The Washington Bee Newspaper, November 16, 1907, Page 1

‘ ‘ 27 NO. Or The Unite ecisely ng men at the head of our party see t that proper re- Je for rendered. d Republicans es s sows seniens | dress Mr. Jesse Foster, of the Fifth Dis- » work to turns are services ETING OF REPUBLI | trict. made a very timely address. He| - ATTORNEY JONES’ was willing and ready to go to work SPEECH jand turn up something. The fo}lowing | | was adopted as the sentiment of the| who failed to be present last] | United Republican Clubs of the twee- Halll ty-two districts: We to grand old Republican party, firmly be- lieving that at Grand Army There were music and t inue ¢ allegiance There was enthusiasm as well | s for the Republicans The o upon its policies and princi- continued peace and} rity—a prosperity the stability of| has been demonstrated casion was made | a our ples deper yy the Y. M. C. A. Orchestra rd University. | recently on the stage was Ex-Public ng of the flurry in the Oscar J. Ricketts, Mr. J. W rket and the banking world. Mr. James O. Holmes, Miss Pings Seabieseaaity ae te Dr. C. C. Stewart and oth-| , the result of the wisdom and the etters of regret were read from] righteousness of Republican principles George H. Harris, who was) than to individual policy or direction, Ved to leave the city. Auditor} 5, t> natural conditions. Upon its pol- W. Tyler and Mr. Theodore W. , depend the perpetual amity nations of the earth, and Chairmaa: the of: 4 that eight o'clock L. Jones members bar, and in a most eloquent lf rder. His|, at id arbitration of strifes between other nations. t, while we credit our present happy. | and di ti litions to Re- 1 and principles, experi-| at nm a 1s called may exist illed the meeting to nater c full of eloquence through-| 5p} he | a co! and was enthusias- ver y ne essity demand that we give At the conclusion of attention to the character of} | increasec introduced Attorney J |men we select for public office, believ-| i of local bar, who | ing that in this twentieth century of| of characteristic | polit m and advancement, men| eviewed the action of the are ¢ important than meas-| in disfranchising col-| res, iples more than parties. | , and paid a handsome our confidence in the] who were standing up| good judgment of the Am- ican people having implicit faith that | irrespective of isdom the polls will be again ically recorded Tuesday, Novem- , 1908, in no uncertain tone,which the presentatives of the two lition ond W. Scott He did not} was administration confidence in other na-| | | ) or any the Democratic par- New York how Ne-}¢ are treated in comparl-| 7 Republicans. He e for the Republicans and ve branches of our national gov- yearers of the Republi- who are to be selected by the ng National Republican Conven- ed that.the time would come when | tion, s be men who, idealize the| would be counted as they were! p, the late lamented Lincoln, | Garfield, Grant, Sumner, Conkling, Mor- | Ray B 1 young lady, who is} toy and Chandler. Upon the wisdom and f Senator Foraker,was the] judgment of the delegates however we! p&iker. She advocated Republi- | rely upon the selection of condidates| niting and she was glad to know| who wil ite all Repubicans, regard- st in the Dis- were united at ey ss of individual preferences. { f Columbia. It is time, said she,} To end the Republicans of the; we were getting together for our tited Republican Clubs beg to advise | d tl nal Republican Committee that |} W. Calvin Chase was the next) a convention would be more | The treatment of colored Re-| acceptable to the Republicans of the said he, was enough for their | District than the primary system which} m to be cooled. There is a) has heretofore been the occasion of ri- ¢ against | o the gov- being nd our enemies are being placed and bloodshed. It ested that no candidate for | department chery hery every c Our friends are re itted to serve upon the} which has been the > much dissatisfaction among I see seated upon this plat- talwart of stalwarts; a man who ns. own to be friend to all] We believe in temperance, but let it f Republicans and never was} be non-coercive, and with a due re- wanting when it was in his pow- | gard for personal rights and liberties. ppc Republicans, white or col-| We appeal to Congress for the imme- Hon. Oscar J. Ricketts, our ex-| diate enactment for proper legislation | Printer. Long and enthusiastie| as will effectually remedy any existing} Notwithstanding his separa-|evils in our public school system mn the public service, he con- Whereas, a deplorable condition, now legiance to the Republican I am glad to} United | tr al amounting almost to demoralization, ex- s principles g the Republicans of the Dis- has honored the | Clubs of the twenty-two dis- | being present tonight. e has now come for every Re-| honor and } to the ions of| of aithful Republicans (which has | Whereas, this condition is due 1 D pos trust the exclusion in mocrats to to come together and support} honest, inees of the party and bury all| become almost a practice), and The Democratic party | reas, there is a growing discrim- ered no inducements to colored rences. in the several departments of} and national governments sses of Republicans, and a } local but its every act is to dis-| the We | { of | therefore. | against all | » asked, How| | charge of them must, er. seeming indifference on those standing in high places and having | governmental affairs and a disregard for those have worked | assiduously to promote the principies part in the liquor question? have the who man or | of been asked about When I hear smoke, a the Republican party. | Resolved, therefore, That we condemn | se practices as un-Republican, unfair} | and wrong. doesn’t chew may just put it down that, gerous element in any com-} advocates se temperance e virtue advocating hu- Resolved, rther, That a committee} t will be found in a tem-| of five be appointed by this meeting, to} rusade. These advocates will} confer with the Roosevelt and Fair- njoy seeing human life being| tanks Rpublican Association and the | National Republican Club of the Dis-} disfranchised, and finances of a city by forcing here is too much hypocrisy in tance crusade. citizens trict of Columbia, for the purpose of recommending to the National Commit | le form for the election of] jtce a suita we have come here tonight for © a fair form of election s to the next National Con- i see to it that representative s are elected and one placed National Commitee to represent of Columbia. We also ad- ne rule, which has been so regarded in this city. We con- and time to every nd receive nothing in re- is because the Republicans ade the mistake in placing the to th next National Republican Conven- |} ti . | Resolved, That when the United Re-| publican Clubs adjourn tonight it will} be to meet at the call of the Executive Committee, at such time and place as may be deemed expedient for the pur-} pose of presenting to the Republicans of the District of Columbia two suit- able representative Republicans to be voted for as delegates to the next Na- tional Republican Convention. money | | Mrs. C. Wood Platt has filed papers the} * delegates from th District of Columbia | ~ A DEEP-LAID SCH In this city we have a corps of ers who are in every way qualifi T spared neither time nor money in pre- do the work assigned them. paring themselves for their work; many of them have always been rated as ex-| cellent sent Last year after the rating wa in it was sent back to the super-| visors to be lowered, and many of the} te | rating lowered, not because their work} chers their teachers and “G” was infe who ior, but because some had never seen them requested it This year they are told to qualify in| German and Latin. Many of them are do the floods prevented them from having one At} ready to so, but above-named moment that they can cal] their own the end of the year, if this is not done, who will be to blame? i It looks as if they are purposely mo-| nopolizing their time as one of the links | the demotion, and at to ain of a deeplaid scheme the c end of the to put in their places some of the ones} | year whose names appear on the eligible | after having gone in the sham monthly , E What | Saw And Heard My genial friend Register Vernon has just been re-elected president of the Western University. It is quite evident ;that the people have confidence in him. I undrestand that he is soon to be made bishop. There were fully three thousand peo- ple present at the football game last Saturday between the Howard and the Tuskegee teams. The Howard boys out- ayed the Southern chaps to a finish. game was very interesting. Ev- erybody enjoyed the game. Quite a num- ber from Tuskegee attended. Architect Pittman has gained a repu- {tation of which amy artist might be proud. One of the greatest race men in this country and a man who believes in, as well as supports, race enterprises is Mr. M. C. Maxfield, of the Bureau of En- graving and Printimg. If we had two thousand such meft the race would not suffer. ROSCOE ¢ examinations, ‘and will be recommend ed to the places of competent serving teachers. Captain Oyster made many heart glad when he reversed the of the Superintendent and placed the books which had been discarded by the latter into the hands of the pupils, who had gone since September to the pres- He( them nd de a teacher’s SE order ent time without these books Superintendent) would have in school until June without them this had not been done. sit if the executive committee has|jm connection with her divorce sait ed by the chairman, let it gol against Senator Thomas C. Platt. ‘ READ THE BEE. BRUCE. Prof. Kelly Miller, acting dean of the lege department of Howard Univer- making quite a success. Don't be alarmed when you hear a gun go off. Some guns sound fright- fully loud at times. You need not be surprised to hear of sity the. resignation of Dr. Chancellor at any time. It would be better for him to resign than to be removed. One or the other to come. If there ever was an unpopular man it is the present Superintendent of Public In- struction. It is firmly believed that the Board of Education is tired of him. I shall be glad to see all boards placed is sure \ j Without the consent of the Board of; 50 far + the Superintende: in the hands of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Mr. Roscoe Conkling Bruce may as well prepare to return to Tuskegee or| come other place. Like Othello, his oc- | cupation is gone. Upstarts who follow blindly the teachings of other people seldom come to a good ending. Both Bruce and Chancellor ought to resign at once. President Roosevelt is not ready to announce his acceptance yet. He will no doubt disappoint the politicians. Mr, B. H. Warner is a candidate for Congress from the Sixth Maryland Dis- trict. I wonder of Mr. Warner re- members when he had houses advertis- ed for colored people in the alleys? The time will come when the colored people will have their innings. The Deputy Recorder of Deeds makes the rules for the office and hands them to the Recorder for approval, which he does. I want to see a few colored fe- males in the front office. Register Ver- non makes his own rules, and so does Auditor Ralph Tyler. Ex-Recorder Cheatham knew someting about his of- fice and made his own rules also. Bob Terrell should hand in his res- ignation before the Attorney General} asks for it. I would advise Dr. Washington to unload himself, as the burdens he is| carrying are too heavy. I would like to see you have strong men around you.} Doctor. There are to be a few changes in the High School. Perhaps the coming in- vestigation will cause a few to be made. ATTORNEY J. A. COBB AP- POINTED. Attorney James A. Cobb, a prominent member of the local bar, who was a can- date for justice of the peace, has been appointed an assistant attorney in the of- fice of the United States Attorney. This appointment was made by AttorneyGen- eral Bonaparte, who does not seem to have any color prejudice whatever against colored Americans. Attorney Cobb is a popular member of the bar, who is liked for his gentlemanly deport- ment and ability as a lawyer. He has been a member of the local bar for sev- eral years. and has been engaged in several important civil cases, which have won for him the admiration and respect of the Bar Association. as a Rounder. ORDER REVOK- APTAIN JAMES F. OYS- TER ADHER TO THE COM- PLAINT OF TEACHERS. The Bee has from the very beginning] Attorney Cobb will have the prosecu- stated that the President of the Board] tion of forfeited bonds in the Police of Education was a friend to the schools! Court and other civil cases in which and the teachers. the United States District Attorney's of- The sweeping order of the Superin-! fice is involved. tendent of Public Instruction putting out} While it is true that many others of use, from the beginning of the school year, fifty thousand books, thus leaving the--scheols. without text-book, was a gignhatie piece of impudence.and des-| potic rule. This conveyed | to Captain Oyster by the teachers, who} were disappointed in not being appoint- ed justice of the peace, Attorney Cobb bal included, his many friends are highly pleased at his suecess in seucring his present appointment. Several years ago Prof. H. H. Heart held a similar posi- order was immediately directed that the teachers| tion in the District Attorney’s office, |use the books that have been in use.| under Mr. A. A Birney, who was at From the minutes of the School Board | that time United States District Attor- no such order has ever been made by | ney. that body. | The Bee extends its congratualtions jto its young friend, and wishes him much success. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS — OVER- i ! WORKED TEACHERS, 1 Before the teachers’ meeting Monday afternoon Dr. W. E Chancellor in- ‘formed the teachers that they need noe attend so many meetings if they did not desire to do so. The Bee is of the opinion that so many meetings are unnecessary at any rate. If the Superintendent has reliev- ed the teachers of these meetings he should not call them, as a matter of fact. They will undoubtedly attend if he continues to call them. Latin and German in the Seventh and eighth grades should be abolished. | The latest charge against the teachers | was made to the school authorities. The charge is without the slightest founda- {tion, and the scoundrel who made it will not dare to put it in writing and sign his name to it. The colored schools contain some of the purest and most refined lady teach- ers in this country. The female teach- 1 : ; ers have enough to answer for without There are hundreds of other things | an attempt to destroy their morals by going on in the schools without knowl-| false and malicious charges. edge of the Board of Education which} should be investigated before they are} adopted. It would be well for all recommenda- s CAPT. JAMES F. OYSTER, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. H Dr. Chancellor, of his own volition, issued this drastic order. Invitations to the exercises of the for- tieth anniversary of Howard University were sent to all alumni whose addresses are on file at the president's office, For | Several years special effort has been made to secure the names and address- es of all graduates of the university, but with only partial success, If any alumni were overlooked it was for Tickets of admission were mailed to alumni in the order of ac- tions of the Superintendent to be inves- tigated before they are adopted. This order of iperintendent put- ting out « y thousand text-books | Education is sufficient in itself to remove | f Public Instruc-| this reason tion. . It is quite evident that Bruce is the} ceptance of invitation, on account of creature of Chancellor, without man-| jimited seating capacity. The university hood. Both should be removed. Their! regrets that all the alumni could not be usefulness is at an end. The children} accommodated. as well as the parents e a debt of gratitude to Captain Oyster, and it is believed that he will look out for the best interest of the schools | HOWARD'S FORTIETH ANNIVER-| The -Bee was the first journal to call SARY. | the attenetion of the Board of Educa- The fortieth anniversary of Howard tion to the introduction of Latin and University and installation of President German in the seventh and eighth Thirkield took place Friday afternoon’ grades of the public schools as unneces- and evening. The installation of Dr.) sary studies. The Board knew nothing Thirkield took place in the memorial) of Dr Chancellor's order till The Bee’s chapel, University Campus, and fortieth| expose of this gigantic order. anniversary celebration in First Cone! for The Bee. gregational Church Friday evening. A| moved. full and concise report will appear in} The Bee next week. —__ | LATIN AND GERMAN SUSPEND- } ED — CHANCELLOR EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY Victory Chancellor should be re- READ THE BEE.