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Vol. XI. No. 49.
Hon. W. Murray Cm
Governor of Ma sachuseits
Ex Governor Roger Wolcott retires to private life
IlOn. James J. Myers.
Kl«cted Speaker of the House of Representatives. The njan in the wrong piace.
1, JtSM I. Mill,
Who ia a friend to tho Negro, will be the next Lieutenant Governor of Maaaa.
chusetts. Mr. Holden is a clever man and deserves Le honor.
She Mo don &onmnl.
BOSTON, Mass., SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, l«00. ,
“PEACE IK POSSIBLE, JUSTICE AT ANY RATE.’—Phillips
IHUIK JIISIII lllltl.
Who was a friend to the Negroes He gave them all janitor’s jobs. Bat all
the Negroes were not born for janitors. But we say. ‘-Peace to yoor ashes,"
Mayor Quincy.
Hon. Edgar R. Champlin.
Re. elected Mayor of Cambridge. Poor Cambridge ! Another year ot misery
* Hon. Geohge Fred Williams
Is boosed ss s candidate for V,.. President oo the ticket with William J
Bryan. Can you win, Fred?
Him. Thomas |t. Hurt.
Who was inaugurated as Mayor of Boston last Monday. Republicans come in
and Democrats go out What will the colored Republicans get? bx-Mayor
Quincy gave the colored Democrats janitor’s jobs. Now what will Hart give his
colored friends.
Gouncilmcn Edward A. Armistead
of Ward 11. Elected by the people for the third time.
Duly Installed Into office on Monday last.
Mr Armistead is a young man who
has served his people honorably and
creditably for the past two years in the
City Council. Although he was the
only colored man in the Council, he
was considered the leader on the Re
publican side, and it was difficult to
find among the whites his peer m de.
bate. Having proven his ability on the
public platform and in the Common
Council, and believing that we ought
to have just such a man in the State
House, we consider him a .ogical
candidate for the House of Represent
atives, and shall do all which lies in
our power to insist upon bis election to
to the House next fall. ihe irlU ’
gentlemanly and uggr,s*ive camuaign
he conducted for the Hon.
Thomas N Hart is a strong recommen.
Bishop 1 urner of Georgia is a black
man with a large brain and a white
heart I'bia good man who is very id.
desired to return to bis borne in At.
ianta, Cia. one d.J tbi. week, nod »p
plied for » berlb in a sleeping car
owned by the Central mitred which
„, s refused bin. Oh the ground lb..
,ho railroad ha. • rule that no colored
peraon shall ride in sleeping cars be
tween Atlanta and Savannah. the
charter of any road that would enforce
.non .wickedly unjust rule ought to be
taken away, lho treatment of Bt.hop
1 Tomer was a disgrace to nineteenth
I century civilisation.
(In Afro-American Newspapers
1898-1901,
dation of him to the people, especially
the voters of the ward in which ue
resides. Wc congratulate the council,
man and wish him unbounded success
during the 3 ear and hope he will re.
ceive at the hands of bis party that
recognition :o which be is entitled, and
who was generally conceded last year
as the leader on the Republican side of
the Council. Before closing tnis brief
sketch it might be interesting for the
public to know t~at it was through
Councilman Armistead, and him alone,
that Mr Walter J Stevens received his
appointment in the Mayor s office. The
Courant believes in giving credit
where it is due. Hats off, gentlemen,
to our councilman from Ward 11.
If General Joubert is dead his souj
is certainly marching on with great
success.
VV hen men have more money than
they need they think they need more I
than they have.
All a man has to do to obtain so
called social success Is to put a fair
value on himself and live up to it.
Hon. George H. White of North
Carolina, the only colored member of
congress, has beeD appointed as a
member of the House Committee on
, agriculturre and District of Columbia.
In both of which he can render good
service to bis race.
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PRICE & C ENTS
Northern Treatnient
of Negroes,
In a recent publication by Dr YV E
Burhardt Dubois of Atlanta Univeisity,
he shows up some discouraging features
of the race problsm by presenting many
striking instances of race prejudice m
Philadelphia. Negro skilled mechanics
and graduates from leading colleges
and professional schools are continually
refused employment to which their
abilities entitle them. A case in point
is that of a graduate in mechanical
engineering from the University of
Pennsylvania. His line record as a
student enabled him to obtain employ
ment very readily. After working only
a few hours he was disebafged on
account of his color. H»s extremity at
leng.h forced this brilliant young man
to occupy the servile position of waiter
in the club house where many of his
fellow students dine. In commenting
ou tne above and similar cases Dr
Dubois says: **Kor thirty years Phila.
delphia has said to its black childreu,
‘Honesty, efficiency and talent have
little to do with your success. If you
work hard, spend little and are good
you may earn your living at those sorts
of work which we frankly confess we
despise; if you are dishonest and lazy
the State will furnish your bread free.'
Thus the class of Negroes whicn the
citys prejudice have distinctly encour
aged is that of the criminal, the lazy
and the shiftless. For them there is
succor and Sympathy. But for the edu.
ca»ed and industrious young colered
man who wants work and not plati.
tudes, wag**** and not alms, just re.
wards and not sermons —for such men
Philadelphia lias apparently no use.” §
PKOK. DUBOIS.
The above is a rude shook to those
who are creoulous enough tc believe
the prejudice against the Negro is
•n the wane. The form which North,
ern prejudice takes is far worse than
that of the South, since it is a prejudice
against the respeotab.e Negro's meat
and bread. And the learned professor
might have carried his investigations
far beyond the “City ot Brotherly
Love” with like results. In no Ameri.
can institutions ate the abilities and
opportunities of a Negro untrammeled
by prejudice. We submit with all
deliberation that there is no spot dark,
ened by the snadow of the American
flag where an equal measure of abilities
will do for the black man what it will
for the white man. To keep the Negro
in his place is the effort of our enemies
to which we find our friends consenting.
The only lesson the Negro can
from these indisputable lacts is that of
self dependence. We must make for
ourselves the openings that are denied
us elsewhere. Unfortunately for us,
the genius of the raoe is imitative
rather than creative. But even this
may serve our purpose. The Homans
built a fleet from the model of a stand,
ard Carthagenian galley. Booker T
vVasningtou left Hampton and founded
a Hampton of his own wnich rivals his
alma mater. Great races and meD
create the opportunities which fate
denies them. We m-pst fail in line with
every effort to build up a worthy race
enterprise. It may be the means of
paiting bread inlq,the mouths of your
own children. Our minds should ex.
paud with business ideas and the com.
plio&tiou of business interests. 'Che
success of an individual Negro in busi.
ne s is felt by every merobei of the
race. Unless we practice these things
our fate as undrlings is fixed. We ean
can under no other circumstances nope
to raise to the level of the eivillcatioa
of which we have contributed corapara.
lively nothing. Kev Mr Troctor ie
right in his gospel of money getting,
There is nothing for the poverty
stricken Negro to do but encourage
constructive policies nod put money ift
his pocket.