The Washington times., 1894-05-03
Discriminate Clubbing.
To the Editor of TEE TINES:

After a sanguine encounter with q peaceful
assemblage Of American citizens. in which none
| but few harmless and uninterested colored
| men fell beneath the batons OF Its officers the
Metropolitan police force rests heroically upon
Its bruised arms, while Its titular leader, mod
ern Don Quixote, proclafms in Q vice Of vocif-
| erous victory that "there is O colored popula.
tion In this city of 00O fully half of whom are
| unemployed, and many Of whom are vicioua"
cannot perceive the motive actuating the es-
| teerned police major in thus directing an attack
against the colored residents Of this city, and
| cannot appreciate the relation Of these people
to the Coxey movement, which " as tho prime
cause Of yesterdays uprising
am sure that Mr.. Coxey Is not a colored man,
nor did he come here at the instigation of WASH
ingtons unemployed colored people. Neither
is he especially espousing the cause Of oppressed
negroes. iSs sommonr.., o, Chris, IN -. ,r,..r,,
composition, Is purely white institution with
an inconsideraple exception, and however vi
cious and uncomfortable the poor colored people
in this city may appear in the eyes Of Major
for the purpose Of disturbing the peace or
against any Of the laws OF which the major Is the
more or less efficient exponent
Why, then, should he harbor antipathy against
negroes
Does he lose sight Of the fact that vice Is de-
spisable from whatever source II may come, and
is the vicious element Of Washington's colored
the white race, which he adroitly failed to MEN,
tion.
If Gen Coxey came to Washington for the
society to defiance of laws he has undoubtedly
Travelled under false colors.
/ am prone to the belief that the major Is
chagrined over the pitiable failure Of his ofcers
to show themselves of in a favorab BILE light yes
terday They failed in doing everything except
creating sympathy for Coxey and the nefarious
clubbing of innocent colored spectators Be-
sides this, they furnished very conclusive proofs
of their inefliciency.
Anent 20 this the newspapers Of the city have
all made mention. The Evening Star declares
that the policemen lost their heads and showered
blows upon the heads of negroes
One poor colored man was heartlessly beaten,
because he had the audacity TO be present as q
spectator But suppose this ives according to
the programme"
They seemed to select from all of that surg
ing, cheering throng only colored men to be
beaten.
In fact, there seems to be a bitter prejudice
against colored people, which has permeated
the entire police force. The source and encour-
agement of this discrimination is easily ex-
Moore's recent interview. He Is disposed to
condemn the mass Of colored people for the mis-
deeds Of the few.
The Terry incident is still fresh in the public
mind In that case an inoffensive colored
man was starting to his work, when he was halted
and shot down by one of the majors discreet
officers in citizens clothes
But the disposition OF the chief Of police to af-
tribute yesterday disgrace to Washington's coll
ored population Is only amusing and since his
organization made such complete monkeys Of
themselves. should be humored, and allowed to
vent his spleen wherever he sees ft He should
be pitied rather than condemned
Pill H BROWN
WASHINGTON D. C. Nav q 1894