The Washington Bee Newspaper, April 16, 1898, Page 4

Be Published @orthwest, WasuincTon, D. C. ek eee Ente -ed at rhe Post (office at Wash'ngtop eco cians mail watter.! —_— W. CALVIN CHASE, EprTor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One copy ner year.... Six months. ... Three mouths. . . City subscribers.monthly.. . = SS t# SPECIAL NOTICE. There are regular Authorized Col- lectors in the employ of THE BEE Printing Co.. and when they call to see delinguent subscrihers they are re- quested to pay them and not give the excuse that “they wilt see the Editor.” | called the attention of Judge Brad- The Editor has no time to see the sub- scribers, and it is oped that his triends and the patrons of THE BEE will pay the Colle hen he calls, eee LEAVING THE SHIP. About two weeks ago a few mem- bers of the bar, (i e) colored mem- bers took it into their hands to chastise the colored ministers of this city. These individuals came to the conc:usion that if they abused them and praised the judge, they would be commended or curry favor with the court. THE Brp advised them that it would be a bad policy te abuse the ministers, but to its surprise, The BBE was informed that negro ministers were fools, scoundrels and meddlers and that they. the colored lawye:s did not care anything about them. ‘To the suprise of The Bas, these self- same lawyers, since the Mimisters’ Onion read the riot act to them, have been running a fout race to see who could first hide himself in a hole, while the more conservative could explain away. their idiotitic utterances, They have not only apolegized to the colored ministers and declared themselves te be a|to inquire whether if any State shall) Demas unfavorable. set of asses, but they have demonstated to ihe nity that the interest of the color- ed people would not be safe in their | State, but not of certain white citizens | tent gentleman’s rejection hands, A class of men who would attempt to degrade their own peo-|in violation of the fifteenth amend-| Hon. Henry Demas. ple and eudeavor to apologize for the wrongs some one else may do their people are not to be trusted justified in telling their congre- gation to keep away from them. We are confident, that Justice Bradley meant no harm in the lan- guage attributed to him. Never- theless, he certainly doesn’t respect tbe men who abuse their own peo- ple because they condemn his un- constivutional and unwise utter- ances. Every where you go you can hear and see a number of these colored lawyers apologizing and explaining their speeches. away insane Judge Scott is to be commended for the lecture he gave the police force” on Monday. He wants it understood that his court is one of jus:ice and not persecution. Editor Fortune who has been down in Alabama, on the farm of Mr. Booker T. Washington en- joying himself, should not attempt to apologize for Mr. Washington, while we don’t believe that he would be guilty of such foolish utterances attributed him, to the effect that no more colored promi- nent southern appointments should be made. We know that he is not too good to say it. Mr. Washing- ton has gotton himself in bad odor with the colored people in his at- tempt to cater to the prejudiees of the southern white people against the negro. The lily white and black republi- cans of Louisiana who are trying te defeat Bemas, have come to the conclusion that it is better forthem to go home. DUPLICITY. A representative of the Colored American called to see Justice Bradly a few days ago and inform- ed@ him that the Colored American would stand by him in the fight against him. That the American took no every SATURDAY at r109 1 Str~e | himself any uneasiness. This inter- “|the country, the American last . $2.00] editorial against 1-00/was an attempt to show its false ‘20| bravery and knavish intentions. It did not help itself in the estimation of its subscribers or those whose fancy it endeavored to tickle. dealing. THe Bez has endeavored view with the judge took place be- fore public sentiment had christal- zed aga:nst the judge. To the surprise of every one, after every- thing had been said by the press of week published a most cowardly the judge. It We dislike duplicity and double to be fair inthis matter, It has made uo fight against the ministers and other reputable citizens who ley’s remarks to the Senate Judici- ary Committee. We have refrained from condemning Justice Bradley, | because we know him to be a brave and honest man. While it is un- fortunate for Judge Bradley, those who called the attention of Con- | gress to the affair are to be com- mended. Our advice to the colored trus- tees on the school board istoshow a littie more manhood. The Presi- dent seems to be runuing the entire board. Rev, Sterling N. Brown] should assert his manhood. Who- | ever heard of an equal in official power investigating an equal, That select committee ought to go and hong itself, It is hoped that the government will give some of those patriotic] good among our people. negroes a chance to go to war. A long string is tied to sume of these would-be soldiers patriotism. FAIR ELECTIONS. Mr. Chandler submitted the follow- ing RESOLUTION: Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections be directed by constitution or law prescribe qual- ifications for the exercise of the right commu- | of suffaage by its citizens which are by | to say that we do not believe that the any device of expression to be re- quired of the colored citizens of the ot the State, or of their sons or grand- AN APOLOGIST. From Omoha, Neb., Enterprise. Editor Chase of the Washington Bee; is pleased to dub Prof. Booker T. Washington an apologist. This statement, while it is plain and un- adorned, contains more truth than poetry We do not wish to detract one iota from the fame of Prof. Washing- ton, we would not for a moment ques- tion the fact of his being one of our great men; we do not even deny his being a great leader; but we do ques- tion his right to the exalted place of sole leadership given him by a section of the southern white press. These journals advise that the negro should as a unit follow the leadership of Prof. Washington, in the ramifications of his citizenship. There are sume respects in which the professor has shown himself want- ing in the elements of genuine leader- ship. He has preserved a steady practice of thundering against many evils of the negro, but he seldom thun- ders against the evils practiced by the whites ifhe thinks it would be un- popular. In his public utterances, the measures by which pre public esti- mate is gaged, he ever and anon looks for the popular chord of his white bearers, and he plays these plentifully. He seem to know no limit in ridiculing and belitting his own people, yet he studiously avoids discussion of the wrongs perpretrated upon the negroes by the whites. He has nothing to say about the outrages perpretrated upon the negroes of the south He has not written or spoken a word about the assassination of Postmaster Baker, nor of any of the other outrages that have sent death into the ranks of the colored people of the south. Isn’t this because he thinks it would be unpopular; that it would not tickle the ears of the whites of the south ? A leader should be a man moved by honest convictions, and with courage to battle for them even against fierce odds. A genuine leader will battle for justice, truth and right evn though he be opposed by the fearful tide of public opinion. A real leader is not swayed by considerations of policy; he bends the pliant hinges of the knee only to the truth. Prof. Washington, has built up a |}great school. He is doing a great But he will never arise to his possibilities as a leader until he attacks evil wherevr it jmay be found and seeks only those plaudits that come from the impartial championing of right and truth. DEMAS AMONG FRIENDS. ' From the Southern Appeal. We have read in the newspapers ac- | counts of a disposition on part of the |Senate committee on commerce re- porting the nomination of Hon. Henry When we turn to the names of the gentlemen who compose the committe, we are bound committee will eyer consent to ask for There | not today a negro in American politics who has the brilliant State record of sons, such action of the State will be ment of the Constitution of the United States, and ifso, whether such State is entitled 10 representation in the Senate or House of Representatives of the United States while such viola- | named clubs after him. Many negroes and the colored ministers would be] tion continues, and whether any such | will never be satisfied until they get a contemplated viclation of the fifteenth amendment can be averted and pre-|!t will be impossible to make them vented by legislation of Congress; | The negroes of the whole country | have for years learned to look up to | Senator Quay as their special cham- | pion. In a number of places they have chance to vote for him for President. | believe that Senator Quay will for one SHE WASHINGTON BEE. this distinguished and highly compe- | THE CULMINATING POLITI- CAL ATROCITY OF THE AGE. Louisiana Admits that her Ciyil- | ization isnot endangered by iguo- | rance so long a8 Black Voters ure | Eliminated—-Any Naturalized European Criminal can Vote, whether or not he possesses the Requisite Property or Meatal | Qualifications. While our country is at the présent hour all absorbed in a cun- sideration of the Cuoan crisis—or rather the Hispano-American question, as some prefer to call it, and the greatest \of our common- wealths are voting 1n their State legislavures millions of money, with which tu arm, equip and mob- ilize State troops, in the event of war, snd while a great Wave a is sweeping across the STE pogreptical confines ‘of the Republic for “Cuba Lipre,” in a great southern State, also 8Wept by this sume wave for free Cuba, po- litical ehains are being forged for black men, the like of which have caused even South Carolina and Mississippi to biush with envy. ‘This State is known un the map as Louisiana, and was at one time the home of black mev, who sat i gubernatorial chairs, wore legisla - ive togus, and, through Governor Kellogg, dictated and dominated largely its fiscal policy. Some days ago, Mr. Booker T Washington, of Tuskegee fame, wrote a very earnest letter to the Lonisiana State Convention, which had assembled, ostensibly, to form « new constitution. but, in reality, to check, curtail and destroy the constitutional right to vote of many thousands of black men. Chis letter was published broad cast throughout tne country by the associated press and received the favorable comment of the best sen timeut of the nation. Mr. Wash- ington suggested in his letter that he was distinctly aware of the fact, {that Louisiana had evils with which to contend in a large body | of illiterate voters; that it had ever been his aim to discourage political |agitation, and to stimulate his peo- | ple to acquire education and prop erty as the ‘sine qua non’’ of good citizenship He therefore earnestly hoped that Louisiana would adops a suffrage qualification for its vo- | ters which would not discriminate its white and black citizens and | which would also enable illiterates }and paupers of both races to ac- |quire the rigut to vote under its provisions, by making themselves, jin course of time, mentally or ma- jterially qualified. Reference is |mady to the letter of Mr. Wash- said committee to report to the Sen-| minute bea party to strike down the /jngton only because of his promi- deem expedient. ported by every loyal citizen of the United States. the people than this’ guished gentleman. reason why Senator should no. confine this investiga areas many colored citizens dis franchised here as there are in south. NAMES OMITTED. To the editor of the BEE: the meeting and the resolutions there ley by the Ministers’ Eleventh street, you did not include include the names of all the lawyers who participated and signed the res- olutiens. vertently omitted: Wm. L. Pollard, ]. Bacon, F. bler. D. Lee and G. R. S. Smith, Secretary of meeting. THEY DESERVE IT. From the Lexington, Ky., Standard. Editor Chase of the Washington Bee is continually in hot water. Now it is the negro editors after him. Chase stated that the majority of negro edi- tors are cringing, cowardly sycophants without an upinion of their own, and mention a few who he thought were worthy of the name of editor Of course, the other fellows are mad; but Chase is right just the same. The av- erage negro newspaper is not worth reading. The part of it that is not plate matter is nothing but a lot of social rot. Not an editorial opinion, less expression against ihe wrongs perpetrated upon our race. torial appears at allit is one puffing some white white man for office. Ot the two hundred negro journals on our exchange list, there is not a dozen that amount toa hill of beans. Give it to °em, Chase, they deserve it- Our patrons will confer a favor on stock in the opposition of the negro preachers and for him not to give the management of this paper by call- ing on Mr. E. J. Wilhoite at his Srocery 1802 14th street, when in need of groceries. Senator Chandl--r should be sup- | fessed friend of the negro, ex There is no main | upright man was unwi in the United States Senate more | fstess to the repudlican party. We My attention has been called to the fact that in your published account of | in passed by the lawyers in relative to the action taken against Judge Brad-} Union which | meets in the Y. M. C. A. building on} Thos. L. Jones, Thos. B. Warrick, P. | M. Am-} not an intelligent thought, not a fear-| Ifan edi-| ate by bill or otherwise as it may | bravest negro Louisiana has ever seen | : |1n order to feed fat the temporary an- | ger of even so good a man as the pro. | Kellogg. The editor of this paper has n- nee in the south as an educator, snd because of the sequel to the jletter, which having been read to |the members of the Convention, long thought that this very able and in his stead- are watching to see what Senator | fact that this man has freely spent his j they forthwith proceeded to enact }a suffrage qualification for voters | that will not only not restrict the deserving of the united support of} Frye and other senators of Mr. Demas’ | right to vote of any whice man, distin- | Patty will do in his case in the face of | | | Americ:n born or naturalized prior There is no|money.his time and risked often his life | tv January Ist, 1898, but that wiil Chandler | that the republican party might con-|cut down over two-thirds of the |trol the country. The negro editors, | yoting strength of the black voters negro bishops and negro leaders of 5 ’ sbia. There | every calling, are notified that this is | to the District of Columbia. There their contest and not the contest alone | jof Hon. Henry Demas. This gentle- the {man is merely your representative. | | This man isa pure blooded negro. | and tells in his career the marvelous | pessibilities of the negro who is with | out ‘Caucasian reinforcement. | battle is yours; it should be fought to | the last ditch. Senator Quay is bound |to help you. Weknow him He love jabrave man Toussaint I’Overture | Dessalines and Hypolite were never braver than the man Henry Demas. HON, JONH R. LYCH. | From the Mississippi Light. | Ofthe immortal quartette of great The following were inad-|D€gTo leaders—Douglass, Langston, Bruce and Lynch—the latter is now| [the sole survivor. Hons. Bruce and Lynch were life-long friends. The jstory of their friendship, how they |haveclung to each other under any }and all circumstances is sublimely beautiful, surpassing the allegory of Damon and Pythias, The mantle of leadership has now fallen solely upon the shoulders of the Hon. John R. Lynch. That he will be true to his race and its interests at all time, no hanorable man doubts. The negro republicans of this conntry will follow with commendable zeal, wherever he leads the way. Since the mighty Bruce hasfallen, our prayer is, that God in his wisdom will spare to our people for many years to come, the life and —the Hon, John R. Lynch. | Do you want a whiskey that is ‘the | finest” grade and full “proof?” If you do, call at the Bordeaux Wine Co. }corner of 14th and T streets, and try their ‘‘Special.’’ There are a very few | brands sold in Washington that excel jit. Mr. Demonet the manager is a gentleman of the ‘‘old school,”’ and will tender you such polite attention that you will surely call again. Chester Market, A.C. Leese, pro prietor, 21st and L streets is one o the best known places in the city Patrons of The BEE should not fail to patronize this place. > His| services of the last of the “Old guard”’ | \ Mississippi, who really mean to ac- in the State. The substance of the law is, that every voter in the S ate must be able to read and write, or demon- trate that he is tue owner of over 300 worth of property, and that this clause does not apply ‘o those, who voted prior to 1867, their |children or grand children, nor to ny citizea naturalized prior to | January Ist, Ist, 1898. | As there were n» negro voters in | Louisiana prior to 1867, uor, per- haps, one doz n naturalized black men it is clearly seen that the | cause is ouly an infamous subter- |fuge to break up the growing nu- merical political strength of the }single wiite man in the State, and | | does not possess even the merit of jattempting to corceal its real; | motive. ‘Lhe constitution of the United | States expressly declares that ‘no citizen shail be deprived of the |right to vote on account of race, color or previous condition of are |vitude.’” This law is easily geen | |to be one which discriminates be-' tween its white and black citizens, | and clearly, therefore, is in vio a- tion of the above constitutional )prohibition, South Osrolina and complish all that Lousiana has! |frankly confessed her ‘purpose to’ do, still prefer to allow red shirted | ruffiana and white jlliterates to | vote in any number which it may | please them for political purposes | to do by giving a reasonable ‘-inter- | pretation’’ of the constitution when | read to them—wil! ask an illiterate | white man who lacks the requisite | property qualitication to interpret “we, the People of the United States,” etc. A black man then steps up for registration, and ig asked tO give the meaning of ‘the asaidas am su paarins oy Z 2) = < 4 ra) SLNA» S$ A INO *ssasuppe Aue 017 pally ‘vad UO JO} aag ayy PUL SY L ‘2 ‘a fuoyFuryseay ‘ M *u yooI3s |] 6orr ‘AuRdwog Sunt, vag ayy you jl pauinjar Aauow ‘uad pjo3 yu1od puoweip pros ve a4 pu oS zg aouo ye puss "Na@d B puL 4v2d aulO 40y Vag ey], 405 right of eminent dom~, ’—which only a hite c:sa an © and not every W racker he south under stands. COLORED LAWYERS CONDEMN- ED. THE BETHEL LITERARY UPHOLDS THE MINISTERS. At a meeting of the Bethel Literary and Historical Association held last Tuesday evening, the following reso- lutions were presented and referred to the Advisory Board to be reported back to the meeting to be held next ‘Tuesday evening. Whereas, it has been stated in the daily press of this city that Andrew C. Bradley, an associate justice of the Su- preme Court of the District of Colum- bia, after having pronounced the death penalty upona duly convicted murderer, did in the court room, and inthe presence and hearing of peo- ple there assembled, use language with reference to the convicted man, that was calculated to arouse the basest passion of human nature, and to encourage disregard of and con- tempt for the constituted orderiy ad- ministration of justice, and, Whereas, the Ministerial Union of the District of Columbia rebuked this lapse of judicial calm iv moderate and dignified Janguage, and with an eye single tothe pure and impartial ad- ministration of justice and Whereas, certain persons styling themselves, ‘‘many c»lored members of the local bar” and “‘member of the bar of the District of Columbia,”’ have adopted preambles and resolutions wherein they “regard the aciion of said ministers to be unfortunate to say the least’”’ and ‘‘heartily endorse | Judge Bradley” and “hope that the | Congress wiil promptly vindicate { Judge Bradley,”’ theretore Be it resolved, by the Bethel Liter- ary and Historical Association, that we heartily commend the moderate and dignified course pursued by the Ministerial Union. and endorse their language and conduct, Be it further resolved, that we con- demn and depreciate the preambles an resolutions adopted by the per- sons styling themselves ‘‘many coloz- *‘members of the bar of the District of Columbia,” Be it further resolved, that we en- dorse the action of the colored mem- bers ofthe bar who refused to sign their names to the preamble and reso- lutions adopted by certain persons styling themselves ‘ma y colored | members of the local bar’’ and ‘“‘mem- biack voter, without curtailing or} bers of the bar of the District of Co- ponerse the right to vote of a|/umbia,” Be it further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Jjudi- ciary Committee of the House of Rep- resentalives. 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