The Washington Bee Newspaper, October 12, 1901, Page 4

ares ae Be i NR A 7 5 RIE II hl kagome SACRE: SRE ITS, i , THE WASHInefON Tine Bee. PUBLISHED AT— WO. 1100, “I'’ STREET. WASHINGTON D.C W.CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office atWashington, D C as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1552. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. $2.00 1.00 One copy per year.. Six months.... Three months 60 lity subscibers, monthly 2 i a SS Good Showing. According to late information from the Census Office the colored population of the United States number eleven and fifty-eight hun- dreth per cent. of the entire pop- ulation as compared with former census reperts and is giving rise to much speculation and varied pub- liccomment. What to do with the negro and what will become of him are questions which have long re- mained unsatisfactorily answered. Liberia was set apart to colonize free colored people such slaves as were manumitted in slavery days, When slavee were emancipated in the District of Columbia, Congress appropriated a large sum of money, one hundred thousand dollars, to take the freed people away to for- eign lands, Liberia, Hayti, and Cow Island in the Carribean Sea and only a few yearsago a South Carolina U, S$, Senator proposed the deportation of all colored peo- ple who desired to leave this coun- try at the public expense. It Federal Pie adding that the Southern delegate is up to snuff and will land, And then comes the Chicago Chronicle saying that President Roosevelt expects to be charged by the negroes and their friends with abandoning thecolored race to its fatein the policy he is to pursue of what he calls bribing Seuthern democrats and by which their support of repnbliean measures, of tariff and subsidies is to be secured and that the colored race and its rights are to be traded for federal offices for Southern democrats and liberal appropria- tions for internal improvements in the South, But the Monroe La News strikes us as verging on the ragged edge of friendly fone to the President when it ‘Lopes that he will follew his predycessors and not interfere in the race preblem in the South for fear it will un- settle political and business condi tions and prove disastrous to the Northern Capital invested in that section of the coustry. It is not probable that the President will loose many sleepless nights worry ing over all this voluntary advice but will letthe other fellows do the floor walking. Presideut Roosevelt. The policy that is to be pursued by the administration in breaking the solid South, is one that every fair minded man must applaud. seems to have been the idea that the two races, white and black, could notlive together in this coun- try as free people. Some people predicted that the negro race would bleach itself out by amalgamation with the white race—though an honorable bleaching process has been prevented in every southern state by the enactment of statuary law prohibiting the inter-marriage of the white and colored people. The colored race has gained in population in the past ten years, in fact it is eoantantly increasing though it may not be increasing with equal ratio as that of the re- maining population, It cannot be expected to do so because the increase of the colored people comes entirely from within tuis country and is not augmented by emigration from foreign countries So that is no sign that the race is dying out because the colored pop- ulation is to the whole population relatively growing less. The fact is the condition and treat- ment of the colored people in many parts of this country afforas no in- ducement for colored foreigners to come here while it is a happy re-| treat and asylum for other oppress- ed people of the lends. The New Or leans Picayune referring to the de- creasing percentage of the negro pepulation according to the cen- sus of 1900, after stating that in many northern states the negro population has been very material— ly augmented says ‘‘thus will the negro problem be finally settled by their diffusion among the white people of the northern ana western states. Too Much Advice. A great many newspapers are very basy giving President Roose- velt a lot of cheap advice as to how he should run his adminis- tration. Mr. Bryan in an editorial of his paper gratutously urges the President not to maneuver for a renomination and to keep aloof from machine men and machine politics to which the ‘Topeka Cap- ata!’ rises to explain that advice from a candidate who has twice been defeated for the Presidency comes with poor grace; that if the administration isa success noth- ing can prevent the country from giving it the customary approval, efa reflection and that president Roosevelt has risea to his present | position without the suzport of | he politicians and would seem to be the last man to be in need of alvice of a twice defeated candi- dita, while the Ruleiyh News and President Roosevelt as well as Senator Hanna are acting together and they will have the plaudits of the American people, notwithstand- any discffection that may arise in the Southern republican ranks, The sole object of the adminis- tration is to encourage good and strong men in the South to joinin and help to make the party strong, Senator Hanna will support the administration and it is believed that the latter is notinimical to the Southern republicans. What has the Southern republicans done to build up the republican party South? Do they put a state ticket in the field? No, All that they do is to keep alive their organiz- ations to elect delegates to every nacional republican convention to keep themselves, in office or to secure un office. If President Roosevelt can build up a strong republican party South by the ap- pointment of active and good men to office he should do so and while there may be some who may kick and become displeased they are injuring themselves and no one else, Lhe South has been under bad republican leadership too long and it is the objecc of Presi- dent Roosevelt and Senator Hanna to eliminate from politics, such men that are impeliments to good goverament. It is believed that the policy adopted by the adminie~ tration will succeed. President Roosevelt will have support of the party leadera and it is believed that Senator Hanna, whose honesty cannot be questioned, will protect the interests of ull good and loyal republicans. Seems to Be a Mitch. There seems to be a hitch ia the proceedings of th: “irginia Consti tutional Convent ... over the suf- frage clause to be adopted. ‘The factions ‘are wrangliag over the majerity and the minority reports of the committee on suffrage of; which Senator Daniels is chair- man. The Vicksburg Herald says that what ever is agreed on the convention will act wisely by promul gating the result without submission to the popular adding that the Alabama Convention has adopted the other rnle—of ratification at the polls with the result of a| bitter contest and a doubtfal out- come. While awaiting the result of the proceedings of the Virginia Convention with some anxiety the general opizion is that wholesale disfranchisemenut is the aim of the leaders of the Convention and that the “‘common ran” of that poh ARO ics AAS EER ES Observer chips in the observation | body will be forced to do the| that if Mark Hanna should enter the race against Mr. Roosevelt his experience in handling Southern delegates, plus his ducuts, would give him a dangerous rivalry to Mr, Roosevelt’s distributions of bidding of their polities! masters. Against Lynch ing. Judge Lewis who was assigned by the court to defend the assassin of President McKinley took cecasion before the jury to inveigh against the doctriaes and practice of lynch- ing, He said: “‘When that doctrine becomes sufficiently prevaient in this coun- try, if it ever does, our institutions will be set aside and overthrown, and, if we are not misinformed as to the state of mind of the public im some parts of our country, the time is fast approaching when men charged with crime will not be% permitted to come into the court and submit to a calm and dignified trial, but will bestrung up upon a tree upon the bare suspicior, some- times, of the fact that they may have committed some crime. Why, itis not long since I read in a paper that a colored man in the South was mobbed and his life taken because he had insulted a white man. What the insult was the newspaper did not say, but he had insulted a white man and his life was taken because of that in- suit to the white man.” “‘Now I suggest gentlemen, that thatclass of the community who are crying out in our streets and who are sending letiers suggest- that a man charged with the crime that this defendant is should not be permitted to have a trial be- fere a court of justice—[ submit that they are a «ore dangerous class of community than the An- archists about whom we read so much. No, itis the duty of every American citizen, of every good man, to stand firmly by the law, to put nis face against any idea that a man should be punished for any crime until heis proved guilty in a court beyond any reasonable doubt.” It is to be hoped that this seed of wholesome counsel will fall in good ground and that lynching, mob violence, and crimes for which they are claimed to avenge will no longer stain our civiliza- tion, er - eSssssssensessessniseneiA neste What to Do with the Negro. The greatest thing that can be done for the negro at the present time isto make him the most use- ful as well as the most indispensa- ble man iu the community, ‘This ean be done by thorough education of the hand, head and heart and especially by the constant instill- ing into every fiber of his being the thought that labor is ennobling andthat idleness is # disgrace.— Booker T, WasHINneTcn. AN APPEL. Every effort has been made by State and National Organizations to inaug- j urate plans and methods to cure the evils that havetakena hold ef the minds of the American people and even permitted every Southern legis- lative body in violation of the Ameri- can Consutution and the law govern- ing law and order, pass unconstitution- al laws. What methods, therefore must the negro adopt to protect him- self. Shall he appeal to the shot-gun? No. Shall he use force? No. THe Bee would suggest that a representa- tive conference be held in the District on or about the middle or latter part of November and through that con- ference let the American people make an appeal tothe Président and the President to the Congress of the United States. There sh uld be something done at once to ameliorate the condition of the negro in this country. It is hoped that the entire press of the country will take a hold of this matter and do allinits power to pat this movement on foot. Let this conference be void of politics en- tirely. There shonld not be the least reference to politics but, simply meth- ods to be adopted, where by the Pres- ident and the Congress of the United States could adopt such methods to protect allclasses of American citi- zens. It is hoped that the churches through out the country will take an interest in this subject and do all in their power to make this gathering a success. There is every reason to be- lieve that the better element of the American people is opposed to the methods adopted by the mob in justi fying such acts that are perpetrated by said mob in satisfying the ends of justice. THe Bse maintains that mob law is in violation of the Constitution of the United States and it never was intended by the framers of the Cen stitution of the United States, that the violators of the law should go unpun- ished. The American Negro dosen’t belies in any class or individual com- mit acrime and allowed to gofree ey aegro, is an American citizen, anc witle there are so”, who don’t fbelieve in law or erd-f, there are others who are just 43 patriotic, hon- est and sincere in their intentions as the white man. The colored people j} of che United States are rot responsi- }ble for what a few of the'r number may be charged with. Those who have the laws to make and the power to execute them should be able to dis- crimiuate between those who are good and those who are bad. Therefore, !the American people are appealed to {take such action in this call that they deem best and wise. It is proposed to have this conference of representa- |tive citizens from throughout the country to assemble, in National Con- fernce on or about the latter part of| November Igor and adopt such an ad- | dress to the American people through | the Fresident of the United States and | Congress. Those who favor such a |movement will so indicate it, by ad-} ‘dressing the Editor of Tue Bzs,}\ | Washington, D. C, “he press throughout the country, irrespective of politics will please give this cai) favorable consideration. BEn. SILENCED A CRITIC. Colored Waiter Who Had Fought at San Juan Ends an Argu- ment in a Jiffy, ated happened o boarding The incident here r the other night at a Chi house. One of the boarders is an Eng- », who talks with much wisdom on many su He is particularly strong on military matters, and one of 1es is to criticise se- s of famous generals mpaigns. He thinks noth- ling down” Gen. “Joe” ishm “I WAS IN DAT CHAWGE MYSELF.” up the fight at San Juan hill and after abusing the leaders to his heart's con- tent he began to pick flaws in the cour- age and military discipline shown by the men. The other boarders, who knew the uselessness of arguing with the great m ary critic, were listen- ing in broad It happened that one of the negro waiters employed in the boarding house was in the dining-room at the time the soldiers of the American army in Cuba were being denounced. It was seen that he was laboring un- der some suppressed excitement. y he could stand it no longer. use me, sah,” he began, ap- proaching the orator. Before he could get any further the great military critic turned on him savagely. “What do you mean by interfering in this conversation,” growled the critic. “What do you know about it, anyway?” “Well, sah,” the negro went on. “Of course I don’t much about it, sah. But I suved ten years in the Twenty-fifth regiment, sah, and I was in dat chawge myself. My own brother was killed right beside me in front of de block: house, sah. Dat’s all I know about it.” The other boarders broke out into a roar of applause, under cover of which the military critic beat a hasty retreat. The latest bulletin from the seat of war is to the effect that he is about to change his place of residence. VANDERBILT AS A BOXER. Millionaire New Yorker Is Handy with His Fists and Delights in the Reugh Exercise. silence. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., is a lever of sports in general, although he is not carried away with‘any of them in par- ticular. He is, however, a clever boxer and likes on occasions to have a friend- ly bout with some of his friends. His teacher at ihe New York Athletie club regrets that young Vanderbilt should waste as an amateur abiliti that might win for him a belt and distine- tion in the professional ring. There are other amateur boxers of social distine- IT LASTED FOUR ROUNDS. tion in New York who are so expert that their friends have asserted that they could knock out most profession- ale in their class. A dozen friends of one such amateur learned to their cost some time ago that their econfi- dence was misplaced. The amateur has held a commission in a crack na- tional guard organization and he was in his college day a skilled oarsman. He was not averse to a friendly little mill with a well-known professional if {t could be “pulled off” without’ pub- licity. A room was engaged in Brook- lyn and the whole affair was arranged with the greatest secrecy. The pro- fessional brought over with him three friends who were sworn to silence. The amateur’s friends came in small parties and when time was called for the first round everyone settled down for a sporting evening. It lasted only four rounds and then the amateur was knocked out. The professional was generous enough to say that he had proved a “hard preposition,” but that \hid not wipe out defeat.g HALO ENVELOPS HIM. William J. Bryan Pays Tribute to Martyr President. Says That As: in’s Deed Exalted) the Victim's Place in History— Words That Will Live Lous in Many Hearts, Under the headi d's Will, Net Ours, Be Done,” W. J. Bryan says in the Commoner: “These were the last words of Pres. | ident McKinley as he bade farewell to the loving companion of his life, to whom his kindness and devotior have been so constant and conspicu-| ous. It was with this beautiful spirit} that he turned from h to explore the ot ion the re mysteries of the wo ond. “The strug the strug: gle of a week du pe anc fear alternately ga The book of is closed and his t of history us that the but before the light achievemen After he end wa the s ws quite obseu he wa eard to words of “Ne n This sacred lines inspired Bethel: 3 “Though like a wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be cver me, My rest @ stone.” “Thus do the lines immortalize the pillow which to Jacob must have seemed hard indeed—the pillow which, when morning came, the patri arch would not have exchanged for the softest one on which a weary head was ever laid. “The terrible deed at Buffalo, rude- ly breaking the ties of family and friendship and horrifying every patri otic citizen, crowns a most extraor dinary life with a halo that cannot but exalt its victim's place in his- tory, while his bravery during the trying ordeal, his forgiving spirit and his fortitude in the final hours give glimpses of his inner life which noth- ing less tragie could have revealed. “But, inexpressibly sad as is the death of McKinley, the illustrious cit by Jacob's night at WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. (@emocratic Leader Whose Tribute to Me Kinley May Become Classic.) izen, it is the damnable murder of McKinley, the president, that melts 75,000,000 hearts into one and brings @ hush to the farm, the factory and the ferum. “One of the many striking and touching incidents oecurring at Buf- falo was the meeting between the president and Mrs. McKinley fer the first time after the assault. The dis- patches report that Mrs. McKinley took @ seat at the bedside and held the president’s hand. The distin- guished sufferer looked into the face of his good wife and said in a low | this couple at that moment. tone: ‘We must bear up; it will be better for us both.’ With tears streaming down her cheeks Mrs. Mc- Kinley nodded agsent. “There is a depth of pathos in this little incident that must appeal force- fully to those who appreciate the strength of the ties that bind a good hus 0 a good wife. “4 may be some people who | hay .¢ idea of the thoughts that were passing through the minds of ‘ There are, Jowever, many others who can imagine whut these thoughts were. ‘There, on the bed of pain, lay the strong, powerful man. By his side eat the frail woman, whose physical weakness has been for so many years the subject of this husband’s tender solicitude. In an humble way they began life together. Two little graves had for them a eommon interest. In prosperity and in adversity they had stood together, participating equally in the joys and sharing equally in the sorrows of life. The wife had shared in the great honors that had come to her husband, and now, when the very reached and politieal honors had be- come 80 ¢omimon that the conven- iences of a quiet, domestie life were longed for by the woman, in order, as she often expressed it, that she might have her husband to herself, the bullet of an assassin had done the work that threatened to blast the highest ambition of this wowman’s life. “*We must bear up,’ said the presi- dent; ‘it will be better for us both.’ It matters not to what extent other men and women may have grieved; men and women may have shed and how mueh other hearts may have ached. All of this grief and woe could not have been so acute as was the grief and woe which thiy map and ass ELAR wag compliance with suggestion: ‘It wi nee ill be better for ton to recuperate muscle. ed: ‘All hands ash mMep off the gang sudden] summit of political ambition had been | ™¢ 2d old ma doctor's bil! a worry over strength, and I a house girls he knows it matters not how many tears other | @T™™oOr eit ever ripe C embrace may be ex} J.. gave f result was a dis!o sue fully an hour before 4 ceeded in getting the jaw’ ew =) MODEST LITTLE MAID > Wrote a Nice Letter to Pregig iden per of the Chicasy Cav to Act as Her Escon Dr. Harpe cago, had unusual bro his counte letter that hac : tonica IlL, in the 1 Rh: lo “Dear Dr. Harper to come to the unive cation this f: I eago next Sa train, and, as I <a e I'LL MEET H the city befor would meet me “I am five have liguit hair pleasing appearane dark brown trave waist with a white shall recog but for fe take, will you plea t?) Your After readi ize yout in your ha dent turned it over tc ectetarp Dr. Francis She tions to take it head of the bureau of Following Dr. Harper's . Dr. Shepardson MacLean anc inform the young |: rather inconvenient fc of the unive in addition precedent. But right there t of the head of the bubbled forth as he } coed “ f pleasing ap; slots and lonesome in clared that if the pres vres y could not and he immediately se cover on which train thef vid arrive. AN ATHLETIC EMBRACE. Expertence of a Baltimore Man with a Friend Whose strength Was Failing “You don’t seem to be your usual spright Baltimore Sun rep the latter clim street car au not to start the fully adjusted himselt “You'd be as decrep grimly retorted the been the victim of the sau affection. “Yes,” he continued, “! e ed Spencer off on a 5 GAVE ME A afternoon. Spen leties, and he s: he’d sort of lost “I was bemoan kept me drudging panying him, when wung his rg a ave me a | be compared to that Samson of Bib’ ath, I ked if he ‘Only na waved me off the “Two broken the story. I mea Yawn Disiocates © David Wi a é }