The Washington Bee Newspaper, March 21, 1908, Page 4

K BKK PUBLISH, 33 1109 Eye St., N. W.. Wasnington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. Entered at the Post Office at Washing- ton, D. C., as second-class rail matter. ESTABLISHED 1880. | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 1,00 : 50 One copy per year in advance Six months Three months Subscription monthly POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS | BY TH BEE. Henry Flathers and Dr. Tindall, the white delegate and alternate, respectively, failed to show up at the meeting held in True Reform- ers’ Hall Tuesday night. The ex- cuse that was made for Condidate Flathers was that the doctor has forbidden him to go out. Mr. Fla- thers has failed to show up in any of the meetings. Indeed, not a white Republican of any standing attended these meetings, but col- ored Republicans are attending blindly, and a few of them declare for the ticket. Candidate Horner came to the meeting late Thursday night and declared that the dismissed ex-de- tective was the best man on the force. going on in Virginia, but certainly he did not read the testimony in the case. He had better go slow on that. The speeches of Attorney Scott do not appease the minds of the Horner and Flathers ticket. E. M. Hewlett a nd Attorney Scott do not agree. It will be re- membered that Hewlett. declared for the Chase ticket a few weeks ago and denounced Horner, He has now repented and has declared for his first abused love. Just be- fore the death of the late Justice O’Neal, Hewlett declared that all} Negro officeholders had the lock- jaw; but at Justice O’Neal’s death Hewlett’s jaws became suddenly locked and the only thing that un- locked them was the appointment of another man justice of the peace: They will remain locked until af- ter the next president is elected, and if he expects Horner to land} him he will be weighed in the bal-| ance and found wanting. Horner and Flathers have clared for Senator Foraker. de- How is it that the officeholders,the Brad- shaw brothers, in the District Build- ing, Perry Carson officeholders, should declare for a ticket that is against the Administration? Does; this not look suspicious? There is a police regulation that forbids police officers from bother- Fred Dyson, Fifth and G streets, is very active. Still these officeholders claim to be for the ticket that is against the Adminis- ing with politics, but the crossing officer at tration. Senator Foraker may be satisfied with this ticket, but The Bee Is there none to do the Ad- is not. ministration a service. There is something wrong in Denmark. Candidate Horner de- clared Tuesday night that he is for Senator Foraker, and he said that if he was not nominated he would vote for a yellow dog. Neither! ticket represents the Republican party in this city. Not in the his- tory of politics has such little in- terest been in shown as in the pres- ent contest. It will be a farce, and indeed the greatest political farce that has ever been presented in Re- publican politics. These midnight meetings demon- strate just how little interest the Horner may know what is; Jall others in this city epscially: it |has never asked the Senator one tendance. Scenes in and around the ead gusting. Men have quit their jobs to be idle, looking, as they say, for easy money. WHY HE SHOULD BE DE- FEATED. It is not natural that the Repub- licans of this city will support the ticket named by Mr. Sidney Bieber when it fact that Mr. Bieber is the proprietor of the five-cent moving picture amusement theatres, coloréd is a notorious rooms, otherwise called that discriminate against citizens. There is not a theater in this city owned by Bieber that does not discriminate against reputable colored citizens. A few evenings ago a highly respectable colored citizen presented himself at the window on Ninth street near the Avenue and asked for a ticket, He was told that the space set apart under the rules of Messrs. Bieber| and Cranford will not be sustained quarters of the candidates are dis-} by the National Committee, and under the circumstances Mr. Chase turned out to welcome the United and his delegation will ask for the suffrages of the Republican voters. No delegates under the Bieber call will be legal. of Republican voters and two sets of delegates to go from this city to the National Republican Con- vention. All loyal Republicans who believe in fair play and are anxious to have a representative Republi- can on the National Committee should register for the Home Rule ticket, which Mr. Bieber and the other member of committee failed to register. Certainly the ticket will have the right to be placed on the rolls of the tempor- ary organization, his DON’T BE DE for colored people was filled. The Editor of The Bee called ==!at the same window to ascertain whether the statement made to him The Editor ver- ° was true or false. ified the statement that was made t him by the gentleman and his es- cort. ba The election of the Horner-Fla- thers ticket means, therefore, the election of Sidney Bieber, and his election means the endorsement, by colored and white Republicans, of his “Jim Crow” amusement rooms. Will colored Republicans especially be a party to the establishment of these “Jim Crow” theatres owned by Sidney Bieber. Is there no sense of manhoed and womanhood in the colored race? It is said that the Horner-Flathers ticket is satisfac- tory to Senator Foraker. That may be all true enough, but it is not satisfactory to the people, and The Bee, with all due respect to the dis- tinguished Senator from Ohio. The colored Republicans have rights that other people must re- | spect. | iuic If The Bee’s opposition to Horner-Flathers ticket is not en- dorsed by Senator Foraker, it is ‘to be regretted that the Senator and The Bee at this time must part company. There is one thing The Bee can say with proud satisfaction. The Editor of The Bee has never met Senator Foraker personally ; he has never asked him a favor, but the Editor of The Bee has supported Senator Foraker all other white and colored Republicans were when afraid to open their mouths. The Bee was the first journal in the United States to nominate Sen- ator Foraker for the presidency, and when the day looked dark and all others left him The Bee was loyal to him. The Bee is unlike favor although The Bee has been his loyal supporter long before the Srownsville incident ;but when The 3ee sees that a man like Sidney Bieber wants the votes of the col- ored people to elevate him, when he is conducting theatres that dis- criminate against colored Ameri- cans, the time has come then to call a halt, Senator Foraker to the con- trary notwithstanding. Mr, Flathers has never affiliated with the Republicans in his life, and it is unfortunate for Mr. Hor- ner that he is mixed up in this com- pany. The support of this ticket by the colored people means that they endorse Sidney Bieber and} his “Jim Crow” theatres. Colored! citizens, have you any manhood or womanhood? Colored men, have you any respect for your mothers, daughters and sweethearts? If you have, don’t endorse this“Jim Crow” lily-white, quasi Republican ticket. Wait for the people’s ticket, Sid- ney Bieber to the contrary notwith- standing. The Editor of The Bee begs leave to call the attention of the Republicans to the coming election farce, which is to take place short- ly. -The so-called Election Board, It is hoped that the Republicans of this city will not be deceived. It is hoped that they will have pride enough to and discretion enough to do their own thinking and not permit other people to think for them, The Republicans of this city know what they want and the class| of men who are best to represent them. It is not every person who cries “Good Lord, I am a Chris- tian,” who should be trusted. The Bee no doubt will be called upon to give its advice in the ex- isting contest. The Bee has never knowingly deceived the people, and neither will it be a party to de- ception. Republicans, ‘therefore, are warned not to be deceived, but use good judgment always. Men who have kept the Republican par- ty together should be the proper men to have the suffrages of the people. WHAT DID IT MEAN? The absence of Sidney Bieber from his office last Saturday morn- ing, and the failure of his commit- tee to meet to receive the tickets of the candidates for delegates was very significant. The sub-commit- tee of the National Committee will be requested to appoint a new com- mittee, as the call and workings of the present committee are illegal. | PARAGRAPHIC NEWS. Continued from page 1. the 29th of February, and can only have a birthday celebrgtion when leap year comes. The members of his family and friends made him a present of a handsome roll-top desk on his anniversary just past. The promoter of a Negro organ- ization which was formed in Wil- mington, Del., the first part oft his} month, for the purpose of oppos- ing Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt, is said to be Rev. S. L. Corrothers, D.D., of this city. William Coleman, the blind col- ored man who has been selling The Star ac the west entrance of the Treasury Building for the last 20 years, celebrated his one hundredth birthday anniversary last Sunday. ‘Archbishop Ryan has issued a pastoral letter to the priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, in which he denounces dancing at Catholic entertainments for relig- ious and charitable objects. William H. Haycock, a native of the District of Columbia, who has been appointed as superintendent of the city delivery division of the Washington Postoffice, in the place of Captain Johnson, has commenc- ed his new duties. Dr, W. P. Thirkield, president of Howard University, spoke at a mass meeting in the opera house at Rockville, Md., last Saturday evening. It is said that Mr. J. A. Lank- ford and brother have designed and built more buildings than any oth- er firm of its kind and that their plans rank first in every respect. Mrs. Alexandria Camphor, mis- sionary from West Africa,who was in this city some time ago, address- ed the Y. W. C. A. in New York city lately. with the exception of one member, has violated its own rules andj white Republicans take in the pres- ‘nt contest. There are at no time those of the National Committee- The so-called election of delegates Miss Meta Warrick, of Philadel- phia, the noted sculptress, has two pieces of her work on exhibition this year in the Paris Salon. | There will be two registrations! stateCommerce Commission against Ten men and three women were injured and many thrown into a panic during a fierce riot on a Chi- | fago street car, between colored | and white men early last Monday. It is said that five bishops of the cided that no “CaCbinet officer African Methodist Episcopal Ch. | have filed charges with the Inter- tie roalroads operating in theSouth because their accommodations were inferior, after paying first-class fare, The report of George C. Haven- ner, chief of the division of print- ing of the Department of Com. merce and Labor, on the compara- tive cost of printing for the exe: utive departments was made public last Tuesday. The State Department describ- | ed the situation at Haiti last Tues- day as being more grave than at any time since the revolution had been in progress there. As a result of the discovery ot a case of smallpox aboard the cruis- er Brooklyn, lying at the League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 2,000 persons were vaccinated and the cruiser fumigated and placea jin quarantine. | The Richmond Reformer an- that a concert orchestra with 30 skilled musicians has been added to Richmond’s acquisitions. We are in receipt of the Second Quarterly issue of the Sunday Schoo! Itierature from the National Baptist Publishing Board. Victor Herbert says he will now abandon composing music if me- i nounces chanical musical devices are per- {mitted to use music without com- pensating the author, AGAINST PROHIBITION. Continued from page 1 be better conducted. “The overzealous ought to be edu- cated. They are possibly honest, but are in a small minority. I believe men of power and wealth want the present condition. What we want is to live in peace and harmony. “We are men of all nations and creeds. Let us stand together, and let no one try to drive out a legiti- ;mate business.” | As to Army Canteen. A solo was rendered by T. H.Max- well, of the St. Aloysius Club, and Chairman De Nedrey introducedGen- eral Burt, of the United States Army, retired. He reviewed the conditions lin the army since the abolishment of the canteen, “which has been char- acterized as the most cowardly form of prohibition,” and said the taking} away of the canteen had been a sad blow to the army and its discipline and good order. “I have been a total abstainer for twenty years,” General Burt said, “but I am here tonight in defense of personal liberty. “I believe it is the foundation rock of our country. Our forefathers fought for it, and why should we de- part from that magnificent prin-| ciple ?” Touching on the canteen question, General Burt said the abolishing of I shall not rest in heaven, but look the canteen was a crime against the defenseless soldiers. } “When the canteen was abolish- ed,” said General Burt, “myriads of vile grog shops sprung up about the posts, even at Fort Myer, where the soldiers were invited to drink. There are more courts-martial, more deser- tions and crime in the army now than there was before the canteen was abolished. “Let me repeat that personal lib- erty is founded on the rock of ages, first, last, for all time.” General Burt, in conclusion, paid a tribute to the efficiency of the po- lice ferce of Washington under the discipline and methods of Major Syl- vester. Anselm Neuberger, representing the German citizens, said he and his people are opposed to the prohibition movement, Mr. Neuberger read an original poem, grounded on the words of the Old Testament, showing that Noah believed in taking wine when he wanted it. Claudius Bowman sang a solo, and letters of regret were read fromKurt Voelckner, president of the German societies; Miss Phoebe W. Cousins, and J. E. White, secretary of the Personal Liberty League, who said he wrote in behalf of 50,000 follow- ers. The meeting was concluded with the singing by Mrs. McConnell of “Annie Laurie.” Preceding the mass meeti: z there was a concert by Prof. Pistor v's or- chestra. “Read The Bee. i i SUBJECTS Suggested by Booker T. Washington for Discussion Before Local Negro Business Leagues During the Months of March and April, 108. 1. What can be done to extend the influence of the local League? What new business enterprises are most needed in this community? 3- In what manner can a larger proportion of the money spent by our people be turned into Negro business enterprises ? 4. Is it a practical thing to organ- ize and conduct a Negro bank in this | community ? 5. Co-operation of the business and professional men 6. How can the minister help the business enterprises? 7 prises help the minister? 8. The importance of having a regular meeting place and a regular date of meeting. 9. Methods of securing the co- operation and assistance of the hard- working, middle classes of our peo- ple. 10. The work and influence of the National Negro Business League,and the importance of sending a delegate to the Baltimore meeting in August. 11. The importance of securing friendly disposed and successful white business men to deliver addresses be- fore the local league. 12. The importance of our busines” men buying their business property before the growth of the community makes it impossible for them to do so, 13. What do the Negro schools teach of the history and progress of the race? 14. How can our league co-op- erate with our various race papers and magazines in spreading important news regarding the race? 15. Is it practicable to establish in our city a reading room and li- brary devoted to the interests of the race? FAREWELL MESSAGE THE RACE. In his funeral sermon over the re- mains of Mrs. Ida D. Bailey, of the city of Washington, D. C., Rev. F. Grimke said: A short while ago, after a terrible fit of suffering, when it seemed as if the end was approaching, she be- lieved that she was really nearly the end, and, asking to be lifted up, she called for pen, paper, and ink, and with great labor and trembling hand, wrote a brief statement which she wanted handed to me after she was gone. It contained instructions concerning her funeral, and some other things. It begins: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Reading: “I wenty-third A TO out Psalm, “the Lord is my- shepherd.” 1. “One sweetly solemn thought.” 2. “I shall see him face to face.” 3. “Not half has ever been told.” It then goes on: “I have this mes-} sage for those who love me: Live for God. Give your heart to him. And your life, if need be, for the} emancipation of the Negro race in} this land of his birth. | Fight race discrimination. Fight the “Jim Crow” cars. Lend a hand to Monroe Trotter; hold up his hands; for if you don’t agree with all his methods, you know he is honest in this ques- tion. Hold up his hands. God hates a coward; be brave men; be brave women. down from abeve, if continue my interest. God bless my poor race, and lead | them on through this wilderness.” From this you will see what a large place this race occupied in her heart, } and how, to the very last, she con-| tinued to think about it. Only a few) days before she passed away, as I} talked with her, she would say every} now and then, “My poor race, my} poor race.” The impress of death} was already on her face, but it could not efface the thoughts of her poor race. | Forget Not Her Words, Don’t Sur-| render Don’t let us forget her dying words} “Be brave men, be brave wo- men.” What she meant was: Don’t become discouraged, don’t ‘ose heart; | don’t cowardly surrender your rights as American citizens — right guar-| anteed to you under the Constitu-} tion, under the great war Amend- ments — rights that have come -to you after a baptism of blood — rights that have been paid for, richly pur-| chased. See to it, is what she is} saying to us, in this great democratic republic, that -you acquit yourselves; like men and women, that you insist | upon and keep on insisting upon be- | ing treated, civilly and politically,and | in every other respect, as other cit-| zens of the republic are treated. With | less than this no manly man, no wo-| manly woman ought to he content. | And this is her message to this race | of ours all over the country. We shall see her face no more in the flesh, but her spirit need not de- part from us. God grant that it may { can, and to us: | ! How can the business enter-| } jamended, except the jing rearranged for theatrical ——————— never, but that it may be constantly hovering about us, and that her dying words may often be heard ringing in our ears: “Be men; be brave women.” Francis J. Grimke. Washington, D. C., Feb. 24, 1908. brave i ITEMS ON THE WING. Last Wednesday John H. Mapp, colored, of Chicago, Illinois, was shot to death by James McDonald, white, | because he jostled him in the street car accidentally. This world, the next, and then the fireworks! For light upon dark sub- | jects read The Bee. The President has installed to full | membership in the Ananias Club one | Jessie B. Roote, attorney, of Salt Lake City, Utah. “ Miss Etta P. Grove, of Chicago, now at Long Beach, Cal., has fasted | for thirty-one days. She will be able | to continue at least two weeks long- | ef. New Jersey fish and game ward- jens have collected fines to the amt. of $340,0co on 17,000 birds seized | in the line of duty. April 26 the Catholics of the Dio- cese of New York will celebrate the one hundredth anniversary by a ju- bilee. American soldiers started a riot in | Havana last week in which forty | soldiers were arrested (we wonder if | they will be mustered out like the | Twenty-‘fth!). From recent reports the matter is being investigated by | Colonel Greble. | Lewis Thompson, aged 99 years, jof Islip, L. 1, was bought out by jhis friends, who tendered their con- | gratulations and gave him three rous- jing cheers. He conducted a candy | store for a number of years at said | place. =, | The present around the world by our fleet is not only enter- | taining other nations, snubs Japan, | but it helps the present Administra- jtion, and when we are in politics, backed by the finances put up by Uncle Sam, it is hard to beat the At the Bon Homme Pastime Club jof New York, last Friday, Mississ- jippi, colored lightweight, knocked | Billy Edwards, white, out in six rounds of the 15-round bout. Good boy! The M. W. Grand Lodge( Virginia Avenue Faction) held a communica- |tion last week. Much business was transacted. Ill. W. H. Grimshaw, Thirty-third degree,has had his hands full. Nothing will ruin an institution quicker than an incompetent head of affairs. In this day and time brains count in many cases more than mo- ney. The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge closed its Quarterly Communication March 10. Consid- erable business was transacted. The next communication will be on or be- fore St. John’s Day, June 24, 1908, at Washington, D. C. Grand Masters of Masonic Lodge es, while they have great powers, their acts are subject to the approval of the Grand Whenever Grand Lodges of Masons violate the Ancient Landmarks of Masonry they cease to be a Grand Lodge, which is only regulated by the Landmarks, writeen and general regulations ;Con- cruise Eureka 3odies | stitutions and By-laws, which can be Landmarks. If followed there of the Three these rules had been would be no necessity | Grand Lodges in the District of Co- at the ) AT iM- lumbia. (The big head was bottom of the whole NEGROES MAKE GRE PROV AENT ON THEIR THEIR PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Reformers Rearrange Theatrical poses. The True Reformer Building, on the corner of Twelfth and U streets northwest, the largest, finest, and most expensive building in the coun- try owned by Negroes ,is now being overhauled, and the auditorium be- pur- poses. The plumbing has been moved busine: Their Pur- True Auditorium for |from the second floor front to the gallery floor, and the division office has been enlarged, also the dental office of Dr. Barrier has been enlarg- ed with the addition of another op- erating room. The stage has been raised and the dressing rooms, cur- tains and scenery, plumbing have been added, so any classical play can be staged and the people accocmmo- dated. The Washington Division of the True Reformers is under the skillful management of Chi¢f W. R. Griffin, who has not only made a record in the District, but thorughout the West as a financier and organizer. Lankford & Bro. are also supervis- ing the improvement and an addition to Mr. James W. Green’s residence, 2021 Eleventh street northwest. They have in the past three years designed and supervised the’ construction of | five buildings for this prosperous bus- iness man. Mr. Green is proprietor of a barber shop at 2017 Fourteenth street northwest.