The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-06-07

remains to be seen.
Especial to the AMERICAN CITIZHN.)
The event of the week here, as
elsewhere, was May 30th Decoration
Day, aud while the President was alb
sent from the National City the exer-
cises were none the less Impressive.
Arlington Heights, resplendant in
natures foliage and bedocked with
floral offerings from loving hands
who come annually to pay their trib-
ute to the heroic dead. Strange, but
true, even at the grave, graves filled
by men whose high and noble in
stincts prompted them to die for the
perpetuity of their country's instltu-
tons and for freedoms sake, that col
or prejudice should end Judgment .
But even in times like these, this ha-
tired seemed to rise far above patriot
lam and love Of country, and it's at
tending good, and here in this, the ST.
lent city Of the dead, we find the COL
or line strongly drawn. And for fear
We may be regarded In the wrong
light. we quote from the Washington
Dailu Post which in its Fridays gen.
erAl report says:
"There were very many colored
people among them, and these bore
baAksts of beautiful flowers, which
we're generously distributed in that
corner Of the national cemetery
where every stono that marks SOL
dies resting place is inscribed ~. s.
G. T."
Vallent defenders of this their coun'
try buried in corner, while their
! brother soldiers of the more favored
race, who fell upon the same battle
fields fill elevated graves upon the
highlands of Arlington. We wen
dered if under the huge pile of stone
which marked the spot where are
buried two thousand two hundred
unknown dead if there might ne
have been one loyal black. If the sor
rowing comrade and friend dreameC
for an instant that there was, we ar
firm in the belief that all would b'
resurrected and a division made ever
At this late date.
Among the notable sights was tn
Negro leader, Hon. Frederick Doug
lass. He sat upon the front seat o
his carriage. beside him his son Lew
is, he full of life and Yigor, driving
spirited pair of bay horses, whil'
seated inside the carriage was hi
wife accompanied by three othe
white ladies. The contrast waS queer
especially in city where race preju
dice Is so marked as here. Hereto
fore Fred. Douglass was greeted wit
an ovation when passing a crowd o
colored people, but now he is scarcel
noticed. There Is nothing that "
NAV say that can ever detraet from
the record he has made and Ne woul
not have it otherwise; bat when W
are told by one of the shining hight
here that VIM. NJ. EVAtes, of y. I
and Fred Douglass are "the only tW
men in this world Eorth q cuss," "
pause-only long enough TO exclain
what 8 world!
OF all sections of the country, Or
egon Notwithstanding, the District
Columbia enjoys more rainfall tina
any other, at least during the pas
spring has this been true, scar oelT
week that from two TO five DAYS ar
not rain-and such rsin-steady, IN
interrupted hour By hour. Day b,
day it falls; the cellars are always We
filled. and serve take it, for clstsrni
an absence OF which 10 noticeable
but since the floods in this sectio
seams general. We Withdraw on
. protest and give sun do move" ia
ser the credit IS g prophetic dreamer
The general expressions touchin
the representation of the Norther
Negro ia growing, the argument SO
vanced, is that in the North, the VI
tar. are of some value and in ID