The Washington bee., 1888-11-03
A FISHY SCHEME.


the Browne-Cardoza investigation
was made to the school board on
last Tuesday night. The report
was unanimously against Mr.. Car
doza which should have been the
cause of his immediate removal. But,
DIR. Francis, who, after signing the
report, s'goes behind the returns"
and gives Prof. Browne most cow.
ardly and malicious stab, which
the citizens will not sustain and in
time which the BEE will expose.
DIR. Francis signature to the report
puts him in very incOnslstant at
titude. The report he signed states
that there are certain Irregularities
in the High School which should
be remedied and subsequently, stat
es after Fish and Darlington ask
for the cause of the fight aud
remedy. DR.. Fra els then proceeds
to extol the vir ues and qualifca-
tions of Card0zd, and the improve
ments made in the High School
under his principalship. DIR. Fran
cis, himself, has been dissatisfied
with Cardoza and so informed Prof
Browne, according to Prof. Browns
statement, and that it was only
upon the suggestion of DR.. Francis
that he made application for the
position. Prof. Cardoza will be re-
moved and DIR. Francis will not
have the pleasure of taking a hand
in it either. AS to the recommen-
dation of DR.. Francis to consolidate
the Offices of the two superlnten-
dents, by placing Mr.. Cook at the
tale end of Mr.. Powell, which means
nothing but that, we oppose and
SO do the masses of the people and
the tax payers, and upon this issue
the BEE and the Doctor must sepa-
rate 10 subseIve the best interest
of the oppressed people apainsU our
enemies on the school board. Our
personal relations with DR.. Francis
have been friendly, and from his
boyhOod we have been friends and
the BEE his admirer, but, when we
see cowardly attack made on one
of our young men for corrupt
politician, who attempted to blast
the future prospects of this young
man who has been vindlcated by
two honorable men, and an attempt
to abolish the office of our cOlOred
schools under the pretense of re-
forming the schools, we oppose,
and an expression in a public meet
ing will come from the colored
people.
DR.. Francis led Prof. Browne TO
believe and, in fact, stated that
the High School was i'm bad con.
ditIon, and signed the report exon
Grating Prof. Browne of the charg.
es of Mr.. Cardoza, and maliciously
attempts to show INSTRUMENTATION
on the part of Prof. Browne. The
report shows the bad condition OF
the High School. DIR. Francis
agrees with the report. The fact
of the matter is that the teachers
in the High School have been ter
ronized by the board of school
trustees, and, as it was remarked to
us, if there be one who dareS to
point out the reflections of gross
mismanagement, he must be per.
secuted. The people will see that
Prof. Brownies righted; he mas Civ
en- to the people things that were
unknown to exist in the High
School. There is something behind
all this, and DIR. Francis showed
il when he offered an amendment
or remedy for the report submitted
by the committee. DIR. Francis
substitute demonstrated the fact
that behind his deep laid scheme of
hypocracy, he wanted to knife sup.
erintendent Cook it looked as if
he had been in consultation with
Darlington and Fish to abolish an
office, to remove a man to satisfy
his personal ambition, for whom he
had a personal dislike. Why
didn't he act manly? Why didn't
he come out and assert that Mr..
Cook was unfit for the position,
instead of attempting 10 abolish an
Office or to remove negro to salts
fly the whims of a few prejudiced
white men. Judas Iscariot could
not have played a more hypocrit
ical game on Christ than the one
DIR. Francis attempted on Tuesday
night, and the colored people will
see TO it that DIR. Francis will not
be allowed to carry his pet scheme
into effect; the BEE will keep the
people informed upon this deep
laid conspiracy.
The people are with Prof. Browne
and if the commissioners will do
their duty an immediate vacancy
will exist in the trusteeship of the
9TH school division. There was
but one conclusion to which the
committee could come and that one
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