The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-27

every ulSlIICI WHcTe ten HSSIOSo Gull
be induced to become scholars, with
all the incumbent expenses of teachers,
fuel. rent, books, etc. Under the pres
ent system. any colored girl or hoy
with sufficient interest and ambition
can obtain good common school edu-
cation. One of the Senators said he
thought the colDred children were now
receiving as much consideration as was
necessary and did not see any reason
except q parlizan one for change.
The Republican party, through its
chief mouth piece, Mr.. Lowndes, has
placed itself on record as favOring the
appointment of the negro to office and
giving him in all Instances the same
rights and privileges as ''his white
brother" Whilst the party is pledged
to this course and the colored man,
used as he has been by them as a shut
tlecock to be knocked hither and
thither at the will of the bosses, has
borne all things patiently, it seems as
if the time has arrived when they
mean to throw off the CALLING yoke
that has so long enfettered them and
demand the fulfillment of the promises
made by their political masters
and which they accepted in good
faith. In Baltimore the negroes have
pushed the matter of colored school
teachers for colored schools throughout
the State to focus and the au-
thOrities are confronted with a serious
problem. On the roll of teachers are
white men and women who have
helped to instruct and train the mental,
moral and physical natures of the
young negroes and have proven in
every sense fully capable and compe-
tent in the performance of their duty.
There are quite a number of colored
schools in the city and county and the
change would mean much to teachers
now employed. 1t is also extremely
doubtful if the educated negro is as
well fitted for the task, and the diff
Guilty to be experienced in obtaining
proper material is another drawback.
On the other hand, the party managers
and those in power under the Repub-
lican regime cannot ignore the claims
of the negro without causing ill feeling
and possible disinclination on their
part to support the party which cannot
secure for their race the advantages of
spoils and patriotism. The Republican
party must either recognize the negro
materially in proportion to his useful
ness to them and their ratio to the
voting strength of that party, which
in this State is over so per cent. or
else lose control of his vote, without
which they could not hope to carry one
district out of twenty. The negro is,
as general rule, ignorant and unde-
sirable as a citizen, but he must not be
classed with fools. He understands as
we'll as others of clearer intellect that
he is entitled to much more consider
alton than he is now getting at the
hands of his supposed friends and ben
efactors, and several prominent mem
bers of his race have come out openly
on the subject. At meeting of the
State Central Committee, held at
Raine's Hail, Baltimore, last week,
John Martin, colored, of the eleventh
ward of that city, in speech before
the assembly, came out boldly, as fol-
lows:
''There are $1,000 colored voters i'm
Baltimore and 81 900 in the State, and
they stand as solid wall for Republi-
can principles. There is to-day great
deal of unrest among the colored Re
publicans; they believe the party has
not conceded proper recognition to
them. The colored Republicans are
grieved They think they should not
only have delegate to the National
Convention, but their share of patriot
ism. The committee, at the proper
time, should make corrections In the
language of Ruth to Noah, I'LL treat us
not; where thou goest we will go, and
where the Republican party is buried,
there will we be buried.'"
Chairman Wellington patted him OH
the back (figuratively) and gave him
the usual song and dance about loyalty
and the obligations the party owed the
colored man, but not one word of di-
rect bearing did he or any of them
make. The negro has ample redress
and should made good use of it when
the opportunity offers.
No one will ever forget the following
extract from speech made prior to
the election by Lloyd Lowndes:
s'The rights of the colored men. If the
Republicans carry the State, s0iU be
properly protected, and If they are able
to pass a proper examination, they s0iz
haze the. same opportstsitv FOR AP-
POINTlHENT thot the sOhites haze.
In other sOords, IN aU public matters
they sOiU not be regarded as negroes,
but as citizens of the commonwealth
and STAND ON THE SAME room
ZNG--SsO better nor no worse- THAN
THEIR WH7TEBREZHRE.Nn