The bee., 1883-01-27
THE ISSUE FOR 1884.

THE CoLoRED PRESS ASSOCIATION.
The next press convention, which
viii meet at st. Louis, Mo-, next
summer, should take decided stand.
We don't want such farce as an
apology for convention, such as was
held at Washington last year. We
must make an issue for 1884. A united
stand for a cabinet portfolio; no white
wash business wanted, but united
stand for recognition. We don't be-
lieVe in leaving the party at present,
but if the Republican party demons
trateS the fact that we are not wanted.
then it will be time enough for us to
go TO another promised land.
We clip the above from the "Wash-
ington BEE" concerning the duties of
the next colored Press Convention that
is to meet at st. Louis next summer.
Inc editor saws, we, as editors, must
take decided stand. lie says the last
convention was a farce instead of a
convention. The cclcrcd people of
this country must give the Republican
party to understand that they are no
longer political slaves, but are free
American citizens. If the colored press
of this country has not the courage to
assert this, then away with the press
association. We are with you, Bro.
Chase. We have often wondered what
was accomplished by the Washington
Press Convention, but never learned
until We read the following in the
New York Globe, it elected w. A.
Pledger, of Atlanta, Ga, president, who
Is not now, and never was, an editor
of any paper, The idea of press as
SociatlOn eicctlng a man that is not a
newspaper man, as its president, is GER
talnly farce from beginning to end.
The clipping below speaks for itself
and shows the bogus president to be a
man in the wrong place. To our first
thought, the colored men have carried
the political hod long enough; they
have received but little by carrying it:
SO lets drop it and march up to the
captains Office and see what is to be
done in 1884, by deciding in our next
convention what we shall do and then
do it. The political lesson we have
learned is, that the man that fights the
hardest and loses the most time, is the
one who gets the least for his services.
No more farces, but convention of
men. The New York Globe says:
We do not sympathize with w. A.
Pledger, the putative president of the
Colored Press Association, in his re-
moval from the position of Surveyor of
Port Atlanta, Ga. We have just paid
the express charges on bundle of pa
perS ordered by Mr.. Pledger sometime
ago, and which he refused to pay for
when they reached him. Any man
who will order goods and then refuse
To pay for them is not proper person
to hold position of trust, and we de-
mand that the executive committee of
the Colored Press Association depoSe
It's president, who has not now, nor
was he at the time of his election,
editor of any paper. Unless he is dis
placed before the next meeting of the
Colored Press Association that body
may drop from its roll Of membership
the paper which we edit and which is
known as the Nec York Globe. We
will not sustain connection with any
institution which has any such presi-
dent. We consider ourselves out of |
the membership of the Colored Press |
Association until such time as w. A. |
Piedger is displaced as its president and
dropped from its roll of membership |
lie viii not pay his honest debts and |
nc is not editor of any newspaper, and |
was not editor of any such at the time
of his election.
The above is clipped from the
sprightly Cairo Gazette. Cairo, Illinois.
We desire TO inform Bro Leonard that |
The above extract from the Globe is q |
prejudiced article against Mr.. Pledger,
who was elected president Of the Press
Association. The fact is, the editor of |
The Globe was candidate for the presi- |
lency OF the Press Association, and be- ,
cause he was defeated by Mr.. Pledger, !
the editor of the Globe, after the cleo
ion Of Pledger, took his hat and left |
the convention, and said that he would |
lecline to accept Of any Office at the
gift Of the Press Association. The
present editor of the BEE rose and de
manded that the convention should be
treated with respect by the editor of
he Giobe. Mr.. Pledger is gentle
nan, and the Globes prejudiced article
should be condemned 10y respectable
Let the editor of the Globe
from the Press Association,
what difference does it make? He
'hall have the opposition of the BEE
or the presidency of the next conven-
ion, Notwithstanding. No man with
principles should head the
colOERd Press Association.
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DEFEAT BOURBONISM.
Thoughtful colored men who have