The Washington bee., 1911-10-28
Public Men And ThinDs
(By the Sage of the Potomac.)

learned that "Lafe' HeTShaw went
to $1,000. Hershaw had been so long
IN the $1,000 class that he had be-
gun TO think that was the starting
rather than the ending it had been
Tor him. OF course, "Lafe" has been
SO busy adjusting this race problem,
carrying the race on his shoulders,
acting as advance agent for the Mag
ara Movement, now in decline, and
discussing ethical questions that he
nddn taken time to hustle a little
for himself. They tell me that he re-
Gently got infected with the idea that
It he got. something himself he would
be helping to solve this knotty race
question. Hershaw IS mighty ciev-
| er fellow, chucked full of wisdom
| land patented ideas on problem soIv-
Iing. The other crowd" tell me he
| IS the least offensive of that blooming
Niagara Movement, now in repose,
IarOund here. In fact, he is little
on the order of Dean Kelly Miller
can tread water all day without sink
| ing, However, he does not quite come
| up to the Race Adjustment apostle
who Is IN a class all by his lonesome
when 1t comes to keeping in the mid
die of the road | was glad to learn
| of Hershaw's promotion, because |
don't believe there's a better equipped
man. nor a brighter man connected
with the Land Office If Hershaw
will Just imagine that it is a part of a
| fellows duty to carry himself, along
with the awful load Of the race prob
lem, q heard it tipped off he may
expect something more later on. So
many of us chocolate drops have got
the idea that we have to carry the
race, and all the time the race, that is,
a big part Of It, imagines that we
prOblem-sOlvers are a load for it to
carry. "Lafe' Hershaw is getting
wise. though. just don't fear.
X X :
been running around the town
for the past week trying to find out
who's going to entertain those ten
thousand cOlOred deep water folks
what's coming here to storm the
White House Judge Pugh and Judge
Mullowney tell me they haven't got
accommodation for quite that many.
and the Baptist preachers here say
Goat. Willow Tree and Temperance
alleys are crowded now When
read that these Baptist-inclined indi-
vIduals contemplated a pilgrimage to
Washington to call on President Taft,
I at once inserted an advertisement
in the newspapers-'Wanted; a good,
strong fOol-killer" Yesterday | call
ed up several railroads and they told
me they would continue to charge the
usual tariff for "iim crow" passage
1 h -, -
possible for them t0 come by rail.
And there amt much fear of ten thou
sand coming up from any distance
on foot for a colOred mans feet, as
rule, are so afflicted with corns and
bunyOns that he can't walk very far.
I guess the coming of that Baptist
host of ten thousand Is one of those
bluffs that's hatcned Just prior to a
Presidential campaign If we had ten
thousand more Baptists here. whose
affiliations were all with the "Cullud'
| brother, added to the school fight and
discussion, they would have to build
| ten more wings. of a thousand quar-
ters each, out at St Elizabeth, to ac-
COmmodate those who would get into
the dippy class here. Just imagine
ten thousand colOred Baptists march
ling down Pennsylvania Avenue and
you Will have a little idea of a black
simeon But they amt coming, don't
worry. There might be four or FIVE
deep-water gentlemen in prince al
bert coats. checkered pants. wearing
! an "Old Marse Menry's' style of a
beaver, blow in here, but ten thou
sand Nevah.
Speaking about the school question.
I observe the tension amt quite so
great as it was. People have got
tired buying the newspapers every
morning and every evening TO see II
the colOred members have resigned.
and they amt lookin for no more fiji
tecn-bloCk sort of puzzle articles from
Kelly Miller in defense of his dear
West Indian orator Roscoe Bruce
is breathing a bit freer, and Super
Iintendent Davidson's cOlOred calling
list is getting down to normal Hen
ME Tyson and Doc. Childs amt car
rying quite so much of a load, and
Capt. Oysters black mail has fallen
off until it only averages about two
letters a week Looks to me like
the G0lD9 Just dDlONIH pFCt- anu
that we are going back to the sane
oasis again Gee, but some of these
people around here certainly did get
dippy on the school question DR.
Tunnel. the man with the big meg
gaphone voice, must feel all over in
spots about this time They tell me
that after he read Kelly Miller's de
Tense article, he led Kelly down be
hind the girls dornitory, as far as
the City Water Works lake, and re
ducing his voice as near to a whis-
per as he could. said: Now, my dear
old college chum, if you ever write
another article in my defense there
will be only one Of two alternatives
left me; | will either have to drown
you in this lake or drown myself
That Age article Of yours came near
getting my goat It was about the
bloOminess bit of contradictory stuff
you ever put out Now for the love
.of Moik, be reasonable, and please
never again, during your life on earth,
come to my defence in an article,
cause you know, Kelly, you can't ride
sideways, you just have to straddle to
be consistent" Kelly saw the point,
and promised to be good, and Tun-
nell, so it's whispered on the hill,
has heard enough comment to con-
vince him that he had no business IN