The People's friend., 1894-06-14


representation on the police force an(
fire department, for janitors. &c.
When the prayers Of the petitioners are
granted and appointments made, ther
comes counter petitions that the appoin
tees be removed for the reason that they
are not representive men (not ward heel
els they mean.) Now the truth Of the
matter is simply this, in nearly all of the
recent appointments, the old gang has
4 been overlooked and newer timbers Sc,
lected and as it does not require any
great amount OF ability to fill anv of tue
appomtive positions which the colorcd
/ men of this city or county will receive.
can see no common sense or iustifca-
ton / the old gangs cross firing with
counter petitions. This very condi-
tion Of affairs have afforded heretofore
IN many instances a plausible excuse for
appointing no one at all from among
our own race. The parties having the
appolntive power, claiming that as we
were not harmonize6 among ourselves
the appointment Of any colored man
void cause a WraEgle and a split among
the colored vote and they would there
fore be compelled to select a man not
OF our race, therefore favoring neither
faction OF our people. | would suggest
that as we are fighting for representa-
ton as We receive it, let us be men and
not antagonize the appointers. simply
because the dictates of few self cOnsti-
tuted leaders have been ignored but
stand by them Loyalty and look for new
field of action.
There are quite number of our young
men and women who attend the litera-
ries and churches and during the entire
exercises, sit in the rear of the church
and keep up continual hub. .bub and
whisper and occasionally give vent to
that simple giggle, which according to
s5ttassrorH X - common 10 the nations Of
the lower Congo. AS soon as collection
is called the crowd is stampeded and be-
gins to leave as though a case Of small
p0X or Asiatic cholera had suddenly
appeared in the audiance. AS soon as
the sidewalk in front of the church is
reached some of the young men stop
and after lighting cheap cigarettes be-
gin to blow great columns of smoke |
through theirdilating nostris and watch |
for some young lady who is not very
particular about who escorts her home. |
In the meantime each one tries to say
cnte; some even attempt to |
raise quarrel or fight in front Of the |
church door and it is not uncommon for |
some Of the deacOns to have to come
out and threaten to have them arrested !
before they can be made to keep quiet.
This looks bad; it looks very much as
though the services of the foreign mis-
are very much needed at home. |
II it does not cease Rambler will pub
lish their names with proper comments. |
The colored citizens should not
only patrOniZe good c0lOred paper. |
but should patrOnize only those who
i'll cOlOred paper thereby. |
lnsurlng the permanent existence Of
a medium through which the rights
OF the black man can be advocated |
There is not a daily in the city that
does not every few days speak Of the
colored people dispairingly, and
colored paper is the only organ that
will publish pointed reply. Let
every colored citizen bear it in mind
that the only way to make a paper
permanent is to patrOnize it.
B. r. ORGY in company with his
new umbrella, loud pants and his |
poodle dog, left for Topeka Monday |
He will return Friday.
While rambling up east Douglas
avenue | met an old grey headed col
ored man walking with policy slip |
in hand, a down cast look and a |
heavy heart, and asked him, had he
subscribed for the FRIEND. He re-
piled that he had not, that times
" tIC ndlu u dIltl LItG ut COuIU scarcely /
raise enough money to keep his poll
cy paid up, and that he had just
made play of eighty cents (gig sad
die and combination) and had not
caught a number and did not care to
be bothered about little thing like
a newspaper subscription.
Ben Hatcher lowered his previous
record on the bicycle at Griswold's |
park Sunday, by quarter Of a min
ute. Ben turned a half mile in the |
phenOmenally fast time of seventeen
and three quarter minutes, thus low
ering his best time, which was eight |
cen minutes, by one quarter of min
ute. Ben is actively training for his |
great race July 4th wherein he is
against lame mule to 60
mile and repeat for purse of three
dollars and three bales of hay; bet
ting is four to one in favor of the mule
with free takers
RAMBLER. |
Owing to limited space we have
been compelled to omit part of
Rambler's Ramblings until next