The sun., 1894-05-13
THE NEGRO HAS NO SHOW.
RACE PRKJUDIoE INCREAsISo Ar 7Bp
NATIONAL CLPIT<L.

NAhAONdb SAFAAALs
Coiored Msn Not Allowed In the R,.,..
pasts-Psopis VIII Not SIT Nrxt Tb.,.
~ ths Horse Csrs-Resi Estate Msn s,a
Landlords Diseri-,issts Against Th.m.
wAsHTNorov. May IL. The recent statsr,r,
Of the police authorities here that by far IN.
larger percentage ofths sAfro-American popu-
alton OF the District OF Columbia constL
tutes the dangerous and vicious element
and that the extraordinary preparations and
expenditures incident to the Coxey invasion
we're made all the more urgent because Of this
element has not only aroused the deepest ts.
sentiment among thoughtful and atlluent
members OF that element but directed abev
attention to the sxtraordinary fact that mora
and intenser race prejudice obtains at the
nations capital than at snJ other capital on
the globe.
This is all the more remarkable becaus.
the Afro Americans here have enjoyed bet.
ter school advantages and are more gener-
ally educated and refined. and because
they control larger volume OF accumulated
wealth and engage more generally in business
pursuits than do their brothers apywhere
else in the republic They have two
strong banks and a dozen real estate
and loan brokers. whicn Is conclusive
evidence that they are not only industrious,
but measurably thrifty. while the eighty
churches they sustain indicates that there
must be q great many pious and law abiding
Of the eighty thousand OF them here. some
OF them live In superb residences and villas
Mr.. Frederick Douglass at Cedar HILL eI.Con-
eressman John Mercer Langston at Hillside
Cottage. and ex-Gov. =. Il s. Pinchback
on Bacon street among the latter. and
ex-ConRressmAn John II. Lynch. Mr. J,
II. Meriwether. Dr. Furman J. Shadd. and
DR.. John Il. Francis among the for-
msr. The practising physicians and law
yers and the number Of druggists are
simply bewilderinR. as the law and medical
colleges here have been grinding them out
steadily for twenty years. Besides. there are
some three thousand OF them en- mployed. In all
sorts OF capacities. In the public departments.
There 10 q young army Of them en- mployed In
the District schools. having their own superin-
tendsnt and supervising principals. all receiv-
ing splendid salaries. which they receive over
the various Treasury counteraa They do most
OF the rough manual labor OF the District Of
whatever sort. and they do most OF the house
servant hostler and ooschman work. In tho
public hotels and private boarding houses
they are the walters and they control most Of
the barber business.
IL would seem that people 80 generally dis
tributed in the various life OF the nations
capital wonld not be universally regarded and
treated as "outcssts Of Poker Flat" bus
they are. It almost stagRers the faith Of
those who maintain that the race problem
10 based upon condition. and not upon color.
Indeed. whom I nrst came to Washington.
twenty years ago. to attend school. there was
moro poverty and ignorance among the black
and colored people. and less prejudice among
the whites. than there 10 to-day. Tho steady
growth OF the one has boon met BY the increase
ing prejudice Of the other. 20 that to-day the
H. Il. skwkk kIvl lxs Ak.. l.
any other city south OF It Richmond. the CAPT.
tai OF the defunct Confederate States Govern
m ment, included.
noticed yesterday that Q white woman stood
up for ten blocks. Lin Ninth street surface car.
rather than occupy the only vacant seat By .
we'll dressed colored woman. Time and again
have seen white men and women walk the
sntirs length OF . car in motion rather than
! BLACK or coiored @ person. ION Such q manifesto.
tion Is disease. II 10 contagioua
ouf. nSs mort Wsss. ns o.%. fom sRe Nest
indies or Europe or the islands OF the sea. II
ss Ssss ss bs r.
% md sss bis b %rpt
.bis nosiee that ths police are a. the beck and
sail Of the prSDristor Indeed the past com com
ng the last grand encampmsnt here went
INTO large EEssssaurans rect ten, on psnn.y,- my.
would not give him food. but elected him.
and when he appealed to the Federal courts OF
he District. where summers Civil Rights bill
mould remain unaffected By tho decision OF
;he Supreme Court. because 1t 10 Federal iuris:
le was told that he had no redress OF any sort.
What did tho little Grand Army button that
he veteran. who had stormed Fort Fisher and
he trenches around Petersburg under Gen.
FEDERAL Capitol. where his constitutional rights
Is Q man and . citizen had been, fought out
md won. he was told that he was a freeman.
The real estate dealers have grown hardened.
hem M to rent nj or buy PrcPSsrty. they exhibit the
AN rent or sell your people"
Ore real estate dealer has two sets Of pegs.
,oard which he who runs may read. He does
lot waste any words In explanations. When
'ou apply for property. to buy or to rent, he
imply looks at Jour face and goes to the white
= the Ion eIaos board and furnishes you tho IN
And yet the volume of property controlled
" Afro-Amerieans Ii simply enormous. The
!oldings Of the Cook brothers. Whiteneld Me-
.r, +. J. sh.dd. Dr.. Charles p. Puryis. Leonard
sAilsy, Prot George W. Cook and others srs
quai to those OF any equal number OF white
len eould PICK out from the list OF real es-
ate hcldsrs; Sun this fact does not affect y.
msricans. On the contrary. It seems to af-
sct II unfAvorAbly.
While race prejudice 10 constantly on the de-
rsase In large CONNIE msIclal centres like Bos ston,
nmistakably on the Increase In the District
I bia. the last place In the republic
here 1t should be SO. The nations chief
roblsm remains to be solved.