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lished every SATURDAY at 1109 1 Stree Sorthwest, Wasuincron, D. C. Entered at. the Post Office at Washington cond clags mail matter.! 5a te cea RE eae W. CALVIN CHASE, Eprror. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ++ €2.00 1.00 One copy per year...... Six months..... Three mouths........ City subscribers, mont! t# SPECIAL NOTICE. A There ave regular Authorized Col- sectors in the employ of THE BEE Printing Co., and when they call to see delinguent subscribers they are re- quested to pay them, and not give the excuse that ‘they wilt see the Editor.”’ The Editor has no time to see the sub- scribers, and it is oped that his friends and the patrons of THE BEL will pay the Colle hen he calls, ~>eCrnr ves ees ase DEATH OF THE TRIUMVI- RATE. \ Douglass, Langston and Bruce, have gone to their reward. Their wisdom, patriotism, statesmanship, their race love may not be fully appreciated by the present gener- ation; but the mer of the future will look in amazement and won- der that these men could‘ have been so brave, so true, sv constant amid such adverse conditions. The matter for serious consideration is will there come on the scene of action, in the immediate present EDITOR FORTUNE. Some few of the milk and water exchanges are angry because we ~ |said Editors Fortune and Mitchell | have opinions of their own. Edi- tor Fortune may change cccasion- ally his politics, but he is no cow- ard, It bears us out. He has the courage of his convictions, while knaves don’t. Fortune is honest, brave and brilliant. He is for the ~|race, change as often as he may. There is no want of either pa- triotism or bravery in the colored American. When the time comes for exhibition of those qualities they will not be wanting. But be- fore patriotism can be aroused the country mus: place itself in such a position in relation to the rights of man that there can be no doubt that the sentiment of love of the country is well grounded. The reorganization of the High and Normal school is a necessity. The teachers may be competent, but the curriculum is wanting in the element of educational power. There is too much ginger-breadism, tinsel and useless stuff taught. Re- form is needed. §*'’he address of Senator Mason on last Wednesday evening was! a masterly effort. He is the coming man. __Col. M. M. Parker and Senator Proctor have returned from Cuba, or near future a set of men who will show as much fidelity, wisdom and heroism as those bright lumi- naries just set below the horizon ? May we hope that those who are now entrusted with representative power and places of honor and truth will imitate their illustrious predecessors? There is no doubt and they say ‘‘that half has never been told.” The American people want war with Spain. If President McKin- ley doesn’t declare war he need never look for a renomination and reelection. If the United States fight, President McKinley’s nomi- that there is mattle of a susperior | !ation and election are certainties. order still in the race. It re- mains to be seen whether those on whom the mantle has fallen will carry out the work which was be- un, the function of whi seem to be worried because Editor ae ich was Chase, of the Washington Bee, says “=< YOU HAVE CAUGHT ON. From the Philadelphia Tribune. partially realized by the illustrious | he agrees witha critic who has said three. The cry all along has been, young men to the front! Now, that sleep over this matter, itors. There is no use to lose any The members they are ina fair way of being of the craft should do the best they there, let us hope that they will heroes. demean themselve like open the wayand insure success, THE POST LEADERS. Our esteemed contemperary the Washington Post, colored race a leader, . has for some time endeavored to make for the The Post would have us to select an apologist can, remembering that the field is enter at will. His capacity to stick lots of fun at somebody’s expense. Some of the Afro-American editors the Afro-American was in need of ed- wide open for the “great editors” to 5 ~* | will entitle him to some considera- Manliness as the key that will|tions at all hazards. Chase is having HON H. DEMS. THE PEOPLE EADORSE BM, History of His Career A Friend to the Poor, @ Republican Ever The Following History of the Life and Career of Hon Henry Demas, of New Orleans, Lay is Written and Prepared by Mr A L. Des- dunes, One of toe Most Repre- sentative Citizens in This County, Mr. Henry Demas began life by en- listing in the Union Army in the late war. He answered his country’s call while yet in the bud of youth. He is the friend of our charitable institutions; strike him down and you remove a man who brightens the lives of our orphans, who helps to bury our indi- gent poor. Mr. Henry Demas, who is repre- sented as a disreputable character, has beena prominent member of the Republican party for twenty-eight years, During that time he has served the party as a member of the General Assembly, as Parish Treas- urer, and as an officer and member of State and District committees. He was also elected to the State Consti- tutional convention of 1879. He is now the first vice-president of the Re- publican State Central Committee, and the chairman of the Executive committee, a body clothed with all the powers of the main organization. He is also chairman of the Congres- sional Committee of the Second Con- gressional District. Such gentlemen as ex-congressman, H. D. Coleman, Mayor Hero, and the late Morris Marks, were among his associates, supporters and admirers. Mr. Demas is an active worker and a leader of energy and ability. He was elected to the State convention of | the nation. 1896, and any man who loves the truth ‘must acknowledge that he obtained his honors as delegate-at-large to the National Convention almost entirely on the strength of his personal merit and popularity. Mr. Demas was endorsed by the Hon. P. F. Herwig, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee ; by the chairman and members of the National Republican Committee; he was endorsed by the New Orleans Republican, the official organ of the Republican party in the State of Louis- iana. He was also endorsed by the Parish and District conventions, as well as the clubs of the various sec- tions of the State. He received the good wishes of our Ministers’ and other alliances, and the private rec- ommendation of every prominent citi- zen, who clings to the doctrine of true Republicanism. On the other hand, Well Chris, you must let dogs|there never was an important demon- continue to bark when they begin. We have lots of fun Chris. negro editors are like flint stone. kicking must take the blow. man whose utterances tickle the jugglery on the one hand and fancy of the white people, to the jingoism, bragadocio and The ne-| patriotism on theother, the days of a0 gro race has long since decided | war are having a very sory time of}admit the merits and rights of other : i 8 y y aspirants, yet we feel in duty bound| ated, assisted by Rev. Walter H. detriment of the negro. that negro leadership isa failure it. Added to this the hasty and and when the race decides that aj foolish offers uf braun and valor on leader is needed, a man who pos- the part of some of our colored sesses force of character and man-| would-be heroes and the indisposi- hood will spring up spontaneously. Leaders are born and not made and when the Post realizes that, it will see the folly of its sugges- tion. ‘The Post, like the southera white people will appreciate a toady aud an apologist. A manly negro is an imprudent felléw in the estimation of the Post and some southern white people. If we tell you of the wrongs against the negro, we are told that they are imaginary and that our informa— tion is actuated bya prejudice feeling. The Post wants a man like Mr. Washington, who will ridicule the negro and charac- terize him as a monkey or a slave or tell him that the white man is his master. Such teaching by Mr. Washington will suit the hay-seeds of the south, but not of the north. We shall no longer play the coward and knave. We thank The Post for its advice, but when we are ready for it to select a lead- er for us, we shall let it know. It has been said that Reiz was betrayed by a negro, in Cuba. Christ was betrayed by a white man. Both of these statements may be true, but it does net prove tion on the part of the war party to accept on the other hand the effect to still further complicate matters. After all, the men who are hasty to run into war are usual- ly the first to run away froth it. ———=s The mantle of Bruce has fallen upon Lyons, as noble heretage nas fallen upon noble shoulders. Let no backward step be taken. STATE oF On10, City oF ToLEDo, ) LUCAS COUNTY. ss Frank J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of Frank J. CHENEY & Co., doing busi- ness inthe City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that the said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS foreach and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hatv’s CaTarru Cure. © FRANK J. CHENEY. _, Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Dec- ember, A. D. 1886. [SEAL.] A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. 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., Toledo, O. (#Sold by all Druggists, 75 Do you want fine produce? If so go to V. S. Moton who has been establish- ed since 1866. Stands 199, 200 and 201 (enter Market. You can get all you want in fresh vegetables, and de- livered to all parts of the city. You all know Mr. J. D. Donnelly, that all. négroes are treacherous any more then it proves that all white are so. 14th and I streets northwest. One of the best known business houses in the These hay-reeds who are doing the Upon his return home, cans of New Orleans and St. John’s especially, fendered him a merepHOn oe 4 ‘ Y 2 surpas the? Between Spanish diplomatic fi-|{hat has never been surpasse ee like Mr. Booker T. Washington, a|nesse annd American monopolistic] of the 14th of September, 1897, con- stration against him. Since his nomination by the Presi- Some] dent, such papers as the Washington Post, the Washington Bee, the Color- ed American and others have sounded You are aware that we need editors. | his praises, and commended the Ad- ministration for the appointment. histery of the State tain an account of the New Orleans’ meeting. One of the resolutions rea] | adopted on that occasion read as fol-| E. Church Monday afternoon, at 1 ws: “Resolved, That while we readily to characterize the selection of Sen ator Demas to that high and respon- sible office, as a most fitting consecra- tion of Republican principles, for which our Chief Magistrate, Wm. McKinley, will receive our sincere thanks and thoughtful gratitude.” Since that time the Republican State Central Committee has met, and by formal resolutions, has approved the appointment of Mr. Henry Demas. Every colored man_ in Louisiana, whose wealth, education and patriot- ism amount to anything forms part and parcel of that sentiment which accepts the appointment of Senator Demas as a proper recognition of Re- publican claims. We velieve that Mr. Blandin, himself once an opponent, may now be counted on as a friend and well wisher of the Naval Officer. Gov. Warmouth who is the leader of the opposition to Senator Demas, is responsible for deeds which ought to disqualify him for trust and sympathy, whiie championing a political cause. He is against the colored man who strikes out for himself, who has the independence of his convictions, and who is not willing to pocket his self- respect and dignity. There is nothing he appears to hate more than amanly, honest colored man. to Louisiana years ago, he was thrown upon the hospitaliry of our generous population; he was assisted by these people from station to station of public preferment, until he became Governor of the State in 1868. Yet, here is what the Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions of the United States’ Senate said of him, about the election of 1872: ‘‘That they were satisfied by testimony that the manipulation of the election was equivalent to twenty thousand votes.’ This must be true for it was taken from a special message addres- sed to Congress by President Grant in 1875 on Louisiana affairs, shortly after the Kellogg government had been attacked by D. P, Penn. Mr. Warmouth was still with the White League, for he said that he threw his hat in the air on the 14th of September, 1874. When a colored man remembers that H. C. Warmouth city. Anything you want for the ta- ble car. be found in his store. was the friend and protector of the Democratic party at the time of the Colfax Massacre, which President the Republi- When he came | machinery by Warmouth and others, | t said: ‘‘was hardl sur assed by Soe act of savage wal fear he may justly: experience a virtuous indigna- tion, when he finds that same person protesting against the confirmation of a colored Repuulican who has been worthily given a position of honor by our Government. It causes no little surprise, though, to see Gov. Kellogg, always friendly heretofore, associated with Warmouth in this persecution, when he must feel that Demas has always been true and loyal to the Re- publican party and its best interests, com cred: with Warmouth’s not very record. Bae the coiored men, whom they brand to the world,as ignorant and vicious, discovered their weakness very early after the April election. They had hesitated to oppose the amendment of 1894, an amendment which changed Art. 185, of our State Constitution, so as to make it impese intellectual and property qualifications onthevoter. They had adhered to it longer than the rank and file of Dem- ocracy whose representatives in con- vention had recommended its adop- tion at the polls. Seeing the unavoid- able staring them in the face, they hushed their scruples and applied to the Republican convention for endorse- ment on the platform of universal suf- e. Tees Demas is undoubtedly the equal of his predecessors in every respect, barring the animosities which have raised the unfortunate scandal now occupying the attention of the Senator. There is no merit attribu- table to others that we may not fairly claim for him, The office has always been awarded to colored men for a long period. Riard, Lewis, Dumont, Patty, were the friends and assoctates of the pres- ent incumbent. eins ; We cannot close this interview with- out calling attention to the fact that the signers of the protest and charges, were once members of rival political forces in the State. They donot come here in the name of* public morals, or the vindication of any Princlple, but have come as former enemies, (now without following) who have buried their differences so that they may find more strength in union and singleness of purpose. Some of the men they have employed are infamous charac- ters who would disgrace the walls of a prison cell. The contest is not the outcome of opposition in the true American sense of the word, it is the last attempt of a desperate caste policy to counter- march the steps of progressive civiliza- tion. It is a contest founded on race antagonism, which if the tenth were known, has no reason of being before It is a miserable subter- fuge to accomplish unworthy ends. The struggle in the South has nar- rowed down to this: The white man is fighting to assure his supremacy; the blackman is suffering to preserve his manhood and his liberty. MANGE HRD HO ORD The Greatest bnvrn Politician *}1 JUasoidad aM se *ssouppe Auv 0} pale ‘va oU0 10) vag ey, pue ff yII0M padjuLsng SLNAV OS'e$ AINO ‘O 'q ‘uoiuryseay “mM *u ye0I}s | 6011 ‘Auedwog Suyuig 29g 24. jou jt pauinjas Aauop ‘uad plod yurod puoweip pros ev 3a4 pue OSzg$ aoQu0 ye puag ‘Nad B puke ABaf DUO 1OJ Bag AY] 105 Walter. H. Brooks, Rev. William Waring, Rev. Dr. Crimke, and Rev. Dr. Jackson. Inside the chancel rail were twenty-five ministers of different denominations. Promptly at the ap- pointed hour the funeral cortege arrived and was met at the door by Rev. J. A. Johnson, who led the way followed by the pall-bearers, to the front part of the church, while reading a portion of the funeral service of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The forward portion of the central aisle had been reserved for the pall-bearers and family. The pall-bearers were: Honorary—Former Auditor John R. Lynch, of Mississippi; ex-Senator P. B.S. Pinchback and James Lewis, of Louisiana; M. M. Holland, of Ohio; W.A. Pledger, of Georgia; John P, Green, of Ohio; Representative G. H. White, of North Carolina; Lewis H- Douglass, of New York; H. P. Cheat. ham. of North Carolina; Rev. William Gone 4a Dal--Elgun Oration, and Excellent Musi. Vast Crowds ao Honor to Our Dead Leader, Geo, C. Smith With Him to the End, The funeral of Blanche K. Bruce was conducted at the Metropolitan A. M, o’clock. Rev. Sterling N. Brown, of Park Temple A. M. E. Church, offici- Brooks, Rev. J. A. Johnson, and Rey, F.J. Grimke. The interment was at Woodlawn Cemetery. Long before the hour set for the serv- ices the church was crowded to its full capacity. The floral display was magnificent and included offerings from many Hon. B. K. Bruce, prominent persons including President McKinley, who sent a huge wreath of orchids, calla lilies, lilies of the valley, ‘ white carnaticns and white roses, tied | with a bow of white satin ribbon. The | offering of the clerks in the Treasur- | er’s Office was a design consisting of a | broken shaft, nearly four feet in height lof white and yellow roses, between} which were white carnations, hya- cinths, and lilies of the valley, resting on a base of white roses and palms. on one side of the shaft was a wreath of violets, tied with a purple ribbon and on top was laid a huge bunch of the same flowers. Another piece of unnsual beauty eonsisted of a floral harp from Mrs. Bruce and her sister, Miss Wilson. The base consisted of Waring of Ohio; H. L. Chew Deputy Degister of the Treasury; Robert H. Terrill of Massachusetts; R. R. Church, of Tennessee; Campbell L. Maxwell and Ralph W. Tyler, of Ohio; Dr. C. B. Purvis, George F. T. Cook, Prof. W. S. Montgomery, Thomas H. Wright, Dr, George H. Richardson, and L. C. Bailey, of this city; James T. Bradford, of Maryland; Charles R. Douglas, and Prof. William H. H. Hart, of the District of Columbia. Active—J. B. Raymond, of Pennsyl- vania; Theodore H. Green, of Missis- sipp1; Suermonte W. Lewis, of the District of Columbia; Edward E. Cooper, of Indiana; D. B. McCary, of Mississippi; Andrew F. Hilyer, of Minnesota; L. M. Hershaw, of Geor- gia, and W. Calvin Chase, of the Dis- trict of Columbia. The casket was covered with black cloth and silver bars ran along the side. A silver plate, inscribed with name, place of birth, age, and time of death, was the only other oranment. The ushers consisted of the officers of the colored high school, and Maj. W. O. Davis, Adjt. John E. Washington, Sergt. Maj. Romeo Carroll, Capts. Montgomery, Davis, and Turner, and Lieuts, Martin Patterson, Ridgeley, Chew, Ellis, and Jackson. The services were opened with the hymn, ‘‘Rock of Ages,” by the choir of the church, under the direction of Prof. J. T. Layton, followed by a short prayer by Rev. W. H. Brooks. Rev, J. A. Johnson read selections from St. Paul. Mrs. Lula Joy Brooks rendered the hymn, ‘‘Nearer, My God to Thee,” followed by reading of the scriptures by Rev. F.J. Grimke. The aermon was preached by Rev. Sterling N. Brown. He took no text, but review- ed the life and character of Mr. Bruce, and spoke in eulogistic terms of his statesmanship and charity, and his many other sterling qualities. The hymn “It is Well With My Soul” was next rendered bp the choir. Bishop B. W. Arnett then delivered a most eloquent address. Rev. J. E. Rankin, Bishop W. B. Dereick, and Rev. S. M. Newman also spoke. The services closed with the hymn ‘Lead, Kindly Light,” by the choir. Letters of regret were received from Allen of Nebraska. The address of Rev. Brown was elo- quent and full of facts concerning Bruce’s life and work. His tribute to to Mr. Geo. C. Smith was timely and deserving. During the last hours of Mr, Bruce, it was his request that his secretary remain with him to the end. It was he who received the last re- quest from the dead man. Mr. Smith was with his devoted friend from the day he was taken sick till his death. He didn’t sleepa_ wink during that whole time. So faithful was he, it was the general comment. Mr. James H. Dabney, the under- taker is to be commended for his work. Dr. Francis, and Mr. Smith deserve yellow and red roses, the frame of white roses and hyacinths, while the wires were strung with the petals of hyacinths. An immense Bouaiee of long-stemmed red roses was the gift of the faculty of Howard University. On the platform sat Bishops B. W.}| S| For further informs address CU. E. To Financial Agent, No uy Director o Arnett and W. E. Derrj Corey, Dr. S. M. Ni errick, Rev. Dr. Rankin of Howard University ; €wman, Rey. Dr, Harris’; one of the Rev, ! gist in South Washington. credit for this part of the ceremonies. Mr. Bruce wasa_ race man and the poe of os Dabney, the director of his funeral was only in keepi with his wishes. - coe Don’t forget to go to Dr. iL, H. est known drug- Senators Hoar, of Massachusetts, and| @ national! Ole «i Hasogy fe. he Chesapeake Beact Company is a j m Buckroe Beach On the Chesapeake ant—about fifte the electric car fr Comfort, Va, There is no more attr ™ Old Poing T beach nop Ot OM the each. Payable E= month on ea iberal discount on stock. There a land—Water fro nic park covered trees.—There ar: ed an auditoriun » cott bath-house, containing rooms. =e Just think of it There is no Resort for col people in the United Sta OFFICERS: Rev. A. L. Gain M., B. D., Pastor E. church, Portm« ident; George L at Law, Secretary 4. H Mitchell, D. D.,—Pastor Ban! Street Baptist church, Va.,—Treasurer; W Esq., Attorney for ti DIRECTORS: Matt. N. ‘ew; Editor, Recorder, N Samuel L. 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