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COL. J. "W. DOTJGLASS.
One of the most distinguished men
aS Commissioner of the District of Co
lumbia was Col. John W. Douglass,
ex-Commissioner of the District of
Columbia under the Harrison adminis
tration. Col. Douglass, while he was Com
missioner, was criticised because he
refused to remove democrats from
office. He always maintained that the
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offices were equally divided, and al
though the republicans of the District
of Columbia reported Col. Douglass
to President Harrison and the National
Committee, he still maintained that the
offices were equally divided. Long
before ex-Commissioner M: M. Parker
was made Commissioner he joined in
with the republicans and declared that
more democrats were holding office
than republicans.
Col. Parker was always regarded a
true friend of the negro, but the mo
ment he was made Commissioner he
not only retained democrats, but he
removed colored and white republi
cans, and said he was compelled to
find a place for Gen. E. W. Whitaker
by the displacement of a colored re
publican for a white republican, whom
he said was in need of a place.
Col. Parker has always maintained
that it was his intention to find a better
place for the colored republican, but
be was prevented from doing so by the
colored republican's resignation.
Col. Parker informed the editor of
the Bee that he was under the impres
sion that Col. Douglass was wrong,
but since he had been appointed Com
missioner he found out that he was in
the wrong. One thing about Col. Par
ker, he would always admit when he
was in the wrong.
Col. Douglass has always been right.
He was one of the best friends the re
publican party had on the board of
Commissioners. He was a stern, hon
est and a positive man. The republi
sans lost a good and stern friend when
he was defeated for reappointment.
As a good and sound republican, his
record strnds unimpeached. As Com
missioner of the District of Columbia,
his equal have never been on the board.
There is an exception in the case of
Col. Ross.
As a democrat Col. Ross is as great a
man as Col. Douglass is a republican.
No matter what the enemies of Col.
Douglass may say, he is a man. among
men.
As Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue under Gen. Grant, Col. Douglass
was found with the republicans when
wanted.
The Bee cannot say too much for
this civilian and soldier.
No honor is too great for the repub
licans to bestow on Col. John W.
Douglass. No matter what his politi
cal enemies say of him, he is honest
and true to his friends.
A KICKEK.
Al.KANY JOHXSON AGAIN TO THE
FRONT.
Win. V. Johnsoa, who some time ago
had lor sale a medicine called the
Golden Seal or some kind of seal, is
again kicking in the traces. Johnson
ua. at one time a republican, and when
he was removed from the State com
niitue he joined the democratic party.
Hv is now kicking against the civil
rights bill and the mover of that bill,
Mr. Charles W. Anderson. Johnson is
namral born kicker, especiallywhen
the democrats have a barrel in sight.
lb now declares that everything is
rnn with that bill, simply because it
"n to protect the negroes of New
York.
J'hnson is a deposed negro republi
rin. and now he finds fault with every
fe... dime by republican leaders.
A nu-s a correspondent: "Mr. An-
i ileason is one of the old wheel-
:s' republicans of the District, and
(s,--rvs the undivided support of all'
rs'stent, well-meaning men. THat
:is given entire satisfaction, none
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THE REPUBLICAN OUTLOOK.
'HON. JOHN R. LYNCH GIVES
HIS VIEWS.
Hon. John R. Lynch, ex-Third Au
ditor of the Treasury Department, was
seen by a representative of the Bee on
Wednesday, and had a talk with him
on the political outlook.
Mr. Lynch, who is a good, sound
talker, was asked what he thought of
the campaign of 1S96. Mr. Lynch
said :
" Every indication points to a grand
republican victory in 1896. The mis
take of 1S92 will not be repeated. The
present generation has not lived under
any other than a protective tariff.
Democratic victory in 1S94 did not have
any material effect upon the industries
of the country for three reasons."
The Bee. What are they ?
" First. The result was so close and
doubtful that it was not accepted by
either yarty as a change in the public
sentiment of the country with regard
to the fiscal policy of the government.
"Second. While the democratic
party had control of the executive de
partments of the government, the re
publicans practically controlled the
legislative department.
' Third. The democratic party,
through the influence of Samuel J.
Randall, was less pronounced in favor
of free trade in 1S84 than it was in 1S92.
The platform and the candidates of
1S92 being so pronounced in favor of
free trade, a majority of the American
people thought they would try the ex
periment of a change, under the mis
taken notion that it would do no harm
even if it should do no good. It is un
necessary to say they don't feel that
way now. And yet the democrats
have done very little in the direction of
free trade."
The Bee. What do you think of the
democratic tariff legislation?
"The tariff bill they passed is but a
slight modification of the McKinley
bill. The disaster to the country,
therefore, is not the result of what they
have done, but it is because the elec
tions of 1S92 gave them the power to
do what they declared they would do.
Having the power to do what they said
they would do, the country took it for
granted that they meant what they
said, and disaster therefore followed.
If it could have been foreseen that, in
spite of the democratic victory of 1S92
there would be no material change in
the fiscal policy of the government,
Cleveland's second election would
have been as harmless upon the indus
tries of the country as was his first.
The country is now beginning to get
back upon a solid basis, not on account
of anything the democrats have done,
but because the elections of 1S94 have
destroyed their power for further mis
chief. But with Southern republicans
the tariff as well as the financial ques
tion must necessarily be secondary and
subordinate. The paramount question
or issue with them is human rights and
manhood suffrage,"
The Bee. What about the Southern
republicans?
"Southern republicans are living
under a despotic and tyrannical oligar
chy. Our votes are suppressed by vi
olence, neutralized by fraud, and de
stroyed through legal tricks and dis
honest constitutional evasions. It is
therefore useless for Southern republi
cans to consider and discuss the tariff,
the financial question, or any other
question pertaining to the policy of the
government until we have the right to
pass judgment upon them at the ballot
box. It is only to the republican party
we can look for relief. It is the party
of justice, fair play and equal rights.
It has not done for the cause of justice
and equal rights all that it could have
done and should have done, but it has
done all that has been done. While
the great mass of Southern republi
cans are in accord with the republicans
of the country upon the tariff and the
financial questions, those who are not
in accord with it upon these questions
will nevertheless loyally support it
in 1S96, because it is sound upon what
to them is the paramount question or
issue before the American people hu
man rights and manhood suffrage;
free, fair and honest elections North,
South, East and West ; and that every
man, whether he be black or white,
shall have one vote at each and every
election, and that that vote shall be
counted for the man and the party for
whom it is polled. .
There was a pleasant gathering at
he residence of Mr. and Mrs. Alexan
der Savoy, 415 E street, northeast, on
last Wednesday evening. The occa
sion was the fo'rtv-eighth anniversary
of the birth of Mrs. Sidney Savoy. A
few of the young associates of-Miss
Georgia, the only daughter, who is a
very amiable yoimg-ladywere present.
Mrs. Savov is"a very-attractive. "ilady,
and'no one woiild'take hereto befortyv
HON. JOHX SHERMAN'
The king of financiers in this country'
is Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio'. There
is no man in this country who has a
more comprehensive knowledge of the
finances of this country than the distin
guished Senator from the State of Ohio.
Senator Sherman is a firm friend and
associate of the Hon. Wm. McKinley,
jr. Senator bnerman is autnonry on
finances. At a time when the country
was on the eve of a financial crisis, while
he was Secretary of the Treasury, he
so manipulated the financial question
that he was called the Nestor of the
Senate on this great money question.
Senator Sherman should have been
nominated for President of the United
States at the time the late Jame A. Gar
field was nominated and elected, but
through the treachery of his so-called
friends he was sold out. Again, Sena
tor Sherman came to the front and this
time he was sold out by Republican
delegates from the South.
There is no man who has the confi
dence and respect of the people of the
United States more than Senator Sher
man. There is one thing certain that he is
a safe man, and if there is any dark
horses to bring up at the next Republi
can convention the Bee knows of no
better man on whom the delegates
could concentrate than Senator Sher
man. He may be advanced in years',
but his views are just as new and his
power of speech as vigorous as any
man in the Senate.
He has always advocated the claims
of the Negroes and they have always
found in him a friend and a defender.
He is the strongest man in the State of
Ohio to-day, and the philosopher of the
Senate on finance. In. future ages,
when this country will be the most" ad
vanced and the most civilized, John
Sherman's name will stand before the
world as the true defender of liberty
and the prince of financiers.
ALABAMA NOTES.
Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute,
Tuskegee, Ala., Aug. 20, 1S95.
Mrs. B. T. Washington arrived here
on the 10th inst. She has been absent
since school closed on a short vacation.
Tuskegee's base ball team met and
dafeated the Montgomery Blues, of
Montgomery, Ala., recently. Tuske
gee now holds the championship of the.
State.
Work on our new science hall is now;
being pushed forward with vigor.
Our boys have a new yell for Tuske
gee. It is, "Rah! Rah! Rah! Wah !
Wah ! We ! T-s-k-e-g-e-e Tuskegee
Ah-h!"
A number of our industrial depart
ments opened on the 15th. "
J. Fisher.
SCOTT ACQUITTED.-r
Charles Scott, the Anacostia -politician
who was charged with an assault
on John A. Moss, a lawyer, was acquit
ted by a jury in Judge Mills court Wed
nesday afternoon. .
Lawyers Jones and Langston. defend
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OUR CINCINNATI CORRESPOND
ENCE. .
extracts from political fire
works. To the Editor of the Bee.
Sir : I owe you an apology forsak
ing up so much of your time and space.
" Calvin's enemies are passing the bulk
of the resolutions," and the senatorial
head-standing feat will be performed
at Columbus, Ohio, rather than at
Frankfort, Ky. Joe won't reverse his
attitude. "He makes himself a law
unto himself." Standing on his head
is. not in it.
Hokey comes up smiling to "the ad
ministration pie-counter." Hope he
will be a good boy and stay with the
old Lady after she goes out of business
in March, 1S97.
"Among the things that were and are
no more, the free-silver craze will be
numbered." says a Virginian. This
comes from the false statements that
silver is dying in the West and South.
But when they bury free American sil
ver the " gold-bug " will be in his hole
close by the twining woodbine.
"Hoke Smith doesn't see an)rthing
inconsistent in having been a silver man
?. few years ago." Perhaps this is so,
and perhaps " a good many people will
agree with him before the next elec
tion." But he will'not find them among
the Grand Army men, their sons, or
friends, if they see him first.
Most of the old ex-Confederates are
too old to admire the double turning
act.
"A new leadership is the watch-word
of the hour. " No matter what shape
the revolution takes," there will hardly
be Negroes enough disfranchised to
stem the bimetallic tide.
u So-called ' leaders ' among his own
race " should get "in the front rank of
the opposition to ballot reform " in the
outh. It means no good to the Negro
in the South. They have been "fool
ishly advised."
Writing about silver dollars, says one:
"The Government can make them, but
it can't make them circulate." Why?
How? Where? Why all the money
we do see in circulation is either silver
or paper, and much of it is in silver cer
tificates, fifty-cent paper dollars ; fifty
cent paper dollars that will buy just as
much bread and meat as a hundred
cent gold dollar.
We have now on the market 9,162,750
of these fifty-cent paper dollars. It is
they with the noble Bland standard dol
lar that are doing the internal exchange
-of our country, especially in the West
and South. All that is required is to
legalize our silver dollar, let overboard
that two hundred and eleven million
Jonah, and the world will follow Uncle
lam or get left.
"- They tell us if we stop the circulation
of two hundred and eleven millions of
"dollars in National' bank notes it will
ruin us, because there will be only nine
hundred and fifty millions of dollars
left in the other monies of the country.
'What would have happened had they
stopped the circulation of five hundred
millions in United States notes ? How
many dollars in current money would
have been left? Are one billion one
hundred and sixty-one million dollars
more secure in the hands and under
the control of corporations than in the
hands of the general Government?
Who will answer ? Yet a fellow in Vir
ginia says: " Let the Government
,go out of the banking business, leaving
the people free to establish their own
banks and make loans among them
selves. We want honest, sound
money." Here we have that " honest
sound" again tells such a lie on its
face and in itself. Who are the people
but the Government? What's mpre
1 honest than the money of the whole
ripnnlp?
f Yours truly,
J. O. BUTLLR.
Congressman George h Murray
will speak at the Vermont Avenue Bap
tist Church next Wednesday night.
VALKYRIE HI SAFE IN PORT.
H HAS A BOUGH PASSAGE, BUT
MXETS WITH NO. MISHAP.
gfcalleasM Chmms the Ocean In S3 Days
9 Hoars From 3ourock, Scotland She is
a Whlte-Holled Craft of Great Power
and Enormous Beam Said to be 15
Mlnntee Faster Than Britannia Over a
Forty-Mile Coarse Apparently Larger
Thau Defender or Vigilant To be Dry
doohed and Fitted for Racing.
New York, Aug. 19. Lord Dunraven3
jballenger for the America's cup, the
racht Valkyrie, arrived here last even
ing after a voyage of 22 days, 9 hours,
17 minutes. She was sighted off Fire
Island a little after three o'clock yester
lay afternoon, and' was then sailing un
ler mainsail, topsail, jib, staysail and
ligger. She was making great headway
xi the stiff north-west breeze that was
slowing. When twenty miles this side
5f Fire Island she took a line from a
:ow, which broughr her safely into
Quarantine shortly before ten o'clock.
Her tender, the City of Bridgeport,
with Mr. Arthur Glennte, Lord Bun
aven's friend, on board, went out to
neet her as soon as she was reported,
md escorted her up the bay.
The Valkyrie looked remarkably well
tfter her journey across the Atlantic
ind the only signs of any bad weather
Bcperienced were a few scratches on the
white paint on her bow. As she came
ilong she seemed to go through the
water very easily, made a very small
jow wave and pounded very little. She
seemed to be a remarkably powerful
jraft and looked much' bigger than the
Defender.
Her bow is long and fine and cuts the
?vater easily. Her counter is low, and
when she heels wiil greatly increase her
.ength, giving her more sail-carrying
power. She is a very beamy boat, and
ippeared to be fully twenty-six feet
vide amidship. She looked rather odd
in her cruising rig. The bowsprit is
utboard about three feet. The main
nast is a fair-sized one, and from its
peak fluttered Lord Dunraven's blue
md yellow private signal, while from
die jigger flew the English ensign.
Capt. Cranfleld had all told forty-two
men and a dog on board, and the men
ire a fine looking lot Capt. Cranfield
talked freely about the yacht and the
:rlp over. He said: "The voyage has
Deen uneventful. We had head winds
ind .light weather for a good part of the
,.vay, -whicli made' it somewhat ediqus;
The crew enjoyed splendid health and
30 damage was done to the yacht. We
!eft Gourock at 2.38 p. m. on July 27.
"The tug Vanguard took us as far as
Malin Headj and there e began our
royage. On Sunday, the llth, we sight
id Cape Race and have made the 1,000
niles from there in just a week. Our
Dest day's run was 250 miles and our
worst 60 miles. We shall get the boat
n racing trim as soon as possible and in
ess than a week will be sailing tuning
ap' for the big race." '
"How much better do you think the
Valkyrie is than the Britannia over a
:hirty-mile course?"
"We beat the Britannia nineteen min
jtes in a fifty-mile race, and the Val
cyrie was not in trim then, I think she
is at least fifteen minutes faster than
Dhe Prinoe of Wales' boat over the
A.merica cup course. The Britannia Is
going much faster this season that she
iver went. After her first race several
tons of led were put on, which very
much improved her stability."
Capt. Cran'field then asked about the
Defender, and seemd pleased that she
aad not shown herself to be faster than
she has. There was-a merry twinkle
ji his eyes when he was asked If Val
kyrie would win. He quietly replied:
'We'll try hard to."
As soon as the Valfryrie wae taken In
fxw the crew got to work and unbent
ill her cruising sails.
This morning her spars will be taken
)ut. The English yacht was towed up
:hrough the Gedney and Swash chan
nels and reached Quarantine at 9.40
3'clock. The doctor soon passed her,
md then she was taken up to Liberty
sland and anchored there for the night.
The yacht's tender, the City of Bridge
port, anchored by her side, and Arthur
jlennle. Lord Dunraven'8 friend, went
iboard at once and congratulated Capt.
Uranfield on his successful trip.
Valkyrie's white hull suggests that
pf the Defender, with Its sharp prow
ind. immense overhanging aft; but
imidshlps the great beam suggested the
Vigilanfs lines. Valkyrie appeared to
aave less freeboard than either Vigilant
r Defender. A narrow gold band re
lieved the plain whiteness of her sides.
Her deck was like that of Defender,
3ush and without break. There Is no
;ockplt forward of the tiller, and the
aouse amidships is very small.
A cleat runs along the deck on each
side for the sailors to brace their feet
igalnst when the boat Is doing wind
ward work. The Defender was the first 1
sup racer to show this innovation. The 1
Valkyrie has a temporary wheel rigged
:o her tiller, but this will be replaced by
:he regulation English stick for racing. J
Her passage from Maim ead, where
3he dropped her tug, on the other side,
to Sandy Hook, 2,870 nautical miles,
took her 21 -days, 9 hours and 30 min
utes, an average of 129 miles a day. j
The Vigilant, last April, made 2,934
aiiles, from The Lizard to Sandy Hook,
In 18 days, 1 hour and 45 minutes, a
iaily average of 16S miles, but the Vigi
rrit had more favorable weather than
Valkyrie HI. has experienced. The
Dnnraven cutter made the ocean voy
age without serious mishap, and, al
though her time breaks no record, sh?
.nas made a remarkable trip.
Lord Dunraven will sail the chal
lenger in the cup races.- -
DE. DANIEL H. WILLIAMS.
The new surgeon in chief of the
Freedman's Hospital is Dr. Daniel H.
Williams, of Chicago, III.
He is a young man of practical ex
perience and ability. Some have said
that he was appointed as a colored
democrat. He is no politician, nor
does he profess to be a party man.
His profession is that of physician and
surgeon, and because he was appoint-
ed by a democrat it is nofsufficieiit'to
to presume that he is a democrat or a
republican. If he is a democrat, there
are republicans who are willing and
and ready to serve under him, and have
been gladjto2.take slices jpf his demo
cratic pies.
He hasfmade several improvements
and changes at the hospital,"especially
the displacement of ignorant and un
kind nurses who had charge of the sick
and appointed in their stead cultured,
refined, and educated young colored
ladies. He has recommended, in his
annual report, a new building to cost
not less than $75,ooo."If there ever was
need for a new building, itjhis now at
the Freedman's Hospital. This is a
move inthe right direction, and if Dr.
Williams; succeeds in securing this
amount he will have erected a monu
ment to the colored; people in this
country. ,
Dr. Williams may have views differ
ent from those who does-not agree with
him, but he never fails todook out for
the interest" of thosein the hospital"
and the, young medicalfstudent who.is.'
striving to obtain an education. The
system that he has established enables
the young medical student to be more
experienced in the different classes of
diseases.
After a youngman graduates from
the medical'3 department of Howard
University he is appointed as one of
the interns.: He remains inj the hos
pital one year, and while; there he
comes in contact withj all classes of
cases. This is commendable on the
part of Dr.-jWilliams.
He is a positive character, and when
he makes up his mind to""3o a thing he
does it whether it pleases or displeases
his friends. He dislikes deception, and
he is not slow to show it. No one can
tell what he intends to do until it is
done.
He has established .an ambulance
system, which is quite an acquisition to
the hospital.
The system thatkhe has established
at the hospital is practical and like
clock-werk.'lAkvisit to the hospital
will satisfy the most prejudiced mind.
COLLAPSE OP A OHUBOH AT D1TR0II
One Man Killed and Three Others Hart It
Falling- T7il8.
Detroit, Aug. 17. A wind storm cause
a fatal accident at the United Presbytex
Ian Church, which is being erootea a
Twelfth street and Grand River &vanu
When the squall came portions of the frcm
and rear 'walls collapsed, several me
being hurled from ladders and scaffold
and burled in the ruins.
Frank Senova, bricklayer, was taken ou
dead, fiis body being frightfully mangled
Chrla Johnson, foreman of the bricklayer!
and Jesse North, bricklayer. wre dug ou
of the cellar and Frederick Dkort. la
borer, was carried down the cellar. The!
injuries were not serious.
FELL UNDER TSS TOHLS.
James McGfnnls, of KkJhmcma, Mass.
Hilled by the Cars Near Cfcatfeam.
Chatham, Aug. 19. James McQlnnis
whose father resides at Richmond
Mass., fell from an eaat-bound frelgh
train three miles east of this statioi
yesterday morning and his right foo
and left hand were crushed, A west
bound train brought him to this statioi
and he was aken to the County Alms
house at Ghent. His foot and arm wen
amputated, but as the loss of Wood ha
been so great before assistance came
he survived the operaton but a few mo
ments. McGinnis was noticed to be rid
Ing on the bumpers and app&rentl:
asleep as the train passed through this
village, and there being a curve wher
the accident happened, it Is suppose!
that he was thrown from the train whiL
asleep.
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Kllbonrne Follows Campbell and Kef use
to be a Candidate.
Springfield, O., Aug 19. The sllvej
and anti-silver men opened their re
spective headquarters to-day for. thi
Democratic State Convention to-mor-rOw.
The lines have been drawn' ever
in the local reception,committee, whlcl
divided into campaign parties In tin
work.
'. Kllboume to-day in a letter fbrbldi
the use of his name In the Democrat!
State Convention as a candidate foi.
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