The Washington Bee Newspaper, October 3, 1908, Page 4

ccratic party, what man to expect in the event of the Democratic party? | Colored men of the nation, if you have honor, and respect the; virtue of your wives and daugh-i ess of THE BER turn a deaf ear to the plead-j lings of the party that has diciar.! ed that colored Americans are in-! feriors: that colored Americans! the memory of his ancestors and| what they suffered under Demo- cratic rule to support that party. How does this cold and hellish deed against the innocent men, women and children appeal to of colored American does the argu- Se 1109 Eye St., N. W., Wasnington, D. C. W. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR. marten are not entitled to citizenship. No colored citizen with any Entered at the Post Office at Washing- : z seli-respect can so soon forget , D. C., as second-class rail matter. is} ESTABLISHED 1880, the TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy per year in advance. .....$2.00 senses citizens? How ment strike them? This reminds The Bee of the Duke of Gloucester’s appeal to Elizabeth for the hand of her ..| daughter. and when he was told by her to present to her the head ] .50 20 cription monthly ............- | the colored | about five hundred colored votes and no more, and the majority of these will be in New York. DEMOCRATIC PARTY DUPLICITY. | The colored voters of the coun- try are warned to be on the look- It is a iset that the few representa- out for Democratic duplicity | who in- for tive colored men were to fluenced declare were promised several thousand to this promise,they were promised sev- 1 dollars, and in addition eral offices held by colored men who now occupy them. One or two men who have received from | local Democrats in the city a few dollars, amounting to about two} The bagged by « hundred money has been | individual, and he} declares to the other that he has} not received a cent. Thus it will be seen at once that these colored |< Shylocks are after the filthy lucre to put int their own pockets. far, these men have re- Thus ceived all promises; which have destroyed their so called Democratic The so called anti-Taft organization organization, in this city consists of about one 1 dozen men and no more, The “ is confident that the organization could not turn out twenty colored men for Bran. It is evident that the Dem- voting | | ecratic managers are deceiving these money Shylocks, who are endeavoring to deceive the color- ed people throughout the coun- try. The using all kinds of subterfuges to influence weak colored men to de- Democratic party is ceive the colored voters. The Democratic party once in control of the government, means everlasting damnation to the col- ored Americans in this country. Admitting that the Republican party has been derelict in its duty towards colored Americans; is there any reason that can be ad- vanced why colored men should support the Democratic party.that ha s ben an inveterate enemy and a draw back to colored citizens ever sinee the proclamation of| vanced that can warrant colored} the government? There can be no argument ad- men to support the Democratic} notwithstanding the decla- of Foraker. He took up the cause of the colored | but, does it} party, ration Senator soldiers it is true, stand for reason that colored men should, on account of the indif- ference of the Republican party, support the party that enslaved} them and continues to oppress and red anchise ther Where is the consistency? Are} these not grave questions to con-| | front colored Americans? MORE BLOODY WORK. Bryan, | colored vote. { party. }ed men to retaliate. In what way? ot her father and other kin who} were murdered by Gloucetser he left in disgust and delcared that | to win her was not the way daughter. | The same picture confronts col- | ored Americans to influence the Thousands murdered and hundreds of houses are destroyed yearly by the Democratic party. are and still that party appeals to this] ce at this time to elect theDem-| ocratic standard bearers of that} It is only necessary to review the record of the Demo-} cratic party as it relates to colored Americans. If there is one com-| mendable feature in that record. | then Ben Tillman will pray that} all colored Americans be placed | upon social and political equality | the white people in the} It is. indeed, sad to read with South. the press dispatches of this re-| | jcent outrage. This bloody deed} should be read. which appears | elsewhere in The Bee. THE PRESIDENT. Mr. Roosevelt, 1t must be ad-| mitted, no matter what his faults | y be, is today the greatest and | me the most able statesman of his Let us throw aside what personal feeling we may have and} consider Mr.Roosevelt in the ca- pacity of a President of a great nation. He has endeavored to be the president of all true Amer- times t icans, irrespective of color and politics. He has denounced corruption wherever found: in the palaces of | the rich, or the huts and hovels| of the He has the man, although he made a mistake | dismissal of the colored poor. stood by colored in the troops. He has not denounced colored | Americans as should colored men vote against a race ;then why the f Senator arty Foraker advises color- Would that be right, and is this the proper advice to give to an li Mr. Foraker had perfecting a compromise with Mr. Taft what oppressed race? succeeded in a compromise was perfected what The Bee advises to stand did he advise? ali by the party of human rights, as the President has done nothing that would warrant colored men to desert Mr. Taft. MAY BE CRAZY, BUT NOT Mr. Jones, Editor of the Paul Jones Monthly Magazine, predicts or rather asserts that a large number of coiored men will colored Americans | ful Paul The Bee takes this opportunity of calling the attention of all de- cent colored Americas to the} recent diabolical work of South- ern Democrats and Night Riders against respectable colored citi- zens at Albany, Ga. Will colored men with any self- respect urge their fellow-brother to support Mr. Bryan and the Democratic party? If such hell- | ish deeds at this time are com- mitted in the South by the Dem- | Jones, that Mr. Bryan will receive vote ror Mr. Bryan in November. Mr. Bryan like Editor Jones, may be a very good man, but just con- sider the men who are behind Mr. Bryan. What hope would there be for eclored Americans with such men as Tillman, Vardaman and others \from the grafters and politicians |day will come when such men as vould have been his advice to the| |colored voters? When he thought Jored Americans to have a watch- In New Jersey, the colored vote is almost solid for Mr. Taft, not- withstanding the attitude ofBish- op Alexander Walters. ‘ There is no dissatisfaction | among the colored voters in the; State.and not} southern part of the enough in the northern part that will affect the Republican ticket. There are a number of colored men out for the “stuff,” or the} “filthy lucre;” so to speak: aside from that, the colored men have nothing to do with the Democrtic party. Colored Americans | crazy, but indeed they are not] sensible “may be fools.” MUCH POLITICS. It is to be regretted to see the appearance of so much politics in the Grand United Order of Odd There was a time when TOO Fellows. one could boast of the purity and benevolence of this great ancient order. The great men of this order, so far as colored Americans are cencerned, have Their deeds do no seem to be ob- passed away. ject-lessons to the young element} which ists and controls this great organization. now ¢ Polites graft seem to be the stock in trade. Great men have been re- to make room for these moved grafting politicians. The order yuthern members of the must come forward and place one of their own number }| in command, and thus redeem 1¢€ the eatest The tl organizations in the world. in Howze, Knox, Davis and others will vindicate themselves. Many them don’t like Wright, Mannings, Johnson,W son and others of such high sense of such men as honor. of There is too much politics. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Perhaps no institution in the | United States opened under any| brighter auspices than Howard} University. Since the election of| Dr. Thirkield no man has taken greater interest as its president} in advancing this great college. As an of never before in the history of the evidence its suce institution has it ever been nec- essary to advertise for outside} quarters to domicile the students, Howard University has always vecen large enough, even in the palmy days of its wealth and pros- perity. The of Prof. Kelly Millér as the dean of the College, has had a great deal to with selection do the over dilow ; present and in addition to the selection} of Prof. Miller, Dr. Booker Washington as one of the trustees of the University has added great- ly to its present success Then again Toward Univer- sity has a great executive head in the person of President Thir hield Ihe law ané medical depart- ments will also be large. DOES HE SLEEP? s the watchman asleep at his st? not for Americans the time to this ored awake? Jho then tells him to continue | his sleep while the enemy invades their homes? t is indeed important for col- eye on their surroundings. 1 watchman sleep, | Joes the now the all-absorbing question? TAFT WILL BE ELECTED. Notwithstanding the personal attacks that have been made up- or judge Taft, the signs of the times predict his election next month. Fate has so decreed it. FAVORS THE 15TH AMENDMENT. Jdge Taft Out in Flat-Footed De- --claration for Negro Suffrage— of their kind as Mr. Bryan’s ad- visers, The “Bee” is condent, Mr. | William Howard Taft is in favor of| immediately bolted the convention :by | } .-Denounces Preacher Corrothers as .-@ “Liar — Letter to Lawyer White. Constitution; which declares that the ed to any ci on account of race, color, or previous ‘and because ‘right of suffrage shall not be abridg-| itizen of the United States of servitude.” When the| ention of the Republican nominee was cailed to the circular sent out by Rey. S. L. Corrothers, a Washington preacher, stating that Judge Tait, in a public speech, had favored the aboli- tion of the 15th Amendment, that | condition a i eminent statesman did not mince words in making an of the charge plainest kind of nphatic denial He declared in the| the re- port put out by Corrothers is a “lie.”| The and vigorous denia e in a letter from the Republican White, a lead- ing colored lawyer of this city. language thz prompt candidate to Albert S Corrothers,it will be remembered,is at the head of “League,” said an anti-administration to be composed of col- ored voters, but who the other officers | of the “League” are, aside from Cor- rothers, not known, nor is there} any definite means of knowing who} the members are or where they are] jever since. of the church and adopted his reso- lutions endorsing President Roose- velt. About a year ago Dr. Corrothers | was a candidate for Chaplaincy in| the army, the place that is now held by Rev. Osear B. Ssott. Dr, Corro-| thers was requested to take the ex- amination, and the result was that Rev. Oscar J. Scott secured the place after a very rigid examination. Dr. Corrothers has beea displeased S d | | | SAYS CORROTHERS I A LIAR. Republican Nominee Did Net De clare for Repeal of 15th Amend-| s TAFT ..--Strong Letter to Lawyer White | Louisville, Ky., Sept. 29— W: the 15th Amendment to the Federal Constitution, which declares that “the right of suffrage shall not be abridged to any the United States on account of race, color or previou citizen of condition of servitude.” located. It is generally believed and assert- at Corrothers and his mouth are the “whole thing The object of the| “Li ” is to encompass the defeat | f Taft and to discredit the} President administration of Roose velt. i4nidas The correspondence between Judge} Taft and Mr, White was as follows:| Lawyer White’s Lette Judge Taft. | The Hon. William H it, — Middle Bass, O, — Dear Sir: I was shown} a circular today from a colored Wash- ihe 5 h 1€ ington, D.C., preacher, R Corrothers, in which appeals to} vote against be- | his people to cause he alleges t in an address} you had sta’ aw that cannot} enforced ought to be repealed. He | ims that you had direct reference} I letter Amendment. en-| but | Fifteenth procure to the deavored to the without avai It tucky will give y« I harm Ken- ectoral votes is becat eve that yu her ¢ believe that this lette tk any true j lo ri at you. I] may if com-| ation is mun 1 seme sentence that has been distorted context, and made to able ends. from the duty for his mi If you have made any speech sus- perversion, kindly or the part pertinent such it ceptible of let me have |lican nominee was called to the cir- When the attention of the Repub- | | | cular sent out by the Rev. S. L. Cor - ment — Believes in Negro Suffrage | « lian Howard Taft is in favor of| ¢ under the safe and Ralph W. Tyler. Why mot place hunters wait un- til after the election to pick out their jobs? Didn't Tait’s Cincinnati speech si- lence the growlers? sane leadership 7 ca How can a West Virginia Negro support the jim-crow platform of the Democratic party? If the veteran Editor of the Pioneell Press, J. R. Clifford has gone crazy. Where T. Thomas Fo tune stands now. Why was the Good Samaritan’s National session at Baltimore post- poned | poned Will ion National Medical to Boston—or somew else—next year, Why has Prof. W. H. H. unated himself from the pi the Asso- is Fredman’s Hospital to be a institution ? In what proportion are the represented on the managerial Freedman’s Hospital ? Has H. J. Pickett, now of On Ne Why is the astute } turned Prohibitioni James C. Mat- ews leaving all the noise making z z | ment, that eminent statesman did not |} | posed of NE ;rothers and his mouth are the * | thing.” | r aid to be a Zion preacher Washington, D. C.,_ stating that! verts, Judge Taft, in a public sheech, favor-| ed the abolition of the 15th Amend-| 4; thers, ers, rocketing to the new con- S. L. Corrothers a can- corder of Deeds? Fer Is the Rev. r Re We Democrat guson a “real mince words in making an emphatic ‘ ce in g an emphatic national headquar- denial of the charge. hicago He declared in the plainest kin that Preacher Corrothers is The prompt and vigorous denial} came in a leter from the Republi candidate to Albert S, Whit ke If the colored Bryanites havn't r languag the report put out at ammndion, a “lie. laster tt for F third the hy not a term Grand Huston, Odd chieftair Z does ev little two b: ing colored lawyer of this city. rothers, it will-be remembered, the head of some kind of an anti-ad- ministration“ League,” said to be cor politician insist upon wing himself by organizing a sepa- bureau rate and distinct campai in your coa o McK other officers ney nor is there definite way ofknow- | who the members are where | ¢ they are ated. It is generally be-| lieved and openly asserted that Cor t : J | vote for an in Georg whole Bry Boston Guardian, on No- Wash- the mber 4th, charge Booker T ving engineered The avowed intention of the “I * is to encompass the defeat e Tait ministration of 1 the official organ | ization, pa : i t and Sherman? and to discredit the there single reputable Negro *residen toosevelt, : } President Rooseve in the country ually support- j ane head of the jing Bryan? loes not appear to be » } Seed: Se AER ee Isn't Bishop Walters merely using thereto, as I desire in the newspapers to expose the fraud. Yours very truly, Albert S. Wh ee ee Judge Bass, O. replied dear Mr. White:—The circular letter Mr. Corrother’s a lie. What I as follows :—My of ture that I deliiered at Yale. I can send you a copy of it as soon as | return to Cincinnati, and I shall do Very sincerely yours, William H, Tait BEFORE THE SUFFRAGE LEAGUE. Dr. S. L. Corrothers Six Years Ago. About six years or more ago the National Suffrage League under the | Suffrage League, held a Convention in the Metropolitan Baptist Church | There were several distinguished co yus was the Rev. Sylvester L, Cor rothers, pastor of Galbraith Church This distinguished gentleman offe President istration | indors! $ Roosevelt his adm ; Among other things he said: ed a resolution and Gentlemen of the convention; I fa he resolution Theo- ‘dore Roosevelt is the greatest living vor the adoption of just made by the secretary. American of today and his name w go down in history, surpassing Grant Sherman, and the immortal Lincoln I shall never as long as I live oppose such an American who in the defend- er of the American Negro. If I ever by word, act or deed denounce «his man, may my tongue rot in my mouth. Rey. Walter H. Brooks replied to {Dr. Corrothers and approved the adoption of the resolution giving as his reason, that the Suffrage League was non-political and did not meet to indorse anyone, but to enforce the disfranchisement of colored Ameri- cans by the Democratic party. Speeches in opposition to the adop- tion of the resolution were only made by attorney T. S. Jones, James A. Cobb and others. A vote being taken, the ‘Tesolutions were laid on the table greatly to the Louisville, Ky., Setember 22.—Judge displeasure of Rev. Corrothers who Judge Taft Refutes Corrothers Can-| was referring to was the sumptuahy | laws, and I referred to them in a lec-/} auspices of the Pennsylvania State} ored men present, the most conspic-} | ticular as to the means by which his result is to be brought about. ownsville” as a rallying cry {unite the Negroes, in order to accom- Phe correspondence between Jud Taft and Mr. White was as follows Lawyer White's Letter to Judge Taft The Hon. dilliam H. Taft, Mid- Bass, Ohio—Dear Sir: I was shown a circular today from a colored * h a certain purpose further down the pike?” Isn't Bishop furner rather old to | | | | | | be doing so many rapid-fire acrobatic | dle stunts this year? field What has become of Cyrus J Negro Washington preacher, the Rev. S. Is his people to vote against you because Ac I sometime National Corrothers, in “which he apped 0 | Precs Association? Aren't the “grafters” finding Chair | Hitchcock position to go up against for “dough” that has not been earned? Who will head the colored section of the inaugural committee, Did when “Teddy” got home? Are we in for ner school w Is Bryan afraid cf the Negro q he alleges that in an address you had |sta ed that a law that cannot be en | forced ought He | claims that you had direct reference | to the Fifteenth Amendment. I deavored to procure the letter, but an a pretty tough pro- to be repealed, en the heat Tuesd you notice without avail. It that Ken- | tucky will give you her electoral is because I believe votes, and because I believe that this letter may do harm that I write to| you. I judge that if any part of his | |communication is true, that it must tion? Will not follow ” of the anc some “dicty folks W. Lewis’ build a bunch ail y e lead of John ; d of laborers, }be some sentence that has been dis- | | as complete in 1 contractor be found $100,000 torted from the text, and made to do} eo duty for his miserable ends. a colore If you have made any speech perversion, kinc }let me he or the part pertinent | |thereto, as I desire in the newsp to erect the the A Have you ever seen T such | ceptible of colorec ve it, r he jto expose the fraud. | Yours very truly, Albert t Prowounces C | local Negro Busi- sume operations. the 3 of Whit rothers < not Rey, Milton the na his al- Judge Taft writing from M | Bass, Ohio, effectually dispo lators.’ > AT HEAD- QUARTERS. York 19.— Officials at Republican Headquar- by a visit from Chase of Washi Dee negro editor. Mr. Chase was against convention, but today h support Mr. Chase said: negro revolt will shortly mere hallucination. The negre es are not getting anything Yemocrats and the bubble | preacher Corrothers in this emph | note: My Dear Mr. White:—The circ | lar letter of Mr.Corrothers is a ‘ | What I was referring to was sumpt j uary laws, and I referred to them ir | I can send you a city, September _” |ters were elated today Calvin a lecture at Yale copy of it as soon as I get to Cincin- nati, and shall do so. Very sincerely yours, William H. Taft THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, If Roscoe Conkling Simmons seen a red light. It the Negroes realize why the dis-: HOTEL MACEO. charged soldiers failed to be re-in-{| When York Cty, stated last spring. {stop at the Hotel Maceo, 213 West Why not shelve Brownsville until | s3rd. Street, corner Broadvay. Congress can take another whack at} ate heated Telephone, 403, Columbus. t before the would | |him for election j “The announced jfrom the is abou Ss visiting New it in December., Are we to have a colored Business High School? If colored Ohioans havn’t shown B. F. Thomas, Trop. PSH Lae mR Purchase your ice from the Co- the 15th Amendment to *he Federal] calling a rump convention in the rear | fine political sense in getting together lumbia Ice Company wagons r is the best.