The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-06-26
WHERE We HAVE
CROWN IN FORCE
Our Race In Cincinnati Num-
bars Many Brainy Men.
BIG GROWTH IN NUMBERS.


Church Edifiees Are Owned by Our
countrymen-Great Fight That the
Queen city's coIored PopuIaoe Is
Wasins Against Separate Schools.
Cincinnati.-This city has sent a
greater number Of colored men to the
state legislature than any city in the
state. This fact alone bespeaks the in.
telligence and energy that has been
prevalent among those of the race who
reside in this bailiwick. The first to be
elected was the late Colonel Bob Har-
Ian, who was followed by the late
George w. Williams, the noted histo-
rian. He in turn was succeeded by
Chicago. Others were the late William
81. Parham, William Copeland, Sam B.
Hill and George w. Hayes, seven Of
them against four from Cleveland and
one from Xenia.
When Cincinnati sent up colored men
to the state legislature it was in the
days of that powerful political leader,
George B. Cox, who always saw to 1t
that the race had representation on the
county's legislative ticket. At least
some colored men in this city can give
thanks that there ever existed boss
and especially Boss George B. Cox. In
days Of old Cincinnati, famed the coun-
try over as the Queen City, possessed
as bright galaxy Of brainy colored
men and beautiful and clever colored
ence to any city in the country.
Cincinnati was once the home Of DR..
Charles Bentley, now of Chicago, the
races most famed surgeon dentist, and
It was the home of Peter III. Clark, now
In the scar and yellow leaf, who is
spending his declining years In st.
Louis. Peter FL. Clark was the first and
only man ofa the race to be appointed
to serve as trustee for the University
of Ohio. Here it was that Hack"
Herbert A. Clark, first gained newspa-
per renown. His brilliant articles fire.
quently appeared in papers published
by our race.
Since those good old days race preju-
dice, worming itself across the great
suspension bridge from Kentucky, has
changed conditions here, and it is no
longer the delightful city, because of
this, that it used to be. 1t used to be in
those other days that when one Of the
race sought for brilliant social circle
he came to Cincinnati. We do not hear
as much about Cincinnati now as we
did couple of decades back-when
Professor Richard Cole, now a brilliant
educator Of st. Louis; Claus Hubbard,
Charles Bentley, Tom Moore, Percy
Triplett, Herbert A. Clark, Fremont
Anderson, Henry Fort and few 9TH
ers were the gay Beau Brummels of
society,"
But in spite Of race prejudice old
Cincy's colored population has not
lapsed back into state Of desuetude.
The population is several times larger
than it was then, and from down In
the neighborhood Of Cutter. Liberty,
John, Court and other streets 1 might
name the colored residents have scat
tered to the hills, where they own and
occupy homes whose beauty makes the
homes Of the old Cincinnatians simply
a nightmare. -e..
Today Cincinnati colored folks are
waging q tremendous fight against
odds in opposition to return to sepa-
rate schools, and w. P. Dabney, he of
the facile pen, who INDUCES more in
napier thrusts at his opponents than
bludgeon blows. is leading that fight,
and each week through the columns of
his newspaper, the Union. in spite of
the fact that he is holding an impor-
tant political Office, he thunders against
separate schools. All must admire the
game, unyielding and incorporating
fight Dabney is making.
Cincinnati still can boast Of some
clever colored men and women-some
really brilliant colored men. There Is
William L. Anderson. who is not only
a proprietor Of one of the best print
shops manned by one of the race In
the country. but VIII is an authority
on politics, religion and literature
And Joseph l. Jones. Who Is 1t
throughout the entire country who
does not know Joe Jones. the towering
man in secret order fraternities? And
A. Lee Beatty, than whom there is not
a more brilliant or more profound at
torney In the country. George w
Hayes, still high attache of the Unit
ed States federal court maintains his
grip on both politics and religion down