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The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
feet upon our race

feet upon our race.
Representative Hefin, failing TO
have passed Jim Grow" street car
law for the nations Capital City,now
seeks revenge by shooting down an
unarmed Negro. And this brave (?)
SouthernCongressman fired from am
bush, for the Negro was on the out
side OF the car, unarmed, while Mr..
Hehn was on the inside, firing from
the car window.
And still Bishop Walters, the agi-
tator, Professor Dubois, the man who
never qualities to vote, and Max Bar
Der, wandering minstrel without a
job, and a few other irresponsible
disgruntled, selfish Negroes are ad-
vising the Negroes to vote the Dem
ocratic ticket, should Mr.. Taft be
nominated.
When the Democratic party adopts
platform ldenuCal IN tone with the
Republican platform, and when the
Democratic party comedies to the
race, North and South, all the rights
and privileges vouchsafed by the
Constitution, and when the Demo
cratic party ceases to be ruled by the
Negotiating, Negotiating, white
Southern Congressman, then will The
Bee advocate that Negroes may vote
the Democratic ticket. Until then
we repeat our platform of last week. S
issue; The Bee is for the Republican
party, with or without Taft as the
nominee.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04

ginning to recognize what Ohio has
known for some time - that the
Taft managers, for the sake of a
clamorouS Taft endorsement. betrav-l
ed the Republican party of the State
into the hands of the bosses. The
United States sees William H. Taft.
the man whose speech at Akron in
denunclatlon Of George B. Cox con4
tributed materially to the election Of
"a Democratic governor of Ohio. in
the attitude of accepting his Ohio
O. K. from the hands of this same
Cox, rehabilitated through the con-
nivance or active aid of the Taft
managers.
Foraker, who never achieved the
reputation of not being politician.
who never worked for such a lsasu-
tation, stands at present in a better
light than does Taft. He had Moth
ing to do with the Taft-Vorys-Cox-|
Brown-Guilbert convention - was
practically repudiated by it, in fact.
Should disaster come, as seems ike
ly if the Ohio Democrats nominated
a worthy ticket, Mr.. Foraker will(
have much cause for satisfaction.
The Washington Herald comments
at length upon this situation. 1t be-
l1eves that the defeat of the Repub-
lican ticket, predicted by many Ohio
Republican newspapers, is by no
means impossible Even in presi
dental year Ohio can be carried
against Cox and Brown if the Dem
ocratS are brought to see the neces-
sity of throwing off their own bosses
and becoming the champions of inde-
pendence rather than of petty parti-
Sanship.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
WILL IT BENEFIT HIM?

The next political contest will
be the hottest and the most serious
that has ever occurred. Some few
colored political agitators have de-
clared that they would rather sup
port the Democratic party than any
Republican named BY the party.
Admitting that the Republican Ad-
ministration and many Republicans
have been false to the colored cit
liens, has the Democratic party or
the representatives of that party
made sufficient or any inducements
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04

colored voter go to the party that
has offered no consideration what
ever Must the colored Ameri-
cans throw aside their pride and
dumb their conscience, intoxicate
their memory, and forget every
thing that made nations powerful
and men great? Must he treat
with those who carry in their hands
the dagger of vengeance? Ger
tainly the colored Americans will
choose between that which is right
and that which IS wrong. The
question is, Which?
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
NEGRO APOLOGISTS-
Big CrOacd at academy TO Encourage
RcmOVH TO Richmond. IA.


Rcm0VdI TO Richmond, IA.
Giles Jackson presided over the
mass meeting in the Academy of Alu-
sic last night and put the crowded
house into fine humor by an inimita-
bic opening address. The orchestra
seats were filled with while people,
and the galleries with colored.
He said that one of the first things
he ever learned was to stand in"
with the white folks. and that it
had stood him in good stead. In his
twenty years practice OF law in the
city he had made 100000 by their
cooperation, a small amount of which
was still in his possession. He said
that politics was the root of evil: :
that III reconstruction times he dared
not address a white audience. and
that incidentally he walked and had
no soles on his shoes, but that now
since politics had been eliminated he
wears good shoes and rides in a
buggy.
D. Webster Davis, in the midst
Of fine piece of oratory, exclaimed: 4:
Il want to say to you that nothing is
further from the minds of the SEN
sible Negro men and women than this
pipe dream of social equality. They
could no more conceive of it than
they could of damming James River
with spade, or pulling up the Rocky
Mountains with a bOb-tailed mule.
Continuing, the speaker said that
the colored people had long since
come TO the cnnclusion that nothing
could be acc plished by the race
without the .,4 and sanction of the
whit people
ConditoEs, he reminded the mem
bers OF MS race, may be different in
the North, but a Negro is just as
black in Boston as he is in Virginia.
In closing his speech he made
strong appeal for the aid of the white
people in the efforts to bring to Rich
mond the building and exhibit made
by the Negroes at the jamestown
Exposition.
Subscription cards were passed, and
liberal contributions were taken.
Richmond News
You can't get something for moth
ing" said the man of severe prin-
ciples.
Il have my doubts about that, an
swered Farmer CorntasseL I've got
nothin' fur somethin' in several
trades. an l can't see but what it
worked the other way round fur the
other feller. Washington Star.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04

ored people in this city that the
Colored Business High School and
the Armstrong Manual Training
School graduate every year hun
dreds of boys and girls? Does it
ever occur to the colored people
that there is nothing for these
graduates to do after their gradua-
ton? Is it not hard and humiliat-
ing to the parents as we'll as to
these graduates to see their daugh-
tiers rolling a baby carriage, wash
ing dishes, or cleaning up some
dirty and filthy room or house,
and their sons driving ash carts
or singing dishes in some hotel
or restaurant. What else is there
for these graduates to do?
1t is indeed humiliating to these
young graduates to find themselves
loahng in and around some bar
room or elsewhere.
The young cOlored girl has no
inducements offered her, unless it
is to be compelled to sacrifice her
honor. There is today existing in
this city certain department house
in which young colored girls are
employed and who are compelled
to sacrifice their honor under the
threat of being discharged. This
information is in possession of The
Bee. 1t is a sad picture.
There are today hundreds of
young colored men and women
who are graduates of our schools
barely existing. What is the Ne
gro pulpit doing? What is the
sO-called well-to-do Negro doing
for his sons and daughters? 1t is
a mistaken idea for father to
have that he must cease supporting
his daughter after she arrives at
the age of twenty-one. The young
girl who is out of employment is
very often compelled to do that
which she would not otherwise do,
had it not been for her stingy ia
ther.
Some men are pretentious. They
will make a big show on the out
side and allow their families to-
suffer at home. The Young col
Ored girl has not the same oppor-
tunity of earning a livelihood as
the young white girl. This talk
that Negroes should not patronize
white department stores that re-
1use to employ cOlored girls as
SaleSwOmen is a weak argument to
make for the good of the colored
race. The Negro must open his
own department stores and other
business enterprises; then he will
not be dependent on the white
man.
The colored American should goI
where he is treated the best and
where he will be able to get the
worth of his money. The cOlored
must throw away so
much sentiment and get down to
practical business.
What are we to do with our
boys and girls?
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
BRYAN AND THE NEGRO VOTE

If there had been an inclination on
the part of some Negroes to vote for
Bryan, who will undoubtedly be the
Democratic presidential nominee, that
inclination must now appear revolt
ing, after the treatment of Negroes
in Charleston, w. Va, on Sunday
evening, March 22. William Jen-
nings Bryan, the peerless leader" +"
spoke in Charleston, his subject be-
ing The Prince of Peace" In di-
rect opposition, however, TO his sub
ject, policemen (white) were station
ed at the entrance of the Opera
House to prevent Negroes from gain
ing admission, the ukase going out
that the Democrats do not want the
niggers."
Now in Charleston, w. Va, there
IS domiciled the very type of Ne
groes. They are law-abiding. indus
trlous, and as an evidence of their
industry some of the finest homes in
that city, and one of the handsom-
est and largest of that city's business
blocks are the property of Negroes.
To deny the Negroes of Charleston
an opportunity to hear William len
nings Bryan is a clear announcement
that Mr.. Bryan neither seeks nor de
Sires Negro support In view of this
The Bee cannot figure out how any
Negro can consistently support Mr..
Bryan or the National Democratic
party. One thing is certain: The
Bee will not support him, no matter
who the Republicans nominate.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
BRUCE AND LANGSTON.

In speaking of Negro leader
ship, perhaps there never were two
men more dissimilar than Bruce
and Langston.
Blanch X. Bruce was a politi-
clan. There were many people
who did not know Mr.. Bruce. His
enemies would under-rate his abil-
ity. Bruce was the most astute
and far-seeing politician in the Ne
gro race. 1t is true Mr.. Bruce
was ambitious and was more in
clined to help his enemies than he
would his friends. He would have
a knowledge of the enmity of those
against him, but they could never
discover it from his actions. And
very often those whom he helped
and placed in positions were those
who would give him no credit.
Those he helped, which numbered
over hundreds, when he would be
in need of their services he could
never command them. His last
great fight for the Register of the
Treasury found him with only four
persons at the seat Of war to help
him. The man who knocked his
enemy out was closer to Mr.. Bruce
than any other man in public life
and received less after his victory.
LangstOn was a statesman, ora
tor and scholar. He believed i'll
the young man. Mr.Langston was
unlike Bruce, or Douglass. Lang
stOn believed in the young man,
and never lost an opportunity to
help them. While Langston had
sons and daughters, he never be-
lieved in nepotism. While it is
true that he would defend the in
terests OF his sons, you would new
er see him attempting to place
them in office.
Bruce had no prejudices. He
may have manifested some selfish
ness and jealousy. He was sur
rounded by selfish influences which
he did not see until it was too late.
Bruce was liberal to a fault.
Langston i'll a political contest
would spend his money as freely
as water would run down a hill.
There was rivalry betweenDoug
lass and Langston, but Langston
never would give vent to any feel
ing that he may have had against
Douglass, as Douglass would
against LangstOn.
The cause of this misunder-
standing The Bee has never been
able to ascertain. If Langston ev-
er made you a promise you could
always rely on it. He was never
the man r present ones claims be-
hind G. doors. Langston was
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
HEFLIN'S RECORD.

ttEF LIN - KEOOND.
The daily press that has so read
lily given the police record of Lun
by, the Colored man who was so
cowardly assaulted by the Demo
cratic Congressman from Alaba
ma, Hefin, should not overlook the
record of this temperance advo-
cate from the South.
1t will be remembered that Hef-
lin asserted that President ROose-
welt and DR.. Booker T. Washing
ton ought to be blown up with
bomb.
Now that he is in the clutches
of the law for making a deadly as
sault upon a fleeing Negro, right
here at the Nations Capital, he
should be given the fullest extent
of the law. Heflin is no more than
any other individual, and a great
deal less than many who belong
to the inferior class, who would
never have committed such a das-
tardly assault.
Because the assaulted man has
a police record does not justify an
assault Of any kind. Then, again,
this record was not known to Hef-
lin. Then, again, Hefin is a law
maker and not a lawbreaker. Then
he is supposed to be a lawkeeper,
but in all of his utteranceS he has
demonstrated the fact that he is
a lawbreaker. Every human be-
ing is entitled to the protection Of
the law, no matter what his record
may be. Hehin's declaration that
the Judges of the Police Court had
given him permission to cary a gun
was all subterfuge, and so far as
threatening letters having been sent
to Hefiin, that is another subter-
fuge for his rash act. If the let
ters published are of the charac-
ter of the letters alleged to have
been received by him, The Bee is
of the opinion that no colored per-
son wrote them, because so far as
the COlored people in this city are
concerned they did not give his
alleged Jim Crow car bill a
thought. The people as we'll as
The Bee knew that no such a bill
could pass Congress, hence it is
not believed that any colored per-
son wrote him such letters.
Hefiin was on his way to church
to deliver temperance lecture,
and is it not surprising that he was
compelled to get a whiskey man
to go on his bond? He was going
to condemn the very man who
went his surety.
What became of those patriotic
friends of Hef1in - men of prop
erty - that he was forced to get a
whiskey man to go his bond?
Strange things happen some
times.
The Bee does not encourage dis
order upon the street cars by any
one, black or white. There is no
evidence that Lunsby was disor-
tierly, notwithstanding his alleged
police record. All Hehin had to
have done was to have called the
attention of the conductor to any
disorderly conduct that was being
committed. But from all the evi-
dence it seems that the conductor
saw no violation of the United
States or the District laws or po-
lice regulations so far as the col
Ored man was concerned.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
FORAKER'S CONSOLATION.

From the Cleveland Plaindealer.
Not a few newspapers, Independent
and Republican, are congratulating
Senator Foraker on his defeat in the
State of Ohio The country is be-
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
The BEE WOULD LIKE =
KNOW

II the eX-detective has any idea of
being reinstated.
If every voter intends to register.
Who will be the next National
Committeeman.
How many candidates are in the
field for the position.
II Chaplin Brown would make a
good Committeeman.
If Ralph f. Tyler is not the most
practical man under this Admins
tration.
IT all the presidential candidates
except one have given up the fight.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
THE BEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE

THE BEE WOULD LIKE To SFEi
a few more colored men doing
something.
Honest men in politics.
Jerome A. Johnson given reple-
sentative place in the District COWS
ernment.
Local politicians give a little cool
air.
The eX-detective have a few real
dreams.
ColOred lawyers united.
Local stump speakers tell the truth,
Attorney A. w. Scott give a few
more hot shot.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
SOME THINGS THE NEGRO
SHOULD DO

(By L. J, Rice, of the Dayton OBJ
server, Dayton. Ohio.) y
Colonize and become a greater
power.
Patronize Negro enterprises.
Respect ourselves, and others will
respect us.
Save one-half of our earnings.
Help those that need assistance.
Invest more money in real estate.
Love them that hate you.
Things that don't concern us. ISt
them alone
Have more respect for women.
Plan to live as we'll as to die.
Find less fault with our neighbor. !
Read good books, have good
thoughts.
Keep a clean conversation.
Talk less and do more.
Speak words of encouragement to
those that are down.
Learn to labor, and to wait.
Speak good of them that dislike
you.
Pay an honest debt. -
Speak kind word to your neigh
boris children.
Don't go where you are not want
ed.
Remember those that did you a ia
vor.
Above all things, don't run from
the stork.
Own and operate business enter
prises.
Act lady-like and gentlemanly o.
the street.
The Negro Republicans Of Rie2
mond, Va. are holding conferences
to create sentiment. with the object
to name a set of delegates to the
Chicago Convention.
The Richmond contingent of the S
Sixth Virginia Regiment, Spanish
War Veterans (colored), are rpueh
pleased that they will receive Cow
ernment rations from June %, 1893,
to middle of July same year.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04

NOTHING TO DO.
Does 1t ever occur to the col
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04

w. CALVIN CHASE, EDITOR.
The Washington bee., 1908-04-04
PUBLISH2 -

100 Eye ST., ~ W.. Washington, D. c.
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sing. His fine voice is heard so sell
dom that it will be real treat to have
him sing two songs with such pos
sibilities as Sullivan's LET Me Dream
Again" and Schumann's "Wanderlied."
The program will begin promptly at
eight o'clock No seats will be reserV-
ed. The ushers will seat persons ar
irving late only between the numbers.
The program follows:
Vocal concert given by Oahu College
Choruses, r. Rudland Bode, director,
kindly assisted by Mr.. d. P. r Isen-
berg. Charles r. Bishop Hall, Oahu
College, Thursday, June 25th, 1908, s
o'clock.
Awake. Awake! The flowers unfold.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. II. Leslie
Oahu College Chorus.
In Spring Bargiel
Girls Club.
Leonore German Volksleid
Cyril Hoogs, Clement Akina, Will
DeSDd, AldH LOWISy.
Let me dream again. Sullivan
Mr.. D. P. r. Isenberg.
Build thee more stately mansions.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. FarweH
oahu College Chorus.
Children's Voices .............. .Claribel
Miss Vera Damon.
The Lord is great. ........M endelssohn
INTERVAL.
D happy day. ............G Cote
Oahu College Chorus.
Lullaby ..........-............ Brahms
Girls Club.
Mr.. D. P. r. Isenberg.
Spring Song ...............M endelssohn
Girls Club.
The night has a thousand eyes. .Neven
The Song of the F1ag........ de Koven
Oahu College Chorus.
MISERY Rhymes. .Stevudale Benrick
Punahou Preparatory Chorus.
The Lawn .Leesey
Oahu College Chorus.
Pretty girls in Honolulu are being
snapped up by eligibles as soon as they
are old enough to understand the
of the word Love" The lat
est to plight her troth is Muriel Freeth
one of the most attractive of the Ha-
waiian girls The announcement of her
to William H. Campbell
Of the First National Bank did not
come as a surprise to those of her
friends who have gotten out of the |
times table," as the school kids call !
that part of the curriculum. They have |
been seen together so much during the |
past two or three years that there was |
a well founded rumor that the spirit |
would soon move Mr.. Campbell, who |
Is a son of w. H. C. Campbell, man
ager of the Hawaii Mill Co., in Hilo.
- ~ &c
Due to mourning consequent upon |
the death of Prince David Kawanana-
koa society in Honolulu has been, |
at a standstill during the |
week. Barring the dinner to Secretary |
Garfield. at which Governor Frear was
the host, there has been little doing at |
which ladies were in evidence. The
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are inclined toward frequent entertain
ments in which the management ac-
cords every facility for the successful
contamination of the plans Of whom
ever may be hostess.
y ~ ~
Captain and Mrs. Rees, new arrivals
here, have won the hearts of Honolulu
people with whom they have come in
contact by their genial maners. Mrs.
Rees has been hostess at several teas
at the Pleasanton, where they have ac-
commodations, and a guest at many
others. Though a resident of Honolulu
a short time she has a fixed and en-
viable place in society in the Paradise
of the Pacific.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c.. Cohen returned
by the Alameda after six months
absence on the mainland. Mr.. Cohen
brought back the splendid company
which is to open at the Orpheum to-
morrow night. Mrs. Cohen besides
having a thoroughly good time brought
back some stunning gowns and hats
Mr.. and Mrs. Cohen are back in their
old quarters at the Young Hotel.
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of months. They have taken the vor
Holt cottage at Waikiki.
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Miss Thomas of the Kamehameha
Schools and Miss Washington of Ka-
waiahao Seminary leave on Tuesday
by the Mariana on their vacation trip
to Seattle and Portland. Later they
will also visit the Yosemite and South
ern California before proceeding East.
Mrs. W. F. Hebron gave a children S
party at her home on Friday in honor
of little Miss Hedvig Schmiedte who
leaves with her mother by the Lurline
on Tuesday for San Francisco. There
were eleven little friends of the guest
of honor present. There We're games
for prizes, and refreshments. The lit
tie guest of honor herself won one of
the prizes, pretty box of stationery.
so that she will have no excuse for not
writing to the friends she leaves here.
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The advance guard OF Naval swell
dom has arrived and from this time
until after the departure of the big
battleships the Honolulu set will have
it's hands full with entertaining. In
this respect Honolulu is not its old time
self, however, and the big social func-
tons of a decade ago are not often
repeated. 1t is in history that in one
season a single individual spent an in
come for a year upon the etertain-
ment of the officers of one of Uncle
Sans cruisers. Considering that the
income from one source alone that
year was sixty thousand dollars the
people of today will call it going
some" There has been little in
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The Oahu College chorus under the
direction of r. Rudland Bode, assisted
by Mr. d. p. r. Isenberg, will give a
concert in Charles r. Bishop Hall,
Thursday evening, June %, at 8 o'clock.
The public, and especially the friends
of the school and those interested in
music, are cordially invited. The Col
lege usually gives each year an enter
tainment or concert to which its friends
are welcomed. Last year, the May Day
Fete was presented. This year this
musical program will be its contri-
button to the community's enjoyment.
The program shows an attractive
variety of songs and glees in which
the young singers will appear to adj
vantage. Mr.. BODIES success in the
training of choruses and in the presen-
tation of enjoyable programs in his
Symphony concerts is an assurance of
good music on this occasion.
The College feels particularly pleased
that Mr.. Isenberg has consented to