The defender., 1900-01-27

EJ"'J 10 have peeh Naoro iournaLr
:esnlsu euIrssspondents and Negro 5ournahs !.n;ns
ibs Ic.25odflphia were cohCeriI1u III ne
4 Pni5oC" The Tribune ne Ghrls
np1eennpr" and The OQo PelioMs M
ian B4DlIII a. oil had something to say upon
J0uFnaa aaortant subject. on our conten,
bis iLnp0a " Negro Magistrate. Several
ton l0I rcut one Wmch IL any
,ames We r..iu be agreed upon,
one o. IN. bill with honor both to
rJuld n.l .oca 20 and city, as would be we'll
hrsen'. +b tba Hon. j. c. Asbury, editor
u0T2n n .o5d Fellows Journal" a well
d INF ;t;1en who has been nominated
noEn citi~ c;Itrata by the Prohibitionists,
for nds aIacted. Il seems strange
.O1f whose votes keep the Re-
that mart in existance and whose
gG0ACai ~ arop4rIv used, could defeat the
g0trS' j ,nT,gieterial ticket, would have
C0nlI7 nominatiOn through a party
% So ul .,on thc Republican party. In
0thsf 'r,,ctiun il seems that history
tbs 'o ,. rppeat itself, for 1T was
FN U.'' Tho ProhibitiOnists some II or
-hTolsn 400 nominated for the first
!5o' aoInrad man for Congressman
uTs in the person of Rev. j. M.
d,Ia'- nov pastor of the Allen A. M.
"a hnsrrch followed later on by the
: Inr' If Rev. L. G. Jordan, former
@nm7 If the Union Baptist Church,
Fds"a n,rst not be forgotten that it
anu u camurI G.. King, a Democratic
,,ror to break the polltlcal ice OF
Ad! l,-nhia TO put the first cOlored
I.,rolman upon the city'S pay ,roll.
.bich time he has been kept
.,. nv the Republicans, not so much
I,ra or for recognition for service,
y. bacausp Of the fear of lOosing his
W. .u vote And who knows, that If the
~ sao is to be hOnOred with a Magis-
..-[aI election that it, too, Will have
p,,oa through some of the parties
.,bar than the Republican party. Even
r,rr ward. the Fourteenth, the first
..rson ever named for an elective Of
~. came to VIM. A. Sample, of the
rrs- division, by and through the
tar faction Of the Republican party,
school Director Sample pOlled over
+m votes. which led the regular or
lorbira element of the party to con-
5l.r the advisability of naming a col
[,.f man i'm the person of Andrew j.
.Tr-Ip Of the Third division, from the
t.ar of losing the large cOlOred vote of
5g ward Lytle was elected by the
3rgpst majority given any of the vari-
5rs nominees. which showed the lead
gs how plpased the COlOred voters were
in voting for one of their race. In the
resent political condition of affairs
there seems to be a good chance of
exciting Mr.. Asbury with the large fol-
owing of Odd Fellows, churchmen. and
the concentration of all of our forces
b. put in his candidacy. Mob" will
support Mr.. Asbury, not because he
has been named by the PrOhibitiOnists,
but because he is the first colOred man
ever nominated for Magistrate, be-
ausp he is a gentleman worthy, and
because the race is entitled in a big
Republican city like ours, to have at
least one Magistrate.
In going our rounds during the week
w had the pleasure of meeting Law
yer John X. Brooks, a successful real
estate dealer of the race located in
the southern part fthe city, and
chairman Of the Executive Committee
q the Afro-American Republican
League and recently chosen Ward Com
|ri,eeman.
The final determination of Mr.. Will
lam Towns. of the Thirteenth division.
not to accept the appointment of Pa
holman is to be regretted by his large
host Of friends and to Committeeman
?. Junior in particular Especially
this true when men like the type of
Mr. Towns are so scarce among us.
Just about now. while the question
having a COlOred man elected MagiS-
iale and seemingly our leaders at a
sdnaSlll as to what to do, it would be
God send if a second Gilbert Ball or
loL Jake Purnell could appear and
die charge Of the whole unpleasant
SNaton.
while Mob has received many fiat
ring compliments upon his weekly
sl'erS We are not satisfied. THE De-
r4ler ought to be in the home of
very col0red man residing in the ward.
SENS to be the hardest thing in the
.'." 10 get our leaders and white men
seHeral to stop putting our voters in
same category with the worthless
lT} among us. We have cOlOred men
5.uIhS public office in the ward who
nonor and reflect credit both to
,rulSeFeS. our leaders and race.
Iagns them can be mentioned A. J.
p p'T Wy Jho. Akers. Jno. P. Junior, w.
ntoo PatrOlman Alfred Tucker and
>l OF others in their individual
at, VINO are helping in the great up
san. oI our people. for it matters not
snou1 many worthless ones we have
Al Us Don't forget that there
Nm. UoH our hat off to Mr.. VIM.
ps,r,,, VINO received the appointment of
rsr3 imam from the lower end of the
#, A.. mat Mr.. Mills will discharge
n. tS Dehttlng to himself and peO-
. W. o !he tond hope of his friends.
Nara 'o"I,l I|1, congratulate him and our
sg7h Esauer Mr.. Jacob WildemOre, for
~ ri.I ..IINorlng the Afro American vOt-
'',o such a good appointment.
taar,b Jho Walker. up in the Fiji
tsag, Wv sion. is a hustler for one of
i on,' "Ho We predict for him a bright
I raN ." the political arena of the
,aor jackson, of the Twentieth di-
4 c,1n n, says our comment last week
, r2,a @a subject of a colored Magis-
. .roro 'ueIed =. much food for thought
i q Our ra. ,"oN' VINO desire the uplifting
\ r.har q, o,T.thder' can always be found
3 assr st,,. @ Nannle's or at the popular
''e OF w A. NJ. Jones.
enh 5.;s.ttman 5;,:f.man Junior. of the Thir-
4 ssndy f., fa ,.Sloh, has gained many new
n nth N WI Ihe manly endeavors put |
ratroI,r1l,oale a colored man appointed
4 augbr ,'@9 ,19 from his division. Yet
FACTION " 3e a source of perfect sat
Il ,r1s ba'39 Know that his man, VIM.
4 Saot TnI IIa, Inc refusal of the appoint