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Editorial Reflections Inspired by the Life
and Woik of Editor W D Johnson An
Honest Sincere Press the Negros Sheet
Anchor of Hope The Qualities That
Make for Enduring Success
There is scarcely a more potential
factor in tho equation of human pro
gress than the jounali9t The lever
that moves the world is popular senti
ment It ib desgned in the school
room echoed from the pulpit bat is
given form and vitality and crystallized
into definite aotion bj the power of the
press The office of the editor is truly
an exalted one By virtue of his
Bition he holds within bis grasp the
destiny of men and movements He
Bpeaks to thousands while the laymen
talks to individuals Thus he may
make or mar the fortunes of those
who live in the public eye and seek to
lulueDce the activities cf mankind
flow essential then is it that about
the editorial sanctum there should
never the atmosrhere of honesty pure
motive and altrjietic purpose No race
or people can forever be kept beneath
the iron beel of oppression or remain
discredited in the minds of its foes as
long as it ie guided by an unselfish
incorruptible uncompromising and
Intelligent press No sacrifice should
be regarded as too great a price for the
multitude to pay that its men of the
highest character most liberal spirit
and most generous mental endowment
may be kept at the helm of the races
precious craft of Journalism
We have in mind a man who meas
urea up to the lofty standard just out
lined The Negro race honors Itseli
Mhen it yields cheerful support to
Prof W D JohnEon whose labors and
achievements have inspired us to the
aboye line of reflection Ed
Prof D Johneon editor of The
Kentucky Standard is beyond queation
one ct the most feailess bb well as one
ol the ablest most widely known and
scholarly of southern editors Hie
paper The Kentucky Standard takes a
place in the flret rank of clean clear
cut lair at d up wdate journals and
the editorial page fairly glistens witir
elcquent searching and thorough dis
cufcticu of leading current queBtione
Mr Johnson brings to the editorial
chair a mind that has been mellowed
and molded by a finished education
and poEsef sing as he does grat native
ability as a writer it iB astcniehinp
that although young In years he haB
established a name far and wide as a
forceful bold and unique brilliant
tourralist He prepares his editorials
WASHINGTON D 0 SATUKDAY AUGUST 4 1900
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PROF W D JOHNSON
The Brave and Fearless Editor of The Kentucky Standard an Influential
and Widely Circulated Journal in the Blue Grass State
like a lawyer preparing an important
oaf e and his assertions are based upon
facts upon history and the experience
of mankind He stands uncompromis
ingly for law and order for progress
and a high type of manhood and the
thunderbolts hurled by him through
the columns oi his paper at the iniqui
tous crime of lynching have deservedly
attracted wide attention and done great
good Nobody ever has to at k where
Johnson stands on any question He
is not a fence rider but plain candid
honest to the point and conscientious
and for these reasons ha is a man
whose word is eccepted in til quarters
without question He is an earnest
active and valued member of the re
publican party and through his paper
and on the stump has ably and elo
quently upheld its noble principles
and great men
He represents the tiue leadership of
his race which is a leadership of
charae ier brainp and schieqements
Ib the year 1S92 he csme to Lexington
Ky where he engaged in the publica
tion of The Standard Ho soon at
tained a reputation as the told and
able defender of his race a steadfast
repnblioan an upright man in every
w8y Later he removed his paper to
Louisville and then added to the repu
tation made in Lexington He is a
true and devoted man to his friendB
and is a stranger to both flattery and
treachery He is in every way a type
of true American manhood and stands
deservedly high with white and black
W O B
At Freedmens Hospital
Dr A M Curtis surgeon-in-chief at
Freedmens Hospital is making a rec
ord at that institution for himself that
will be hard to eclipse His efficiency
as euigeonnrchier ana nis manage
ment of the institution have given
him each popularity that there are few
recommendations which he makes that
are not considered favorably His last
coupe was a rr quest for an appropria
tion of 3 500 to repair the roofs and
buildingson the premises and although
this request was made In the lest days
of Congress the appropriation was
granted He is a popular official
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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MS FROM EVERYWHERE
Afro Americans in Gotham -Bishop Der
ricks Tirrely Talk and Sensible Advice
Lights and Shadows Drawn by Our
Army of Ubiquitous Newsgathers
Negroes in Greater New York
No longer are colored people of
Greater New York crowded together
to the same extent as formerly Tbey
are to be found above the Harlem as
well as below it and in the suburbs of
Brooklyn as well as in the quarters
which in time past were considered
peculiarly tbeir own In the latter
borough there is a Sooiety of Sons of
Virginia and in Manhattan the colored
people from Jyorth Carolina havebandr
ed themselves under the name of Sons
of the Old North State They have sev
eral churches of their osvn and also
places of instruction in which pupils
are prepared for special callings The
Negro medical fraternity numbers
above 15 all with diplomas from well
known institutions Five are gradu
ates of Long Island college and Har
vard Dartmouth the University of
Pennsylvania end Howard University
are all represented We are soaring
upward regaidlesB of the gibes and
sneers of enemies
No Blood and Thunder Speeches
At the Philadelphia Conference of
the A M E Churca held in Chester
Pa June 6 1900 Bishop Derrick in
his opening address referred to the
raoe question urging his people to re
frain from making blood and thunder
speeches which tend to create race
feeling and hatred He said it should
be the aim of the Negro to make friends
with the whiteB and not enemies He
told tbe Negro that it waB bis duty to
act as any other man not tbmk that
he should carry himself in a special
manner or act differently from any oth
er man He advised them not to array
themselves againist tbe interest of the
communities in which tbey lived but
join bands with the people in building
up the country
Mrs Mary Church Terrell is off on
another lecture tour She is a success
on the platform ard is received eveiy
where with unbounded enthusiasm
8he is enamored of the West and di
scribes ter recent trip through the
States of Nebraska Iowa and UlmoiB
as the happieBt in all her experience
Organizations that are able to secure
Mrs Terrell as an attraction are in lck
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