The Washington Bee Newspaper, April 9, 1898, Page 4

aitblished vcvery SaTunpay at re 1 S81 QUR COLORED ATTORNEYS. * casskneniiod tase pice ba Sooipeenpal Last week we published a report aooas Genes mael aaaor of the action of the colered mem- —_————~ ] bers of the bar, in the case of Jus- W. CALVIN CHASE, Eprror. 1-2 Bradley. The position that s few of the colored attorneys took may be a correct one in which they TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. they can by condemning Judge Bradley. It is true, that hundreds of colored people are being con- victed in the Police Court and sent to jail and the work-house under @@ SPECIAL NOTICE. —e There are regular Authorized Col- bectors in the employ of THE BEE z Printing Co., and when they call to see the slightest pretext. The colored delinquent subscribers they are re-\attorneys claim that, even if Judge qxested to pay them and not give the) Bradley made use of the language excuse that “they wil see the Editor.” | attributed to him, he is not inimi- ple ceo shy an oor aad gre cal te the negro, and it is not be- Keicids unl ths patrons of THE BEL | lieved that he meant any reflection will pay the Colle hen he calls. |whatever on him. THE BgE is of the opinion, while it believes that the judge meant no reflection on the negro, the colored attorneys should certainly have some written denial from the judge. We make the same charge against some of the colored attorneys they make against the negro ministers. Certainly they have had the same opportunity of urging reforms in the Police Court as the colored ministers had. The great trouble with the negro attorneys is, they are too ready to cater to those who may be clothed with official power. A number of the colored attorneys who have taken up the defense of Justice Bradley are catering for favors, while a few others are really in earnest. ooo LEADERSHIP. Now that the last of the illustri- ous trio ef colored leaders has been “gathered to the Fathers,’’ the country is looking for a new leader who will not only combine the more noble and brilliant parts of those who have gone, but who will, if possible be an improvement. We are sometimes led into the error that the past has furnished better. braver and nobler men than the future promises. This grows out of the splendid capabilities manifest- ed and the brilliant achievements accomplished by those who have gone before, frequently magnified meant, he was jumped upon and | assaulted and beaten unmercifully. j It was also brought out that after the colored man was assaulted, he followed the white man. The unanimous opinion in court was the white man should have been fined. The colored man was taxed $50, to which Congressman Lorimer took exception. Lawyer Jones will defend McMartin if a new trial is granted. The colored lawyers are organiz- ing against Judge Kimball. A memorial is being prepared to be sent to Congress. DR. A. M. CURTIS, The new surgeon-in-ghief of the Freedmen’s Hospital, assumed charged of the hospital Friday morning. The new chief is young and brilliant and has a classic pro- file, which is an evidence that. he possesses that which some men lack. We want to suggest to Dr. Curtis the necessity of reforming the hospital and sticking close to the people. He wants to be sur- rounded by his friends and not hie enemies. There is too much money being spent in the trained | nurse department, which has been detrimental to the hospital. The} ‘Thereis a great need for a re- matron of the hospital, who is @|formation in our public school very refined lady, and one of the system. best known citizens of Washington should be allowed to be matron and not be subjected to the whims of a woman who has been placed at the head of a department not re- cognized by law. Dr. Curtis will find hundreds of people to give him advice, Such eminent physicians as Drs, Fran- cis, Shadd, Brooks, Purvis, Wilis- ton and others who would no doubt render any assistance to make the administration of the new chief a success. But the moment Dr. Curtis attempts to insolate himself from the people, he will fail. Dr, Curtis has a brilliant future before him and we want to see him suc Some people who imagine that a war is an easy thing, should be al- lowed to,enter the military service.; It is understood that the colored troops will be sent to Cubaon ac- count of their ability to withstand the climate. Our new leader has a great deal of work to perform. He must make a record that the country can commend. LAWYERS vs. THE MINISTERS. THEY TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE COLORED ATTORNEYS. THE FIGHT ceed, and the sooner he makes 8 few changes in the personal of the institution, the better it will be for him. Surround yourself doctor through the medium of reverence as well as just appreciation. The trend of social forces is signalized by wonderful social improvement, progressive and persistent. This is the result of necessity as well as of the impetus given by previous generations. ‘The new systems of education, the wonder- ful improvements in the mechanic arts, the new opportunities which are being opened to skill, ability, socis] and political influence ren- der it necessary that, if we are to have a leader at all, he should be of a different quality from those who have passed away. This logic of the times works no disparage- ment of the grand services per- formed by our hitherto leaders. It only ordains that the method, pur- poses, and requirements shall be accommodated to the changed con- ditions. The question of slavery, of eufranchisement and ability on the part of the colored man to honor- ably acquit himself in office are forever settled. Those who have gone before have been largely in- strumental in bringing about these But new policies are to be formulated, new fields are to be made for the race. The labor ques- tion is to be solved in a manner to give the race the best results. The question of local and feder- al patronage, based upon elective force must be satisfactorily settled. The colored men who have borne the burden and heat of political battles are awaiting the appear- ance of this leader. The question is everywhere asked, ‘“‘How is he being groomed?’ “<How will he act in harness ?’’ “Is he of true type?’ Whoever he may be, we predict that, unless he is a just, intelligent, brave, race-loving thoroughly manly man, facts. new he will be adismal failure. He must be a legitimate product. No accident, uo mushroom origin. His energies must be bent toward uplifting the entire race, without regard to section or social caste. He must show a disposition to fight, to diplomatized and demand when necessary to the securement of the just claims of the race. There are several who are now awaiting the cail of the people to assume the role of leader. Some of them possess the necessary qual- ifications to meet the requirements ofa proper leader. Attention is just now being attracted by a luminary of the first magnitude, making direectly for zenith. He} isa brave, intelligent, just andj brilliant man, thoroughly capable | of becoming a froceful champion of our cause. Will the trust be reposed in him? Will he be called | upon to wear the mantle of a} | | public schools, who will be taught | lessons in what their duties are. | flector is suffering with a severe Some of the very colored lawyers who are foremost in defending Jus- tice Bradley have been the loudest in condemning him, and why it is they haye seen the error of their with good and competent physi. cians. Reduce your train-nurse department and give the patients more and better food. GOES ON. LAWYER PEYTON AND OTHERS STAND FIRM.—LAWYER JONES AND OTHERS RETRACTS. The action of the colored lawyers against the colored ministers of this city, inthe interest of Justice A.C. Bradley, of which mention was made in The Bre last week, has assumed an interesting attitude. At the minis- ters meeting on last Monday morning the attention of the association was ways and come forth to defend him now, we cannot understand, unless it is to curry favor with the court. This is pecular negro reasoning. We are not surprised, most negroes who want to toady reasen this way. We have no fight to make against Justice Bradley, but we want to see colored attorneys more manly. Some of these men argue, :f they oppose Judge Bradley they will not have influence with the courts and if they defend him the white judges will respect them. HUMPTY DUMPTY. Col. James Lewis of Louisiana, is still in the city. He is the negro who belongs to the lily white crowd in Louisiana that is opposing Hon. Henry Demas’ confirmation, Col. Lewis, who has been after a job for some time and who has paid fre- quent visits to the room of Mr Demas, is urging the Committee on Commerce to report his case. Tue Ber would like to know where} Col. Lewis stands. He has been to the room of Mr. Demas several times and informed that gentleman that Speaker Reed and ex-Governor Hon. Wm. B. Allison.—The man the State of Iowa will name for President in 1900. Kellogg were responsible for the adversed report of the committee in his case. Col. James Lewis should | bea man. If Speaker Reed has| any presidential aspirations he might as well let ihem drop, be- cause he will never receive a vote} from the southern negro, and so far as Mr. Kellogg is concerned, who has always been liked by the negroes of this country, will meet his political doom if he ever again | aspires for political honors in the State of Louisiana. The people of this country want Demas confirmed, We don’t be-| lieve that Senator Gallenger is per- sonally opposed to Mr. Demas; we believe that he has been imposed} upon. We also believe the same thing about Speaker Reed. Gvl. | dressed the Court as follows: Lewis said a few weeks ago| ‘‘Your honor, I have tistened to that Speaker Reed said, he had|the testimony in this case and I succeeded in defeating Demas.}am more convinced than ever that When a great man like Speaker |this colored man was assaulted on Reed condescends to stoop to de-| account of his color and I am will- feat a negro’s confirmation, we are|ing and ready to put any amount CONGRESSMAN LORIMER. In the Police Court on last Fri- day morning, Hon. Wm. Lorimer, cago, Ill., and the most handsome little member in either branch of Gongress, was an attentive listener to an assault charged against Frank McMartin, a colored man from his state, who was fined 50 dollars by Judge Kimball. Congressman Lorimer, who had been standing for some time listen- ing to the testimony against the colored man, thought the case should have beer dismissed, ad- surprised. |of money you may name as col- jlateral for his appearance, in vhe | 3 | cane y rant him a new} There are some principals in the | res sores | trial. | From the evidence in the case) McMartin walked into to a p ace| to get something to eat and when | he entered the door a white man The editor of the National Re- a member of Congress from Chi-! called to the publication in The Brg, relative to the position assumed by the colored lawyers against them, in the interest of Justice Bradley. The dis- j cussion was lively and every lawyer who attacked the ministers received a compliment from them. Lawyer T. L. Jones whose interview was published in The Bre last week, among other things which is correct, he has this to say: LAWYER JONES RETRACTS. To the Editor of The Bre: f I notice in your last week’s issue of the BEE, an alleged interview with me under the caption of the col- ored ‘‘Lawyers vs. the Ministers, in which I am made to say, among other things that, ‘‘these ministers are a set of fools,” and in another portion of your valuable paper, I am alleged to have subscribed to certain remarks to the effect that the colored ministers are fools and rascals. I want to say that I have no greivances against the colored ministers. The matterin con- | troversy calls for no rebuke by me to | the ministers and I want to say that I not only disclaim the language at- tributed to me, but I Positively deny | having used any thing that could be constru-d into any such declaration. | I hope you will dome the honor to publish this correction.— Thomas pe | Jones. THE MINISTERS To GET EVEN. One of the colored attorneys was telling several others, that the colored ministers were much exercised by the comments published in the BEE of last week, and one of the ministers had de- clared that the ministers controlled two-thirds of the People of the :Dis- trict and that they, (the ministers) in- tended to break up the colored law- yers. Lawyer Peyton, y made an uncomplimentary remark Douglass, a Langston, or a Bruce? case of chronic dyspepsia. tohim. When he asked what it who was sitting ne: and overheard the remark, ape ae and said, “I told ycu so! I told you so! That is the sort of christianity ‘ ei quasoidas am se Aue 0} pajiew ‘vad auo oj aag ay] pue C$ YOM paaqueins SLNAO 8'%$ AINO ‘OD ‘qf ‘uoyuryseM “M *u J90I38 | 6011 ‘AURdMOD BuNnuig 90g 24 *ssoippe you jt pauinjas Lauoy ‘uad plo yulod puoweip pros ev 304 pue oS-zg aou0 ye puss ‘Nad B Pue 4eeA aUO JO} Vag eYT 40J they practice. They are now thirsty for revenge for some fancied insult on our part and they propose to blackguard us to their members. Just let them alone and they will demonstate that they deserve the comments made. You will find that they do not believe in doing good for evil, although they preach it. They can’t hurtme. Iam made of the stuff that fattens on op- position.” To the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives: At a meeting of many colored mem- bers of the local bar, held at No. 503% D street northwest, April 1, 1898, the following preambles and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, we have read with regret the inadversions of certain of the colored ministers of the Gospel in this city, upon a casual remark made by Judge Andrew C. Heh one of tne asseciate justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; and Whereas, we know Judge Bradley to bean able jurist, a just judge and a friend to humanity, and kindly dis- posed towards everybody, and entire- ly free from prejudice against any class ot people, as shown by his many acts of kindness and sympathy for mankind in general, and Whereas, a_ resolution was intro- duced in the House of Representatives on the——day of March, A. D., 1898, by Hon. Samuel W. McCall of Mass., based on certain charges made by said colored clergymen against Hon. Andrew C. Bradley, associate justice as aforesaid, which resolution was duly referred the House Judiciary Committee for investigation and re- port; and Whereas, the undersigned members of the bar of the District of Columbia, some of whom have known Judge Bradley well for the past twenty years and have practiced continuously in the various courts over which he has presided ever since he was elevated to the bench, thereby having had am- ple and abundant opportunity to ob- serve his conduct and manner and general opposition and purpose in the discharge of the duties ef his office, which necessarily brings him in con- tact with all classes of our fellow cit- izens; and Whereas, during his Jong service upon the bench, he has been acknowl- edged to be uniformily fair, impar- tia] and courteous in the performance of the various duties of his high offices, never giving a shadow of suspicion as toany discrimination or been guilty of any conduct unbecoming a judge, or that it would in the least cast a blot upon his judicial position, and instead of countenancing or giving encourage- ment to violence or lynch law, his whole judicial carer has demostrated the fact that he is an uncompromising foe to lawlessness; therefore _ Resolved, That we regard the ac- tion of said ministers to be unfortun- ate, to say the least, in that they have unwittingly struck at one of their best friends. Resolved, That we do not consider that Judge Bradley has said anything deserving the notice, much less the investigation of Congress. Resolved, That we hereby heartil endorse Judge Bradley as a perfectl fair, upright, able and just judge, who, ifhe made the remark attributed to him, did it in a passing Way, as many judges have done before, and had no reference to the racial identity of the condemned man, and we therefore hope that the Congress will promptly vindicate Judge Bradley from the un- called for charges Inadvertly made against him. : Resolved, That we repose such implicit confidence in Judge Bradley predicated upon his large and dis- tinguished career as Justice, the kind- ly and humane feéling which has characterized all of his judicial deal- ing with the large class of the many unfortunate, white as well as colored people brought before him, that we do not and cannot believe that the remark attributed to him was made publicly, or that the same was in- tended to reach the public ear, direct- ly or indirectly. [Continued on sth page ] y| America. 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