north against a solid south” with its cowardly spirit to dudge respousibilitiy and to ignore the rights of m llions ot citizens which made the Negro egades to condemn us because we! step aside and the carpet bagger “elope.” Mr. Blaine goes on: “You often hear from democrats in Allegheny county, perhaps, as elsewhere, that the Repablicans were served just right because they put Negro suffrage on the suuth, and that it has returned to plague them. Well, [deny it. I denvy—and I want to make that denial as intelligent and fore ble as [ can—I deny that the republi- can party, in its system of rcov- struction started cut with the ijea of forcing the south to take Ne- gro suffrage. I bad a smail part iu that legislation. What we did was this; We said to the svuth, “There is the fourteenth amend ment to the constitution. Tuat amendment is of ines‘'imable ad- vantage. That amendment makes citizenship of the United States uauional. It conserves and pres serves the nati nalcredit. It con- serves and p eserves the pension of the soldier. It prevents the men whose hands have been made bluody on fie'ds of battle against Union men irom takin part in the government until Congiess, by a two thirds majority, shail release them trom tha: disability.” We suid to them, “Agree to this amendment and come in; but you will find in that amerdmeut this provision’—I am giving you the popular m aning, not taking the exact lauguage etihe law-—“if you exeude the Negro from vots ing, he must be excluded from the basis of representation; but if you will give hit the rigit to vote, he shail at o1ce be put :n ine basis of representation. That was a perfe aly fair and square pre posi- ton” We say that we do nut believe what is said about the f elicg re garding the projecto s of the Re- construction Acts. We do net believe that the loyal citizens of the nerth intended that the polit- ical status of the Negroes should be «stubli-h d by the late master, We believe that the 14th amend- ment Was a necessary foreranuer to the Fifteenth and that the last amendment was the only logical or legitimate way of arriving at suffrege If, as Mr. Blaine states, the legislators did not intend to go further tian he 14th amend- «ment whereby the colored people would be left to the states for suf- trage; if we were to be relegated back to our masters tu be pass.d PBR" Aan BEAT 2h NESS to be turned loose into the seeth- ing cauldron of southern hate and prejudice conditioned ouly upon tie acceptance of the south of the 14:b amendment, then we are much mistaken and would prefer not to be regarded as giateful to the republican party for the out- come. If Mr. Blaine is correct then we are all wrong. But we have evi- dence that we are not wrong. We have such men as Charles Sumner, Johu Sherman, Thaddeus Stevens and others whose testimony we pre- fere to accept. Thes® men and others who led the movement were determined that the emancipated slave should becomes as s on as pos- ible full citizens and labored to that end. But we have few of these men among us and Mr. Blaine now stands up and claiming party to the Reconstruction Acts says, that the triends of the Negro were not friends and that they had no idea of forcing the suffrage ot the colored people in the south. We would like to be grateful, but if Mr. Blaine is correct we have no great reasons for being so. HON. H. C. C. ASWOOD. HE WRITES A LETTERTO MR, A. P, ALBERT. HE THINKS THE SLATE DEPARIMENT SHUULD BE CUNGRAT- ULATED, Mr. A. P. Albert, of the Peusion Office, has received a very interesting letter from H on. H. © C. Aswood, United States Consul at San Domingo. Among other things he says: The rail oud that is to Le started has been impeded by a revolution. Congre-s is called to meet on the 24th inst , and ifa quorum can be had on that day the approval of the concessions will be made within ten days. The effecis of these ¢ n- cessions to an A:merivan synd cate, if made, will be to greatly devel- ope the country, and afford great advun'ages for energetic young colored men. I predict says he, with a great deal of assurance the nomination of J. G. Blaine a- gain in 1888. Ihave read his 20 years in Congress, it isa supery work, he is abrainy man. I have BOYS THE BOYS Boys will be ix shall be no mor». will continue to hay thei and theretore will cons in nee lof a new outfit parents procure for our wear resisting U which we sell from $2 our other vascilating chiefs, since the retirement of Cunkling, I eon- sider him the foremost and strong- est man in the ranks of the repub- lican party. MR. CLEVELAND is such a splendid man and has done and said so many good ‘hings in behalf of our race, that he is a democrat staggers me and Teun h-rdly realize that heis a democratic president. His invi- tation of Douglass to the White Tfouse, his appointment of Mat always been an anti Blaine man, but studying closely his character- istics and comparing him with thews and bis reappointment, his continaance in office of colored men and appointing others in the places of those removed, his manly letter to T. McCants Stewart, are greater evidences of sincerity than any expressions that I have heard heard from any presidert. How unhke those ot Garfield “Educate yourselves, one trained mau is worth five untrained and without the means of training.” Mr. Cieve- land will make a formidabie can- dida’e, and if reiominated I fear will destroy party lines. complication with MEXICO about the Cutting affair not- withstanding the criticisms by mavy of our publie jouruals [ think the out come is a triumph for our State Department. The European questions do seem gluomy, but those diplomatic ar- vitrators 1 think will master the situation withour ae ntt et. Eng- land jealous of her Inces, Russia, feariul of a combined force, Fia:ce and Germany vying with each other wiil sca:ezly take sides with ei’ her of the coutinding parties. POLITICS IN MAKYLAND. THE LITERARY UNION. Balto. Md., Oct. 19, ’86. The congressioual ermpaig.a in this city is uew under full blast, and the voice of the polit.ci«n is heard in the land. Biltimore city comprises two congressivnal districts, viz.—the third and fourth. The democrats will have bat slight if any opvosition in the third, but in tue fourth the bar- tle will be stubbornly contested by five candidates already named, With the possilility of a sixth. Mr. Findlay, who has rep esented the fourth district for two terms, deaw heen dropped by the dama crats on account of his protective tee id in congress, and is now running as an independent candi- date, being endorsed by one wing of the republican party. Mr. Weutiersby is the nominee of ano'her class of republicans Mr. Isidor Raynor is the regular dem- ocratic ca..didate and Mr, Eugene Levering leads the probivition uosts. ‘he fitth candidate pre~ sents an analogy in Maryland pol- ities, being a colored man in the person of Mr. S. Q. Sanks, 2 young man of some eloquence and ability, who tas been pat for- ward by dissatistied colored re- publicans. congressional timber it seems that all classes and conditions of men might be able to choose a favorite yet there is some talk among col- ored democrats, of which this city has a small coatingent, of nomi- nating Mr. J. E. Briscoe a young colored politician of democratic preclivities. The patriotism of Baliimore politicians is unexcelled a3 shown by the number who are so willing to serve their country. Biltimore also boasts of a col. ored man, iu the person of Mr. W. L. Vassell’s, who is willing to 8 crifice his life by the s.de of “Afric’s sunny fountains.” He ig an applica .t for the Liberiaa mis sion, und is secu ing the end.-rse- ment of his friends. ‘ihe Maryland Literacy union held its regular semi-annual meet- ing in the Ebenezer church on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, Mr. J. W. Cromwell of Washingion delivered an in erest- ing address on ©The Negro in Business.” Other addresses were mde by Rev. C. B. Perry of St Mary’s church, Mr. Simuel Q. Sanks and Miss Ida Smothers NEWS &¢. The] With this array of; Rev. W. Il. Weaver, will deliver a lee ure on Thursday evening at St. Jehu’s church, subject, “Work am ng the colored people.” Mr, D. T. Black an inventor from Brooklyn New York, will give a panoramic exhibition of uis various inventious on the 2st inst. at Ames Chapel. Mr Biack is a mechanical genious of whom the race may partly feel prow. A large colored employment agency has just been established here, and Baltimore may rightful- ly feel a pride in all branches of business and professional life. | $10 tor boys between tie tand 13 ye:rs. (S For the larger voys a we have a large assoriment at pric to $18. In Gent over coats, and S our stock is now ¢ mpl prices lower than ever, correct, our salesmen < and our methods of d ness pcpular. For ar the clothing line fur m child. Come right he sure to find what prices that will p! OWE PAIGE TD ALL. Golden Eagle CLOTHING Co. N. W. CORNER OF 7TH D Strzers (All Blue Signs.) J.M. Gravy, Manager, Auerbach & Bro, * A “FLANNEE SHiny FUBNISHERS HATTERS, “ACED. Ai No. 623, Penna. Ave., V. W., OFFER EXTRA LOW P! THIS SEASON LN UNDE! WEAR. NECKWEAR AN) HOSIERY AND HATts Viz:—Men’s white merino shirts, 50 cts; Men’s scarlet all woo! - $1.00; Men’s heavy Cumel’s hu shirts and drawers, $1.00. Colored, extra heiwy mé hose, regular made, (don 25 ets. Fine quality black Derhy, $1.5), 2.00, 2.25, 2.50, and 3.00 Silk Hats at 4.50, 5.00 and Sole agency for Dr. Lair wool underwear pronou: the leading physicians of Hn and America, as the best cur Rheumatism. " ANNOUNCEMES1 —Go To—— MURRAY, the—— ~-GROCER.-- S. W. cor. 2nd C sts. N. W.. wis es to announce to the people this vicinity, that ie bas now stock, a earetully selected fw of fresh Groceries. He also | poses to make a speciaity of but and eggs, and Quinn’s Alderve milk. “A nimble sixpence then a slow shilling.” Give eall. LASKEY’s 5% LOAN OFFICE, No. 361 P: Ave. on. w., Washington, |) Money loaned on gol and 5 Watebes, diamonds, jewelry, tol=, guns, mechani zal tools, !a and gentlemen’s wearin Old gold and silver boug Thos. Eatman. GENERAL JOBBER:; Repairing and Painting H. oping Tubs; Bottomi Hods; all kinds of ice and granite ware repuire’. cles called for and deliv furnished. 405 3rd st. TZ, HOOVER RPaintiu?g Done in all branches, at low’! Price. All work in first class 5! 1513 9th STREET, .- ee