The Washington bee., 1907-01-05
CHASE ALSO AMONG THE
PROPHETS

Negro editors who strive faithfully
to serve their people, always had it
hard up to within a late period, when
his great heart saw poor old Tom
treading the wine press virtually
alone. and seeming 10 be growing
fat on championing the doctrine of
surrender and being the apostle of
cowardly submission Now then, un-
less all signs fail, Brother Chase will
stand among them that ask and shall
receive and Brother Fortune will not
be the only Negro pewspaper man
that can boast that his paper has
more money and does better by up
holding and supporting one big man,
who has his hands on the purse strings
of the rich white man than it did when
he fought and bled and died for
nOn-appreCiative whole race of peo-
pie But it is too late now for Bro
theirs Fortune and Chase combined,
with their splendid backing. to do
more toward saving their well-to-do
ward to the intelligent Negro than
Brother Tom alone could do. The
peoples eyes are open and will wear
no veil any more
Because The Bee does not think
and speak as some other people
think and express themselves, it IS
charged with surrendering the
manhood rights of the colored Am
orleans. Sensible people, not fools,
who have read The Bee for twenty
six years, will say that The Bee is
the most fearless advocate of the
rights of the American Negro of
any paper edited by Negroes in the
United States. In an editorial last
week the Chicago Conservator
stated that The Bee is one of the
prophets, in that it has joined Ed
itor Fortune in defending Professor
Booker T. Washington. The Bee
is proud to say that it could not
have selected better and ADLER com
pany or a more loyal and fearless
companion than Mr.. T. Thomas
Fortune of the New York Age
The Bee cannot defend a more de
serving man and one who is doing
more for the colored Americans in
the United States than Prof. Book
er T, Washington, When the able
editor Of the Conservator learns how
to distinguish right from wrong
The Bee will be pleased to join
his forces. The doctrine Of surren-
der IS more applicable to the Edi-
tor of the Conservator than it IS
to either the editor of the Age or
the editor Of The Bee. There has
never been a time in the history
Of Negro journalism that the Ed
itor of The Age ever betrayed his
petople. The Bee has always found
him loyal, honest and patriotic to
party that never Justly reward
ed him and to a race that seems to
aaDDreCiate rebuffs rather than
those who defend it. Was there
ever a more cowardlv surrender on
the part OF the Editor of the Con
servator than when he made the
broad declaration that Senator Till
man would not be permitted to
speak in his city Was there ever
a more tamely and sycophantic sur
render on the part of the Editor Of
the Conservator when he permitted
the Republican party of Chicago to
count out Mr.. Barnett as Judge af-
ter he had been declared elected I?
Point out if the Editor of the
Consevator pleases, one act OF sur
render on the part of Prof Booker
II. ashington, To the cont =,
he is doing today what no o-..-r
Negro is able to do or what no
other race can do. What hc IS
doing would require the conb.n~1
forces of every colored person III
Chicago to do, Compare the deeds
and acts Of Prof. Booker T. Was
ington with those of the Editor Of
the Conservator, and the acts Of
the latter would look like ia
speck in marsh pond, The great
trouble and weakness OF some col
ored editors are their failure AMI
selhshness to give credit to those
who are doing something. The
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