The Dallas express., 1900-01-13

Washington, ID. g., Jan. s, 1900.
The expiring hours of
irrr.~ 1899 found social life at the
5SA nations capital all ablaze.
ge@f The city has been thronged
ssz@zEs.e. with visitors, and recep-
NtiOns, COlatiOns, and din
rer- have been prominent features of
tSa mast week. The Xmas festivities
If 6nr numerous churches were well
7ttonded, and the juvenile portion of
orr population made happy by the
mart heavily l&dened Christmas trees.
The newyea2 receptions were dazzling
and brilliant, and our society Jewels
We'd with each other in splendor and
hospitality. The most notable recep-
tio6 Of the week was that of the Wo-
mans League, held at Odd Fellows
hall last Monday, when Mrs. NJ. L.
Tucker, assisted by thirty other charm
jDr ladies', received callers to the ex-
tent of POO. the year, 1900, was ush-
cred in under most favorable auspices,
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The COlOred voters of Texas and else
where will be elated over the defeat of
,he Payne resolution, which had for
its object the cutting down of southern
representation at republican national
conventions. While National Com
mitteeman Judson w. Lyons and Jas.
Hill contributed much to the defeat of
thc measure, President Mckinley and
Senator VI. A. Hanna were also potent
factors in bringing about the demise Of
this InlquitOds scheme to deprive the
cJl0red VJter of the south of repre-
santatOh at our national councils. For
the 1lst few months howl has ema-
need from certain quarters to the
extent that this administration has
snu5bed the Negro officially. Let us
inquire into the matter. Regarding
the ciamOr for colOred officers for coll
Ored troops, the administration came
gaIantIy to the front, by appointing
twenty four colOred captains, twenty
four first leutenants and twenty four
second lieutenauts: and in addition
thereto, appointed two colored pay
masters in the army, with the rank of
major In the matter of federal APP
the race has been ac-
corded the register of the treasury,
collector Of revenue for Georgia and
several pOstmasters and collectors of
customs in that state and elsewhere;
also register of land offices, United
States stamp uperintendent, recorder
Of deeds, receivers of public monies,
army chapiains, pension examiners,
many important foreign cOnsulships,
and special commissioner to the
Paris Exposition. In addition to the
sbove, the race is ably represented in
he departments of government in
his city. The complaints of nOnre-
'ognitiOn usually proceed from dis
Office seekers. The Negro
politician is 4 queer genius. When he
lips up in his frantic efforts to con-
ect with Il job, he imme iiately in
Orms the world that the republican
,arty is doing nothing for the Negro.
Vow, 1T IS a we'll known fact that white
nen also suffer disappointment while
n quest of office; but when they fail,
10 they set up yell about failure on
he part of the republican party to
'ac0gnize the white race? We Opine
not We do not claim that the re-
publican party stands for everything
deal, but, in cOntradistinction to all
j.hcc parties, it offers more to the Ne
gro than other political organizations.
Again, these calamity hOWlers prate
about the decrease Of lynchings under
administrations. Every
sensible man knows that changes of |
administrations fail to effect the tenn /
qeramcnt Of the rapist, and the usual |
quota of brutes are lynched. OF course, |
no Negro pOstmasGers are killed, be-
cause none are appointed by the de-
mocratlc party. The race at large has |
Nest accorded by this administration,
s&@
the National Afro American cOun-
ct hc.d an interesting session in this
city last week, and the public meeting
at Vermont Avenue Baptist church
last Friday night was highly success
iu~ The address by Bishop Alexan-
aeF Waters was a masterpiece, and
me report of the committee on reso
Ad2ns, read by r. w. Thompson, sec
e.ary OF The organization, was loudly
dfP.auded. Speeches were made by
L1-GoEernor =. b. S. Pinchback, Ed
NIfi Everett Brown, Editor r. Thom-
a' fortune and Lawyer |. l.. McGhYe,
o. ii. Paul, Minn.
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y, Frot, II. T. Healing, editor of the A.
A. l. Church Review, and a favorite
.1 OF Texas, spent q few days in our
IVY last week. While in the city, he
sa' conspicuous figure at the ses-
.o45 .., oi the American Negro academy ,
S"1 o'her literary gatherings.
second Baptist lyceum held an in {
resting session last Sunday. The '
az, , i, speaker Of the evening was Mr.. s
4. a..N'Hcott who delivered an able adj f
,.' "gSs Oh The Negro as a soldier and {
Tg.lea: g.- a.. lie was literally applauded.
It's, D. J.. W Il!am Scott, of the American
D.."s' Home Mission society, fol-
%r70 s5.. ID an interesting talk on race. &
TT|''-laement Rev L. G.. Jordan of J
.41>, secretary of the Foreign Mis-
~,.: ~.: society, also gave short talk on
&e4 I
I,I .i-zenS of the District of Columbia a
H., INV a tJefestlng exercises atZion Bap- 1
C-s..-. ,.'fcA last Monday, in commem- Q
-'''" oi the emancipation procla- L