Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-02-04

An Interesting Budget from the
Capitol OF the Nation.
Sachells Contribution.
Washington has ruined many man
He comes here seeking either to study
q profession or to enter the govern
nsnt service, and he hopes in time, to
make ! man of himself. He gets into
the whirlpool of society and his trouble,
his danger often his downfall begins.
It costs money and requires time to be
3 member of the gay society of the
nations capitol. He can i'll afford to
give either, he too often throws away
both. It might be said, everyone
society gains the race looses. Of course
we need refined, intelligent fashion,
able society, admit that, but, we have
it at too dear a cost, when we take our
most gifted men, who, in q lawyers
field, could do the race credit and
service, and harness them to the gilded
chariot of society to attend every en-
tertainment, to gormandize ut every
supper, to hop at every german and
ball. He cannot study, and hence he
cannot shine in his profession. He
cannot save his money and hence he
cannot become wealthy, and too often
he cannot marry,-I had almost said,
unfortunately, he will not die. Of
there are Z number Of honorable sxcep-
tons to this too general rule. Some
young men work hard in the depart
ments by day and attend the law or med
cal schools at night. / could name q
score who are doing this. some are taking
no profession but are rapidly becoming
independent by a judicious inyestme mt
ola coed portion of their salary. could
name q number who are doing this, but
/ fear the ease Of government posi-
ton will keep many brilliant young
lawyer or doctor here, who should be
out practising his profession; and love
Of society, will keep many others poor,
and their poverty keep them unmar-
ried, when they have good oportu-
nifty to become rich, and with riches
they could afford 10 become husbands.
Old Man Wormly, the original owner
of the Wormly Hotel, was one of the
shrewdest business men of his time,
commencing with small means, by
judicious management and safe invest
ments he possessed himself of some OF
the best property in the district. At
his death he left to his children the
large and handsome hotel that bears
his name, numerous pieces of city
property that have quadrupled in value
since he bought them and a large we'll
appointed farm, a few miles out of
Washington, which supplies the hotel
with many of its choicest dolicacies.
Mr.. Bradford, q Wholesale grocer
Of Baltimore, bids fair to become tho
successor of old man Wormly AZ the
financier of the district. He il q
thorough business man, full Of energy
and as sharp a, a steel trap. His family
lives in elegant style. He has large
amount of ready cash and unlike most
Colored men he is not afraid to let it
20 into his enterprises. He often laws
eut Thousands in land, and let's it Law
for several wears, the city grows out
towards his land and when it's value
has doubled or tripled, as land often
ases here IN brace ofyesrs, he let's
1t 20. de makes money and then
invests it again, the result is that Mr..
Bradford is fast getting rich.
! said sometime ago that real estate
IN the district was paying investment.
OF course, somebody is getting money
out of it. Buzzards and sharks from
all over the world are here, feeding
on the fat carcass Of real estate. They
come by land over land and by water.
Men from all nations are here, and it
isa fierce compstition they wage, for
the spolls that are sure to be left when
any green horn" buys property.
Perhaps the stupidity of some Of our
sColorsd brethren is seen nowhere 40
plainly as when they deal in sharp
competition for the profits in real
estate. There are some Gologed real
estate agents here, who are far more
suited to be farm hands; they will 20 in
with white man to make "deaIn in
Fea! estate the deal will bs made, but,
when it comes to "diyide, /" the Colorsd
brother will get twenty dollars, the
white man sometimes five hundred.
/ am happy to say that this little
scheme OF the white man taking the
lions share has been nipped in the bud
more than once. A fellow tried it on
certain wsll-known Colored real estate
agent not long sgo, and to use loose
expression, he got severely left. and
after he got over the first stunning
surprise he has been asking himself
now DID that n come to get him in
that way. The man who thWarted his
little scheme, to get the best of him. Is
one OF the sharpest resi- estate brokers
in the entire district, white or Colored.
Hons a. NJ. Clapy, chairman Of tho
District Republican Central Committee
has issued manifest declaring ths
meeting of tho whisky commlttos rinr
and hummer element, Rspublicans
null and void, aud Will shortly issne =
call for the batter. class Of Republicsn.
of the District to meet and elect . daI..
zAte TO Chicago. Col. Perry G. Carsnn
i low black leader of the bnmmar
element, rules his msn like 4 tyrant
and they obey him like slaves. The
primary meetings are most disgracefn
and do more to prevent considarst;nr,
of position for su1rags for the .l;strict
than any other course, the people nsai
70 Yo 9 mere once, and the Colorsd
people say It to their disgrace, the
lowest class of Colored people, carried
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