The Colored American

The COLORED American A NATIONAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER VOL. IX, NO. 35. A SEARCH FOR TRUTH A SEARCH FOR TRUTH AROUSES THE WRATH OF HON. GEORGE H WHITE. Proper Function of Journalism to Deal Fairly With Both Sides of Public Controversies-Freedom of Speech Disputed by a Victim of Southern Repression-Argument, Not Petulance, The Really Forceful Weapon-Our Unhappy Lot. "Taking one consideration with another an editor's lot is not a happy one." To paraphrase a popular song from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," The Colored American bowed in sorrow and with a soul attuned to regret, confesses its inability to please everyone. This candid admission presents nothing new. Many have suspected that such was the case, and hence the revelation comes not as a surprise. Nevertheless, we are grieved—deeply grieved, for inadvertently, without a suggestion of malice aforethought, The Colored American has encountered the wrath and indignation of so great and good a man, citizen, and friend, as the Hon. George H. White. And why, forsooth! Because, a contributor, styling himself—through shrinking modesty, no doubt—"X. I. Z." in last week's issue availed himself of the proud American privilege of expressing an opinion relative to the attitude of Senator Jeter C. Pritchard in the politics of North Carolina. Our friend Mr. White takes umbrage thereat, and in a communication that might have been more effectively used to answer the arguments advanced, orders the discontinuance of his newspaper. He was thoughtful enough, however, to enclose a check for amount of subscription due—setting an example in this regard which others might follow to our infinite satisfaction. Now, Mr. white has been in public life for a quarter of a century, and has had a large and varied experience. On the "stump," in the primary, at the bar, and in state and national legislatures, he has given and taken the hardest kind of knocks—without losing his equilibrium. The Colored American has been proud of his commanding ability displayed upon divers and sundry occasions, when the race needed its sturdiest champion to enter the lists against a stubborn foe. We have not hesitated to accord him the highest word of praise whenever the opportunity offered, and if there existed minor differences between us as to method, the chasm was always bridged and the gap closed in our sincere admiration for his manly courage and intense earnestness in the cause of justice. Bearing all this in mind, we are as grieved as astonished that a man of Mr. White's supposed breadth should WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 20, 1902. MEN OF THE HOUR J. V. H. C. J.M.C. REUBEN THOMAS HILL, ESQ. Cashier True Reformer's Savings Bank, Richmond, Va. - A Self Made Man the Commercial Talent of the Race, and who will introduce and have True Reformers Bank soon to open in this city. Amerer's Savirgs Bank, Richmond, Va. - A Self Made Man with Talent of the Race, and who will introduce and have chosen True Reformers Bank soon to open in this city. Cashier True Reformer's Savirgs Bank, Richmond, Va. - A Self Made Man who is Developin$ ^{2}$ the Commercial Talent of the Race, and who will introduce and have charge of the True Reformers Bank soon to open in this city. forget that a newspaper is a forum for the full and untrammeled exploitation of the public sentiment. The Colored American is not an "organ" merely to set forth the views of a single class, or to air the views of its editor. It invites a free and conscientious discussion of current issues to the end that the truth may be found and sentiment intelligently crystallized. "X. Y. Z." has a perfect right to laud Senator Pritchard if he feels sure of his facts. Mr. White has the same right to oppose the North Carolinian in the press, and he has done so upon more than one occasion. Men may honestly disagree without a sacrifice of friendship, respect, or patronage. In all fairness, has Senator Pritchard refused to endure the presence of The Washington Post or The Evening Star in the sacred precincts of his family because of the publication of Mr. White's signed communication? We think not. Yet, when The Colored American rises to the stature of a metropolitan news medium, and gives ear to the controversy which may have two very plausible sues, Mr. White endeavors as far as he is able to crush its chivalric im- --- --- J.H.C. mond, Va. — A Self Made Man who is Developin$^2$ who will introduce and have charge of the soon to open in this city. pulse by a sensational withdrawal of support. The distinguished gentleman is too good a lawyer, too magnanimous a foe and too mindful of the proper functions of a national newspaper, to fly off at a tangent upon a provocation that has no standing as such in a court of equity. Far better, Mr. White to annihilate "X. Y. Z." by the battering ram of evidence in rebuttal than to pour broadsides of grapeshot and canister into the vitals of a journal that thirsts for the truth! Let us say again that we are grieved—deeply grieved over our failure to please everybody—and the last straw is the stygian darkness that follows the occultation of Congressman White's aureole of favor. "The rest is silence." FOOT BALL. Atlanta University closed its football season last Friday, with a game at Anniston, in which Talladega College was defeated by the decisive score of 17 to 6. Talladega was inferior in both weight and knowledge of the game. There were a great many spectators-one of whom lost $75.00 on Talladega. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. GROVER CLEVELAND. GROVER CLEVELAND. ELOQUENT ENDORSEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCA TION. The Popular Ex President says Negro Must Be Aided to Reach Loftier Heights in Citizenship and Substance -Beautiful Tribute to Character and Achievements of Booker T. Washington-Five Thousand Dollars for Borean Institute. The grandest enconium ever pronounce by a white man upon a representative the black race, and most eloquent because it was simple and impressive, was that bestowed by Grover Cleveland las night, when, in introducing: Booker T. Washington to an audience in Witherspoon Hall, he hailed him as the highest type of what a Negro may become when he avails himself of all the opportunities possible within the limits of American citizenship. These words of praise from a man who had been signally honored upon two separate occasions by the people of a great nation came, as it were, unbidden. They were, to be more exact, a series of interrogations put to the audience, which filled the hall, and which, composed as largely of white as it was of Negro members of the community, had been called together to arouse enthusiasm for the Bureau Institute. The school, where the Negro youth of the city are drilled in all the arts of manual labor, it was pointed out, formed a positive means of saving the race in this city, and it was to illustrate what industrial education might do for the Negro that the leader of the colored institute in the South had been invited from Tuskegee to address the meeting. Ex-President Cleveland had been introduced by Isaac H. Clothier, and it was after he had delivered his opening address, and one or two other speakers had been heard, that he turned to where Washington sat. Cleveland's Beautiful Tribute. The man whose learning and indomitable energy has raised him from the depths of slavery to be the leading figure of his race little looked for the compliment that was to be paid him. The ex-President began in a low, almost dull and monotonous tone, but he had not uttered half a dozen words before the audience became intensely still. "if there are any here to-night," he began, 'who doubt that the Negro can take advantage of an education, let him recant at once. If there are any here who even dreamed that the Negro would not develop all the characteristics of a gentleman, let him hide his face in shame. If any thought that the Negro could not attain the utmost refinement and best of character that would make him worthy of fellowship, let him aban- Continued on second page. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. IN SOCIETY. IN SO Violinist Joseph H. Douglass is touring Indiana and Illinois. A "Langston Day" is being projected by the Second Baptist Lyceum. The True Reformers are looking toward completion o. their handsome build. Wait for The Colored American's job office and new outfit. It will be up-to-date. Dr. D. Webster Davis' lecture at Plymouth Congregational Church, was well attended. Miss Eva Hood Smith has been appointed as a substitute teacher of cooking in our public schools. Mr. W. M. Wilson, of the Recorder's office, is on the sick list, his eyes being seriously affected by a cold. Recorder Dancy is an active member of Galbraith Chapel, and has accepted a place on the trustee board. Lawyer John W. Patterson may be a candidate for delegate to the next republican national convention. Miss Mamie C. Locker has returned from Philadelphia, where she went to attend the funeral of an aunt. Mr. Daniel Murray, of the Congressional Library, is writing a book entitled "Bibliography of the Negro Race." Prof. Kelly Miller contributes a well-written article on Howard University to the Washington Post of last Sunday. A bill to provide for necessary improvements in the office of the Recorder of Deeds is being pushed. It ought to pass. Lincoln Temple choir, Mr. W. B. Hayson leader, is arranging a special song service to be presented during the Xmas holidays. Lieut. Walter A. Pinchback is temporarily filling Mr. Hannon's clerical position in the office of the Recorder of Deeds. Bishop Walters passed through the city on Wednesday of last week en route from Richmond, Va., to his home in Jersey City. The Pen and Pencil Club will observe Frederick Douglass' birthday, February 4th, giving a mammoth banquet at one of the halls. Mr. Aaron J. Gaskins is a golf-player of skill and grace, and can be seen on almost any fine day heading for the links near Chevy Chase. The National Negro Academy will meet here at Lincoln Temple during the Xmas holidays. The attendance promises to be large and representative. Mr. Clarence C. White, our popular violin virtuoso, is announced to appear in Boston on December 23d, under the auspices of St. Mark's Union. Miss Estelle V. Hedgeman, of Brentsville, Va., is in the city for the winter. She is stopping with Dr. Marshall and family, of P street, Georgetown. Master Aaron Bankett, of 1414 Pierce Place, was christened last Sunday, the ceremonies being conducted by Rev. Jas. H. Lee, of the Third Baptist Church. Logan school was closed one day last week on account of the coal supply giving out. The delayed fuel is now on hand, and the work is going on as usual. An Independent Literary Society may be formed for the discussion of current topics. Efforts will be made to secure the True Reformers' Hall as a meeting place. Mr. J. H. Hannon is in Halifax, N. C., where he will remain until able to report for duty at the office of the Recorder of Deeds. He is reported to be somewhat improved. The condition of Mr. Travis Glascoe seems to have taken a turn for the better. He is being excellently cared for by Dr. McGee, a specialist, and Mr. J. H. Washington, hypnotist. Mr. Edward Savoy, of the State Department, was severely injured a few days ago by falling from a street car at 14th and U streets. He will be confined to his home for some time. Rev. S. L. Corrothers' grand rally was a phenomenal success, coming within a short distance of the expected $5,000. Galbraith Chapel is seeing its best days under the watchful and masterful guidance of Dr. Corrothers. New Life to Weak. Men Old Men Made Young Again—Weak Men Find Old-Time Strength and Power of Youth. TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE To the men who have tried every known remedy to revive their waning power or lost manhood, and have given up in despair, the following message comes as a most blessed promise. 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"Now, here is a showcase," said the dealer, pointing to a peculiar-looking specimen of his wares, "that is bound to become popular. It magnifies everything put in it to double its natural size." "Can't use it in my business," replied the prospective customer. "What I want is a case that will seemingly reduce the actual size of its contents fully one-half." "What is your line?" asked the dealer. "My speciality is ladies' shoes," replied the other, with a half-suppressed grin.—Tit-Bits. Optimism. "Cheer up!" cried the statesman, whose side met defeat. "The verdict will soon be reversed. They'll blunder so much they'll be easy to beat Next time. Let us hope for the worst!" Puck. GOOD THING FOR TOMMY. A boy in a navy uniform stands facing another boy in a white shirt and dark pants, who is standing with a dog on a leash. Jimmy—Didn't you hear the teacher say your conscience is what tells you when you do wrong? Tommy—It's good it don't tell your mother.—Milwaukee Sentinel. What Hurts Most. Who tells malicious lies of us Is bad enough, forsooth, But far more maddening is the cuss Who tells malicious truth. —Philadelphia Press. Not a Fault-Finder. "I hope you are not one of the men who find fault with the cooking." "No, indeed," answered Mr. Meekton. "Henrietta is very considerate in that way. In order that I may be perfectly satisfied she lets me do most of the cooking myself."—Washington Star. An Echo. "Nothing but work and worry day after day," sighed Mrs. Peck. "I suppose I'll never rest in peace until I'm in my grave." "And neither will I, my dear," meekly rejoined the poor man, who was known to the community at large as Mrs. Peck's husband.—Chicago Daily News. Unanswerable. Wife-You should have been at church to-day. The minister preached a powerful sermon about men who neglect to attend divine service. Husband--Well, if we men went to church he'd never have a chance to preach that sermon.—N. Y. Journal. No Doubt About It. "A married man can live on less than a single man." "Of course. A married man usually has to."—Brooklyn Eagle. His One Weakness. "I see, by the Weekly Plaindealer," said old Uncle Timrod, a trifle acidly, "that the absconding cashier of the Allegash bank had always been a model of propriety and rectitude. He didn't drink, smoke or gamble; never used profanity, or wore a shirt waist, or played golf, or admired grass-widders, or was the least bit frisky in any way. And—Waal, in fact, he don't seem to have but one fault, and that was that he would steal neck. The Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers Is the leading Colored Fraternal Society of the United States. It was organized January, 1881, by William W. Browne, and chartered in April, 1883, under the laws of the State of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond, Va. Its membership is both male and female, and consists of all persons of good health from 14 to 60 years of age. Its membership of 60,000 is divided into Fountains and Circles. It pays sick benefits from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, and pays death benefits from $24.56 to $1000. BENEFITS PAID—Total benefits paid to date: Sick dues, $1,500,000; death benefits, $714,378.75. SENIOR FOUNTAINS—A Fountain may be organized consisting of 20 or more persons not over 50 years of age paying a joining fee of from $4.60 to $5.10 each. The monthly dues are not less than 35 cents in rural districts and not less than 50 cents per month in towns and cities, and a semi-annual tax of 40 cents paid in January and July of each year. Sick benefits paid are from $1.50 to $2.50 per week, while death benefits range from $75 to $125. A Fountain may be organized in any locality on application to Rev. W. L. Taylor, G. W. Master, or to any of his authorized deputies. ROSEBUDS—For the proper training of the young and their development in thrift, industry and brotherly love, there has been formed a Children's Department known as the Rosebuds. Twenty or more children not less than three nor more than fourteen years of age may form a Rosebud, upon the payment of $1 each. This department, like the Senior Fountain, pays sick benefits from $1 to twenty-five cents per week, and death benefits from $24.50 to $37. The monthly dues are fifteen cents per month. CLASSES—Persons desiring to leave their beneficiaries at death a larger amount than is paid from Fountain Department, take out policies in one or more of the Classes of the Mutual Benefit Degree. The members of this degree are divided into Circles, and pay joining fees and dues according to the following tables: REGALIA—The members of the Fountains and Rosebuds of the organization wear no expensive regalia. The regalia of the organization is simple and its cost will be in the easy reach of all, costing from 10 cents to $3. The same is made by the organization in what is known as the Regalia Department. THE SAVINGS BANK—In March, 1888, there was granted by the Legislature of Virginia a charter to the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers, capital stock $100,000. The bank commenced business April 3, 1889, and from that time down to the present has steadily increased in volume of business. It now has a paid up capital stock of $100,000. From the humble sum of $1,268.69, deposited the first day the bank opened for business in 1889 the deposits have grown to $350,058, and the volume of business transacted amounts to $6,190,141.47. During the financial panic of 1893, the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain was the only bank in the city of Richmond that did not cease to pay cash on all checks presented, while the majority of other banks were using script and clearing house checks. This bank had its origin in the brain of William W. Browne, an ex-slave of Habersham, Ga. The banking house is located at 604 North Second Street, Richmond, Va., Rev. W. L. Taylor, President; R. T. Hill, Cashier. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT—The Real Estate Department has charge of all the real property to the amount of $220,221.65, situated in various States, consisting of 13 magnificent buildings used as halls, 8 dwellings, 1 hotel. 5 stores and three farms. It also has under its control 16 large buildings leased by it. This department is under the management of Lawyer J. C. Robertson, chief of real estate and attorney for the association, office at 608 N. 2nd Street, Richmond, Va. REFORMERS MERCANTILE AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION—Was chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia on the 14th day of December, 1899, with principal office in the city of Richmond, Va. The purpose of this association is to conduct stores (wholesale and retail), buy and sell real property, manage and control hotels, manufacturing establishments, and do general business. The association has in operation Hotel Reformer, 900 N. Sixth Street, Richmond, Va. It is a modern up-to-date structure, heated by steam, cold and hot water baths, also electric cars passing the door. This hotel has accommodations for 150 guests. Mr. A. W. Holmes is manager, and Mr. T. W. Taylor is clerk. It has in operation a system of five stores, located as follows: Richmond, Va.; Washington, D.C.; Manchester, Va.; Portsmouth, Va.; and Roanoke, Va. The first of these stores, at Richmond, Va., was opened April 3d, 1900. It employs a force of 18 men, runs three delivery wagons, and during the first year did $50,000 worth of business. The other stores have been established since, and have been equally as prosperous. The general manager of the system of stores is Mr. B L. Jordan, headquarters at 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. This Association was formed on the plans and recommendations made by Rev. W. L. Taylor, its President. THE REFORMER PRINTING DEPARTMENT—Issues a weekly journal, THE REFORMER, which has a circulation of 12,000. This paper is published in the interest of the race, and discusses the leading questions of the day. The subscription price is $1 per year, or 5a. per single copy. The office is equipped with modern up-to-date machinery, run by electricity. It can print anything from a visiting card to a poster 42 by 62 inches. Fine job work of every class and description is made a specialty at lowest prices. Mr. E. W. Brown is editor and business manager, office 608 N. Second Street, Richmond, Va. Correspondence solicited and agents wanted. OLD FOLKS' HOME—In September, 1893, Rev. William W. Brown recommended the formation and establishment of Old Folks' Homes for the benefit of old and decrepid members of the race. Since that time the valuable farm known as Westham, consisting of 6344 acres, located six miles from Richmond, Va., on the historic "James," has been purchased, at a cost of $14,400. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad runs through the farm, and Westham Station is located on it. Adjoining this farm is Westhampton Park, one of the most pleasant resorts in the South in summer. It is reached in a few minutes from Richmond by the Westhampton Electric Railway and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. As this home is for the benefit of the whole race, the co-operation of all charitable friends is prayerfully solicited. All contributions, donations and bequests of every character will be very thankfully received. Mr. T. W. 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I have noticed the several improvements which you have male in Tug Cororep AMERICAN, and desire to congratulate you on same. Wishing for your paper the success vhich it justly merits, 1 desire to re- main Yours very truly, BL y..S. ADORNMENT FOR HOME. Catchall, S. C., July 8—I congratulate vou, Mr. Editor, upon the addition of tew life to The Colored American. “very family should have their homes “orned with the portrait of the two feat men who figured in your supple- ftt—Booker T. Washington and Rev. W.L. Taylor. J. A. Roacu. WENT LIKE HOT CAKES. Memphis, ‘Tenn—Please send to me “2 copies of last week's issue. Fold so .°t Washington’s picture will not ‘al, or rather, tear, Can sell that many 8s soon as received. May order oer W. M. T. »filimore, Md.—The current issue of wine OLORED AMERICAN is a great one, i ch certainly adds to your fame as a » “rT in Afro-American journalism. In thisand the annual of the Florida Senti- i we truly see the race’s brains = Journalism, F. F. J. | THE P ‘E IS OURS. | St. Paul, enclose herewith. THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. &. subscription for one year. It is a small matter compared with the good that I get out of your paper. Taking into con- sideration the enclosed and other mat- ters I have sent you respecting the coun- cil, can you tell me if you ever saw more smoke as you go down the pike than we are making for the council? Kindly give us notice. Please send us a list of per- sons te whom we might send copies of the enclosed matter. Also please send me four portraits of Prof. Washington. See that they are evenly folded and wrapped in a horn so that they will not ‘break, and send half a dozen copies of ore under separate cover. I wish to present them to white friends of mine. Let me congratulate you on your push. F.L McG. Lexington, Ky.—I have to hané your paper of 17th inst., accompanied by a most excellent likeness of the Great Booker Washington, and simply write this to express my thanks and apprecia- tion-of the same. We have Mr. Wash- ington at the Lexington Opera House June 6th, and are making preparation for a big time for him. Both races are much interested. Will write the matter up and send account to you. Enclosed please find clipping from the most popular daily in Lexington, which was called forth from the pen of Editor Moore, of the “Blue Grass Blade, be- cause of an invitation by one Gen. Gen- try, an ex-Confederate, to entertain Mr. Washington to 2 rabbit chase. Glad to see you so loyally and royally wield your pen in defense of Mr. Washington. Surely you have done much for the cause he so manfully advocates. The AMERICAN is all right. With best wishes I am, Yours etc., ate a oe. DELIGHTED WITH OUR STORY. New Orleans, La—I was so well pleased after reading your issue of the 18th with your article on the life history of Prof. Booker TT. Washington, of Tuskegee Enstitute, that I wired you for # copies. Our schools and universities are just about having their commencement exercises, and I thought it would be a good idea for each young go forth into the battle of life. I think Professor Washington’s life will be a man to have a copy of th’: issue as they beau.iful story for them, as no man of our race is doing more for the welfare and upbuilding of his people. His life’s good work should be read in our schools, as none is more worthy of em- ulation. I have just received the sad news of the death of my old friend and comrade, Capt. Thos. S. Kelly. Hoping this may find your family and friends, as well as yourself, in the best of health and spirits, I am, Very truly yours, iL A GRAND RACE ADVOCATE. Editor Colored American: I have read a great number of Negro papers, but the Colored American is the best Negro journal that I have ever seen. It is just what every Negro family should have in their home. I speak proudly of this paper and I wish that I had the opportunity of reading it oftener than I do. I have been read- ing your paper for several years and am compelled to tell you it is one of the grandest papers that has been pub- lished by a Negro journalist. Your paper has been sent to me for several years by my cousin, Prof. W. H. Rich- ards, and I appreciate the favor very highly. I would feel proud if the Ne- groes in the State of Tennessee could publish a journal on the same broad lines. I trust the Colored American will never die NFL — WHY, CERTAINLY! Sax Cororep American is independ- eut, fresh and fearless. It rings true upon the questions of the hour.—Baptist Reporter, Helena, Ark. DESERVES CREDIT. Tue Cororep American of the Dis- trict of Columbia deserves much credit tor the excellent picture of Prof. B. T. Washington —Western World. Those who would be leaders of the race coald do nothing better than to read and take inspiration from what can be found in “Shadow and. Light.”—Hon. James Lewis, New Orleans, La. Editor E. E. Cooper, of the Wash- ington (District of Columbia) Colored is American, whose cut appears in this issue of the Times-Speaker, is a mar that the Speaker delights to do honor He is one of the race’s most trusty leaders, and as a newspaper man anc all around hustler, perhaps he stand: without a peer among Afro-Americar journalists. He is a man whose nam is bound to live in after years as a lana mark in Negro journalism—Times- Speaker, Denver, Colo. The editorial in Tue Cotorep AMERI- can of Washington, D. C., under the caption of “Appeals to Race Prejudices” was copied in full by Editor Bryson in the daily press in the issue of the 13th inst., commending in the highest terms its logic and good sense. It was cer- tainly one of the most sensible editorials that it has ben our good fortune to read. It ought to have been reproduced in many of the colored papers.—Louisiana, Mo., correspondent of Omaha Enter- prise. Harry Smith of the Cleveland Ga- zette has declared a never-ending war on E. E. Cooper, of the Washington Colored American. Smith has made out against Mr. Cooper a case of crooked- ness. Cooper replies that Smith is dis- grimiied and that the charges are with- owt foundation. Thus matters stand. Weil, boys, let us call the bet off and begin the zttack upon the common ene- my.—Dallas Express. INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPE. Te Cotorep American, Washington, is the only Negro journal of its kind published. It is not only national, with a touch of the local, but is international in scope. 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Melendez King has resigned the presidency of The People's Literary. It is hoped that upon the expiration of the term for which Judge I. G. Kimball was appointed, the colored candidates who came within an ace of "striking oil" Mr. John H. Wilis is still confined to his home, 402 B street southeast, with an attach of bronchial trouble. He expects to return to his Literary Shop in a few days. Postmaster S. H. Vick was in the city last week, and paid his respects to President Roosevelt. He explained the North Carolina situation, and by his modest bearing and business-like methods, made quite a favorable impression upon the chief executive. Mr. Robert T. Douglass has resigned his position as teller of the Capital Savings Bank, where he rendered excellent service for several years. He will devote himself to his business places, three in number, and may embark in real estate and brokerage. Mr. Alphonso O. Stafford, the capable instructor in history in the High and Training School of Baltimore, goes to Philadelphia with Prof. Hugh M. Browne. The new place is a promotion, and a deserved one, too, as Mr. Stafford is one of the brightest young men the race has produced. The congregation of John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church will occupy the new auditorium for the first time to-morrow, and the formal dedication will take place one week thereafter. Bishop Walters will come on to deliver the principal address. One church is easily the most beautiful in the city. The proposed meeting of the Executive Committee of the Afro-American Council, which was to have been held in this city on the 28th, has been postponed on account of the illness of Secretary Cyrus Field Adams. Due notice will be given at an early date by the chairman, Bishop Alexander Walters. Lawyer James H. Hayes, of Richmond, was in the city a few days ago, on business connected with the prosecution of the election cases in Virginia. He says the battle will be pushed to the gate, and hopes to get the disfranchising law squarely before the Supreme Court of the United States at the earliest possible moment. Dr. C. Summer Wormley has purchased a fine laboratory, and is better prepared than ever to handle his large and growing dental patronage. He is breaking all records as demonstrator in dentistry at Howard University, having charge of the largest class and taking in heavier receipts from the work of the experts than has heretofore ben known in the history of the institution. Invitations from Mrs. E. A. Duffield announce the marriage of her daughter, Elizabeth A., to Mr. William Richard Wedlake, Tuesday evening, Dec. 23d, at 7:30 p. m., Butte, Mont. Mrs. Duffield and her daughter are well known in this city where they lived for many years. Some years ago Mrs. Duffield went to the great norunwest and has lived in the state of Washington and Montana her present home. Dr. Robert Reyburn's address at the Second Baptist Church last Sunday, on "Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Party" was a scholarly and instructive effort. Hep aid a high tribute to the statesmanship of the Chief Executive and predicted his re-nomination and election. He scored the manipulation at the primary election of delegates from the District in 1900, through which he and Dr. G. ), Lee were counted out. Mr. F. D. McCracken, of St. Paul, Minn. has returned for the Congressional session. He has a responsible and lucrative position as stenographer to the Hon. Frederick C. Stevens. Mr. McCracken is a prominent member of the Pen and Pencil Club, and has been connected with several newspapers in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He is an orator of no mean parts, and contributed largely to the success of the republican ticket in the late campaign. 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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, printed in four colors which has all the appearance of an oil painting, will be sent elegantly framed by express to any subscriber who will send $3.00 to THE COLORED AMERICAN. To persons who desire the picture without subscribing for the paper, it will be sent by express for $1.50. To parties who desire to sell them, they will be sent in quantities of ten or more for $1.00 each. All orders should be addressed to GALIA CO 15 Rev. J. E. RANKIN. D. D., LL, D., President. GEO H SAFORD Secretary All orders should be addressed to in places should be in every Pursuing Library. Providing Ritten School Press and every Pursuit Hall used by the Pursuit School Press. 2 Hon. Dennis T. Flynn's Herculean Labors in Bringing about this Gratyfying Result-His Brilliant Career in Congress. The contest for statehood has about been won for Oklahoma and the citizens of that vigorous and progressive territory may rightly congratulate themselves over this pleasing fruition of their long cherished hopes. The outlook for this new star in the constellation of the Union is of the brightest and most promising character. Her inhabitants are of sturdy stock, brave, generous, hard working and economical. There can be no question as to her fitness for statehood and for that grand career which the intelligence and high worth of her people surely presage It is difficult indeed to fairly apportion the credit for this long desired consummation, but one individuality stands out pre-eminently and deserves to have recorded the unfaltering and untiring efforts he has made to achieve statehood for Oklahoma. We refer to Hon. Dennis T. Flynn, the present territorial delegate in Congress from Oklahoma. Mr. Flynn is still a young man, vigorous, self-reliant and capable, with a firm faith in the destiny of this ambitious young Commonwealth and with a singularly winning manner and a wonderful capacity, for making friends and for arousing enthusiasm in others for any cause in which he is himself interested. We think it has been most fortunate for Oklahoma that such a man as Mr. Flynn has been at the helm at this grave crisis of her fate. Mr. Flynn was born in the State of Pennsylvania, but has lived at various times in New York, Iowa, and Kansas.1 that he is as versatile as he is capable is shown by the fact that though his life work has been the practice of the law, he has had opportunity to do brilliant work as a journalist. He has had the distinction of having served as Postmaster of two different towns in different states. He was already a man of note when he entered the "Strip" in April, 1889, and in all the struggles and agitations of that period, he bore his full share and soon made himself a power to be reckoned with. As an orator he was almost without a peer and his superb management of men, and high personal integrity early brought him to the favorable notice of President Harrison, who in recognition of his eminent services to the territory, and to the republican party made him the first Postmaster of Guthrie. ...s office he continued to hold until he was elected to the 53d Congress as Territorial delegate from the territory. With the exception of the 55th Congress he has been in the Congrssional harness continuously since his first election. Mr. Flynn is a sound republican, in touch and harmony with the party's highest principles and is most popular with both his constituents and party associates for the sterling worth of his character, his elevation of mental stature, his eloquent tongue and the magnificent action and logic of his utterances. We regret that he goes out of Congress next March, but his public usefulness is by no means at an end. When the state is finally admitted to the Union and begins to cast about among her citizens for material with which to fill her highest offices, no doubt Mr. Flynn will have the exquisite pleasure of hearing her call upon him to serve her as Governor or Senator. It is very agreeable to us to record not only Mr. Flynn's ardent and consistent republicanism but also the cordial support and assistance he has ever rendered to worthy colored men. It should be more widely known and commented on we think that the Negro has a fair chance for the prizes of wealth and political preferment in Oklahoma. Some of our most worthy race representatives live in the territory and are a just source of pride to all who know them. Hon. E. P. McCabe, Hon. R. H. Stewart, Hon. N. J. C. Johnson, Judge Jenkins and Hon. John C. Leftwich are some of the names of those of our race who have come into prominence of late years in the territory and they all have the cordial personal friendship and political support of Mr. Flynn as he has from them a complete, reciprocal personal and political loyalty. We shall continue to watch Mr. Flynn's career with warm interest hereafter, con- THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. J. udent that it will be a brilliant one and that he admission of Oklahoma will afford him the exact opportunity he has merited to make himself a national character and for his name a secure place in the reverence and esteem of all who respect consistent republicanism and devotion to the highest calls of duty. HARTFORD HAPPENINGS Hartford, Conn., Special.—Connecticut is experiencing some of the coldest weather that has been felt here in four years. The mercury has been down to ten below zero. The price of coal has taken an upward flight again, and charitable societies are being organized by the people to alleviate the suffering poor. They are having many calls, but very few from colored people. The colored voters of this city are putting up a stiff fight to get representation in the capitol. It is sad to see how the Negro is left out of everything when the dividing up spoil time comes, but the voters of this city have made up their minds that they must have something and they will not let up until they accomplish their aim. Dr. Sinclair of Washington, D. C., is in our city. He is a staunch race man. The churches were poorly attended Sunday, on account of the storm. The ladies of the Talcott St. Church gave a fine concert in City Mission Hall last week. It was a success. The annual Apron Bazaar of the A. M. E. Church was held Thursday and Friday evenings. AN EX-SLAVE. There lives in Ashland, Va., a Mr. Clinton Winston who has wealth in cash and property to some $10,000 and is regarded as one of the most reliable freeholders in that little town. He was born a slave in 1856 and has made his fortune through his own thrift and industry. His former master is frequently a visitor to his house and dines with him and seems more at home than any place else. Mr. Winston is a blacksmith by trade and does the larger part of the work for the county. He has an interesting family and is a pillar in his church. DR. SHIELDS IN VIRGINIA. Rev. A. W. Shields, former pastor of the Virginia Avenue Baptist Church, and a most able and eloquent putpit orator is doing revival work in Richmond, Va. He is in great demand as a revivalist. He spent a week in Richmond, Va., not long ago and followed that up with a splendid week's work in Ashland, Va., this week he is in Bowling Green, Carolina County and the most flattering reports come to us from him. Dr. Shields never fails to put in a good word for The Colored American. R. McGIRT, THE POET, IN TOWN. Mr. J. E. McGirt, the bard of North Carolina, and who has published two collections of his poems in book form, is spending a few weeks in the city. Mr. McGirt is a young man of unusual attainments and of great poetic genius. As a poet he ranks in the class with Paul Lawrence Dunbar, A. A. Whitman and others. The newspapers of the country are giving his effusions flattering notices and his books are meeting with wide and ready sale. These books can be had by mall, and no Christmas present will be so acceptable as a few copies of this book to a friend. ASBURY CHOIR GIVES SONG SERVICE IN BALTIMORE. The Choir of Asbury Church, assisted by Mrs. Estelle Maston, Mise' Annie R. Payne and Georgia Makall, sopranos, and Messrs. Jos. Wilson, tenor, and Wm. H. Carter, bass, of the Amphions, will present the oratorio "Emmanuel" in the Sharp Street Memorial Church, Dr. I. L. Thoma, pastor, Sunday evening, December 21. The chorus will be supported by Messrs. Bernardine Smith and Jas. T. Harris, violinists. Quite a number of friends will accompany the chorus to Baltimore via the B. and O., leaving here at 3:00 p. m. tomorrow, (Sunday). They will be met at the station by a committee from the church, including Dr. Thomas, the former pastor of Asbury, who is quite an admirer of classic music, and he it is who is responsible for the pleasant trip that will be taken by director Lewis and his well-trained chorus. Continued from first page. Here the ex-President, imposing in his stature, and impressive in his voice and every action, paused. The great audience held its breath, while he turned full to where a man sat on the stage—a man dark of skin, but with a face wherein the eyes danced with smiles, but the head hung low as if ashamed of the attention this speaker's words attracted toward him. A Good American Citizen. And then as th ex-President pointed, the face looked up—the expressive, an mated countenance of Booker T. Washington—and the voice went on:— "If any one present ever entertained such ideas, he is to witness a man whose very history would shatter those thoughts a colored man who can well afford to bear the title of gentleman, scholar and citizen. If any ever dreamed that the rights of citizenship had been ill-bestowed, he may be assured at once, for this man has proven himself one of America's best and foremost citizens." It was fully a minute before the audience, roused from the spell in which the words almost intoned had cast it, shook itself and made the building tremble with applause. The two figures stood for a moment bowing—the one man among the leaders of the one race, and the other the foremost exponent of the other and the Negro problem, at least for that moment, was solved. A moment later, when Booker T. Washington, with all the eloquence of a man of profound learning, with wit and humor, anecdote and all the finished tact of an orator, described the plight of the Negro to-day, the audience broke in with round after round of applause. J. DR. BOOKER T: WASHINGTON Raised $5,000 for School. He declared manual training was the salvation of the Negro; that the Berean Institute was one of the instruments of such salvation and that it should be given not the $35,000 it asks to put up a building, but twice that. He declared the Negro was brought to these shores, not by his own volition, and the white man, therefore, had a responsibility in helping him. So forceful were his words and those of Colonel McClure and Robert C. Ogden, who also spoke, that fully $5,000 were raised at once among the audience. Rev. Dr. Matthew Anderson, the principal of the institute, whose students meet now under the Berean Presbyterian Church, in College Avenue. helped to bring about this result for he described in a forceful way the work of the school and what it hopes to attain ultimately. "The day of the Negro with his white-wash brush and the Negro washerwoman THREE-COL AM SHR SHRDDD has passed," he declared, "and in their stead have come the Negro mechanic fighting for place with his white brother. "The time will come when the American employer will not ask is a man white or black, but can he do the work. Sentimentalism will have passed. Men will not take pity on a Negro because he or his father had been a slave. Every man will be measured by his marketable value." He declared that $35,000 was needed to build a school, and pointed to the 100 Negroes who owned houses, with assets valued at $100,000, because of the lessons taught them by the institute's building and loan association.-Philadelphia Press. 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ORE mee Cape ee cS ee 2 ee ee eg ee 2 : ee 1G ee Boe ee ae sot legs aha Sees aati ee cee ae ~ ; ee ae. 23 eet. ee RAE pa ee Oe Sees i Pee Reo ee eee eee ee : ee ee ers nS ee eee ee oe ey re Sts GAS ea MS Shp ie THE GOXCORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, vo. ©. CC n/t 2 \ = PY r THE SOULH IN CONGRESS. Washington’s Greatest News paper Presents a Strong Argu ment for an Honest Enforce ment of the Constitution The Star gives space today to a com- munication from ex-Representative Grady | of North Carolina on the subject of the situation in the South as respects the suffrage. That is to say, The Star quite | recently made some observations on that point, and they have afforded Mr. Grady , text for a review of portions of the early history of the republic, and for an expression of views of lus own, which, whatever else may be said of them, do not lack for downrightness. fut between his downrightness—which takes the form of reckless pessimism—and his citations from history—which are dis- ugured by @ bitterly sectional interpreta- tion—Mr, Grady puts himself quite out of court. As witness: He declares that we are a nation of “political and religiqns hypocrites; that we respect neither the commands of Jesus Christ, nor the terms of the Constitution of the United States. If that is true then all discussion of the suffrage, or of any other question relating to our national institutions, is useless. \ve do not need statesmen, but mission- aries. If, in reality, we have no Consti- tution, then we should set about calling « convention to frame an instrument which the people will respect. But The Star refuses to accept Mr. Grady’s state- ment of the case. And maybe, upon a little reflection, he will confess to its ex- travagance. Differences between the North and the South developed early in our national ar- rangement. Each section accused the other of exhibiting a selfish, grasping spirit. Slavery was not alone the cause ot dissension, The tariff played a promi- nent part; and the warfare between a section striving for advancement in man- ufactures and a section having only agri- cultural ends in view, became at times extremely bitter. The debates of Con- gress are full of the two subjects, and the historians are still busy with them. The South lost on both scores, and yet xzained immensely through her losses. Slavery disappeared, ana with it a foul blot upon our civilization, Protection has triumphed, and the South is greatly pro- fited by the policy. And the North, as- sisted by the border states of the South, rendered the South an inestimable bless- ing when she .defeated in 1896 and in 14 the free silver policy, which threat- ened the South, and the North, East and \vest as well, with finaiicial ruin. ‘The gist of Mr. Graay s specific con- tention sems to be that, because by a compromise the original Constitution gave additional national representation to the South based on three-fifths of its slaves, therefore it is only fair to the South that it should be permitted today to have outside of the Constitution national re- presentation for all five-fifths of its form- er slaves, though they have again been made slaves politically, so far as voting is concerned. The original Constitution permitted the South to count in its na- tional representation three-fifths of Its Negro non-voters. Later the Constitu- tion hy amendments made voters of these non-voters and gave the South additional mpresentation based upon their full num- ber: and also provided that if these Negro voters were on account of color made hon-voters the offending states’ national representation should be cut down in pro- portion. Now certain southern states have in substance and effect by uncon- stitutional devices made these Negro vo- ters non-voters, but instead of surrender- ing the national representation which the Constitution attaches to this Negro vote the South retains it and resists enforce- ment of the constitutional provision. Re- Presentation of the disfranchised Negroes Which the present Constitution denies in tte, and which the original Constitution sranted only to the extent of three-fifths of their number, is thus exercised by the South today for every non-voting Negro inthe South, He is not himself permitted ‘© vote at home, but the South votes r him, generally in preeise opposition ‘© his wishes, in the Congress of the Vnited States. It follows that a white voter In the South weighs far heavier in “* national councils than the corre- Ssonding voter in the West or North. “his Inequality is inequitable and un- constitutional or oppressive acts by the republican party. The Star is not 2 partisan paper and it is not required either to defend or condemn all or any of the acts of the republican party. In ine discusion of The star's editorial they have nothing to do with the case, ‘There is a Constitution of the United States, Mr. Grady to te contrary not- withstanding, and the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments while they remain im the organic law are as much entitled to respect as any other portion of it. Tnose amendments are being violated in spirit, and, as a result, twice in the past eighteen years the unconstitutionally re- stricted suffrage of the South, joined to the unrestricted suffrage of several northern states, has ruled this country, and both times to the country’s disad- vantage. For the south’s sake, therefore, as for the sake of her sister sections, let us have a constitutional representation in Congress from all parts of the republic. —Washington Star. SECOND BAPTIST LYCEUM. Interesting Points in G4e Career of its New President Lawyer A Wendell Scott ‘The Second Baptist Lyceum is one of the best national literary societies in the Nation’s Capital. It has been officered by some of the best parliamentarians and the brightest young men of literary at- ‘tainments in the city. Prof. Jesse Law- son and Mr. R. W. Thompson being its last two presidents. The’ programs fur- nished for the last three or four years have covered a wide scope and the speak- ers invited in many cases have been men and women of national reputation. The music rendered at this Lyceum has also been the best, so that it has been the senter of Lue smart set and its attendance has always been very large. It begins this year under new auspices with a new ‘set of officers. The new president, Mr. A. Wendell Scott, A. B., LL. B., has just taken his seat In the new reign of office. Mr. Scott is a lawyer by profession and will make a capital presiding officer. The uycenm will not only have the benefit of his executive ability but the ¢o-oper- ation of all the old officers and its many friends. Mr. Scott is the second of the number of seven sons of Benjamin and Athalia Scott, and was born in Wilmington, North ‘arolina. Early in life he began to show ‘a marked aptitude for books and his parents soon decided to give him the benefit of a liberal education. He entered the public school of his native city and prepared himself for college. At the age ot fifteen he entered Biddle University, vaarlotte, N. C. During his course of study in this institution he evidenced marked ability as a student, a scholar and an orator. In 1895 he won the junior natorical gold medal prize, awarded by the alumni to the best orator of the class, and in 1896 he graduated with high honors with the degree of A. B., and was elected class orator. During his sopho- more year, he and his brother, W. F. Scott, started the publication of the Wil- mington Sentinel, he doing all the edi- torial work while at school, with his brother looking after tne business end in Wilmington. This they succesfully pub- lished for a period of three and a half years. In 1897 he entered the law depart- ment of Shaw University, finished the three years’ course in two years and graduated at the head of his class with ue degree of LL. B. He successfully passed the bar examination before the Supreme Court of North Carolina, and was admitted to practice in that state. He immediately entered into the acitve practice of his profession at Wilmingty), ‘and built there a large and Iverative ‘business. He remained there until he ‘was compelled to leave during the race massacre in that city. Leaving there he came to Washington and was admitted to the District bar in 1899. He remained here until he was called to accept a position as member of the faculty of Shaw University. He remained in this position for one year and returned to this city and entered again upon the practice of his profession. He has built ap a growing practice here, and is re- garded as one of the best young criminal lawSers at the District bar. He has re- cently been electe @ president of the Second Baptist Lyceum, one of the oldest and most widely known literary organi- zations in this country. Rg see BEATS HEALTH FOODS. Ozone in the Roeky Mountain Air Enables One to Go aLong Time Without Eating. Edgar Wallace Conable, of Colo- rado Springs, has discovered that the jesone in the air of the Rocky moun- tains makes food practically un- necessary, and that a 15-day fast is beneficial to the body in every way, jeays the St. Lonis Glohe Danouy If this is true, it need but be a short time until Colorado may ship all her irrigated products to other markets and subsist upon Colorado ozone, of which there is an inexhaustible sup- ply. One meal once in 15 days would be such a slight interruption in one’s file work that it would searcely be noted at all, and would produce no more apparent effect than the usual frugal lunch counter collation in St. Louis. Many are somewhat accus- tomed to the ozone diet here already; and when in midsummer one may have observed a busy man regaling himself on a slice of watermelon and a glass of milk, it is apparent the ozone regimen was near. At first it may be necessary to take only a few erackers with your ozone; after that you can taper off on foocine, des- sicated bran and other health foods, and then take up ozone altogether. It has often been said that in many cases nerve alone will keep a man alive. Ozone and nerve amount to the same thing. ATMOSPHERIC CONUNDRUM. A Question Often Asked by Observant Persons Elucidated by a Weather Expert. | Which is heavier, dry air or moist ai. This is a question which occa- sionally agitates the minds of per- sons who get to thinking about the weather, and when such folks have considered it for a time and discussed it with their neighbors, they write to the newspapers for information, states the New York Tribune. Before consulting any authority, a man is apt to reason in this fash- ion: The air absorbs the vapor very much as water dissolves sugar, and consequently there must be a gain in weight for the same volume. If he should write to Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the United States weather bureau in Washington, though, he would find that his own independent logie was fallacious. Prof. Moore says: “A cubic foot of dry air weighs more than a cubie foot of moist air at the same temperature and pressure. The addition of vapor to a cubic foot of dry air enlarges the volume of the mixture if the air is free to expand, as in the atmos- phere; and as the vapor has only about two-thirds the density of dry air at the same temperature and pressure, the density of the mixture is less than that of dry air.” Gentleman of Leisrre- mrs, pinks—Aren’t you ashamed to sit around doing nothing while your wife works hard all day? Uncle Eph—Well, miss, I’ve tol’ her time an’ ag’ir. dat I’m puffickly wil- lin’ to Go de shoppin’ foh de fam’ly, but she won't let me handle de money.—Chicago American. I ee One Example. “Jp union there is strength,” said the first passenger. “Yes, indeed,” said the other. oe have been trying for a year to break a marriage tie. Have tried Dakota and Oklahoma both, and we are still united.”—N. Y. Times. 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Xander's . QUALITY HOUSE, 909 z7thst NW, Established 86 years ago. The largest wholesale stock in town of the most exquisite, faultless wines and distillates (in all 240 kinds,) at Chris. Xander’s modern prices no others can compete quailty and purity with any of his goods. His liquors are absolutely tree from fusel poison, (No branch houses,) Phone 1425 nes Standard remedy for Glcet, Gonorrhea and Runnings ees © ney and Bladder Troubles. SR are Ww: M. DRURY’S RESTAURANT 41100 20th St. corner L. N. W, et ee ee THE COLORED AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. P. BISHOP ALEXANDER WALTERS. WALTERS IN RICHMOND. Declares for Universal Suffrage and Gives Complete Endorsement to Plans to Test Virginia's Infamous Constitution. Imposing Banquet in His Honor. At the earnest invitation of a number of the most prominent colored citizens of Virginia's capital, Bishop Alexander Walters, delivered an address on Wednesday evening, of last week, in the spacious A. M. E. Church, at Richmond. He was especially invited and urged to visit the city at this time because of the strenuous efforts of the Virginia Industrial League to overthrow the new constitution of the state, which, as everybody knows, was framed with a view of debarring Negroes from the right to vote. history of the movement to test the validity of the recent election has been given wide circulation through the associated press, and the fight is still at a fever heat, under the indefatigable leadership of Lawyers James H. Hayes and Capt. John S. Wise. Suits are being instituted against officials in the several counties, and the cases will be vigorously prosecuted, both in the state and before the Supreme Court of the United States. Bishop Walters' splendid organizing capacity had been so conspicuously evidenced by the effective work and esprit du corps of the National Afro-American Council that his services were just of the caliber needed by the Virginians to inspire enthusiasm and keep alive the determination of the race to protect its dearest civil privilege—the ballot. The Bishop's speech was one long to be remembered, and is regarded by many as his happiest effort upon a secular question. The great auditorium was packed with an eager populace, and he was liberally and heartily applauded upon every significant declaration. His plea was for universal suffrage—no citizen should be governed without his consent. There should be no taxation without representation. He gave his full and complete endorsement to the labors of those who were putting the new constitution to the most rigid legal tests, and hoped there would be no relaxation from endeavor until the whole infamous fabric should be rent into shreds. He was opposed to any provision restricting suffrage, unless the regulations should apply to both race's alike and until the black people should be given equal opportunities with their fairer brethren to acquire education and the material things of life, upon which equality of suffrage were presumed to be predicated. The address was a scathing arraignment of southern election methods, and a denunciation of the inhuman outrages that mock the fundamental principles of the republic. He closed with a beautiful tribute to President Roosevelt, expressing faith in his willingness to help the struggling Negro, and that his accession to the executive authority was divinely ordained. Following this highly profitable and enthusiastic meeting, a magnificent banquet was given at the residence of Mr. R. T. Hill, cashier of the True Reformers' Bank, at which Bishop Walters was the especial guest of honor. Covers were laid for fifty, and the company included the best representative's of Richmond's business and professional life. Crisp addresses were in order at the conclusion of the delightful repast, and the plans outlined in the Bishop's public WILSON HON. DENNIS T. FLYNN address reiterated by him here, were warmly commended by all present. At a late hour, Bishop Walters was escorted to the train bound for Washington. While in this city he had a pleasant interview with President Roosevelt and was given assurance that the principle of just treatment for all citizens, regardless of color, as enunciated in the Crum letter would be religiously adhered to. After consultations with a number of leading people—officials, attorneys, journalists, etc., the Bishop departed for his home in Jersey City, well pleased with the events of his itinerary. A PROSPEROUS SCHOOL. Prof Trigg a Wide Awake Principal-Band Leader Needed Agricultural Opportunities Princess Anne, Md., Special. Our town was visited by a terrible wind storm Thursday night, the 4th inst., doing much damage, the greatest was the blowing of the steeple off our church. It's falling damaged the roof considerably, but we have succeeded in repairing it. We feel grateful that we were able to repair it. During this week examinations at all our schools occur, and Christmas week vacation occurs. We wish the students a Merry Xmas. One visiting H. W. Jones' store will find for sale all kinds of papers and magazines pertaining to the race. The writer thought it would be interesting to our many friends and readers to know who are the professors and instructors of our Academy, and the following is furnished: Prof. F. Trigg, principal, pedagogy and psychology; Mrs. Ellen P.igg, matron and domestic sciences; Miss Jeanette Parker, English literature and composition; Prof. R. A. Marsden, A. B., natural sciences, and English history; Prof. D. J. Pinkett, higher mathematics; Mr. W. W. Privott, blacksmithing and wheelwrighting, Mr. G. W. Owens, agriculture; Mr. J. L. Richardson, carpentry, cabinet-making, and upholstering; Mr. Parker Moore, printery plant; Mr. Samuel H. Fountain, farming. Four of these instructors have recently been elected members of the faculty, making in all ten well experienced and competent teachers. Prof. Trigg is to be congratulated on his efforts to get such an able faculty. Without any exaggeration he has done more in a few months to raise the standard of the school than has been done in all the preceding years of the institutions existence. He is a wide awake and up-to-date man. Besides the day sessions, a night school has been organized in order that those who are M. B. ARMOND W. SCOTT, A. B.. LL. B. President Second Faptist Lyceum. See Third Page. unable to attend the day session may after their work attend at night. Those who are unable to attend school may come and work one year and attend the night school at the same time, thus laying a neat little sun by each month with which to pay their way through the next year and attend all the day sessions, the previous year's work paying all expenses. The school has more applications of this kind than it can fill. The expenses of students attend the agricultural department, are only seven dollars per month. The school has recently received the honored gift of an entirely new brass band outfit of fifteen pieces. The principal is on the look-out for a leader. Any young man who knows music and desires to go to school would do well to communicate with Prof. Trigg, for his chances are good. It is generally reported by the students that the faculty is generous, kind and responsive to the students. In the writer's opinion this Continued on fifth page. 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Territory New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan, old route, goods has been introduced for 3 successful seasons. Traveling season from May 1st to December 1st. Will guarantee $100 per month as salary, possibilities of $125. Business established 1897. Books of past business open for inspection. Investigation invited. See R G Dunn, mercantile directory for our commercial standing. Applicant must have some capital, and qualified with the above qualifications, or do not apply. "Booze Grafters" and "Mashers" not wanted. For further information address THE H. C HAYNES RAZOR STROP CO. 8537 Dearborn street, Chicago, Ill. Reference required. WE GIVE ANY LADY splendid chance to earn spending money very easily working for us in their leisure time; the work is not hard, and any Woman or girl who has a little spare time will do well to avail them selves of this great opportunity to earn money. Send us 25 cents (silver) and we will at once send you the Cloth will full directions, prepaid by us anywhere in the U. S. so they can commence work at once. Address BRILLIANTI NA CO (J 3) Roxbury Mass. SKILLED WOPKMEN PROMPT DELIVERY ESTABLISHED 1876 J. H. Polkinhorn Book & Job Printer, 616 Louisiana Avenue, WASHINGTON, D. C. Books and Pamphlets a Specialty. Engraving, Color Work. Commercial Printing. Complete Facilities. Consistent Charges. Special Designs for all Societies. KNOWS HOW TO HELP. I am in receipt of your letter enclosing bill for my subscription to your valuable paper and cheerfully enclose the sum of two dollars for the coming year. I enjoy reading your paper very much and think I can succeed in getting at least one subscriber. M. S. J. Congressman Crumpacker, Admiral Schley, and Capt. Hobson, Address An immense Throng of Negro Citizens. Hon. E. D. Crumpacker, Rear-Admiral Schley and Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson, three of America's most distinguished citizens, were listened to with rapt attention, Monday evening, at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, by an attendance of our race that completely filled that vast auditorium. The church was profusely decorated with the national colors, and the choir under the direction of Prof. John T. Layton, sang patriotic airs. Each speaker was warmly received, the enconiums upon the valor of the Negro's valor in war, his loyalty as a citizen [Name not visible] and his unlimited possibilities under this beneficent government, were frequently applauded. The introduction's were made in well-tempered vim by Register J. W. Lyons, who presided with a dignity befitting the extraordinary occasion. Representative Crumpacker spoke on "The Negro in Politics;" Capt. Hobson described the work of the colored troops at Santiago; and Admiral Schley testified to the sturdy qualities of the colored sailor, giving examples that had come under his own observation. It is commendable that despite the inclement weather, these eminent Americans were given a hearing that honored ourselves even as it honored them. City in Brief. Crum and Vick are both booked to win. Rev. W. Bishop Johnson is again a sufferer from rheumatism. Rev. G. W. Hayes, president of the Virginia Seminary, at Lynchburg, Va., filled the pulpit Sunday evening at the Second Baptist Church. If Macaulay's famous New Zealander should meander into Washington along about now he would swear that The Evening Star's editor is a colored man. Rain interfered materially with the meeting of Bethel Literary Tuesday evening. The society has had a run of bad luck this season, both in the weather and failure of scheduled speakers to appear. Bishop Walters declares unequivocally for universal suffrage, and for equality of opportunity for the acquirement of education and property. This ought to silence the carping critics who maliciously garbled and misquoted his Norfolk utterances on Virginia's constitution. A few New Jerseyites are making themselves ridiculous over the rumor that T. Thomas Fortune's appointment is charged up to the state he has but recently adopted as his home. It is a matter of small importance where Editor Fortune nails from. He belongs to the country at large, and measures up to national proportions. A Prosperous School. Continued from fourth page. is the school for boys and girls, as is also any school situated at a distance from large cities, for there are no places of vice here. Boys often get out nights without the knowledge of the faculty of the school they attend and get into undesirable places, but in schools like this there is no such danger. The boys have the special benefit of the Y. M. C. A. work under Prof. Marsden, a graduate of Oberlin College. The farm, about five minutes walk from Princess Anne is said to be the finest on the Peninsula. Its waters have no superior; it is healthy, pure and refreshing, and the eight large buildings are equipped inside and outside with all modern improvements.. The farm is being rapidly supplied with the finest bred stock. a.l for Police Judge. It is hoped that upon the expiration of the term for which Judge I. G. Kimball was appointed, the colored candidates who came within an ace of "striking oil" the last time, will come up again, and press their very just claims. In such able lawyers as Prof. William H. Richards, Reuben S. Smith, W. H. H. Hart, J. F. Bundy, George H. White and Fountain Peyton, we have some rich judicial material, and any one of them would fill the position with credit. A police judge can be a gentleman, and be liberal enough to temper justice with mercy, even when the vilest of culprits are brought before him. Now is the time to begin operations looking to a change in our municipal court. FRIEND, THIS MEANS YOU. A great many friends in this paper have an idea that they help it by sending news and elaborate accounts of entertainments, weddings, etc. They were never so mistaken. The way to help The Colored American is to pay your subscription bill, if you are a subscriber, and if you are not a subscriber send in your subscription The paper contains a great amount of live and interesting news each week. Any practical newspaper man can tell you that it takes money and a great deal of it to run a paper like The Colored American. Do not flatter yourself that you are helping the paper by sending it news. Send the cash—a money order, an express order, a draft or a check. When these little evidences of appreciation come along there is no doubt about the matter being printed. The above suggestion will not only apply to the people who send in long news letters, but will apply equally as well to the many intelligent, well-to-do subscribers who get the paper each week and who receive occasional notices, but who pay absolutely no attention to our bills for subscription money. PUT DOWN ANOTHER "TALLY." Last week the Washington (D. C.) COLORED AMERICAN issued as a supplement a four-colored engraving of Prof. Pooker T. Washington. The engraving is a triumph of mechanical art and skill. The American announces that it will issue these supplements at frequent intervals and that the series will include only those leaders of the race whose merits and services entitle them to prominence. Score another for THE COLORED AMERICAN.—Maxton Blade. OMEGA OF ATTAINMENT. Scaife, Ark.—I have received your peerless paper THE COLORED AMERICAN, very regularly, and always enjoy its timely contents. Wish every Negro alive to-day could read, and that they would read it each week. 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Jan ow | = Sa ie iy | = = S| [3% 4 Bee Cs nei Re ah ez ee ae Ss ha 2 we s ns le “She told me what she thought of me, right to my face.” “And you took it in good part?” “Oh, yes; I’m used to it. She’s my wife.”-—N. Y. Times. Appropriate. Mrs. Winks—When is Miss Hardceash to marry the count? Mrs. Binks—On Monday. Mrs. Winks—Oh, of course. I might have known. Monday is bargain day. —N,. Y. Weekly. Solid Grounds. Farmer Jones—What grounds have you for thinking my daughter loves you? Si Hayrake—Eighty acres here and a hundred in th’ next county.—Puck. Breaking It to Him. “Well,” asked the anxious young husband, “is it a boy?” “Yes, Henry,” replied the new grand- mother. “One of them is.”—Chicago ‘Tribune. Were Off Duty. “Twenty persons attacked by apo- plexy in one day!” “Gee! Where wuz the police?”—N. Y. Journal. His Wean Retort. “You married me for my money,” she exclaimed, angrily. As for him, he refused to lose his temper. “You must have been looking at yourself in the glass,” was all he said.—Chicago Post. Easy Money. Client—Don’t you think your bill is rather large? Lawyer—No, I don’t think so. That will be five dollars more. Client—For what? Lawyer—For the opinion I just gave you.—N. Y. Herald. Friends. Miss Gush—What do your suppose the result would be if we could hear what our friends say about us in our absence? Miss Candor—I think we'd have a trifle more modesty, and considerable fewer friends.—Town and Country. A Live Man Wanted. “Is your company for ‘Hamlet’ com- plete?” “Yes,” answered Mr. Stormington Barnes. “All I want is a good, live young man for the ghost.”—Washing- ton Star. She Was Too Willing. “So when they got Aunt Hetty on the witness stand they told her to tell all she knew about the case?” “Yes, but they decided they didn’t eare to call an extra session of court.” —Philadelphia Bulletin. Suspicious. Bank Director—How did you come to examine his books? His Associate—I heard him address his Sunday school class on “We are here to-day and gone to-morrow.”— Puck. His Attitade. “I was always against bars,” said the man with the ruby headlight. “Yes, and when I saw you last you were leaning very heavily against them, too.”—Bal™\ore Herald. oe. eh eee ¢ | on ee LS se ‘The End of the World. | Tittle Dot—I know something my Reacher doesn’t know. Mamma—Indeed! What is that? “I know when the world is coming to an end, and she doesn’t. I asked her, and she said she didn’t know.” “Oh, well, who told you?” “Uncle John. He said the world would come to an end when children stopped asking questions that nobody could answer.”—Tit-Bits. The Hog. “Mrs. Gushington, who called upon me recently,” began the conceited and boorish author, “was pleased to say she thought there was no pen more artistically delightful in all the world than mine.” “She told me,” replied Sinnickson, “that she had admired your house, but don’t you think it was unkind of her to call it a ‘pen?’ "—Philadelphia Press. The Facetious One. “I notice,” remarked Ure facetious one to the man whose face bore evi- dences of 2 poor barber's work, “that you've had a close shave recently.” The victim glared. “Not as close as yours,” he finally remarked; “you’re the tenth man who’s fired the same joke at me, and the rest are in the hospital.” — Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. A Good Suggestion. The preacher had apparently al- mo :t reached his peroration, but he had apparently almost reached it be- fore, and the congregation was sus- picious. “What can I say more?” he asked, in impassioned tones. _ “Amen,” answered a man in,a back seat.—Chicago Post. s | Carcieas Sailers. “Sailors are awful forgetful, ain’t they?” asked little Elsie. “Why, what makes you think thet?” inquired her papa. “Because every time they leave a place they have to weigh their anchor. If they weren’t forgetful they'd re- member the weight.”—Philadelphia Press. Quite Important. Laura—Auntie, should I be justi- fied in writing to a young man who had never written to me? Auntfe—Only on very important business, my dear. Laura—Well, this is important busi- ness. I want to marry him.—Tit- Bits. SS ee ee “You think him an untruthful man?” “My dear sir, he lies like a tailor.” “Like a tailor?” “Yes; like a tailor who tells you pos- itively that he'll have that suit of yours done the day after to-morrow.” —Chicago Post. His Weak Point. Naggsby—I wonder if Slobsleigh realizes how many kinds of a fool he is? Waggsby—I'm afraid not. I used to go to school with him, and he was ter- ribly poor in numbers.—Los Angeles Herald. 5 | Quite Another Question. | “Don’t strive for riches, my son. ‘Wealth doesn’t bring happiness.” “No?” “Certainly not.” “Well, I haven't heard that poverty does either, have you?” — Chicago Post. His Case Defined. “Pa, what’s a man of the hour?” “Generally some chap who is being condemned by one-half of the popula- tion for not doing something that he knows the other half will condemn him for if he does it.”"—Chicago Rec- ord-Herald. Lavishness. He is a modern Croesus; Cost never daunts his soul; His.son is burning money, +a And his cook is burning coal. t . 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We believe there is another run in Grover Cleveland. Money is the steam that moves every engine of progress. Commissioner Henry L. West is starting out auspiciously. President Roosevelt gave his colored constituents a special message. The Crumpacker resolution should not be allowed to go down by default. The Negro race, is in too many respects, the victim of its inordinate appetites. Don't believe all you hear, for the "knocker" works overtime seven days in the week. The District of Columbia, for once, seems to be free from a wrangle in the public schools. The "black and tans" will have the cosiest seats in the next republican national convention. Horace Greeley's advice still holds good. "Go west, young man, and grow up with the country. Fakirs and charlatans contribute nothing to the substantial growth of the race. Send them hence. Indiana and Fairbanks are in line for Roosevelt. The tall sycamore of White River is a safe counsellor. Women who talk the loudest and longest at the mothers' meeting do not always rear the best children. The surest way to make friends for a man, preacher, politician or whatnot, is to abuse him unnecessarily. The "jim-crow car will go—when Negroes begin to own stock in the railroads and sit on the board of directors. Literaries cannot fulfill their mission if speakers who bear inspiring messages are refused a respectful hearing. The friends of Charles Warren Fairbanks are not forgetting him. We have him in trainnig for the 1904 meet. That class of colored gentry who have thrived for a long time on their "wits" are experiencing a season of drouth. Paymaster John R. Lynch is developing great popularity among the soldiers and citizens along the Nebraska frontier. The marvelous success of the Armstrong Manual Training School here is a telling indorsement of industrial education. In the art of knowing when it is his cue to talk, and when to hold his peace, John C. Dancy stands at the head of his class. The Chicago Conservator has not been sold anew for several weeks. The triple Barnet-Wells-Rollins syndicate is still in control. Young men who expect to find favor in the sight of right-thinking people do not improve their prospects by indulging in strong drink. Hon. W. Lee Person, of North Carolina, is the weary custodian of some dark secrets relative to the senatorial election of some years ago. The white man cannot prevent Negroes from trading among themselves—supplying the needs of the race as merchants and mechanics. Try to make the holiday season a happy time for some one. You will find the keenest pleasure in catering to the enjoyment of others. Mr. Grover Cleveland is sadly hampered by being a member of the democratic party. Bad company has ruined has ruined many a good man and woman. White republicans of the South should not permit the vote of one democrat to outweigh four of their own. Cut down southern representation in Congress. North Carolina politicians are quite handy with the quill, judging from the spicy letters they are dashing off for the enlightenment of the anxious public. We are glad to see the Negroes of Texas turning their attention to cotton mills and progressive manufacturing. Business is the black man's ark of safety. A girl who is not self-supporting is an easy prey to temptation. Fine clothes and fine character never go hand in hand, except as the outcome of patient industry. President Roosevelt, we are proud to say, realizes that he is not the president of any section, class, creed or color—but the President of all the people of the United States. Suppose our esteemed contemporary, The Record, rises and tells what it knows about the rumored change in the pastorate of Metropolitan A. M. E. Church of this city. If the democrats have sense enough to renominate Cleveland in 1904, the Negro voters could rest assured that whether he or Roosevelt won, the race would have a good friend in the White House. We are all anxious to learn of the opportunities that await the Negro pioneers who will eventually break into our insular possessions. T. Thomas Fortune will live in history as the ambassador of the open door. The Negro should be more largely represented as teachers and government agents in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. Their presence would be a potent factor in inspiring confidence among the natives in American professions of fair play. The Gallinger Bill, providing suffrage for the District of Columbia and representation in Congress is a step in the right direction. There is not one cogent argument why it should not become a law. The people of Washington should be citizens—not subjects. Postmaster-General Payne is eminently correct in his contention that it is too much of a good thing for husband and wife both to draw government salaries. Any husband in receipt of $1,000 per annum can afford to have his wife stay at home and attend to her domestic duties. Oklahoma and Indian Territory united would make a great and prosperous state. Arizona and New Mexico can wait. Let Oklahoma be admitted without delay. This would be a splendid field for young colored professional men who are now huddled up in the large cities of the country. The rumor reaches us that Ben Tillman is not pleased with the remarks made by Mr. Cleveland at Philadelphia complimentary to Booker T. Washington and in advocacy of broader educational opportunities for the Negro. But, then, Mr. Cleveland always did have trouble in satisfying the said Tillman. No, the race cannot hope to succeed by "mere political activity." Interest in politics is one of the agencies for elevation, but it is strong only in conjunction with intelligence, character and industry. Men who rely upon political schéming for a living make no deep impress upon their day and generation. To permit teachers to serve in day and night schools at one and the same time is wrong from every point of view. An instructor that does his full duty during the day needs rest and diversion at night, and cannot handle another school with justice to the school and himself. Instead of putting a coterie of teachers on double commission, the District of Columbia would do better to draw on the services of the surplus graduates of our normal school. It's Something Worth Joining A 30-DAY MUSIC CLUB In a year at this time we created an innovative platform by forming a "Music Club." It was a real instantaneous success, and a host of people were of it to purchase genuinely acceptable Chords. 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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20 1902 GROVER CLEVELAND No incident in many months, apart from politics, has so forcibly emphasized the gravity with which the race problem is viewed by the thinking people of the land than the appearance Hon. Grover Cleveland at Witheron Hall, Philadelphia, a few even ago. It is as rare as it is significant that an ex-President of the Unit States should leave his home, and arney miles to be present and preside or a meeting designed to promote the interests of a people not loved by the ion at large. It is evident that Mr. Cleveland, in common with other broad-gauged leaders of thought and close students in political economy, that something must be done to ameliorate the condition of the ten millions of Negroes of his country of a practical and permanent character. Alms have been given freely but the relief following indiscriminate charity has been only temporary at best, and the effect has fallen short of the demands of a numrous and increasing race. It is being discovered that far more than alns giving the Negro needs to be taught to do a better grade of work than has been allowed to him heretofore and then granted an opportunity to take his place in the great industrial ranks that form the bone and sinew of our massive republic. This people must, as Mr. Cleveland happily says, be taught more than to be "hewers of wood and drawers of water." The manual training school, giving readiness of mind, quickness to the eye and skill to the hand, is conceded to be the agency that promises best in the work of lifting the bulk of the race from the stratum of menial servitude, and imbuing them with a spirit that will make them self-respecting, useful, law-abiding and safe members of the American body-politic Civic virtue for any people can only grow out of a fair chance for an honorable liv lihood, a just apportionment of --- the opportunities to get on the world, and a satisfied sense of secure protection of natural rights and considerate treatment at the hands of those among whom they abide. Bound up in this race problem is a grave American problem, embracing the whole issue of civil equality, our relations to the labor world, the majesty of the law, justice in the courts our influence upon the morals of the republic and the standard of intelligence it would set up before the gaze of nations of the earth. While those of small caliber are cheating us in every arena of activity, patriots like Mr. Cleveland are studying how the well-being of all may best be subserved, and throwing the weight of their influence, wealth and personality toward a strengthening of the unity and cooperative idea essential to an enduring government and a peaceful existence for the various elements that enter into its composition The Berean Industrial School starts out under sunny skies. The warm commendation of the cause by the only living ex President of the United States as well as the magnetic presence of Dr. Booker T. Washington, gives industrialism a pronounced encouragement, and will bring to the aid of the rae a host of new friends, who will be powerful contributors to the permanent advancement of the Negro race. Mr. Cleveland's appearance at Phil adelphia, and his words of cheer, mark a distinct epoch in the annals of Ameri can thought. MR. JUSTICE HARLAN. Mr. Justice Brewer calls attention to the fact that in the opinion of the majority of the Supreme Court Justice Harlan erred when he permitted his humanitarian instinct to temper his decision as to the validity of the civil rights law. Justice Brewer correctly averred, however, that no judge errs grievously when he allows the scales to tip slightly toward the side of equity and human sympathy, as Justice Harlan can be relied upon to do when the situation warrants it. If there were a full bench of John Marshall Harlans in the Supreme Court we would have no fear of the outcome of the cases that will be brought to test the constitutionality of the disfranchising laws of the southern tates. THE CASE OF DR. CRUM. There is no earthly reason why Dr. William Demos Crum should not be appointed Collector of Customs at Charleston S. 40. He is a gentleman of cultured deportment of unblemished character, and a faithful exponent of republican principles The sole objection to him is based upon color disguise it as much as his enemies may by the introduction of political subterfuges. The charge of desertion from Blaine to the Harrison banner at Minneapolis in 1892 is false upon its face. Su h a flimsy accusation is scarcely worthy of the space unnecessary to brand it as an infamous lie Dr Crum could not well have been elected as a Blaine delegate, for it is a well known fact that up to the sitting of the convention Blaine had ste dily declined to permit the consideration of his name, and did not enter the race until the last moment, reigning from the Harrison cabinet at a dramatic stage of the unexpected contest, Dr Crum was offered no promise of reward for his support of Harrison and became a candidate for the Charleston post office in the natural ord r of events, feeling that his standing in the party entitled him to ask recognition. He was was not defeated for confirmation, as he voluntary withdrew before the case reached a vote in the committee. Dr Crum should and will be appointed collector of customs President Roosevelt is convinced of his integrity, and moral and intellectual fitness The selection may be announced at any moment. RECIPROCITY THE RULE OF THE ROAD. Editor A. E. Manning, of the Indianapolis World, is usnally an optimist, and his sunny paragraphs have frequently brightened dark days for us in distranchised District of Columbia; but his recent effusions seem to have lost something of their erstwhile blithesome air, and his pessimistic conclusions as to the race in politics, business and religion smack of disordered liver and unnatural accumulation of bile. Editor Manning, too, we fear, has gone to dreaming things, and to building castles in the ambient atmosphere. Our innocent statement that the defeat of Congressman Mercer occasioned no regret among the Negroes of Nebraska because of his failure to secure honorable and adequate recognition for worthy members of the race, makes Mr Manning sick—causes his delicate sense of propriety to recoil in horror as it were. 'Is petty office sufficient compensation for the Negro to insure his support to some professional office seeker—are the suffrages of the Negro race for sale to the highest bidder? exclaims The World's altruistic scribe. And then he goes on to talk twaddle to the effect that an election to office is governed solely by the confidence of the masses in a man's personal integrity. The latter is, in a certain sense true, but more than individual honesty is required in a representative of the people. A Congressman may be ever so honest and conscientious, but the citizens of the several districts want a man who can "deliver the goods"—who has power and influence enough to secure action upon measures looking to their advantage in trade or manufactures, and who can land" appropriations of liberal dimensions for public buildings river and harbor improve his grants of various kinds, beneficial to the vicinity in addition to providing means for numbers of deserving persons to fatten at the patronage crib. These are the things that make a member of Congress valuable in the eyes of the practical men of affairs, and until human nature undergoes a radical change, the same standard of usefulness will obtain. There is no suggestion of sale to the highest bidder in this, but the Negro, besides expecting his agent to vote right on the pending bills, has the right to expect a just division of the rewards of victory, in common with his white brother. When the claims of the black man are turned down," and those of whites carefully protected, the direlict member should meet the fate that befell Mr. Mercer. Mr. Manning should know by this time that latter-day politics is a matter of business, and that we elect men to place because we believe they are able and willing to serve our interests, both as to legislation and official advantage. Like any other business, the profits go to those who use their ballots as instruments to accomplish a given purpose, and cast namby pamby sentiment to the winds. Reciprocity is a meet and proper covenant to perpetually exist between the voter and the man voted for. President Roosevelt will no doubt appoint PostmasterVick to the office he has filled so capably at Wilson. N C. To fail to sustain him after the villainous fight made on lines of color would be to give aid and comfort to the 'lily whites,' whose overthrow is essential to the perpetuity of real republicanism in the South. They are on the run, now, and the President can rid himself of the detestable crowd forever by prompt and vigorous action in this case of Mr. Vick. The office is a small one, comparatively, but the principle involved is one of national significance, and fundamental as to the consistency of the administration's policy, outlined in the Crum letter. Mr. Vick should be sustained. THOMAS BRACKET ( REED All that is mortal of the greatest Speaker that ever presided over the National House of Representatives has been laid in a tomb in his beloved stat of Malne. With the passing of Thomas Brackett Reed American statesmanship lost one of its noblest figures. A study of his life and character, now that that the estimate can be made up from a completed career, reveals beauties and depths that escaped many of us while he was yet in the flash, for the hurly-burly of political combat and selfish ambitions are not conducive to sober contemplation or sympathetic analysis. Mr. Reed was a remarkable man decidedly the most striking personality of the generation in which he lived and shone with resplendent luster. Aggressive for the right, whether it was popular or not, he made bitter enemies, but beneath a rugged exe for there beat a kindly heart and beamed a warmth of soul that bound friends to him as with hooks of steel. He was honest, generous, and just. He was a champion of the oppressed, and never temporized with the feeders of race natreds to gain favor with the milk-and-water partisans of this decade. His candidacy for president in 1396 was supported loyally by the real leaders of the race, and that he did not win was no fault of the Negroes who went to St. Louis pledged to his interest. Speculation as to what changes might have been made in contemporaneous history had his star been triumphant, is all in his favor, and among our people his defeat is, without invidious comparisons, a source of never-ending regret. Reed is dead; but the spirit of patriotism, that such lives as his engender, never perish. His memory will remain eternally green in the love and admiration of the nation he served so well. Minister Crossland is entitled to a suspension of judgment until his official report can reach us from Monrovia, Liberia. Congressman Amos L. Allen, Senator William E. Mason, Recorder John C. Dancy, Ex Congressman George H. White, Register Judson W. Lyons, and Ex-Governor P. B S. Pinchback will be the speakers at the great memorial meeting to be held tomorrow afternoon at half past three by the Second Baptist Lyceum in honor of the late Thomas B Reed. JUST A LITTLE PRACTICE WORK THE COLORED AMERICAN unbottles the pent-up vitrol of its wrath upon the much abused head of the Cleveland Gazette, last week. If you call that a calm and dignified summary, Bro. Cooper, we should hate to read your pages when you had decided to display your wrath. Charleston (W. Va.) Advocate. THE COLOR AMERICAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. LYCEUM AT THE SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH. To The People's Lyceum of the Shiloh Baptist Church is due the credit of having as its president one of the most useful and intelligent young men of the day, in the person of Mr. Edgar L. Kenney. Mr. Kenney is a Virginian, and is the youngest son of Mrs. Thomas Cary, Sr., now of Blenheim, Va. His father, the late J. T. Kenney, having died while he was quite smail, his mother took all possible interest, and furnished every opportunity to give him a good education. He was always an extremely studious boy, and was never satisfied at doing anything, unless it wa well done. At the age of seventeen, Mr. Kenney graduated from one of the leading institutions of his state, and a few years afterwards, came to this city where he took up the study on drawing and painting, and in 1900, received the degree of Master of Arts, and the same year became connected with the National Correspondence Art Institute, of Lima, Calo. 1910 At the age of fourteen Mr. Kenney became united with the church at his home in Virginia, and although he has been actively engaged in church work in this city for six or seven years, he maintained his membership with his church at home until within the last two years, when he became fully united with the Shiloh Baptist Church of this city, where he is now a member of the Financial Board, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees. He is a young man of kind and social disposition, and has a kind word for all with whom he comes in contact, and is beloved by all who know him, both young and old. Guest of Prof. Booker T. Washington. Last summer, Mr. Kenney was unanimously elected by his church as a delegate to the Young People's Christian and Educational Congress, which was held in Atlanta, Ga., the week of August 4th. He went in company with Dr. Taylor, his pastor, and before returning home, he visited the Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee, Ala., which school, Mr. Washington is president of, and was one of the large number of Mr. Washington's invited dinner guests. Mr. Kenney is also very prominent in Odd Fellow circles, being closely identified with three branches of that Order, and is Permanent Secretary of the Lodge he represents. It is thought that the Lyceum could not have selected a much better man for the position in which Mr. Kenney has been placed. The exercises of the Lyceum are held every Sunday afternoon, beginning at 3:30. These exercises are very interesting and instructive, and as the Executive Committee is composed of one of the best talent of the District, by Mr. Kenney's useful assistance, it will soon be one of the finest literary organizations of the District. Prof. L. M. Hershaw is corresponding secretary, and is in every way, a most useful and inspiring man, and is one who takes extremely great interest in the workings f the Lyceum. The lecture on Sunday Dec. 21st, will be delivered by Hon. R. S. Smith; on Dec. 28th by Mr. Ferris, of Providence, R. I. These exercises are free to the general public, and a cordial invitation is extended to all. HALF OUR ILLS ARE CATARRHAL IN NATURE. Catarrhal Diseases are Most Prevalent in Winter. IS THERE NO WAY OF ESCAPE FROM THEM? Pe-ru-na Never Fails to Cure Catarrh Wherever Located. There are some things which are as sure as fate, and can be relied on to occur to at least one-half of the human family unless means are taken to prevent. First, the climate of winter is sure to bring colds. Second, colds not promptly cured are sure to cause catarrh. Third, catarrh improperly treated is sure to make life short and miserable. Catarrh spares no organ or function of the body. It is capable of destroying sight, taste, smell, hearing, digestion, secretion, assimilation and excretion. It pervades every part of the human body, head, throat, stomach, bowels, bronchial tubes, lungs, liver, kidneys, bladder and other pelvic organs, That Peruna eures catarrh wherever located is attested by the following testimonials sent entirely unsolicited to Dr. Hartman by grateful men and women who have been cured by Peruna: Systemic Catarrh. Mrs. M. K. Bousch, Richmond, Va., writes: "I had catarrh all through my system for two years and could get no relief. I was advised to try Peruna and I have taken five bottles of it and am well and better now than I have been for years. I can advise any one who has catarrh of any part of the body to take Peruna. My little girl who is eleven years old had catarrh, but was cured by Peruna. Before I began to take Peruna I was sick all the time, but now I am entirely cured, and all praise is due Peruna."—Mrs. M. K. Bousch. Catarrh of the Nose. Mr. Herman Ehlke, 952 Orchard street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: "I am entirely cured of my catarrh of the nose by your Peruna. My case was a severe one."—Herman Ehlke. Catarrh of the Throat. B. H. Runyan, Salesville, O., writes: "I suffered with catarrh of the throat for five years. I was induced to try Peruna. I have used five bottles and am perfectly well."—B. H. Runyan. Catarrh of The Ear. Mr. Archie Godin, 188 Beech street, Fitchburg, Mass., writes: "Peruna has cured me of catarrh of the middle ear. I feel better than I have for several years."—Archie Godin. OUR COLORED SHOE STORE. The Capital Shoe Co., located at 733 4th street, northwest, and which has been operating more than a year is the pride of many race loving Washington Afro-Americans. The directors say that they are elated with the patronage given them by the colored people, but feel that they deserve even more than they have received. If one-twentieth of the colored people of Washington would patronize this store it would not be many weeks before they would have to enlarge it twice its present size. Many prominent people who are patrons of the store are: J. D. Baltimore, Mrs. H. E. Bruce, ellis W. Brown, Rev. M. W. Clair, Dr. A. M. Curtis, John F. Cook, W. Calvin Chase, M. T. Clinkscales, Jesse Chinn, Lewis H. Douglass, Dr. Jas. C. Dowling, Daniel Freeman, Dr. Jno. R. Francis, Dr. Andrew Gwathney, Rev. W. J. Howard, Andrew F. Hilyer, J. Keelan, J. A. Lankford, Rev. Geo. W. Lee, Rev. Jas. Lee, C. H. Madella, W. H. J. Malvin, Rev. T. --- FOR CATARRH OF THE HEAD FOR CATARRH OF THE NOSE FOR CATARRH OF THE THROAT FOR CATARRH OF THE LUNGS FOR CATARRH OF THE STOMACH FOR CATARRH OF THE PELVIC ORGANS FOR CHRONIC CATARRH FOR WINTER CATARRH FOR SUMMER CATARRH Catarrh of The Kidneys. Peter J. Unger, Hawley. Pa., writ "I think that I am perfectly cured catarrh of the kidneys by Peruna, as I have no trouble of any kind." P. J. Unger. Catarrh of The Stomach. A. W. Graves, of Hammond, Ind. writing to Dr. Hartman, says: "I am well of catarrh of the stomach." Catarrh of The Lungs. Mrs. Emilie Kirckhoff, Ada, Minn., writes: "Through a violent cold contracted last winter, I became afflicted with catarrh of the nose, which in a short time affected my lungs. I took Peruna which cured me thoroughly. I now feel better than I have for forty years."—Mrs. Emilie Kirckhoff. Catarrh of the Bladder. Mr. John Smith, 311 S. Third street. Atchison, Kan., writes: "I was troubled with catarrh of the urethra and bladder for two years. At the time I wrote to you I was under the care of my home doctor, and had been for four months. "I followed your directions but two months, and can say Peruna cured me of that trouble."—John Smith. Catarrh of The Head. Mr. D. R. Ramsey writes in a recent letter from Pine Bluff, Ark., the following: "My son, Leon Ramsey, four years of age, suffered with catarrh of the head for eighteen or twenty months. He took one bottle of your Peruna and could hear as good as ever."—D. R. Ramsey. M. Nixon, H. C. Tyson, Dr. J. T. Walker, Miss I. Wormley, Dr. J. R. Wilder, "The Children's Home," 8th street extended, and the "Home for Friendless Girls," Erie street ATTENTION AGENTS Agents who have not made their reports and settlements in this office for some time are hereby warned that unless a settlement comes this week no more papers will be set them. This will also apply to a number of delinquent subscribers who are considerably in arrears. St. Augustine (Catholic) Church has a new and magnificent $8,000 pipe organ. Mme. J. Esputa Daly, directress of the choir, and Prof. Bernadine Smith, able musicians, pronounce if the finest instrument of which any colored congregation in the city can boast. --- 9 "I am well of catarrh of the stomach after suffering two years. I have ta five bottles of Peruna and one of Ma lin and I feel like a new man now A. W. Graves. Pelvic Catarrh. Miss Katie Lochman, Lafayette, Ind. writes: "I had pelvic catarrh, pain in the abdomen, back, had stomach trouble and headache caused by catarrh. I followed your directions: took Peruna and Manalin according to directions, and how happy I feel that I am relieved of such a distressing ailment."—Miss Katie Lochman. Catarrh of The Bowels, Mr. Henry Entzion, South Bend, Ind. writes: "The doctor said I had catarrh of the bowels and I took his medicine, but with no relief. I was getting worse all the time. "Before I had taken a half bottle o Peruna I felt like a new man."—Henry Entzion. If you do not receive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. BAPTIST MINISTERS FETED. A reception to the colored Baptist ministers and their families was tendered Monday evening of last week, at the Shiloh Baptist Church, on L street, between 16th and 17th streets, northwest. The church edifice was thronged with prominent colored clergymen and their families and friends. An excellent program was rendered, consisting of musical numbers, readings and addresses. At the conclusion of the program a supper was served, when covers were laid for 100. The committee in charge of the reception consisted of Rev. J. A. Taylor, D. D., chairman; Rev. George W. Lee, D. D.; Rev. J. H. Hill, D. D.; Rev. Tyler, D. D.; Rev. I. Toliver, D. D.; Rev. J. W. Howard, D. D.; Rev. W. H. Brooks, D. D.; Rev. J. C. Dent, D. D.; Rev. J. H. Lee, D. D.; Rev. D. F. Rives, D. D., secretary. Lrs. Florence P. Clark, of 8th street, is out, after a siege of la grippe.