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The Washington bee., 1888-07-21
THE GOVERNMENT PRINT
ING OFFICE.
PUBLIC PRINTER BENEDICT REMOVES
AN OLD BARNACLE FROM THAT Or
FICE THAT HAS HAD AN EXIsTANCE
THERE FOR A SCORE OF YEARS,

We have on several OCCASIONS
through these columns called the
attention of our readers and the
public to the very many improve
ments made at the Government
Printing Office by Mr.. Benedict.
We have also stated that he makes
an excellent official, and that the
management of that great print
ing concern cuuld not be in better
hands. One of his latest acts fully
confirms what we have heretofore
said concerning him. Under
prior administrations of that
Office colored people visiting that
establishment had to wait, some
times an hour or more, before
they could be shown through.
The reason for such delay was
that the white messengers and
guides refused to conduct colored
persons through the Office, and
they were compelled to wait until
one of the colored laborers had
time to take them. Mr.. Benedict's
attention having been called a few
days ago, to the fact that such an
evil still existed, be Immediately
had it understood that any of the
white guides, laborers, or messen-
gers refusing to perform such
duties because the visitors were
colored people, must find employ.
ment somewhere outside of the
Government Printing Office; that
he will not tolerate any such non
sense or discrimination. We are
glad to note such action on the
part of the public printer. Col
ored persons visiting that Depart
ment now, will have the same
courtesy shown them as other
visitors; and there is not the least
doubt but that Captain Belts, the
efficient door keeper, will see that
Mr.. ~Benedict's wishes IN that
regard will be strickly carried
out.
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21
FAIR PLAY.

Excepting Judge Macarthur,
the District has never had a fair
er and squarer judgethan Mont
gomery.
1t is~hard 10 get a man who
can look beyond the individual.
1t has been the case here and it
is now to some extent that black
men suffer more severely for the
same crime under less agravating
circumstances, than white men
Public sympathy is against the
negro, and prejudice for the most
part has been uppermost in the
minds of our former judges.
Every decision more, or less, is
characterized by an exhibition of
conscious smallness on the part of
colored criminals. Ali criminals
deserve the just sentence of the
law. But We deny that colored
criminals deserve a longer Sem
tence or a heavier fine than white
criminals. Judg ge Montgomery, in
honor be it said, with great judi
cial discernment and utter cal
lousness to the demands Of the
public, sees only the crime. II
the criminal never appeared be.
fore the court and there were no
means TO ascertain his color,
Montgomery could hardly be
more just. He is becoming emf
nent for fair play. Chases untor,
tunate circumstances aroused the
indignation of Washington "rebs. .
They raised a 'Ehue and cry" fol
Chases death. 1t was a common
saying about the court house dur
ing che trial, that the "nigger'
out to be hanged. Montgomery.
however, was defiant. He de
livered fair charge and impos'
ed just sentence. In the police
court where trials are held with
dispatch, no black man can es
cape, if there is a bare possibility
of conviction. This may be jus
tice but it is entirely modern, too
modern and novel.
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21

containingover 500 names in fave
of the electric road on Atlaetic Ave-
nue., were read and an order print
ed. After quoting the ordjnanoa
granting the Camden and Atlant;o
Railroad a right of way On AtIan
tic ave., the City Solicitor gives tbo
following as his legal construction
of the motor matter. The Conn
eilmen we're in favor of Camdan
and Atlantic railroad on Atlantia
avenue to lay tracks for local Das,
senger traffic, but were not in favor
of using steam meter ss-it was pFo
hibited. A violation rule was 70
ferred to the ordinance, as it womb
be in manner, prejudicial to the
welfare of said city and the com.
fort and the safety. of its inhabj.
tants. The reception given on
the IL inst. to Rev. Bean, pastor Of
Bethel church, was very fine. The
Rev. Mr.. Bean and Mrs. Bean were
presented with-maBy useful articles
and purse of money. Bro. Henry
COrse made the presentation adj.
dress in an elegant manner, which
was responded to by brother Bean
in his usual well chosen Language
Messrs Pierce and Washington
Young presented the pastor with
magnificent Prince Albert coat
Alter partaklng of some of the del.
icacies of the season the members
dispersed. The total collection at
the st. James church, July IL. WAS
$S6.SS. Mrs. B. f. Lee was the
guest OF Mrs. j. III. Bran last week,
Among the most noted ladies who
attended the reception of Rev. Bean
was, Mrs. E. E. Havelow and Mrs
y. j. Clinton, both of this city.
Among the arrivals at the Havelow
this week were, Hon. Isaac Ware.
OF Pills., MesSrS L. NJ. Dent, Of
Georgia, VIM. Lowe, of PhHa.
Chris Perry. of Phila., Andrer
Moore, of Phi'a., Miss Almira N,
Wilson, of Phila., Miss Atyerts y
Sipple, OF Washington D. c., ME
John j. Reaves and Mr.. Richard
Hawkins, of Washington, Mr.. JAS.
H. Payne of Washington, Mr.. o.
Hunter, of Raleigh, N. c. and many
others. The Literary was grand
success at Zion A. NJ. Z. church,
Tuesday evening. The Knights
of Pythias Lodge, No. 1, Atlantic
City, is succeeding finely. The
Knights of Pythias, No. 1, of PhiIa.,
will give a grand excursion to Cur
city on the 26 inst. Don't forget
the BUILDING Association that our
city should have in progress.
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21

The excursion at +COfiingwood
Beach last Monday evening 10y the
Gleason Social Club had some very
riotons persons on board. The
DAILY Posi-, a negro hating paper
published in this city and a paper
the colored people seem to support,
contained a report in its Tuesdays
issue not very complimentary TO
the occasion. The POST delights in
picturing fights that occur at pic
mics and excursions given by the
colored people, but very seldom
says anything of what happens at
white picnics and excursions.
The posi- must not judge all col
ored people alike. We have just
as many respectable colored peo-
ple among us as an average as the
white people. There are as many
thieves, black legs, libertines, gam
blers, murderers, ect., within the
white race as there are within the
colored race. We have just as
refined and cultured classes among
us as there can be found among
the people. There are more scan-
dals among the white people than
among the colored, and we wager
that the white people do more
stealing in five weeks than the
coiored people do in five years.
The POST is an acknowledged dem-
ocratic sheet, and We are confident
that two thirds of the abusive
articles written are by white. re-
publicans employed on that paper.
The Editor of this paper is acQuain-
ted with majority of theS writer's
on the POST and we know that
they are republicans.
:. We cannot be judged alike any
more than the white people. If
we should say that the editor Of
the POST is mean contemplate
cnr, is it presumed that all editors
are ours or dogs? Let us discrim-
mate.
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21


was not>a bore and believed in
setting times for congregational
contributions. His real theory
was that the financial part Of the
church should rest on other
shoulders than the ministers. 1t
is to be hoped that the colored
churches will finally adopt this
plan. Stewart pleased all classes
and was a general favorite. He
might have returned had he not
felt self important. This is no
mean fault but be might have
signitied his intentions as to the
place in which he might, do the
most good, Prof. Mitchell sue
ceeds. Lie comes with no less
scholarship ability, with more
financial power, but not the abil-
ity for biblical explanation. If
Prof. Mitchell will start in with
long endless discourses he will
cripple himself ON the jump. If
he intends to display his financial
power by boring his congregation
his failure is predicted. Wash
ington audiences are critical. Its
young people are fanciful and as
thetie. Their taste must be re-
garded Or they will bolt. How
ever time will vindicate the true
man.
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21
THE DISFRANCHISED.'
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THREE MEN
|" RULE. THE POLICE CENSUS. sa'' -

,,.s. f.,., :r's. '-ssl,.t 2. u lr5.,f
The chief of police, Major. Moore
transmitted. to the District Com
missioners Tuesday a summary.
report Of the census. The report
shows the population Of the Dis
trict to be 218, ,157, white 145, ,635:
colored 1882. =. ...-... l.,, '' 49,
The white population is classi-.
fed and enumerated as follows.
Under 6.years Of, age, 1885; un-
der ,18 years, 33, ,300;. over 18
years, ,95,S48, Male, J71,157; fe-
ma! e, 74,478., ..,..,,.., ,,..............'
The. eolored population is
enumerated as follows: Under 6
years, 7.7O1; under Is years, Is,
200; over l8 years, 1902; male,
80, 089; female, ,40, ,442. -
The total number of births re-
ported from June 30,18S7, to June
Is last, were: White 3,175; col
ored, 2,077.. The report shows
also 3,119 children attending pri-
| vate schools, of which 2,772. are
| resident white children, 298 non
| resident white, Al resident color
ed, and 5 noh-resident colored.
The population as given by
police precincts is as follows:
First precinct, 19,232; %, 29,176;
Sd, 25, ,743; 4th, 26.263; 5th, 80,
347; 9th, 1884; 7th,, Il, ,233; 9Th,
29,2O9. The enumeration began
June Is, and was completed in
about three weeks. The work OF
tapulation has been done by iMr.
[Sylvester, chief clerk Of the police
department, aud his clerks, g Mr.,
Sylvester is preparing additiona
tables showing the population OF
various institutions. the ,popula.
ton of suburban settlements .ot
each square of the city, &c.
80 The enumeration made by, the
police three years ago gave a total
population for the District of 203
49, The, increase lin the three
years has aa been 1868 The
white population in 1855 was 1876
271, and the, colored population
81, 1888. The proportion of, color.
ed to white has remained about
the same. The tables are made
up according to, police precincts
and owing to the extenslv e
changes made in the boundaries
] OF the precincts the census of 1885
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21

now, sustained and soothed by an
unfaltering trust that nobody finds
them out 4 IS
Sometimes .Lgo TO "a party or
ball. Then surely it would wiring
anyr other than an adyenturing
heart to know to what straits | am
put. It is no uncommon occurrence
for me to wash out my one lace
trimmed and trained petticoat in
the basin with runningwater in my
dressing closet, and to wear it with
out ironing, rough-dried in my tiny
room. MY faded slippers are re-
freshed by polish my gloves chalk
ed OF linked, my dress: is. the con-
crete fusion of a dozen abstract
remnants, my ruches and ribbons
the price of more anxious thought
than review of Posnett's econ.
parative Literature / often won
der, whenI am dressed and said
to present a stylish appearance,
what the feminine verdictwould be
upon me were to die IN that very
rig. Would my miraculous-darned
silk stockings, my patchwork
dress, and my rag bag laces. gain
me the praise of suffering, tolllng
saint, or would 1 be fouted as a
dead fraud2
Once upon time l was hidden
to a marriage.feast had no we'd
ding garments, only my ubiquitous
black silk with it's proteen chang
es of lace, velvet, and nuns yelling.
Besides, the, Invitation reached me
tardily, and gave no time for my
usual preparatory struggles. l had
no dress, no gloves, no fichu, no
trained petticoat, no anything. L
had even no money. In the morn
ing my prospect of going to that
marriage-feast looked very like
the. school-masters definition of
nothing,-a footless stocking with
out a leg! Only an adventures
under, my then conditions could
adventure to be a.. wedding guest
that night. / was a weddlng-guest,
and / wore an elegant white silk
trimmed with f1eecy. tulle. My
| trained petticoat was chinesely
laundried, my gloves immalcnlat.
ed o. '''' 2" '''' =, %. go ''.'f' ';'.
How did I do it?
- There was the family silver, of
which fifth Came to nv. share, i
wore that 81 a,naY stt.r .rs.'on,
The way I wore it was to send it
by one of my, brothers to a certain
safe place. This safe place is dis
tinguished by a sign of three golden
balls. '''
When my brother came home
l found myself in sudden funds.
I took portion of my funds to a
costumer ON Fifth Avenue. There
I saw a white silk, tleecy with tulle.
1 conquered, the scOwling fate
thatrstrove to prevent my presence
at the. bridal of one, of the most
brilliant, most famous, most
wealthy, and, most Murray. .Hilly OF
our contemporaries, FROM L1PP'
| INCoTT's FOR JULY. E'l''' 90"
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21
COLORED WOMEN IN THE
ffFfT SOUTH.

The future of the women is tar
less hopeful thanthat of the men,
The older generation, from The
habit of industry inculeated by
slavery, are still more or less val.
liable as household servants, wash
erwoman or housewives In Their
own cabins. Tue younger are,
a mass, utterly frivolous. The
good qualities ofthe parents are
not sustained, while the bad are
exaggerated in the children. The
latter are immoral as the man Of
the same generation, less inclined
to work and less steady and eff
cient when they do work. SuM.
cient wages and constant employ
ment are always within their
reach. ns'Trifiing" as they are, an
established reputation for honest,
steadiness, and application would
secure any of them high wages;
but these. ordinary virtues among
the. young Negro women seem
incompatible with the whole ten
or of their lives. In the tobacco
factories, it is true, they 10 more
regular work, but these are open
but very few months in the year.
and the town life which they ne
cessitate, and after which tD'
women banker is more costly, 10.
only in the matter of food anu
lodging, but in that of the exce+
sive personal adornment which Il
encourages. That this class iol
an exception to the otherwise very
fair record of the Negroes slnc'
the war will, I think, hardly %
disputed, though that they are inS
mothers of future generations I"
the United States citizens 10 not
pleasing matter for cOutemPla'l0n'
Since the artificial connection "
| tween the two races was SEVERN
by the abolition of slavery, tn',
seem to have each fallen Da'a
within themselves, and Iel'
yawning gull between 'cI1s as
which it is not easy To lmaslus .o
that even in their remotest luLl
any bridge can streteh.-MaelnD
lans Msgizine.
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21
THE METROPOLITAN
CHURCH AND IT'S
NEW MINISTER.

The Metropolitan church is a
big church and unpaid for, an
interest of seven hundred dollars
overhangs itbesides current notes
and an immense principal. Here
is a condition of affairs sufficiently
important to induce conference
to keep strong man at Washing
ton, not only a financier but man
of strong moral and intellectual
culture. Rev. Stewart who has
Just left for Baltimore was. a man
of vigorous intellectual caibre.
Though gifted with no sparkling
brilliancy he was a steady reason
er and an inviting talker. He
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21
MY ENPERTANCE AS AN AID
t..,'rs r."V VENTURES. 'u,au-sif

Like more ordinary adventures
es, 1 live beyond my means. l
board in a stylish house on Murray
Hill, when a woman of less adven-
turous mind would grovel in Tenth
Street or Washington Square. I
always pay my board by hook or
crook, but when /, ever pay it
promptly. two, weeks in succession
my sense of superior. virtue becom.
es insufferable-to myself. I always
inform my landladv that 1t is abso.
lutely impossible for me to meet
my engagements regularly if she
cannot take me upon such grounds
[ must LOOK elsew here for one who
can. Naturally mychoice of pen
sions becomes thus more restricted
than it would be were L not an, ad-
ventures. Frequently l am COM
PEELED to remain in, or return to-, a
house Objectionable to me. Some
times l have been obliged to dis
miss myself gracefully from charm
ing quarters because the presiding
genius was as impecunious as my
self, or more impatient. Yet 1 new
er in my life left a. house in debt,
and never failed to pay a debt-in
time / subsist by the scanty and
precarious earnings of the pen. 1t
is farely facile and clever pen,
and an industrious one. But no
striking ability guides it,, hence |
have never been able to distinguish
myself above the common herd OF
penny-a-liners, who live with diff
Guilty from hand to mouth, yet have
not even the choice offered them
whether to live or not. Perhaps ]
might live an easier life did l take
it upon lower attitude than Mur-
ray Hill. Mais que .voulez-vous
| lived here before / became an ad
venIuresss all my acquantances
live here; my married sisters live
here, and my celebrated brothers,
all likewise more or less in the. ad
venturing line. Were I to 60 low
er down 1 should feel myself a fail.
ure, a broken.down rather than a
successful adventures, and in my
dull lexicon of elderly youth is nc
such word as fail. | am by nc
means brilliant adventures. ]
am more fond of dressing-gowns
than of ball dresses, of solitude
than of society, Of books than OF
men. ] am not trying to. catch a
husband, and | never cared to have
a fortune, The most golden Of my
ambitions is to have money enough
to be freed from this demnniti0n
grind of ink, to have leisure to read
without taunting demon at my
ear, and to be always sure of my
car-fare when l am miles away from
Murray Hill! L should not, OF
course, be willing then to wear a
bonnet crouching upon my
forehead when other bonnets soar
aloft, but neither am now; and
l should then, as now, wear mis-.
mated gloves and boots most un
J willingly, but doubtless then, as
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21
eASBURY PARK, J'

The following are the arrl'"io ~o,t
the Hubbert House, one OF the 9lrs nJ''
popular resorts at Asoury i~ily.
Dir. and. Mrs. Wyatt and laID@ hsI,
n. Y, city, Mr.. and Mrs: o'TR ROsg.
son, of N. Y, Messrs W I11 r.aotOG, %
land andJ. F. Berry,ot ! IrSTid lind
n. j., BENZ. Dyer, and Q; C};,Hl,,rrssI, q, gaI
son, of N. Y. City, w. Val vans 9Iayis,
Trenton, N. j., Mr.. and Mrs. Mrs, D'sdi and
of n. Y, Misses Lizzie DySD;I SD;agtOn
Willie Matthews, of NaSni" r and
DC, Messrs James Dozlsf
Phil. Gerber, OF N. j.
The Washington bee., 1888-07-21
l NEGRO DISCRIMINATES
GENL. BLACK WILL NOT TOLERATE IT.
q NO NEGRO NEED APPLY. A NEGRO
BARRIERS CIRCULAR,

Preston's Pension Office barber
shop, first class in every particular.
Devoted STRICTLY to WHITE TRADE.
The rumGr that this shop has been
serving any CoLoRED TRADE is false
In every particular, and was started
only through the jealousy and spite
of one man. 5 --.. .-t
Respectfully,
GEv. T. PRESTON.
Never before in the history. OF
the Federal government has such
an insult been offered to the color
ed people as the above circular in.
dicates. The Pension Office is pre-.
sided over by Genl. John G. Black,
democrat, but seemingly friend
to the negro employees. Fhe all.
thor of this circular is one Geo.
Preston, a colored republican from
Alexandria, Va, formally a mes
senger in the Interior Department
under the last republican admins
tratlon, but wasdischarged soon af,
ter when L. @. C.Lemar took charge
of the bureau. Being granted per
mission by Genl, Black, to estab.
lish barber shop in the Pension
Office, for all classes, it is supposed,
and for fear few white clerks, to
whom he wanted to cater, would
think that it was a colored shop or
that he allowed colored men to
shave in his shop, hence the Cir
cular. 1t is not only a reflection on
the colored clerks and other color.
ed employees Of the Pension Office,
but a reflection on the administra-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-02
Incidental. Why should he assail that

incidental. Why should he assail that
Senator? Men mistook themselves, and
the Senator from Kansas did so more
than any one he knew. That Senator
had not been alive politically since the
sixth OF March last, when the Senator
from Kentucky Blackburn) disposed Of
him. Laughter and a yell Of approval
from one OF the galleries. He had been
walking the streets and posing before
the world like an old friend OF his in
indianapolis in bad health, who had
said to him that he had been dead a
year, and was only walkingaround tosaye
funeralexpenses. He Qngalls) had read to
the Senate, the old stale putrid ISLANDERS
OF years gone by on which he (Vorhees)
had trampled in forty political cam
paigns. It had seemed to him like the
voices OF spawned, broken.winded hack
neyed political campaign liars Of the last
twenty-five years. That he ever uttered
one word against Union soldiers, or talk
ed OF their having collars around their
nccks, was so base n falsehood, so in
famous that the black walls Of perdition
could not reduplicate.
Mr.. Voorhees, alluded in a sacastic
and amusing manner to Mr.. ingalls, war
record, and said he would stand with
the Senator before the soldiers OF In.
diana or Kansas and quit the Senate il
he was not approved by them over Mr..
Ingdlls,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-02
TILE STANDARD OIL INVESTIGATION.
Evidence Showing Determination in Favor
of the Great Monopoly.


Of the Great Monopoly.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1.-The
House Committee on Manufactures re-
sumed its investigation into the Standard
Oil Trust this morning. Harlow Dow,
of Memphis, was called. He said he
was engaged in buying and selling oil
from persons and companies in opposi-
ton to the Standard Oil Trust. Witness
was questioned at length concerning the
rate OF charges on the Chesapeake
& Ohio and Southwestern Railway
formerly the Chesapeake & 0hio)
to towns north Of Memphis to himself,
and the rate TO the Standard Oil
Trust. He said that on every barrel OF
oil shipped in less than car load lots to
these cities he had been for some years
obliged to pay first-class rates, while the
Standard Trust had been getting fourth
class in shipments OF less than ten bar
rels. He had complained of this to B.
F. Mitchell, General Freight Agent OF
the road, but had secuced no redress.
Witness had had good trade with a
town forty miles up the road, but had
lost it because the rates were so unjust
to him as compared with the Standard.
Since the passage Of the Interstate
Commerce law there had been practic-
ally no change in this condition OF
things.
There were three railroads in that
section Of the country which discrim-
mated against him in favor OF the Stand
ard Trust. These were the Illinois
Central, from Mississippi and Tennessee,
the Chesapeake & Ohio and South
western, and Louisville & Nashville
railroad companies. He had been prac-
tically driven out OF business in localities
covered by these roads.
Malcolm Lloyd, a Philadelphia oil re-
finer, who was shown by testimony to
have received rebates from the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, along with the Standard
Oil Company, asked to be excused and
finally declined to produce n statement
giving the amount Of those rebates.
]. L. Dickey, Assistant General Freight
Agent OF the Western and Atlantic Rail-
road, testified that in 1886, his road ed
vanced the rate given Mr.. Rice, of Mari
eta, an oil shipper opposed to the STAN
dard, from S35 to 500 per car, but now
the same rates were charged to all and
through rates had been increased.
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NEw YORK, May l.-General Malone
has been very much stirred up by the
articles in the Tribune, commenting
upon his confidential circular to Repub-
licans in Virginia. In his reply, Gen.
eral Malone says that Mr.. Sherman is
in no wise responsible for this or any
other utterance Of his. He is for Sher.
man because he thinks he could lead the
party To victory. He attacks Editor
Reid, Of the Tribune, in language quite
iorcible, and concludes with the declara.
ton that he and the Republicans Of Vir.
ginia stand ready to support the nomi.
nee Of the party at Chicago, no matter
whom 1t may be.