The Washington bee., 1911-07-15
CUNNINGHAM SCORED.


New Democratic Negro Convert An
swered-Hot Shot Pierces Cunning
hams Brain.
To the Editor of The Bee:
1t has been some time since | have
taken advantage of your generosity
by taking up space in your valuable
paper. And | must say that The Bee
has been very generous towards me
for which l am very grateful, and
some day | hope to be able to show
my appreciation.
But this IS not what | started out
to say. My intention is to make a
few remarks in reply to our good
Democratic friend, Mr.. Joseph c.
Cunningham, who, it seems, has been
truly converted, and must needs
spread the good news among the err
ing cOlOred brethren so that they may
come from beneath the protecting
shelter of the @. O. ?. elephant and
HE themselves to the very uncertain
and rather himsy shadow of the Dem
oCratic donkey's ears, being very care
full not to get too near that lll-tem-
pered animals heels.
| agree with Mr.. Cunningham that
the cartoon referred to is rather ag-
gravating to colOred Democrats, es-
pecially those who had hopes of re-
ceiving something better from their
best friend, as Mr.. Cunningham terms
the Southern Democrats, III his letter
to the Washington Timse not long
ago, which letter | enclose; also my
reply to same which Gas l anticipated
the Times saw fit not to publish in its
so-called mail bag.
Now, about this cartoon, spIttOOn
business. | don't see anything tC
rave about, but facts are facts, and il
is plain, glamoring, undeniable fact
that there is a great big majority IN
the Democratic party, both IN and out
Of Congress, mo think that any Gov
ernment position above that of labor
er, scrub-woman, messenger and gen
eral laCkey, is 900 good for the most
highly educated, cultured and refined
Negro, in this or any other country,
No sensible person considers it dis
graceful for a thrifty Negro Demo
crat or Republican to wash spittOOns
especially if they are good at the bus
mess, and are doing it until something
better turns up. But, as Mr.. Gun
ningham implies, It's mighty embar-
RAISING for the kettle to be continually
nagged by the old black pot about be
ing black; all the more so if the pot
happens to be pretty full of the very
tempting tOOthSome food that the
empty hanging hungry kettle is crav-
ing for. No one denies that the Ne
gro has friends in the Democratic
party, but politically speaking, they
are few and far between. 1t is also
true that he has received some pretty
heavy blows below the belt by some
of his so-called friends in the Repub-
lican party, but that old Democratic
donkey will have to have his ear:
trimmed, his heels chained, and
good strong muzzle, securely fastened
over his mouth, before the Negro car
safely trust his political fortunes witt
him in preference to the @. O. ?. ele
Iphant.
| /, too, was born and reared in the
| Sunny" South, but it is certainly
news to me to hear that Lilly White
Republicans were responsible for tht
disfranchising and jim crow laws o
the South. l certainly hope that th'
colored men who are spending 81
much time in the schools and college:
will have backbone enough to stanC
and say, "A mans a man." and tha
Ithey will learn enough to not cas-
their votes for any party or individual
that stands for disfranchisement, jim
crowism and segregation. The peO
pie generally" need have no fear /
| they follow the guidance of the lead
ing Negro newspapers.
Yes, spittoOn washers are spittoor
washers, but methinks that there il
an echo among the hills that gOe:
sounding through the valleys like dis
tant thunder; the difference. my
| friend, the difference between Demo
cratic spittoon washers and Republi-
can spittoon washers is that colored
Democratic spittoOn washers are
liable to keep on washing until either
they or the bottom of the spittoOns
are worn out, while the colored Re-
publicans who do the same, have
hopes at least of getting something
better some day. As to the duty OF
the colOred press, l have yet to learn
of any newspaper, OF any consequence,
that does not advocate work, work,
all kinds of work as the only means
of salvation for the Negro outside of
religion.
Enough of this spittoon business,
Mr. Editor. If l keep it up this hot
weather | will soon be nothing but a
big ball of expectoration myself.
JAMES CONWAY JACKSON.