Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-02
BOYDIN WASN'T AFRAID.
Manager Ordered Presidents Coach
 man to Get Where He Belonged.

DoyuiH, WAO iS IudHdSeT Ol tHe OucC- te Tyler Stock company playing an ante-season engagement at the Bell asco theater in Washington is re- ceiving many congratulations for a display of independence which is as unusual as it is gratifying Along side the theater runs an alley paved with stone blocks and when the side doors and windows of the theater are open, as they are now on account of the hot weather, any noise in the all ley is distinctly heard in the theater, the walls of which act as a sounding
 board Several evenings ago, as the performance was drawing to a close,
 there came sound of a tremendous chatter of the unmistakable character arising from the pounding hoofs of
 pair of spirited horses. Several
 patrons of the theater who had paid
 their money to witness the perform
 ance and who thought they had a
 right to do so undisturbed, complain
 ed to MT Boydin, who stepped out
 and requested the driver to return
 to the end of the alley, where, by the
 way, he should have been stationed.
 With an air of astonishment, the ne-
 gro funkey on the box inquired as
 to the personality of his interrogator,
 and when he learned that he was the
 manager of the theater, said: T
 don't care who you are: this is the
 presidents carriage About this
 time policeman, whose duty it is
 to prevent such disturbances, being
 stationed there for the purpose, put
 in a somewhat belated appearance.
 When he learned it was the presi-
 dents horses which were disturbing
 the enjoyment of the common multi
 tude, which is supposed to have some
 rights, did the doughty blue-coated
 guardian of the peace chase the ne-
 gro flunkey away ? Not much ! Tt is the presidents carriage; I can do
 nothing" he explained to MT BOydin.
 One can imagine the arrogant smile of self-satisfaction which stole over
 the black features of Joseph Wash ington as he heard the policeman in form the manager of the theater,
 whose rights he was ruthlessly in- vading, that he, the negro coachman,
 was above the law because he sat upon carriage attached to the white house stables.
 Then up rose the bold Boydin in righteous wrath. Well, you may be afraid to tackle this coon because he wears the presidents livery, but I'm not he said to the policeman, or words to that effect, whereupon he clambered up the side of the car riage and in moment the liveried jacket of Joseph Washington would have received a we'll merited dusting. But the gallant policeman, who was afraid to disturb the presidents car riage, had no such apprehension as to a common theatrical manager, so he promptly laid hands on the stren- uous Mir Boydin and pronounced him under arrest. The outraged mana ger was fined ten dollars as gentle reminder that the presidents coach- man was not to be trified with. .. There .4is much to say for Joseph Washington, however. He remem- bered how the civil service laws were so that poor chauf- feur could be dismissed from the government service because he did not chase himself to one side when a man in plain clothes riding a bi- cycle ordered him to do so-it ap- bearing later that the presidents carriage was approaching. He also doubtless recollected how MT Barnes of New Jersey, not New York, had Mrs Minor Morris dragged from the ...hG.n ho,.a apI uyac Iatar rpwardpd | by being made postmaster of the long | suffering city of Washington at a salary of $6,000 a year. Certainly in proportion, negro coachman who the insolence of theatrical manager who dared to attempt to interfere with the prancing and clat- tering of the sacred beasts hitched | to the presidential wheels, by having | him arrested and fined, should be | by some promotion, say to | that of minister to Dahomey. The only | feature about this inter esting and instructive performance | is the fact that the people of Wash ington do not know where this thing | is to stop If negro coachman on the seat of an empty carriage is inn mune from the law. what's the limit? Does this immunity extend to the | man who tends the door and the man who hauls away the ashes The only safe rule hereafter will be to take it for granted that the Washing ton police will not interfere with "his man-servant. nor his maid-servant. nor his OK. nor his ass, nor anything else that is his.'