The Washington Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1908, Page 4

THE BEE PUBLISHAL GJ 1109 Eye St., N. W.. Wasnington, > W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washing- ton, D. C., as second-class trail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One copy per year in advance......$2.00 their achievements, not imaginary achievements, but accomplishments that have stood‘the test of time; not] selfish deeds, but acts that have been of untold benefit to the Negro race as a whole. If the perpetuation of the Wash- ington Bee was his only achievement it would alone outshine any deed ac- complished by any of the other can- didates, or for that matter by them all combined. The Bee is not only our sole pro- tection in the courts of public opin- ion in the District of Columbia and vicinity, but it is the recognized or- gan of the Negro race of America, jand its sting is often felt in places where the drones fear to tread. | But I intend not to recount the deeds here, for we as_ thouhgtful men will familiarize ourselves with the records of all and draw our con- clusions accordingly. Let us prove that we are not in- gtates. If a man leads us in the }dence sufficient, for no man should! To those who from sheer malice | to them, as a rule, the sign of slav- seek to defeat this man we have only | ery and degradation; while freedom pity, for theirs is a lost cause “per|often meant leisure and irresponsi- se,” for the American Negro was] bility. The economist would have awakened years ago by the tread oi' prophesied that this group would have those gallant soldiers up the heights; the least success of the three, and of San Juan Hill, and after having this has been the case. been awakened they have been called | THE OHIO “PLATFORM. to arms by the signing away of the It is not surprising to read plat- honor of some of those _same oad FO of Republican conventions, es- diers without cause or without evi- | pecially in presidential years. How easy it is for Republican Presidents to ignore the declarations and _plat- sforms of their party. Let us look at this platform and read it care- fully. It declares a reduction of the Southern representation. The plat- f Griggs, Six months Three months ... Subscription monthly .. .20 se THE ELECTION A FARCE. If reports be true, the coming election of delegates to the Re publican Convention will be a farce. It will be the greatest farce oi any election that has ever been held in this city. The claim of those who are at- tempting to run the machine seem to think that they have the ma- chine, and for that reason no other candidate will have a show. Mr. George F. Collins, the col- ored member of the Committee,has been ignored by the two white members, Mr. Bieber and = Mr. Cranford. Mr. Bieber is a can- didate for National Committeeman and it is not natural that he will allow judges to be appointed inim- ical to his ticket. The Horner- Flathers’ meetings are being at- tended by Mr. Bieber, and these meetings have been and are en- dorsing him for National Commit- teeman. What show will other candidates have if they are not per- mitted to have judges in the box- es? lf there are three tickets in the field then each ticket should have a judge. This will certainly give the appearance of fair play. On the other hand, if Mr. Bieber and Mr. Cranford name the judges, in the absence of Mr. Collins, there will certainly be a conte Mr. Collins has been willing and is willing today to give all candi dates for delegates a fair deal. In the opinion of. The Bee the election this time will no doubt be the greatest farce in the history of politics THREE REASONS WHY MR. W. CALVIN CHASE SHOULD BE ELECTED A. R. GRIG JR., GIVE HIS REASO) The occasion of the election of delegates to the Republican National Convention affords an opportunity for the colored people to show to the world that they are a thinking peo- ple, capable, and willing to do the tight thing at the right time. As a race, young in the present day civilization, we naturally have some faults of our own and a great many more that we learned from our Anglo-Saxon brother. It has often said that a race ingrates, that the sense of gratitude had no part in our being, which of course is not true, and since it is not true it is our bounden duty at all times to show to the world that the accusation unfounded and is not inn any sense a characteristic of our rac To in part disprove this idea is the first reason that we should sup- port the candidacy of Hon. W. Cal vin Chase as delegate to the Repub- lican Convention to be held in Chi- cago, June, 108. In the of been we as were is face present circum- stances, or for that matter under any; conditions that could arise, it would be inconsistent with our idea of ad- vancement to forget the deeds of this’ man to satisfy the ambition of some would-be leader. His deeds for the advancement of the cause of right for the American Negro are innumerable; his words fall as firebrands upon the souls of our persecutors and accusers, and ofttimes they are made to flee from the wrath to come. His thoughts are lift and our rights, As thoughtful men, in making our choice, let us do it by elimination by comparison. Compare the records of all. only for our up- Study | times of peace, let us answer his call in times of war. He has t*'ed ‘for us while others slept, so ! 5 not have him say of us, as Cardinal 1 Wols y once saidy “I would that | jhad served my God with half the jzeal I have served my king.” But gratitude alone does not suf- |fice as a reason for his election, for his fitness for the honor must be considered. Sergeant Jasper replaced the Am- erican flag upon Fort Moultrie after it had been battered down by the on- slaught of the British guns, and that, too, while the shot and shell flying thick and fast. Though he was honored he could not be placed in command of sol- diers, for he was incapable of lead- ership; but, gentleman, in Mr. Chase we have a man who not only stood in the thickest of the fray and did the fighting, but also is he a man capable of leadership in its broadest sense. He is well in touch with the af- fairs the nation in all respects; on all questions of national import- ideas that are brilliant were of ance he has lect. With that keen legal foresight he is not only capable of represent- ing the Negro race, but the whole people. His prominence has brought in with men of affairs; counsel is often sought and his ad- vice frequently taken in matters of powerful moment. His intellectual gether with his vast knowledge of prominent and national tions is the second reason we should him contact his qualifications to- men ques- send him as our delegate to the con- vention to meet in June. “You might say that others know of prominence and can possibly learn something of national affairs, but the gravity of the occa- sion does not admit of experiments. !Only the true and the tried should jbe entrusted with the that jwe must_and will send to the people | United States, We are not we are liable to mistakes; | some men message of these infallible and should not experiment, fear mistakes to choose the man at this par- ticular time will no doubt retard the progress of the Negro race for pos- sibly fifty We have a mes- sage to send, a message that the Am- erican people must ive and must j heed, and gve must put it in the hands of who fears not the enemy, but who will break through their lines and place the message where it will reach its destination. Th shackles must be the cause of right noust prevail, the Republican party must speak in no uncertain tones, and it behooves to send a MAN, so that if the en- emy is so fortified that our message cannot reach the American people, he can return to us and tell us the reason why, and tell the Republican party the results of their folly. On the strength of his statement the New York Times has already warned the Republican party and ere the battle is o’er he will be heard in many quarters. So, our third reason that the gravity of the sion calls for a man of the type of Mr. Chase. Every interest that can possibly be benefited by representation in that convention is working day and night to send its best men to uphold their cause. The Lily Whites, the Trusts, the Bankers, the Railroads, in fact ; all interests that will in all probabil- ity be considered in the platform of thatConvention will be there to plead their cause; so let us send the man most available. We not say “God, give us men a time like this demand: fi the is here — and let us use him. ‘In conclusion i ask you as a gan to do your duty. It is plain before you: be a man, and the Unseen Eye will look upon you with approbation. Every step in the right direction leads us a hundred steps nearer to the possession of our long-lost lib- erties, and with these regained we can some day in the not far distant future enjoy life as American citi- zens. for that reason we for wrong ot years, ve | a messenger loosened, | us oc need result, Judge time, ing; is a orm of 1900 declared the same thing | duality of in the National Convention that met} So that the Ohio platform will} at the| publican convention? It means noth-| —that emanate from a “trained intel-} Roosevelt. ! be punished unless proven guilty be yond a reasonable doubt Yours to charge, chase; and con- quer_the enemy with Chase, IT LOOKS LIKE TAFT. : From the Atlanta Constitution. | The complete rout of the Foraker}at Philadelphia, Pa. The platform forces in the Ohio Republican con-jof 1906 declared at Chicago almost vention seems to conclusively fore-}the same thing. It will be remem- shadow the success of SecretaryTaft|bered that the National Suffrage before the National Convention next}League that convened jn Chicago, June. Not one cog or splinter of the] IIL, at the time the National Repub- Foraker machine remains to show|licon Ccnvention met there, and even the wreck of what was a very | Senator Lodge, a member or chair- |pretentious or hopeful movement to/man of the resolution committee, re- Jundermine Judge Taft. His home/luctantly inserted a plank in the | State has written its endorsement on| platform to appease the Republican his candidacy wi unanimity andj voters, and at no time after the elec- an aggressive verahce that must!tion of both presidents, McKinley exert a telling effect on other dout: ,znd Roosevelt, did either attempt to ful delegations. jenforce the declarations of their par- Since his return to» this country (ty. from his globe-girdling tour, and!/amount to no more. since the second self-elimination of]! What can Ohio declare, if {that Mr. Roosevelt. Judge Taft's stock| State were ever so willing and anx- has. appreciated with« significant ra-jious to carry out the dictations in the pidity. recent platform adopted in the Re- As a Tait, present has hopelessly outdis- it bait to soothe the col- tanced his campetitors within Re-/!ored voters of the State and country. publican ranks. All trustworthy and| The Republican party has had ev- logical indications point to his nom-|ery opportunity to protect the col- ination at Chicago. The Constitution hopes that such will prove to be the case. With the} issue between Taft and Bryan, the outh is reasonably certain of fair treatment. | Taft knows conditions in theSouth! better than any Republican now in, public life, with the possible excep tion of Mr His experi- ence on the Federal bench, where his circuit reached far into the South, brought him in intimate contact with Southern conditions, and has given] him a knowledge and grasp of prob-} lems in this section not possessed by any of the men offering in opposi tion to him. Both Bryan of the 1 Taft have given friendship for the South. These are all the guaran- | tees the South could ask, under e isting conditions, with regard to the outcome of the pending presidential | election. lf, as now appears probable, when | the flag drops next summer it will be Bryan and Taft in the running, the South can abide the’ result with hope for but with equanimity in the,event of de feat. And there earnest t Democratic success, verdict is for Taft, much at which to re- jgice in the knowledge that the next president, like Mr. Roofevelt, will be a big, broad, patriotic American, | of whom the whole country will have the right to feel proud. NEGRO PIO INDIANA. Wright, Jr., in the Southern Workman.) 182@ and 1855 a large! number of Negroes became pioneers in Indiana. es of these pioneers: the be if will R. CR. Between There were three class-| the first and the largest were the free peo- ple of North Carolina and Virginia} who were sent away by the Quakers; the second class were the slaves who were freed and sent out of the slave States the free States by other agents; and the third were part slave and part free, being the children of their own masters and Being manu- mitted by them and often brought by them to the Northern States,sup- plied with lands or funds to buy lands, and permitted to live in com- parative The in these groups must be realized by the student of the early economic his- tory of the Northern Negroes. The first group was composed of persons manumitted by masters during life and by will after death, also of per- sons who had bought their own free- ;dom and some whose freedom was! jbought for them. In most cases, though not in all, they* were made| to suffer the rigors of the life of free man which, during the period here dealt with, and especially the| latter half of it, were very hard in- deed. This . served, to class to ease. differences however, bring out their best qualities ;to teach} of slave the free of the other group. They were, one easily sees, not fitted for pioneer life. The third group were least} prepared. cently emancipated and training, sent from their homes to the new land, They had not known even the responsibility of caring for| themselves; in most tases they we illiterate and ignorant and work was \after the | service, a Democratic in- Why wait till every colored the South is disfranchised?| Why didn’t President Roosevelt en- force the Constitution ? Mr. Taft has already said in a speech at Tuskegee that the colored man must wait. In a recent speech by the same gentleman, delivered at Kansas City, Mo., did not Mr. Taft justify the South or compliment the Southern Democrats for disfranchis- ing colored Americans without blood- shed ? The Ohio platform means nothing, and the colored voters should not be fooled by such rot. ored American from vasion voter in a If the Republicans of the country] are sincere in their declarations love and their advocacy of fair play for colored Americans, let the good work in the White House Why wait until the next election? It not necessary to wait until next fall, but act now, and then the colored voter will have some faith in what being said in Republican conventions. of} begin is election is PARAGRAPHIC NEWS, Continued from page 1. was crowded, several having had to] stand throughout the evening Emmanuel Loebela, garment press- was arrested last week by the} in Chicago for distributing | Emma Goldman's anarchistic circu- lars, While the Postoffice Department is trying to restore to normal conditions the disorganized city delivery mail complaints are still being made, which make matters look like they are growing worse. John F. Stevens, of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, has issued a statemen\ re- garding the Panama Canal, which he prophesies a failure of the undertak ng. Bishop Alexander Walters was loudly applauded, it is said, by the Ministers Union of the A. M. E. Church when he said, at the Lafay- ette Presbyterian Church in Jersey City, that the Negro ministers who were recently in conference in this city had indignantly rejected an in-| vitation from the President of the United States. Mrs. Ella DeBurton Turner, wife of J. Milton Turner, former minister | to Liberia, died last week at her} home in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. J. W. Johns, who died at long Branch, N. J., last week, after| long illness, was born in Balti-| more, Md., fifty-one years ago. Representative Hale, of Tennessee, er, police | factional or political differences. All | stration of a political nature be toler- huals, THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE! suburbs today. Two months All Democrats like Commissioner | while trimming trees on his West. Then Negroes would have a! he accidentally cut his square deal. blood poisoning set in. All Democrats like James L. Mor-! Baltimore, March 4—At a joint tis. Then the Negroes would be al-{ meeting last Monday at the Third lowed to vote. | Baptist Church, F: th and R streets All Democrats like James T. Pet-! northwest, between the Baptist Min- ty. Then educated Negroes would |isterial Union of Baltimore and be appointed to positions on their! Washington, the divines in their sev- merit. jeral speeches showed their hostile All Republicans like the late Chas. | feeling toward President Roosevelt Sumner. Then there would be no! and Secretary Taft. Maryland’s dis- discrimination on account of a man’s! franchising scheme was denounced color. jin unmeasured terms. Every men- All Republican. ‘ohnson, the| tion of Senator Foraker’s name was Democrat, of Minne... Then the | cheered to the echo. The speakers ity of “tizeaship would be an | included Revs. W. H. Brooks, Geo- act of justice tor colored Americans.|W. Lee, W. J. Howard, W. D. Jar- Republicans like the late John W. vis, S. L. Corrothers, James H Lee, Ross. Then colored men would be|of this city; G. R. Weller, S. L. appointed on their merit. ) Crockett, F. R.Williams, Jones Wat- THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE kins, W. M. Alexander and A, M. Political vagrants given a job on! Molock, of Baltimore. Dr. Corro- the farm. thers declared that ifTaft were nom- Local politicians retire early. inated for the presidency the 794,000 Dr. Wilder explain why he is not|colored voters in the North and West in the field. | would voice their disapproval at the Sidney Bieber read ore the | polls, Commandments. Rev. P. Hopewell H, Darneille rise and ex-|and Rev. I. Tolliver, of Washing- plain. _ |ton, read papers on religious topics. Ralph W. Tyler given credit for! A dinner, served by the ladies of the what he is doing for his people. church, followed the meeting. John C. Dancy serve four years| The Hon, W. T. Vernon, Register jlonger as Recorder of Deeds. of the United States Treasury, has : ag : | just returned to the city, after am NO POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE.| absence of several days in aKnsas, The managers of the Booker T.| where he was in attendance at the Washington lecture, which is sched- meeting of the Republican StateCon- juled for Metropoltian A. M. E.| yentionn. ;Church for next Wednesday even-| The Bee is especially gratified to jing, deplore the circulation of a ru-j observe that Mr. Vernon was elect- mor to the effect that the attendancejed one of the Alternates at Large certain prominent gentlemen of} to Chicago. His associate alternates national fame is construed some | are gentlemen of high standing in quarters as having especial political|the social and political life of the significance. The invitations extend-| State — one being a State Senator, ed have been of a very general char-| another the Chairman of the Repub- acter, without regard to lican State Central Committee, and the third a wealthy business man. Wyandotte county, which is the ‘largest county in the State, sent a ‘delegation to the State Convention instructed to vote for the Register for Alternate at Large. This dele- gation consisted of three colored and twenty-five white men, and when the Register’s name was proposed it was received with cheers from all parts oi the great Auditorium and he was elected by ago, place, knee, and of C. Nead, of Baltimore, of in personal, who come are expected to appear as a mark of respect to the usefulness d uplifting labors of Dr. Booker Washington, not to advance the of this or that candidate or to affect any political issue. Dr. Washington's address will not deal with politics, nor will any demon- T interests ated. Mr. Lassiter desires it under- stood that any statement by individ- to the effect that the meeting be other than educational and instructive review of the condi- tion of the race along economic and false and inten- acclamation. Bishop G. W. Clinton, of Char- lotte, N. C., has authorized Bishop J. W. Smith, of Washington, to ex- ercise episcopal supervision over the | presiding elders, pastors and church- jes of the A. M. E. Zion denomina- jtion in Washigton and District of, }Columbia until the General Confer- ence meets in Philadelphia in May. 3ishop J. W. Smith preached and assisted the Sinking Fund Club last Sabbath in raising $112 interest mo- ney tor John Wesley Church. Mrs. Belie M. Jackson is president, and Mrs. J. W. Smith treasurer. an lines, is misleading. practical tionally ATTORNEY COLLINS PRO- Attorney George F. Collins,a mem- the E ard, has en- tered his protest against the high- handed methods of ‘Messrs. Bieber} and Cranford. Chairman Bieber, states Attorney Collins, has had no meeting of the Election Committee, but has arbitrarily certain rules and regulations governing the! election of delegates to the National} Republican onvention. { It be presumed _ be- Attorney Collins states that he has}cause a man is colored and commits attended no meeting and has sub-j}an infamous that he should scribed to no rules. Republicans}have any more sympathy than any- throughout the city have denounced White men the high-handed methods of the al-| should stand upon and leged Election Committ It is ajmake remarks to women. question whether the National Com-|no matter who they may be or what mittee will tolerate or endorse these|their vocation in life. peo- high-handed methods. ple make the mistake attempting Chairman Bieber is playing hot for offenses committed by and cold with those who have elevat-| colored people. Many of them very ed him to the position he now holds.| often to the conclusion, when He first declared that was forja is charged with an Speaker Cannon; it {now appears|offense or charged with having in- that Bieber has gone over to Taft} sulted white woman, he neces- and the Administration. }sarily innocent. He is no more in- Attorney Horner that he than white man charged against Taft, but Chairman Bie-| witly having insulted a colored wo- ber, who has since declared for Taft,} man. is attending meetings urging Repub-| Colored are insulted by licans to support the Flathers-Hor-| white rarely | punished. ner ticket. This looks bad for the} Many colored women are insulted by chairman of the Election Committee | white but seems that they to favor any particular candidate. It off it. is true, nevertheless. | ao There are thousands of Republi-; PROF. BOOKER T. WASHING- cans in this city who will stand by} TON AT THE METROPOLI- Attorney Collins, who is anxious to} TAN CHURCH. sive Republicans a fair deal and see} Tickets are being rapidly sold for that the votes are honestly counted} the important lecture to be delivered every candidate. by Prof. Booker T. Washington,un- Lem and Aaron Bradshaw, eni-jder the auspices of the Bethel Lit- ployees of the District government,/erary and the Metropolitan A. M. E. e making an active canvass for|]Church( Wednesday evening, March ber of ‘ — issued | OUR should MISTAKES. not offense one else or colored not corners insulting Colored of excuses come he colored man a is declares | nocent a is | women men, but men, it get with for addressed the Second Baptist Lycem last Sunday on “American Citizen-| ship: Its Essential Elements.” | There will be no more hanging in} the State of Virginia; all persons! condemned to death will be electro-| cuted in the chair. | forbearance, patience, and industry.; When Minister Wu TingFang was} meeting : The other group of people manumit-|asked at Pittsburg last week wheth- | Joseph 3enson Foraker and the dis- ted by their master-fathers and giv-|er or not war was likely between|charged colored soldiers was en lands had not known the rigors|China and Japan, his reply was, “Do; here tonight. 2 life nor the hardships of| you think it is likely that there will|ed Revs. A. L. Gaines, G. R. W eller, | ‘ Negro’s life, as had most}be war between England and the! W. A. Blackwell, William M. Alex-| fessor Washington had better secure United States?” Secretary Taft has accepted an in- vitation to be present at the M-} | They were the ones re-| Street Metropolitan Church the 1&th| Church, Washington, D. C. without | of this month to listen to an address! speeches considerable by Prof. Booker T. Washington. | Senator Perkins, of California, has! introduced a bill to provide for re-| tirement of employes in tne classi fied service of the Government. t athers, in violation of the execu-|18. This lecture will be the great- tive order, so declared Col. William}est and most important address that Murrell in a speech this week in by this dis- West Washington. has yet been delivered {tinguished educator. President several MINISTERS MEET. | members of his Cabinet have decided 3altimore, March 5. — A publicjto attend and occupy seats in the in the interest of Senator} pulpit. Also several members of the | District and United States Supreme Court will also be present and listen to Mr. Washington. Those who desire to listen to Pro- Roosevelt and g held The speakers includ- ander, Dr. H. E. Young of this city,| their tickets at oncé, as the best seats and Rev. Dr. S. L. Cororthers, pas-|are being sold rapidly tor of Galbraith A. M. E. Zion} In the} Some people in good waS/receiving good salary fr manifested toward President Roose-/ernment and priy velt and Secretary Taft. | great delight in doing t fellow Baltimore, March 4.—Rev. W. M./ man in hard luck: at the same time Moorman, a well-known Methodist} are great Christians. A heap seeye minister, died at his home in the | but a few know. ™ umstances the Gov- take animus om ome,