The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-02-04
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Said TO Rstsn Among Federal or
=. = i a. 1es1ioiders. = !, EI
Each is Hsp6.4sd 10 Have a Knife MP
: sleeve Tor She! other, Despite
s. ,Stateinettt ssThat all is MID.
Quiet on the Pc .l1. q
y(lsy James Cubert Campbell.) )

Is Sat0ffinc. '" Il. ! .& I'LL $.f%N,s ?
(i3y Janies Cnbert Campi,sll.) = i
WasAfngtona Feb. Sin, the cor
Responsiveness fBsnt out tronls here ito
the o6lored press throughout, the
country, thefeisE considerable refer
ence made tosSa Black Cabinet"
and to. a sefiouB rupture existing
amongt it's : members. Have your
heap of it? "a =. > r....,,,..1
The Black Cabinet lis mis-
nomer just liils O. great many other
things in Washington. Its an. im-7
aginary 'CabtnSt" composed OF, some
OF the cpiored men to whom Presi-
cedent & Roosevelt has given public
office ofsmore III less Importance.
This = acK "a !net" has not; as
zee, had MEETING at the White
House: jTt tsSsBatd, however, that
somerof the gentlemen come together&
each day for sI1ncAeon in the hand
some and wefi appointed dining
room OF Mr. James Gray, on, PENN 1
sylNanda avenue 4So 1ihnaeh fef4l the !
Black Gabinet# and It's placesaaSsof
meeting About Che rupture given:
SO much pubIfsity in the eolored !
ncwspape rs 3. this may be said that
If the '.Cabinets is imaginary, the
rurnpus is notss IT is probably too
true that a great ideal of the time
OF the so-caHea members Of the
"Black Cabinetn 8migh ne spent
otherwise thansis taken up In dsnysI
ing that--he Was i1 any way iAYol4
we'd in this or thsEts sselittle dirty deal
Matched UP here.sto do some other
Office holden harm. The subject 5of.
the nnpleasant 8S8lr giving rise to
so much wild excitement and gossip
seems to be thesapp earancee, OF I'M
favorable %eri1 eism in the colored
ne wspa pers thrdnghout the. country
Some of! them s charging Register
Eyenron with trying to wreck the pol
itical future sof Anditor Tyler and
some charging that this or that other
member OF the lima ginary Cabinet
was against the AID administrations and
the like In truth. however; the
real cause of the tronbls !. is a. deep
seated; = jeafousSS ssT s 81 g. political
nervousness incidental to the coming
of a new chief upon whom depends
their re-appointment. It's scram-l
blef for the new administration spot
light, and some of this 'coterie are
seemingly unkind and unmanIy to
the extent Of trying, to reach this
coveted glow, by lunfair and steal-'
thy route. I notwithstanding the
loud shouts Of HARMONY" Peace
and Il am not trying to hurt you
there is yet. that ominous smoke sig
nifying fire somewhere. We have
heard that Fred Douglas once said:
IF l throw my boot-jack out of the
window the dog that yelps is the /
dog that's hit" We still hear, the
yelp-somebody must be throwing
bootjacks:
The colored people all over the
country ought to and are looking
on in shame and disgust at the. petty
tricks and prejudiced jealousies in
dulged in by some Of these so-called
big mem and Race leaders" at
Washington. If there is Harmony"
as we are told there is, and no one is
after the scalp Of Register Vernon,
or some Of the office holders, why
not take the stiletto out OF the sleeve
and put it in, it's sheath? Don't
make that pure white emblem of
peace-the White Fiag-Aspeak a
black lie by fighting, under it. If
there are correspondents in Wash
ington who. have been paid to do
dirty work re-commission them.
Let us have pcace-~real honest
peace The good colored people
throughout the land demand and
ought to have it.
In newspaper article, sent to the
colored press recently W some ir-
responsible correspondent, whose
identity has not yet been ascertain
ed there was a wi1ful distortion and
misrepresentation Of facts concern
ing the last election Of The officers
Of the Muso]it Club, it being alleged
that the gentleman who honestly
supported the election of Or. Bruce
Evans, and thus defeated the. can
dJkiacy Of Atty. James A. Cobb, were
men who were opposing the admin
istration Of President Roosevelt.
AS q matter Of fact, the. question OF
politics or the support or. opposition
Of this or any other administration
never once entered Into what has
heretofore been considered a per
fectly friendly contect. Mr.. Cobb
was supposed to have been the can
didate Of Mr.. Tyler and others
and his defeat can only be attribut-
ed to the fact that his supporters
were not able to deliver the vote to
him. This election has unfortunate
ly occasioned some unnecessary sore
ncss, which seems to have cropped
out in the above mentioned article.
a great many Of the members who
supported DR.. Evans and who are
branded as being opposed to the ad4
| nifhistration we're men who not only
| Loyalty supported the Taft ticket,