Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-04
GREETS ITS GUESTS.
w. Calvin Chase Republican Club
Gives n BANQUET.

The W. Calvin Chase Republican Club,
No. 1. of which Mr.. Charles Freeman is
president, entertained at dinner last even
ing at 35 Hanover street northwest, Mr..
w. Calvin Chase, for whom the club is
named. There were $50 invited guests pres
ent. including the members of the club
The front parlor and dining room were
beautifully decorated with palms and Amer
lean flags. The portraits of President Nc
Kinley and Governor Roosevelt were con-
spicuously suspended against the wall in
the dining room and decorated with Ameri-
can flags. On the opposite side was
large portrait of Mr. Chase.
The principal guests of the evening occu-
ped the seat of honor at the head Of the
table. To his right was seated President
Freeman, who stated in his opening address
that the w. Calvin Chase republican clubs
of the eighth, tenth. fourteenth and fif-
teenth districts decided to celebrate Labor
day by rendering dinner to their represen-
tative. whom they all admired and whom
they intend to follow as long as he SUM-
ports the principles of the republican party
and the standard bearers, Mckinley and
Roosevelt
1t is the intention of this club before. the
4th of March, remarked President Free
man, to have organized in the twenty-five
assembly districts clubs named for their
leader. and the day of the Inauguration
there would be in line 500 loyal republicans
to escort the republican standard bearer
to the Capitol of the nation.
At this tuncture the invited guests were
seated at the table, and after all had been
served @r, a addresses were made by Messrs.
Philip Milburn. Henry Ridgley, James
Young, George Smith and others
Vice President Bamfield suggested that
Mr.. Chase speak to the toast 1.-The negro
as political factor in the American body
politic." Mr.. Chase responded. saying the
time had come for the negro to be q factor
in politics provided he honestly expressed
himself and voted intelligently. A man who
could be led astray by false leadership and
tngratitude to the party which gave him
freedom could never become a factor in
politics. No man is a factor in politics, he
said, unless he demonstra ted industrial and
financial power. The fact of having num-
bers without concentration Of those num-
bers for the good OF people or govern
ment could not make the negro a place.
The negro could only become power when
he has the intelligence to concentrate that
force. No party will trust race as a COM
ponent part Of 1T that can be bought and
sold for money. When the negro has prin-
ciples and adheres to them for the coun-
try's advancement, and when they become
effective, he becomes factor. Bad leader
ship and bad advice from spurious leaders
will destroy the force of any people.
The negro to a great extent, said Mr..
Chase, lacks force of character He Is too
ready to follow false leadership and too
ready to become disgruntled when an ex-
ecutive cannot violate the Constitution Be-
cause the Constitution gives the President
power to combat with an enemy on the
high seas, under certain conditions, or en-
ter another country to protect American
citizens, it does not follow that he has the
power to put down a riot in another state
without the consent of the governor of that
state, or unless the property Of the United
States is being interfered with.
The negro is not a factor in the American
body polite, concluded Mr.. Chase. and the
sooner he knows it the better 1t will be for
him.
At the close of Mr.. Chase's address, Miss
es Scott, Mamie Young and 8. Jones per-
formed several solos on the plano.
Among some Of those present were Miss
es Elva Miner Clara Page, Rosa Page,
Sort, BERTHE Spencer, Addie Cragg, Mary
Wight, Mrs. James Young. Messrs. James
C. Bamfield, John w. Walker, d. Brown,
Thomas Page and a hundred or more 9TH
ers.