The Washington Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1908, Page 1

or 8 st, ON | WASHINGT WASHINGTON, Db. C., SATURDAY MARCH 14, 190s. rr a SENATE OF THE UNITED February 26, 1908. Foraker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Commitee on Military Affairs. A BILL To correct the records and authorize the re-enlistment of certain non- commissioned officers and enlisted men belonging to Companies B, C, and D of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry who were dis- charged without honor under Special Orders, Numbered Two hun- dred and sixty-six, War Department, November ninth, nineteen hu- dred and six, and the restoration to them of all rights of which they have been deprived on account thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit- ed States of America in Congress assembled, That any non-commission- ed officer or enlisted man belonging to Company B, C, or D of the Twen- ty-fifth United States Infantry, discharged without honor under Special Orders, Numbered Two hundred and sixty-six, \War Department, dated November ninth, nineteen hundred aand six, om account of the shoot af- fray that occurred at Brownsville, Texas, on the night of August thir- teenth-fourteenth, nineteen hundred and six, who shall make oath before any duly authorized enlisting officer of the United States Army or Navy that he did not participate in said affray, and that he does not know of any soldier belonging to any of said companies who did participate in the same, and that he has not at any time heréfofofe and does not now withhold any knowledge with respectto that occurrence which, if made public, would or might lead to the identification of any participator in said shooting affray or amy accessofy thereto, either before or after the fact, and that he has answered fully to the best of his knowledge and} ability all questions that have been lawfully put to him by his officers or| others in connection therewith, shall be, and hereby is, made eligible to re-| enlist in the military or naval forces of the United States on his applica- tion therefor at any time within three months from and after the passage | of this Act, any statute or provision of jaw or order or regulation to the| contrary notwithstanding; and that upon such re-enlistment he shall! be| allowed full pay, according to the rank he held and the pay -he was re- ceiving at the date of discharge, until his re-enlistment: Provided,That all the rights and privileges to which the soldiers re-enlisting under the provisions of this Act were entitled, respectively, at the time of their dis- charge shall be, and hereby are, fully restored to them, and the record showing their discharge without honor shall be, and hereby is, annulled, set aside, and held for naught, and the time elapsing since their discharge | without honor until the date of such re-enlistment shall be computed in determining all rights to which they may be respectively entitled on count of continuous service as though they had been in the service with- | and they shall not suffer any forfeiture of any right or} Provided further, That in any case | Mr j { + i ac- | out interruption, son of such discharge privilege by re where the reg term of enlistment which the soldier was serving at] the time when « rarged without honor has in the meanwhile expired, | his record shall be, and hereby is, corrected so as to show an honorable! time of the expiration of suc! enlistment, and he shall pay and all rights and privileges until that time; and in| the event of - re-enlistment of such soldier under the provisions of this Act his tern) of re-enlistment shall be deemed to have commenced as of the time when his previous enlistment expired, and his service under such re-enlistment shall be without prejudice of any kind by reason of his former discharge without honor: And provided further, That in case of any of the commissioned officers or enlisted men belonging to said} companies and discharged without honor shall have died since they were so discharged and before the passage of this Act, but who shall have tes- tified under oath or made affidavit before their death that they did not participate in said shooting affray or have any knowledge with reference thereto, their respective records shall be, and hereby are, corrected in ac- cordance with the provisions of this Act, and their legal representatives shall be entitled to all pay that would become due to them from the time of their discharge until the time of their decease. Section That nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the prosecution and punishment of any soldier re-enlisting under the provi- s to whom it-may at any time hereafter appear that he did 2id shooting affray or have knowledge thereof which he discharge at the be allowec il fu non 2 sions hereof participate im has withheld Sec. 3. That all re-enlistments under the provisions hereof of soldiers who at the time of their discharge without honor were serving terms of enlistment which have not yet expired shall be held to be for only the re- maining portion of said unexpired term ATTORNEY COLLINS IGNORED ney Collins sign it, which Attorney CHAIRMAN BIEBER AND Collins refsed to do, but returned it CRANFORD ADOPT LILY to Chairman Bieber with the admo- WHITE TACTICS. nition that he, Collins, did not intend Attorney George F. Collins, the]to have any star chamber proceed Collins, the colored member of the ings Chairman Bieber regarded Board of Elections, has been com-|this declaration as an insult, and At- pletely ignored by Chairman Sidney]torney Collins was informed that Bieber and Cranford. Mr. gBieber| either he or the chairman would have has had no meeting with a fullBoard] to resign. Attor: Collins told present, from what Attorney Collins|Chairman Bieber that he could suit stated to a representative of The] himself. Bee a few days ago. The fact of the matter is, remark- The tax of $350 assessed against | ed Attorney Collins, that $350 was each ticket was never discussed by|too much of a taxation upon candi- Attorney Collins There has never|dates: that no estimate of costs had : been made, and if there were three tickets in the field the total amount that would be $1,059. The Bee's estimate of expenses is as follows: On the theory that there will be three tickets in the field, and allowing each delegation one judge without cost (certainly, any reputa- ble Republican would serve serve as judge of election without pay),twen- ty-two or twenty-four registration booths, two days, would average $240 dollars. Let each delegation print its own tickets, or if the committee preferssto print them they will cost $30 for 30,000, three changes al- lowed in the three tickets. Twenty-four registration books, 35 cents each. Allow each clerk (twen- ty-four), say one dollar and fifty cents a day, say two days three dol- lars each, total amount for the en- tire business would be $350.40. The Bee’s estimate is more than liberal, because there are some booths that can be secured for less than five dol- lars per day. Why should candidates be assessed $1,050? What does this look like? This is what Attorney Collins objects to. This is what all was sent to Attorney Collins by | Republicans don’t like. It is an un- Chairman Bieber by William Cole-!necessary taxation, to which Republi- man, a messenger in the Fire De-jcans will not subscribe. partment, with a request that Attor- Admitting that each judge is to would be deposited sets of ATTY ORGE W. COLLINS. Gi been any meeting held, although At- torney Collins has requested several. To the surprise of the colored mem- ber of the committee a call that had been prepared either by Chairman Bieber or Mr. Cranford, or by both, {forms that have been adopted by Re- | The Republican party might as, just where to go he does not know. well understand now, that the col-| It is about t for the colored ored voters of this country do not} Democrat to come out from under jmean to be fooled any more. Some-| cover. Hi Bryan should win the col- - OPEN LETTER What | Saw And Heard To the Republicans of the District:; The local politician is the amus- If there ever was a time for col-|ing individual now. ~He is seen upon ored Republicans of the District ot | every corner, and is seen at the door Columbia to show their of every candidate. now is the time. The recent plat-| The Blaine ‘Invincibles have de- form adopted by the Ohio Republi | cided to select @nhother candidate be- can Convention is like all other plat-| cé se Bob Keys of Maryland ~ has} bee seloeted to manage the Horner- | manhood, } b publican conventions. Colored Re-| Flathers campaign. publicans will not be fooled any} The Administration ‘ticket is on more. If the Administration is sin-| the eve of a breakdown. cere in its many declaration, Iet it! My friend, Attorney L. M. King,| reinstate those colored soldiers under | ares that he will soon Jaunch his the Foraker bill that has been intro-| ticket. Who his r mning mates are duced in the Senate by the Senator | | am unable to state from Ohio, Mr. Foraker Dr. Wilder is in a lost cause, and thing nust be done, and quickly at, ored will be that. numerous. ague will put ther Fromises will no longer hold the colored voters in line. There} it are some Republicans who have de The colored in Ohio clared that Senator Foraker cannot. are divided. are on ? committee room hard at work when not on the floor of the House. He is a ready debater, and when he takes the floor he receives the great-| est attention from both Democrats| 1s jand Republican, and the galleries are} always crowded when it is known} that JudgegSmith of Iowa is going! to address the House. Judge Smith | is a member of the Committee on Appropriation, one of the most im- portant committees of the House,and he is working his way up the line on| this committee and stands the third member of the committee. The voters of the Ninth Congres- sional District of Iowa should feel proud to have such an able repre- sentative in Congress as JudgeSmith. The Ninth District has not had such a brilliant Representative in Con- gress since the death of the late Congressman W. J. Sapp, and The| Bee feels safe. in saying that it will only be a matter of time when Judge Smith will come to the United States Senate. ATTORNEY SCOTT THE MEETING. There were fully one thousand Republicans attended a Republican TURNS |HON. WALTER I. SMITH, IOWA — | be © nominated Suppose he canno | be? Is this any Moore, of the jthe lo y and gratitt of ot permitted Republicans whose « he has l week championed? By no means. Sen For- ator Foraker has sacrificed every Fred thing for the colored mai wiser and there is but one r man possession of a colored de ter Vernon was royally re- sh cast that vote for I in v York last week . By who has defended the rights of the way, I under 1 that Register colored soldiers is slated second the nom- Gratitude is the keynote of of Secre faft. i wonder campaign which shou'ld be n ue. Certainly this the hearts of every t | shall wait for de- jcan | Nothing is to be expected from statesmen have decided the colored officeholder. He should|io rk for the coin. Unless that remain silent and hold his job and] arti is forthwith coming the boys allow others who are not candidates | will not work. for office to defend ‘the rights of My genial friend, Attorney P. W. colored Americans. This is the time! Frisby. is doing g business. He {for colored men to show the Ad- has as much as he can do. Well, he ministration that they ll for once is a hustler show to the world their manhood. | Mr. M. C. Field is still handling The President said that those col-)the race problem. Just what my ored soldiers are guilty tigation showed that the President’s}to state contention if not borne out by facts.| The Dolliver If fifteen men are attacked by a mob/ural death. Mr and one of the mob is killed by some|a great deal of Jone man of the fifteen, without pos-|ing that bill in will die nat- Dolliver has caused y by introduc- bill a Senate itive evidence must the entire fifteen lhere was a lively time in West |be convicted of murder? Admitting} Washington last week. One ticket that the killing was not justified,|was nearly captured by the Admin- suppose the guilty party is discov-| istration forces ered, should be adjudged guilty with-} ROUNDER out trial? Certainly the Attorney! OUR IOWA CONGRESSMAN General will not say yes. Take ev-} FROM THE NINTH ery department of the Government; DISTRICT in which colored Americans are em-| The Hon. Walter I. Smith, of ployed, is it right and proper that) Council Bluffsy lowa, whose cut and they should be “Jim Crowed”? These/biography appear in this week's is- wrongs should be righted, and the/<sue, is serving his. fourth term in discrimination in the several depart-| Congress. Judge Smith, he ments of the Government should be | familiarly known among his friends, is eradicated. |is one of the most popular members Let something be done jin the Iowa delegation, and has a The Editor. ~host of friends among the members be paid, allowing $2 per day, seventy/of the Sixtieth Congress, both Re- two judges for two days would | publican and Democrat, on account amount to $288, which added to thejof his kind and genial disposition. $350.40 would total $638.40 at the|He is always surrounded b ya crowd highest. But why this cessary|of friends when he is telling a good expense? This whole matter will be story. laid before the National Commitee. You will always find him in his The inves-; friends will do with it I am unable meeting in Fisherman’s Hall, South Washington, Monday night. The meeting was’ worked up by Aaron annd Lem Bradshaw and others in the interest of the Horner and Fla- thers ticket. Addresses were deliv- ered by Sidney Bieber, chairman of ithe Election Board; Attorney R. R. | Horner, M. Hewlett, and others. Seated in the rear of the hall was \ttorney Armond W. Scott, of the ATTORNEY A. W. SCOTT. j local the bar. Several Republicans in hall who knew Attorney Scott, linsisted that he make a speech. He ; upon the {shoulders of several Republicans to the platform and requested to speak. ‘Attorney Scott received the greatest} {ovation of any speaker, Candidates | Horner and Chairman Bieber nnot} excepted.. Attorney Scott said that he knew Mr. Horner, and had noth-} was carried deliberately ing to say against him. After pay- ing a high tribute to Senator For-} jaker and what he had done for the colored Americans in this country} he concluded his address by saying} |that he would have to be consistent, that he was for W. Calvin Chase for |delegate. The applause was deafen-} ing, and the ovation given Attorney | Scott a surprise to the Horner Flathers supporters. The meet- ing turned into a Chase meet- ing by the adroit speech of Attorney was and was —__— DISTRICT PRIMARIE. It has been said that the coming | District primaries will be fairly con- jducted. The Bee, as well as other people, see those who have charge of the primaries visiting districts and holding up Republicans and using all kinds of persuasive arguments to support candidates in which they are interested. This does not look like} a fair deal is coming. j Mr. Sidney Bieber, the chairman jof, the Election Committee, has de-] 'clared that every set «of - delegates j will be permitted to have one judge | selection in the booths. } | 1 of his own lf this is done then the candidates will be isfied. This will give the j appearance of fairness, at any rate.| Don't forget March 18th. Prof. Booker T. ashington will lecture at | not PARAGRAPHIC — NEWS By Miss Beatriz L. Chase, Two Chinamen were hanged last Tuesday in Philadelphia, Pa., for the murder of two of their countrymen. The indications are that Washing- {ton got the new Union Station be- fore it was ready. Many of the residents are having considerable trouble in the transmis- sion of their letters. The National Capital is surging sea, never at rest. It took twenty-five minutes to in- troduce and pass a bill in the Senate last Tuesday by which the Secretary of War was instructed to give a deed to certain property to Sidney Bieber. The Commissioners do not favor a bill for absolute prohibition, but favor high license and stricter sa- loon regulations. It is said that the Weather Bureau like 2 | officials are “receiving a number of long-range weather predictions.” Mr. Raiph Qualls, of Dayton, has arrived in this city to fill a position in the Government service. The country recognizes in Mr. J. A. Lankford merit and ability as an architect and prize him for that, and for the color of his skin. We need more skill and ability and less “Negro,”and first-class workmen will always be employed. The Dayton Observer says “You should read The Bee of Washing- ton, D. C., issued February 29th.” Mr. W. P. Dabney, the editor of the Union, Cincinnati, has been ap- pointed to the position of* Assistant Paymaster at Cincinnati. A banquet in his honor was given by the citi- zens on the 2nd instant. It is said that a monument in the memory of George Dixon will be erected by sporting men of the coun- try, and unveiled Memorial Day. The labor leaders insist on having a practical printer as the head of the Government Printing Office. Thé Commissioners gave a public hearing yesterday on the Sunday ob- servance in the District of Columbia in order to get the sentiment of the people residing fiere. There is still considerable interest being manifested in the revival at the Cosmopolitan Temple Baptist Church. The reports from the supervising principals include recommendations for changes and repairs in many of the school buildings of the District. Dr. S. A. Knopf, of New York, has entered suit for $100,000 against the Philadeiphia North American for alleged misquotation. The trial of Albert Brown, nine- teen years old, convicted of murder- ing his brother, was begun last Tues- day in Criminal Court No. 1. Mr. J. C. Napier, according to re- ports, believes if Mr. Taft is made president he will influence the South- sentiment. Bishop Goodsell will preside over the Annual Conference of the M. E. Church which is to meet on the 25th instant in the Metropolitan Church, Baltimore. Quite a number of applicants desire to join the Con- ference It is said that Chancellor Heiskell has issued an order in Memphis, Tenn., prohibiting the colored Elks of that city from styling themselves as Benevolent Protective Order of Elks or the use of the name “Elks” or other emblems used by the fair- skinned members of the Order. It is stated that Prof. W. G. Hynes will solicit funds for the Roger Wil- liams University. It is unofficially stated that the Czar has commuted the death sen- tence imposéd on General Stoessel, for surrendering Port Arthur, to ten years’ imprisonment in a fortress. The Senate District Committee is to inquire as to the safety of the public and private school buildings of the District of Columbia. M. Ransdell, of Louisiana, has in- trodticed a bill to create a new ex- ecutive Department of Transporta- tion and Public Works. Jason Brown, the oldest and only living son of the famous JohnBrown, celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary at his home last week erm {the Metropolitan Church. ; Attorney George F. Collins will make a protest to the National Com-! mittee. | Look out for fraud in the cominng]| election for delegates. The address of Attorney Scott at the Republican meeting in South Washington Monday night carried | the house. near Akron, Ohio. A prohibition mass meeting was held last Sunday afternoon at the Mount Vernon Place MethodistEpis- copal Church. Jan Kubelik, after being away from this city for seven years, gave a violin recital at the Columbia the- ater last Sunday night. The theater Continued on Page 4. ~¢