The Washington Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1897, Page 4

nacre a a nae PDA REF Wii Published every SATURDAY Northwest, WAsHincTon, D. C. cana atin Eotered at the Post Office at Washingt: cond Class mai! watter.! W. CALVIN CHASE, Evitor. serene age TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oae copy per year. -- . #2 00 Six months... Three mouths. City subscribers, monthly A COLORED MAN FOR THE JABINET. [From the Cincinnati (O.) Advocate.) Major McKinley and his Warwick, Mark Hanna, are at present scouring the country for suitable men to fill cabinet places. We notice that they have carefully ignored the class of people who con- tributed more to the election of Major McKinley than any other class of peo- ple in the country. The credit of electing McKinley is due to the Negro vote. During the last campaign they stood as firm as ada- mant to the Republican party. The Negro vote in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Maryland carried those States for the Republican ticker. Elim- inate those votes from McKinley and Bryan woald have been triumphantly elected. We believe there are num- bers of colored men in the country capable of successfully filling a place in the cabinet, and if Major McKinley will do the right thing he will appoint a Negro to a cabinet position. It is useless to say that we have not men among us qualified in every re- spect to fill such a place. A cabinet officer at present does not require any great amount of ability. Any clerk in the departments at Washington above the mediocre in ability could easily perform the duties devolving upon a crbinet officer The various national- ities are to be recognized in the forma- | tion of the cabinet, and 1f Mayor Mc- | Kinley will do the right thing he will | select a Negro for the cabinet. Come, Major, give us our rights, as you do to other classes of people. It is very painful, but we must os at 1109 1 Street ‘ieve in progress to exercise manhood. We believe that Major McKinley will give a few colored men places. Whether it will cause cissatisfac- ivn or not is left to be seen That the Afro-American is natu- rally a political coward, to a great -xtent, can be readily seen. The keys to his future success 1 oo} ire independence, self-reliance, cor- ‘20 | puration and agitation. DR.WILLIAMS’ HOME ORGAN, (From the Conservator, Chicago, Ill ) Dr. Danie! H.Williams,now Surgeon- in-Chiet at Freedmen’s Hospital, says he will return to Chicago soon. Re cently in one of his reports ot his work he recommended that his position be abolished, a suggestion that has raised a storm of objections from the whole country. Dr. Williams may think he has good grounds for such an unusual procedure, | but he will have a hard time proving it to the colored people. That place is the most desirable one open to his pro- fession in the United States, and to talk about abolishing it isa great mis- teke. There are few enough offices open to colored men as it is, and there can be no justification of any attempt to decrease the list. There is no dan- ger of the position being abolished. Dr, Williams has, no doubt, seen hy now that he made a mistake when he asked for the abolition of he offi-e he now bolds. The above excerpt is from Dr. Williams’ home organ. a strong and influential paper in the West. THs Bre is friendly to Dr. Williams, and it would like ‘o do all in its power to aid him to improve the hospital, but, by his recent recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior and to Congress abolishing the office of Surgeon-in-Chief of the hosgital certainly drives his friends from admit. that Major McKinley will. him aud prevent them from estab- THE WASHINGTON BEE. THE NEW COMMISSIONER Tue Bee is not surprised that President Cleveland nomina’ed Mr. Francis F. B. Sands, as a terrible combination was at work in his in- terest. Wekrow Mr. Sands to be agentleman of ability and high moral character, We kno~ Mr. Ross better, and so do the business men in this city. Of course, the retirement of Mr, Ross, who is so dear to us all, isto be regretted. Nominis more liked and more highly esteemed thin he is by the people of this city. Mr. Sinds isa man of fine business qualities and who will no doubt fill the Commis- sionership with honor and credit. SENATOR CHANI'LER The speech of Hon. Wm. KE. Chandler, of New Hampshire, in the Senate on Tuesday was a mas- ter effurt of logic and oratory. Senator Chandler has sounded ‘he tocsin, who will take heed? Sena- tor Chandier is a far sceing States- man, who thoroughly understands the money question. When he speaks e reasous like a philosopher, and when he warns the enemy he does it fearlessly. Senator Quay is a hard fighter. Home rule wil] be the policy of the next Administration. Some white men are great friends to Afro-Americaus before they get in office. What will become of the many thousand offices that will come un- der the civil service ? Tas Bee would respectfully sug- gest to Health Officer Woodward to give Afro-American physicians a chance to do a little charity work. Wien The appointment’ of Dr. Philip Broome Brooks, Mr. Woodward, | would be a very handsome thing to do, He is a young man of ability and popular with the masses. — Congress ought to abolish the civil service. it is a sham and a fraud. Se HON. THOMAS E. BENEDICT. ONE OF THE MOST PRACTICAL AEN WHO HAS EVER BEEN PUBLIC PRINTER —HIS CAREER AS A PUBLIC OFFICER —WHY HE HAS FAVORED THE COL~ ORED MAN—HIS FIGHT FOR A COL. ORED PRESSMAN. On the front page of this paper will be seen the portrait of Hon. Thomas E. Benedict, the Public Printer, who has served two terms under the two administrations of President Cleve- land. He is, no doubt, the most rematk- able man who has ever held that office or conducts an office upon so large a scale. He is remarkabie, in that he knows every employee in his depart- ment. If he doesn’t know their names he knows them by contact. He ts the only and first public officer who makes personal inspections of his office one or two times a day, which enables him to know those either by name or by face who is employed in the Govern ment Printing Office. From the day of his first appointment he has con- tinued to make reforms for the best government of that workshop Mr. Benedict may retire from the office when Major McKinley comes in, but there will never be a man to succeed him whocan makea better record than he has. Whatever his faults may be, as no man is without them, he has never been the man to s'oop to petty meanness, nor has he ever depreciated merit in the colored man. He knows no man by his color. This was his record under President Cleveland’s first administration, and it is his rec- ord now. What Republican Public Printer, since the organization of the nothing can be said His record is a: : spotless as the virtue of a vestal vir- citizen can address and receive satis- faction. In all governments there are certain people who become dissatis- fied with their rulers because they cannot twist and turn them about to satisfy their whims. Laws are made sometimes that are hard and offensive. Notwithstanding all that there are ways to remedy the evils. The Com- missioners of the District are not half as objectionable as the present Excise Board. This Board was created by Congress, If the Board is objection- able then the people should appeal to Congress; and, on the other hand, if the men on the Board are objection- able—and there is no doubt about that —let the people appeal to the Com- missioners. If two Coamissioners aie objection able, the third should not be blamed for the acts of tw The question 1s: Have the colored citizens any cause to complain, so far as “Mr Ross is concerned ? Has he not, on all occasions, de- monstrated that he has shown every consideration to the people of color? Did he not prove this while City Post- master? Then, why should the colored citizens, if there are any—and it is not believed there are any—join in with those who want Mr. Ross removed? So tar as the colored ciiizens are con- to represent them. : The people know Mr. Ross. He is and a true American. His parents be ored race. His father and mother have nursed at the breast of a colored “mammy,” and the love his forepar- ents had for the oppressed colored man was inherited by a dutiful son. Not since the appointment of Col. Ross to any public office in this city can one act be recorded against him that would tend to show animus or dislike for citizens. Chere 1s not a good citizen who wants to see Mr. Ross retired from the Board of Commissioners. THE FRANKLIN BOARDING AND WIRING STABLE. Storage Feoom. R. DREW, Special attenticn paid to Boarding Horses. Proprietor. gin, and he is a man the most humbie ' cerned, no better man can be selected ! known as a fair and affable gentleman | fore him were identified with the col- | Specials for this week AT LUVE BuO. Corner 11th and T St. N. w, Fresh Pork, - c Fresh Country Eggs, a oe Sugar Cured Shoulders, - §%c Ib Sugar cured hams, - - “ie lb Smoked and Green Sausage, - 7c Ib Best Elgin Creamery butter, - asc Ib Dressed Chickens, - - toc Ib Aunt — Pancake - ~ jour, - 9% package Victor Brand Rolled Oats, 7c ; acxage Prime Rib Roast, - - toc Fresh Pigs Feet, - 15c dozen Purelard, - - 6c Ib Nearby I.ish Potatoes, - 38e bu Sweet Potatoes, - - 4sc bu LOVE BROS., Toth and L, 11th and M, r4th and S, 11th and T Sts. State oF Onto, City oF TOLEDO, } Lucas County. ss Frank J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHeney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State atoresaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL- LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL’s CATARRH CuRE. FRANK J. CHENEY _ Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Decem ber, A.D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. 3 SEAL. : Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Send for testimonials, free. F, J. CHENEY & CO., Alley between 2d and 3d and E Toledo, © not appoint a colored man in the cabinet Some of our so-called representative colored men in your own Stat , namely, Mr. John P.| Green, if the press dispatches are’ true, informed Major McKinley that th: colored people didn’t w: nt a esbinet place. We do not know: whether Mr. Green spoke for him- self or the colored people of Ohio. Certainly he did not epeak for the many thousand colored men in this country, who demanded the appointment of Hon. B. K. Bruce for the cabinet. President Cleve- land, with all his faults, has de- monstrated his friendship for the colored Demozrat, and had some of the colored Demoerats conducted themselves muraliy from the hour of their appointment, we believe more of them wou!d have been ap- pointed. Some very unprincipled and cor- rupt colored Democrate have been presented to the President. Mr. | Cleveland has done his duty toward colored Democrats, and we believe; that Major McKinley will do his ‘under a board of trustees lishing any kiad of pretext to de- fend him against the attacks of hie enemies. Dr. Williams cannot help from seeing his error. This is all the argument the opposition wants to present to Congress to convince thet body of the importance and necessity of placing the hospital A man who wants the head of his own house reduced for the benefit of outsiders is untrue to himself and not sincere to those whom he at- tempts to benefit. Not saying that this is Dr. Williams’ case, but on its face it looks rather suspicious. We would like very much to follow the Doctor into camp, but the duty we owe to our peuple and the col- ored medical fraternity of this city prevents us for the reasons: ist. If Dr. Williams favors the abolition of the Surgeon-in-Cvief of the hospital and the appointment of a superintendent at a reduced sal- ary, [HE Bex is opposed to it. 2d. Ifhe is opposed to colored ' physicians having free access to the duty toward the faithful black al-' hospital, THE BEE favors a rescis- lies. THE KEYS TO HIS FUTURE. You may talk about your indus- trial education as much as you please, but the real keys to the fu- ture success of th ecolored man in this country are his independent stand in politics and an appeal to the reasouing faculties of those who hold the reins of government and + demand, by agitation, for every right and privilege guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Industriel education may be one of the incidents to his ad- vancement, but not the integral. Some would have us to retire from politics, because we fail to ob- tain that which belo ga to us. It is our own fault. We are similar to dorses. We don’t know our strength until we make «kick. It ig not necessary to use force or to use abusive language. It will bea hard matter to convince some of our so-called rep esentatives that the way to accomplish a purpose is to exercise a little independence with their ballot. The Cabinet agi- tation is sbout over, and Major McKinley has formed his opinion about some colored men. He is convinced that there are a number of eelfish aud weak Afro-Americans in thie country who pose as the repre- sentatives of their race; that one portion of the people are too sma 1 to ask for proper recognition ard too selfish to allow those who be-? sion of the rules. 3d. .{f there is a scheme to place those in charge of the hospital whe are inimical to the Afro-American, THE Bes favors a new chief. Tus Bus respectfully directs this editorial to Dr. Williams, and asks him if the charges of his enemies are true. If they are not true, he is in duty bound tc correct the im- pression that his home organ has of him. SES FREEDMEN’S HOSPITAL. Dr. Williams, the Surgeon-in- Chief of Freedmen’s Hospital, is office, has attempted, or even thought, and F Sts., N.W., Oh! what a day of judgment there will be after the 4th of next month. ! ganization,given to understand in Eng- : lish vernacular, that Thomas E. Bene- The thing that is troubling the politicians most 1s whet‘er Major McKinley will suspend the civil service. \ Congressman Cheatham has filed his application for Register of the ‘Lreasury. ' Asilent tongue will often help you, } ‘The man who will bring you a falsehood is a knave. i There are some who play into the hands of their enemy. ‘THe Bex is the only Afro-Amer- ican journal in this city. You can always find Tue Ber on the side of right. ;ward him he would, today, be a po- ‘Hitical factor in the great body politic. The greatest men are those who do the greatest deeds. { 4 If the enemies of Senator Quay will not cease their petty meanness he will press the button. If Editor H. C. Smith continues to worry about the small poodles that are barking at him he will turn gray. Librarian Spofford has a hard” time with dishonest clerks. If every original McKinley may; expects a place under the next Ad-' ministration, what will become of , those who supp*rted other candi-' dates? If Bishop Arnett’s Bible racket not in favor of reducing the pay of | works hie son will be made Register the Surgeon-in-Chief of that insti- tution ; but he is opposed to plac- ing the institution under trustees. of the Treasury. : di 4 President-elect McKinley had an liberality of Hon. Thomas E. Bene- hye jot bin Seeweet Get eye Single to the great army of of- there is a modical :tudent who has fice-holders who will come to Wash- been to the olsss that will graduate ington March 4th. when he aid | in March, requesting the members to sign s paper against Dr. Will- iams, and they were told if they didn’t they could not graduate. Whoever is behind this trick will no doubt b: expose! should the that he would leave all the appoint- | SHoULD OUR FRIEND BE OPPOSED? ments to the heads of the depart-! ments. There are some men who are foolish enough to believe that they Senate District Committee order have a cinch on the next President. an investigation. THE BRE can- not believe that Dr. Williams is in favor of reducing the salary of the Chief of the institution. Mr. Stileon Hutchins of the | Times must h ve felt the effects of The complaints of some physi- money question some time ago. cians are, that they are not aliowed to see their patients without being watched and followed by the white | _1., to order to satisfy the Health matron, Miss Eversole. This is denied by the Surgeon-in Chief. - ' Department. Judge Kimball will make some jdone for the colored man under a about appointing a colored pressman? The Pressmen’s Union, poisoned as it is with prejudice against the colored man, was, for the first time since its or- dict was Public Printer, and Grover Cleveland President of the United States, and if an Afro-American was found competent to fill the position of pressman, after having passed a civil service examinativn, he would be ap- pointed. One was found. The union kicked; consultations were held and resolu- tions passed. The office was threat- ened with dissolution; the Afro-Amer- ican pressman was ostracised by his fellow workmen; he was given some of the heaviest work to do, and even without an instructor; reports were made to the Public Printer that his Afro-American pressman was not com- petent; but this New York Democrat, as he was called, whose name had be come a household word of abuse, gave all to understand that Thomas E. Ben- edict was Public Printer, and Grover Cleveland President of the United States. The Afro-American pressman is still at the old stand, and Mr. Bene- dict is Public Printer. But is this all the Public Printer has Democratic administration? If the Afro-American had been as true to himself as others have tried to be tu- So far as the Government Printing ffice is concerned, Mr. Benedict has never, by subterfuges, evaded the} civil service law, as some have done} when they w:nted to get rid of ap-| pointing colored applicants to office. | Out ofa batch of fifteen certified to him by the Civil Service Commission, | eight colored were selected and ap-| pointed by him. These are acts that should be remembered by this strug- gling Afro-American race. The time is fast coming when the Afro-American in this country will realize the importance of supporting princi,les and men who represent principles, irrespective of party. Tue Bre cannot say too much in; favor of Mr. Benedict. He deserves it, and if it were in the power of THE BEE it would do more than what it says. eee the Afro-Americans show by their acts and deeds that they can ap- pregate kind treatment, let it come rom whatever party it may or from whatever men or the representatives of any party. Let whoever succeed Mr. Benedict— a Republican, no doubt—do as well as he has done towards the colored man, and it is certain there will be no com- plaint made. | Let come who may, Tue Beg, on| behalf of those who have gratitude, will pay homage and remember in after days the courage, manliness and dict. } HON. JOHN W. ROSS. HAVE COLORED CITIZENS ANY CAUSE TO COMPLAIN? —SHOULD GOOD MEN BE REMOVED TO APPEASE AN UNJUST CLAMOR ? 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