Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-18
p0R[D PEOPLE PROTEST
,usy OPPOSE The REMOVAL
OF MISS LEWIS
.reecnes and Strong Rssoiu-
,,Ou, Adopted-The board OF H""e@-
non Condcmncd-A Threat 70
Garry the Matter Into
Politics.

A.a Asm, !, ESlon NJ, Il. Church lecture
~ l,,, night for the purpose Of ex-
rs.ipe I'm their Indignation against the
ES,d oi Education for the removal o.
~. I r,.nees K, Lewis 40 frat assistant
.,a.,n.l Of the Howard School. The
.,,.nc, % room was rot only denscly
,r,sJed but the partitions of the class
~. % were opened and those rooms. too,
=, crowded. while many failed 10 OBJ
smv q Robinson called the meeting
sGJ,r G and on bis motion Rev. Joseph
=, WAS elected president, Mr.. J. An.
~, secretary, and 4. L. Mason.
.t,r M praycr was offered by Mr.. Waters.
lsrl,,y Auderson read the call for tho
sHlipa.
nmmI,,se Of five wac appointed TO DRAFT
,nolu,ior. expressing the sentiment Of
Il, meeting. Tie president appointed
I,bu,, Q. Sterling, Charles II. View,
I.ryc Robinson, N. B. Waters and
". ii. Y. Wright. The committee 10
lrta % draft ,h- tesolutions
Rev. j. B. sp.nsbury, being intro.
turca, ex1r.med himself ably against
! The rtmoyal Of Mss Lewis under the
eiruas,ares He regretted the neces-
sIiy which brought the colored people
pfeiLa 10 protest against It. 30 far 40
b could ascertain the removal was
nued by envy and Jealousy. He be-
llaNd Il was wrong 10 disgrace . colored
teacher In this manner. Had she been u
Ehlti proa the Board of Education
stri not have dar,d TO act Nc II DID.
hey eyii'ptly huugtt that with the re-
nova Of Miss Lewis the trouble would
nd, but they have found their mistake.
AAei referring TO tic course the Board
|h Education took In the matter, the
iEe.Ser ssi he did not espouse the cause
n Mls Lewis until he found that she
w unius ly treated. He thought that
sAsr iLe Board oi Education found that
dc vas itnoCeut they should have rein.
INTEL her. Transferring her to atoiher
sAtol showed that she was innocent
" Morgan was right when he said: :
'foar leti,ion will never be heard from.
u.oFle's trumpet will not enable you TO
laf from It
Social matters. the speaker said, would
hsaate themselves. Some white people
|ielleve that II they accord the colorsd
pan the rights that belong to him he
|Nlli want to marry whits women.
rlhsre are some white men In this city, -
|rn,Iked the speaker, with whom
you'd not walk down the street, aud
mere are some colorsi men ! would not
YAK setoh the street With"
There was not, the speaker sai', the
lilne OF Democrat sent on the petition
p w Board OF Edlcation, but the peti-
Won was ignored. He would. however,
|sklivor the Democrats. but would keer r
Asads In his pocket aAd whistle. Hs
'saaever go back on his friends.
y Committee on resolutions being
mlniori.d the following:
,AtlREss, The committee on No. II
no. VIZ; DR.. Jamrs H. Morgan and
~ Baey, did on the 3lst oil January
ailtzd without notice Of charges pre-
Mh one Mia Frauces K. Lewis, frs,
an',nl Of sad school, from further
knc' In iaIi school, and
NatEeAs, After Investigation ths
err. were found TO be. nrst, an uu.
I"ilaaie tmpsr; second, . failure 4
@opIite with the principal; third, q
A,uis As diseipliuarian, aud
NhtksAS, Said charges were not
rv''p AZ the earring given said teacher
roe The Comm lttee on Teachers, held
.hs custom house ON Friday after
..n' .Gn' 'le 2lst day Of February, 1890,
'harhf,s, Said Committee on Teach
Mea 10 10 confirm the suspension
~ , 70 lieu thereof did offer for Mirs T
nSi. acceptance No. %. . prlmarj
Natfs,', The salary Of said teacher
W., W., assistant In No. l6 was e525 an,
sal transfer Was reduced to 1856 pei
NhEAEas. A petition for the rein
,.',l .Msnt OF nd teacher to her iorme
uoa W fn III schoo. was circulate,
an 'le colored citizcns of Whining
d ssa .ss learig 1000 names signed there
krr,,s..SHl.s, Upon said petition beinl
top /, ai .. 10 The board oi Public Educ
Teacher" vas a,n nie'.ired TO Committee OF
Teacher, sla Said COMMITTEES o.
ptonia ali Ignore the voice Of 2. 90
ips :, ~ nof giving the cItizsps = hoar
Up. iaVtsligltiOp. thorniora he |
.,rns.,i. ns,,Ui.Vol' That wu DO respectfully
Its ., m,. and publicly protest agsips
,S,,nn h. ,lanher Ia which said ho.rS cor
"ueped ~, sad petition. ~ oo~'1 'oA
| Ii, ",rI5'yed' "sr5Nd' Believing ss we do ths
school lIC' m, OF the principal oi No /
mental ~ m's ,s Elw Il Kruse, 10 detri
| drsn ~ = lne sdysncelnent OF our uhli
,au,. ~ ,a"' We unite all our efforts /
F ne mn, tae ieinoval oil said teacher ,ror
| Il tlIiss, ,,'pai'iip OF said school, and b
uIa aIi.'olyed' ia,l q, That n. the member, ,
hu ,q,iaa al1 sustain said PRINCIPAL i
,o,cIH, y, tnd In the face Of . pstit,o
M sn;o, 'ne sentiment oil thrse.fourtf
"R..a',,ua,e "R, u eiilzens Of Wilmington
|Ala asoted, That should auy ,nembsr ,
t,mrs mrSssAa.u-eonsistiDg Of the followin
l,,.'si ,.sa Gentlemen, VIZ: Charles 'Rs,p Rs,r5
ReItr. \ jesse X. BaylIs, John Pyl
fuipsp5 "sye., Psyton q. West, Wiili.,
Sutb a. sohn Il. Dandy, 8. Rodmon
ls,,'A samuel Il. Baypsrd samn.,
I'M n NA9ler 7. Bailey, Jamea II No
MI. ~; m u, ID. r. Smith. n a shn,
Trsm. iaomas O'ponnsIi, ssmnri "
III, Ja.,,r,. r.tTleA nc MaGarIty, Samuel pa
Ilublcs ~, Pyle-ever come bcfor. I,
iae eolos. po.itlcal prsfermeut thst w
10, eviored .p,ed citizens or Wiimiro@.a @ ", "
III IN iSn,y oy. deny them our snppor,' bn, !
.ud Al ~, power to defeat them in =,
as ,hs, 'nelr !, political aspirations. belis
tfep nj ot ~, :, Will be detrimental 10 The mr.
NV n, our race In Wilminuton sha,, ~
luhlIe oi,,na ofIa men be selected to fiIi q,
nstsi tsita,'o,ivsd, 81 i,., Th., had III. p.,,o ),
pls,,n, ,anehiss ,ss at school elections n Il
,urrsd, ,r9aels might never have !. !
In our p"way psoy adjusted; that VS. do ,
our posl.v,, i.wer 10 scurs for our.slv.. ~ a.
nnuu,,ia.'y the rights, privileges =, y
shs,e Upi,ssd, U,s d,sslonginG to us a. citizen.
hands or ts.' IN, That we dem,pd at +,
,,.tica .bs 'as anes Of the Board Of IA
y. b., us sns oval Of james II. Mor~s s
ks on s,iS MA .as, sn', T. Bailey. as Comm com
~ school, A. th.,