The Washington Bee Newspaper, February 12, 1887, Page 1

YT atanivetig PE 10.000. | CelCy + av ADVERTISE « In sUBSCRIBERS This Paper. | Wanted. , | AT WILL PIL THE LEADING HECRO 4 | CoLorED PoPULATIon | ORGAN. | | $0,000. =e rp ae WASHINGTON, D. ©., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1887. fs No. 37 “DUPED CTIOIT DADsATATC. AMUSEMENTS. INGALLS’ LETTER TO THE|occupaney of the ofice to which he | tained in the message of the Pres- \ :\ ER SU CH BA RGAINS aveue PRESIDENT. was nominated for more than four | ident, whether Matthews is white LX. Men’s Boys’ and Children’s Clothing As are now offered at the Great Sample of MEN, BOYS’ and CHILDREN’S Clothing Opening at 924 7th St. n. w. BET. 1 ST. AnD MAsSACHUSETTS AVENUE. Qver one thousand Men’s Boy’s and Children’s Suits and Overcoats of the best goods. Many of them will be sold at less than the cost of the ay nothing about the making and the trimmings. Actual bar- iom come. A sample Suit worth $20 can be bought for $12. low, and Children and Boy‘’s Suits at little over half goods, gains seld Overcoats very a Children’s Overcoats at less than you would have to pay for the making. These goods are mostly in single Suits, only one of a kind, best English, French and American goods. Prince Alvert Coats sold for $15 now $5, Suits that sold for $12 to $20 at less than two-thirds of the cost. There are no better goods made, many of them superior to the best ordered work. Men’s Suits start at $5 and go up to $16; Boys’ suits $5 to $10; Children’s Suits $2.50 to $6, and Over- coats for Men, Boys’ and Children from $2. 50 up. You can secure the best bargains of your life in any of these goods you can get fitted in. We have a Jot of Children’s Suits—54 in all—the price of them was $6.50, $7, 8. s9and $10, ages, 4to 8. Just think of it. You can have your choice of this lot for $3.90. Little Overcoats for half price. Men’s Pants ‘75c., $1. $1.50, $2 up to $6, We have a lot of Prince Albert Coats, Black Cloth formerly sold for $18, $20, $22—your choice to day for $12. ; é It would be impossible to enumerate the thousands of good things in Clothing for Men, Boys’ and Children. Come and see for yourself at the great sale of sample Suits at 924 7th St. N. W., bet. I St. and _Ave. Look for the signs. Sample Suits and all styles of men’s and Children’s Clothing. Salecommences TUESDAY MORN- t Wo'clock. and are made of the JOHN FEF. ELLIS & CO. 937 PENN. AVENUE, WASHINGTON, D. C. EXTENSIVE DEALERS IN MUSIC SONV Id AND MUSIGAL MERCHANDISE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Sole agents for the Weber Behring, Vose, Guild, Mason and Hamlin Behr Bros. PIANOS! MASON AND HAMLIN, SMITIT AMERICAN. GEO. WOOD PACKARD, CHASE ORGANS! EXPLOSION in CLOTHING Prices Knocked to Pieces. Go to the Great-Executors Consignment of Clothing At. Bio F STREET. —W. Opposite United States Patent Office Mca’s Suits ly the 1( Did you ever buy an all Wool suit for $3.90. Did you ever buy anall Wool Double Breasted Suit for $5.60. Your choice of a thonsand pair of men’s pants at 65c., 75c., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.90. Elegant Dress Suits at $6.40, 7.50, 7.80, 8.40, and 9 dollars. Boys’ Suits from 12 to 17 years 2.65, 2.75 and 3 dollars. DO YOU KNOW WHAT AN EXECUTORS SALE IS; We wii Tet you—A big firm breaks up on account of the Death of one of the partners, and to settle the estate the above sale is ordered. The stock is consigned to leading clothiers in different cities and sold re- gardless of cost or manufacture, in order to make a settlement with the remaining partners. THIS WILL LAST FOR 15 to 20 DAYS only 816 K Street, n: w, (Opposite United States Patent Office,) Between 8th and 9th W . G. t33e A DLL .) Meriden, Conn, ‘ SOLE MANUFACTURER, E,HLRICE & C0',, Solid Comftrt Buetboands and Spindle Wagons, single and double seated, Hi] a 4 Ups = =<) Sj 4 Sf Riding qualities unsurpassed. No jar to the feet, Durable and stylish, Prices reason- able. Shipments singly or by ody to all parts of the United States. Responsible Agent wanted in every town. Send for Price List and descriptive Catalogue. Correspondence earnestly solicited. e ¥N. B._ Every person acting as Agent for our Wagons, will have his name with advertise- ment of Wagons advertised in the leading paper of the county or town where Agent resides, eratis for six months. MAKE YOUROWN TERMS ~—0ON~ FURNITURE CARPETS AND STOVES AT HOUSE & HERRMANS Instalment House. 921923 7h st. n. w, Grand Oriole! given under the auspices of the JUNIOR EXCELSIOR BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION, PAT OW BETHELHALL From March 7, 87, to March 25th Inclusive. We propose that this entertain- ment shall far excel anything ever given by the above Association and that of itself is a sufficient guaran- tee that every one who attends will have a pleasant time. There will be 25 booths comprising every kind of articles that will be most pleasing to the eye and will amply satisfy the innerman. (Presided over by Wasbington’s fairest and most accomplished Ladies.) There will be different kinds of Fabrics, Mechanical and Masical -Instru- ments to be disposed of at most reasonable rates competitions in voting on articles that will please the tancy of any ene. MUSICEACH EVENING. GENERAL ADMISSION 10 cts. Season Tickets, 60 cts. A GRAND —BAZAAK— —GIVEN BY THE— Seottish Rite Club, At BETHAL HALL, Commencing Feb. 7th, ending Feb. 25th 1887. Faney and Useful Ar- ticles for sale; and to be voted for in a manner satisfactory to all. Elegant music anda happy time for every body. Admission - - - 10 cts. Season Tickets, : Ss i) @ Thornton A. Jackson, Pres., mrs. Julia Beckett, 1st vice pres., Mrs. Wm. F. Thomas, 2nd vice pres., James Dean, sec’y., John H. Bur- ril, treasure, Jerome A. Johnson, Cashier, John W. Freeman, asst., John N. Dorster, Mas. of Entrees, Henry H. Dade, Assistant. feby. 22, 5 t. THE CARNIVAL!! THE NEW DEPARTURE OF THE PHILOMATHIAN A GRAND MUSICAL AND LITERARY CARNIVAL OF AUTHORS. This popular Literary Society will give a MUSICAL AND LITERARY CARNIVAL IN the 2d Baptist Church, for the benefit of the church anda library for the society Thursday and Friday evenings, March 3d and 4tb. This entertainment will be one of the grandest that bas ever been given in the city, The lite- rary feature of the program will be a novelty as well as the musis cal. Madame Adelia A. Slye, who has in charge the musical program, will be assisted by Washington’s best musical and literary talent. The managers will have the entertainment two evenings to enable the masses to attend. Single admission to all parts of the church, 25 cents. er) WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. HERR BISMARCK wants to fight the earth, Von Moltke raves for gore, And fierce Monsieur Boulanger longs To pommel them all sore. And Uncle Sam he swears “By Jove John Bull must leave the seas, If he won’t let my sailors fish Wherever they durn please.” The eagle screams his fiercest scream, It sounds from shore to shore; The bear he sends an angry growl To meet the lion’s roar: But all these warlike portents pale Their ineffectual fire Before the Gog and Magog war Ofa fashionable church choir! —Tid Bits. WHY MATTHEWS WAS’ REJECTED. THE POLITICAL FREEDOM OF THE NEGRO SUPPRESSED BY A REPUB- LICAN SENATE, A SUBTERFUGE DOCUMENT. The rejection of James C. Mat- thews, of Albany, New York, nom- inated to be recorder of deeds of| © the District of Columbia, was sent to the President Tuesday, the or- der having been given by the Sen- ate Monday, which at the same time removed the injunction of se- crecy from the vote, and all the papers relating to the case. The papers comprise the formal reso- lution of the Senate rejecting the nomination upon which the vote stood 31 to 17, as follows: Yeas—Allison, Blackburn, Bow- en, Chase, Coke, Conger, Cullom, Dawes, Edmunds, Eustis, Evarts, Gorman, Hawley, Hoar, Ingalls, Jones, of Nevada; McMillan, Ma- hone, Morgan, Palmer, Plumb, Pagh, Ransom, Saulsbary, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman, Spooner, Vance, Williams, Wilson, of Lowa--31. Nays-Beck, Blair, Brown, Call, Cockrell, Colquitt, Farwell, Gibson, Hampton, Harris, Jones, of Arkan- sas; McPherson, Mitchell, of Ore- gon; Payne, Vest, Walthall, Whitthorne-17. Messrs. Berry, Butler, Camdem, Cameron, Gray, and Kenna have announced that they would have voted in the negative had they been present and not paired, and Messrs. Manderson, Miller, Stan- ford, and Teller have announced that they would have voted in the affirmative. The following document, prepar- ed by Senator Ingalls and offered in the form of a resolution, was adopted by the Senate yesterday and will be sent with the rejection to the President. James C. Matthews, of New York was nominated March 9, 1886, to be recorder of deeds in the Dis- trict of Columbia, in the place of Frederick Douglass, resigned. This nomination was rejected by the Senate July 31, 1886. Immediately after the adjourn- meut of the Senate, to wit, August 9, 1886, the President appointed Mr. James C. Matthews to the of- fice for which he has been rejected by the Senate, and he continued in the discharge of its duties dur- ing the recess of Congress. On the 21st day of December, 1886, the President again nominat- ed James C. Matthews, of New York, to be recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia, in the place of Frederick Douglass, re- sign. In his message to the Senate of March 1, 1886, relative to papers on file and other information touching suspensions from the ap- pointments to office, the President, among other things, said: “Upon a refusal to confirm, I shall not assume the right to ask the reasons for the action of the Senate, nor question its determi- nation. I cannot think that any- thing more is required to secure worthy incumbents in public of- fice than a careful and independ- ent discharge ofour respective duties within their well-defined limits.” The nomination of Matthews be- ing apparently not strictly in ac- cord with these declarations ofthe Presideut, and being the only instance of a person re- jected by the Senate who has been reappointed and again nominated for the same office under this ad- ministration, the President consid- ered the event of sufficient con- sequence to accompany the trans- mission of the nomination with the following statement in justification ot his action. “This nomination was submit- ted to the Senate at is last session, upon the retirement of the previous incumbent. who for a number of years had held the office to which it refers. In the last days of the session the Senate declined tovon- firm the nomination. Opposition to the appointment of Mr. Matthews to the office for which he was nam- ed was developed among the citi- zens of the District of Columbia, ostensibly upon the ground that the nominee was not aresident of the District; and it is sapposed that such opposition, to some ex tent at least influenced the deter- mination of the question of his con- firmation. “Mr. Matthews has now been in months, and he has in the perfor- the approval of those having busi— ness to transact with such office, District from loss and illegibility. “TI am informed that his manage- ment of this office has removed much of the opposition to his ap- pointment which heretofore, exist- “T have ventured, therefore, in view of the demonstrated fitness of this nominee, and with the under- stnding that the objections hereto- fore urged against his selection have to a great extent subsided, and confessing a desire to cc-ope- rate in tending to our colored col- ored tellow-citizens just recognition and the utmost good faith, to again submit this nomination to the Sen- ate for confirmation, at the same time disclaiming any intention to question its previous action in the premises. ‘‘GROVER CLEVELAND. “EXECUTIVE Mansion, Dee. 21, 1886.” The Senate doez not consider that it is required either to admit or to deny the propriety or the correctness of the conjecture of the President as to the reasons by which it was guided in declining to confirm the original nomina- tion. The President attempts to jus- tify the renomination of Matthews by stating 1. That the fitness of the nom- inee has been demonstrated. 2. That the previous opposition to his appointment among the cit- izens of the District has largely subsided, 8. That he desires iu this way to tender just recognition and good faith toward our colored fellow-citizens. It is sufficient answer to the first two reasons alleged to say that neither could have been ap plicable when Matthews was ap- pointed in August, immediately at- ter the adjournment of the Senate, for at that time his fi ness had not been demonstrated, nor had there been any ivterval fur local opposition to subside. Until suggested by the Presi- dent, the Senate was not aware that the question of “just recog~ nition or good fuith to our colored fellow-citizens” was involved in the question; and it has never be- fore been urged that a person’s nomination for an office should be confirmed or rejected because he was black or because he was white. This classification has been abolished by the suppression of the rebellion and by the amend- ments of the constitution, and is no longer properly to be recognized in dealing with public affairs. The Senate, however, in view of the message of the President, can not furbear to apprise hin, since he has raised the race issue, that Frederick Douglass was, it is un- derstoud, requested to resign the office of recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia in order that James C. Matthews might be appointed to the place. ithou: doubt Frederick Douglass is the most distinguished : epresentative of the cvlored race, notin this country only, but in the world. “Just recognition” would have been teudered to our colored fel- low citizens by the retention of Frederick Douglass, rather than by his enforced retirement in or- der to reward an unknown and obscure partisan who had never been aslave, and therefore repre- sented the enfrauchised race only by the accident of color. The devotion of tbe President to ‘the political aud civil advancement of: the c»iored race might bave been equally tested, anu “good faith” might have been as strongly evinced, by the retention of Douglass iu the office, whose du- ties he was discharging to the satisfaction of the pe ple, unless it isto be understood that just rec~ oguition” is to be tendered only to those members of that race who sre supposed to entertain particular political opinions. In such a case the issue of race dis- appears, and the test is politics, mance of the duties thereof won | and has rendered important ser- | vice in rescuing the records of the. or black. He is admitted to be a citizen of New York. The office | to which he is nominated is strict- ly local. The compensation tor the performance of its duties is not paid by the government but mainly by citizens of the District having papers to be recorded therein. His confirmation is opposed with substantial unanimity c the citizens ot the District without regard to color, politics or oceu- pation. OUR WEEKLY REVIEW. THE EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION. SUFFRAGE IN THE DISTRICT oF COLUMBIA. WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS. HON. B. K. BRUCE’S SUCCESS IN THL LECTURE FIELD. It is an established fact that the 25th Anniversary of the Emaneci- pation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, will be one of the lar- gest thatever took place. The COLORED PEOPLE having united willno doubt con- vince all they can disagree to agree. It is hoped that an interest in the election of delegates to the convention will be manifested. The convention will be held Fri- day evening Feb. 18th at the Ar- mory of the Capital City Guard. It is said that Senator Ingalls is in favor of HOME RULE. His sincerety can be better shown by offering a bill in the Sen- ate to that effect. The people in this city white and colored are in favor of the elective franchise. The Cod-fish army and navy ar- istocracy are opposed to enfran- chisement. The right of suffrage was taken away from the people by a republican Senate simply on the recommendation of this class just mentioned. Indeed, it is against the fundamental principles of the constitution and in direct conflict with a republican form of government. The Senate has no official in- formation, other than that con- HON. B. K. BRUCE is becoming very popular in the lecture field. His lectures meet with popular favor wherever he goes. There seems to be some op- position to OUR COMMISSIONERS and why we are unable to say. We say unhesitatingly that our schools have never been better managed, with but few exceptions, than they arenow. The Commis- sioners and our board of school trustees have been charged with mismanaging the District govern- ment. Perhaps if Congress knew how the schools were managed heretofore, it would say that there is a great improvement. We have no favoritism in our schools now, teachers are not now compelled to sacrifie their virtue to satisfy the lust of a corrupt set of men, as was done in years ago. We have no men on the board, who, ifa teacher refused to bow to them wouldremove them. The people sholud praise the Commissioners and our present school officers for the protection of their daughters against corrupt men. OUR TEACHERS are as free now from insults as the souls of Roman vestal virgins. The only fault that we can find is, that we have not sufficient school houses and other facilities for the colored schools. We need a first class High and Normal School building with the necessary apparatus. If the Commission ers will give us this, we should be satisfied. Commissioner Webb, who has charge of our schools is a man, who has the interests of the people at hea:t aud should have the undivided support of the whole people irrespective of color, party or creed. Most men, otherwise strong in body and mind, will become an- happy and break down when afflict- ed with rheumatism. If they w only try Salvation Oil they wo find relief at once. Price 25 eta. All the keys of Windsor Castle were recently stolen, but even this does not interfere with the rapid sale of Dr. Balls Cough Syrap.