The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-09-03
WASHINGTON
THE CITY OF MAGNIFICENT DIS
TANCES. .s.-

-. TANCES. s.a. r
A Collection of a Few of the Events
Occurring Among the Afro-Ameri-
cans of the Capital of This Great
and Glorious Nation FOR Our Many
Readers. --- -
Washington, D. c., Sept. 1.-"Vislt-
ed the tomb of George Washington at
Mount Vernon and FOR the first time in
my life I questioned my patriotism.
Twas a severe test. Almost fatal
Jim Crowed' going and Jim CroWed>
returning is the price paid for seek
ing inspiration at the tomb of the
Father of our country Aliens in our
own home-soldiers in war and out
casts in peace. The home OF the free,
bah"
The above is an extract from the
diary OF an -Old AfrO-Amerlcan civil
War veteran who visited this city
while enroute to his home in the west
from the G.. A. r. encampment at Bos-
ton. His visit to the capital OF the ma
ton was disappointment. The preju-
dice encountered on every side was
bitter experience, and he departed for
his home in a state of mind not unlike
that of hundreds of other Afro-Amerl-
cans who come here with the false
idea that Washington, the capital or
our great country, is the one place
where a citizen regardless Of his color
can lift up his head and be proud OF
the thought that he is an American.
W. 20 ut r
fairs existing here, there are those
who are continually holding in the
lime light the prejudices of the south
ern states, thinking little and caring
less of the humiliations they encounter
daily right here under the shadow OF
the capitol dome. There is food Tor
thought in the observations of the Old
veteran whose visit to our city caused
him to question his patriotism.
Messrs. Edward Preston and Charles
Brown of Charleston, West Va, visit
ed the city several days last week and
were the guest of Mr.. J. C. Campbell.
Mr.. Albertus Brown and Lieut..
Thomas Clark have returned from At
lantic City.
There are IS Afro-American males
and females employed in the Pension
Bureau.
Mrs. Hattie Waters and son George
of Clinton, Illinois, have returned home
after a very pleasant visit to Atlantic
City, Philadelphia and Washington.
Members of the Potomac District
Conference of the A. NJ. E. church held
their convention last week at the
Brown Memorial Church. 1.-THE Per-
nicious Influence of Worldly Amuse-
ments in the Church" was the title of
a paper read by Rev. F. P. Lewis OF
this city.
Lieut.. Gov. Jared Y. Sanders of
Louisiana, who is responsible for the
grandfather clause in the constitu-
ton of his state, recently passed
through this city, and while here gave
expression to his views on the race
problem" Among other things he
said, 1--WE have no race problem in
Louisiana. We have settled it on the
basis that the preservation OF the in
tegrity of the white race depends upon
the nOn-amalgamatiOn of the white and
cOlOred races. In order to preserve
the white race in it's purity and
strength and power you have got to
keep it absolutely separate and dis
tinct from inferior races" Such rot
is disgusting when we consider the
fact that the statistics of 1890 show
that 90,953 or -16 per cent of the Afro
Americans of Louisiana were mulat-
toes or we're believed by the census
enumerators to have some degree OF
white blood. It is evident that this
man Sanders, like Tillman, Graves and
others of that stripe, is of the opinion
that the Northern people are pack
of dummies. They don't seem to know
that north of Mason and DixOn's line
most everyone from the bootblack to
the millionaire reads the newspapers
and has a small or large library in
their home. Mr.. Sanders is feeding
the flame of prejudice with asbestos,
unknOwingly.
The statistics taken in 1900 by the
Census Bureau show 29,762 Afro
American voters in Illinois, distributed
throughout the state in every county
but one-Calhoun. Of course Cook
county leads with 1925, while Alexan-
der with 1856 takes second place.
The other counties having more than
500 voters are as follows: Pulaski,
1874 st. Clair, 1874; Sangamon, 95S;
Madison, 1874; Adams, 725; Jackson,
662; Peoria, 633; Will, 566; Massac,
SAT, and Randolph. 543. There is one
county, Vermillion, having more than
$50 Afro-American voters; two coun-
ties having more thanI 300; six coun-
ties having more than 200 and twelve
counties having more than 100. For
tunately these votes are located in
such a manner as to determine, in sew
eral instances, the political complexion
of congressional and. legislative dis
tricts, consequently we are sure Of
Republican success in these particular
counties. The Afro-American who
votes the Democratic ticket this year
should be placed in a. museum as
freak. :"
Mrs. VIM. Houston gave a luncheon