The colored American., 1903-05-16

or surprise, however, if a claSh comes
Where there is so much smoke the fire
is not far off. Many years ago in New
York an American naval officer is said
to have given this toast in honor of
Commodore Decater: Here's to the
sian Bear; One lives yonder, the other
lives here; Put them together they'll
make a darn fine pair
They haven't gotten together yet in
the way this naval diplomat meant.
Russia is inclined to be trif1e foxy in
her dealings with other world powers,
and there's no telling what she may
have up her sleeve for our other dear
friend Great Britain, which is appeal
ing to this country to use it's good Off
ces to prevent Russia from gobbIing
up Manchuria. England has been
somewhat of land grabber herself in
times past. 1t is more than likely that
If Russia has made up her mind to
seize Manchuria it Will do it, without
the consent of any other nation. 1t
doesn't care a fig for the interests of
Great Britain in the East, and when
the protests of the United States and
Japan are made, it diplomatists will
be found to be quite as flexible and re
sourceful as the English, American
and japanese phraSemakerS. Russia's
movements in the East are very like
the animal whose name she bears-the
Bear. Things are looking blush in
that direction and there appears to be
trouble in the air.
Congressman Gaines, of Tennessee,
John Wesley is quoted as saying
that the farmer leaves his house early
in the morning and. goes out on his
farm; often out of sight and beyond
roach nd col Of hiS 20
rem go to school a mile away and the
wife is left alone with the babies and
spends the day until II o'clock without
any male companion to protect her. :
Knowing the characteristics of
the Negro and his recently intensified
animosity toward the whites because
of the late discussion of the Negro QueS-
ton and Negro episodes IN high places,
the wife and husband too are in a state
of distress when they realize that a
Negro, whether he is a mail carrier or
not, is walking about through the
neighborhood" This is Congressman
Gaines defense of the recent assault
upon a Negro mail carrier in his state.
If he cannot invent better set of lies
than these puerile vapOrings, he would
do we'll to enclose his think tank in a
mail sack filed with Sawdust. The
microbe of prejudice is biting deeper
and deeper into the epidermis of the
African citizen, and when southern
white men look at him if he stands in
a mans place they see double and i'm
agine vain things. l was on a street
car few nights ago coming from New
York. Two colored women got aboard
at 161st street; these and myself were
| the only passengers until we had rid
den several blocks, when two white
men, one of whom l recognized as the
| agent of a certain Insurance Company
| in New York, and who l know to be
| from the State Of Virginia. he having
told me so when he called on me in
Yonkers to have me renew my policy
in the Company. AS l was smoking
stood on the rear platform of the car
and did not observe these men until
| they had entered the car and took
seats. They sat opposite the colored
| women. Just before the car passed
WOodlawn- cemetery they started up a
| filtration with these Negro women.
| They ogled their smiles at them; made
signs at them, and even said things to
them, until finally one of the women
got up and appealed to the conductor
| for protection. That official simply
| spoke to the men and they changed
/ their seats When l had finished nv
| cigar / entered the car and sat down
near the door. The Virginian seeing
1 :.