The Washington bee., 1907-09-14


DR.. A NJ. Curtis performing two sue
cessful operations on one woman for the
"Casarian section ali feats previous
ly uEheard of-the Negro as a surgeon
surely IS going some
1t behooves US to be careful lest We
mistake noise for merit.
If there have been any Negro dele
cations at the Oyster Bay White House
this summer, the press dispatches must
have overlooked the fact.
The phenomenal growth Of Emmett
7. Scott in the confidence and esteem OF
the truly substantial forces OF both races
in this country, is another evienoe that
the man who does his duty as he sees
it-capably, constantly, and unobtrusive-
ly-will eventually come into his own
The Negroes of Georgia viii not be
disfranchised if former Register Judson
W. Lyons, Collector Henry A Rucker,
Collector J. H. Deveaux and grand old
Bishop Turner can prevent it.
Yes; get character, education, and
strive necessarily for all the rights OF
citizens under the Constitution and laws
but with all thy getting-get money.
If the erare those who are disposed to
censure Assistant Superintendent Roscoe
Conkling Bruce because Of his youth, we
beg to assure them, in confidence, that
he will overcome tins very natural de
feet if given a reasonable length OF time.
Chicken and umbrellas will be in style
next week. The Baptists are coming.
If Secretary Taft has not lost his old
time potency as a peacemaker he should
uy his hand on the factional troubles
that seem to be creating a deadly breach
between Grand Master w. L. Houston
and certain Odd rellows in the Grand
Lodges Of Alabama and Georgia
The Democratic outlook for next year
has a decidedly Bryanish tinge, and it
will behoove the Republicans to plan
their campaign and to shape their plat
form on the basis of having Bryan to
beat
The next President of the United
States Will be tariff reformer-what-
ever else he may be.
The leopard may not be able to change
its spots, but the p. 5. Twister Press
Bureau can do do so at will. The said
bureau Is to be removed from Wash
ington to Omaha Nebraska, where its
managerial head will add the practice
Of law to his repertoire OF race-problem
solvents.
Tillman may chew the rag" and Var
daman may gnaw a file, but the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution will not
be repealed.
Not social equality. not political dom
ination, but equal and exact justice un-
der the laws OF the land is what the
Negro citizen demands. The race prob
lem will be a negligible quantity if this
simple remedy IS applied.
An ample trades school for the col
ored boys and girls OF the District Of
Columbia is a crying necessity.
1t turns out that Public Printer Still.
ings was not as black as he was paint
ed. The colored printers have no kick
coming, for his open-shop policy ha;
been of distinct benefit to them.
According to the dispatches, DR.. Book
er T. Washington thinks quite we'll 0,
Secretary Taft, and makes the predic
tion that he Will be the next President
of the United States if Roosevelt posi-
lively declines to run again.
Only the hopeless egotist is ever thor.
oughly satisfied with himself or hi
work.
Public men who succeed are never
neglectful Of their true friendship-th'
gentlemen of the press who dip theli
pens deeply in the ink to exploit theit
virtues and ofttimes throwing the man
tie OF charity over their shortcomings
RegisterVenon advisesNegro laborer
10 ally themselves with the unions-bu
! does not forget to caution the laboi
union to see to II that their Negro ad
herents get a square deal"
One of the most hopeful signs OF tn
times is the substantial growth Of tn
! Y. NJ. c. A. spirit among the young col
ored men in every section of the coun
try.
Up TO this writing, DR.. Booker I
| Washington has not resigned as a trus
) tee OF Howard University, and tha
massive institution for the higher train
ing OF the Negro youth has not bee
"industrialized
Nothing so hurts the professional ca
! lamiy howler as TO see his prediction
of disaster unfulhlled.
Emphasize the virtues of yoar feI
J low-man, if you would be happy.
Since Bishop Satterlee and prelates @
his ilk are insisting upon injecting tn
social phase INTO the spiritual and ad
mnistratiye functions Of the Eipscopa