The Washington Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1908, Page 1

—_ gems 2. ES WASHING TOL. XXIX NOIG WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1908. ee ml : |the Negro race, and inspire an al-| py | t ——. 2 Me ey : | for much of the feeling that manifests JUDGE TAFT’S MANLY SPEECH] itself in 4 ue j the contumely heaped upon| Lynching Denounced and the Rights | the black man; at times entirely un-} of Colored Americans | F : Upheld... | justified by his orderly conduct artd| ~ +... They Must Win Their Way.....| for the aciual cruelty visited upon the| ftneee Industrial and Higher..... *}race by mobs, and the uncalled for| Education. _, | denial of civil privileges by indivic eI September 16— The} yajs, s ean-cut and outspoken | - Judge William Howard | indicated a tender realization of the} t to the colored ministers at Ci 1 : r 4 : heart-throbs of the Negro race—a| ti onTuesday evening has heart- | sympathetic comprehension of the tra-| ened his colored adherents beyond} asur Although the Judge Taft’s concluding remarks | | Tess of gedy that lies in disappointed hopes, utterance | thwarted ambitions, and It will be settled | restricted | aie Cneaiaee as a of Congress. opportunities—al}l because of the} the candidate on the rights of the| color of his cutcle, but added that “In} “gro in his speech of acceptance} spite of all, you should be of good | no doubt in the mind of most peo-| cheer. “The future is brighter for you| as to where he stood on the ques-| and is more in your own hands than} | on nearest to the Afro-Ameri | ever b The nation must deal with the) rt, the Cincinnati deliverance took} problem that the presence of the} » the specific problems in a more | Negro presents and solve them just!y | plified way and clinched the more] fairly, and charitably. | sympathy; Though brought here against hi with, and approval of, Negro progress! will and now, in a sense, the ward of| ly the sentiments of at had. gone before jthe nation by reason of that fact, the} anguage «marke onal sti ax 5 - In language anarked by unui ual di | Negro is not therefore relieved from ectness and force, Judge Taft took) the burden of responsibility that he occasion to reiterate its heartfelt i: must assume to win his way in the} he uplift of the Negro race,| community by industry and thrift, to] from abolition parentage erited a place in which he becomes too val- t 1 fr " od.and s' ‘ate : = 3 A : tured from boyhood,and stimu'ated] yable a part of society for his depr=- | | h his experience with the dark-} cjators to ignore his rights and well- people in the Philippines. | earned position.” } eviewed the struggles of the race} The speech has doubtless strength-} t re: F fi | . | om the time of slavery, and found] ened the Judge with the colored peo-| > satisfaction in the marvelous} ple everywhere The warm reception had made in education, | accorded it by representative Negroes mmerce and in agricultural and in-| o¢ Cincinnati indicated that the Jud dustrial rogress it pursuits. He extolled the! j, 4 prophet who has an abundance of alue of education of ever kind, and| honor in his own home. The small felt that the training most! contingent of the race who insist that 1 b ythe masses at this time lay) the election of Mr. Bryan offers the the agricultural and industrial) on!y relief from the alleged indiffer- , this e'ementary and rudimentary jer and neglect of the Republican ation should be supplemented by} party are left without a leg to stand higher education for those of larger | on. Like “Othello,” their “occupation ipicity and more liberal opportuni-| ;, gone.” The charge that Judge Tatt’s} al call- |triumph means an endorsement 91 gs. He added significantly and with} gisfranchisement and “lily-whiteism, ties to furnish well-rounded ministers, doctors, lawyers and the sp aging frankness: engaging V ; wil now be but “sounding brass and “I have not always believed in the |tinkling cymbals” {9 annoy the ear education for members of the j z and convincing to nobody who has a Negro race, because of alack of OP-| taste for real melody. The spec cries of*Greensboro!” and “L more than a perfunctory way, but,| pon!” portunity to study the whole subject} & and “Tuskegee!” wil fall flat ra full consideration of the needs} when the Taftites hurl back the echo’s| ace, in the light of his secant “Cincinnati! Cincinnati!”—for it i possibilities and — Ssplendt remembered that in this his- hievements, | am convinced that I Queen City the Judge’s two] | sabes yugle calls to the race were sounded. A race that can increase its body of) Until Mr. Bryan disavows his New 5 to 50 per cent.in forty} y disfranchisement, approval of ears is capable of using to the ad- ns the failure of the Den Fcisies and the nation the) -onvention to declare for the consti-| ) ec mcation obtainable and a of the Negro, as we ight to have the best that the nation) .. 4), ence on she subject “f] ; ; N citizenship, any notice paid .o} of mob violenc?, | red He 2 pittance handed the ans who are tryin m by spoke out in unequivocal I exhibitions of nunciation of the | the Democracy 3 | , Will be a sheer we rutish cruelt that had been happen-| H rf val ng all to frequently in many sections; 71.4 le time | Taft’s Cincinnati keynote} f the country, and feelingly deplored | bus n the Negro spell-ginders of t that these fiendish crimes} , a so-called! 7 : -| : cave“) to ta'k about for the remainder cf} c 1 be perpetrated by vilized peop'e against innocent men} |, ;_ campaign of education. d women, simply because ¢ eir = id women, simply because of their) J, y ot be out-of place to remark | f or Zz ‘It is impossible,” said he, “to read} mice more, in this connection that the P speeches delivered by Judge Taft at accounts of this sort without having} (, 2's bloc oil with indignatic at | 7 s blood boil with indignation that) Jy: the Negro e can res in the human breast} : : f: ere can reside in the nan dreas'| chosen to distort for personal reasons, | sboro, Lexington and Tuskegee, Democrats have on such a savage and beastly impulse an a ich a savage and beastly impulse and, 4; simply candid, straightforward} tive. “The best remedy and the | , and impartial analyses of an exasper-j continued the} ary one,” = situation, for which no immedi- His in- stigation uncovered a foul state of} affairs, but he could not, as an honest man, promise instantaneous relief; he would treat it as best he could, but} Judge, ate remedy could be found. inistration of our criminal laws and V holding to strict account the offi-- -ers of the law who do not use all > means to prevent or suppress} possi putbreaks, |the solution must be for the future. Throughout the able and cogent ad-| iress, which will be found in full in| Judge Taft dissected conditions in the} South as a surgeon would disclose the the daily pay of the human body, trikes straigh srs, the eminent jurist| from the shoulder in fullest observance of} diseased tisu without responsibility for their ex- istence, yet prescribing, according to} the laws designed to protect every! bi; judgment, a course of treatment| citizen e enjoyme: f his con-| See = tieal ‘< % eae 3 the enjoyment of ae COn-| that might in time lead to a restora- stitutional rights, regardles of “rate,| ji... of health. His penetrating eye aie j noted the evils of disfranchisement, tr p” e sl Vv > lette . er . tude.” He stod by the letter and _— lynching, peonage and restriction of £ the e ents 1 dec! Be . i »f the War Amendments and declare civil rights, and told the world about] that they were a part of the Federal them: laying bare the rottenness in| Comet and _— - enforced : der that the conscience of the nation| ag. TCU SDE 88 Feelonsly as omer might be aroused and be moved to ections are enforced. He condemned] 21 4 tonic that would drive out these a8: StEOnE!Y. 25 worts-and eee eet impurities from the American system. } abled him, the public men, who in He exposed not only the rottenness their discussions of the Negro ques-| .+ couthern methods with reference tion,use language calculated to arouse! -+—— in the ignorant a deep contempt for of the color or previous condition of ser Continued on 4th page. h and order” enough matter | < | upon himself. | preacher, only a few BORDERING ON LUNAC A Rey. Loafer and Falsifier Hot Shot From Major C. Douglas. Editor “The Bee :— I wish to congratulate the Bee for its full and complete answers ¥. R. in its last issue to the questions} propounded in a recent communi- |} cation from a Negro Democrat. These answers were contained in| a number of short and pointed] items, and went straight home to the m | | | THE COLORED VOTE IN NEW YORK. New York City, September 15, 08.— The colored vote in the city is some- what divided, but I am inclined to be- lieve that it will find its level before election day, if it is properly treated. I see that there is a great deal of dis- appointment among the colored voters on account of the retirement of Hon. | Elmer Dover from the active manage- met of the National Committee, The sentiment#fer Mr.Dover in New York is very strong) Efiave always had a is at Red Bank, N. J. He is not doing much active work in the present campaign. NOT J Many of ) BLAME, colored voters in the state are not anxious to see a Dem- ocratic president elected. The women especially, say that they have had hard times enough this summer, without having a hard winter. They cannot be convinced otherwise. Chariman Hitchcock was not at head-quarters today. The active man in charge is, dion. Elmer Dover. I THINK ¢ SAW QookER T GOING INTC | THE BEE z feu PASSED HERE SPOKE, WILL I PESTER Him HE Bit ME ow THE ANKLE He P| MEOW THERWGe MUST ADmit] NEVER SurFeReo SucH | AGONEY BEeFroRe 3 KNOW oF THAT Witte — ME oF my SUFFERING S16 50 ADVISE ME AT \ COMEDY IN THREE ACTSFntitled the See's oe Negro Dem The position of the follows: ocrat is as He complainesthat the Repub-|* : e: Vv lican party fails to correct abuses, | nd indignities put upon him by his own party, or that he inflicts ocrat, he shares in responsibili and aids in all that party does States and localities where it is in supreme control. He seeks to be restrained against himself. The lunatic or one bordering on lu- nacy is in exactly the same posi- | tion as the Negro Democrat. Fis This is his cry. somewhere else, non-voter, non tax payer, buting into everything, family broils, school affairs, and A real leader cannot limit hi politics. The vicinity in which his church is located is teeming in vice; the jail and workhouse fill- ed with those needing his care and religious consolation, and yet he turns his church into a hot-bed of political agitation, and abuse of people who work for their living; while he struts about in broad- cloth,from the hard earnings of the poorly paid washer-women. I would rather be an eighty cent clerk than a Rev. loafer andfal- sifier. ie | For being a Dem-| that there is a great need of Mr.| | | me, put me in a straight | does'nt come, you may depend on it,} jacket lest I do myself injury./that there will be “nothing doing, Charles R. Douglass. }dence and country, and in fact throughout the ry high opinion of Mr. Dover, and have. | Things are a little quiet in and| | around head-quarters. I feel confident | Dover being in charge of the colored} as his assistants, who have the confi-| a | respect of the colored | voter. { Bishop Walters has an independent | political club in New York. The| club means business. That is, it is} out for the “stuff,” and if the “stuff” | so far as the members are concerned. ; is at the head of the colored Dem-) ocratic contingency. He will have as his two members of the Walters club. °"THE COLORED BROTHER. I have been watching the colored} brother and see but little of his work Just what he does in New York, Iam} unable to say. Everywhere I go I see him holding up the lamp posts and} corner bar rooms. He seems to be al gentleman of leisure. He is always dressed in the height of fashion, and where he gets his money, I am unable to state. Some one works for him. The Hotel Maceo is doing great busin Mr. Thomas and his most genial wife are running the Maceo. You should never fail to go to this assistants There is are getting warm. far as the colored vote is concerned,} g great deal of work to be done, and t get to work. Wels THE SCHOOLS, Oppositien t Il and Baily. There is a great deal of dissatis- the committee n | a 2 : | faction to Messrs. John C. Noll and njend of the campaign, with such men} id W. L. Baily, as supervising principals in the colored schools. The immedi- ate transfer of these two men, would undoubtedly give entire satisfaction to those who are interested in the public schools. What the schools need, are men who have the support of the teachers, and the public. There are men connected with the schools who would make good We have the spectacle here of a} The colored brother in New York is| uccessors to Noll and Baily years from | looking for it, you may depend upon; OPENING _{it. Hon. James C. Mathews of Albany,! DAY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. The opening chapel service for the A Departments of Howard Univesity will take place Wednesday, September 23d at 11 a. m. It is im- portant that every student be present. The prospect is for a record breaking ademic attendance in all departments, WORK TO BE DONE. Some colored men may turn foo!s, and vote the Democratic ticket; but they will regret it in the end. There is work to be done. Seventy-one years ago,in this same Springfield, Il!., then a little Western frontier town, a young men’s lyceum used to meet on winter evenings to discuss public questons. mE a An order was issued last week by; Public Printer Leech for the organ- iaztion of a night force of about for- ty pressmen and press feeders for the Government Printing Office, The War Department closed last Saturday at 12.30 o'clock for the last time this year. An unusually brilliant auroora bo- realis was observed in this city one night last week by the officers of the Naval Observatory. Refresentative George A.“Pearre began actively his campaign for re- election fast Monday afternoon in the Sixth Maryland District, The Bee acknowledges the receipt of a vocal piece of music, efititled andy and I,” from the Globe Music Company New York. The piece is worthy of commendation. The celebration of the rooth anni- versary of the founding of the first Grand Lodge of Negré Masons in the United States was held in Boston, week, S;ringfield, IL, drophobia as a result , committed suicide, r aBrnes left the city re- end the convention of first-class postmasters, which conven- ed at Chattanooga, Tenn., last Tues- day, to be held until Thursday, in- clusive. The c Postui ly to ion on the betterfient will soon assemble in Mrs, Sara A. Silence George P. Silence, was held in the Fifteenth Street Presby- teri: last Tuesday aiter- noon. the wife A ro'ling soup kitchen is expected to reach this city shortly, and will be sent to the Washington Barracks. The kitchen is a very large kettle on wheels, usually drawn in the Russian or German armies by two horses. The Chinese Minister, Wu Ting- Battle Creek, Mich., for st unday night. S. A. Kimberly, local manager of the American Ice Company, announc- ed last Saturday afternoon that the company wou!d close its hygienic ice making plant because of the action of the Dist forcing the smoke regulation in con- nection with establishment, It is stated that complaints are be- Fang, left this city officials in strictly ginning to arrive again concerni the tardy deliv sry of mail matter, At the annual protracted meeting of South Boston (Va.) Colored C near Craddocksville, it is reported that a row rred over a game of crap. Samuel L Devine, who was the largest pos , weghing about 350 pounds, d Hanover, Pa., the first part « week. About 1 mbers of the Milk Producers’ Association of Maryland, District of Columbia, ession last Tuesday af- ternoon, discussed a proposal to ad- vance the price of milk and cream. Mrs L-zzie Steeie, said to be a wife of a resident of this cty, became violently insane while en route from this city \yr a Baltimore and Ohio tran to Philadelphia, Pa., to attend the “Holy Rollers” convention, The Nashville, Tenn., Globe says: The Republicans of Tennessee have harmonized their differences and the popularity of Judge Taft is recoge nized.” The Chcago Conservator’s cartoon “Standing in Their Own Light” con- tains volumes. : The 28th annual session of the Na- tional Baptist Convention convened last Wednesday morning in the Chau- tauqua Ha'l at Lexington, Ky. The Dallas Express suggests the whiping post for the petty thief, law- breaker, liar and vag. Mexico’s Fourth of July was be- |}gun last Tuesday with the boomng of cannon and ringing of bells. Judge Taft addressed a gathering of colored ministers of the Ohio Con- ference of the A. M. E. Church last Tuesday night at Cincinnati,O. He expressed his sympathy for the Ne- groes and denounced lynching. The public schools of the District of Columbia will open gext Monday Continued to page 4. irginia and who were ir oe on an 109k