The sun., 1897-05-17
AFRo-AMERICAN NOTES.

corder OF Deeds Of the District of Columbia will
be q death blow to the aspirations of about nfty
other Afro-Americans inaide and outside the Dis.
trict OF Columbia, who were cocksuro that they
had . lsad.pipe oinch on disappointment. The po-
stion used 70 be o lucrative fec once. said to DO
worth 100000 per annum. whom Il held by
Mr.. Frederick Douglass and ex-senator B. K.
Bruce, but after IL became settled fact that tho
position to 60 TO an Afro.Amerfcan, whether q
Democrat or \ Republican occupied the White
House. It was made . salaried ofioe. Mr.. Cheat
ham succeeds Julius Hector caius Taylor of Kan.
sas. one OF the original Cleveland worshippers Ha
owed his Goo1 fortune 20 the fact that although he
black. nsture was at the pains to make him In tha
same mental and physical mould that Mr.. CIevo.
land was cast In. The two bear o startling resem.
blaace. Taylor has practised law and edited many
newspapers and It is now said that he viii try his
hand at farming.
MP. Isaac H. Smith OF North Carolina. who claims
that hs 10 "the original Mckinley man," wanted TO
be Recorder Of Deeds OF the District of Columbia
and he wanted tho Job bad. When he found he had
no chanca Whatever he posted OF 20 Newberne ana
uncorked tho vial Of his Indignation. the nrst In.
stallment OF which appeared in the Now York Age.
Here It is Permit mo to make q brief statement
In your paper. do NOS expect any ONCE or any
favor from the preaent Administration. I only
wish had my vote back and also the Qi 900 was
induced TO spend in the last campaign from let
tars Of o prominent nature from parties now in
high places. These letters will given to the pub.
lie In cue time. do not wsh to be classed as an
ingrate 80 now take this opportunity Of thanking
all my friends for what they tried to DO for me-"
But Mr.. Smiths conscience troubled him. The
letters were not given tho public. He issued
another card instead. In which he said: u desire
TO take back what said. anirm what have
maintained since spied Major Mckinley out from
among seventy millions OF people three years ago,
that he Is honest and pure, without spots and Will
do right" Mr.. Smith nils large spa.e in the life
OF Newberne, and the President evidently thought
Il would be unjust TO that picturesque town to de-
prive II OF the presence OF Mr.. Smith.
Tho annual convention OF the Afro. American
League Of Ponnsylvania will convene at Lancaster
May ls. Quite . number OF prominent men, among
them eI Congressman George Washington Murray
OF South Carolina. who has b protective league OF
his own his hands. will attend the convention
aud talk. The Afro-American League OF Rhode Isl
and will meet In annual convention ct Newport.
May 2o Tho California League, which IN the strong.
est one IN existence. will most In August. The last
meeting OF the National League was held in Knox
Vile. Tenn. In lss2 Tho interest then displayed
was 30 small that NO other meeting has been called.
The league organized at Chicago. Jan IS. 1890,
but never met with any substantial success. Tho
masses lid not seem TO care rap about the organi.
ration, and the opinion Is general that they do not
care . rap now.
The National Association OF colored Women, Of
which Mrs. Mary Church Terrell of Washington IS
President. will meet in Nashville Sept. le. The
association organized at Boston three years ago
and is tho strongest of Its kind the country. It
will convene at Faahvile in order to give tho mem.
bers opportunity TO the Centennial. In which
the Afro.American display is expected TO De better
than that At tho Atlanta EI position Of 1895.
Mr.. Charles Martin OF Philadelphia has issue. n
cans and thirty three white persons were lynched
In tho United States in 1895. and furnisned tho
names OF the Victims Mr.. Martin says: Tho white
people in the last four have lynched col
ored men. women, and children. We cannot AFFORD
leave God out Of tho question. We should pray
constantly. and look forward to the promised day
when Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hand
Prayer is the key OF heaveni faith unlocks the door,
Unshaken confidence in God brings the Holy Ghost
down among the children OF men, Bishop Turner
OF Georgia does not bolieve entirely Mr.. Martin
does He advocates In his paper. the potce Of Mis.
sons. that Afro Americans in the South should all
purchase Winchester rlneS. and them when tho
mob undertakes to lynch thom. This advice has
created great deal OF uproar in the South but Just
how far t has been followed 10 not known. The
chances that the Afro Americans In the South
will continue TO pray and wait the LORD, and 70.
fuse to shoot as in tho past. They have always
shown that they have more faith In the Lore than
they have in tho winchester rine.
Afro-Amsricans continue to win valuable fellow.
ships. W. J. Ferris OF Now Haven has won the
latest. He is member OF the Yale class OF 'eb and
during the past two yoars mas been working in
philosophy in thesYalo graduate department. To MIN
has been awarded the Hopkins fellowship IN the
Harvard Divinity s,hool. worth Ss2o per aunum.
IL is reported that the lecture trip OF Paul Iau
renee Dunbar, the negro poet. who went to England
10 far been financial success. From other points
of view. however. It 10 learned Mr.. Dunbar 10 hav.
lug . bsng.up time. He likes England, and would
not mind living there. Mr.. Dunbar 10 most efreo-
tive In reading his dialect verses. the humor and
pathos OF which It takes American TO under.
stand and appreciate.
That announcement that the President would ap-
point Judson W. Lyons Postmaster at Augusta Ga
has raised rumpus In that like un to the one
that was raised when President Harrison appointed
William Demos Crum Postmaster az Charleston.
The opposition to DR.. crum was 30 strong and Dor.
Sistent that Postmaster. General John wanAmaker
got scared and had it Withdrawn. Mr.. Lyons 10 tho
member OF the Republican NationsI COMMITTEES for
his State. He 10 lawyer In good and paying prac.
tice. and stands high with the oest people, of Au.
gusta. many OF whom have siEnsd his papers. He
WAS red'hot Mckinley all through the light
TO secure delegates to the National Convention at
st. Louis. He Is clean up In politics as it 10
practsed In the Southern States. He is II Boss
Bucks best lieutenants. rnd the chances are that
the President ana Senator Hanna will bvth stick to
him through the Post once nght. Mr.. Lyons waa
the principal In historical In ,dent recently whsn
as the national committeeman for Georgia, he
called upon tho President urged him TO appoint
Gen. James II. Longstreet OF Gainesville, Ca, 70
oe Railroad Commissioner In succession Gen.
Wade Hampton OF South Carolina. We have trav.
eled very far In thrty.two years when the old
slave make such plea for the old slavehoider
as against another old STAKEHOLDER. both or whom
we're Generals in the Confederate army without
provoking general comment.
The Wichita. Kan, National Reflector says that
Williams and ossood. two young Afro Americans
who went TO Liberia, on the west coast OF Africa
last year. when the cmigrAnt fever WAS at high.
water mArS. have returned. and report thar out OF
party OF 100 all died OF coast fever excspI twelve
The young men cay thAt they have had ali OF Africa
that thsy wAnls