The Washington bee., 1892-09-03
TIMOTHY THOMAS
FORTU Ne ESQ
Agit;l'Or Sab y

Aglta'0r Dan
The Age is k cking up its hee
and making great fuss DecSuso
Postmaster Hill, of VlcS sDnrg.
Miss. has not bern confirmed ana
the appointmcnt of DR.. Crun as
nostmaster at Charleston, :. Z. mas
hepp withdrawn. 1t even goes ~ far
as TO speak of these two incidents
Of he political Kaleidoscope a. .
.menace to party SUCCESS" TIE
editor of the Age IS nOthiug IT noV
IureI in his views, aud original,
"demb Original. sab" in his conclu-
sions. That the Republican Senate
has stradfa 1tly refused to con hrm
the appointment of Postmaster Hill
il trnt, it is also true that PieS-
ident Harrison saw tit to Withdraw
the appointment of D.. Crum, and
perhaps at The proper time 1t may
turn out that the Senite knew what
il was dong and the President
uad a good and discreet reason foT
lis action, bat whether these
Things shall tIauSpire or not, where
does the "menace 10 party success
come III? Stuff and nonsense! 1t
The longevity and future usefulness
If the Republican, party depends
unon the reversal of conditions rel
ative 10 the case Of these two sOil-
tarJ c0lOreG men, party Is IN hard
row of StGsnpS, and hangs on a
mighty sle,,irr thread. Luckily,
however, IT, aff.ighted fancles OF
our wild -ey. ind frantic friend OF
| TIE Age ale peculiar to himself,
Id are sha, ! 10 by no other mem
DER of the !, t Republican party
save eur = . - friend, TImOthv I.
Fortune. vii . uOlOIed m'n "l
high or low - gree Sti K off cd anu
are gratli ii T., appointment, they
must expec. cr4SlUnaliy To be over
taken by tie same possible dlsap'
pointments ljat white men art
overtak III by. In other words
wtel /: ey ave accO. e "Wnltt
mans chance" they AUST take ina
chance like me1. Ill d accrpj the re
suit with benign equanim"y an'
grace. The Senate has refused Il
At different times to COntrm the ap
pointmeDts of great many Wha
men whose chances had 10 run tn
, gauntlet of the CALCIUM light o
"execuuve session." to say nothing
+ Of numerous appointments that RI
, nuhlican Presidents after making
saw fit to withdraw, bat the part.
? still went on "to conquer and t
, conouor," as it will in the cases o
3 these two colore.l men Timoth,
D Thomas Forums wild vaporing
5 and silly fears to the couuary,n not
8 withstandIng Keep your ne'he
q garment o. Timcthy Thomas, b
Htr veil faf Re ends werf,s zas fiji
3 whole affair will certainly de-
; Make yourselfa a lyDx-ayed custo
t dian OF your races interests if 20
= desire to, but d ut, pl sse don
S get out Of all patti, nee, If y'ur fan
' tastlcal ehul itions on the dagger t
l party success because Of the
!, bove two trIfting inc dents a no
considerd seriously by sensible r
pubIicans generally. D~spit
your welI-knozu role as all agita
tor, the Don QlIxote of racial yea
without fear, ,r balance wheel
people will wonder at your "ppre
hension OF democratic success to
: day, in contradistlncnon to y,u
desire for It, Just the other qay
Why should you
Wiring your hands
And tear your hair
Just like maiden in dispair.'
At the tear OF your people belnt
turned over to the tender me cle
of the Democratic party, whet
some of the best time Uf your lif'
was wasted in vain atte mpt L
lead them into that camp OF cA
lamity and death? rimothy
Thomas Fortune, s op your fool
ishness.
Indianapolis Freeman