The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-08-09
WASHINGTON.
The City of Magnificent Distances
With the Light Turned On.
Our Capitol City With it's Multitude OF
Important Matters Culled for our
Intelligent Readers-C. A. Us
Budget of News. H. 49,.

Important Matters Culled for our
Intelligent Readers-C. A. Us
.~ Budget of News.
Elliott Shepard of the New York Mai
an Express in an editorial intimates
that the Negroes should rise in thei,
strength and politically capture the
state of South Carolina this fall as the
faction fight in Democratic ranks is
growing more turbulent. No it is not
the Negroes place to make any such an
attempt. Let the Negro divide north
AMI south on economic lines. Let his
vote be cast according to his best inter
est. would not advocate a strict ad-
herence to any party but let it be the
man. The Negro will eventually be
snapped off on the National Election
Law, and his condition will be worse
than now. While such a law is un-
doubtedly NEEDED yet the action of the
House and Senate does not give an over
confidence as to their sincerity in the
case. 1t is a plank of the platform and
they must try to act out their declara-
ton, whether in good faith OF, not. Let
us have little more sincerely and less
buncombe. Autocratic and aristocratic
measure do not benefit the poverty
stricken Negro.
Hon. Frederick Douglass, Minister to
Hayti, is home on sixty day leave of
absence. Mr.. Wagner young Colored
Haytien merchant of Port au Prince
came with Mr.. Douglass.
In one branch of the War Department
the Record and Pension Division there
are 26 Colored clerks. Five doctors and
five lawyers are in the number. These
clerks have come in under Civil Service
rules. Capt. F. G. Ainesworth, Assist
ant Surgeon in the Army, is chief of the
division and a more fair or unprecedented
man to our race can not be found.
Merit before color seems to be his motto.
He has the respect OF all Colored en-
ployees under him.
Some one has said that the Colored
race is initiative and not creative. The
latest thing for our fair maidens to imi-
tate is the decollette costume.
Ifthere can be such thing as a fash
ionable nudity this costume will fill the
bill. TO see lady with V cut corsage
is of itself an invitation to insult. In
fiammatory dressing has as much to do
with immortality and immoral things as
the coarsest language or hippant cour-
tesy of demi monde. Cultivate at
least in dressing garb less Adamlc or
| if we must be savages let us take, to the
woods.
Asbury Chapel M. E. church of this
city has been in brawl, characterized
by frequent arrest of members and
church chickering's for the past six
months. 1t is factlonal fight growing
out of an alleged misappropriation OF
church funds. It is disgraceful state
Of affairs to say the least.
The Colored Catholics of East Wash
ington are raising funds to build a
church.
The National Equal Rights Associa.
ton has announced a mass meeting fo1
Aug. II, to consider the election bill.
Hon. Frederick Douglass, Rev. Geo. A.
Lee, E. M. Brayton, W. H. H. Hart and
Hon. J. R. Chalmers, of Mississippi are
invited speakers.
1t is stated autoritatively that there
are one million members of the CoIored
| Farmers Alliance in the South. Only
white men belong to the National ALI.
ance and no Colored man can be dele.
gate to the council. Is there a Colored
heaven?
The census man who had been as
signed the enumeration Of the Sea Is.
land coast of South Carolina has made 8
most remarkable discovery. Kiawah
Island, which is some miles down the
coast, is owned by two of the families OF
the ante-bellum Sea Island barons
The census man expected to find there
a "hand ful of American citizens" white
l and black, but he was wonderfully dis
appointed. He found large black
colony of about one hundred and fifty
souls, and he had struck region, the
one in the world, in which all the in
habitants were English speaking, read
ing and writing Negroes. Every Negro
he met could read and write. Every
child of suitable age could also read anG
write, and the women were just as in
telligent as the men. All were pros
pering under the wise rule of mulatte
cacique named Quash Stephens, whose
wife was responsible for the education
of the people in her eight years resi-
dence.-Evening Star.
There is also an island adjoining South
Carolina where native African dialect i,
spoken and primitive African customi
are enforced. G. A. JOHNSON.
The Lord Made Her.
| The maid in natty bathing dress
Exhibiting female loveliness-
That is to say, when SO arrayed
She shows she wasn't tailor made.
Boston Courier.