The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-04-25
WASHINGTON.
The City Of Magnificent Distances
With the Light Turned On.
our Capitol City With It's Multitude O,
important Matters CulIed for our
Intelligent Readers-C. A. J's
Budget of News.

emancipation Jay was celebrated with
great eclat by the citizens of the District
and surrounding counties. Tie parade
which was endorsed and carried out by
Col. Perry Carson, was grand one sur.
passing all previous attempts at street
demonstrations made by the Colored
people here. Fully $500 orderly, we'll
dressed. and decent appearing men
were in line, a marked contrast to the
parade last year in which only the worst
element predominated. The people
\. who took part in the affair did it with
Es,.thusiasm and their hearts were in the
work. When the celebration was first
spoken OF this year, the Colore citizens
divided as to how it should be, some
holding to the idea of a para lie while
others under the leadership of w. Colon
Chase of the Bee favored the observance
OF the day by services in the churches.
The observances in the churches was
very tame affair all around. Very few
attended the exercises and the oplv
marked attention paid was to the ad-
dress of Hon. Jno. H. Smythe who was
the orator of the day for the Carson fac
ton. Hisaddress was one that appealed
to the CoIored people for race unity and
was received with applause. If Col.
Cason has done any thing, he has made
manifest the fact that parade by Col
ored people can be dignifed. The citv
press was very liberal in it's comments
and praised the parade, thing very
seldom done.
Two weeks ago a reception was to be
given to Senators Spooner, Hoar and
Evarts, at Israel NJ E. Church. A COM
mittee was called and invitations we're
sent out. Suddenly it was announced
that the meeting was declared off and
all citizens interested were left wonder
ing the Cause. 1t has been developed
since that Senator Evarts declined to
attend and his reason for declining is as
follows: The invitation was headed J.
q. Spooner Lea que with j. B. Douglass,
Pres; DR.. Geo. A. Richardson. V. Pres
and J. R. Ballard, Cor. Sec. And at the
end of each invitation was post script
stating: "You are respe ctfully solicited
to contribute a small sum to defray ex-
penses." Now Senator Evarts feeling
that church fair was in with the league
refused to b. an attraction, stating in
his letter that he had never been freak
or an attraction at church fair up till
this time and he did not feel disposed
to become SO at this late day. He was
right. When Colored men can't get up
a reception without calling on the pub
lie to assist them, they should be sat up
on. There was fraud 10 the business
somewhere and no explanation OF it has
as yet been made.
The Interstate Civil and Political
Rights association has issued an address
to the people in which it asks the Color
ed voters in the North to vote independ-
emily in the coming elections. This ad-
dress has string tied to it and Colored
voters should see it. The very men who
advocat the policy of indedendence will
be tie first to offer services to the cam
paign committees to viii the independ-
ent voter in line. This address is also
being used to further the prospects of
young man ma ned Berry of Lorain Co.,
Ohio, who desires to he State represent
tative, and also assists Mr.. Walter S.
Thomas its author to fat purse this in
Ohio. Undoubtedly this late attempt
to divide the Colored voters is the most
brazen face piece Of impudence yet at
tempted. If Messrs. Townsend, Carson
and Cook of the aforesaid association
could understand the wiles of a man who
was cit cted Journal Clerk of the Ohio
Senate by an independent more of Dem
ocrats and Republicans and who profess
ses Republicansm or Democracy accord
ing to his humor, they would see to it,
that no such address as has been issued
is countenanced. More hyrocri>y is
practiced on Colored voters through pro.
fessed love for his welfare than any
thing. else. It is time that Colored vote rs
should see the whv and wherefore of all
these little political moves and addresses.
Howard University Medical Depart
ment held it's commencement exercises
in the Congregational church 10 h and
G streets, on the evening of the 18th
inst. The exercises were most interest
ing and the decorations very tasty.
Messrs Harry Furniss, Isaiah A. Bovd
and George Cardoza, were remembered
by their associates in the War Depart
ment where they clerk, Mr.. Boyd and
Mr.. Cardoza, each receiving a set of
books and Mr.. Furniss, fever thermo-
meter :.-..... ...- .-,'...... .
Miss Mollie Church read very inter-
esting paper, entitled "'Modern Glimps-
es of the Old World", before the Beth
ell Literary on last Tuesday night. Miss
Church spent two years on the contin-
ent and spoke authoritatively on all
points. Her paper was we'll received.
Hon. Jno. S. Durham Consul at San
Domingo was in the city during the past
week.
Mr.. c. E. Hall of Chicago has passed
very creditable examinati on before
! the Civil Service Commission.
~. G. A: JOHNSON.
Ballots containing the names of Miss
Rosa Clinton, GAINESVILLE, Ohio; Mrs. Ida
Drake Garnett, Seguin, Texas; were
thrown out because they did not contain
the name Of street and number of resi-