The Washington Bee Newspaper, July 13, 1889, Page 1

LAIRD SHOUP. George Shoup, who has ed Governor of the idaho, was born in trong Co., Tenn., sin 1852 and settled nd stock rais- “he became inter- tl » broke out he entered t in the Independent scouts of Colorado, Lie was most- occupied in watching and fight- g Indians and in Sept. INii he was appointed Colouel of « 3d Colorado Cavalry. In No- rember the same year he and t iad a successful engage- 1e Indians of Colorado, routing them, the red- ig more than four hund- ed on the field, this 60 v broke the power of these jians that they have not since mpted hostilities. At the ex- of his term of service, Shoup, with his regi- was honorably mustered out, ionel settling in Salman city, His first venture in politics a delegate from Tuebla, to the Constitutional m called to form a State tion for Colorado, after held many positions of t that he has been s80| as a business nap, and | character has been in all | ove reproach is a suffi guarantee, that the interests ot Idahe be safely committed | Th u INISTER DOUGLASS. N HIS APPOINT- e State Capital.) t has honored Old Man Elo- ro has Goyern- ind rewarded. s World.) Blaine preferred a | he Haytian mission 0 find a suitable one | \ aceept it, he tenders it | s Douglass and he of pts it most graciously. ! Douglass is poor man, ; {caunot afford to be | tsuch matters. | and Headlight.) Frederick And so M Douglass has | “l Minister to Hayti, Hie was not reaps | der of Deeds of the elieved he desired | > and this appointment | ce to Alwee gets left as he : sited that position. ‘emored with his father’s | where he remained | s later went to | enterprises. When | d trust, always serving | lican party faithfully and | {his honored career. " WASHINGTON, D. ©., SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1889. 5 cents per copy. 1 | Douglass Minister Resident and Consul General to Hayti—Hon. John M. Langston’s old shoes. We had hoped that Messrs. Douglass, Pinchback and all the rest of the old colored men who have secured a competence holding office upon the | strength of their connection with the race, were to be allowed to es- cape the exacting duties incumbent | upon a Goverment official and that the more deserving and more intel- ligent young men of the race were | to be recognized. It is time that this was being done if for no other reason than that the future success of the party in several Northern | | States having a large colored vote, | the balance of power demands it. There isno denying the fact that | younger and more intelligent ele- | iment of eclored Republicans} throughout the North is restless and heartily sick of the appoint- | ment to officeevery four years of the same old chronic office seekers | and holders of color. In the case} of no other class is this true. We} assure President Harrison and the | | other leaders of the party that they | jare not strengthening it by such} action, but are making a serious | fight. The young intelligent Re- | publican of today is nota blind | follower of Fred. Douglass, Lynch, Smalls or Pinchback, nor a blind | party follower, but is an intelligent, | independent Republican, with good | reasons for being such. He has cut | the string that has been tied about |his neck with the other end in | Douglass, Lynch, Smalls, or Pinch- | back’s hands to yank and pull at |leisure in an effort to deliver the | goods and draw pay for the same |in the shape of office. The sooner this is understood the better it will be for the party. American Citizen. | Hon. Frederick Douglass has been appointed minister and consul general to Hayti. We venture the | prediction that the appointment | will not receive general approval. | Gate City Press, | Last week President Harrison |appointed the Old Man Eloquent | minister to Hayti. We were inclin- ed to criticise the appointment very | severely at first, for the reason that | we thought a man of Mr. Douglass’ years and distinction should have something more in keeping with Having been marshal of the District of Columbia under Hayes and recorder ot deeds under Garfield and Arthur, it is |now time that he be given some- thing that is commensurate with a high order of statesmanship. New York Sun. Washingion, D. C., July 5.—The colored people of Washington, among whom Fred. Douglass has never been very popular, are angry at the latest move of that chronic officeholder. A few days ago Mr. Douglass recommended the ap pointment of C. S. Morris as Minis- ter to Liberia. Morris, a leading | colored man here says, is a boy | who only reached his majority a| few months ago. He is engaged to be married toa Miss Spriggs, a granddaughter of Fred. Douglass. The engagement of Mr. Morris and Miss Spriggs has been the talk of colored society here for several monhts, and now the charge of nepotism is made against Mr. Doug- lass with as much vigor as when he was Marshal of the District and | Recorder of Deeds. His appoint- ment as Minister to Hayti has not | pleased all of the colored people, but those who dislike him are in a measure pacified by the fact that he is going out of the country. Another point made against Mr. Douglass is that young Morris, whom he wants to send to Liberia to represent this country, besides his youth and inexperience in af . Lancet.) fairs, has not a good common . Harrison has made no | School education. He isa student ; ment than that of |i the preparatoty department of glass, as minister to | #oward University, with a year re an ardent admirer | More to study betore he can enter ster and would | the college departinent of, that in- 8. i to say aught | stitution of learning, even though bs “WA : but we believe | be should be able to pass his exam- a a oS Sbemies and friends will | mation. Wild hans 28t 20 better man | ‘ , see WORDS FITLY SPOKEN. | ity Dispatch. re F tof the honorable | i i st 5 ass Minister to | U.S. SENATE, ng ¥ 8 hig ratifying to the| ,,.. i. ‘ July 8th, 1889. 16 "t w of our ambi. | 2ditor W. Calvin Chase, 1. we tried to de.| “Washington Bee :” : in | ftdersbip of the old man | Sir, as a New Hampshire, Rex ve Do ‘the world still sees | Publican and an ex~Union soldier, | 4s towering head and ove auy other mem- ace 1 wand Gazette.) ‘tesident has made Fred. permit me to tender to you person- | ally, and to the gentlemen associ- | ated with you ir the management | lof the splendid serenade to Sena- tor Chandler, my hearty thanks, for the pleasure it gave me to witness such a demonstration of our color- ed fellow-citizens in honor of one the truest and mest earnest friends of the colored race. Mr. Chandler is no coward, and you may rest as- sured, sir, that he will be heard from one end of this land to the other when the time comes (and it is very near at hand). It must be gratifying to the Sen- ator to knew that he has so many earnest friends and admirers among the colored people, notonly of this city, but throughout the country. That he entertains a high personal regard for you, and those of your associates and friends, who gathered together such a multitude last Wednesday night, there is no doubt. The ‘*Bee” has stood up for the White Eagle ot the Granite State, manfully and fearlessly, and it has always been honest and consistent. Let me congratulate you, Mg. Edi- tor, upon your significant and time- ly speech on that occasion, and say that you presented the case in a masterly and able manner. It will not do for the Republican party, through its managers, to blunder or to make any mistakes in dealing with the colored race, or the colored vote. It may be safely assumed that the next census will show that there are over 1,000,000 colored vot- ers in the United States. If the Republican party in Congress will throw the proper safeguards around this vote, it can hold the reins of government as long as it chooses. You have shown very conclusively the importance ot this vote, and it only remains for the Negro himself, to make Il respected by all polieieal parties, You are right in demand- ing recognition from the admini- stration for northern colored voters. There are hundreds of brainy col- ored men all over the north who should be taken care of. Very respectfully, oO. F. A. AN IMPORTANT MAN. When Koko said ‘‘Married men never flirt,” he fell dead with a sud- denness which left no doubt in the minds of many who heard him that professional liars, like good Chris tians who do not lie, are sure to re- ceive their reward. I met recently an “intimate per- sonal friend of the honorable the Secretary of State, Mr. James G. Blaine, he was from a state where polititians are as thick as locusts were in Egypt and he is a colored man. Somebody introduced me to him in front of the Ebbitt, as a newspaper fiend we took several “observations” together in a quiet way after we had exchange the us- ual formalities, and then he grew sublimely confidential and proceed- ed to give me a history of himself as a leader in his state and district. He began his illustrious career as a manufacturer of influential states- men and wirepuller way back in 1868. Grant and he had been warm personal frieuds for years. It seemed that his father cooked for the General in the army and that he used to, when quite a young fellow, hang around Headquarters, where he often saw the General smoking his cigar, and the General took a liking to him. During Grant’s first campaigu he can- vassed his entire state for him, making many speeches, some , of which were said to be unanswera- ble and most convincing arguments. The General kept track of him and when he was first elected to the Presidency he telegraphed to him to come on to Washington to con- fer with him about the appointment of certain colored men to responsi- ble offices, and also to obtain his views as to the best course to be pursued in the attempt to solve the | vexed southern problem. The suc- cess of Grant’s administrations so far as the South was concerned, was largely due to his counsel and ad- vice. (Here we took another ob- servation and a pair of ten cent cigars.) Resuing the conversa- sation, he went on to say that he knew Mr. Blaine or ‘‘Blaine” as he called him intimately, that he was the first colored man to come out publicly in favor of Blaine for the Presidency, in 1876, and that he made over one huudred and fifty speeches for him in his state. Blaine thonght a great deal of him too, and had great reason to think well ot him, because it was he who amid great opposition at the state | convention succeeded in electing a solid Blaine delegation to go to Chicago pledged to his support, first, last and all the time. Mr. Blaine heard he was in town about ten days ago and sent for him to come up to the State Department with- out delay; he went two or three days after he got the message. There were in the office at the time he called, several members of dif- ferent foreign legations, Mr. Blaine recognized him, told him how glad he was to see him and then iutro- duced him to his visitors as one of the truest triends he ever had. When these gentlemen left left Mr. Blaine gave the messenger orders not to bring in any more cards for half an hour. They then drew their chairs closely together and talked over old times ete., ete. Finally Mr. Blaine said to him “Henry, the President wants a good man to go to Hayti, and he doesn’t want to make any mistake or about it, whom do you suggest, would you like the place for your- self?” He said in reply, that he had not thought much about the mission to Hayti, that there were a great many candidates for the place, and that so far as he was concerned he preferred to go somewhere else. Are you acquainted with Frederick Douglass the author of those fam- ous, but brief. blank verses, com- mencing with the lines: The Republican party is the ship, All else ths s2a; The Repubiicau party is the sheet anchor, etc., etc. Mr. Blaine acknowledged the ac quaintanceship, both with the au- thor and all his blank verses. We!l, said his visitor, I think he would be the man to send to Havti, take my advice_a»4 sive nim the commis- civil. Mor—ris unnecessary to be said, some of the other candidates may think it heartless in you to give him the commission. Yet the hart doesn’t pant for the water brook more determinedly and per- sistently than Mr. Douglass has panted for a job under this admin- istration. His appointment will give the other fellows good luck. I (Hart)ily recommend it for many reasons. Mr. Blaine saw the point at once and he said to me—(Here we took another observation, and saw stars of great beauty and magnitude.) Henry, old fellow, you are right. Vil speak to the President, to-day about it at Cabinet meeting “and will take the liberty to use your name.” Now, I have given you the inside history of the causes leading up to the appcintment of Fred. Douglass. He started to do the ‘“Annanias” act as he stepped off, but caught himself—and made a dash for a car. Bruce Grit. AMUSEMENTS. THE GREAT Union Picnic! SUNDAY SCHOOLS oF THE A. M. E. CHURCH, Of Battimore, Washington, Annapolis and Ellicott City. At Irving Park, B.&O.R. R., TUESDAY JULY 16th, 1889, Prof. E. H. 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