The Washington Bee Newspaper, April 27, 1889, Page 1

jerms, $2.00 Per year in Adrace, Vil. = : g rf f CHiCy af cy ey + % ; 4 Poe wees 5 cents per copy. " WASHINGTON, D, C., SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1889, Soe oe were willing tools to do the bidding | uy HICKS, MINISTER TO ’ PERU PROM THE UNITED ee” STATES. Hicks, President Harrison bas appointed Bovoy Extraordiurry and Minis~ te Pienipotentiary to the Repuv- Colonel John whom fico! Pera was born in Auburn N. Y. 1847, but removed with his parents to Wisconsin, where the jamily located in Waupaca Coun- ty, a region then on the frontier Notwithstanding the lack of edu- cational facilities, he managed to pick up a good school education, as le evinced an unconquerable desire for self improvement, often walking many miles to borrow a book for reading. When fifteen years old he commenced teaching school. His father who had enter ed the Thirty second Wisconsin Regiment at the outbreak of the Civil War, was killed on the South Ediste River, South Carolina leaving @ family of 6 children for which John Hicks provided con. tinuing his teaching, eking out hie earnings by sawing woo,d How- ever hemanaged to pull through ‘and toobtain a college education at Lawrence University, Appteton Wiscousin. When twenty years old he became reporter on the “Oshkosh Northwestern” and was soon afterwards made managing editor of thesame paper and of which he now is the sole proprie- tor. Ilis paper is th? most impor— tant in Wisconsin outside Mil- e and he himself did active for President Harrison the last campaing in r Wisconsin. Mr. Hicks resident of the Wisconsin ation and VicePres » National Editor- 1. eis @ man of Ass correct habits and »Whowill worthily repre- Sent Our country in Lima. Pew “MALLS AND THE THE ! HIM--HE INFORMS THE DENT HOW HE VOTED AND CHARGES ast Tuesday morning Gen’! Smalls, of South Carolina, )see President Harrison (presented a statement which ‘be found below. The Presi- ated Gen’l Smulls very nsly and told him that he vive his case consideration: To the Hon, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States : Sir: Would On account of the numerous pro- tests filed against me as collector ot the port of Beaufort, I have the Chor to submit the following state- mente made concerning my attitude ‘the last election, that I bolted ie party ticket; that I did not one bee he Republican nominees, iy that Taided and abetted the “Mocratic party is meanly and mlicionels false in toto. I have ai “avy ime or in any way “Upathized with or assisted the ia rac party; but on the con- ar) have always been its constant . Cousistent enemy, believing at by so doing I would be doing ae Service and my race a benefit. % So admit that 1 did not vote of vine h Repu blicans as were some ticker sy smimated on the county Sra ot Beaufort—men who pack- them, uvention that nominated ‘m With the lowest characters “could be drummed up, who of the nominees whose offenses against the public made them a disgrace to any party with whom they were permitted to act, and doubly disgrace and damage any party that nominated them for of- fice of trust, honor, and profit. I attended the first and only large ratification meeting held in Charleston, called by Doctor Crum, and at Beaufort, called by myself, which were addressed by the Hon. J. D. Taylor, of Ohio; W. E. Mason of Illinois, and myself. After these meetings [ came to Washington in company with Mr. Taylor. Returning in September I found that there had not been a meeting called anywhere in the county since the nomination, ex- cepting the Beaufort meeting on July 31. Finding the voters apathetic, and that nothing had been done to arouse enthusiasm to interest the Republican voters, I went to work and called eigat meetings at my expense for the purpose of notify- ing the national and congressional nominees, and attended and spoke at them all; had a band of music at all but two of the meetings, Gra- hamville and Genesis. Mr. Miller attended and spoke on the same platform with myself, I urging bis election as well as the support of the presidential ticket. I was also temporary and per- manent chairman of the county conventien that elected delegates to the Congressional convention, and was myself one of the delegat- es to the Congressional convention and there voted for the nomination of Thomas E. Miller and also voted for him and for Harrison and Mor- ton, Presidential electors on elec- tion day. I had nothing to do with the get- ting up of the fusion ticket. After the nomination of the infamous county ticket, I neither stampted the cnunty in its favor, nor did I make a speeeh in tavor of the fu- sion ticket. I had announced be- fore I left Washington that I would be a candidate for sheriff of Beau- fort county. My contest in Con- gress not being settled when Con- gress adjourned, before any ballot- ing was had in the convention, I withdrew my name from before the convention and asked my friends to support George A. Reed, a re- publican who has been the chair- man of the republican board of county commissioners for the last eight years and was elected sheriff. There are men nominated on that county ticket, such as Thomas H. Wheeler and W. J. Whipper, for whom 1 would not vote under any cireumstanees, and iu saying this, I voice the sentiments of all repub- licans in the county who believe in having honest and honorable offic- ers, who are not only competent to perform their duties, but who will do so in a mannerthet will strength- en the cause of republicanism in the district. Again, Mr. President, together with Hons. Frederick Douglass, Bruce and Lynch I signed a call to the colored voters of the county urging them to support the repub- lican ticket in the last election, of which fact the National Republic- an Committee is fully cognizant. Furthermore, I had an urgent agreement with Hon. W. D. Owen, of Indiana, by virtue of which I was to come to your state for the purpose of stumping in behalf of the republican ticket, held myself in readiness so to do, and had my services been required, I would have been on hand. Does this look like bolting? I must confess, Mr. President, that I thought only honest and hon- orable republicans would either be- come officers or allowed to say who skould have office, and yet here is a case in which the lewest ele- ment in southern politics, the car- pet-baggers and the rum element, are making fighton me, not be- cause of any stain upon my char- acter, not alleging that I have not served the party long and faithful ly, unable to prove that even in the last campaign I did, not only vote for but called meetings and worked for the national and con- gressional ticket, but opposing me because the county convention nominated men who are adulterers, drunkards and gamblers, a dis- grace to Beaufort and an injury to republicanism, and 1 using the rights of a free voter, refused then asI will ever refuse to support such men for any office of trust, honor, or profit. Having thus stated the whole trath nothing extenuating nor set- ting down aughtjin malice I hereby submit the case and have the honor to be ROBERT SMALLS. OO oe COLORED INVENTORS, HENRY E. BAKER FURNISHFS THE BEE A LIST—WHAT THE RACE IS DOING. Editor of the BEE: Sir: In reply to your letter of some weeks ago asking me to furnish yeu a list of such patents as ha7e been granted to colored in- ventors, I have to say that the records of this office do not distin, guish between inventors as to race- but only as to nationality. Appli- eants for United States patents have only to state of what couutry they are citizens, and this meets the requirements of the rule on that point. Ic not unfrequently happens, however, that applicants come per- their attorneys in the prosecution of their applications for patents; so that in this way, and in this way only, theit racial identity is often diselosed. The only means, therefore, of ob- taining any reliable information as to the number and character of the inventions patented by colored in- ventors, is to inquire among the examiners in the office, and the at- torneys practicing before the office, who have come personally in con— tact with such inventors. Parsuing this course, I have obtained the list which I enclose herewith. This list is necessarily incomplete, but as far as it goes, I feel sure that it is absolutely reliable. Many of the names are those of persons well known in our own community, among them being Miss Miriam Benjamin, the late Jas. Wormley and David A Fisher, jr., and Mes- srs. Lavalette, Davis aud Bailey. The patents secured by Mr. Gran- ville T. Woods, of Cincinnati, on his electrical appliances, are said to be very valuable. One of them has been purchased by the American Bell Telephone Co., of Boston, and some of them are owned by the joint stock company which Mr. Woods organized ia his city for the purpose of manufacturing and putting on the market the electric- al apparatus patented by him. 1 am told that this company is com- posed almost exclusively of white capitalists,—Mr. Woods himself being the only Negro stockholder in it. My attention has on several oc- casions been called to newspaper statements tothe effect that the Negro has never invented anything meritorious enough to receive a patent for it from the government, and that he has contributed abso- lutely nothing to the inventive thought of the country; and it is mainly to refute such statements as these, that I sometimes wish it were possible to find the evidences of such Negro talent as we have distinguished in some way in the public records. Very respectfully, HENRY E. BAKER. 8,978, Joseph Hawkins, Gridiron, > March 26, 1845. 64,205, W. A. Deitz, Shoe, April 30, 1867. 99,463, Wm. Murray, Corn-Stalk Harvester, February 1, 1870. 110,599, Hardy Spears, Shield for Infantry and Artillerymen, Dec, 27, 1870. 115,153, Landron Bell, Locomo- tive Smokestack, May 23, 1871. 125,068, T. J. Martin, Fire Ex- tinguisher, March 26, 1872. 133,823, Landrow Bell, Dough Kneader, Dec. 10, 1872. 149,543, E. H. Sutton, Cotton Cultivator, April 7, 1874. 162, 281, David A. Fisher, jr., Joiners Clamp, April 20, 1875. 163,962, A. P, Ashbourne, Process for Preparing Cocoa Nut for Domestic Use, June 1, 1875 174,794, D. A. Fisher, jr., Furni- ture Caster, March 14, 1876. 180,323, T. A. Carrington, Range, Jaly 25, 1876. 194,287, A. P. Ashbourne, Treat- ing Cocoa Nut, Aug. 21, 1877. 202,888, B. H. Taylor, Rotary Engines, Aril 23, 1878. 208,517, J. R, Wiuters, Fire-Es- cape Ladder, May 7, 1878, 208,184, W. A. Lavalette, Print- ing Press, Sept. 17, 1878. 208,378, W. R. Davis, Library Table, Sept, 24, 1878. sonally before the examiners in the |; patent office, and personally assist ‘Jatuary 9, 214,224, J. R. Winters, Fire- . Escape Ladder, April 8, 1879. 218,154, Wm. Bailis, Ladder Scaffold Support, Aug. 5, 1879. 230,518 A. P, Ashbourne, Refins ing Cocoa-Nut Oil, July 27, 1880. 231,355, T. B, Pinn, File Holder, Aug. 17, 1880, 234,039, Powell Johnson, Proteetor, Nov, 2, 1880. 242,091, James Wormley, Lite- Saving Apparatus, May 24,1881. 256,610, R. W. Alexander, Corn Planter, Check rower, April 18, 1882. 276,563, Jonas Cooper, Shutter and Fastening Theretore, May 1, 1883. 275.271, H. H. Reynolds, Car Ventilator, April 8, 1883. 285,545, L. C. Bailey, Truas and Bandage, Sept. 25, 1888. 298,937, L. Blue, Hand Corn- Shelling Device, May 20, ’84. 299,894, Granville T. Woods, Steam Boiler Furnace, June 8. 1884, 307,817, G. T. Woods, Telephone Transmitter, Dec. 2, 1884. 815,368, G. T. Woods, Apparatus for Tranemitting Messages by Electricity, April 7, 1885. Assigned to American Bell el. Co., of Boston.). 838,781, J. Ricks, March 80, 1886, 352,036, Henry Brown, Recepta- cle for Restoring and Preserving Papers, November 2, 1886, 886,289, M, E. Benjamin, Alarm Signal, July 17, ’88. 894,388, Moses Payne, Spring Shoe for Horses, Dec, 11, ’88. Eye Horseshoe, MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. é Scientific American, ; The Eiffel Tower—in Paris had reached a height -of 761 feet on 1889—the highest structure upon the globe. Standard Time.—All the railroads in the United States and Canada, without exception, now use the standard time of one of the four sections—eastern, central, moutain, or Pacific- Cities and towns have very generally conformed to rail- road time of their respective sec- tions. Out of 288 cities of over 10,000 inhabitants, less than 25 still retain local time. Force of the Wind.—The high wind of Saturday night, Jan- uary 5, blew the car cabel out of the sheaves on the Brooklyn bridge stopping travel for a short time, Work: ot Flowing Artesian Wells.—At the Ponce de Leon Hotel, St. Augustine, Flordia, an artesian well furnishes power through a turbine and dynamo for lighting the building and grounds by electricity. At Yankton, Dakota, a flowing well drives the dynamos of an elec- tric lighting company, the water flowing toa resevoir, from which a turbine is actuated, African Railways.—It is propos- ed, by a new company just formed in Brussels, to build a railroad to connect the head of navigation on the lower Congo with Stanley Pool. thus opening up a line of about 7,000 miles in the interior of Africa to trade and commerce. Trade Schools.-By the munifi- cent gift of Mr. I. V. Williamson of stocks of a market value of$2,250,- 000, a “Free School of Mechanical Trades’ is to be erected and organ- ized in Philadelphia. 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