The Washington bee., 1910-11-26
BY THEIR FRUITS.

BY THEIR FRUITS.
The National Negro League
with headquarters in New York
and of which Prof. DuBoise is
the paid, if not the titular, head.
has issued a word-burdened ad-
dress ''to the People of Great
Britain" just as if Great Britain
was cOgnizant of American infn-
itesimals. AS might have been
expected, the address is an attack
upon DR.. Booker 7. Washington,
whose shoes many of the members
are unworthy to Un1atch.
1t IS a pity for Prof. DuBoise
that he Is so consumed by ieal-
ousy and so hedged about with
envy that he cannot move out on
the broad field of human endeav-
or and race uplift unfettered. He
accOuterments are too Cumber-
some for long march and a sue
cessful battle. Every movement
that he fathers appears to have
for its one object the pulling
down of DR.. Washington from
the high pedestal he occupies, and
upon which the people placed
him. Every Utterance of DR.. Du
Boise IS poisoned with the venom
of jealousy for the builder of
Tuskegee.
But DR.. Washington, bent to
one purpose, and determined up
on one aim,-the uplift of the
masSeS,-ignOTes the petty, jeal-
Gus attacks Of his narrOw-minded
assailants, and continues on, unin-
terrupted and unswerved, with
his grand and good work of
uplift.
The address of the National
Negro League, as sent "tO the
people of Great Britain" is sign |
ed by few men who, like Prof. |
DuBOise, are actuated by jealousy |
and envy, and some of them have |
failed signally to carve a small |
niche in life's rOtunda for them
selves. In looking over the list we
find names of some barristers
without clients, some physicians
without patients, some authors
whose books earn no royalties,
some ministers whose religion has
not the impress OF Christian toll
erance, some editors whose news
papers are but sheets of billings
gate and columns of defamation.
and a few human jokes who are
but impecuniOus camp-follOw-
ers-the whole lot forming a linn
tied few icOnOclasts who are i'm
paled upon their own jealousy,
imprisoned within their own CON
ceit, and halted by their own
enViOusneSS.
DR.. Washington is not infalli-
BILE, but he is honest and sincere.
He has never claimed infallibil-
ity. He may have made mistakes,
but the mistakes, if made, were
IN an honest effort to build up
and not in tearing down. DR..
Washington has the ear of the
people of the world-of all races.
He has the confidence and ap-
plauSe of his own race. His lead
ership cannot be disputed or dis
turbed by narrow-minded, self
OpiniOnated men who, instead of
spending their energies in build
ing up, are wasting their energies
IN base attempts to tear down.
Brilliant, deep, finished scholar
that Prof. DuBoise is, in the end
his epitaph, because of his mar
row, jealous spirit, cannot fail to
be:
''He lived in the narrow hut Of envy,
And fed upon filthy husks Of jealousy"
DR.. Washington maintains his
home and does his greatest labor
of love doy n in the black belt.
where his beloved people live in
greatest numbers, and most need
the service of rea1, hOrest. sincere,
unselfsh leaders. Prof. DuBoise
left the real scene of needed ac-
tion and betook himself to New
York to fire envy-tipped paper
bullets at long range. One is a