CLEVELAND ELECTED-OUR POSITION.

It is finally settled that Mr. Cleveland of New York and Gov. Hendricks of Indiana have been fairly and honestly elected president and vice president of these United States. It is evident that THE BEE was the first to endorse the nomination of the Republican convention although Gen. Logan was our choice and the last to give up until the State of New York had been conceded to Mr. Cleveland. It is plainly manifested that the Republican party made itself the party of spoils and divided against itself. We are constrained to say that Mr. Blaine is endeavoring to revolutionize the country by dividing the North and South and springing the race issue. It is too late for Mr. Blaine to make such blood and thunder speeches at this time. During the whole of the campaign and even in his interviews the Negro was forgotten. He now comes as did Cæsar when he cried "Help me, Cassius, or I sink."

After his long and continued opposition to the Force bill and its defeat, by Mr. Blaine, which left the Negroes in the South to the mercy of the Democratic party, Mr. Blaine has just realized the necessity of the Force bill in the South. If Mr. Blaine is anxious for war, the Negroes of this country are not, and will not follow the revolutionary doctrine that he uttered in his Augusta speech. The Negroes of this country have been faithful to the principles of the Republican party, but, when they see that that party digresses from the great principles upon which it was founded, it is time for them to act and think for themselves. We don't believe that Mr. Cleveland will allow the Negroes to be ill-treated. We believe that he will open a new era and the dawn of prosperity will shine upon the Negro under a Democratic administration.

The Negroes have nothing to fear. The more intelligent, conscientious and patriotic Democrats of the country will see that the rights of the Negroes are respected. The time has now come for the Negroes of this country to be an independent in the body-politic. It is the folly of the Republican party which will necessarily compel us to be independent. Our advice to the colored people in the South is, to divide and go where their interests will be better subserved, and the time will come when there will be no North, East, West or South for the Negroes, but, we shall live and advocate one platform-of human rights, liberty and independence. The election of Mr. Cleveland will give to the District of Columbia its just recognition. The importation of foreign labor and the appointment of persons in preference to the citizens of this city will be no more.

The white and colored people will be governed by the people, and not by a triumverate that has no regard for the wishes of the people, and as Mr. West said, he didn't give a d-n for the opinion of the people of the District. No

one regrets the defeat of the Republican party more than we. Not that we loved Blaine, but, that we loved and honored the hero of many battles, the statesman, jurist and friend, Hon. John A. Logan. We shall now hope for better days and our advice to the Negroes is to divide and be an independent. This is a common country, where all citizens are supposed to be politically equal and as such let us participate in the inauguration of the president-elect, Grover Cleveland.

## BLAINE'S COMPLIMENTS.

THE BEE, as is well known, gave Mr. Blaine a loyal and zealous support, although he was not our choice for the nomination for the Presidency, as we then thought, and now know that he was not the strongest man that could have been chosen to lead the Republicans.

["was our choice, and we believe\nhad he been selected as the stand-\nard bearer of the Republican party\nthat party would have been victo-\nrious to-day. We notice that Mr.\nBlaine, in an interview with a re-\nporter of *The Journal*, of Augusta,\nMaine, speaks in the most compli-\nmentary terms of the support given\nhim by the Germans and Irish\nbut not a word of commendation\nhas he to say for the poor Negroes\nwho stood by him in the face of\nopposition such as no white man\nhas ever had to meet in this coun-\ntry. Why is it that Mr. Blaine\noverlooks us in expressing his\ngratitude?", "SCHOOL BOARD.", "The school board at its regular\nmeeting Tuesday night last took\nquite an advanced step in abolish-\ning the oral part of the examina-\ntion for teacherships in the public\nschools of the District. As this\naction was an implied reflection\nupon the superintendents, who\nhad exclusive control over the\nmarkings, would it not be as well\nfor the Board to go a little further\nand take the preparation of the\nquestions used at the examina-\ntions out of the hands of the su-\nperintendents? If the superin-\ntendents were inclined to favorit-\nism in the matter of marking in\nthe oral examination what is to\nprevent their continuing their fa-\nvoritism in another direction—to\nwit, giving in advance questions\nto favorites? We do not say that\neither Mr. Wilson or Mr. Cook\nwould do as indicated, but if the\nBoard could not trust them to\nconduct the oral examination how-\nthey can repose confidence in\nthem to the extent of preparing\nand retaining, until examination\nday, the questions to be used?", "MR. BLAINE'S AUGUSTA\nSPEECH.", "It is too late for Mr. Blaine to\nbe giving the Negroes taffy now;\nhe should have remembered them,\nwhen he was Speaker of the House\n—when the Force bill came up,\nbesides he should have remember-\ned them during the campaign. Mr.\nBlaine's opposition and defeat of", "the Force bill made the South\nsolid and gave it 153 electoral\nvotes. Mr. Blaine now states\nthat the poor Negro will suffer.\nMr. Hayes said the same thing\nbefore he was declared elected,\nbut, when he was made president,\nthe first step that he took was to\nturn the States of Florida, Louis-\niana and South Carolina over to\nthe Democrats. The Negroes\ndon't want any more taffy.", "REGISTER BRUCE'S VIEWS.", "His Indorsement of Certain \"Peaceful and\nLoyal Citizens\" Criticised by a Colored\nMan. April 24, 1904", "To the Editor.", "The New York Herald of Saturday publishes an interview with Register Bruce, in which he gives his views on Mr. Blaine's Augusta speech and other matters. Referring to Mr. Blaine's speech, this representative negro, who is largely indebted to Mr. Blaine for the position he holds, as register of the treasury, says: \"Such utterances were demagogical in the extreme and wholly unscrupulous. I think I ought to know something about our people in the south. The greatest harmony exists between the white and colored races.\" Mr. Blaine's charges of intimidation and violence at the south are absolute and unmitigated. To-day the south is loyal and peaceful. It is not necessary to quote the balance of this report. The above is enough to satisfy every intelligent person of whatever race that B. K. Bruce is a consummate toady and the willing tool and apologist of the \"peaceful and non-hated" classes, and not only of his own state, but of those other southern states where the majesty of the law has been trampled under the feet of their peaceful and loyal citizens, is clearly evident to me that Register Bruce is hankering after something soft under Mr. Cleveland's administration; that he is hedging and trimming of the \"loyal and peaceful citizens\" who are soon to take charge of the ship of state. I have always entertained a very high opinion of Mr. Bruce, and, while I have never believed him to be as great and able a man as the papers have represented him, I have been disposed to accept his public utterances and views, on all questions and matters affecting my race with the belief that he who is in power is regarded as a leader knew something about the history of his country, and particularly of the democratic party, to whom he is now pandering. Certainly Register Bruce is not a candidate for office, but he is now pandering. Certain of the papers forgot the brutal murder of Judge Chisholm, of Print Matthews, the Copiah frolle, the Danville pic-nic, the Yazoo river, the Yazoo river and Vicksburg massacres, and hundreds of other bloody affairs engaged in by \"the peaceful and loyal citizens.\" \"The peaceful and loyal\" section. Why, only a few of these seventeen negroes were murdered for no other cause than that they persisted in voting for Blaine and Logan. The register has not said a word about this one of those southern states that produces an A brand of \"loyal and peaceful citizens,\" for whom he is a candidate.", "It is fortunate for the negro race, and unfortunate for the country, that the democratic party comes to the front of government, and never was the friend of the negro. The southern negro cannot assert his manhood and live in peace in any southern state. The only negro who enjoy that sublime pleasure are those who, like our eminent and ambitious register, are willing to submit to the dicta of the \"peaceful cities in his state (which bears a close resemblance to paradise), and content themselves with what the government of the democratic party is a record of treason, and the shame, and the negro who is base enough to defend it is unworthy the confidence and respect of his race; Mr. Bruce's opinions to the contrary notwithstanding. I am, Mr. Editor, very cordially yours,", "The democratic party is now and never was the friend of the negro. The southern negro cannot assert his manhood and live in peace in any southern state. The only negro who enjoy that sublime pleasure are those who, like our eminent and ambitious register, are willing to submit to the dicta of the \"peaceful cities in his state (which bears a close resemblance to paradise), and content themselves with what the government of the democratic party is a record of treason, and the shame, and the negro who is base enough to defend it is unworthy the confidence and respect of his race; Mr. Bruce's opinions to the contrary notwithstanding. I am, Mr. Editor, very cordially yours,\nJ. E. BRUCE,\nStall New York, 1104 South Carolina\navenue southeast.", "ing to do\nent, con-\n democrats\n that the\n e respec-\n come for\n try to be\n the body-\n the Re-\nill neces-\n independent-\ncolored\nto divide\nests will\nthe time\nwill be no\nouth for\n live and\nf human\nendence.\nand will\nColumbia\nimpor-\nand the\nin pref-\nthis city\npeople\npeople,\nthat has\ns of the\nsaid, he\nopinion\nNo.", "f the Re-\nwe. Not\nbut, that\nthe hero of\nman, ju-\nJohn A.\nhope for\nbe to an\nin common\nzens are\nly equal\ncipate in\nresident-", "ENTS.\nvn, gave\nlous sup-\nout our\nfor the\nthought,\nnot the\nd have\nrepubli-\nc Logon"]

ARE THEY RENEGADES,
TOO?

It is surprising to see certain colored men who claim to be leaders of the colored race turning over to the Democrats. Mr. Douglass places himself on record as praising President Cleveland; our young and distinguished friend, Colonel Wm. A. Pledger, of Georgia, utters strange (for him) sentiments; Register Bruce finds time to condemn Blaine; an erratic and once well-known New York editor swallows every word he said a few weeks ago in favor of Blaine, with his customary editorial inconsistency; Pinchback, Colonel Lewis and others of Louisiana think that under Cleveland the colored people's condition will improve, and there are a few lesser lights who now rush into print as Cleveland boomers. Before election all these gentlemen were earnest for Mr. Blaine's election, because they thought he would win; now that he is defeated, they are all Cleveland men.

The day has approached when it is evident to this race of ours that Mr. Douglass has outlived his usefulness. Register Bruce represents simply Bruce and the white people—not the colored people; Gov. Pinchback and Colonel Lewis, to save their own heads from the Democratic guillotine that will soon fall, desert their party, the faction that has clothed and fed them for years; Colonel Pledger, a competent and whole-souled Georgan, will regret his hasty indorsement of Cleveland.

It must not be forgotten that all these colored men are office holders, and that to save themselves they are apparently as willing to be Democrats when that party wins as to be Republicans when the party of justice is in power.

We have but little respect for such class of men. The colored people are not out of the woods yet, and when certain so-called leaders desert us we must desert them. They deserve to be left out in the cold, and it will not be the fault of our people if we do not relegate them to that oblivion to which they belong. It is simply a question of time gentlemen.

We believe in manhood. Whatever candidate we advocate, we do it conscientiously, and once having endorsed him, we rise or fall with him. No de ceit about the LEADER, and in this respect we represent our race.

RETRACT, BROTHER CHASE.

We are not surprised at some colored men of this country going into the Cleveland camp bag and baggage, as some colored men, like some white men, will do anything once, especially when little, if any, principle is involved; but we are surprised to see how complacently Editor W. C. Chase, of the Washington Bee, who is one of the finest journalists and most fearless writers of our race, accepts the election of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Chase has nothing to hope for from Mr. Cleveland, and cannot conscientiously accept anything without compromising his manhood.

Mr. Chase cannot afford to leave the young men of the race, among whom he is one of the most distinguished and trusted leaders, to follow in the wake of men like Douglass and Bruce, who live solely for themselves and not for the race of which they are a part, and whose confidence they have betrayed.

Mr. Chase's paper is not a mendicant; it is a prosperous journal—one from which he can get a respectable living without asking favors of Mr. Cleveland or any other Democrat.

The race needs such young men at the front, as it is only a question of short time about Douglass, Bruce and a few others going to the rear.

We sincerely hope that we have misinterpreted the meaning of Mr. Chase's recent editorial, and that he is as strong a Republican to-day as he was a few weeks ago.

The Bee has a mission to perform, and Mr. Chase must see that it does its duty.