The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-05


matter OF appointment to the various
federal positions for which they are
fitted, and will endeavor to get Con-
gress to enact additional legislation
in their behalf. The Buchanan Gar
rison Is named In honor Of Glen. Jas.
"A. buchanan, u. s. A., retired, who
made a brilliant record In the Civil
war and won exceptional distinction
alb an Indian fighter in the regular
army. during the uprisings on the
frontier many years ago. Gen. Buch-
anan is q staunch friend Of the col
ored soldier and his visits to the
Garrison meetings are invariably
.signalized by a speech full ofs.encour-
agement and cheer. i, g. n. :. -
.:fte encounter Of Cum, Shoe Bill
Stone" with Pullman car waiter
has been the subject of much Jhumor-
Gus discussion here this week. The
story IL told IN various forms, but 1t
seems that. the individual who is carr
ried on the Senate rolls as a member
OF that body from Missouri got
"mlffed', because his chop and eggs
and "wee drop of the ,crayther" did
not reach him with the celebrity he
imagined his dignity and station call
ed for; he cussed the waiter, and
when the Well-meantng1c olored- man
tried to explain, the hill billy from
the. Ozarks, forgetting the culture
and craftsmanship Of the Bentons,
the Vests and the Cockrells who, had
preceded him in the exalted Office, he
d1sgracea, slapped the Negro in the
face. Stones arrest upon reaching
Baltimore and his subsequent &C
quittal by a learned police justice,
on the score that the assault was
justifiable, are matters of history
Notwtt outstanding the southern .atmos-
phefe hef8aR bouts and the pFeyBaence
oG The belisgA that Negroes must, he
made to stay pa fksJf mace. ettS.s not
p. single newspaper. In ! Washington
or Baltimore has treated the incl
dent in. other than a jocular vein,
and the conclusions reached by them
and the members of both houses of
Congress are, not at all compliment
tary to the " 'po white" Senator. If
Stone expected to rank as hero
through this episode, he missed his
mark by a~city block, and succeeded
only in making himself ridiculous,
He energies from the encounter with
his tail-feathers badly tattered. The
Washington Star. was particularly
emphatic In administering it's dose of
gall, going so far as to suggest the
advtsability of separate cars for pug
1l1sttc ruffians, SO that peaceably-in-
clined ladies and gentlemen might
travel in comfort and safety from
barroom ,braWIs and alley scraps. For
the nonce, Lawrence G. Brown, the
Pullman waiter, occupies the center
of the llmelight and makes an i'm
posing figure beside the limp and
bedraggled form Of 7Gum-Shoe Bill,
whose colleagues in the Senate and
the public at large are INDUCING in
outlaws and hoarse boots at his ex-
pense. If, Mr.. Brown will drop in
at Gray's famous cafe any day at
noon, he can tickle his palate with
the finest luncheon that Gray can
get together, and the statemen OF
color who assemble there daily will
settle the bill. In Showing up. the
yellow streak in the Missouri pre-
tenders nature, MIR. Brown has rem
dered the race and nation a distinct
service. 1t Is asserted by politicians
from Stones own territory that the
face-slaDping incident was a careful
ly-concocted political scheme to stir
| up. the race issue In Missouri, to boil.
ster up Stones waning popularit,
with the cred necks," who "have II
; III" for the Senator. because of his
reported underhand connection with
sundfy~ trusts and corporate enemies
! Of the "dear~peepul.'' But, Gum
Shoe 'BiiPs'' gum-shoe~ has evidently
lost It's cunning, for the egegious
/ mess into which the row has precfpt
! tated him, is calculated to lose hin
votes rather than to gain support, a.
the hands of manly men.
| Mr.. W. L. Houston, Grand Maste
of the G. Il. o. Of o. F., has gore K
Mcb1le, Ala, to attend the Crane
Lodge Of the District +of Alabama, at
ter which he will visit the session.
Of the Georgia Grand Lodge at Al
bany, Ga. Before leaving, he an
nounced The appointment of Col. Jar
red W. Ford, of Philadelphia, a
Major General, commanding tn
Patriarchie, the military division o
the Grand United Order of Odd Eel
lows. Major General Ford succeed
James w. Jones, who has served lon
and well In that capacity and who's
resignation was accepted with sir
core regret by Grand Master Houl
, ton.
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