The Washington bee., 1911-07-08
SPITTOON WASHERS
The Work Is Honorable
SAYS ]. C. CUNNINGHAM
GOOD UNDER ONE AS UNDER
THE OTHER.
A Poor Plea for DemOcracy-Com-
pliments the DeseTteT.
. ditor OF The Bee:

Editor Of The Bee:
The cartoon on the front page OF
your very valuable paper moves me
To saw few words in behalf OF some
men of the Negro race who are nelth-
er too high nor too low to work for
an honest living.
The cartoon IN question IS intend
ed to belittle the so-calied Negro
Democrats for being thrifty enough
TO work and make an honest living
for themselves and their families by
accepting the disgraCeful % places
OF washing spittOons at the Capitol
These places were given to the col
ored brother BY the Democrats who
control the patronage OF the present
Congress. Did not COlOred Repubh-
cans hold the same dISgraCetul -
Dlaces under the Republican rule.
Is washing spittOOns under a Demo
cratic rule any more humIliatlng than
under the Republican rule: Work Is
honorable, Mr. Editor, and our people
should certainly be encouraged TO
stick to it whenever and wherever
they can get it. Everybody can't be
messengers. clerks and ministers to
foreign lands. There must be some
body 10 begin at the bottom; and II
the ColOred brother doesn't catch hold
OF the opportunities thrown out to
him his white brother viii These
colored Democrats should rejoice IN
the fact that there are hundreds OF
Colored Republicans in the various
government departments here who.
too. are holding down spittOOn Jobs
that were given them as d reward
II h.
ican friends in Congress, SO. Mr..
Editor, it has come 70 the point where
II IS a little embarrassing tor the
kettle to call the pot black
The colorcd race has some friends
in the Democratic party-and he IS
mighty big fool who thinks that the
race hasn't any enemies IN the ke-
publican ranks. The Negro, Mr. Ed
tor. has received some of his deepest
stabs IN the house OF his so-called Re
publican friends. Yet he is admon-
ished TO remain true to all OF them
because a few of them have favored
several big Negroes of the race by
giving them places above the splttooI
job.
/ was born and reared in the South
And. Mr.. Editor, If | remember cor
reCtlv, there was no dlStranChlse
menf of the colored voters, neithe
was there any jim crow cars set apar
for the humiliation of the cOlOre'
race. until after the birth OF tha
damnable Lilly White Republican
Dartv. Let us endeavOr to give homo
to whom honor IS due. 1t should b.
horne in mind that the Democrats o
New York, Ohio, and some OF tn
other States have given the colore
voters some very good places sine
the political storm which swept owe
all the earth in November, I0IC
All Of this goes to show that the lead
ers in the other party Is sitting Il
and are taking notice accordingly
The time is at hand when the colore
people must grasp every OppOrtunlt
i'm capturing friends in all polltic5
parties. And why should the colore
men spend so much time in tn
schools and colleges if they never WI
learn to cast their votes for men an
measures? Will the Negro race neve
cease to cast its votes for noth1n
save for a vote of thanks beCaus
some individual person has been give
a lob? If the Negro has no othI
motive in view for casting his yOt
then we say, he ought TO be dlstrai