The Washington Bee Newspaper, July 10, 1897, Page 1

[A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. | J FIRESIDE COMPANION. t is true if you see it in THE BEE. Searles: dvocate? Do. nt colored } note & DON’T BORROW THIS PAYFER | er “ _ ie fearless race advocate? you want coi penne ECR : pre / cranny trade? Read and advertise in THE BEE! NG AGS ROP) OE REINS U5 x4 aa~ Bw GS ie SG WD) ila NES a SUD ITI IE & SSASSLSSS SSS FORD OD ODODE os SS OW TDOCILLY OUR POSTMASTER GENERAL. SS EL When the united colored repub- lican vote of Maryland marched to the polls in November 1896 and voted for the election of Hon. Wm. McKinley, little did the colored people of this country think that the State of Marylard would have aman in ‘the Cabinet to inform them that their appointment to first class postoffices would be obnoxious to the white people of this country. Had they have known it, the result in Maryland would have been different. For years the colored a X “a R—<“¢ i“ ) ey CSRS CLLie —“ GSS Ca = CAL: MX —<—<—<—<—S> NS AL. OD O- OZ SG GC > So FL Hi people of Maryland have looked upon Mr. Gary as their friend and benefactor. When he was selected a cabinet officer, the cry went up C~ Cam a8 —C from Mascedonia as it were, “we have a friend in the Cabinet.” Have we not been mistaken ? Can this statement go undenied oe Ck by the administration? That one of its Cabinet officers doesn’t be- lieve in appointing colored men to firat clase post offices, because their appointment will be objectionable to the white people, that these offices are of a social character? We don’t believe President Sas OT AAW e ae aSSasSN : AS ae 5 WrBZDZ Lo SSG ZO CALE; b Ss oe ats ) (Cras ic p \ : SIE, ae FQ p FAY < jt CCD GS es G SF