The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-27

(From our Regular Corrcspondcnt)
WASHINGTON, -. G., July 2G.--Wnsh-
tington people are much Interested In the
reports from Kansas concerning the
trouble the negroes Of that state afe
giving Governor Hoch, who made some
sort Of reputation during his cninpnlsn
( for election as a. grent lover OF the dusKS
brother Thoro Is no city In tho coun.
try where stories Of tho encrohchmcht
OF the coored people would make more
tnlk or excite more interest, Of Il purely
sympathetic nature than In this capital
cityEof the nation. ji
rho latest story Is 10 the effect that
Nick Chiles, the leading negro editor OF
Kansas, has purchased u homo next TINT
occupied X by Governor l1pch Ia much
rellshed. Chiles Is said to have remarked
that he and tho Governor would 30 M
ltinlate neigilbors, and that they would
swap hot BISCUITS" Tho people OF
Kansas, though n majority Of them pro-
fcss to. love tho negro. for political pur-.
poses. It is suspected. nrc Indignant that
the colored oditor should be allowed TO
live next door to the chief executive OF
the State. It Is recognized that the GOV
ernor has brought 1t MI on himself
Booker T.. Washington went TO
UpchtL5 W lcCluTc..E NIlliC ~ liz S'sSt
Governor Hoch and he entered the leg
isative hall arm In arm. and the Cow
ernor presented the negro teacher to the
Legislature rs zone Of the greatest mon
OF thetime." After that tho Governor
appeared at banquet of the Kansas
Day Club, the leading Republican organ
cation OF tho State. and sat beside w.
r. Vernon, n, noted negro orator. MI
merous Republican leaders In Kansas
refused to participate In the banquet be-
cause the negro was present. Some Of
these are writing the Governor con-
graduating hinton his new neighbor,
Mr. Nicholas Chiles. Ono Of these. q.
N. Mosher, writing from Wichita, to the
Governor, says:s
"You have now another opportunity to
show your Observation-Disclosures In setting a
noble example by mixing and mngling
with the negroes. II In doing so y
fall to elevate tho negro, you may in
a measure succeed in lowering tho white
man to his level, which will please the
black voter Just as WELL Don't DO dis
couraged because the step you and
Roosevelt and Valentine have taken Is
not a long one. It's in the right direc-
ton.
"You would then have an opportunity,
Governor, to hit the bulls eye. and ring
the bell, and at the same time prove
that you really and truly love the
niger for his own dear sweet self
alone, and not for his vote"
ill. go f a} sj
There is no place on this earth quite
so sweet to the average negro as the
city of Washington. 1t Is a negro para
disc, promised land 70 thosN who
long to come and those who arrive have
to admit It's land Of fulfllment The
negro has all his rights here and some
more. He generally manages to occupy
rather more than the space a passenger
Is expected to take in street car, and
he needs more room on the sidewalk
than is taken by tho Anglo-saxon. I
have frequently seen every white man
standing in a car in order that the
women may have seats, and, at the same
time several women hanging on to straps,
while big, strong negroes had comforta-
BILE seats. have often seen negro men
in Washington keep their seats when
white women entered a crowded car, and
allow them to stand, though every white