The Washington Bee Newspaper, October 26, 1907, Page 4

decessor, Mr. Wight, once enter-| gate such rules that will protect; class of vojers referred te in an- tained. With pleasure Mr. Macfar- land The Bee makes the correction because it will not knowingly mis- represent any one. THE BEE PUBLISHED AT 1109 Eye St., N. W., Washington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washing- ton, D. C, as second-class mail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Cne copy per year in advance. e+e 1.00 -50 | Three months . Subscription monthly ... » NOT TRUE. To the Editor of The Bee: My attention has been called to an editorial in your issue of October 19, in which you quote an editorial from The Patrician, and then attribute to me the last paragraph of that quotation, as follows : me “Imagine the character of the popu- lation of the District, and think what a change would mean. A word to fhe wise.” + Mr. Macfarland, there in, are several young colored men un- der the District government who are entitled to recognition, but they have been ignored. The Bee de- sires to call your attention to Mr. David Warner, next to Dr. Wm. Tinday in length of service, who is the instructor of men or new clerks appointed by the Commis- sioners, and you have not seen fit to promote above a clerkship. New men have been placed over hin: to assistant assessors, but Mr. War- ner, no doubt one of the most com- petent clerks under the District government, has been given no consideration whatever. Now that Mr. Wilson is dead, why not pro- mote Mr. Warner, The colored people are entitled to recognios and if there is no prejudice agamst Mr. Clark on account of his color, there is very reason to believe that he will succeed Mr, Bavis. PROHIBITION There is a great deai of talk in this country in favor of prohibi- tion. The Bee said some time ago that there were greater evils in this country than drinking whiskey. No man is compelled to get drunk, No the teachers against so much ter-| other article of The Bee. rorism in our schools? If the su- perintendent of schools is allowed to teach out of the city while em- ployed in our schools, why should teachers be restrained? The Bee, ype West Virginia Advocate doesn’t say that any one should be wants to know if they don’t have condemned for earning an honest! other excitements in this city than tiving vf it doesn’t conflict with) tye schools. Just at this time the my other duties that he is per-! schools are the prevailing excite- forming. ‘The citizens of Wash- ment. % ington should not remain longer silent when they see their schools, “The Editor of the West Virginia outraged and their teachers eatra-| Advocate ought to ask what will cized. There is a great deal thatrpecome of Du Bois if Editor Trot- is going on in our schools that!tor drops him? Du Bois can do the public knows nothing about. no harm to Editor Trotter. He is a patriotic and loyal American who loves honesty and fair play. Let every Republican rally and come to Grand Army Hall next month, COLORED SCHOOLSA BAR? Why don’t the colored citizens get a move on them? Do they intend to sit and see their school system destroyed by the enemy? The meeting that was held at the residence of Roscoe Bruce last week at times certain suggestions were made meant nothing. The Democratic Times, that dislikes the colored citizens, stated that - those The ancient editor of The Na- tional View, Mr. Roscoe Simmons, of New York, asks the Editor of The Bee if he did not think well of Bruce at one time. O, yes; God thought well of satan at one time, but when he rebelled against the Lord’s anointed he sent him to Hades. See! present agreed with the plans sug- gested by the superintendent. That may be all true enough, but those present don’t represent the people in this city, and if they subscribed to what Superintendent Chance!lor poked down their throats The Bee wants it understood that ninecy Editor H, C. Bell, of the Odd Fellows’ Budget, backs down and retires from the fight with The Bee. Did not Editor Bell call on the Editor of The Bee and ask for information concerning the ar- bitrary action of the Grand Master Those are the words of the Edttor man is obliged to make a hog of of The Patrician, and not my words.) himself. In all the Prohibition No such words nor any statement of a| states, cities and towns in the similar character is in,.my letter to! United States there is more whis- the Washington Herald, to which you], a OL ee RS key to be found than in those places ington Herald containing the letter to where licenses are granted and which you refer. You will see that it] Whiskey is sold without restriction. does not contain any such words of} You may go in North Carolina, any similar statement. , South Carolina, Iowa and many thousand colored people in this city repudiate everything that this self-constituted admiration meeting swallowed. Dr, Francis represencs Dr. Francis, Professor Moore speaks for Professor Moore alone, H. C. has no thoughts of his own, : hence he represents no one, not even himself. Professor Kelly Mil- and ment ? of Architect Pittman. tor of The Bee did not know the Sub-committee of Manage- Don’t eat crow, Editor Bell. Editor Manning, of The Indian- apolis World, takes Correspondent Then:pson to task on his write up If the Edi- shies Nitta aalpe oa As_I know you would not do me an injustice I expect you to publish this letter on your editorial page, so that those who read the editorial may see the fact. ‘ Sincerely yours, E Henry B. F. MacFarland MR. MACFARLAND’S DENIAL The Bee last week reproduced an excerpt from the Patrician (St. Patrick’s Church), which made the distinglished Commissioner say what he never said or thought about saying. His communication to The Bee this week puts another construction on his communication to the Herald of September 23, 1907. The Editor of The Bee has carefully read the article referred to by the Patricien, and no such linguage attributed to Mr, Mac- iarland was used hv him. Mr. Mac- farland discusses the present form of government from his standpoint. Sentiments expressed by him are} more declaratory than argumentive. He gives his opinion concerning} the present form of government as being the best, but he gives no logical reason why two hundred and fifty thousand people should not vote and be permitted to elect their own rulers. The Bee will admit that many of the Commis- sioners have been men of the high- est integrity, and had their selec- tion been left to the people it is‘ quite evident that two-thirds of | them would have remained quiet! citizens out of a job. The Bee has the highest respect for Commis- sioner Macfarland, and is confident that he is a high moral Christian gentleman, but why hasn’t he ap- pointed two or three representative colored citizens to office? Why hasn’t he recognized the eighty or ninety thousand colored Americans in the District of Columbia? His associate, Mr. West, a Democrat, has given the colored population more consideration in the way of respectable appointments than the colored people’s friend, Mr. Mac-; farland. Why is this? Mr. West is under no obligations to the col- ored people, and yet he has given: them more recognition. The Bee will not say that Mr, Macfarland has intentionally ignored them, but it will say that Mr. West has in- tentionally recognized them and goes out of his way to do them fav- ors. The Bee would not intention- ally misrepresent Mr. Macfarland, and it is more than pleased to know that he didn’t entertain the same sentiment towards ‘the colored Americans in this city as his pre-/the Board of Educatien to promul-;is honored and respected by the other states where the prohibition laws are enforced and you can ob- tain enough whiskey to drown yourself. If one-third of these pro- hibition ‘advocates would employ the same time in establishing hon- est elections, good citizenship, elim- inating “Jim Crow” cars, “Jim Crow” saloons and “Jim Crow” churches and other “Jim Crow” in- stitutions they would do the coun- try a service. Suppose a man does drink whiskey, whose business is it? Suppose he does get drunk, what have these temperance advo- cates to do with him? You very often hear a man say — in fact, many preachers say—that whiskey drinkers aught to be in the lower regions; but you wili never hear these pious hypocrites condemn the man who ruins another man’s daughter, outrages his wife or cor- rupts the morals of a good and happy home. You will find thou- sands of these prdhibition advo- cates guilty of these very acts. Thousands of these prohibition ad- vocates are moral lepers — the preacher not exceptel, Watch the man, be he preacher or what not, but many of these preachers, espe- cially those who cry out against whiskey and favor prohibition, are unfit to enter a decent home. If a man wants to drink whiskey, let him drink, and if he violates the : law by virtue of drinking too much whiskey, let him be punished. Whiskey is distilled to drink; bread, meat and other things are purchased to eat. If you eat too much we are attacked very often with acute indigestion and die. If we drink too much whiskey it af- fects the heart and then we die. We die if we either eat or drink too much, no matter what it is. COLORED SCHOOLS The Colored Ciitzens’ Commit- tee will petition Congress to have the colored schools placed under colored control. Not in the his- tory of our schools have they ever been in such condition and never were teachers so restrained from doing their duty. Today the col- ored teachers are restless, which naturally destroys their usefulness. Every week new rules are promul- gated restraining teachers from doing any other work. Why is not this rule followed by our school officials? Why should teachers be restrained or prohibited from en- gaging in other vocations so long as they are not doing an injury to the schools? The Bee appeals to distinguished Editor of the World he would conclude by saying that his eyes were filled with that green- eved monster jealousy. Let it go at that, Editor Manning. JUST A MITE WRONG. From the St. Luke Herald. Miss Beatriz L. Chase, in her para- graphic column in The Bee of last week, says: ler stands always upon the fence, and so far as Bob Terrell is con- cerned, he is not in the question. The people will express themselves on the school question Monday, November 4th. The monster peti- tion that is being circulate} andj} signed will speak in no uncertain} tones on this question. If this seli- constituted and non-representative “The notoriety the Governor of Vir- ginia gained by his speech before the Bankers’ Association at Atlantic City will prove no stepping stone for him.” Well, Miss Chase, if it were not our governor, a Southern governor, the gov- ernor of Virginia, it would be doubtless as you say. But down here in these parts it is only necessary to “lynch the nigger” through the press, pulpit, on the hustings, in any kind of public assemblage, at funerals, or wherever— if you only hit the nigger, with your tongue, pen, fist, foot or pistol, if you will just go out of your way, leave your subject and abuse the “nigger,” you are in line of promotion, from the preacher to bishop, from a roadside magistrate to the presidency of the United States. Miss Chase, this may sound extray- committee imagines that it repre- sents anything, The Bee would suggest that it issue a call for a meeting of the people and ask them to indorse this reign of terror in the schools; try it. The people will act and don’t be alarmed. AT THE BARN DOOR The recent speech of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell before the Mission- ary Society of Cleveland, Ohio, re- minds The Bee of an old story told by An old slave told the others to cuss his master whenever he attempted to whip him. So the old man tried it and receivéd a more severe whip- ping than any he had received. So! #8ant but all the Negroes south of the . . Potomac know it is a fact. When a wee ms Be ae on white man has nothing else to do, then whom he had received the advice}s.. abuses the “nigger.” he related to him what he had re- ae Satan ears ceived by taking his advice. “Why, NEGR ot man, you is a fool, I didn’t tell} Waves eee eer et = i MEN NOT SEEKING a slave in wartimes. you to cuss your jmaster to Lis) POSITIONS. face. I meant cuss him while he is| (From the Florida Times Union, Oct. in the house and you at the barn 15, 1907. ) door.” Mrs. Terrell always 1 such “hot air” speeches a lung d tance frm the scene of action. There is as much prejudice in the | North as there is in the South, and| if these bleached colored Ameri- carts who are roaming all over the country would cease attempting to/ pass for white and get down to their naturals there would not be any excuse for this tirade against the South. Perhaps if Mrs. Terrell would practice what she is preaching in Ohio there would be a great deal of virtue in what she is saying. _|the South show no great interest in standing civil service examinations for the railway mail servic, the postoffice " n a quardary. A few weeks ago examinations were held in various parts of the South for clerk- ships in the railway mail service( but eight out of ten of those who stood them were negroes. In one Southern city, officials of the postoffice depart- ment declare, every man who appeared to be examined was a Negro. The name of the city is not given. Many of the Negroes, it is understood, passed suc- {cessfully, and now the department does not know what to do about it. The Negroes are not wanted, but how to get tid of them is a puzzle. Railway mail clerks are needed. Under the law governing the classi- fied service, those who stand at the top of the eligibility list get first call. Of course, anybody who knows anything about the civil service knows that it is an elastic sort of affair, but the pow- ers that be here in Washington always make an effort to keep up the appear- ances, and they do not like to have situations such as that with which the Postoffice officials are now confronted come up. One of the reasons why President Roosevelt put John A. Mc- Ilhenny on the Civil Service Commis- sion was that he wanted the Louisian- ian to formulate and carry into effect a policy which would bring bright young white men and women of. the South into the Government service. MR. ELMER DOVER There is no young man more qualified to be at the head of the Republican National Committee than Mr. Elmer Dover, at present secretary. He is in touch witi a'l national characters, and at a mo- ment’s notice he is able to electrify the country. The Bee is anxieus to see Mr. Dover at the head of the committee because he knows what to,do. There is a vote that will be very necessary in 1908, and it is believed that Mr. Dover will be able to handle that vote because he Owing to the fact that white men in| Commissioner Mclihenny has formu- plumber could do. lated a policy. and a good one at that.! enterprising man, a: He has worked hard over it duting a license The es. the past year and has accomplished a great deal. But if the white men of; the South will not stand the examina- | tions the Negroes will get the jobs.! As a matter of fact, the railway mail eee ge service is a branch of Government work “1 1 * O° that not many are anxious to take up, ae wer te a and therefore the failure of white men} its ata = Ome to take the recent examination need not | se eee ae Mees ) tw geked 2) acaa Basten oo el ah eos wi trest among the white people of they Asta South in the general question of get- svi ee ot ting into the Government pineloy | veer through the civil cervice. On the con-) 970 ee Pee trary, Commissioner Mcllhenny, since teed * me his trip throught the South last spring, | A 2 ts a has received hundreds upon hundreds! ("* ™ * cee Ca of letters which prove conclusively that | ee teat oF bis bre | Some of the most interest is growing rapidly all the time. ! { ures of the progr ' Miss Katie West, entitled would give sai GALBRAITH LAs There was a large a last Sunday aiternooy But this does not help the unfortunate ee Postoffice Department officials. They a are face to face with a problem. They | agen a Paper was yg do not want Negroes in the railway) ee well delivered. Mi mail service, but how can they help| Fought out some strong poing having them is a question . { fense of her sex; a paper | sii ata | Sprague, of Asbury WHO ARE OUR FRIENDS? —! pai Church, on “Friendeh, There is a class of people in this teresting and entertaining fl country who are constantly telling us Madame Annie Lee Sla de, as 7 that we are failures, that we can’t suc- by Miss Julia R. Bush sa seed, for the world is against vs. In Miss Mamie Mason, U ah short, they are constantly saying to the 4M. E. Zion Churel f World, directly of indirectly, by word ang recitation from Sh: or by deed, that as a race we are MO \\_ Calyin Chase good. Some of these people are in the; ‘YVhere were several North. Others are in the South. Some’ vocal solos by « of them are white people. Others of added to the p dé thea them are colored people. They put it, Rv. S. L. Casrothers, pastor in different words, but it amounts to! church, made a short abies this, that the Negro race is not strong! which a collection was enough to succeed in this country. | benefit ef the club, White people who are constantly! — = abusing us because of our mistakes, and | __ ITEMS ON THE WING colored people who are constantly ad-| The main reason that the moong vertising our weakness, are not our, °! the South is passing away ig friends. Whether they teach the world | the Negro is at the bottom of the to despise, or merely invite it to pity 5° it can be seen that the colored us, these people are not our friends. ther is some good after all. Friends are the people who believe in} The Board of Education of Hi us, not the people who pity us, They’ burg, Miss. has decided are the people who rejoice with us in! Fate schools for the » SH our success, but are too true to our best) #4 Russian Jews. It woud be a interests to overlook our faults. As a Plan if the Negro and these nay race, we have many friends in this ties could effect a confederation country. United States makes a terrible m We can make that number less by | her _unjust discrimination quarreling among ourselves, by hunting , a of her reliable citizens, vy up grievances and complaining about, “*8T° them, or we can increase our friends by! Once a Mason, always the samg| burying our differences, and working! Among the prominent young « united for those real and fundamental, Men of the District of Columba things which we are all agreed, and that occupy responsible positions (outs we know to be good. , the Government ) is Mr. H.C. § We can increase the number of our, Messenger and janitor of the I friends by making our platform broad; Bank, Pennsylvania avenue and J enough so that every honest man, Street northwest. He is up to dij whether North or South, black or| Boston Green, colored, of 803 1 white, can stand on it. } ty-sixth street, northwest, died We can increase the number of our, ly last week. : friends in doing cheerfully and reso- Our old friend, Ill. P. B. is lutely the things that are in our power! thirty-third degree, M. D,, is as bag to do, leaving those things that are not, ¢ver. Doc “e all right. . within our power to do to the wisdom,| Our old friend, Dr. Murray, - the justice, and good sense of the world. Washington (eminent commander) Let us turn our faces from the darkness | Simon's Commandery, K. T, s to the dawn. : doing business at the same old st We are making wonderful progress.| Our friend, John R. Brows, As a people we already, at the end of third degree, of the United ; a little more than forty years, own, as; Treasury Department, is convalt Principal Washington has pointed out,/ Brother Brown occupies a rep more farm land than is contained in the | Position in the office, with crt European States of Holland and Bel-! himself and honor > the gium combined. We are beginning to) Brother Daniel W, Erd build cities and suburbs of our own. ; ter of John F. Cook I We have thirty-three banks. Thousands FE A. A. Masons '( Virginia Avente of our people that a few years ago were, 19m) was buried last Tu slaves now own their own homes; hun-| Asbury Church, He les dreds of our business men now have # Som and daughter. Re fortunes that can be numbered in five A great many of © or six figures. Our doctors, our law-/ think that a man out yers, and our preachers are every year. 00d. When some of them : improving in their knowledge of their they are glad to mingle with the professions, and gaining in the respect ™on herd. ’ 4 of the world. Our friends are those _ The brethren of the Compack whe bid us hope; not those who bid us #8. despair—Emmett J. Scott in Tuskegee| The probability is that the next Student. |sion of the National Grand Lode rep npeg pen angen a '& A, A. York Masons HE LIKES THE BEE {ica, will convene in the city Hox, W. Calvin Chase, , ington, D. C. ‘Editor Washington Bee. | For the information of some “| Dear Sir: | smart craftsmen (who know * Believing your manly and cour- eo ae oe ageous fight should command the! ccvisons, support of every self-respecting] Comrade Davis has been ¢ Negro throughout the country, 1) fill the unexpired term of take pleasure in sending you here-| H. Mayne, deceased, of Fr with two dollars for one year’s sub-| Post G. A. R. see i scription for your paper. I assure nies aa oe. E you that you have thousands of} them all laughing from Negroes with you. Wishing you , a shon 4 akespeare, j instrumeng S which g taken up jj have nac were engi, and Mrs, Ball, the depart much success, I am, ' pommander of the W. R. Cor i Yours truly, jrade Davis was installed by ee A Swbecriber. Johnson on the staff dy SIE ee pear aues * | ment commander. Mrs. Ball aie MR. JAMES LUCUS. piano, while Comrade There is a disposition on the part of | There was a large numbe the Plumbers Association in this city; they all enjoyed thems is to prevent every colored man from ob-| ments were served. Among he R taining a plumbers’ license. {inent comrades present was Col. The white plumbers have a monop-; Goodman, Commander of oly. The colored citizens are at the} ner Post No. 9. mercy of this organization, and they} Bishop Potter, of New are compelled to hire white plumbers; ed Bishop Ferguson, DD, and pay high prices for work that could] colored bishop in attendande be done cheaper and as good if colored! Episdppal Convention bh i men were not pushed to the wall. mond, to a dinner at Some time ago Mr. James Lucus ap-! goody white folks of} plied for a plumbers’ license, but for’ very much up in arms over the ts some reason he could not obtain it. He! Bishop Potter believes in saber? 4 was charged in the Police Court some| hood of God and the brothe gs time ago and fined twenty dollars for! mn. He is a very eminent T doing work better than a registered| of the Masonic order, ane York,