The colored American., 1903-03-07
Di0NfSlUS III

1t cost Mr.. VIM. Harris, the rich
liveryman of Larchmond, n. Y, who
was recently candidate for the Office
of Tax Receiver, of that wealthy
suburb, the better part of thou
sand dollar bill to discover where he
stood in the estimation of the ''16hite,
white folks" to whose favor com
mends himself by asserting in an in
terview that he had always treated
everybody white" The white folks
didn't do a thing to this gullible color
ed gentleman, they treated him black.
If he was a white man he would not
submit without a vigorous protests to
, the underhanded methods employed by
the anti-pigment club of Larchmont,
composed largely of southerners, to de-
feat his laudable ambition. l reckon
Mr.. Harris. now knows the difference
between performance and promise, and
that he wishes he had concealed some
where about his garments the two
hundred dollars he laid out for
spread which was largely enjoyed by
the sons of the men whom he invited.
All of the latter being otherwise en-
gagged on the night of his lay out. The
Southern press will ring the change
on Harris defeat, and there'u probab-
ly be another Negro lynched down
home to celebrate this victory of the
a fine power of discrimination for the
average Negro to see where he is "at'
socially and "yutherwise." There does
not seem to be any doubt but that some
body lies nacherally fooled Mr.. Harris
to see what kind of a fool he'd make
of hlsself" There are scarcely a hun
dred Negroes in Larchmont, and the
whole number of voters there does not
exceed 200. Mr.. Harris, in one of the
L.. al - TNly
that he had a lead pipe cinch on the
nomination and the election.
Therein he displayed his ignorance
of the white mans natural treachery
and ever-present antipathy to the Ne
gro, especially when the Negro has
money, or education and money.
have not heard him accused of
having an education. They say that
at the dinner he gave his champagne
was particularly wet, and that his
roast turkey and po'k chops were not
to be sneezed at. A song composed
IN his honor characterized him as the
greatest coon in town." was sung, and
he is said to have enjoyed it.
A limber-jawed sky pilot, named Nit
chel, from somewhere down South,
spoke in DR.. Parkhurst's Church some
weeks ago in behalf Of school he is
said to represent, and in the course
OF MS 9flUnS DdDIlnSS he dSSeIISu LLdI
the colored women of the South were
low lot, and not fit to have the care of
children, intimating that they were
immoral. A representative Of the New
York would which published his ad-
dress writes me that this Mitchell was
correctly quoted, and intimated that
he has his remedy if he thinks he has
been misrepresented. This is pretty
straight talk. 1t would seem that Mr..
Mitchell instead of rushing into the
columns of Negro newspapers to eX-
plain some things he said which does
not explain, would begin an action for
damages against the World for $4,000
Or $4,000 and compromise for $4,000
or $4,000 and coat of white wash.
He can get the money. Until he does
something of this sort people are
going to call him an unmitigated liar
and slanderer of his mothers race and
sex. There are too many Mitchells on
the road with flint lCck brains and hair
trigger mouths. This one outdistances