The Washington Bee Newspaper, April 26, 1902, Page 4

The Bee. ) I’ STREET, WASHINGTON, BD. C | | W. CALVIN CHASE EDITOR. Entered at the Po*t Office at Washington, D.C | as second-class mai! matter. ESTABLISHED 1882. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. -« $2.00 One copy per year- Six months... Three months. Lity subscibers, monthly. Let Good Judgement Prevail. Some time has elapsed since the Afro- American Council has begua to collect funda to test the consti- tutionality o: certain sate laws, affecting the political status of Col- ored American citizens in the southern states. Much advertisement, speech- making and mauy other ingenious inventions have been resor ed te to arouse public interest and collect } the necessary mouey, but without | apparent success. That the cases contemplated | should be brougiat b fore the Su- preme Court is quite apparent. That it will require money to suc} c ssfully pro ecute is equally clear and it goes Wi avut saying that to be succesful in any cae, able counsel must be retain d These preliminary con idera- tions seem tu Dave been auticipat- ed by the Council and ere to be} congratulated 'o thigextent, | Sut much may be said against | the met od of collec ing, the man- ner of adver ising end the pur-} poses goverDing the selection of} couns:!. re-orted to. Iu tue first place, the proms- cucus and UuwW'se appeals lo every body and anybodw fur contribu- It the use is worth striving for, the tions o@g'it to be recredied. bulk of th- culleetiuns suould come from who stand forem:st among our people. ‘hose who are those 80 vg rously advocating the plan should be the principal contribu- tors. There are probably a thou- saud persons in this c ty alone, who are able tu coatribute, who, if they Gave ten wou'd lar tow .rd the end centemplated. But the fact is that the bulk of the-e pe - 8>ns dollars apiece, raise @sum to go Very bave given prac.ivally aotuing bu: lung power and as a c uge- quence but litth mouey has been raised, fn the next place, this loud talk and = braggadovio— in public places i8 i: jacicioas and pro- ductive of two untoward iesuils; first, the exposition of the plaas, whereby the enemies may combin. and invent meaus to counteract the movement, and secondly, to actu- ally belitile the cause by appealing fur penny collections which con- tribute nv practical aid to the cause |erybody ought to contribute. | ciple, and principles are not always, ifever, fully appreciated by the | Masses, Bee for the facts will not bear out {and more work, lessnoise and mo:®| the contention. It is equaily fn- tile to argue that since the move- ment will affect the whole race ey— The history of a!l movements shows that the few of any race do the hard work, luoking toward reforms, justice or human rights, and it is therefore uot to be expected that the masses will contribute. The} reason for this is very clear, The contention in this case is for prin- Henee we might leok carefully for some fatal flaw io either the c.use.orthe plan proposed by the Council, As to the cause, there may net be much difference of opinion. Almost all will admit that the disfranchisement, on ac- count of color of bona fide Ameri- cans, is unjust and v:olates the spirit and letter of the constitution which guarantees a republican form ef government to all of the atstes. It 1s even conceded by the vitter est enemy that ic is not right but maintain tbat it is expedient. On the subject of the plan adopted, there is room for honest diff-reuces of opinion. The wisdom of the movement may be considered from both its mozal and political points} of view. Morally, it is questiena! b’e as to whether It is becoming on he part of colored citizens to raise large contributions for the purpose of employing while lawyers whose personality is presumed to elicit « favorable opin on from the Supreme Court wheu the merits of the case can aud ought to be presented and ably advocated by a lawyer of our own color, Such movement savers of a mild f.rm of bribery anl pre- sumes prejudice on the part of the Court which ean be overcome sate! by @ weil paid white lawyer. It may | be contended by some that the very act of raising a large fund by bl .tant ly advertised means will serve to in jure the c.use, when the bare pre| sentation of the cause by an able, earnest and eloquent lawyer (who| would not ask a large retainer) would serve a better purpose. From a poli cal point of view reasons} for wide diff. reuces of opinion ars! more numerous. The colored po ple are generaliy republicans, Ther are thousands of uu-disfranchised | eolered voters—an element consti tuting the balauce of power in, many stutes -whose power it is to | demand that the cases in question b- brought co an issuegbefore the Su preme Court and favorably adjudi cated there, or that such legisla tion shail be enacted as will cor rect the complained of Wha’, if the issue were clearly de fined and acted upon at the polls by colored voters? It seoms clear that the republican party which is oscillating between do-othing and cowardice would become alive to ita} own dear intere-ts and through its abuses | while it makes our poor still poor- er. { In the next place the plan toem- pley white counsel to conauec the prosecution is u Wise and unbe- coming the race. This is apparent wheu we consider the ample suffi- ciency of legal talent and experi ence among our own race and the mora! effect of ignoring our owo people under such cireumstanccs. here are scattered throughout the states, colored lawyers whose ability and standing before the bar compare very favorably-with the best legal talent. amoung white Americans, Any ove or more of these persuns might be very wWise- ly and cousisteutly retaimed now as side-lights or assistants bus asprin-| ed upon & promise to use their bes. cipal couusel, whe would euter ip- to the case with as much zeal, bring into it as much learning, wisdom und skill, and as much re-|ion is irresistable. Something - ys apectab'lity as would a respec.able | tematic, judicious Auy num er ofcel-} must be done if any appreciable white lawyer, ered lawyers might here be m n-- ioned ‘The failury un the pat ef our most iniel.igea , eu tured, ra: loving, wel.-to-do citizeus te con- tribute the*neceseary funds, opens the suggesiion that perhaps tuere is sumething deficient in the movement, It is uo argument to gay that these people ure indifferent to the paramount interests of the proper channels see that justice is | done i's faithful erstwhile suppor: | ers, In the absence of the fulfi.ment | of® promise to correct the evil;' what would prevent the colored voters from admiuisteringa rebuke! tothe apostasy of mugwump re) pub icans by curtailing their politi | cai aspirations and allowing them | te stay at home? What woud be the effect if our best and ablest| meu would divide into delegations and call upon ieaders-of the party aod present grievances aud demand redress? Why not set the press iv motion, ny to beg. contrivutions, | vut to demand that their advocacy f meu for office will be cond.tion affects and b«st ende.vors te abol ish the nefarivas and discrimina’ ing laws. At al] events the conclus and prae ical su c-8 ig to be expected. Enthu siasm aod an organized and per sistent eff-rt should be secured in| the stais wher the peope) are the direct losers by uis franchisemeut. In fact the move ment snou'd bave cegun there and from t ere ramifi d throughout the country, Ifthe present plum is te , be continued, let there be less talk iseed of discord and tyranny against | secrecy, less impertunity of others and more substantial contribution among those who claim to be most interested, If success is to be ob tained, it will be by mild sobr.ety, good judgement, diplomacy and disinteres.cd substantia! coutriva tiou, not by alarming cricicism and catch-penuy oratory, Fire Him. The recommendation of W. C. Allen, the Electrical Engineer of the District to discharge one, Augustus Gerhardt, fur refusing to work along side Ambrose Cook, « colored employe, is one worthy of Mr, Alien and upon which the Commissioners have evry reasn to uct promptly. It is indeed au unfortunate siate of affairs in a free country when, because a man differs merely in complexion from another, invidious discrimination should be made in the laboring force, One of the contentions of many of the enemies of the race is that the Negro is shiftiess and w:!! not work ‘This eharge is of course false; but there is nothing which is more calculated to make a shiftless race than the humilia ion to which itis subjected by the refusal on the part of another race to wor. side by side on equ:l terms. Ccn sidering the population of celored pe »ple in the District, they are but poorly repr-sented in the various Departments of the Di-:triet and it would seem right to rebuke any dis position on the part ef the whites to lessen such representation by un christian and undemocratic meth ods. This man Gerhardt may no! like the colored brother; but if he is not willing to concede te bim the | right to make an honest living he| should be fired insfanter. A lesson | of this sort wou'd go far to break down foolish distinc ions based on eolor and do much te encourage oir people to become industrious, We have but littiedoubt as to the action of the Commissivnera in the n tT sremises and would be little sur-| prised if the foolish man in ques-| ton h.s not by this time ruminat ing upon the injustice of his act and the Commissioners in remov ing him. It speci 5 meus of humanity that gow the| is just such Him. the race, Fire Negro Suffrage The colored press, and maby geasi Degro threaglout the country have in- | duiged in a great deal of unnecessary criticism of the speech recently delivered, in tae House of Representatives, by Hon. C. E, Littlefield of Maine, on Ne gro Suffrage. The position assum | ed by that gentleman is not umjust Mirble nor unfair, Mr. Littleticld takes the positio: that it was on fair to the Negre and unjust to the intelligence of the educued Am ri cana t. give unlimi'ed suffrage to the ignorant masses whe were emaucipated as Well as to allow ig norant. whitgs, to hive unlimit.d sway of the ballo: It is unjust tothe educated and intelligent American | people to be controlled and legislat | ed for by ignorance. If the more in telligent Negro weuld exeraise bei ter judgement and consider the condition «f his people for their best, interest there would be less cause for somplaint against those whe discriminate agains’ the ign or ant whites and blacks. In another column of Tag Pee this week will beseen Congressman Li.tlefi-id’s manly and justifiable statement of his position and cer ain'y all in elli gent Negroes of the country ought to indurse it, if they have at all, any respect for themeavlves or the politicians leaders raee. Polecat in a Reservoir. A polecat wandered into the reser- | voir at Winchester, Ve.. through as | overfiow ‘pipe, and in a short time the | water became so tainted that the tire supply had to be drawn off. To Travel Among the Indtaus. Dr. A. Hudlicks has just started on his fourth expedition among the In- @ians of southwestefn United States and serthern Mexico to continues his esthropelegical explorations. TALK WITH MENELIK. American Traveler Has an Interest- ing Social Half Hour with the King of Abyssinia. Oscar T. Crosby contributes to the Century his “Personal impressions of Menelik.” Here is a resume of one of ris conversations with the king: He has never been outside of his own kingdom; has probably never seen a boat, save one of Marchand’s, which lies in front of the palace, in sections, as borne there by porters; has never seen a wheeled vehicle, save a few small mountain guns; speaks no Euro- pean language; and must devote most of his time io internal affairs. Suchan expansive body of water as the ocean, I fancy, he cannot conceive; the rotundity of the earth has been ex- plained to him, but was not grasped. He marveled when I told him of the difference in time between New York HEAD OF MENELIK. (Drawn by A. Brena for the Century, from an Abyssinian Coin.) and Addis Abeba. Of New York he seemed not to have heard when I re- ferred to it as the big city of my coun- try. Pictures of great commercial build id views of cities made, I thought, her a faint impr on on him. The Brooklyn bridge was more effective, and he marveled at its height, though just how the in- terpreter translated figures and dis- e in ordinary transactions with Abyssinians no unit The capitol at Washington, which was described as correspo ig to his residence, made some impression on him when its size was explained. When the books were put as a new magazine pistol which I had picked up in Peris came in for minute examination, and then took its place in a collection of small arms which tances I do not know, sir of length was discovered. must now be well-nigh complete. Among the illustrations shown were some of the big New England cotton- mills. These I fy to Menelik as the places in which were manufactured nearly all of the cotton fact ods which his subjects wore I had rprise and while on the coast. In other . I tried to make clear my learned with sure -, Crosby, glishman ion to go down the Blue PRINCES OF CHURCH. Entire College of Cardinals to Be Present at Jubilee Function at Rome Next June, Cardinals Gibbons and Martinelli are to be invited to repair simultan- to Rome to be present at a grandiose function in honor of the papal jubilee of Leo XIII. is to take place in the end of June, and is to consist of a gathering of the entire college of cardinals around the pope to offer in a body their congrat- ulations and their hearty wishes ad multos annos, The movement was started by the eardinals resident in Cura, those who The event MGR. OTTAVIO DE AVEZELO. (Major Domo of the Pope's Household, in Charge of Conclave.) live in Rome and are at the heat of the sacred Roman congregations. They decided to invite all their non- resident brother princes of the church to convene in the eternal city as a sym- bol of the unity of the Catholic hier- archy and their devotion to the su- preme pontiff. The gathering will be almost unique in the history of the church. The cardinals heretofore have been con- voked only for the holding of an ecu- menieal council or for a conclave on the death of a pope. The conclave is often held hurriedly, and cardinals residing at long distances from Rome have rarely any hope of being in time to personally cast their vote for the | election of the new pope. Alone of ail members of the Cath- gle church the Cardinal Camerlingo is permitted to make provision before a reigning pope’s death for the hold- ing of the next conclave—the meet- ing of the college of cardinals to elect a pope, and such provision must be only of a material kind. At the gathering of the cardinals next June no discussion of the subject will, of course, be made among those direetly interested. —_—_—_——— DUEL TO THE DEATH. Gerilln and Man Have Ferocious Struggle for Twenty Minutes in Marseilles “Zoo.” According to a French correspond- ent of the New York World, « strange duel was fought lately in the Mar- seilles “Zoo” between the only adult gorilla in Europe and his keeper. The Gorilla was killed after a fight ‘as. 1g 20 minutes, in which the keep- «* w.8 so horribly ‘aangled that he di.*1 five hours later. Tre famous gorilla was named Francisco. He was one of the iargest species, and always had been perfectly tractable,showing especial affection for his keeper, a man named Jour- THE DUEL CONTINUED. noux, until the latter married a few weeks ago. The bride visited the Zoo often, and jthe gorilla was very sensitive about the attention she showed him. j__When he perceived that she undoubt- edly preferred his keeper Francisco became more and more jalous, and jfinally Journoux found it impossib! to approach the gorilla, especially if Mme. Journoux was in sight. Two days ago Francisco was so surly jand quiet that the kceper thought he was sick and entered the cage to com- fort his former pet. The gorilla immediately sprang upon his\hated rival. Journoux held a short tamer’s fork, which alone accounts for the fight lasting so long. lt being dinner time, all th keepers had withdrawa to a shanty. Only three childyra witnessed the terrified they f: 1 to fetch help un- from the cage. The gorilla followed before the door could be shut, and the duel continued outside from one end of the building to the other, as is shown by the blood stains. ing. By the time help arrived the gorilla had been killed. torn out, rapidly losing blood from ;many wounds and laboriously trying to crawl away on all fours. One han had been completely chewed off anc the lower lip and part of the chin had also been bitten. BRUIN ATTENDS BALL. For a Short Time the Big Bear Had His Own Way, But in the End He Was Vanquished. South Heberton, 12 miles from Hazle- ton, Pa., has just gone through an ex- citing experience with a tame bear, until recently the property of Hugh BRUIN ENTERED THE HALL. Mallow, who bought the animal from a circus, The bear behaved well while in Mal- loy’s care, but the latter had no par- ticular use for Bruin, so he was dis- posed of to William Gallagher, a coun- cilman, who owns a saloon. Galla- gher last week had a shooting match for the bear which was won by Henry Krause, a tavernkeeper at South Hebron. Krause chained the bear in his barn, where he had intended to keep it during summer. He conducted a dance at his place Saturday night, but the music disturbed the bear, and. breaking his chain, Bruin entered the dance hall on his hind legs. Constable imdwig and Lorah Schwab, two of the dancers, attempted to get hold of the part of the chain the bear dragged. but were knocked down and rendered unconscious. The animal then at- tacked Krause, who, with a Winches- ter, killed the intruder. Many of the dancers bad taken ret. uge in trees near the hotel, and they did not get down until assured that @]) was over. errible fight, and ther were so | | til Journoux had succeeded in escaping | Finally the children ran away yell- | The keeper was found with one eye | HER FAMILY History. Sarah Bernhardt Tells Some Tati Facts to Insurance Doctor q Gets Big Risk, Mate ad The $100,000 insu taken out by Sarah vided among seve arge companies, and each rec: of the original examinatio; sician of the company tha the great actress. A pers in the possession o visitor in Chicago shows that i 4.2 Berndardt dies M c broise Bernhardt, b 1 al about 35, will inherit the é meney, together with $1 “4 of reai estate in Paris, France and m other valuable where in bonds The tement is t | the divine Sarah 23, 1844, that her f her mother at 51. Sh Of her two sisters, one dental poisoning, monia. The phys mention of the | hardt submitte: physical examinatior things considered he has ever exar In answer to va 1 actress said she had kee nce in her life, when operation wes 1 wore stays. | Bernhardt Damals 000 worth of Paris r« earned $10,000 a week season Her home is on the fe Isle, on the west coast Flace immortalizec | mas the elder men.” Her height was s | inches and her weight e In the matter of “ t } liquors she conf s of champagne Her principal f é ; pressed from fresh s Her art takes uy f to prevent the sr 4 1 | fering with it she « woman companion | two maids a Her ¢ ie sk lows: She arise t | and noon. She ; She gives herself 3 3 | of her masseuse s t | breakfast. If t r e | and dry she take t e studies, read t 4 She has } pal ingredient of ¢ | pressed from beef \ of champagne and goes to the thea | ter at eight o'clock WILLIAM J. CALHOUN Distinguished Illinois RKepablicas Who Is Said to Be Slated for* Cabinet Position, William J. Calhoun, who is 4 be under consideration by Pres Roosevelt for a place in the « i is practicing law in Chicag ad ; uy b i PY ‘ M o be iC N of I WILLIAM J. CALHOUN n (uinols Republican Who May $902 £4 t the Cabinet.) a wide experience in public 0°? . He came into national notice + ¥ b terstate commerce commissic t ul | went to Cuba as a special « | sioner to investigate the 4 Gen. Ruiz. He was offered th . | of several other places by Pres | MeKinley, but his personal te heeded his attention. Mr - tf was born at Hubbard, 0. — 6 and he was a schoolmate of Wir ti liam McKinley. In 1596 he was oi iW important factor in aA su, | Illinois delegation to th Ba convention for his old friend iH Milk Kept in Froses Chunks ; There are but few cows | dor. No wonder. The na hy cure their milk for the w im then kill their cows. The mls 4 Tg kept in barrels, where it freeses 3 never threatens to sour through?” the entire season. When one wer Ro any milk he has simpiy to g° © o i barrel and cut out a slice