The Washington Bee Newspaper, August 2, 1902, Page 4

The Bee. PUBLISHED AT— I STREET. WASHINGTON, D. 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. One copy per year....- sccm. 2 Six months.... 1.00 Three months... oe “sees 60 City subscibers, monthly...-...-++ 2 Ignorance the Cause. In ashort letter of A. R. Spofford, Assistant Librarian of the Congres- sional Library, contributes some faets relative to the health statis- tics of the District of Columbia. It would seem there has been some contention over the question as to whether Washington is a healthy city, some maintaining that it is among the most unhealthy places in the United States. In sup- port of his contention that Wash- ington is a comparatively healthy place, he gives the following sta- istics: Death rate Number, per 1,000. Native white population of Washington... Foreign population. 19 520 31-6 Colored population... $7,186 31.0 Refering to the above, it is stat- ed, as it wou'd seem, that the great to the mortality + 172,012 17-4 deach rite ig due among foreign and colored p »pula- tions, the latter being somewhat less than the former. Just how it is asc-rtained wh» are foreigners end whoare notis a matter which we leave to conjvctare. The great ad- mixture of bloods to be found in| this city would seem to make It difficult to ascertain who are for- eigners and who are not. Perhaps it is to the pure Italians or Ger- mans or Itish to which the article refers. But whatever the basis it is clear that the healt conditions among the colored population is less than that among the foreign. This is a fact of impertence, espec- ially when as a rule we hear no complaint as to the introduction of foreigners while there is a constant how! about the colored population, a moch less undsirable element if we considered them from the stand- point of health conditions, If, a8 it isclaimed, the home and other conditions de*’ermine the general health of communities, it would seem that the colored people are in advance of the foreigners at least which the corresponding raie among the colored people is out of all pre- portion to what might be reasona- bly be expected. Ifthe difference cannvt be accounted for ia the cli- mate, what is the cause. ‘There is no evidence that colored people are | oblige to inhabit alleys and unsani- tary quartere in greater population than they are ju this city. Oa the contrary we hear that in respect to colored tenants, the discrimination is not so great as here. The cause must therefore be sought elsewhere. May it not be due to the general want of knowledge if the require- mente ef proper sanitation. This would seem probable when we come to consider the scope of the system of education in the city of New QOr- leans. Of late, through the fallacy of the Washington type of Negro it bas been regarded unprofitable and in fact harmful to permit the col- ored childreu to learn anything be- yond the most elementary branch- es. The common school system is conducted upon this idea and as a} consequence an approximate knowl- edge of the law of sanitation isgen- erally absent among the masses. The effect of pure air, proper diet, | cl.anliness, sunlight, moderation | in all things are unknown and| therefore unobserved and unantici- pated. This condition stands out) az a most positive condemnation of | the miserable common-school sys-| tem more im vogue in New Urleane. In Charleston, we find the health conditions and school conditions similar, with similar results, except that the death rate among. the whiteisabnormslly large. Thismay be accounted for in the deplorable | J ’ , over the Southern. Don’t make {system schools for botn white and|"~"‘ i - a i. : jany mistake in the roads. The colored aud resultant ignorance Ig a iis Pa eA - suiherno is the @ Irect to Here is another instance of the “ cme - harmful effee's of the Wasbington W: do not attempt to fix the responsibility of the great falling off in southern cities. We know the greatest cause—ignor- rauce. But any body or set of peo- doctrine ple white or blask cluiming to be zent, who are directly or in- directly the cause of thiscondition, intelli must bear the odium of conspiring aguinat the lifes of the people and should te treated accordingly. A policy of keeping in ignorance a large body of people is in itself criminal because it strikes at t very root of a community and low-| ers its average standard. But when it is persisted in, when its fatal ef-| fects ure thoroughly ascertained, it fails to become merely criminal but isheinous. Yo restrict education ig to restrict the means ef protsct- ing and maintaining human life hence, comfort and human happi- people and he had the fairness and nobility of character to liberally employ them on the Streets and else where. Although a democrat in politics, we have seldom found a truer or nobler friend in any party. Surely he did not share the antipa- thy usually ascribed to the demo- crats,for he was more than kind and considerate to colored people. We are sure that the masses of the col- ored people mourn the Joss of Mr. Rosqand pray that a friend as true, asnoble, as great and as good as he may be selected to take his place. For his kindness we are thankful and trust that his happiness will be made complete and everlasting in the world beyond, where there are no distruction, no antipathus, no race, no politics; but one round of happiness and joy. Requiescat in pace. Over the Southern. The Young People’s Congress which is to assemble in Atlania, Ga., will be one of the largest rep resentative gatherings of Christians The South Railway goes to the} place and carries you sixty miles | nearer to that point than any other) Again Col. L. S. Brown one! of the greatest in the country and who accompan- ied the late President McKinsey on his great southern trip, las pro* vided a speci:] train for the peopl The coaches are al] first class and | there will be no “Jim Crow cars’ attatched. All the northern, east ern and western delegates will join the Washington delegates and go in the United States. ern lirect road. railroad magnates} gia, and if the people will take the| advice of ‘1 ue Bee they will make| no mistake. Lynchers. The Afro-American Council some time ago had cried outagainst!ynch ing and had conclud: d since the cele brated speech of President Roose! velt at Arlington, May 30th, the | Council decl ired that lynching had The Governor of Virginia, will see to it, that the lynchers of Craven are brought) to nows ceased. 1f he is aman. justiee. Certvinly some one who lead the mob and a number knows who tvok part in the lynching. This is a great? and glorious? republic thas will godown to fraternity oppressing humanity. Negro Leaders, If one haif of the so cilied ne gro leaders would take a plow and | }go to workin a corn field, the race | CROWN PRINCE OF SIAM. - He Will Arrive in the United States in September and Will Be Re- ceived Cordially, While the crown prince of Siam, dur- approaching visit to the United wifl not be the guest of the government, he will be entertained consideration, the money for this purpose being taken ing h States, and shown every from the contingent fund. The crown prince’s visit has been the deferment of King he prince was going to attend the coronation and afterward make a tour of the United He will now come earlier than He will reach this hastened by Edward’s coronation. States. at first planned. Will (He i About Se pt country about September 1, po: before that date. A committee of entertainment will be appointed by the state department s 1 be taken to make the crown prince’s visit an event of importance. The Siamese minister, Phya Akharaj Varadhara, has been in consultation with Secretary Hay as to the for the crown pri The minister was assured that the reception would be offi s, and pains w angements re’s rece on. as ela 300D WORK COUNTS. New System of Promotions for the Pension Bureau. Semmissioner Ware Announces That Merit Alone Is to Be Considered im the Selection of Men for Positions, Pension Commissioner Eugene F. Ware has adopted a system of pro- motions for his bureau which he in- tends to make a permanent feature. The system is explained in the fol- lowing letter of instructions to a spe- cial committee on promotions: “I want you to pick out the best men you can find in the bureau for each place, three from which I can select. I want to promote for merit. I want to establish an _ incentive. Theretore you will not overlook the quiet man who attends to his duty. Do not forget the man who has no statesman interceding for him. Ke- member the old soldier and preter him when his merits and capability are equal. Give no precedence to po- jlitieal pull, and do not let religion {or nativity cut any figure. When when |merits are and take a republican instead of a democrat.” In explaining his system, Mr. Wa equal, only | equal, id to a New York ‘Times corre- spondent: “My first lesson on assuming this 2 was that the most remarkable » bear on the commi to appoint men to positions in the bureau who had had no experience in the office. ,$00 positions to fill, and was brought pr e sioner of pensic I had two $1 ‘1 hoped to postpone the selection of men for those places until I had | fully familiarized myself with the of- | But I found I had to make those appointments and make fice conditions. them soon. i think there were over 400 men presented to me with the strongest indorsements for those two jobs, Veil, nearly all of the applicants were well fitted for the work, but as I looked about the office I saw a good many other men who had worked cordial and a orate as the gov- ernment could make it | here for years, who had deve ped The suggestion has been made that, the most valuable knowledge and ex- if the crown prince is pleased with | his visit to the United States his} father, the king of Siam, will then} visit this country. | Soon after congr December Senator Frye | resolution authorizing the president | to formally invite the king to visit the} United States and be the guest of the} nation. It was explained that the king | had expressed a desire to make a tour | of this country. The Amer | ister at Bangko! King, in a com- municati invitation | assembled last introduced a} an min-| ion st an unpleasant king's visit to Euroy precise character was not made cle episodes and saying his majesty would de to guard against a repetition of thes ant episodes. Mr. King in- 1 that his majesty would not make the trip unless he received an Giistal Tavteatt as otherwise he = Oe Se ee would consider that he was not want-|!* F™ © ee ed, No action was taken by congress | PeTience many of them old! and the king of Siam did not receive | Soldier 1 made up my mind an official invitation to visit the Unit-| that if anyone was made an $1,500 clerk it should be the man who had’ j ved his ability and his steadine | -e would take his} Tight under fire, so to speak. + | 'H appoint outsiders as places for them may be created, but they will | have to go in at the bottom of the He then abandoned th contemplated journey and announced | PT that the crown pri place. Minister King, ed States. here in describing his majesty’s hesitation about coming to| ooo DAVIS MEMORIAL arcu, Be Erected in Richmong Honor of the President o; Late Confederacy Va, the in The arch to be erect park, Kichmond, Va.,'t of Jefferson Day Louis A. Gudebrod, of The completed height of 65 fee w and a breadth of 24 fee way is to be 25 feet w high in the clear. The to be constructed of tf granite, and to have is w N arch way leading to the top. 1 has adopted the Cx architeeture mony with the preva south, to express the The intend been only as bein as well a (To Be model submitted, the of ornamental to exec orname ite in ntation inscriptions in x sent; thes as to fur ‘Two bre on either er in his work » as well a ideals and principles w! sented. To this end the Statues represent Fam Cause.” In the spandrels, two on ¢ the arch, w be places f liefs, representing Glory, ‘I tice and Valk These trate Mr. Davis’ life as co: his peopl ( sents the J vis and the States dur the me of their history. The represents their unitec the cause which Justice repre lief in the ri and the just nts the ma erson Davis é r homes ar five low relief upon the will be i ferson Davis a> committee FAMOUS CHURCHMAN. Bishop Peoria, phn Lancaster Spulding, of Who May He Archbishop of Chicago Created ‘ ness. It is cowardly, impolitieani A : adde sj tataneed in point of sanetary matters. The| ae would be better off. The quasi| this country without a formal invi- | ladder. : 2 Rt. Rev. John Lane: ; aa befor different ifthe criminal, l cise lana : tation, said: “That was my first principle—that | who is the senior suffrag results would be for differen office leaders are betraying the| “He wasld be very glad to go in a| 2° Outsider should be jumped over | the archiepiscopal s«« same privileges were granted to ee ee race. | private capacity for the sake of the| the heads of efficient clerks already | and is being fav colored people that are granted to| a Rees The address of tho Afro-Ameri | “Ustion it would be to him and his| the office. My second _prineiple pare “t fecal The foreigners The ead death of Commissioner | 4 nd ro-AMer1 | people, but he naturally feels a shrink- That men in the office mea these foreigners. & Ross takes from our midst one of /°#® Council is full of scycophantic| ing and fear to go in such a capacity, promoted, not jumped was born in are permitted to rent houses where- a ei lutterances. How can you expect| SPCcially in view of the grasping po-| les at once, and should } and as a boy ver they desire provided only that| ‘fe most usefu, public-spirited, | - a €Xpech| sition Uncle Sam is just now described | P¢ Promoted entirely on merit. Those tl : : “i ~ | noble-hearted, conseientious and |*"ytning else when it was prepared | as assum |two ‘dictums,’ so to speak, are the they can afford to buy or pay the | | basis of this new system of promo- required rent, whereas almost the entire body of the volored popula- lation are compelled to live in a'- leys or else in the most undesirable and unsinitary portions of the city, Under equal oonditious, it is fair to assume that the mirtalityamong colored people would be no greater than that among native bora white But with all the disad- vantages under which we labor there is reason to be thankful. In comparison with other eities, the colored people of Washington fare comparatively for the better. The same writer gives the mortal- ity in some of the southern cities in which there is a large colored population with results as follows, citizens. Death rate Death cate White per 1,000 Colored Baltimore... 429,218 19.1 79.739 31-2 New Orleans 179,377. 19 3 78.158 424 Charleston 24.238 25.6 31.569 467 It will be seen that in these cities the death rate is larzer than in Washington while in New Orleans where the colored population is | about equal to that of this city the rate is very much greater, being 42.4 out of every 1,000 souls. This alarming difference must beaccount ed for. It would seem that it does! not result from a difference iu cli- mate because it will ba seen that the death ra’e among the whites is but slighily greater than that pmong a similar class in t.is city, per 1,000 honest men who ey.r shared in the) goverument of this city. In all of | hig relations, as Postmaster, Com missioner for three terms and pri-| vate ci izen Mr. R as always carried the same iutegrity, generssity and | uniform courtesy and kindness to all, without regard to racc, parties or religion, ‘Lo the colored people | he was endeared on account of the} profound interest he tvuok in ail! watlers looking toward their ad-| yancement. As Cummisaioner in| charge of the publie schools he cai-| ried into the work all of the viger, | experience aud learning with wuich | he was so abundantly endowed. He} often expressed his conddence anu faith iu ibe capacity of the ovlored people to wauage their own schools and lived to seethe colored system | of schools developed up to a re-| murkable degree of perfection. He} had no part or parcelin the implied | notion that the colored schools | couid not be adc quatly managed by coloteu people and wag not averse to 80 expressing bimself whenever approacusd upon the subjec:. Whether he was correct must Oe| left to the future to determine, but we think that hy wagat lsast chari- able aud honest in his conclusions. Mr. Rows was kind to colored work iugmen Heseem to realize that the doors of ordinary profitable em ployment were closed to colored by office holders and office seekers. Great heavens deliver the negro | from these burdens. A conductor on one of the Reading | “loce handed a ticket for Wayne Junction by a lady who boarded his train the other day in the company of a bright-looking lit- tle girl. He looked at the child and then asked for another ticket. “I've never had to pay for her be- s” was ore,” was the mother's reply. “How old is she?” asked the con- ductor. “Five years.” “Why, mamma! I'm six!” protest- ed the child. “She’s—she’s nearly six,” hurried- ly explained the mother. “That is, st going on six.” | The conductor looked at the moth- er for a second, an@ then, as he turned away, said: “Well, madam, if I were you, I'd; buy a ticket for her on the return trip. likely to be all of six by thep.”—Philadelphia Times. Tiny fans, al lege fans A brass slipper lamp for a cur! An odd little clock is set in a compass frame and hung from nehor, while a gilt oar and other boat apparatus | from the | Are cx Th ments for the desk tures with their black-spotted bodies. Sma p purses of fine black leath- : er are simply mace and have the frame | leather covered, with the exception of | ain ivory, are col- forms the aleohol iron, -oming to the fore? metal orna- not crea- | be f re to ale a smal] plate on either side under the } sp, and these are of gold and silver es -—— — mew on, on tions. 1 meet my chiefs of divisions, as- THE TRUST QUESTION.’ Chairman Griggs, Democratic Cam-| °°? >” chiefs, ef clerk and depa- | ty co issione every ° paign Leader, Says IC Will Bea |)” F es , - ery MICE: ee ave a little « s her Paramount Issue, | : 1 F Dee tetas tbout 40 member This system was Cimcecainen waite Mathiesen evolved little by little by that con- who hag \iGak) @clccmal i explained my purpose as to Gilead Roceesclin sroailn’ 1G pr mp gone: I told them all that prosecute the trusts as an acceptance per ae Santas ns the only consideration. Then, when fi spe the a of division to serve st ial committee vacal e, | appointed of three chiefs S a select com- + on promotions in that one in- Those gentlemen acted exactly ac- cording to my instructions. They sent me a list of men from whom I could choose. on that list was of the highest possible grade. A good many were democrats. The democrats feel that when head-lop- ping is to be done his head will be the first to go. Every man So he has two incen- tives to become one of the — best clerks in the office. “I made the promotions with this help from the selection committee of division chiefs. Then when I gave each man his commission I gave him a letter along this line: “This is to say that you do not owe your promotion to political in- fluence or to the commissioner or to your friends. You were promoted solely on account of merit, and I hope that while you remain in the bureau you will continue the ¢ which gave you this promotion.’ HON. JAM (Chairm. 3 M. GRIGGS. Demoer. 1 Campaign Comm Congres- tee.) of the trust question for the issue in the coming campaign, is the chairman of the democ paign committe rse congressional cam- Family of Heavyweights, ‘Three remarkable children are pos- sessed by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Egert, of Newark, N. J. Harry, aged four and cne-half years, weighs 85 pounds; Esther, 1 two and a half years, tips the scale at 120 pounds and Minnie, a baby of ten months. weighs 85 pounds. ; and the representa- tive of the Second district of Georgia. He has been a pract Georgiz 1583, ing lawyer in and has on the state bench for three since served terms In 1896 Judge Griggs resigned from the judiciary to make the race for congress. He has been since relected to each succeéding term, ~~ —<- BISHOP J. L. (May Be Created Head of che A of uncle, Martin of Louisville bishop of nd Itimore bishop of Peoria st well as in America as a priest was at Louisville, wher we York city. On May 1 appointed bishoy Pe widely scattered dioces+ through his labors eompact and mu Bishop Spalding’s writing= him known all over scholar and especially inte and has written ject. He lays special str vation of the qualities, believing muct moral t edue is too excl lectual. oD Paper That Is Transpare”! Paper possessing the t of glass is made in Paris, ¢ and other seaweeds.