The Washington bee., 1896-10-17
From The Bees Special Correspondent.

From The Bees Special Correspondent
New York, October 6.-At this writ
ing there has been no recognition OF
the Negro as a political factor, and II
anything appears out of the ordinary
1t seems thai the brother in black IS
each day getting farther from the
throne. The Afro-AmeriCan head
quarters in the Albany Club is running
| alo. and has thus far accomplished
| at least all of the personal CorrespOn-
| dence of the Preachers Protective
| Political Union," over which the Rev.
DIR. LYONS presides. Aside from this
nothing has been done to educate the
Colored voters of the country, and the
| bad work still goes on
There was a slight stir in political
circles last week when an interview ap-
. peared in one or two of the morning
papers of this city. This interview
came from the National Committee,
ostensibly from his royal hi. hness,
Marcus Aurelius Hanna, +, s, who has
been more or less inapprOpriately deS-
ignated to run the campaign for the re-
publiCanS. / he chairman INDUCED in
the proverbial Jolly" that he had
high regard for The Negroes as a peo-
and that he was sure that they would
all vote the republican ticket because
he first loved them. Old politicians
grinned knowingly as they read the in
te1view and winked the other eye, for
aside from the stereotyped expressions
of the politicians it was apparent that
Phil Brown, SO recently thrust into
politics, had placed his hand i'll it.
of
clan who stands ready to write any.
thing or say or do anything for which
he gets paid.
When the campaign was in its infan-
Cy Mr.. Hanna preSuppoSed that /:
could be conducted without the aid of |
the Negroes, and he accordingly pOr-
toned them off where he hoped that /
they would be Sc far removed from the J
general activity of the Republican Ma
tional Committee that there would be !
no black faces contrasting with the
marble walls Of the Met
ropolit II Life Building, where the
committee is situated.
Brother Hanna reCkOned without his
host, for the moment it became known
that the chairman had raised the color
inc by placing the Negroes in Thirty
IrSt street there was an OminOuS yell
rom the ColOred people of all classes
Mark was Worried. The colored press
the country was pOking fun
1t Lyons, the preacher Hanna had Sc
eCted to run the campaign for the Ne
yrOeS and there was existing every
where evidences of dissatisfaction.
Then there was d happy thought. He
would be interviewed.
A messenger was sent out and in
hort ime a short, fat young man
anne waddling up the hall strenuously |
to look important. This
,outh was "Col." Phil Brown, the
,ver- lffable manager of the Afro
American Associated Press, and has
,een looked upon as Mark man Fri
lay. Brown puffed and blowed like a
zig steam engine, and was immedi-
ltely ushered into Mr.. Hanna private
Dom
Up to this time it has been pretty
known that Mr.. Brown has
and expressed some very
-adiCal views against DR.. Lyon and his
separate headquarters. He had
hought that Brother Lyon was an
and he at one time said
hat the preacher-politician was an
tCCleSldStCal nOnetlty whose mental !
ability was quartered with his kicking
his heels"
The Hanna interview appeared, how
ever, with long, apologetic introduct-
ion from Brown. Brother Lyons is
all right" wrote this Changeable
young man, land if he is not, Mr..
Hanna is not to blame" Then he
launched into long laudatory story of
how his master, Hanna, loved the Ne
groeS.
The fact remains, nevertheless, that
Hanna has drawn the color line and no
amount Of apology from Brown will
alter this fact. Everybody is wonder
ing why Phil Brown was selected to (
vindicate Hanna, and more dissenSion
has been stirred up on this account
FRANK PAXTON