The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1890-05-10

sense citizens, would, and could
do a great moral, practical work
in the way of Diminishing much of
the "cussedness," crime and vag-
abonism that prevail. We claim
that the force is not practical in
dealing with the undercurrent of
eur population. In proof of this
we call attention to the fact that
one day during last March, three
colored men and q colored woman
were discharged by Mr.. Justice
Miller of the city court because
there was nothing against them;
so the judge said, and be gently
sdmonlshed the officer that the
charges were not sufficient, or in
other words, twas no cause for
arrest and Gagged for the night,
in either case. But the police
force of this city, as present made
up, must make q record and their
victims are the helpless and de-
spised black population. Black
in complexion because God so Or
dained 1t; mated, dispised and de-
graded by our christian ??? ID
"white," because his later day
christianity impels him to the
idea that any outrage against a
Negro, will win public favor with
your fellow man.
There are now and has been
notorious dens of infamy kept i'll
this city by colored wemen, but it
is well known that the largest
number of patrons are white men
and white women; yet when raids
are made by the police and big
hauls made, we seldom read the
names of any whites they seem
to arrange with the police to have
their names suppressed, yet We
always have full dress parade of
the othe side with the distinctive
ephithet Negroes"
The Daily Post of this city,
May End, speaking of a resort
kept by a colored man. said: "thls
place Is notorious as q rendezvous
for men and females, many OF the
latter being White." Of course this
information was obtained from
the police Here is statement
made to further extend the preju-
dice of the white people towards
the colored, The facts in the case
are simply these, white women,
when they visited the place in
question were accompanied by
white men, and the police who
are to be disciplined in regard to
this place will not dare soear to
anything else.
1t is a we'll known fact that
prominent policemen in this city
have witnessed games of
scrap" beng played by white
boys and passed ON, but no one
ever heard of a eolored "crap
shooter" passed by. And thus It
is in every stage and phase of life,
in this city. You read of the
pol ce raiding colored gambling
house aud hauling in a big lot of
colored gamblers, and on the same
square just opposite is a we'll
known gambling hou 9. WI ere
not only white men, but ,ohite boys
are admitted, and it is as we'll
known as a gambling shop, as is
he unsightly temperance statue
Cor. 7th and the Ave.
Reform the police aud much of
the crime of this city will be di-
minished And let the Superin-
tendent of the force see to it that
when "dens of infamy" are pulled,
that the colors of all grabbed" be
stated in the newspaper. If this
Is not done hereafter, we shall
take occasion TO show the public,
that the majority of dens of iniqu.
ity in this city kept by colored
men anil women, are chiefly pa
tronized by white men and wo>
men. This, however unpleasant
1t may seem, can be done and will
be done if the wholesale and re-
tail efforts of the police and news
papers, do not toat fair.
We propose te repel fire with
fire.