The Washington Bee Newspaper, September 20, 1902, Page 1

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1902. === NO. 15 — a gréauter conveniences for his art for he is thoroughly Amer- ing in Ame study a is due to a‘desire to Eng home life nous Artist Was an Indolent and | '**”- i In a rece: magazine a notable Careless Youth. |tribute is paid the American artist us in the following terms: ‘Saturated with E domiciled in an Engl of English rural stands out as pathy and mar themselves. lish literature, h village, fond life, Mr. Abbey more sh in sym- than the British In the corenation is his 1ed Sketches Only When Ne-| » Knocked at the Door—Al- ys Wee Abst Hatravagant D pas, Bat an alter inborn to the satisfac- of Chicago, at} THE JIMCROW COMMITTEE. n the \usU8 | Chairman Weller, f The COmmittee | Of Public Comfort Tells The Ne- gro Members OfHis ‘Jim Crow” Committee Some Of Their Needs. them ares recent ut- Mr. Abbey ever | ected to paint the royal command, Editor, “‘The Bee” Atissue of falsehoods from be gin- roomed together, sequently had am- | ning io ending js the article in the Col | ered American of the 13th inst. under stud 2 the head lines of “For the Public the paint- time fame | ago, a the one a mighty wield- ute the the ranks Abbey as a] a “He amsburg reporter, in W » spend more time 1 in work or “My rrow, and | for en he bill must board Harper's in which he was what { but | down » be mere lines, i MR. CHARLES R. DOUGLASS. Good” relating to the insult offered to the colored Veterans, and other re }spectable colored people by the ap- pointnent of a ‘Jim Crow’’ committee rning Harper’s would heck for $100 in return for all for nd a sale could do much of his work Yet while Harper’s | ing tothe G. A. n. Encampment The first found statement is the assertion that » the monthly. of a lar had any receipt » income of the Committee on Public Comfort, and they hold no credentials as such, are money was white associates, what do we want with him at a purely ‘Jim Crow’’ Commitee | meeting? It bas been left entirely to this committee on Public Comfort to draw the color line. All the other com- mittees have colored members, and they meet with their committees and | are welcome. Chairman' Weller, so Iam reliably informed, after sizing up those of his ‘Jim Crow committee who responded tothe Murray callat his residence | told them that what they needed most- ly was “character, and integrity, and moteducation.” Thi$ made some of the boys nervous, but they took it without a dissenting veice. They did their ‘cussin’’ after they got outside. We are not to be fooled either, by cial program, as meMbers ofthe Com on Public Comfort, while our bodies are denied admission to the meetings ot saidcommittee. *‘The Colored A- | merican’’or Mr. Murray to the con- | trary notwithstanding. Chas. R. Douglass. Miss Harper’s Denial.. Wasninaton, D.C., Sept. 9, e2. Editor of THe Bee: Will you kindly say to anywho may be having our names prjnted on the offi- | interested that I have not been inte -| Fen, oe j gument was advanced that if the re-| From AT the very best citizens| publican President would appoint no| have resigned and these who remain Negroes to office and give a part of tue| do not represent the people any way. } offices to these democrats that the par-| ty in the south would be built up.} This was tried and proved an utter Engine Eloped with Him, failure. Now this same class is advo During the inspection of a new ex- | cating, ond itseems with marked suc-| press engine at Louburg, on the cess, thatif the powers that be will not| Kjey-Poltava Ne? te Week et so much as let the colored man look | in the door of a convention, that by this means the party will be built up in the South and the party can look for some electorial votes in Coagress,. This is only another ruse for this same class to continue in office. The office holding classes do not desire Alabama to become a republican state and they well know it. Itwould be quite inter- esting reading if Mr. Roosevelt would | trace the history of many of this office holding class, Uemocrats and Repub- licans, see how many of different offices, they have occupied since the emancipation and compare the elec. | tion returns he will find out that but} few efforts, serious efforts, have been} made to dethrone the democratic! The Republicans of Glen Echo,’Md. office holders, Inat the democrats | helda large meeting and barbecue at have been conceded the State offices, | Jones’ Park on last Monday evening Congressmen and Senators from the | Long before the hour for speech mak- south, while the white republicans | ing a big ox waskilled and roasted by have been aided to hold the federal offi| Mr. R. E. Lewis, the manager, aud dis- ces except where a democrat thought there was a chance for a democrat to \ y be appointed by a republican Presi-| enjoyed a piece of the ox. Aboutg o'clock Mr. John Coleman called the inadvertently set the engine in mo- were te’ along the line to keep it clear and for want of water. mad with fright. REPUBLICAN BARBECUE, 500 Republicans Hear Speeches—A Big Ox Killed and They All Ate— Representative Perrie indorsed. the | to look out after colored visitors com- | this committee is asub-com. on Public | Comfort. They are not even members | {not allowed to meet with them, or at} the same headquarters, haye no relations with said and in C. mmitee fact | | except that which formerly existed he- | tween master, and slave. A white man directs, and over sees their work. They occupy no manly position whatever Lincoln once said ‘You can fool some people all the time, you can fooi all of the people some of the time, but you cant, fool all the people all of the time’ this aptly applies to those negroes who have consented to remain on this “Jim Crow’’ Committee, being fooled into the belief that they are inembers of the Committee on Public comfort, tutsuch menas Hon. Jno F, L.c. Bailey, L. H. kK. H. Terrell, D. field McKinlsy, Dr. J P H. Carson, C. A. etwood, J. H,. Butcher, and a number of others of our foremost citizens, together with those of the Veterans of Chas. Sumner Post No. 9, and the Fiederick Doug- lass Post No, 21, have positively re fused to accept assignment on this Jim Crow committee, notwithsianding the false p-eiense that they were members of the Com. en Pub. Comfort. The Colored Ameri heretofore ready toresent a race insult, has not com to the front this time to defend us, Their entire staff has been swal owed up by this commiitee, and the Negro Veterans need look elsewhere for friends, This is the first time tha | Such a public insult has been put upon and | them. Even in the city of St Louis Mo his hob- | ne such insult was otfe.ed them, It was attempted at Cieveiand but falied the Negro press ofthat city condemned \it as weil as the foremost colored cit- izens of that City. ve" | Chatrman Weller tells me that we n the 15 panels depict- | have Negro G. A. R_ posts. That is h for the Holy Grail,’ | false. There is not a Negro Grand Ar- working upon for the|my Post in the United States The word black or white cannot be found in any law governing our order. That jther> are Posts composed entirely of black men, and Posts composed en- urety of white men, and Vosts that are mixed, is true, but itis uot so by com- pulsion. A black man can enter any Post in the United States provided he lass, é ary, Whit- Francis, Col. of being however, was not companions or in sa- not rememl that 2 drink or Instead, any article yparel that pleased him regard chased without inderwear, hose g goods were ular forte was in facial nd I imagine that this be well brought out publie library. ce Abbey now as he used to me in the old boarding tching on a piece of eard- ne 50 faces traced out and no two When he had 1 hand nlike. ld sit back and laugh |is a member of the Grand Army of the | Southern Office Holders as a class ir- | Republic i always see some- | J 8 : : the | the Commander-in-Chief. Last year f his pencil in rit | the Judge Advocate General of the le of life and this value of his work was ving commission givep to go abroad on aj tom., year. Specimens be seen in the “rbilt library, received $50,- learn een selected to paint vate residence. It is false that Mr. surpri to | may nave suggested some of them. for I always to be stined to be- rreatest painter of modern Cook, “pg I] hold a positvin on the staff of | in their profession or any similar class | | |Graua Army was a Boston Colored | able to decetwe the American people. vas full of such eccen- | jayyer. Itis false that any reputable | Under the guise of maintaining white | color d citizens are envious of those| supremacy the Ku Klux clan and oth- |selected to serve on this proscribed|er similar organizations flourished in the fact is they are leaving it| the south and this was simply to keep like rats from a sinking ship. They |a certain class of Southern white men never knew, miny of them, that they |in office. When this support failed or } had been selected until notified of a | was about to fail of the purpose of its | meeting to be held ata member's pri- | beginning then election frauds were | Mu:ray made the appointments. Hej class was perpetuated in office. The What the Grand Army men com- |of the State Offices there was then in- plain of, is not that weare expected to | stituted ook after the welfare of our own peo-|tween the ple, we prefer tcdothat work, but it) holders and He Declares that the Republican Will Carry the House of Reprerentativeg- | have any. viewed by areport+r ofa Detroit paper. |The statements published and copied | by Ie Bee were never entertained or uttered by me> Livin here for six | years, Lcould have nothing but the highest regard for the people of Wash. | {ington, the schoo! teachers, and the pupils of the public schools. who have even shown me nothing but kindness I regard myself as one of the citizens | of Washington and take the greatest} pride in» ur progress and our institu- | tions. I would indeed be an ingrate and a fool could I have spoken in the words of that “‘interview.”’ I am sure that my acquaintances and friends do not need a denial from me to know that I did not speak those words. ‘thanking you forcalling my atten- ‘tion othe article, | am yours truly, E. A. Harrer. THE POLITICAL FAKE. The President Fooled.—Democratic Dodge For Officers.—Anything To} Defeat The Negro.—A Bait at Which Republicans Nibb.e. The White Southern Office Holder: GREENSBORO, ALA,, Sept. 11,02.—The | respective of party are the most adept | in the United States. It is perfectly | wonderiul how they have se lung been | | instituted and by this means this same | white republicans having been run out a secret understanding be- white republican office the democratic office HON. WILLIAM B. ALLISOM, OF IOWA. = dent. meeting to order and introduced as its first speaker W. Calvin Chase, who addressed the meeting and among other things said in part: The colored Republicans of the country havea great | problem to solve. They have experi- ence slavery three times. ‘he first was | physical, then political on the part of the Democratic party and the last is politica] and physical oppression on the part of those who have: heretofore claimed to be their friends. The great question that is now being considered by the negro Republicans is, what po- sition shail they assume in body poli- tic. The Democratic party doesn’t want him and neither does the Republican | party which he has been supporting | since his Emancipation. The Repub- | lican party doesn’t want him to partic- ; ipate in in itscouncils; the members which have grown fat and rich while {the negro Republicans have been the} | hewers of wood and the drawers of| lwater. In the State of Maryland and} | especially in this district Congressmen | jare to be elected. The colored Ree} | publicans are wondering what to do, | | He has not been asked t+ participate | jin the re-election of candidates for | Congress, but he isasked to give those | respective candidates his votes. It} ee | ! should be men wit the negro and not | |party. Ifthe candidates deserve the| | sufferages of the colored people let }them vote for them. Representative | | Perrie is a good friend to this oppress- | led race of people. He is a man to ap-| | preciate the value and worth of the | colored people and will do more for} | their interest than his opponent. There | |are questions that are agitating the| public mind which have superceeded | our civil and political liberties. These | | questions are effecting corporations | and so far as our human rights are con- | } cerned, it is not well established that | the negro dver had any or will ever | Mr. Perrie belic ves ia hu-| ly priest mounted the foot-plate and } raphed | eventually the engine came to a stop! The priest wen { tributed with hot potatoes, bread andj sauce. Fully 500 hundred Republicans PROGRESS OF JAPAN. > Due Primarily to the Influence of the United States. There Is No Reason Why We Shoul@ Not Control the Lion's Share of the Asiatic Empire's For- cign Trade, Within 50 years ju history of barriers of broken down Commodore States navy. Then following for a period of 20 years, intercourse was grudgingly permitted by the Ja governs ment, antil at last the spirit of coms had its these clever € present time, passed in the selt-erected gone were by tue citicial visit of Perry, of United Japah, the centuries the mercialism and advancement birth in the people and now, at they are a recognized force and pows 2r with the so-called civilized nations, When it is considered that within the last 25 years these people have overcome the customs and traditions of centuries their rise is among the wonders of the present day. We iearn that the 1893 gives them a population of forty- three and three-quarter millions of people, and that there is the poverty and suffering existing among them as with other nations. Simple in tastes, cleanly in their homes and hab’ they are uniformly a happy race, filled with a dominant pride of country that has helped them to win the place they now occupy and hold among other peoples. Mr. Otani Kahei, president of the Yokohama Japanese chamber of coms brains of census of not merce, who is a very strong friend of ited States, said in one of his addresses, among other ile there have been many cone et and about the present prosperous condition of been the impartiality and shown by the govern- United Sta tributory causes, the most dir powerful factor in bringing eling ment and people of the man rights, civil and political liberty.| “ | At the conclusion ot Mr. Chase’s ad- }b doubtful, Hence they president the thought was saver en- tertain-d thata republican should be appointed even to a fourth class post-| office at the smallest x road. A south- ern Democrat never conceded any- thing from a democratic administra- tion toa republican. In other words the average Southern democrat ofiice holding c!iss expects and requires ov- fice under all admintstration, ‘cwthis new departure avout ex- cluding colored men frem Republican councils is another ruse of the office holding class or white men in the South, for they well know that | good will come to them either way it | happens. If the colorei man is ex-| cluded from republican meetings he| will have that to induce the Negroes to act with him to dethrone the parcy and if in fiiling indethroning the par- ty he will at least only have the white repuvlicans to contend with and he hopes then to show that by the ar- pointment of democrats (white) to the offices that tne Republican varty in the south willbe built up. What he wants is cfficea.d office he is going | to have. [ fought one man here in pol- | itics formany years. I supported the| dresses in opposition to the eminent Congress | arnostic, has become a | liabilities of a repub icin nominees for whiie he helped count them out. He is a democrat. He is now Post Ma:-| ter enjoying his appointment under | are: ublican administration. This same condition exists in many places. Well we willsee what we shall see. Ala-| bama would be a doubtful! state if | ; \ Of course when a democrat was | dress Attorney T. L. Jones spoke of| | the duties of negro Republicans and their relation to the Republican par- ty. He scorned the theory that Book- | er T. Washiegton was advancing as be- | ing more dangerous than Democratic oppression and negro disfranchise- ment. He said what the negro need- | ed most, was more confidence in each | other and unison of action. He agreed | with the first speaker and concluded | by paying an eloquent tribute to Con- | gressman Perrie. Mr. W. P. Mitchell and others spoke briefly. | Many people of both sexes from the | city were present and at the conclu- | sion of speech making those who couid | obtain space upon tne pavilion enjos- ed a dance. The University of Willamette, of Salem, Ore., has @nferred the degree of LL. D. on Henry Clews, the New York banker. Samuel Colcord, a New York real es- tate operator, who, in the last series | of lectures delivered by Col. Ingersoll, followed in his wake delivering ad- | bankrupt, with ly $150,000. He was | formerly a Congregational minister. Among the stories that are being raked up about King; Edward is one that he was at a London reception re- properly handled. But they cannot ‘igrore the colored man iu Alabama] aud ever expectit to he doubsfull un- der the new constitution, This old re gime, both demoerst and republican, knows with proper handling it would have delip- erately gone to work to prevent it from becoming doubtful, Yours truly They Deciine, } | Ad. Winles | “Well, my dear sir, we can’t all be tail- 5 . | | cently where the guests were not se- lected with an eye single to the pos- session of blue blood. One of them | was a costumer of vast wealth and in- | ternational reputation He = ap- | proached the king and said with some- | what of anair: “The crowd is rather | mixed this evening, your majesty, is | it not® King Edward is said to have | responded, with an amiable smile: ors, you know,” and the costumer had | his lesson. Among those who have sent let- } BALTIMORE & OHiO « AiLROAT.)| ters of declination to the ‘Jim Crow’’ Public Comfort , ommittee of the G. BATLFFIELD kt UTE. LOW RATES TO WASHINGTON, | VrRY| | GNoteé Bostor | century | porcelain clocks | and ROBERT MITCHELL FLOYD. Public Authority on Trace who have at all times given every en- ement and assistance in d to troduction of modern civiliza- the tweptieth welding of friend- and the t and most cosmopolitan of So the opening of shows a ship between one of the oldest most exclusive of nations with young countries, Names of seaports and commercial towns in Japan were formerly an un- known quantity to us, but ‘Tokio, with its ivory, silver and inlaid works Kioto, with and brenzes; cloisonne {and lacquer wares; Osaka, with cot- ton yarns, rugs, fabrics, glassware; Kobe, with rice, , sereens, mattings, straw-braids; ki, with tishery products and no bambe | being the first port opened for for with paper; Shid- ishrooms and ar Ashikaga fabric: eign tarde ir ya, zuoka, with tea, tistie creations in bamboo; Kiriu, with their silk which have manufacturing centers period—are now been in existence 3 very commonly since a ancient known to the busine Of ecurse there large that are constantly re- ferred to, such as Moji, a through which al! the from the numerous mines y; and the Mecea of all other cities coal trave This port is the great commercial city of Japan, for here the traders meet to buy the products of the which are concentrated at Besides the native deal- country, this point. ers, business houses from every sec- tion of the world have their repre- sentatives, and the tongues that are 3 are poet ert many ae is the gratuitous insult offered us by | holders that the one would maintain! 4. Rk. Encampmentare: messrs. L. C. D. C. OCTOBER 4th, sth. 6"h, and | heard on the thoroughfares are as contin- reminds me,” inviting us to participate with them ‘of his ear! the hopes and mem- elub in Miss Conn., child and that he and then assinging us to a committee wholly out side of the Committee on PublicComfort. When I protested to j|the chairman ofthat com. back with theassertion that his com- uttain ame to become a sus Artists’ marriage to , of Greenwich social affairs, and not expected to af- wn as a knowledge aintance. his early eareer, possibly istic of Philadelphia lieve his objection to liv- ‘ivors, and they grin and feel honored, and tell us so through a so-called race journal. If we are not fit to sit in com- | mittee with Chairman Weller and his | he came |to help mittee is a social body to look aiter | federal republican office holders were \filiate socially; witt. Negros, and yet) holding class in the enjoyment of the bad [ z i | state patronage. ; | he appears at a ‘‘JimCrow’’ Commitee | $ Pp : is another link in our lreetine to instruct its members how | pose well until there grew to be 80 While he was | to entertain their Negro friends and vis|many democrats wanting <ffice that the other tohold their grip. Whena} Bailey, D. B. McCary, xobt H. Terrell, |National administration was _repub- lican these democratic office holders under the state administ ation were the republicans (white) get | the Nationaf offices and in turn these | i j ) ‘not to disturb this democratic office This served its pur- | they started another ruse to enlarge their field. Wherever there was a place a democrat could hope to get from a republican admiuistration then the ar- R. R. Horner, Lewis H. Douglass, W. Calvin Cuase and more to foliow. ‘ENCAMPMENT G. A. R. l | ath, ACCOUNT 36 *h NATIONAL numerous as leaves upon a tea plant. From all stations east of the Ohio} | river tick: ts will be sold for regular i trains of Oc.ober 4,5, 6 and 7 valid Major Douglass Spcaks. \ for return until Octwoer 14: except if The letter of Major Charles R. Doug- | tickets are deposited withJont Agent | lass in another columu of THE BEE! Washington, between Octuver 7 and gives the real situation of this “‘Jim| 14, and on paymeut of so cents, they Eucampment. If any negro, after | uotil November 3, 1902, ‘nclusive. Call reading this letter, can remain on this lon Ticket Avents Kaitimore & Omo «Jim Crow’ Committee, ne is faise .o | R, R. for full particulars, Pulimin himself and tohisrace, Therearesome | reservations should be secured in ad- people in this worid too smail to live. ! yg ice. Sept. 13—3t. | Crow’’ Committee of the Grand Army | may be extended to leave Washing‘on| There is a growing sale for the Japan teas in the markets of the United States and Canada, and there seems po doubt, writes Robert Miteh- ell Floyd, in Trade Press List, that the abregation of duties by the states will increase the consumption, and be of great assistance to the tea- raisers of Japan. Life Full of Di ointments. “All things come to him who waits.” “Yes; and when they come he finds that they weren't worth waiting for.”