The Washington bee., 1895-01-05
OUR DEFENSE.

The BEE has been in existence
IS wears and there has rot been a
time in it's career that it has failed
to do it's duty towards the people.
While 1T has defended the right
and upheld those moral principles
which il believed TO be right
and Just it has not failed to
expose wrong, be it in the palaces
of the rich or the huts and novels
of the poor.
When the true facts in the re-
corder of deeds case are laid before
the people the question will be
asked, why is 1t that the President
has delayed action SO long. 1t is
not a question of color in his case,
he is not opposed because he is a
colored man, that argument is
merely subterfuge to hide bis
villiaEy which is the only blind
defence that be could make to es-
tabhsh, if possible, his Innocence
in the eyes of the country. 1t Is
not because the President and the
Civil Service Commission do not
know the facts and the merits of
the case that he is not removed.
but the President is undecided
whether to appoint another Negro
Democrat to su cceed him or a white
man. Taylor has not only violated
every law known to man but he is
morally unfit to hold the place
which he has disgraced since he
has been recorder of deeds.
His escapades in the Division
prior 20 and during the pendency
of bis confirmation, his insults to
femalrs whom he has asked to visit
his office after office hours for pur-
poses contrary to the laws of COM
mon deceDcy, his insult to most
respectable lady three days after
the death of her hdsband, his bar
gam to sell places in his office for
the loan of money, which has been
carried out, his demand for the re-
movaI of alleged colored Democrats
because they would not hand over
to him money. his personal and
political assessments made on in
offensive colored men in office are
but few Of this mans notorious
deeds while in office.
The assault on a widow. refined
and noble woman Is perhaps Que of
the most outrageous acts that was
ever perpetrated by human mon
ster. These facts are all known to
President and the Civil Service
Commission.
He was charged to his face with
having committed these wrongs;
the BEE in the presence of his
alleged friend, the ex-bigamist,
charged HIM with some of these
offenses and although be had agreed
to retain four appointments for the
BEE, for a money consideration, or
appoint new ones in their places,
which was given to him, and proven,
ana TO bind this demag02ue strOn-
ger after his denial, he was subse-
quentl, brought to terms and agreed
to make certain appointments in
his Office, which We're made and the
authorities were notified the nc
ment il was done, were evidences
of his bargain and sale of Offices
af-e he had made a denial TO sworn
affiiavits.
TIE BEE has never at any time,
since it made charges against him,
de led the authenticity of those
charges although Taylor has ap
pea,ed to the BEE TO make a mod
flied denial to set him right with
the President and people, which he
was told could not be done in the
face of proof, that is, in the pos
session of the Civil Service Com-
mission and The President.
No one knew this better than his
acroOa,ic friend II. G.. O. AstwoOd,
who admitted to the Bee that Tay
lor bad made political deal with
him; that Taylor had told bim if
he wanted anything he should re
turn to the Democratic party.
Indeed he (Astwood) has de-
cided TO make bis paper AZ lnde
pendent journal with the hope Of
receiving consideration from the
Democratic party and the President
whom he has abused Without cause.
No one asked Astwood to put in
his affidavit what he did; he was
simply asked to give statement
of the agreement made by Taylor,
and he ma lie 1t IN his own way and
in bis OVID handwriting, and as an
evidence of his peIfdy and dema
goguery the readers of the bee will
lind elsewhere in this paper excerps