Evening star., 1897-04-16

President Of the United States should have
been asked to witness some productions of
public school children.
What evidence has the President today
that the negro in the District of Columbia
has produced anything since his emancipa-
ton? Did we present anything In our
parade today to make an impression CT
any power? 1t is always the custom to
present the greatest objects that will tend
to impress. Instead of having the beating
of drums and blowing of horns there
should have been shown evidences of our
progress since emancipation.
THE negro should not ask for sympathy
IL he IS capable of demonstrating to the
administrative powers that he is what
claim he should be. The negro Is sue
cess in law. Notwithstanding the prejudices
of some of our courts. and as a physician
he is equal to the white man. Our Freed
mems Hospital will equal to day any in
Ills country Our public schools the
equals of any in the country, with but one
exception. which I shall not at this juno
ture Ssate- But / will say that the i'm
portation of teachers from other states. to
the exclusion OF our Normal School gradu-
ates- should be stopped. Parents whose
occupation is in the washtub struggle to
enable them to educate their children. and
after their graduation to have their claims
set aside for outsiders does not help the
children of the emanc;pated in the Dis
trict of Columbia
I'm politics the negro is a failure. He
lacks the stability and manhood that is
found in those of the more fortunate races
They boast of their great political strengt n
and of being political factors, but are too
timid TO resent a political snub. He is a
political begg9r. and the republican party
knows ii. They clamored in the recent
campaign to be recognized, as they thought
they could discuss the monetary question
and the great economic issues that were
aSitating the public mind, and which
Threatened dissolution of the republic and
which was only a revolution on paper that
ended IKE tempest in teapot. but the
negro II was claimed knew nothing about
the money question. but tinidly submitted
10 what was said and concluded that he
Did not know anything about it, Human
rights. civil and political liberty in which
the negro could have waved the bloody
shlrt, are issues of the past. The great
political apostle. Mark Hanna found In
the negro a voting factor. but not a vote
maker.
instead of the negro log-rolling for Of
nee during the four years of democratic
rule he should have been studying these
economic questions. These political para
sites from the Atlantic to the Pacific from
the extreme north to the extreme south
are clamoring for the recorders office
They are like the parrot that has been
Taught one thing. and can only repeat one
thing. recorders Officer Some of them
never attempt TO learn anything new
When the American negro shall have
learned TO act like the white man. when
III Is TO his interest and the welfare of his
people, then his future success in life will
De iooked Tor with pleasure and admira-
fion- Just as certain as the blue and gray
nave laid aside their munitions of war and
meet one another friends and brothers
Just as sure will TIE negro at some future
date cast his lot among those whom he
regards his enemy
The report of the superintendent of no.
ice shows large list of criminals among
the negroes. And why is this? 1t is be-
cause the enemies of the negro under the
dlguise of being his friend seem to take
os.sht IN convicting him of the most petty
onense. If there is not an immediate
cnanse IN one branch of our District iu-
diciary there is no telling what will be-
come of this unfortunate class of our fell
iow-citizens. l don't mean to saw that the
negro should not be convicted If he Is
guilty. but 1 DO mean to say that many
oHenSes that come up daily in some of our
courts should be thrown out"