The Seattle Republican., 1901-10-18
BROTHER
IN BLACK
Under Critical Eye of OBJ
serving Men.
CREBON'S COLORED LAWYER.

According to the New Age, O
Portland, Mr.. g. A. Lucas is the frs
man OF color to take the examina
ton for admission to the bar in tht
state of Oregon. Mr.. Lucas is vel
known in this city and is considered
a very bright man, intellectually
and it is predicted that he will make
a successful lawyer if he succeeds il
passing the required examination
Being well acquainted in the state
Mr.. Lucas will soon have an excel
lent practice at his command al
Portland and Oregon in general Of
fer an inviting field for him.
ROOSEVELT AND WASHINGTON.
Recently Prof. Booker T. Wash
ington was summoned to Washing
ton City to advise with President
Roosevelt as to the best methods OF
dealing with the Afro-Americans in
the South from a political and fin
ancial standpoint There is much
difference of opinion as to what re-
ally passed between the president
and Mr. Washington, but suffice it
that things were said by both of
them of much interest and benefit
to the race that was under discus
sion. 1t was the first instance in the
history Of the United States where
a president of the United States
consulted in any shape, form or
manner a colored man in the inter
ests Of his race, or made any effort
whatever to find out the real facts
about the race, save what some
cheap John politician told him. Ir-
respective of what may have been
said by the two, the president is to
be commended for calling Mr..
Washington, who is beyond doubt
the most noted Negro in the United
States, into consultation concerning
the success Of the race to which he
belongs.
WAsHINGTON's COLORED PEOrE.E.
The state Of Washington Is cred
tied with having 21,799 "colored
persons" out of a total population Of
6,3O4. The average reader should
not get confounded in this state
ment about the colored population
and labor under the belief that there
are that many Negroes in the tsate
Of Washington. "Colored'' is here
applied to all persons and nationali-
ties not Caucasian, which includes
Indians, japanese, Chinese and Ne
groes. Strictly speaking there are
not to exceed 5000 Negroes in the
state Of Washington.
HE WRITES A BOOK. Y
DR.. Samuel Burdett, a retired
United States veterinary surgeon,
, has Just issued a small booklet COM
prislng a hundred or more pages,
which is entitled 'Lynchings Ex-
posed" 1t is cleverly written and is
full and overhowing with food for
thought along this line. While
much is said in the book which the
Southern white man will take ser
ious exceptions to, yet the argu-
ments are so conclusive that the gen
eral facts canot be denied. Much
has been done by the Southern
white man under the excitement OF
the moment against the Negro,
which he has seriously regretted af-
ter giving the matter a sober second
thOug ht. That men have been
lynched and burned at the stake who
were perfectly innocent Of having
committed any crime whatever is
patent to the minds Of every person
that has visited the Southern states
and it is just such points as this that
this book has endeavored to bring
out and properly place before the
reading public. No one can read il
without saying "amen" to the mos
it says except it be those who wisI
to keep the real facts in the hack
ground of the high crimes commit
ted in the South against the law
Of our common country, which
should be condemned by the lead
ing citizens of this and every civ
ilized country. 1t is hoped that mel
of influence and intelligence vii lin
terest themselves in this booklet am
take the time to read the same AM
they will be thoroughly convince,
that there is something rotten il
Denmark.
GETS BIG DAMAGES.
Richard w. White is the name o
a Chicago Negro who has recent
recovered a $4,000 judgmen
) against firm of contractors in tha
| city, in whose employ he was at tn
2 time he sustained the damage
which resulted in getting him s
l large a sum of money. He wa
: foreman of a gang Of men at tn
: time, and while descending a tunn'
: shaft in a bucket with two othe
: employees, the rope broke and the
fell ninety-fve feet to the bottom
r, His two companions were Instant
killed, but he escaped death in