The Washington Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1898, Page 4

Published every SATURDAY at 1109 1 Stree negro, but we are informed by ist the realms of the els of liberty placed in the families 10" Northwest, WasHincTon, D. C. et __ | members of the colored militia, Entered at. the Post Office at Washington | that his treatment of them is worse cond class mail matter.! tian Gen Grawayis aie Wak Gas W. CALVIN CHASE, EprTor. commander. The fact that Gen eS af Merrion tins agnored every negro, in his command, is quite evi- M8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. |” eas ~~ ; dent that the District negro na- ++ 82.00 eS tional guard is not wanted. Is the Three mouths. -60}action of General Harries indorsed City subscribers, -?°lby the administration? Has he ————— aT | been instrueted by the War depart- (SPECIAL NOTICE..s4 |ment to make up his command pore entirely of white soldiars? What There are regular Authorized Col- does this mean? Will Gen. Har- One copy per year. Six months. .. ws. The glory of Rome, Greece, Babylon, Persia and other govern- ments, whose records have been writ- ten in blood, linger only in the mind of the poet, the historian and philos- opher. But whatever may be said of the short coming of the American people, the future historian cannot record them any instance in the annals of time, that they needlessly engaged iu warfare. It has only been when foreign gov- ernments have undertaken to enslave their citizens by imposing upon them heavy burdens of taxation or when the knife of treason hasbeen raised 3 sare the throat of the Union that she } war. has unfurled her banners to the! jew e Cubans. gerne question is being asked, what part if any, should the negro of this country take in the Spanish-American By some it is argued that in view of the treatment that he receives at the hands of this government, in permitting discriminating laws to be passed by State Legislatures, against him, and refusing to used the Federal government, for the suppression of lynch law and mob violence in the state that he should be neutral in this contest; that until these evils are rem- edied he should not go down into the valley of death in defense of the gov- ernment and a flag that hangs upon the citidel of liberty, a flag that has thus far unfurled its stripes, but con- breeze, driven the invading enemy | cealed the promise of its stars. from our shores, established domestic } Standing in this August presence lectors in the employ of THE BEE Printing Co.. and when they call to see delinguent subscriters 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, eee? OUR NEW LEADERSHIP. ries explain? GRAND STAND PLAY. President McKinley knows how to make the grand stand play, as well as the negroes who took it upon themselves’ to give away the 9,000,000 of negroes. Notwith- standing the amount of patriotism that has been manifested on the part ef the colored patriots, not peace and made our Union one and _ here in the capital of the nation as it inseparable. ‘were, in the presence of the com- In this bloody march of heartless | mander-in-chief of the army and and cruel tyrants and despots, bent navy, let the edict go forth to the upon the destruction of governments American people that we, as Afro- and utter annihilation of the gems of Americans are the representatives of liberty and human rights, the country ' a race, whose devotion to and patriot- of Spain has not been without her rep- ism for their country knows no resentatives. Situated as she is in the bounds and whose chief aim in this Southwestern part of Europe, with her | war; now as in all national struggles, vast mineral resources, her fertile cli- through which the country has gone mate, and her wonderful facilities for on its pathway to Glory is to save this manufactory, she early in her exist- country, perpetuate the republic and ence beganto write her history in|to place our civilzation and national characters of blood. For two thousand | honor on the firm, but solid foundation years, when not engaged in military | of liberty, religion, morality and law. conquest, and in the utter subversion| This is cur country and our govern- of the rights and liberties of her|ment, here we will live and here we nieghbors, until today her treasury is| will die. We have puchased our right "HL yuasaidas am se a OU pajei ‘4vaA Quo 10j dag ey] pure CF YOM padjuRINs ] 6or1 *Auedwog Sunuug a SLNA >) OS 2$ A INO The election of President McKin-|one has been commisssioned to ley, by the republican party, has}command acolored brigade. The given to the American negro, 8/grand stand play, that has been new leadership. The definition of | diplayed has only made the colored leadership by negroes, means the| patriots look like fools, hig negro, who holds the big posi- tions. Aman who is not a big office holder, in the estimation of the negro, is not considered a lead- er. A man with a constituency behind him is not considered a leader, but a local politician. This is the definition of leadership among some colored people. A COLORED COLONEL, We sincerely hope that Presi- dent McKinley will see his way clear to appoint a negro general to ecmmand our army of colored troops. Allthe negro asks is a chance to show what he can do under the command of one of his This administration has resur- Benlenitiers rected what is known as a new negro leadership, known as office holders and another class known as would-be leaders, looking for an office. This leadership is not differ-]THr p1LLEGERENCY OF THE CUBANS. ent from the old leadership and in] AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS BEFORE THE some instances worse. The old} YARICK a ‘ a . . . v a reciative leadership, with a few exceptions,| There was a large and app 5 .|audience present on last Monday would occasionally make a break in Sheshe ub ahs Wages Team ites the interest of the race and assert]is held at the Union Wesley church, manhood. Nothing has been more] on 23rd street northwest. The occa- galling to the masses of the negroes | sion was the lyceum’s regular weekly than the action of the combination | ™eetng- ° Mr. Samuel G. Thompson, presided of the old and new leadership some and introduced Lawyer Jones in an few weeks ago, when 9,000,000 of eloquent and pleasing style. After negroes were given to the Presi-|the address -had been delivered, Dr. dent soul and body. The only] Daniels, whd isa fine parlimentarian difference between the old and new | ¥45 called to the chair and presided Sceivahin isthe Rosmer sibel 1 during the discussion of the paper. ss spend ” a eee Among those whospoke were ex-Con- give the entire negro vote to one gressman George W. Murray, S.G. party, while the latter gives away|Thompson, Lomax, Rev. Cook, W. the entire people physically, with-| Calvin Chase and others. out their consent or knowledge. Mr.J uae ve -_ : r. Jones said: 223 oH see) fae au Mr. President, members of the Varick sense enough to believe that the Association and my Fellow citizens. government had sufficient confi-} [nthe remote ages of anti uity war- lik i he thrist fe bh d i i i i ike passion, the thrist for 001 , con- dence i343 loyalty end Se quest and power were the chief aims without having a self-constituted]ofmen For countless centuries i i world was but a common theatre for pomusittes $0 betta: the practice of warlike tactics and the display of martial genius. It was but a grave yard strewn with the corpse of nations, the wrecks of governments, empires and republics, that had fallen vic ims before the sharp shafts of in- vading conquerors. The Commissioners of the Dis-| Upon the wars of Medes and Per- sians, the Carthagenian wars, the trict of Columbia are very anxious Asiatic wars and the great revolutions te place their appointments under | which haveshaken the Eastern world, os 4 from the Baltic sea to the Eura moun- the civil service and for what no tains, driving the plowshare of de- one knows but themselves. With | struction through cities, dashing king- a colored population of 85000 and doms against each other. I cannot 6 dwell. nor shall I shock your sensibil- paying taxes on over $11000000/|ities and harrow up your souls worth of property, with two color- protracted recital of the deeds of the LAWYER THOMAS L. JONES, SPEAKS. THE DISTRICT COMMIS- SIONERS, by a army of tyrants, whoin all the ages ed clerks employed under the Dic-| have delighted in scenes of rapine and trict government doesn’t seem to seslaes ded Pep eymrbedinn eee phaced va be fair to our people for the Presi- dent to place the District govern- ment employees under civil service. The negroes are getting very tired at their manner of treatment un- der the District government. There are times in the history of people when their “patience ceases to be a virtue.’”” We are not op- posed to the appointment of dem- ocrats to office under a republican administration, since the gold dem- ocrats who assisted the republican party to victory. We have had and we have now some very fair democrats in office and men who are not inclined to discriminate against the negro as some republi cans have. We desire to ask the President why it is, some colored men are not appointed under the District government ? WHAT DUES IT MEAN? The action of Maj. George H. Harries. Commander of the Dis- trict National Guard, towa:ds the colored District Militia, will we! graves of slaughtered citizens, deco- rating palaces in thropies died in blood, and making the whole earth to resound with the groans and shrieks of dying victims, while Rachel was weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted. At that time the title of immortality and renown was easily acquired; in order to wear the crown of Caesar, to win the laurels of an Alexander or acquire the fame of an honorable Sci- pio, Mithridates, Pericles, it was, only necessary that the footsteps | of the despots be traced back over kat- tle fields died in thei blood of the countless victims he had slaughtered in his desperate and barbarous march to the throne of his triumphs. | It 1s related of Julius Czsar that he} conquered 800 cities, 300 states, sub- jugated 3,000,000 of people and slaugh- | tered 1,000,000 and in returning to| Rome was offered a crown, studded | with stars and jeweled with fadeless laurels. We ail remember with un- clouded admiration Napoleon Bona- Part, the little Carsican boy, and lead- er of the French democracy, at whose mighty tread whole empires shook as he invaded Austria and Prussia, leav- ing havoc, slaughter and consternation in his wake, falling down with 600,000 | troops, upon the empire of Russia fired | | the city of Moscow, the great Metrop-| | olis, and as the blaze from that historic | city went up writhing towards heaven, | until they licked the stars, it seem as | though the God of Nations had hang a | | lamp of flames from the throne of his jvengence in order that the whole world might gaze upon the iniquity and capacity of men. zs It is a fact that should be remem- bered that of all the nations from the | | jal honor and American interest, depleted, the country impoverished and the whole government on the verge of disolution. Being thus reduced to poverty, she has for years been imposing and levy- ing heavy burdens and unjust taxations upon the people of the Island of Cuba to increase her revenue and to keep in her own veins the life blood of ex- istence; but there came a time in the history of Cubans, when manhood and independence of her citizens revolted atthe outrage practiced upon them, and they resolved in the name of hu- manity, liberty and for the preserva- tion of their own independence and manhood to throw off the yoke of Spanish thraldom and to set upon that tiles, a government of the people, for bent upon subjection and with an iron will to force her heartless and brutal decrees, this impoverished gov- magnificent Island, the queen of An-/} the people, and by the people; but | to citizenship and all its amunities by our blood sacrificed byGod himself and while we treasure in our memory the historic battle fields of Sniloh, of Fort Pillow, of Look Out Mountain, and hundred other battle fields of the Republic, where our soldiers fell for their country and their native land, we will ever be true to our flag our country and swear in the name of our dead heroes to protect it against any foe, foreign or internal, who raises its hand against her. 3 The Spanish-American war will mark a new era for the negro in our national history. It is his opportunity he who advises him otherwise is a traitor to the negroes best interest. Let there be no backward step. This is a fight for humanity and for liberty and as Americans let there be no di- vision among us, and when the war is over, Cuba is saved, the wrongs per- petrated upou us avenged and our ernments gathered together the fra- grance of her navy, and with two hun- Thomas national honor vindicated, all of the ‘sister nations of the earth shall ap- £L1 7D DP Fi, Viz Wy L. Jones, dred thousands of Spaniards invaded the Island and today, the hero, the soldier, the statesman and martyr, yictim of Spanish treachery and cu- pitity. For years a warfare has been waged H upon the Island and the savagery, ! barbarity and inhumanity, that has characterized the generals in com. | mand of the Spanish forces have heen unequaled, in the history of butchery | and bloodshed. The outrages upon women, the mas- sacres of families, the heartless and brutal teaiing away from the breast of mothers their infants and butchering them for sport by spanish soldiers; these with the outrages practiced up- |on American citizens, the destruction of American commerce, and as a clos ing scene in the bloody drama, the blowing up of the American warship, Maine, with 266 ofits brave soldiers, have shocked the conscience and excit ed the sympathy of the civilized world. This bruta) nation that has fost_red such a pestiferous stench so near our shores must be exterminated. We can no longer endure these shocking scenes of inhumanity, that are suffi- cient to make the Holy spirit grieve, angels to weep, and arch angels mourn, And we may examine. Our patience has ceased to be a virtue. The issue is made up, the dec.aration of waris declared and now in the oame of God, and outraged humanity and forthe preservation of our nation- we will tear down the Spanish flag, drive the traitors from the Island, and plant American flag, the emblem of liberty, fraternity and equality. God Almighty has spoken, the cries of outraged humanity, the inno- cent blood of those brave patriots un- der whose leadership of Maceo and Gomez, cries from the ground for ven- gefice, and now through the mouth of the cannon, groaning with fury, eager for death the murder of 266 of Ameri- on the ruins of Morro Castle, the | explainab! tors, electri lether belting, ropes, P tures, old harness, gas pipes; also old iron, plaud your deed and the American people will be compelled to accord you that honor and distinction which Gen. Maceo sleeps beneath the soil of | Shall be due to all of her loyal sons the land, which he died to save, the! whose sacrifices and valor brought victory and triumph to the nation. THE NEGRO MILITIA DISCRIM- INATED AGAINST. GENERAL HARRIES THE COMMANDER OF THE DISTRICT MALITIA SELECTS ALL WHITE OFFICERS AND PRIVATES FOR THE CUBAN WAR—IHE BeEE’s PREDICTION VERIFIED. Gen. George H. Harries, command- er of the District National Guards, has selected 1200 privates and officers from the National Guards from the several companies, but no nogro sol- dier either a private or an officer from the negro National Guards has been selected. Maj. Arthur Brooks, com- mander of the first colored battalion, District National Guards, asked Gen. Harries to select some of his men, but Gen Harries informed bim that he could not, but he would see the Pres- n ident and ask him to give the author-| ¥@S Organized on the street. ity to organize a colored regiment. No credence is put in this statesment, because the Distsict has been given a great deal more than its quoto. A maj_rity of the colored National Guards are willing and ready to resign | th in a body, while others claim that such action would please the enemies of the negro. Gen. Harries has here- | tofore express great friendship for} the negro. but his recent action is in- } e. pat eee SES WANTED—To bu of all d engines, bo: buy or sell, machinery | €scrintion, such as steam} ilers, iron girders, eleva-| © moters, platform scales, nulleys, gas fix- steam, water and 5rass, copper, w Douglass in command. the people. stituted committee. fice. Some surprises will go to the Senate. | propriety of appointing a negro gen-| | eral. | The civil service law will be repealed | You must watch and pray. | call at Adler’s the larges Shoe Store in the South- and E streets Southwe ‘oO 'q ‘uoifuryse ‘ Mu ya0N3s ‘ssaippe Aue 0} 20U jt pauinjas Aauow ‘uad pjo3 yuiod puowweip pros e394 pur o$-zg aau0 ye puag ‘Nd ® pue ava auo Joy vag ayy 405 THE SELF--CONSTITUTED COM- | MITTEE. (From The Texas College Recorder.) The Recorder agrees with you, Edi- tor Chase, inthe above. Mr. Pinch- back and his committee had no right to form themselves into a_ committee to represent the negroes of this coun- try. What organization or national congress asked him and them to rep- resent nine million negroes of this country and turn them over to the President? As citizens the negroes will fight for the flag every time. But we are tired of those self-constituted committees, made up generally by White House for an opportune time to say a word, claiming to represent the voice of the people, when in truth they represent nothing but themselves, and hardly that creditably. | From The Indianopolis World. The World had noticed the perfor mance in the dispatch and cut it out for comment. It struck us precisely as it did Editor Chase, of the BEE, and we heartily second his cry of disgust. ‘The 9,000,000 of colored citizens do not need any one to pledge them. They can do that for themselves, It takes a good deal of cheek for a little coterie of politicians seeking notoriety to claim that they have 9,000,000 colored citizens in their pocket, which they carry around for advertising purposes. The whole performance is disgusting, and every negro newspaper in the country should resent their impudent obtrusiveness. THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. If Louisiana will ever cage irs goat that is running around Washington. What effect will the defeat of De- mas have on tne conscience of the white republicans. Why some people are so changeable. How dishonest men can’ play so many different games. If lawyer Ricks has a geod opinion of men going into anotner’s desk. Why a colored bailiff is not appoint- ed in one branch of the Police Court. THE BEE WOULD LIKE 0 SEE. A colored general. Maj. Fleetwood, Holland, Demas or The President surprise The BEE. A self-constituted committe consult More sense and less gall in so-called gro representatives. An explanation from that self-con- IT IS RUMORED. That the self-constituted committee President McKinley laughed. He counted 20 dusty applicants for Editor Cooper $800 job gave a gen- ie reminder Something will drop in a few days. 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Everything first-clas i Financial Age can sailors, the death of viaceo and the wrongs perpretrated upon these defenseless people struggling for lib- erty shall be avenged, and the sacred hope, be explained by that gentle- | establishing of the Babylonia empire! man: Maj. Harries has always ey eneeee the birth of the christian | dj ho for plunder, booty and power# manifested much love for the! engaged in military conquest, have alli