The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-05-10

Inc pOltlcal cat jumped again and on
alighting has fastened on Mr.. Jno. S.
Durham of Philadelphia Penn. as Con-
sui to San Domingo. Mr.. Durham is a
newspaper man, being employed on the
Philadelphia Bulletin. This sidetracks,
Mr.. Waller of Kansas. The West has
in street parlance mot been in it, dur
ing this dmfnistra If. f. Parker
of st. Paul was left in the Hayti scramble
Messrs G. H. Tandy and O. M. Wood of
St. Louis were pigeon holed. Mr.. WAL
terS. Thomas applicant for Consul to st.
Paul de Loanbo is in Chancery and a
few other aspirants are now on the
ragged edge of despair with fine pro-
poets of eventually gliding gracefully in
to the consomme. The New York
World May 4th, modestly terms Mr..
Durham's appointment "a small tub
thrown to the great Colored whale.' It
is belief of few that; we are being
"Jonah-ed."
1t strikes a stranger here as being
very strange, that almost under
the dome Of the capitol, there is SO
much Discrimination on account of COL
or If you 60 to- rent a house, the
agents will gracefully hand you bulle-
tin headed, For Colored tenants"
from which you are expected to select a
suitable house, and none are verv COM
modious. Generally the Colored ten
ants are colonlzed in some alley or short
street. Ifyou wish a cup of chocolate,
or glass of milk you are refused at the
dairy lunch rooms. The white aproned
pallor stricken, scrub of waiter tells you
that 1--WE are sorry we cannot accommo-
date Colored people," you cannot even
60 to Observation-Disclosures
hear-the-P honograph-talk machine and
enjoy the exquisite pleasure unless it is
located in saloon One of the theatres
here, Harris Bijou, can only accommo-
date you in the gallery, and it would be
a penitentiary ofense to place your sig
nature on the register of most of the
hotels. Ifthe white people of this Dis
trict 60 to heaven they will surely start
some exclusion ordinance there against
the Negro. If some Of these Colored
influential men of the District would be
as persevering in breaking down these
petty barriers, as they are in seeking
fifth rate Offices it would redouned
more to their honor.
Judged. S. Hinton of Indianapolis
Ind, who was delegate to the recent
Bureau of Relief convention held in
this city, was told by Marshal Ramsdell
to find suitable Colored man for $40 q
mouth position in the Court House. AS
this position was very laborious one it
was suitable to the ambition of Colored
man only. The Judge with scrutinizine
legal ability secured man by the name
of Jackson for the place, but the "ruling
passion" showed itself in the Judge by
his exacting a $40 fee in lien of his foo
Eence.' This is sample of the syste-
matte Office brokerage that is carried
on bynumbers Of Colored men in the
District and even by some of our Col.
ored editors.
The whites Of Georgia have inaugura
ted scheme to divide the taxes of the
state, 60 that the Colored schools of tina,
state will look to the revenue divided
from taxation of property owned by
Colored people for their support. They
intend to pledge every candidate fol
legislative honors, in the state to vote
for such q measure upon his election.
"A recent decision Of the Supreme
Court Of MARYLAND in the case Of McGi,
VS.. Navigation Company holds that
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