The Washington bee., 1908-03-07

! Office says that one reason the mails are
| delayed IS because names of residents
are sometimes omitted in the CITY Di.
rectoy.
Several prominent residents of this
city who have been seriously i'll for the
past few days are reported as being
much improved.
Inquiry into the competitive methods
of the Standard Oil Company was con.
tinued last Monday in the suit Of the
Government against the company.
! A REVIEW AND THE OUTLOOK
At a recent meeting of the Sixteenth
District Republican Club the follow
ing instructive address relative 10 con
duct of the members, was made BY ths
president William Tibbs: That order
ly conduct should at all times be OBJ
served by organizations; that the right
and interest should be both individu-
ally as we'll as collectively displayed n
the upbuilding of the colored people as
race.
He declared that the colored mans
chances were never brighter but that It
depended largely on their cool judg-
ment, careful conduct and foreefuI
character
hat It was entirely useless to expect
his white brethren to caresS him, or
pretend that he was good citizen when
he really considered hi. qualifications TO
the contrary.
He deplored the lack of interest dis
played by the colored people in many
ways.
Subjects of vital Importance are rels-
gated to the background, while subjects
of little Corcern are usually agitated.
He spoke at some length on the pres
ent racial conditions that were in their
power to eliminate or cause such actioa
to be taken that would bring about the
desired effect.
Tie cautioned his hearers against being
too hassy in selecting their local candi-
dates in the present campaign.
He pointed out the necessity OF Sc
lecting such men who not only regard
themselves, but have the interest, and
the people, all districts, and all the peo-
piles, regardless of color, creed, or pre-
vious conditions of servitude, for the
benefit of perpetual organization all dis
trict leaders should recognize as such
that district organizations may be main
tanned
That district organizations should
unite, and devote their undivided at
tention toward defeating the undesirable
element of candidates, who are seeking
election through hypocrisy and deceit.
He said it was time ethat colored
men should be and are capable of Sc
lecting adequate representatives, and
with aptence and at the right time such
men would be selected.
There are undesirable men in the
field whose honor and integrity were
questionable, and at the proper time the
names of these campaign sharks now
at large will be known to every mem
ber OF the club.
These men cOnspire and all of their
concerted effortss to raise capital thru
their colored constituents only to ignore
them when their votes and their pres
ence at meetings are no longer in de-
mand. 1t may be noted by many the
jealous care former campaign favorites
have used to defend the just distribu-
ton OF acquired inufence among the
masses of their campaign supporters,
choosing to recognize only few IA
vCrites
The president closed by cautioning
his hearers against listening to misrep-
resented campaign angels in disguise.
He advised the members to make a.
individual as well as a collective siren
uous fight to defeat the cOnspirators
of 1908
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