The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15

ton of race equality. and she clings to her belief that the, whites and blacks are equal. Yet she scorns to be associated with the average negro in Chicago, and. her own drawing of the color line is pos itive. as
 The zeal of the negro who is given some recognition is as apparent here as else- where, and the first thing he does is to presume upon the bow given and insist upon handshake. If sivea the slightest pretext he will push himself forward until he becomes a nuisance. He is unable to keep upon solid ground, but immediately begins to soar. Confusion and regret are the tnvariable result Two of them sought admission to the Y. M. c. A. The sug- gestion was made that they defer their application, and in a kindly spirit 1t was pointed out to them that membership would result in their unhappiness and embarrassment In every way the kindly white man sought to impress upon the negroes that their own comfort would be promoted by withholding their applica- tons. It took a great deal to prevent the filing of the applications, and the ne- groes expressed themselves in no meek and lowly way regarding the matter.
 The criminal conditions are worse in Chicago than in any other city of the North. Thieves galore prey upon the peo- pie and Ind easy concealment among the masses of the black belt. Holdup men are ready and betray the same brutality in dealing with their helpless victims that the negro shows in every city in the coun- try. The black criminal seems to lbe un- able to resist the old savage desire to beat his helpless victim. and his merci- less conduct sometimes affords clew to his identity.
 The negro women are as dangerous here as they are in any other section of the worao. and the police officer who must reckon with an abandoned negress feels that the time is critical More than 12 per cent of the Americans arrested here are negroes. and a still larger Der cent. or those sent to the worlxhouse are ne- groes. Captain Evans, the able superin- tendent of the Bureau of Identification. and who is said by Chief O'Neil to be the smartest man in his line of work in the country. patented the present system of albums in the Chicago Rogues' Gallery. the largest and most complete municipal institution of its kind in the world. The writer was shown through the collection of photographs in the institution at Chi cago. and found. with Captain Evans help. that more than % per cent of the pictures were of negroes, more than ten times the negro percentage of population in Chicago.
 The first permanent settler of Chicago was negro. and the tales of Jean Bap- tste Point de Sable are many. He was a San Domingo negro. with all the charac- terdstfcs of the African race He pos- sessed little of the now famous Chicago grit when he came to the spot and build ed his cabin in 177s, and no work of his, except that he built the first cabin. has perpetuated his name. When he came to this spot from among the Peorias he sought to be made chief of the Pottawa- tamies. When he put his hand to the blow he was ever looking backward, and when he failed to be made chief of the Indian tribe he made his way back to St. Louis, disheartened and disappointed.