The Washington bee., 1907-02-02


1t Washington could be induced
out OF politics and stop his pra-,.. 81
preaching policies and orders ~ VI
race and go and give his attent;o-
urely to the work which we an .s.
ne can best do, and stop BUYING .-s
entail Negro journals which woTr4 -r
erwise serve the race for his -,
boosters when he runs counter T., ~
race interest, we could all unite m
porting and holding up his hands ,r.. up
he taught our youth the use -: .,'' !,
trowel, the spade, plow. hammer l..1 .''
ct, etc. '''''l-
1t IS not fight on Mr.. W,.l.
tons school or his person that tts t.
respecting, race-loving Negro + .'.'
ing; it is his persistent determ;,,...s
to use the great prominence vb:.L
enjoys as a first Negro to imnrss- 4,
country with the idea that tbf ~
must be content to be less than , 80
fedged citizen to be acceptable f., Il.
fellows. Now, Brother Chase be;,r
rev recruit to Mr.. Washington's ,J5,
cacy, opens up a new and Jiving ,-.
OF disposing of disputed propos;t;,u.
upon which honest men can diffe- ,,I
still respect one another. and it is bo,.5
his new allies with take advantaoc -
his manly example in meeting hi, fos,
and assist in dignifying their un5igr;-
ned service by showing some res0a.,
for those who honestly oppose their
notions
In his reply to the Conseryato-,.
structures Brother Chase makes the com
mon mistake of asserting that the Con-
ScrvatOr Is opposed to Mr.. Waehicr
tons school methods, etc: and thar :,
that line he has done no good. Or ~
least done more harm than good 7,
this Brother Chase does the Conserya,o-
an injustice which it is plain from he
fair spirit and brave manner he doas
not intend. We have never kno,pn
Chase to purposely misrepresent even
his most bitter enemy in a combat. He
Will tight fair if he gets whipped. No
Negro newspaper ont a trucking slave
to our dear old friend, Mr.. Booker T
Washington, ever said more comoIi-
mentary and beautiful things Of the
school and the school work Of Booker
I. Washington than the Conservation
and no man can find one word that II
ever said against his efforts along that
line. We have voluntarily commended
the school and praised Washington as
the greatest living protector of the in
dustrial activities and have advised hun
dreds of our youth to take advantage
of it.
We have never said or entertained
anything other than than Washington
was a gentleman of finest character and
in that respect a splendid example Of
our best men. which we should ike
our young men to follow. To argue
with lis, therefore, that Mr.. Washing
tons school work is. of great value to
the race IS superhuous. We know it all
and appreciate it. and if he would agree
to let the race go and contend for its
civil and political rights without his
to call them thieves, and 10
advise the white man to feed US out
of wooden spoon, while the rest Of
the citizens and Japs are fed out Of
silver spoons, the Conservator would
support him and support him heartily
and ne would not send us a check every
month to do il, either,
Brother Chase is too close an Obsery-
er and too we'll posted as 10 the posi-
ton and policies TO need any clear eIe-
mentary statement of the Conservators
position touching our active relations
TO the American negro.
By little reflection Brother Chase
viii defy anybody to prove that the
ever said one word to IN
dicate that Mr.. Washington was doing
any injurious work in his schhool; and
the very fact that he cannot carry on
that school in the South and represent
the great race in its contention for its
rights has been the Chief
reason why the Conservator has in the
name of the race contended that he
should in no way NEEDLE with matters
he can only make worse by the dab
bling in. and at the same time lnJure
the work by which he contributes so
much to the material worth Of our race
This was the former stand Of the able
Bee, and We believe The Bee did much
more good for the race generally N
this position than it can possibly 90
in ten years boosting Washington as
a leader and representative NegI0
while his hands are tied to the skirts
of the white South.
We are Washington's real friend.
THOSE LETTERS.
From the Colored World.
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