The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-09
" AsHINGTON
THE CAPITAL CITY AND IT'S,
HAPPENINGS.
All sorts of Doings and Sayings of the
People Of the Country's Capital Items
Picked Up Here and There for the Inter-
est of the Readers of The Appeal.

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Picked Up Here and There for the Inter-
est of the Readers of The Appeal.
Mr.. Geo. L. Marshall, of. New York,
came over to Inauguration. a
Col. John R. Marshall, of Chicago
is in the city for a month,
There is a new baby boy at D. b.
McCary's, 448 @ street N. w. It's
name is Robert Terrell McCary. Moth
er and child are doing we'll
The Illinois Republican Association
gave reception to Governor and Mrs.
Richard Yates of Illinois at Carroll
Institute Hall Tuesday evening.
Among the visitors in the city are
Bishops A. Walters, w. J.. Gaines, B.
w. Arnett, DR.. H. T. Johnson, Dr.. e.
G. Morris, DR.. H. G.. G. AstWood, Chas.
III. Brooks: ..s 1850, Ezess.i... I
The Cosmos Club gave a grand ball
Tuesday evening at Builders Ex-
change Hall. 1t was very swell af-
fair. The officers are:- F. L. Cardozo,
Jr., president; Robert T. Douglass,
treasurer; Berkeley c. Waller, secre-
tary; honorary vice presidents, Hon
John F. Cook, Whitfield McKinlay.
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The Inaugural Welcome Club gave a
grand ball at the Washington Light
Infantry armory Tuesday evening. It
was very swell affair. The officers
are as follows: Daniel Murray, presi-
dent; Hon. John P. Green, J. Archer
Lewis, DR.. Hamilton Smith, vice pres
idents; Henry Y. Arnett, secretary;
Henry P. Slaughter, financial secre-
tary; Henry B.. Baker, treasurer
. The executive committee of the Ma
tional Afro-American Council met in
Washington Tuesday, Bishop A. Wal
ters, presiding. "A committee was ap-
pointed to visit the President in the
interest of the race. Committee: A.
Walters, T. Thomas Fortune, w. A.
Pledger, Bishop Arnett, Cyrus Field
Adams, A. L. Manley, J. A. Crossfeld,
Ernest Lyon, I. B. w. Barnett, p. J.
Smith, J. w. Lyons, G.. H. White, H.
T.. Johnson, j. Lawson, Charles H.
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Cheatham. A monster mass meeting
was held Wednesday night. Cyrus
Field Adams paid $50 and became the
first life member of the National Afro
American Council. -
Contrary to- expectations, the Porto
Rican troops attending Inauguration
are not a&set of small, under sized,
swarthy fellows They compare most
favorably in appearance with the Penn
sylyania troops who are quartered in
the building, and " there are many
specimens of physical manhood in the
organization who would be a credit
to- any army in the world All the
officers are unstinted in their praise
of the men. 49,,
The rules which govern them are
strict, and the enlisted man guilty of
an infraction of discipline is dealt with
severely. There has been comparative
" little trouble with the troops since
the formation Of the battalion two
years ago, however, and the success
of enlisting natives has been shown
by the fact that congress has approved
the plan. -: ~ -
Orders are given in English, but
instructions are given in Spanish,
which is spoken fluently by the Off
GERS First sergeants of all the COM
panies are enlisted men who have
been transferred from other organiza-
lions which have seen service in Porto
Rico, and they get along very we'll
with the natives. Most of the latter
are full-bloodeds Caucasians, while 9th
ers show the tinge of Negro blood, very
few of them being blacks. There are
two battalions of these troops, which
have been fully organized. r
AS a. token of appreciation of his
services to the race, Senator Chandler,
OF New Hampshire, was Saturday. pre-
scented with a handsome cane by rep
resentatives of the leading Afro Amer.
lean newspapers Of the country. The
presentation took place in the room
OF the senate committee on privileges
and elections, and in addition to Sen
ator Chandler and the editors and
friends oftheir own race, Senators Nc
Comas and Pritchard were present.
The speech Of presentation was made
on behalf of the press by Mr.. Reuben
S. Smith, a member of the Washing ton
bar. He said the New Hampshire SEN
ator had freely given his services to
the race for the past forty years. and
he predicted that his retirement would
be only temporary.
Mr.. Chandler was visibly affected
when he rose to reply. He said he had
been a friend of the Afro American
ever since 1856, and that it had been
easy for him to do so, because it was
natural He discussed the lynching
problem at some length and said he
regretted to see the lynching of Afro
American men was extending to the
Northern states, and that it is not con-
fined to lynching for offenses against
women. He advised the Afro-Ameri-
can people to organize a committee to
Investigate and make public the facts
connected with all lynchings brought
to their attention, believing that the
publication Of an authentic record
would do much to cause cessation Of
the practice. He believed that in time
Increased enlightenment and the
growth of genuine Christianity would
relieve the race from this unjust in
Fiction. He also advised the Afro
Americans to stand out in a peaceable !
manner for their rights under the
amendment, and not to allow
themselves to be DISTINGUISHED with
out continued protest. The right of
the Afro-American to vote should be
as sacred to him as his life. The SEN
ator's sentiments were loudly applaud
ed.
Senators McComas and Pritchard |
were among others who spoke Mr.. /