The Washington bee., 1893-11-04
WHAT COL. PARKER SAID TO HIM
He Cha arRes That The Health Depa rt
ment Fears The Rich And Perse-
cutes The Poers
From The Evening News,

From The Evening News.
An open letter to district Commits.
sioner Ross has been written by Mr.. w
Calvin Chase, whose resignation as Dis
trict food inspector was recently de-
manded by the Commissioners.
1t is as follows:
''Sir: In compliance with your COM
munication dated October 10, 1898, re-
queSting my resignation and the verbal
reasons given 10y Col. Myren M. Parker,
the Republican Commissioner having in
charge the Health Department of the
District government, in which was en-
plOyed, am constrained to make an eX
PLANTATION in my own behalf before [
tender to you my resignation as food in
spector for the District of Columbia.
believe Inc when | say that / am not
actuated by any feeling of regret nor do
/ charge you with having been unfair to
me. Your record as a democrat has long
since demonstrated the fact that the
negro has never suffered nor has he been
unfairly treated by you.
The impediment to the races advance
ment in an official capacity in the Dis
trict of Columbia has come from certain
white Republicans, who have feasted at
the tables of colored Republicans and
have been elevated and put in power by
the SuffrageS of the negro in the District
The act of opitulation in this age, SO
far as the neg is concerned, will be
found L believe in the appointment OF
men to office who recognize merit and
not because they may be starving to
death" or because they have collected
money to corrupt voters.
'tVery soon after the inaugu; alton of
Mr.. Cleveland / called to see you and
said: II know great pressure will be
brought on you for my place, and when
ever you want it don't take snap judg-
ment, but let me know You said:
Mr.. Chase, if the pressure is so strong
that | cannot retain you, / shall send for
you and let you do the thing hand
somely.' / also informed the Republi-
can Commissioner, who had charge of
the Health Department, that was ready
to go whenever my place was wanted,
and he informed me that the Democrats
were drawing S36, 900 more per year than
Republicans, and that he proposed to
hold as many Republican, as he could.
have no doubt he ment white Repub-
licanS. He also Informed several of my
friends and persons who called for my
place that L had an excellent record
II have made no effort to be retained
nor have applied to any Democrat to
use his influence to have me retained. |
stand alone on my record, The Repub-
hcan Commissi ner asked me how long
had L been in office. | informed him.
He wanted to know did not think had
been in long enongh and didn't think
that some white Republican ought to
have my place; that he had white Re-
publican on the person of Gen. Z. w.
Whitaker, who was st rving to death
and who had collected 81 800 for the Re
publican campaign committee last wear
and turned it over; that he (Whitaker)
had Spent all his money in the intere.t t
of the Republic II party.
1.-THE Republican Commissioner also
said that Simon Wolf had made charges
to the effect that he had contributed
money for campaign expenses that had
not been paid; that Perry Co son and all
OF his following We're opposed to me:
that L never contributed money to Re-
publican campaigns, but ustd other
peoples money, and, last of all / did
not cover my district as food inspector.
saw Mr.. Wolf few days ago, and
called his attention 70 the alleged char
ges of the Republican Commissioner.
and Mr.. Wolf said: "How could /
make charges against man with whom
have had no dealings?"
when my attention was called to the
likes and dislikes of Carson and his sat
elites and paraS teS, asked him was he
aware that represented one element
OF q e Republican party in the District
of Columbia and Carson the other.
L also asked the republican Commits
W. no hot
had to request Carson to take i'm certain
Objectionable notices suspended in
front of his house to WITT Hang Gro
Yer Cleveland on the sour apple tree and
other Objectionable enSignS as Mr.. Cleyt
land was Mr.. Harrison escort from the
White t!ouSe to the Capital after Mr.
ClevelandS defeat and while MIR. Harri
son was going to be inaugurated?
lit would have have been disgrace or
our boaSted government and an insult &c
Mr.. Cleveland who had done the negroes
no harm during his four years as Presi
dent.
Yet Mr.. Chase is the offensive parti.
san and a white republican who was
stravlng to death and who had collected
sl 300 for the republican campaign com
mlttee must be provided for.
have never been called to time by any
official in the Health Department. for
dereliction or neglect of duty, neither
under the administration of DIR. Smith
Townshend nor that Of DIR. Hammet
Ii have neglected to perform INV
official duty it may have been one day
In the month OF September and one day
In the month of October 93, when +
was detailed 10y the Deputy Health of
nicer, on special duty, to borrow one
hundred dollars for him.
The charge that / didn't cover NV
district is too ridiculous to mention, /
aske d him for his authority: this he de-
clined to give, nor would he give me