The Washington bee., 1889-06-22
WHAT WE WANT.

There are some Wnlte hepupll-
licans in this city and country
who prefer to deal with Ignorant
and incompetent Negroes because
they are more pliable and more
easily hoodwinked The ID part
ments here at Washington con-
tain many such Negroes who are
the willing t, OILS of certain class
of white men who estimate the
Negroes ability by what they see
of the class referred 10 Ths pet
ty positions around the depart-
ments at Washington such as
messengers and laborers places
are given to many of this class of
Negroes not for any service that
they have rendered the Republi-
can party or could render it, not
because they are legal voters III
any of the states, or because they
take an active part in the political
affairs of this District. But be-
cause they have given satisfaction
as walters and drivers aud cham
bermaids to some members OF
Congress who find it convenient
to discharge their obligations for
this sort of service at government
expense, We know dozens OF
men in the government employ
who made themselves conspicuous
by their absence from the meet
ings of the Republican organlza-
tions during the last campaign as
we'll as others. What we wish to
say in this connection and with
emphasis is, that active District
R. publicans black and white OBJ.
ject to this sort of politics that if
men who are of n pructical use
to the party AID who can be of no
practical use to it are to be given
the best places the sooner tn.
heads of Departments make this
known the better District Repub
licans will know how To conduct
themselves IN the future. There
are men IF both races in this city
who have been identified with the
Republican party for years who
have given their services, their
money and their Influence to the
party OF their choice but who can
not get decent job, while on the
contrary Negroes who are neithe;
citizens of Virginia, New York or
Washington, who are endorsed in
high terms by Democrats, Repub
licans, ProhIUitionists, Labor Or
ganiz tIons and newspapers are
appointed without an effort
scarcely ON their part to good po-
sitions and hug themselves much
on the success of their shrewd and
questionable meth, ds for making
themselves solid IN the e1ent ot
the failure of the Republican par.
ty or the success Of the Democrat
ic party. 1t the administration
thinks 1T can win by recognizing
men who resort to lying aud con-
fidence schemes to secure places tC
the prejudice of out spoken Re
publicans, we would Ike to know
it and know il soon. We are il
possession of undisputed facts anc
damaging Information concerning
parties of the above descrip
tion, we have been informed tina
the administration cannot atforC
to remove men whose appoint.
ments have been secured by fraud
and misrepresentation. If any
Department has been imposed
upon in this manner we submit
that it is the duty of the appoint
ing power to correct its errors
We speak TO a larger constituency
than either the Democratic or Re.
publican parties can control. Ii
will be our aim TO do all in oul
power to make the Negro a force
In politics, by poin ing out The
sins of omission of those who
ought to be his friends. We wanr
working Republicans recognized
we want To see men who are
neither r. publicans nor Demo
Gratis but b tn. When il suit:
their purpose displaced a'.d theiI
places gwen 10 men who have the
courage to stand up for the party
under evil as we'll as good report
We want no more or less.