The Washington Bee Newspaper, February 29, 1908, Page 4

PUBLISHEL 3 1109 Eye St., N. W.. Wasnington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. ee = <8 Entered at the Post Office at Washing- ton, D. C., as second-class rail matter. ess ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ‘One copy per year in advance......$2.00 Six months ....7...2.-22000 sees 100 Bi ee ee eee 50 Subscription monthly .... E “JIM CROW” AMENDMENT DEFEATED. In the House of Representatives who is yet tainted with the memory of the “Lost Cause,” endeavored to attach to the District Appropria- tion Bill a “Jim Crow” street car amendment, It seems from the debate that was participated in by Southern Democrats that the colored people in this city are very distasteful to them while riding in the street cars. The Bee would suggest, as_ it suggested before, Will the South- ern Democratic members introduce a bill or an amendment to the Dis- trict street car bill prohibiting ce:~ tain Democratic members from the South from visiting the cglored sporting houses in this city, and more especially “Mahogany Hall”? Why is it that certain Sottthern Congressmen seem to appreciate the company of these colored dam- sels, but seem to have a distaste for respectable ‘colored men and women ? Now, if some of these yentle- men would stand upon the corner of Thirteenth and C streets at dark or between the hours of seven and daybreak they will no doubt cease in their efforts to establish “Jim Crow” cars in the District of Co- lumbia. CROSBY S. NOYES. No death since that of the la- mented McKinley has shocked the people of this city more’ than that of Crosby S. Noyes, Editor of the Evening Star of this city. Mr. Noyes was a humanitarian, honest as well as bold. He knew no man by the color of his skin. He always stood on the side of right and justice and defended all! those who were oppressed. Neither kings hor principalities stayed his pen if they were in the wrong. He advocated equality of citizenship for all, be they white or black. The colored Americans in this country have lost a friend. He de- : { fended them at a time when they} needed a friend. When the strong arms oj this government were turn- ed against colored Americans,when the midnight assassins struck them down, when Southern governments disfranchised them, Crosby S. Noyes came forth-in their defense in season and out of season. In the name of ten millions of colored Americans and ninety thousand colored Americans in the District of Columbia The Bee tenders its ‘ ery Republican who favors the | ourselves that we may continue to win Home Rule ticket is invited to be present and give his erldorsement. REPUBLICAN RALLY (Continued from first page.) and less in the Republican party if Taft is nominated. I want to say to you, my iriends, if I thought that Mr. Chase was for any other man than Seantor Forager, as well as I Jike him I would do everything in my power to defeat him. I would turn against him just as hard as I am for him. When I think how bravely those colored soldiers went vp San Juan Hill to save the nation from disgrace, and see how shamefully tiey were discharged, withéut honor, by the President, it makes my hezrt burn. Right here I want to say, if I ever support William Taft, may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth and my right arm become motionless where I now hold’ it. MR. J. ORTWAY HOLMES. amidst the greatest applause and en- thusiasm. Mr. J. T. Newsom, of the Thirteenth District, was the next speaker, and said in part as follows: We are now entering upon one of the most exciting and interesting political that this ever campaigns country has Attorney Scott, after having spoken | sow] three quarters of. an hour, = So, other tricnds like these. ] ‘Now a word relative to the canvass for delegates to the Chicago Conven- tion, Do you know that a tremendous and systematic effort is now being put} forth by the Taft forces in this city to so divide our vote as to insure the elec- tion of the anti-Foraker delegates from the District of Columbia? It is true, gentlemen. A man, a doctor, a very Vestiniable gentleman and friend of mine has announced himsglf as a Foraker candidate, when in reality he is at heart a Taft candidate and sympathizer, not- withstanding his disclaimer in a morn- paper; and I warn you now, gen- tlemen, that a vote for that gentleman is a vote for Taft I make the charge that he is a party to the scheme to weaken the Foraker strength in this city. There are other like efforts be- ing put_forth to defeat us They are Cesperate. There is another ticket to which I desire to call your attention. It is a newcomer jn the field. I call it the “Bat ticket.” Bat ticket because it has Taft on one end and Foraker on the other—a, Taft head and a Foraker tail. You have heard the story of the owl that was prowling around in earn- est searhe of prey, when he came upon a bat -isitsrHifXie2m1i23456123456456. . a bat. His first impulse was to eat it; but, on closer inspection, it appeared to him to be a mouse on one end’ and bird on the other. “Last night,” he said to himself, “I ate a mouse, and_ it gave me the and as for birds, I am very fond of them; anyhow, because of its suspicious appearance, [ think it wise not to touch it.” So he = to have anything to do with nightmare ; the thing. So I say to you, gentlemen, beware of the “Bat ticket”—you might be able to digest the bird end of it, but the bat end of it might lay heavy on stomach and give you the night- 3ecause it is neither fish nor have nothing to do with it. elt us not divide our strength. Let us get together and stand together on election day, in order to be sure of} two delegates from the District of Co- I am a Republican, and glory in the history and traditions of the grand old party. I am proud of the achievements, and I am eager for her triumphant success, in the ensuing pres- your mare lumbia. known. ; idential campaign; but I would rather : This is a momentous period in our vote for a Democrat than an unfriendly history: momentous for the vested in- Republican. I would rather vote tor momentous for our public institutions; momentous for the rights, the liberties and the protec- tion of the Negro! = It, therefore, becomes us as men, it becomes us as citizens of a great and good country, to be awtchful and unit- ed. To my mind, this marks the crucial point in the political history of the Ne- gro in America. Open toleration, if not secret connivance withe the enemies of the Negro, has been formed by those in authority. Discrimination, oppressio and wrong have been the order of the day terests of our country; Ordinarily our battle cry should be “Measures,not men;” with us hence- forth it must be reversed; it must be “Men, not measures; principles, not parties.” oFr, have we not seen meas- ures; have we not seen platforms; yea, have we not seen the very Constitution itseli rmblessly trampled under foot in an cffort to placate the Negro-hating clement of the South? When Diogenes, the Grecian philos- opher, in broad daylight, with a lan- tern in his hand, was questioned as to looking for, he 1 vas looking for a man, an non- what he repli that he was ft is the man, the true, man, and whom we 2re looking to est’ man. the man of conviction yurage, for order to people. found 1 sccure justice for the whole Such « man, we believe, is the persun of United States Senator J. B. Foraker. ‘his name, to the Ne- gro, is an enchantment What Negro is there in all this broad land of Am- er is so devoid of conscience and soul << @ dead, thet ae 14 . Ose he does not love and rever th name of If any chore be, iet him rise and stand forth, as 2 sample oi the basest of ingrates! We Senator Foraker? y not be able to nomi: rT ator Foraker at the Chicago Conven- tion; we can, at least, give him ihe loyal support which his unflagging fi- delity to the cause of justice deserves, and as a last resort support the can- dicate of his choice. Friends, I rather go down in glorious defeat “than achieve inglorious success. As a race bad condolence to his bereaved family, and may the God of humanity and the God of nature perpetuate his memory and guard his soul! A GREAT MEETING. Beyond all doubt the largest and the most representativemeeting that has been held thus fa: by Republi- cans was at True Reformers’ Hall last. Monday night by the Home Rule, United Republican Clubs. It was a quiet meeting and every man came for the purpose of showing his appreciation. The next meeting under the au- spices of these clubs will be held in Odd Fellows Hall, Twenty- eighth street and Dum nue, next Tuesday evening. Ev- we must learn to stick to our friends. Gratiwude is the fairest flower that | blooms in the human breast, while in- ! gratitude is Stronger than traitors’ arms. The Negro has been accused of lack- ing in gratitude to his friends. It is +said that the late John Sherman went down to his death with a feeling of distrust against the Negro, caused by the desertion of certain Southern delegates at Chicago in ’76, after they had re- ceived his money and he their promise of support. But cur friends are not all dead. There are others, besides Senator For- aker. This was shown by the debate in the House of Representatives a few days ago, when the Heflin amendment to the trackage bill was before the House. Read the page captioned“Views ton Ee | of People on Many Topics” in the Her- ald of this morning. Let so so deport Bryan than Taft, with his Greensboro |. and Kansas City speeches, approving the Southern election laws. But, we should not be compelled to vote for Democrats. If those gentlemen on the Tait side are true and loyal Republi- cans, let them not insist on foisting up- | on the candidate whe is ob- jectionablé to a large part of our vot- ing population. To de so brands them as enemics of the party’s best inter- ests; and hence they do not deserve our sympathy and support. “There are lots of true and capable Republicans who can command the united support of the perty a We want home rule for the District of Columbia We want also men who represent that idea. For years Mr. W. Calvin Chase has stood like a Horatio at the bridge, defending the rights and liberties of the colored race in the Dis- trict. He has been the successful lead- er in some very important domestic mat- which ought to commend only to the confidence and of the colored people, but to I refer to his ad-| ters lately, him nat support the whites as well mirable and successful fight for the re- meval of Chancellor as superintendent Twenty-five years ago, read of the schools. down in of our aw: Texas, I wenderful fighting abilities and courage of this man. His success has been mar- velous. He -was fighting then, and is still fighting now, and will do honor to Mr. Hopewell H. Darneille or any white man who runs on the ticket with us elect them our delegates They represent our views. him. Let io Chicago They cannot be bought. Attorney Thomas L. next speaker. Mr. Jones gave a review of governments their duties to- Jones was the and dred teachers, five hundred or more of whom were colored, were on the verge of collapse, it was the persistent efforts of W. Calvin Chase that got the teach- ers relief. When colored men were dis- criminated against in the jury box it , was W. Calvin Chase and your humble sercyant that had the condition changed, Where were Wilder, Horner, Murray, Tindale and Flathers? Oh, yes, these Seas said, Oh, we can’t do that, it might create strife; but W. Calvin Chase did not care about strife. He thought of his people and how they were oppressed, and changed these con- ditions. W. Calvin Chase was the next instro- duced, and received a tremendous ova- tion. He said he was glad that he was born and reared in the city of Washington, and that he did not have to leave his home to keep from being known, and crowd out other people I don’t propose to be crowded out, said he. We have had too much of this crowding out of our citizens for other people; but the time has come for us to do some crowding. We are asleep, said Mr, Chase, and while asleep the invaders are Tunning away with our city. Awake! I say, and be on the watch and defend our rights, our liberties, and the cause of humanity. Someone in the audience asked him to what church he belonged. I belong to that church that man and {man’s humanity to man I belong to that church that believes in equality of citizenship irrespective of the complex- ion of your skin and the kink in your haid I believe in the common people and the man who earnsyhis living by the sweat of his brow., Take from me the so-called temperance advocates, be- cause I know many of them to be hypo- critica. and insincere These men in Congress, or many of them, who want the “Jim Crow” car should first withdraw their support from Mahogany Hall and cease their visits there; then you are believes in law laws in the District of Columbia. Let me impress upon you all the importance of registering your vote. The nomina- tion of Mr Flathers means Clover, the Negro-hating Democrat Flathers is Clover, and Clover is Flathers; so be on the lookout. Dr. Wilder and the Flathers ticket are the Taft tickets, and they should say so and not prevaricate. Someone said that Horner hasn’t got- ten his seat warm as yet. At the conclusion of Mr. Chase’s ad- dress Chairman declared the meeting adjourned. = ee Jim Crow Law Defeated Bowie Continued from first hotels there, Mr. Griggs—The gentlleman says the leading hotel is a Democratic hotel? Mr, Heflin—Does the gentleman be- lieve i, white children and negroes go- ing to the same school? Mr. Campbell—My children go to the same that the colored children in my ward go to in the city of Pitts- burg, Kan. Mr. Heflin—Does the gentleman be- lieve in that? Mr. Campbell—I do, or I would not send my children there. Mr. Heflin—Does the lieve in their worshiping in the same church? Mr. Campbell—There are are colored people who worship in the same church page. school getleman be- I do. Mr. Heflin—Does the gentleman be- lieve in marriage between the races? Mr. Campbell—No, sir. There is a vast difference between social equality and political equality. I would not per- mit my daughter to marry some white men. Mr. Beall ,fo Texas—Would you per~ mit her to marry any colored man? Mr, Campbell—No, sir; I would not do that any more than you would do it. But I would permit the colored man to exercise political rights under the Constitution, along by my side. I be- lieve the right to attend schodl.and to ride upon street cars is a palitica] right. Mr. Clark, of Florida—I regret very ward their own citizens. He referred to the party of Lincoln, Sumner, Grant, Langston and Douglass. He told what the other candidates for delegates had much that this discussion has been giv- en a political aspect. I regret the gen- tlemen have shown feeling upon this question. It is not a question for at- not done, and asked what their ‘claims! tempts to achieve political advantage. It were in asking for the suffrages of thr people for delegates He never saw so many statesmen in his life until now. hey spring up every four years. He said that some of the gentlemen in the run- ning were his friends, but he must ad- mit that they had no claim upon the people. He related an amusing story on Dr. Wilder that created much mer- riment, and concluded by relating what W. Calvin Chase had done for the col- ored people. Mr. Chase; said he, when Commissioner Wight stated that ninety ‘thousand colored people in this city were equal to the criminal conditions of any city; they regard life of no value whatever, and stated that they - were worse than safe-crackers, W. Calvin Chase was the man who appeared before President McKinley and had him re- moved. When an order had been issued to “Jim Crow” colored citizens in the re- cently erected public comfort stations, my friends Chase and Scott appeared before the Commissioners and had the order revoked When over fifteen hun- SUPRA och SE OT is purely an economic question, and what it does for both races. I meant to say |t0 the gentleman from Kansas that last ' Sunday afternoon an old Negro man living in this city came to my office and spent the afternoon with my wife and myself. And I have not spent a more pleasant afternoon for years. He be- longed to my father, and he was the first human being that ever carried me out into the yard after my birth. “I love that old Negro man, and in 2 cqntest between him and others [| would protect him. That is a sentiment that you.do not understand, and cannot understand. But there is a vast differ- ence in that sentiment, which every ma” upon this side cf the House who lives near or south of the oPtomac River can understand, and the sentiment that his children and mine are to sit side by side in school. The amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama is not an attack on the Negro race. It is not unjust to them. The claims of the Southern people that separate accommodations did not they can talk about “Jim Crow’ cary ATTORNEY PERRIE W. FRISBY, | Mean unequal accommodations, Mr. Ol- cott, of New York, declared to be un- true. He insisted that the accommoda- tions for Negroes were not equal to those given the whites. The House was thrown in an up- roar. PARAGRAPHIC NEWS. Rev. Alexander Gordon, pastor of Monumental Baptist Church, Philadel- phia, was honorably acquitted by the judge in court of the charge of per- jury. The news comes from Columt Ohio, that a new theatre, valued at $19,000, with a seating capacity of 700, has been erected by Mr. Samuel Clark, a colored man. The Topeka Paindealer says the bet- ter element of the people have joined hands and hope soon to see a cessation of the “Jim Crow” car system in Okla- homa. Rt Rev Henry Yates Satterlee, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of the Protestant Episco- pal Diocese of Washington, died at his late residence on Massechusetts avenue last Saturday morning. It is said that he died with the sacred words of the “Sanctus” on his lips. William Taft, Secretary of War, who was the guest of honor at the Ellicott Club’s thirteenth anniversary celebra- tion of Washington’s Birthday, lastSat-| went into effect about the middle of the urday, was presented with a silver lov-} month at Oklahoma, it is said that the ing cup by the members of the club! street cars are only equipped with signs at the close of the banquet. which can be moved. The death of Bishop Satterlee in this Re Acheson, city caused a shock among the :preach-| vani. ers and laymen of the Episcopal Church Continued from first page. the subject which was discussed at the Forum not many Sundays ago “whether or not Negroes should enter the army under white officers.” Although -the “Jim Crow” car law was of Pennsyl- has introdued a bili in Congress betting on horse races and resentative nibit to or in Delaware, for many were -personally| all other forms of gambling in the acquainted with him District of Columbia : Dr. Delageniere, lecturing at the Police Captain John N. Pickel, at Academy of Medicine at Paris, said| St. Louis, Mo. has prepared a bill to that ‘it was possible to live without a! be introduced in the municipal assem- stomach, but judging from the figures| bly :equiring all men in street cars to which he quoted many will not dispose | semain standing until every woman is cf that organ. Of ten cases in which! saeted, under penalty of a fine. Dr. Delageniere removed the stomach] Fifty persons were made sick at Sol- entirely, four did not live and the rest! owen, near Salina, Kan., last week by survived from seven months to three | eating canned food at a dinner given and one-half years, and only one, who at a hotel in that place. is in good health, lived to attend to his; The solemn and final services for the daily occupation. , dead prelate, Bishop Satterlee, DD, It is said that members of the Gen- | LLD., were held lase Tuesday afternoon eral Assembly at Richmond, Va., are, at the Procathedral Church of the As- not nearly so unanimous for William J.; cension on Massachusetts avenue. ryan for president as some would seem to think. From the way things are moving the We see by the Seattle Republican,’ poor is slowly but surely being pushe: U published at Seattle, Washing‘on, that j to the wall.