The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1901-02-22

Ill Illo scale OI MANHOOD ana woman
hood that are accorded to kindred
natlOnalities. Treat him as a man
60 into his home and learn of his so.
cial conditions; learn of his cares
his troubles, and his hopes for the
future; gain his confidence, open the
doors Of industry to him, let the
words Negro" "colored" and
"black" be stricken from all the or
carnations enumerated in the feder-
alton Of labor.
''Help him to overcome his weak
ness, punish the crime-committing
class by the courts of the land, meas
ure the standard of the race by its
best material. Cease to hold preiudi-
cial and unjust public sentiment
against him, and, my word for it, he
will learn to support, hold up the
hands Of and join in with that poll
tical party, that institution, whether
secular or religious, in every commu-
nifty where he lives, which is destined
to do the greatest good for the great
est number Obliterate race hatred,
party prejudice, and help us to
achieve nobler ends, greater results,
and become more satisfactory citi-
zens to our brother in white.
''This, Mr. Chairman, is perhaps
the Negroes temporary farewell to the
American congress; but let me say,
Phoenix-like he will rise up some day
and come again. These parting
words are in behalf Of an outraged,
heart-broken, bruised and bleeding,
but God-fearing, people-faithful,
industrious, loyal people-rising peo-
pie full of potential force"
Albert Means, Of Memphis, Tenn,
owns one Of the largest hat stores in
that city.
The largest grocery stores in Tus-
kegee is run by a graduate of Tuske-
gee, Mr.. A. J. Wilborn.
Through the efforts Of Attorney
Wilford H. Smith, the Negro has at
last been granted the right to serve
on juries in the state of Texas.
Messrs. r. G. Martin and Glenn c.
James have been appointed deputies
in the city assessors office at Kansas
City, Mo.
Mr.. j. NJ. Griffin, editor of the AL
buquerkue American, of New Mex
leo, was unanimously elected journal
clerk of the council of the territorial
senate.
Mr.. Haslon V. Eagleson, promi-
nent colored man of Indiana, is at
the head Of a movement to establish
an industrial school at Bloomington,
Ind, for colored people.
Fifty thousand dollars ($5O,OOO) of
the amount necessary to build cot
ton factory at Jackson, Miss, has
been subscribed. 1t will be owned
and operated by colored men.
Fayette county, Pa, has a colored
mail carrier who is young lady of
l8. She receives $40 a year for
carrying the mail from Uniontown to
Jumonville.
Mr.. P S. Umbles, of Kansas City,
Mo-, president of the Negro State
Democratic League and a senior law
student, has been appointed assistant
doorkeeper in the senate chamber al
Jefferson City.
j. j. Bunell, OF BrOOklyn n. I
is colored graduate Of Pratt insti-
tute in mechanical engineering and
has put into position most Of the can
ceiling machines in use in the large
pOstofices in the country.
Cincinnati broke the unlucky
number of colored policemen recent
ly by the addition of another, making
fourteen colored men on the force.
John R. Linch, ex-congressma1
from Mississippi, now paymaster il
the United States army with the ranl
Of major, is stationed in Cuba.
Hon. John G. Jones, of Cool
county, Ill, the only Afro-Americar
member of the Illinois legislature
has introduced bill for the suppress
sion of mob violence and lynching.