The morning call., 1893-10-29

grOes have no objections to such marriages.
They think that the only ground Of mar
riage should be that of love. The OBJ
lection comes from the whites and this wlll
disappear as the negro equals them in
property and other things
"Do not large number of your people
object to colored men marrying white
women? You remember the howl OF In
dignation that went up from the c0lOred
people of this country when Fred Douglass
married white woman"
YES" replied Mr.. Murray, II do. and
the indignation against Douglass was so
strong because he to large extent repre-
States. and the fact that he married a
woman OF white blood was considered by
our people slap at the women of his own
race. They thought it meant that he
could not find a cOlored woman good
enough for him and hence had to take a
white one"
"How about negro colonization. Mr..
Murray? Will such schemes ever sue
ceed ?"
No." was the reply. ''The negroes
have never been in favor of such colonial
ton, nor have such schemes ever been
engineered by people who have not
wanted to make money out OF ii. There
was movement, about fifteen years ago
to take the colored people to Kansas. and
there have been propositions to send them
TO Brazil and other places. The negroes
are in the United States to stay, AMI if
they could have free transportation TO
Liberia or to Africa they would not tax e
it. do not think the people of the Sout h
want to get rid of the negro, and | think If
we are let alone that We will work out our
destiny to the satisfaction Of every one."
l saw Blanche K. Bruce on the floor of
the United States Senate yesterday. He
looks hardly day older than when he
walked up TO be sworn in on the arm OF
Roscoe Conkling. BE is now devoting his
time to his estate in Mississippi and to lee
turing. lie has made money in both pur-
suits. and be told me not long ago that he
was dividing up his Mississippi property
into small farms and was selling it on in
stallments to the colored people. He has
built church and schoolhouse on the
plantation, and he believes with Mr.. Muir
ray that the future of the negro lies in his
education and in the accumulation Of
property.
Senator Bruce now lives in Washing gton
In a fashionable part of the northwest
His wife is beautiful woman. far more
white In complexion than many Of our
Washington society ladies. He met her
while the two were at college together at
Oberlin. He married while he was in the
Senate, and the event was one of two Sem
atoria weddings which took place at
Cleveland, Ohio, one summer. Mrs. Bruce
was teacher in one of the Cleveland pub
lie schools. She had been very we'll edu-
Gated, and she is, in fact, as ACCOMPLISHED
lady as you will find anywhere. She
dresses well. looks we'll and has great
natural refinement. The last time l saw
her was at one of Clara Barton's recep-
tions. and she was assisting Miss Barton
to receive her guests. The other wedding
that took place that summer was that Of
Senator Don Cameron, who married Miss
Lizzie Sherman. the daughter of Judge
Sherman of Cleveland, and niece of the
story took I'D many columns In the news
papers, Mrs. Cameron also lives in Wash
ington. and her old-fashioned home. just
above Blaine's, is now being repaired for
the coming season.
Returning to Senator Bruce: He had a
number of curious experiences during tn at
first term in the Senate, and one of the
queerest of these was when old Senator
Bogy asked him TO vote for bill which he
had before the Senate. Bogy was one of
the most aristocratic of the Senators. He
came from an old ST. Louis family. and as
he asked Bruce to 40 this he sat down be-
side him. Bruce laughed as he made the
request. and said. "SenatOr Bogy. 1 think
we can arrange this transaction better than
we did our last business matter"
what do you mean !? said Bogy. 81
never did any business with you before"
Don't you remember meeting me before
coming to the Senate?" said Bruce.
"No. l do not" replied Bogy.
"Well." said Bruce. II am not surprised
at that, for it was more than twenty years
ago. You were trying to catch a steamer
at st. Louis and you had heavy bag with
you. The day was hot and the perspira-
ton was rolling off you in streams. A COL
ored boy ran up to you and grabbed the
bag. and he carried it for you to the
wharf. Ynu got there just as the boat
was about to start. You jumped on and
called for the valise. The colored boy
stuck to the valIss and called for his quar-
ter. You had to go through every one OF
your pockets before you could find quar-
ter and throw it ashore. Then the boat
was too far out for the boy to throw the
valise. The captain had to stop the boat
and come back to the wharf for you to get
your valise. Now, do you remember?"
"Yes. l ember." replied Senator
Bogy; "but don't see where you come
iu."
'Oh." replied Bruce. Il was the colored
boy who got the quarter"
FRANK q. CARPENTER.