The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
VOTES.

pendent eIsiaves of the United States. and more
particularly TO devise means TO complete and equip
the home for aged and dependent exHslaves now in
course OF erection In st. Joseph. and to select saSh
representative for said home A. may be considered
advisable" This association does not appear to have
to do with the EI.siAve Pension Association. which
had a convention in Alahh'ua not lons Aso.
Ex-senator b. X. Bruce OF Mississippi. who resides
in Washington most OF the time, and wants to bs
Register o. the Treasury, an ONCE he held under Pres-
ident Harrison. Is spoken OF as the possible Presidents
of Howard University at arlington to succeed Dr..
J. E. Rankin. with whose manag ,ment there has long
been considerable dissatisfaction Mr.. Bruce ia one
OF the trustees OF the university. While he would
hardly decline the Presidency OF Howard University,
the general opinion is that he would rather have his
old Job in the Treasury Department.
There are plenty Of MicNwbcrs in the land. and the
tribe appears to be on the Increase. The St. Joseph
National Protest says; People who alt and wait for
prosperity to come to their doors and bring them the
necessaries OF life will be sadly disappointed. They
will have to hustle for a living. In prosperity or adj
versity.' II half the time wasted In waiting and
talking about prosperity werr turned into hard work
there would be fewer Micawbers.
sc Miller spent six years studying dentist n
Chicago. He went to Hulls, Fla. aud swung his p.~
fessionai Shingle to the semItropical hreezes. some
OF the white citizens dii not like the idea or having
an Afro Americau dentist in their town. and they
called on Mr.. Miller and ordered him TO leave. This
he refused to do. and they began to frc upon him. and
he began to leave. Two days after this Mr.. NfiteT
showed up at Lakeland, almost naked and nearly
starved. He left at Hulls all his clothing aud money
and surgical instruments, which, 1T Is salt, were ap
proprtated By the mob as contrabauu OF war. There
is another town in Florida where Afro Americans
are not allowed to ride bicycles on the str.ets, and
still another where none is allowed to work or sleep.
They call Il white City.
The ~Afro.Amertcan League o: California held is
annual convention at Bakers field on July 20, and
elected the following officers: Dudley Sebrcc, Presi-
dent; E. Turner. @. E. Watkins and T. w. Love, Vice
Presidents: Wiley Hines. Treasurer; II r. Morton.
Secretary; T. Brown. Chaplain. The league, which is
the most prosperous and effective OF all those organ
lied in 1890, Is in a healthy condition. OWN mainly
to the ability and self,sacrince OF Dir. Morton. the
retiring President.
The third annual convention of the stats summer
League OF Connecticut, OF which J. =. Peaker Is Presi-
dent, will be held at Savin Rock on ThursdAy. Aug.
90. Excursion trains W Ill he run from all parts OF the
State. and 1t is expected that a large number of people
will be at the little summer resort when the conven-
tion convenes. T. Thomas Fortune OF New York viii
deliver the annual address.
Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews OF New York spoke 40
the Christian Endeavor Convention in San Francisco
on July IL on " The Aw akening OF the A~fro-American
Women. and paid the following Just tribute to the
old mothers OF her race who came out OF slavery
"But these women who came out of slavery have not
only made Christian homes for their families and
educated $4,000 sunda y school workers, they have
given to the State 25, 600 educated school teachers,
who are to-day the hope and inspiration OF the whole
race. The black women who came out OF slavery in
the past thirty years have accomplished these tire
mendous results, for the most part as farm lAborers
and house servants, and they deserve the admiration
OF mankind for the glorious work that they have a-
complished." Mrs.. Matthew'S made Q plea for the
abolition Of miscegenation and separate car laws and
for the separation of women and girls from men In
the penal institutions Of the Southern States
J. sevelltCappan Of st. Augustine, Fla. has .
big convention bee In bis hat. Like q great many
other men OF his race, he appears 70 think that .
convention is Q sovereign cure for all the Ills his race
is heir to. He has called Q National Race Council, to
meet at Nashville, Tenn. on Sept 1s. He has under
taken q big Job. as the following declaration VIM
show; "The purpose Of tho council IS to ndopt, 10
have ratified by tho people. and % pus into actual
operation. . declaration Of union and . constitution
(which will ultimately unite all ~Afro-Americans and
enable them to develop. in harmony with the white
race, . civilization of their own" The main difnculty
with J. B. seveli-Cappani's idea is that there Is too
much of 1t for practical purposes.
The editor of the Tuskaloosa Ala. Chronicle, like
Q great many other ~Afro-Amertcan editors. Is thor
oushly exasperated over the political condition he
says: where negroes are strongly backed for Post
Onces the Mckinley Administration has concluded to
let Democrats remain Negroes will learn some sense
after q while. Republican promises to the negro
soon multiply into Republican lea"
Although they have o member of the Governors
council who has learned how to talk less since he took
the oath of ONCE, the AfroAmericlns OF Massachu-
sets, according to the editor OF the Boston Adrdnce.
are in q bad way. he says: Z" For thirty years tho
colorei people have prided themselves on having one
OF their family as representative either in the Com
mon Council or In the Legislature; but to-day the old
thirty-year wheel has been changed. Is a thing OF tho
past. VIII you stand and be political tools, or Will
you protect the interests which you have IN the Com
monwealth Of Massachusetts % cries the editor.
A white man has been sentenced TO the county ian
at Escambia county, Fla. for ninety days for COM
hitting a criminal assault, which moves the Florida
Evangelist to say: 1.-THE life OF a dog Is as sacred -
the life OF a negro in many parts Of the south. When
the negro learns TO kill tA"sc who seek TO kill himS
when he makes II q point to carry a member of the
mob that comes TO lynch him along with him TO the
Judgment, his life will be more valuable. and mob8
and lynching bees will b, less frequent" This is In
line with the advice given by Bishop H. N. Turner OF
Georgia and Of other preachers. When the Afro
American preachers begin generally to preach tho
policy of retaliation on the mob there will be lots OF
trouble for somebody. As they have almost despoti0
sway over their people. The recent stand against the
white mobs at Key West and Mobile shows that tho
AfroAmerican Is getting tired OF the one-sided mob
business. He has been patient through a great many
years. and the mobs have about reached the ooncl0
sion that there Is no tight left In him.
The Afro American delegates who helped N nomi-
nate Mckinley at ST. Louis. and expected 10 be re-
membered by him when he got into the white House.
have been badly disappointed. Only about four OF
them have been appointed to once by the President.
These are Henry P. Cheatham OF North Carolina. to
be Recorder OF Deeds OF the District OF Columbia;
l Henry A. Rucker. to be Collector OF Internal Revenue
for Georgia; Pink" Motion. 10 be Postmaster of
Athens. Ga. and another Postmaster In Georgia All
the really fat things went TO the white Republi.
can leaders, like J. A. Gary OF Maryland.
A. +. Buck Of Georgia. Mr.. Youngbloot OF Ala
bama. Henry Clay Evans OF Tennessee, and
Powell Clayton OF ArkansaA sinSulaIly enough.
the Northern and Western Afro Americans have
Jared better than their Southern brothers. a. the fol-
lowing appointments will show; william y. Powell
, OF New Jersey. TO he Minister Resident and Consul
; General In Hayti; George II. Jackson OF Connecticut.
TO be Consul at CognAc, France: Mahion Van Horne.
to he Consul at ST. Thomas S. Z. Elbsrt OF Indiana.