The Washington Bee Newspaper, July 18, 1896, Page 4

Published every SATURDAY at 1109 I Street, Leeatty LocaL CITIZENSHIP. Northwest, WASHINGTON, [Entered at the P: as as os a eran ne ee to every state and individual citi- zen, without regard to complexion, race or nationality, or previous con- W. CALVIN CHASE, Eprror. dition. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. If it disfranchise Afro Ameri- i wpe cans or Negroes who cannot read, Three mouths : .50) it must disfranchise Europeans or City subscribers, monthly 20) white people who do not own prop- OS I erty. That isin accordance with the One copy per year.... Six months. All communications for publication, business, or otherwise must mpany, | 4th, 13th, 14th, and 15th articles 3109 I street, n. w., Washington, D. C.] of the Constitution of the United ——_— | States, and according to their con- CITIZENSHIP. stitution and election law in each state. The underlying basis of human] ‘The ballot, therefore being the government is citizenship. weapon of defense and power, it This unamended, unobstructed, | becomes the duty of every citizen and undenial fixture of human] in the American Union to cast one government, is profoundly of | vote for the party of his choice, be that Drvine arrangement that is|that vote republican, democratic both inevitable and irresistable. or populist. It is that attribute of the natural] According to the racial custom order of things thatany attempt at of Afro-American citizens, about em aleight months from mow, Afro- American delegates, from all over this country will be coming to beg from the President. a severance would give th greater and more permanent rela- tionship. It is Divinely originated, sus- tained and operated, and the only The 2,000,000 of Afro-American human improvement realized is a] voters have as much right asa few derangement of a Divine order of] thousand politicians. things. And every representative poli- It has several elements and co-|tician knows, even now, what to relationships that however dis-| expect of the candidate. tinctively they are discussed, they Now let the more than 200 Afro- are inseparably related. American news-papers and maga- We have 1st Divine citizenship] zines, as well as the leading poli- that is indisputably inevitable. ticians, lawyers and business men, ond we have native relationship, |the representatives of nearly 10,- productive of birth-rights. 000,000, of Afro-American citizens 3rd we have national relation-| inthis country, review our rights ship, constitutionally inherited and | as citizens and exact his position as irrevokably acknowledged by all] a Presidential candidate, and both parties, races and nations. inform and advise our race whom And 4th we have a legally local | to support. citizenship, that co-related, co-| Let them exact this both of Maj. equal, and co-existing. McKinley and Hon. W. J. Bryan It is not the gracious gift of ajand subordinate party politics to white philanthropist, ror the theft] the rights of our racial claims. of a black theif ; but it is that part] Neither party cun spare 2,000,000 of his Jehovistic creation that is] uor one half of that number. like a burning straw bed of fire,} Since the administration can where the least whipping will pro-| protect white men and strangers in duce the greatest spread. the South, it can protect Afro- Two hundred and seventy-six] Americans. years test since 1620 to prove our unfitness for citizenship through personal and racial persecutions,| Whatever may be the faults of have but convinced the world of} wy T, Thomas Fortune of the our greatest capacity for the best of! Southern Age, there is one thing itizenship and Christian civilza- certain, he is a man of honor, in- = | ‘ tegrity and honesty. Even if there were sucha thing a8] When he has an opinion he ex- racial destruction in the face of @) presses it fearlessly and honestly. Divine creation, it cou'd notnow) fq jg hoped that he will be to be done by the present generation | Georgia what Joha Mitchell, Jr., of white people in America ; be-| is to the State of Virginia. cause the extensive amalgamation through voluntary adultery would THE BEE. necess.tate the destruction of many of their own children, brothers and sisters, wives and husbands, yes, and even fathers and mothers, from being too white to be dis- counted that they are Afro-Ameri- sans. lst, the Divine or highest citi- zenship in all ages, generations and civilzations, are those founded by the Almighty as are declared in the Acts of the Apostles 17-24 to 27th verse. No improvement or revision can be made with these but obedi-| ae enee. D. H. Johnson, Editor of the Te nationality of an individual | Abbeville, (S.C.) Quiver, very ie the indemnity of all unforfeited | kindly sent The Bez a marked I ey copy of his paper this week, con- The version of native citizenship taining an editorial of the vilest g:tce Aouble security to the perma- character, condemning the Ferger- nancy of both local and national | 802 and Williams Normal and Poly- citizenship ; and especially Afro- tecnic College and its methods, Americans where the docility of| At the closing exercises a few heir racial status make them in-| 4ays ago, among other things said eapabie of a forfeiture. was, that there was not so The long standing test of their much need for the colored peo- manly end womanly stability and ple co be continually appealing to the irresistable proof of their real-|the people of the North for aid, ity and capacability destroy all when there were friends of the Af- basis of national and international |T0-Americans in the South, who opposition to usas a nationalfactor.| could, would, and have helped We are constitutionally recog-{ them. nized, which gives us the faullest| ‘The management of the College benefits of co-equal citizenship ever | wanted to show that the Afro-Amer- every individual and local protest. |#©4%8 had enough friends among National citizenship. This gives | the white people of the Soush who all males the right to one vote, | 7 willing and ready to help them, freely cast and fairly counted when | 28tead of continually begging from cast, in whichever state or territory | the white people of the North. man may have lived continuously | It is commendable on the part of for one year, with a full pur-|the management «f the College to pose of making that place his home, | say that the white people of Abbe- or sooner or later, according to the | ville and ether cities in the South election laws of the state in which | will give sufficient aid without he feels to abide. This too. is appealing to the white people of without any reference to complex-/the North, who have been so kind tion, race or nationality. to the Southern Afro-American. T. THOMAS FORTUNE. The people of this country as- sert that The Bez is the best af- ro-American journal in the coun- try and when you want to find where it stands on all questions, you know where to find it. The Bee has the largest circula- tion of any Afro-Ameriean journal in this country and the: merchants who advertise in its columns testi- fy to that. A DISTURBER. The citizenship mentioned, to be | at Abbeville, post omice at Wasnington | valid, must indiscriminately apply | citizens of that pla THE WASHINGTON BEE. Hege” is doing great work Ss. U'-» and the white ce and the Ban- ner, the leading democ,atic paper, have reudered great aid to this O.1- lege and the Afro-Americans of Ab- beville. Among the good people and the trustees who have supported, and are supporting this College are Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson, D. D., Rev. S. L. Wilson, Mr. J. Allen Smith, a banker, and one of the leading con- tributors to this Afro-American College ; Mr. Amos Moore, a lead- ing merchant ; L. W. Perrin, Esq., one of the most brilliant members of the bar ; Mr. J. R. Blake, Jr., County Treasurer, a man of the highest integrity. These are a few of the good people of Abbeville, who are helping the Afro-Ameri- cans in the South. This man Johnson has endeav- ored to create disturbance ever since he has been editor and secretly poi- soning the colored people against the best white peop'e of Abbeville, who are their friends. Johnson tells the colored people that there is no prejudice North. Tne Bue takes this opportunity of informing the colored people of Abbeville, that tnere is as much prejudice North as there is any- where else. Johnson declared some time ago that the white people of Abbeville were mean, prejudiced, and un grateful and for the benefit of the people of the North, The Bez, in jthis article denies the charge and tasserts if the people of the North were as grateful to Afro-Americans as the white people of the South are, and especially in Abbeville, there would be no cause to com- plain. Johnson is also of the opinion that the white ladies of Abbeville would marry Afro-Americans, were it not for the laws of the State. This kind of teaching to the Afro- Americans of Abbeville, does more harm than good. The peop e are to be congratu- laced upon their improvement and advancement, and the day is fast approaching when the Afro-Ameri- cans will look to the South for ,-ro- tection. Johnson is a disturber of the peace. DR, SHADD ADDED. The High and Normal School Committee has been increased by appointment of Dr. F. J. Shadd. This appointment meets the ap- proval of the people. A representative of this paper in conversation with Commissioner Ross a few day: ago, among other things, Col. Ross said that Dr, Shadd was a man of push and edu- cation, and a valuable aquisition to our schools. Col. Ross didn’t say too much. Col. Ross is greatly interested in the industrial work of our schools and thinks it ought to be pushed and made one of the principal features in our publicschool system. COL. M.M. PARKER SE- LECTED. The appointment of Col. M. M. Parker on the National Republican Committee, gives to the District of Columpia a man of influence and dignity, and aman who has always been popular in the councils of the Republican party. The protest that was filed with the Executive Committee of the National Committee, by the oppo- sition District Republicans, had no effect on Mr. Hanna and other mewbers of the Committee. The Bsx said in the issue soon after the adjournment of the National Re- publican Convention that Col. A. ‘lL. Britton or Col. M. M. Parker would be selected. Certain so-called knowing Dis- trict Republicans laughed at the prediction of The Brg and declared neither one mentioned by The BEE would be selected. This paper then said it had no fight to make against Col, M. M. Parker as the opposition to him before was on account of the alliance he had made with men who had been misrepresented to him. The Bez heartily indorses the selection of Col. Parker and sin- cerely hopes that he will suggest the organization of a representative Repubiican party. WM. McKINLEY, Jr. There is but very little differ- ence between men taking them as raw material, but there is a great deal of difference between the raw material and the finished article. The one is often the result of spon- taneous growth while the latter is ‘always the product of experience, intelligent effort and acknowledged usefulness. This contrast may be very properly applied to the two presidential candidates who are before the American people. The republican nominee, Mr. McKinley, is acknowledged even by his most bitter enemies to be a man of more than ordinary genius, whose moral and intellectualgworth added to his ardent patriotism and unadulter- ated Americanism have elicited the admiration of all the people. His career as a legislator was marked by consistent adhearence to the prin- ciples of republicanism, from which he was never swayed by personal or other considerations. Upon every subject of importance which has arisen within the last thirty years, Mr. McKinley has expressed him- self with vigor and manliness, in which he always displayed a wisdom quite out of proportion to his years. He was sound upon Reconstruction and did much to emphasize the good motives and purposes of the party toward the recently emanci- pated. He has placed himself on record as opposed to Southern out- rages against law-abiding colored republicans ; condemned in public utterances the un-American prac- tice of denying to voters theright of frée and untrammelled expression; characterized Lynch law, as a man- ifestation of brutality and dis- respect for law and order which would disgrace the best civilized people on the face of the globe, and while governor of Ohio, was instru- mental in rendering such horrid forms of lawlessness almost im possible. Mr. McKinley is an American for America. Headvocates recipro- city upon terms consistent with the growing demands of American gov- ernments ; believes that foreigners should be made to pay for the priv- ilege of competing in our market with our own producers and insists upon such tariff regulations as will give our infant and undeveloped industries a fair chance in American markets in particular and the mar- kets of the world in general. In fact Major McKinley is the repre- sentative of the patriotic progres sive American sentiment of the people. LYNCH LAW MUST GO. CITIZENS MEET AND CONDEMN RANDOLPH’S LYNCHERS. There was a large and enthusias tic meeting of citizens held at the 2d Baptist Church on last Thurs day night for the purpose of taking steps towar: the apprehending of the lynchers of Sydney Randolph. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Stewart M. Lewis, chair- man of the Committee of arrange” ments who announced Hon. J. W. Langston as the presiding officer. Prof Langton in his usual eloquent mode stated the object of the meet- ing and called for the election of a secretary, W. Calvin Chase, editor of THE BEE, was unanimously elected on motion of Mr. Lewis and Col. P. H. Carson, vice president on motion of Mr. L. Peterson. The chair appainted the follow- ing committees: On resolution, Rey. W. B. Johnson, Stewart M Lewis and T. L. Jones. Committee to co-operate with the Governor Jones, Rev. J. Anderson Taylor and G. W. Hatter. Committee to co-operate with the detectives: J. M. Johnson, Isish Lewis and Edward Brockenburgh. Committee on finance: T. L. Jones, J. Anderson Taylor, and G. W. Hatter. On motion of W. Calvin Chase, a vote of thanks was tendered to Messrs. Weeden and Hurr. Mr. Lewis moved that a com- mittee of five be appointed to ask the views of the Cardinal of Mary- land. Messrs. Peterson, Chase and Hatter, approved it ani on motion of Mr. Chase the motion was tabled. The Committee on resolutions reported a set which condemned lynch law in unmeasured terms. Mr. Jones took the floor and made an eloquent speech in support of his report. Speeches were also of Maryland, T. L.}> Made by Dr. J, N. Johnson, Mr. Greene; of Maryland Rev. W. A. Cuddy and Mrs. Heller. Adjourned to meet at Vt. Ave. Baptist Church, next Wednesday night, A BIT TOO GREEN. From the manner in which the old war-horses of the Democratic party, whose beards have become gray and whose heads bald in the service, and ignoring the Demo- cratic nominee, Mr. Bryan, it would seem that they are biblical students who are not unfamiliar with Samuel who suggested to certain individual (2nd Samuel, chap. 10, verse 5) “‘Tarry at Jerico until your beards be grown and then return-’’ gs a C. MAURICE SMITH. One of the most gifted lawyers in this country and no doubt the finest criminal lawyer in this city is Mr. C. Maurice Smith. As a man and a citizen Mr. Smith is above par. He isa true friend to the people, irrespective of color or conditon. THe Bex hopes to see the day when he is placed on the Supreme bench. CANNOT AGREE. Our genial friend, Ju, Around Ross, has started \in Buffalo, turned upa hornet’s nes person of Editor Peregun, Ross is a hustler and he pic...” make the feathers fiy. “7 New York. |, COL. ROSS SPEAKs Hon, John W. > Ross, ( sioner of the District in his speech before erican Women’s League ood advice. Mr. Ross is a man who k man by his color and 6; stands high in the estimat people. ple. He isan honest ma dignified gentleman, w! confidence of the people. “BEYOND THE S24” A SALUTATORY Written and Dedicated WASHINHTON * At the Request of a numbe of the Paper, by Sotoman G. Brows, Was# July Fourth, ING AuTHor’s A Is this the Bee which st That you are pleadin For me to grant such Before we'll take its sti Dear friend, what wonders we have seen Afro-American women are like] Since thirty years have rolled between, men. They cannot agree. Two seperate conuentions have met in this city and both are for the same purpose. question of leadership. Women i like men, are awbitious for fame So many known to you and r Have quit and gone beyond the ea. Our mihds go back to hallowed Return with things so long for; It looks like it was aj But we old writers soon must b With millions, gone beyond the sea, We need not call up grief and pain, T’wouw! and notoriety. The best way to] And Id bring unpleasant thing: many dear to you and m improve the condition of our wo-| For years have gone beyond the sea men is to talk less and do more. We would not ¢all them from th To share our deep and sure Which dally comes to you and THE FAKE, The bicycle fake that took place on last Tuesday night, was dis- gusting to the proud city of mag- nificent distances. There were fully fifty thousand peorle disap- pointed and disgusted. RAILROADS, ‘ um 0 ‘ But let them stay beyond the s Our Fathers sleep on yonder: A sainted grave our mothers 4ill; They cared so tenderly for me— Before they went beyond the sea. Sometimes I'll start to make a search For those who’d walk with me to church ; After a while it comes to me Your friends have gone beyond the sea, Where are those who said well done, Go on Chase—you have well begun, When you need, please call on me— They too have gone beyond the sea. Chesapeake | x he great ambition of our youth, ‘ot always wait to gain the truth ; AND OHIO | But the Boyhood days of you and me— RAILWAY Have floated out beyond the sea. “TNow as men we'll act as men, THROUGH THE GRANDEST SCENERY IN| Be still more careful with our pen, AMERICA. ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED, | Those hasty, writings, won’t agree— ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED.| We'll ship them all beyond the sea ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS. STATION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect April 26, 1896. 2:25 P.M. DAILY—Cincinnati and St. Louis Special-Solid_ train for Cincinnati. Pullman sleepers to Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville, Indianapolis and St. Louis without change. Parlor cars Cincinnati to Chicago. 1:10 P. M. DAILY—F. F. train for Cincinnati, Pullman sleepers to Cin- cinnati, Lexington and Louisville without change. Pullman sleeper to Virginia Hot Springs, without change, Wednesday and Sat- urdays. Sleepers Cincinnati to Chicago and St. Louis. bo A. wond for Old Point and Norfolk. Onl: 2:25 P. M. DAILY—For Gordonsville, Char- lottesville, Staunton and for Richmond, daily, except Sunday. Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and | Onio offices, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania Avenue, | Who would have thought wé’d | 1110 F st. n. w., and at the station, HW. FULLER, General Passenger Agent. A weekly journal called THe Ber Printed and owned by you and me Let’s all this day, give thanks and praise, For health, for strength, for length of days; While worthier men than you or me— Have died and gone beyond the sea, - Limited—Solid | But when we think o’er those dark days, Of their rough and unjust ways ; Depression heaped on you an By those who’ve gone beyond t M., EXCEPT SUNDAY—Via_Rich-| Where is old Captain Goddard's flock, rail line. | Who'd fiiti us in at ten o’cloc They nightly watched for you an They too, have gone beyond the sea. see Since Fathers went beyond the sea ee = BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Schedule in effect June 20, 1896. The copy’s made by Negro’s pen Composed and formed by colore Leave Washington from station, corner of New | This thing our Fathers did not s Jersey avenue and C street. _ For Chicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Lim- ited trains 11:30 a. m. and 8:05 p. m. For Cincinnati, St. Louis and Indianapolis, Vestibuled Limited 3.45 p. m., express 12.15 night. ‘or Pittsburg and Cleveland, express, daily, 31.30 a. m. and 8.40 p. For Berkeley Sprin; Sunday. Special 12.35 p. m. daily and 8.05 p. m. Saturday only. For Deer Park, Mountain Lake Park and Oak- land, 12.35, 3-45 P- ™., 1215 4. m. all daily. No west bound trains stop at Mountain Lake Park ee For Lexington and Staunton,11.30 a. m. For Winchester and way stations, ¢5.30 p. m. For New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham, Chattanoga, Knoxville, Bristol’ and Roanoke, 10.50 P. M. daily ; sleeping Cars through. for Luray, 3-45 p- m. daily. Bi For Baltimore, week days, 5.00, 6.30, x7.00, x7.05, X7.10, X7.30, x8.00, 8.30, x9 30, x10.00, x12.00 a.m. | > 12.05, 12610, X12.35, X3-00, 3,25, X4.28, 4.32, X5.05. 5-10, X§.30, 5.35, X6.20, 6,30 X8.00, 8.15, X9.20, 11.15, xt m.,and x12.01 night; Sundays, x7.03, 27. » X9.00, X10.00 a. M., x12.05, 12,35. | 1.00, X3.00, 3-25, 4-32, X5-05, X5.10, 6.30, x8.00, x9.20, 11.15, X11-50 p. Mi., X42.07 night. R For Annapolis, 7.10 and 8.30. m., 12.10 and 4.28 | B, mm, Sunday, 8.30a. m., 4.32 For Frederick, a9.00, a. m. be30 b5.30 p. mm. ‘or Hagerstown, brt.30 a. m. and bs.30 p. m. Si Yes! Mother, all these things ar We once could only wash and sew, Your Before they went beyond the sea. Mothers ‘look down on your sons Your spirit then, will say ‘* well done She too must think the time's 16 rh 4 P . Fags, 345 p.m. daily except | Behold her children setting type Your daughters too have learned t play, And many are teaching every d We feel you’d say, how can this ince I have gone beyond the sea jut now we know that all is fre« ince you have gone beyond the se children blessed, ‘en years more we will show esults of prayer you made for ' efore you went beyond the sea been gr have | Ags 35 4 ™s l-1S!Some dear old friends we know, For Boyd and way posts, week days, 9.00, a.! Whose homes we loved so mu M., 4.30 5,30, 7-05 D- R. ~Sundays,9.00a. m., 1.15, 7-95 P- m. 5 2a Gaithersburg and way points, week days, | T! 7.00, 9:0 a. M., 12.90, 3.00, 4.30, 4.33, 5-30; $-35) 7-05, We'd have a pleasant chat an hey all have gone beyond the > 11.30 p.m. Sundays; q00 a. m., 1.15, §.35, 7.05,] We will not be what we have b« = Pp, m. ‘or Washington Junction and i ag.0o a. m., = ae stumee at principal stations only, bg.30, bs.30 p. m. For Bay Ridge, weele days, 335 aim, and 4 28 p.m, ; Sundays, 9.35 a. m., and 1.30 and 3.15 p.m. From Bay Ridge, weeledays, Giga. m., éspan. | O 8.15 p. m. ; Sundays; 8:00. and 8.15 p. m. i ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW Y PHILADELPHIAY ORK AND Al! trains illuminated with Pintsch light. For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the East, week days 7.00, 7.05, 8.00, (Io.00a.m. Dining Car),) 12,00, 12.35, 3.00, (5.05 Dining Car,) 8.00 p. m- (12.01 night. Sle T open at 100’cldck) Sun- days, (7.05 Dining Car,) (9.00 a. m. Dining Car,) (12.35, Dining Car,) 3.00, (5.05: Dining Car,) 8.00, 12.01 night. Sleeping. Car open: for passengers 10,00 p. im. Buffet Parlor Cars-on all day trains For Cape May, 10 a. mi, and12-noon. For Atlantic City, 10.00 a. m., 12.00 noon, week days and. Sundays: 12.35 p. m. a‘ xcept Sunday aDaily. bigss es y ily. cSundayonly. xEx- jaggage called tor and ch-cked’ from hotels! and residences by Union Transfer Co. on ordese left at ticket offices, 619 Pennsylvania avenue, northwest, New York avenue and Fifteenth street, and at depot. CHAS O:SCULL. WM. B. GREENE, Genl. Manager. Gent. Pass. Agt, A It But live a life more free of sin; . 1m Express trains stopping | Place different men upon THe Let old things go beyond the s ur life at times has been rea! We’ve made some neighbor mad; i ll these, will learn to love T# Before they go beyond the sea. So many things they say we So many dangerous risks we've ! Now we repent, so let them be With things that’s gone beyond men could count what we ha Compare this with our time anc For what’s been printed in the Forget, and gone beyond the se Can easy tell what we have mace All of which has been fully pai¢ | For work that’s done upon THE © Forgot, and gone beyond the sea. (Continued on page.)