The Washington Bee Newspaper, March 7, 1908, Page 1

WOL. 27.NO 41 ey strict Republicans : andidate for delegate. I ator J. B. Foraker against I have nothing to hide, and nei- am the field. ther do I equivocate. Quite offen in the daily press you will notice that certain men will not run on for them to un- is for me to un- my ticket. It is easie ioad themselves than « load them. I have burdens of my own without carrying other people’s burdens { am in the field to stay; either to rise or go down with the man who has defended the rights and liberties of os- tracised citizens. I want to inform you that the field is full of traitors or can- sailing under false col- wearing the armor of the coat ticket didates who are ors. They Taft, but of The the creation of the lily white Democrats in Riggs Bank, otherwise known as the silk stocking Democrats, who don’t be- lieve in equality citizenship. The Flahers ticket means that colored Am- are covered with Flathers aker. is of ericans in this city have no rights that lily whites are bound to respect. A vote for this ticket means the continued en- slavement of colored Americans in this city When has Mr. Flathers ever partici- pated in Republican meetings? Who ever heard of him being a Republican? This being his associates and a fact, | companions must be judged according- ly The Wilder, [netrnal Department Foraker otherwise, Dr. the wing of Capers, Revenue Collector, Treasury That means Taft, and not Wilder under ticket, or another ticket reach Mr. Hitch- candidates not necessary “he There made every effort to cock, fused to me certain re- Itt then, to which ubscribe. name but who for to runs may read My ticket Jays, and at the proper time it will be in sound. There uncertainty the Home Rule ticket. When for this ticket you vote for manhood rights.| You up- hold those fundamerttal principles that all true Americans enjoy. The knave and the coward are want to that my will be complete in a few launched in no uncer is no in you vote syco- phant, the everywhere if opposers are the blacklegs, the gamblers cut-throats three-card-monte men have say and who no reputation save among American citizen an’s collar 1 bBetieve ion of the United S those cut-throats. | am an who no in the Constit. that instrument blood flowed wars of the late rebellion and those men who went up San Juan Hill and saved the honor and reputation of this repub- lic. Lt am presidency grace colored Americans and has en- wears ates when protects whose so freely in the man for the opposd to any who has endeavored to dis deavored to make one portion of this nation freemen and the other I appeal to all true cit- zens who believe in manhood rights to that their votes are honestly reg- and counted further to all Repub- has come for suf- the of Columbia. li any honesty in colored Ameri- American portion slaves see istered I licans frage in there is cans that will not forget their obliga- tion and their to the who has made sacrifices to uphold colored American manhood. The emoluments of office should not be a bribe to colored Republicans to forget their hon- or, their reputation, and their duty. If the Negro is bribed in this contest he should never for another friend, and what little honor ‘he now has will go from him forever.. Let every Repub- lican be on the lookout, and in this con test let posterity applaud their deeds. The Editor want to say that the time District duty man cause look DR. SHEPARD IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. Speaks to a Large Audience Friday Night on the Sunday School as the Greatest Means for the Uplift of the has dea for the uplift of the people hinders instead of who advocates just a single ic helps. In speaking of temperance Dr. Shep- ard said that colored Americans shou follow it strictly if they hope to be loo! No people nt be clear, ed upon as good citizens. ever becomes great by fre intoxicants. The head sho dcelared this young orator use of Therte is no man in the United States who is more serviceable to colored Am- ericans than Dr. Shepard. He a young man of ability and p@severance who si doing much to elevate. his people ny man in this country. He is as as a He loves his people and they have con- fidence him. The South applauds his work nd in Durham, N. C, hi home, no man stands higher in the es- timation of fellow citizens. His Sunday School work among his people His his is very effective. methc } doubr is honest, which is his yg atest forte. ! What | Saw And Heard. I am not surprised to know that there | are colored men in this city who fave! doubts about the nomination of Sema-| tor J. B. Foraker | When he took up the cause of the} black man he never entertained any He saw that the black mam was cppressed, hence he had no apologies” to I shall be glad to see more gratitude the colored American. He has too many doubts for his own good, i in ‘The coming contest for the election.of Republican | Coavertion is more amusing than it is There are several dozen can-{ | didates who declare that they have a delegates to the National serous. right ot be elected. Just what claim they have on the people will no doubt! shown in every war in which we have {allowed him to participate will win for be developed later on. Mir. Sidney Bieber is laboring harder DR. JAMES E. SHEPPARD different from all representative ,polored tirely new; that icans adopt. the Amer- AGAINST TAFT Lake Charles, La., February 22, ‘08 Editor of The Bee: Will you allow me space in your most of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Congres- sional District which C ton of Ohio represents? Houston Daily Chronicle of the 18th Race—Speaks in Atlanta Next Tues- day. In his speech which is being extens- ively quoted Dr. Shepard states that the suly thing that will solve the race prob- tem is religious education. The Golden Rule is the panacea for evils. Thefe are some who believe tha the higher education will solve it and lift the race higher, while others believe that indus- trial education is the great solver. It will never do it. Industrial education alone makes man a simple beast of bur den, robs him of the power to thing and reason. The man whois indus trially trained alone has done little t¢ lift the race. The speaker said he could not recall a single example. 4 The rallying cry should be change the man and then the environments will be changed by the man. So the leader of February, 1908, that Congressman Burton has been nominated as a Re- publican from his district by the Taft forces. Will it be in keeping with the Foraker forces to vote the Burton tick- et? I think not. Because the Burton forces have done everything in their power to drive Senator Foraker from public life through Mr, Roosevelt’s ad- vice. How can the colored people of Ohio and the people of this country stand by a man like Burton or Taft? Respectfully, k. C. Clayton, 730 Clarence St, Lake Charles, La Hon. Henry Cox, former member of the Legislature of the State of Vir- ginia, has recovered from his attack of la grippe. others valuable paper to say a few words to) my colored race of people of the city agressman Bur- I see by the than he has ever in his life. One would imagine that the entire earth was How upon his shoulders. announced his rules and regulations they will look like mountains to some } and a mole to others. Before the end of the contest there} wil! be another smash-up in ticke's. The Horner-Flathers ticket will receive a jolt next-if it has rot already. There is no more show for this ticket te be elected than it is for,a jaybird to pass through the eye of a needle, There will be a contest at the Chi- cago Convention beyond all doube. ghost”—it will not down. I: will die a natural death and the people will | cremate it and mourn over its ashes, There is a certain Negro supervising principal at his old tricks again. I am of the opinion that the Superintendent will be compelled to teach him a les- son so that he will be able to understand good citizenship and common decency. Take some colored people and give them a little authority, then they lose sheir head. A common, poor white man is pre- cisely like some elevated colored men. There are a few candidates in the field for members of the Board of Ed- ueation. I believe that the judges will be mere careful the next time. Rounder. make. | Well, after he has, The Dolliver bill is like “Banquo’s| THE RACE PROBLEM. | In an address delivered May 30, 1905, t Arlington, Va., Memorial Day, Hon J. B. Foraker never had in mind that he woud be compelled to defend the colored soldiers, said in concluding his address these words: Race Problem But that has been finally dealt with, so far cerned. Time, patience, patriotism and the ed- ucation of experience may be necessary to practically, and in reality, to secure to the black man, everywheze, all his legal rights and privileges; bat his men™ tal and moral growth give the highest assurance that he will eventually vindi- cate the statesmanship that made him a freeman and a citizen of the repub- lic; while his loyalty and heroism as as national legislation is con- roads, the maintenance or the revision of our industrial policies, or something else, our differences with respect to them are not likely to be affected by State/ lines, and probably not seriously by | party lines, as we have heretfore known} them, for the indications are that as to all these subjects a strong spirit of Am-| ericanism will determine what shall be done. This is the most hopeful sign of the! day. Where genuine Americanism prevail there cannot be danger of any very widespread of populism, communism, anarchism, or any other heresy that would undermine and overthrow our institutions. Coupled with the saving common sense of the American people, which has never yet failed us, this na- tional spirit is at once our greatest shield from harm and our greatest in-| centive to the highest and noblest en-| deavor. It is no exaggeration, but only the sober truth, to say that we were never So strong, never so prosperous, never 80 him a triumph over al! the prejudices that stand beteen him and the door of ' hope. In this cemetery Jie hundreds of his | race who gallantly wore the uniform, as thousands are gallantly wearing it today, but nowhere in all this broad land can a single one be found, among either the living or the dead, who ever raised his hand against our flag. It is not possible that in this coun- try where there such generous rec- ognition of human rights such a race can fail to achieve success No man can do, or is doing, so much to accomplish this as the black man himself. Education, industry and fru- gality, with his other good qualities will more and more command respect and secure advancement. His progress since Emancipation has been phenome- nal, and under all the circumstances he may well take courage for the future; while every comrade of the Union Ar- my may be assured that what he did for that people was not done in vain. We have other questions, and many of them, and always will have, for we are an active, energetic, progressive peo- is ple, cevr pressing forward to the ac- complishment of some great purpose; but whether they are the labor ques- tions, the trust questions, the control ofj around the city. All got religion, to|~- corporations, the regulation of the rail- contented, never so respected, neve so powerfu! to do good in the world, and never doing so much good, either at home or abroad, as we are today And great as is the present, greater by far, | exceeding all power of description, iss the ‘career that lies before u: It will be seen that he was right on the race It is . Foraker to render unto Czxsar the things that are Cesar’s and unto God the things that are God's.” = al ce FOR LARG = ST/ COMMITTEES The fundamental idea must be to | kave the State committee large, and not a small knot of selfish persons, The , Administration, of course, can protect \ itself absolutely as to the qualifications question then; he is now. nothing new for Senator of the persons recommended for office. | If they are not good men they will be rejected and the State commitiee must recommend others The plan above stated is not novel. It should always have existed in princi- ple and practice, but the tendency now- adays in the Republican party. is to concentrate’ power in very few hanas This tendency works toward the de- struction of the party in State and na- tion. It is time to revert to first prin- ciples. There are undoubtedly enough good and honest and true Republicans to hold all the offices of any note in the Southern States, but the present system does not bring them to the front, PARAGRAPHIC — NEWS By Miss Beatriz L. Chase. The bill amending tke immigration laws so as to provide for the deporta- tion of alien felons failed to pass the House of Representatives. Rev. Dr. Woodrow, pastor of First Congregational] Church, said in his lec- ture, “A Prosperous Farmer,” at the church: “All boys girls should be born in the country and live there till they are at least twelve years old.” The anarchists have been holding high carnival and are getting in their work in no uncertain manner. ‘Mr. Bryan had the headache, and doubtless a worse heartache. Politics bring on all the aches, and often pro- duce shakes, Dr. A. O. Reid, who graduated from Howard’s Dental Department last year, has begun practice in Baltimore Miss Julia Seames, ill at Freedmen’s, was a teacher in the public schools of Charleston Miss B. Marie Wade, of this city, graduated last month with honors from the Girls’ High School in Brooklyn, N. Y., and has entered the Teachers’ Training Schoo! to prepare herself for a teacher. The Chicago Conservator says the 8th Illinois, a with col- ored officers to and including colonel, is the best in the State of Illinois, Miss Mattie Bowen and Miss A. D. Madre delivered Baltimore ast Sunday afternoon at Trinity A. M. Church. The Woman’s Peace Circle, of New York, denounced Mr. for supporting the practice of rifle shooting and who was colored regiment lectures in Roosevelt for school boys. A joint adopted by the House of Representatives last Mon- donating to the State of Oklka- “The first resolution was flag bearing forty-six Prosecuting Attorney Lewis Rhoton in the courthouse at Little Rock, Ark. last Saturday night, is reported as hay- ing said that United States Senator Jeff. Davis was “the most consummate liar and demagouge that ever disgraced the United States Senate. Mr. H. L. Scott, father of Mr. Em- mett J. Scott, has resigned the position He eighteen years, as letter carrier of Houston, Texas filled the position over no reason but does bring forth the neutrals, pre- tenders, and Democrats, As things are going on, there will be more than one delegation to the next National Con- from nearly every Southern This lamentable result, which, while it will not change any nomination in that convention, wil] tend to defeat {the nominees at the polls, should be avoided by the simplest and fairest pos- sible method, which is above suggest- ed. As the project for disestablishing Re- publican organization in the Southern States progressed along lines of party policy, exactly contrary to thos’ whoch I believed to be wise, it soon became apparent that than Mr. vention State. even ap easier method Hanna’s of controlling the tional Convention had been created. As the party State would have practically organiaztion whatever, two three referees or advisers in each State, together with the ocffichold- ers, could represent themselves to be the Republican party and control all Southern delegates to national conven- in each no or tions. | DR. WILLIAM TINDALL. _ Dr. William Tindall, secretary to the Board of District Commissioners, has compiled a very valuable pamphlet con- cerning “Methods of Municipal Taxa- tion and Assessment in the District of Columbia, Completed to and Including the Fifty-ninth Congress.” Dr. Tindall is one of the most energetic officials under the local government, and a man of broad experience. The Bee con- gratulates Dr. Tindall for this valuable pamphlet, which will no duubt be of benefit to the people. The cry is “Negro domination!” and that is not true. But it will take God to tell the real cause. Have some re- spect for the devil because he does not draw the color line. (Extract from a speech by Bishop H. M. Turner). Good boy! D. G M. W. H. Underwood has been presented with a fine jewel of his office by James H. Hill Lodge of Ma-| sons, by Grand Chaplain Rev. Shelton; Miller. Past Masters J. W. King and A. P. Winslow received jewels (past masters’) for services rendered. There are a lot of hypocrites going hear them tell it. delegates from the South to the Na-| and assigns for giving up the position, The revival at Shiloh Baptist Church of Atlantic Cit Rev. B.John- son, of this city, was engaged, has been in which "a signal success. Gov- ernment for the month just past shows a deficit of $8,405,118; the receipts for were $48,324,800, and penses $56,730,007 Representative Moon said on the floor of the House last Tuesday for rs had fostered false the- it is the most sublime, the The monthly statement of the the month ex- Texas of | that “the Republican party more than forty ories, and | most stupendous fakir in all the history the Bal- Va. s0- Hall last entertained representatives of Md., and Richmond, True Reformers’ | Saturday night. Lawyer David Dickson, forty-four | years old, a prominent resident of Bal- timore, Md., died last Week in that city. He was born in Norfolk, Va. Miss O, Tennyson, of this succeeding very nicely with her in the primary department of the school at Milford, Del. | The PhiladelphiaBranch of the How- | timore, cieties at city, is work —— | ard University Alumni Associaiton held their annual banquet the 21st ultimo at Hotel Rudolph, in that city. It is stated that three hundred mem- bers were received into the Cosmopol- dtan Temple Baptist Church, of which Rev. Simon P. W. Drew is pastor, at the morning service of last Sunday. The entire extreme northeastern sec- tion of Tampa, Fla. proper was destroy- ed by fire last Sunday. Over three hundred buildings were consumed by the flames. W, P. Hart, a lawyer of this city, who arrived at Oklahoma the latter part of February( left the train when he reached the Oklahoma line and drove to Guthrie rather than ride in the “Jim Crow” car. The Senate has passed a bill appro- priating $135,000 to provide a crypt in the chapel of the Naval Academy as a permanent resting place for the body of John Pau} Jones. The proposed bill to levy tax upon all felines in the District of Columbia was discussed at the meeting of the Friendly Hand Society, which was late- ly organized to protect the cats in this city, the capital of the nation. i Continued an Page 4