The Washington Bee Newspaper, October 15, 1892, Page 2

Pablishe! every Saturday at 1109 1 Street Northwest, ¢.... zwon, D.C. Enterel at the Post Ofiee at Washington ‘8 second class mail! inatter. W.CAUVIN CHASE Eprror. COLORED DEMOCRATS, The Bee will contain an article next week relative to the colored men and there effiliation with the democratic party. Read it. Simply because ove broken down played ex-methodist exhort- er, accepeted a bribe and got on the witness stand and lied, does it follow that all methodist ministers and exborters are unworthy of trast and confidence? We say no not by even the ringing of the bell. The ocean is wide the sea is deep, but neither of these are as different as the conditions that arise as between a difference whether a policeman clubs an Au- glo-Saxon or an Afro-American. Lieut. if you want to avoid trouble clab a bleck man, that will be the last of it, especially if it be made the last of bim. ed Gen. Green B. Raum has not only been clearly exonerated from all the charges made agaiust him by the democrats regarding bis manage veut of the Pension Office, bat bis whole administration is vin- dicated by the President, the cab- inet aud ile lvyal people of the country, especially the pensioners. There is under, about and above all however one thing that the democrats will not forgive the general for, he is a square toed old fashioned radical republican, and sticks up to and for his pulitical convictions in seasou and out, and and as the record shows, has jug been out West tearing the hi from copper beads and irom sia- very democrats, and this is the shoe that pinches. THE COURT WILL SETTLE ii. The charges that weie filed against the editor ot this paper last week by Jamce 8. Myers,| who tendered bis resignation as janitor of toe Puillips school, for selling whiskey to soldiers during the eucampment and Geo, \. Ambler will be investigated by the proper tribunal. Myers knew atthe time when he filed such charges that they were false and so far as Geo. M, Ambler is con- cerned, there is no excuse for him to offer. It isuow too late for bim to say thatbe did not know that Myers was such a liar or that he wrote at Myers suggestion. The newspaper is not the place to dis- cuss this questivn aud as it was said inthe Post a few days ago, Thrice is he armed, that has i And he but naked, though le Whore conscience with inj ii corrupted, ————_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_ PHILOSOPH Y-POLITICS. In the state of Virginia next month there is not to be any tcket upon which the name of a candidate for Congreas will appear through whom a di- rect appeal for their suttrage can be made to the ecvlored voters of the state, on account of and ows ing it alone to the will of one man. No republican candidates will be annowuced from any dis - trict in the state, notwithstanding there are two Congressional die- tricts overwhelmingly radical republican, Two dead saved re~ publican district for the 52d Congress thus thrown among the democrats, simply because one mao 60 rules and dictates, In this case as the matter pre- sents itself in Virginia, we ad- vise colored men to vote the Harrison and Reidelectoral ticket and vote for Congresemen accord- ing to their individuat preference, for whom where and when it will be of the greatest service to them as individuals, \ THE LATEST FASHION. . The stye of sleeve most in vogue is the Marion Deiorne. ‘ Light shades of gray, luff, brown or dull green are the col- ors most in favor. Veils are long forming a dra- pery around tue neck and shoul- ders. Velvet sleeves will again find favor but they will be of Scotch plaid. : The simplest of costumes are in best taste. Skirts are no longer made with aseam inthe back; they have one width 10 front and one at the back one entirely cross. Some of the new sleeves are formed of two or three puffings. Russian velvet will be the most tashionable goods for handsome toilets during the coming wiuter. Bedford cord silk1s a novelty having a pin dot seeded all over it. Tinsel or gold or silver threads are introduced into every style of goods this season. Very distingue is the combina- tion of black and crimson reps. Jackets still hold their own, but they are longer, with double breasted fronts and high collar which can be rolled back. For winter the long three quarter capes, will be the leading style. "The old fashioned fur-lined circalar has again made its ap pearance, furbrished up a little with some of the modern accesso ries, such as the Watteau black. Long boas are carried twice around the neck and then descend entirely to the feet Short ones tied under the chin are aiso stylish. Felt, satin and velvet consti- tute the basis of the newest head wear. Plain and fancy velvet hats have tinsel trimmings or whole crown made of some gorgeous Persian ribbon. A recent fad isto place upon the same bat or garment, fur and lace intermingled. There is a decided tendency to return to the Empire style, with short round waists. For the corsage fancy pins that simulate flowers are quite popu- lar. One of the newest ideas in fur trimmings is to uee two kinds on one garment. The favor extended toward brown and black keeps mink aud astraoban on the topmost wave of popularity. Iu millinary we will again see borders of fur, tails and heads of tiny animals. ——_—_ WEST WASHINGLON NOTES. The reception and festival given by the ladies auxiliary club num- ber 2 to the visiting delegates and patrarchs attending the meeting of the B. M. C. of the G@. U. 0. of O. F, wae a success An exhibition drill by the Pittsbrog and George town patrarehy on Friday even- ing was a royal feature of the en- tertainment. The young people’s meeting of Mt. Zion M. KE. chareh reopened last Sunday afternoon with inter- esting exercises Patrarch No. 42 of this place presented a very fine appearance in the parade lest Thursday,Capt. James C. Becket and his meo were highly complimented tor so sreditable a showing by citizens who predict much success for the commandery. Mr. John Hurd and wife of Pittsburg, Pa. but formerly of this piace are here on a visit and also attended the B.M.C. Mr Hurd isa member of the Pitta- burg patrarchy who did some very five drilling at the Odd Fel- lows Banquet here last week, Mies Sarab Bryant is here ons visit and is stopping her friend Miss Jennie Hall of West P st. The funeral of Mr. Adolpus Hall an old and much respected citizen of this section took place Sunday afternoon from the firet Baptist church, and was largely attended by the Masonic Order of which he was an honored member turned out in a body. Rev. Sandy Alexander officiuted. Loterment at Mt Zion Cemetery. Mr, Henson Thompson the son- in-law of Rey. Sandy Alexander, has been appointed janitor of the Phillips school building and the citizens there feel grateful to trus. tee Hon. B. K. Bruce for tle ap. pointment of Mr. Thompson who is a very competent young man: “LEASING CONVICTS. DEMOCRATS INDIFFERENT TO THE RIGHTS OF WORKINGMEN. Conditions in States Where They Have Absolute Control Shows Absolute In- difference to Rights of Labor—The Con- vict Lease System in the South. [Special Correspondence.] WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—The working- men of the country are finding in the re- eent labor trouble in the south a beauti- ful opportunity to judge of the real ani- mus of the two political parties toward labor and laboring people. That the Democratic party has been the foe of free labor is a recognized feature of the earlier history of this country, and that it is still indifferent to the interests of the labor- ing element must be apparent to any- body who stops to study the situation as brought sharply into notice by the pres- ent condition of affairs in the south. Word comes from Tennessee that in spite of the promises of the governor the con- ditions in regard to the use of convict labor in competition with free labor have not at all improved. Absolute Control Shows Real Se: It is only in the states or locali which a party has absolute and undis- puted control for along period that its Teal attitude toward any element of so- ciety is clearly shown. Where the nia- jority is slender it is often necessary for party leaders to hide their real senti- ments in order to continue their control. But in the southern states, where they have had enormous majorities and held them constantly by their own peculiar methods, they have shown their entire disregard of the interests of free la and to the laboring element generally. Convict Labor Leased in the “Safe Dem- States. ” Democratic states of the country at large as an ample. There are perhaps a dozen which have been considered absolutely safe to the Democracy under all circumstances, located of course in the south. In ten of these twelve states they have put convict labor into direct competition with the workingmen of the state. In only two of the safe Democratic states has the party omitted to show its hos- tility to labor by failing to put convicts in striped clothing into open competi- tion with the workingmen. Scattered all over these ‘safe Democratic” states are camps of convicts, worked upon plantations or in the mines in competi- tion with the laboring men of those states, and if the laboring people dare protest, that favorite argument of the southern Democracy, the rifle, is turned against them. Brutal Treatment of Prisoners. The tales of horror which come from these convict camps are shocking, not only in the matter of their cruelty to the convicts themselves, but to the working people at large whose interests are over- ridden by a party which thus shows its absolute contempt for their interest and appeals. Prisoners are beaten, starved, threatened with death in order to fo: them to perform heavy tasks and thus increase the competition which their la- bor produces against the free labor with which they are brought into competi- tion. These questions have been brought to the attention of the authorities time after time, but with no avail. Labor leased for forty cents per day, and driven to its utmost tension with floggings and threats of death, is calmly put into com- petition with the working people at large, and they are held in subjection by the use of rifles and Gatling guns, while Democratic governors and legisla- tors refuse them relief. Compare This with Republican Methods. This could not happen in any but a solidly Democraticcommunity. At least it does not happen in any other. There are twice as many “‘safe Republican” states at the north as there are “safe Democratic” states at the south. Yet there is scarcely a single one of the cer- tainly Republican states which permits convict labor to be brought in any way into competition with the laboring ele- ment. Convicts are worked in prisons, and care is taken to select for them em- ployment in the occupations which will bring them as little as possible into com- petition with free labor or skilled work- men, and prevent their personal contact with any. Convict camps and convict competi- tion with the laborer are things uv- known in Republican states, and only prevail in states where the Democracy shows its true colors by the enjoyment of an enormous and absolutely safe ma- jority. And the more absolute the ma- jority the more absolute in this regard of the rights of the laboring man. In ten-twelfths of the solidly Democratic states leased convict labor is put into competition with the workingmen of the communities. Ten-twelfths of the states of the Union which lease their convict labor are solidly Democratic states, for there are but two states outside of the solidly Democratic south that have even & modified form of convict lease system. Seen in National Affairs. Not only has the Democratic party shown its indifference to the rights of labor under slavery and under the con- vict lease system, but also by the words and votes of its officials at Washington. When the Mills bill was before congress ® Republican amendment proposing to exclude from the United States goods manufactured by convict labor was de- feated by Demucratic votes. A similar section in the McKinley bill was almost solidly opposed in the vote by the Demo- cratic members of the house. Mr. Cleve- land while governor of New York vetoed the bill abolishing convict labor in pris- ons, and while president vetoed the anti- convict labor bill in 1886 and again in 1888, and in his message to congress in 1888 recommended the employment of government prisoners in the manufac- ture of such articles as are needed for use by the government, thus proposing to put them in competition with the ‘work'ugmen of the country. : i © P. AUSTIN, DOROTHY’S GOBLETS. SHE MAKES SOME INVESTIGATIONS OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURES. American Cut Glass—Its. History and Value—How It Compares with That of Other Countries—Wages Much Higher Here, Qualities Better and Prices Less. Yesterday morning Dorothy came fly- ing in before breakfast. I was up to my elbows in angel cake flour, sifting it for the third time, but sho flung one arm around my waist and with the other dangled a bank note with numbers ten on it before my face. “Listen, or I'll never let my breakfast cool off again to talk with you,” she exclaimed. “What I want of you is to make your- self presentable and come to town with me. That real china you gave mehas gone to my head, and I won't have any but real things in my home, be they ever so simple,” hummed she. “It's to be cut glass—tumblers, a dozer. Father has told me the name of a dealer—an old man, the first one in this country—who made the finest cut glass. Now fly around.” I flew around and we went down town. Mr. John Hoare, whose name Dorothy's father had given us, was in, and replied to our unsophisticated interrogations and ejac- ulations with much patience. I said, among other things, that my friend and I wanted to make a little purchase and that perhaps he would tell us something about American cut glass, “There isn’t any finer cut glass in the world than some of us make in this country,” said he, “and if the people don’t know it, itis because for twenty- five years you could go the length of Broadway and not-find a dealer who id admit that he had American sin his store, for the people were “rary, and their confidence was in foreign things. Wait abit. ‘I’ve come to stay and you watch me,’I used to ‘Til have the American ladies with their pretty noses up in the air against what is made in their own country ask- ing for glass made in the United States.” i at the best of them do now, like yourscives, as 1 could show you by the hooks at home, ately for some time. t 4a mountain stream, and the brilliant hues reflected on its i surface were the wild flowers g along the brink. 's nothing better,” said the vet- eran; “but of course some are made with more work on ’em,” “I hope it isn’t too expensive,” said Dorothy almost pleadingly. “Ten dollars a dozen, miss.” “It is mine, then!” she exclaimed, joy- fully clasping her hands. “I'm glad you're pleased, miss, and here's a bit of history thrown in. The sand it was made of came from Berk- shire, Mass. The glass mixture costs us fifty cents a pound, and 90 per cent. 6f what you pay for the tumbler is for labor. Every one of these little cuts has been gone into eight times with wheels or brushes. The men who make thenf are such as got ten or twelve dol- lars a week in 1850, and the same get twenty a week now. Here is a tumbler with less work, which the retailer sells now for nine dollars a dozen, for which he got twenty dollars ten years ago. The difference comes because the demand for men is always increasing, and we make so many more tumblers that we can sell them that much cheaper. Now, miss (to me), you are going to ask about the imported ones, and here is the truth, We don't pre 1 to sell for less money, but we promise you that youare getting atumbler more carefully designed and cut, and of purer glass than an im- ported one for the same money. “‘When the ladies understand the facts, {shouldn't wonder if there was a per- manent quarantine against glass made by half starved wretches in the owld country.” “Well,” said Dorothy, “if we make our own glass here, and the poor things over there have no money from us, Won't they suffer very much?” “Now, miss, tell me this: Are you ever after hearing of a drowning man being saved by another going down and drowning with him? No. You've got to pull him up; you can’t save him by holding him down. This Republican protective tariff is a life preserver around aman. The poor suffering folks in the owld country must come over here and get on a Republican life preserver if they don’t want to drown, for the water is getting deeper over there, and John Bull's preservers are made to fit the aris- tocracy. “Here, mind this.” It wasa stopper from a glass decanter. The man that makes such things at my factory gets twenty-one dollars a week, and he got seven dollars in the owld country, where they don’t believe in protecting the workingmen. Yet the spalpeen is vot- ing for free trade and for only seven dollars a week here just to please Grover Cleveland and John Bull. Now, isn’t he after being accommodated?” “In England an apprentice in this business gets only three shillings and six pence a week for several years of his ap- renticeship, which lasts seven years. Austria, as that man standing by the desk, Joseph Flogel, of 826 East Ninth street, will tell you, he had to pay for his ‘pprenticeship $100, and got no pay whatever for three years, And I pay my apprentices five or six dollars a week atthe start. I pledgemy word as tothose facts, and think there is no better illus- tration of the way this Republican tariff works.” Then Dorothy and I thanked him; she gave him her address for the tumblers, and we said good day. ‘ “Hester,” said she, as we were going up the elevated steps, “it’s just such brawn and brains and ‘working for the little woman’ that makes our republic wey = ey lied, dbl “Yes,” I repli “an i the country and the sort of government that helps @ man or a woman, little or big, in the eenne ake a living.” AMUSEMENTS, ERNAN?’S LYCEUM THEATER. ith street Pennsylvania avenue and Eleveo ‘We2k Commencing Monday, October 17, Matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. SPECIA MATINEE, FRIOAY 21ST FLYNN and. City Sports! SHERIDAN’S Burlesque & Specialty Company. ey bere eter, Vicious Voca ir be ‘sisancGrand Challenge Ball INTRODUCING Sohike! Next Week—Fiinn’s London Giris, THE MOST WONDERFUL BAND —IN THE WORLD— 15 LitfLE OrPaHAN CuILDREN raging from 6 to 13 years of age will give the grandest Musical Entertainment ever witnessed at MeETRoPoLitan A.M. E. CHURCH, Wednesday night, Oet. 19cb. #a- Read what Bishop A. W. Wayman says: BAUTI Giving ivard with a great deal of pleasure the Sherwood’s Youth Band on last night, at Bethel Church of this city I commend It to the fa-orable consideration of the pastors and cungregations of Washing- ton, D. C.—— A W. WAYMAN. 25 cents Admission 2 Children 15 cents. PROF. WAYMAN. Don’t forget the Prof. will give readings and recitations at Metropolitan A. M. E. eburch Tuesday October 18. eae oe ———_ BEE SHOTS. Mrs. Morsell was a little excited at times, but she got there even- tually. She made her point too late. Miss Wells endeavored to play smart bat did not know how to go about it. Dr. Coppiu was dead gone on Fortune but without success. Levi Cromweli rojally enter. taived his invited guest. John Mitchell is a parlamenta- rian from way back. Editor Dancy was too far gone to know what to do. He was between the river and the deep blue sea. Editor Chis Perry is a diplomat. Col. Murrell was a statesman. Henderson was a philosopher. Special Overcoat SALE, We have ben cutting right and left into oar OVERCOAT SALE evor since we have put them before the public. For the aeason, that the Styles and Qualities of these Over- Coats cannot be purchased at the manufacturing price for what we are selling them at. Don’t miss this slaughtering sale, as there is only a small lot left. JULIUS COHEN'S CHEAP CORNER, Seventh and L Streets, n. w. Notice To the enfleriug people and men Of mark, {fff |5 \ Chance. One to get well, the lat terto make a fortune, A new city, its surrounded by a colored man, itis now on fior and it must go up and the voices of our people are heard in ercwds saying “Itehall go up.” The Colman. ville Mineral Springs in Cumber. land Co; Va., has sixteen differ- —— of waters, Shares in this great enter rise can be had at $10 each, will ra S09 up, yes poesib y to $50 each, and lots can be had ut such a Price that if they were sold at 8 or 10 cents per foot yOu can or will be # rich man. These lots can be bad, say 3 or 4 cents per foot and will soon brin 20 to 25 cents per foot. The offer ig open at 410 D St. a. e., where you can find out everythicg about ‘the lots shares and the Waters, for the waters are sold there. It ig 16 Springs @ man takes one share he Sete a perpetual and into each water for 623 per ct beides sale of| 20d had lots, Renttng out Tooms, besid & home resort for health. 5 — men never witnessed or + 8uch in the hist U.S. Call and see ae ba = James T. Coleman. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Every miner in Polk County, Iowa, +it on stri! @ for bi-Weekly payments. Snow fell in many parts of the country last week, and frost and ice were quit, The corner stone of a new library, prs, sented to the town of Ayr, Scotland, by Andrew Carnegie, was laid on ihg Gth inst. Edwin Booth was injured by a fall 4 Lakewood, N. J., during an attack vertigo. mak e Ambrose ©. was held und $10,000 bail in a Brooklyn court, chargsj with bigamy. Mr. Solomon Hirsch of Oregon, United States Minister to Turkey, ha resigned his office. Wiliam Lincoln died in New York o hydropiobia brought on by a slight scratch inflicted by a pet dog. A trip to Niagara Falls marked thy close of the formal programme of th, second real estate congress at Buffalo, BY. Reports in regardto Mrs. Harrison, bealth indicate that she is Sradually growing weaker, and there is little or ng hope of her recovery, Announcement is made on Waj Street, New York, that the bituminous coal producers have arranged to form ay association to regulate the sales. A company has been incorporated un. der the laws of New Jersey with the ob. ject of controlling all the typefoundries sn the country. The capitalization ig $9,900,000. A great kiteflying tournament took place at Rouen this week, at which the winver of the prize was thirty-seven fe high, rose in the air 2,316 yards, and re quired three men to hold it. The Florida State election resulted in Mitchell, the Democratic nominee for Governor, securing about 20,000 major. ity. The People’s party did not make the strong showing expected. The base ball club managers, at a meet. ing in New York, decided to continue the present twelve-club league next year, but will have a six months’ season with only 132 games for each club. Minister to Chili Egan called on the President and delivered a message ta him from Chili’s Executive expressing the latter’s satisfaction at the equable adjustment of the Chilian affair. In commenting upon a special account of the condition of the British crops the London Times says: “The conclusion on the whole case is the present year will be a disastrous one for the British far. mer.” The Interstate Bridge and Street Rail way Company, having a capital of #7, 500,000 has given out the contracts fora new bridge over the Missouri to connect Omaha, Nebraska, with Council Bluffs, Towa. A funeral coach containing a dead child, four women, the driver and an- other man rolled 150 feet down a preci- Pice near Creede, Cal, overturning five times. All wereinjured but none were killed. o Twenty-five thousand will march from Moscow to Troitsa to cele brate the five hundredth anniversary oi the death of St. Sergius. They will be met by 75,000 other pilgrims from othe parts of Russia. The famous Sound steamer Puritan, of the Fall River line, has been beaten in 4 race by the new steamer Richard Peck, of the New Haven line. The Puritan has long been the fastest steamer on Long Island Sound, In a competitive race from Berlin t Vienna, and from Vienna to Berlin, by 500German and 500 Austrian officers, 1! of the Austrian officers were first to ar rive. The distance was 400 miles. Many horses died on the way, Complete statistics of the great fire af St. Johns, Newfoundland, have just been issued. The number of houses de stroyed was 1,550, the number of fam. ilies burned out 1,874, the total num ber of persons burned out 10,234. The contest for Governor and State of: ficers in Georgia resulted m the election of Governor Northen, Dem., by oves 6,000 majority, over Peek, the Peoples’ party €andidate. The legislature is Democratic by a four-fifths majority. State Comptroller Campbell has no- tified Governor Flower that the State ot New York is Practically free of debt. The obligations of the State now out oe aggregate $450,000, while thé cash balance in the treasury is near; 000,000, aaa Minister Egan gas arrived home from Chili. He said the most friendly feel ings were entertained in that country toward the’ United Statex He als¢ brings $75,000 for those injured and the relatives of those killed in the “Balti more” riota, The Court of Appeals of New Yor! has affirmed the decision of the lowe! court in the case of the Edison Company against the United States Iumination Company, practically giving the formet the monopoly of the manufacture of in candescent lamps, There has been no rain in South Russis for four months, and agricultural lan¢ ked so hard that attempts ‘¢ field result in breaking ti¢ ploughs. Winter wheat will be probe bly a total failure, and a repetition of thé great famine is certain, The new Armour Packing Works 1 Kansas City, which were put in opera tion on Saturday, are the largest in the world. In these works 18,500 hogs, 4,06 Cattle and 5,000 may be slaugl tered daily ; and when in full operatic” 6,000 men will be employed. J. Barlow Moorehead, a wealthy young New Yorker, committed suicide by shoot: if through the heart, and lef! letters to indicate that he belonged to 2 suicide club.” He was very dissipated, recently taken bichloridé of gold treatment at Iphia, __ On the Opening of the Supreme Cour! yobs Untied States, Monday, George T. ras, jr., of Pit in and took kis Was sworn three break the