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OF THE GOVERNMENT

Attorney Edward Everett Brown Espousing-

a Cause that May Eud Lynching Ml-

a pavlew of the History ot New Lugands leading Barrister and Race

Charapton Mob Violence Not a Sectlcnni Question Our First Allegiance11 Duo the Nation then the State AnOrganization Supported by Constit-

ution Congress Should Act

An now prominenti-n the public eye is Edward EverettBrown a leading attorney of BostonHe way burn in Dover N H in 1858and is the son of Chas J and MarthaA Drown well known in that State

He was graduated from DoverHighSboul in 1878 where he fitted forDartmouth College and was class orat-

or His oration on Genius waspronounced by competent critics toHave been one of the ablest and mostsenolany ever delivered by any studentin the state Mr Brown took highrank In the languages he was conelderea to ua the best French and Latinechoar In the class He early showed

Jot debate and a fondnessfor the law and could always be foundia the liont ranks of the spectatorswhen the session of the SupremeCourt was held in his native city tohear tne great legal lights expoundtb ducrmes of Blackstone and Kent

lit began his legal studies in theraw oilice of Hon John H White adistinguished New Hampshire juristand Judge of Probate Court in the city

DjVvr remaining in hia office threeyear applying himself diligently tomaster the abstruse problems of thelaw the Judge took a special interestm him and under his wise counseland large experience he gained muchpra i ai and valuable knowledge Inlv i Mr Brown took a special couse-at listen University Law School wherehe a quitted himself well being verypopular with the students andecru While pursuing his studies at the

he entered the law office oftLc must distinguished attorney in thebaa of Massachusetts one of the ex

the late Hon William GasHia fellowstudent in the office

way Hon Edwin U Curtis exMayorcf Boston

Mr Brown was presented for admis81 u to the bar by Gov Gaston and

td a successful examination andwas adm tied to practice in Massaebaeits in 1884 He opened a law-c m Boston in company withJau s H Woifl the present JudgeAdvocate of the G of Massau a few years afterwards formed thefir colored law firm in Massachusettstits linn bung known as Walker

cS Brown After a number ofpractice Mr Walk-

er 3 undrew from the firm but Messrsand Brown still continue as

rarinera Mr Brown is considered to-ts tne of the brightest young men attile tar He is a keen cross examinerCl a powerful eloquent and convinci-

ng jury advocateHe has tried many important civil

ana criminal cases and possesses in afcarktd degree the respect of the benchaid the bar Ho is well known forICs great interest he takes in race matto sad ia always willing to sacrifice

t n e ability and money to secureeiaaliy of rights to the poor despisedaLd pressed Negro He possesses in

guest degree the confidence oftis t e pie he is bold manly and unpromising He framed the Antlthe attention of the whole country

secured a unanimous indorsementJ the able speech he delivered at

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Anti lynching petitions which will bepresented to Congress in December

Mr Brown is president of the mostinfluential Negro organizations inMassachusetts The Wendell PhillipsClub the Crispue Attucks Club he isalso First Vice President of thetional League of the city of BostonIn politics he is a republican but onewho is outspoken when bo thinks theparty is not acting right toward itsmembers

Mr Brown is married and has abeautiful home in Boston Highl andspresided over by his charming wifeMany social functions occur at hishospitable home which is the center oiattraction among strangers when theyvisit Boston He is the brother ofMadame Nellie Brown Mitchell andMiss Edna E Brown the well know nvocalists

Mr Brown maintains his positionwith strong argument why a NationalAntiLynching Bill should be enactedby Congress He said in his speech atChicago-

It is no longer a Negro or sectionalquestion for the lynching mania isspreading like a nancer over the wholecountry sapping the lifeblood of theRepublic undermining American

and degrading the manhoodand womanhood of the land I teachesour youth to disregarding the lawand order and look upon our courts of

contempt and will breed-a rice anarchists and nihilisis forsame element that would lynch a Ne-gro without the form of a trial forEome fancied grievance against theirneighbor would burn down his househie store or his factory

He argues we are all National citi-zens before we are citizens of anystate Our first allegiance is to theUnited States Government second tothe state in which live this propo-

sition being true the first duty of theGeneral Government which is supremeupon every inch of American soil isto protect its humblest citizen in anystate whether black or white rich orpoor

Article 14 Section I of the Constitution of the United States reads that

No State shall deprive a citizen oflife liberty or property without dueprocess of law

Mr Browns contention is foundedupon a well established legal principal that where the duly elected andaccredited officials of a state sworn touphold and administer the law showno disposition or make no honest ef-

fort 10 enforce their own police regulations allowing prisoners who have beendetained for trial to be tall en fromtheir jails by bands of lawless menand murdered in their midst manytimes participating in the commissionof the horrible crime of lynching them-selves He Maims that treason hasbaen committed against the Government itself because the Constitution isbeing violated with impunity and anAmerican citizen deprived of his lifewithout duo process of law by thestate because of acts of state officialsTherefore the general Government inits great organic entity should rise inits majestic power and interfere in anystate tc protect the life of an Americancitizen as it did in 1861 when Sumpterwas fired upon and the greatest warof modern times was fought to overthrow the doctrine of state rights andestablish the supremacy of the UnitedStates as greater than any one state

Bible Day ExercisesLast Sunday Bible Day was appro-

priately observed by the MetropolitanBaptist Sundayschool A symposium-of high literary merit expressive of theeflect and influence of the Bible waspresented under the supervision ofMiss E V Russell superintendentand Rev Robert Johnson pastorSome of thf young people participating-in the exercises were Charles Pryorand Jesse Chase Misses Daisy RobbEstelle Robinson Marie Johnson MaryLeftwich E McKenny Lottie Westand Pauline Overton

Mr John L Johnston of NatchezMiss brother to Mr W R Johnston-of the Recorders office will arrive inthe city shortly and will enter HowardUniversity

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EDWARD EVERETT BROWN-

A Leading Attorney of Burton Mass Author and Champion of an AntiLynching Bill which Bids Fair to Work Great Good for the Race

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CHARLES R DOUGLASS

Asks that the Law Guaranteeing Equal Civil Rights to All American Citizens

be Tested Anew Rebukes the Washington Negro for Bartering

Away Dignity for Two Hours of Alleged Pleasure

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New Drug Store OpenedStLouis Mo HTaylor-

one of St Louis leading colored law-yers who has been very successful atthe bar in this city has opened a firstclass drug store something St Louishas never had before He has a firstclass stock of drugs and everythingis fitted up very neatly He is doing agood business Mr Taylor remains athis practice before the bar and W C

F Crews druggist assisted by GeorgeTaylor has charge of the store MrTaylor has been one of the most

colored lawyers before the StLouis bar and during his SIX years ofpractice has invested very heavily inreal estate and ia today estimated tobe worth 15000 and no doubt has agreater desire now than he had six

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years ago to push on until he hasplaced himself among the greatest ofthe nation Surely he remembers thatfavorite phrase of Shakespeares putmoney in thy purse These are thekind of men we want to help the raceon to their goal

I speak to says he wantsThe Colored American and I hope bythe first of January to have it in onethousand homeD M J B

Rev O M Waller is taking a courseof medical instruction

It Is said that Mr Waller maybe selected to fill the next vacancy onthe Board of school Trustees No better choice could be made whenever achange is decided upon

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WHERE THE BUME BELONGS

Easily Satisfied Negroes Make it for

Prejudiced Writes to Discriminate

Mnjor Chas R Douglass Reads a Timely Wesson to the Colored People WhoPaid Money to Washingtons JimCrow Theater for the Privilege ofBeing Insulted liar t ring ManhoodRights tor One EveningsDesert Gallery Would Have Been-

a Proper Rebuke

Editor Colored American The move-

ment initiated during last week byManager P B Chase of the New GrandOpera House to reestablish the colorline of days in our theatershas ben fully indorsed by our ownNegro population beginning with ourpresent prominent representative menand going down tne line to the bootblack and kitchengirl element of society from Quality Row to BloodField indorsement came for the newmovement by hundreds yes thousandsflocking to this New Grand Buyingtheir tickets at the main entrance andthen being rudely ordered out againinto the street they wended their wayfor fully two blocks to a dark and dingyside entrance climbed a fire escapeladder and got into the gallery TheseNegroes took their medicine with a

single gulp and a grin and took theirseats wherever ordered The thingworked so smoothly and profitably to

the management that no surprise needbe felt if all the other theaters springthe same dose upon them They havefully earned it and deserve it by theircpnduct in permitting themselves tobe proscibed for the sake ol u few hoursentertainment

Hearing of tbe stirring scenes trans-piring at this Fouthside theater I wentdown on Wednesday night and took-a stand in front of the main entranceWhere I could witness for myself theacceptance by hundreds of our peopleof as gross an indignity and insult ashas been put upon us here since 1865

and I saw crowds of well dressed andrefined appearing males and femalesof our race laughing and merry climbing the iron ladder to the Negro galler-ies to witness a vaudeville show Didthey nave self respect Bah Home ofour leading literary lights who readfine papers before our Bethel literaryand Historical Association on our i raceprogress sell respect higher educationmanhood and other Negro problemsjostled each other in their eagerLess toclimb the iron steps and get into thegallery set apart for them Oh howhumilbted I felt at the scene Itseemed to me as though a quarter of acentury had been wasted on these peopie Had it been only the ignorantmesses I could have found some consolation in the thought that they knewno better but such was not the caselor there were professional men statesmen men in high official positionsschoolteachers clerks and studentsThe first night they were excusable forgoing but when they knew as theydid Know what occurred on that nightthere was no excuse for their continuing their attendance night after nightright on through the week All ofthem looked alike to Manager Chasearid they had to fare alike

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The managers of the other theaterswill now call on Manager Chase andinquire how he managed his niggerslast week Well he will reply

They kicked a little at first that is afew of them who think they are asgood as white folks but the majority-of them went where I sent themYou know that they are a docile raceeasy to handle when they see that youare in earnest Yes they would nothave missed seeing that show for aseat in paradise no matter where youput them No we did not lose a

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Thus it is that the prejudice that weare continually bemoaning as being onthe Increase here in Washington weourselves are fostering We are con-stantly contributing to our own degra-dation by our acceptance of degrading conditions in things thatnecessary to our welfare I cant con-ceive how a person can sit for twohours and enjoy an entertainmentfresh from the presence of a deep insult from the manager to whom youhave handed pver yon money Hereceives your patronag and insultsyou for thanks

I heard some of our people boastingthat they got by the ushers on thelower floor unobserved because theywere so fair I saw something of thismyself I stood beside a policemanwho called my attention to two gailyattired females as they strode up to theticket office He sid to me Theyare colored they live in the Division

they will go on the first floor tooand so they did These were some ofManager regular patrons ofwhom he was so solicitous of theircomfort and did not intend thattheircompany should be intruded upon byrespectable Negroes

The lack of softrespect la our greatestdrawback in our march of progressWe act more like children than menand women and are seemingly unableto restrain ourselves or to deny ourselves

Some of our statesmen urged as anexcuse for accepting indignities at thahands of Manager Chase that theycould not afford to resent the indultfor fear of the consequences at theirSouthern homes The thought neveroccurred to them that they could atleast remain away and not be a partyto their own disgrace But no theymust eee Williams and Walker Theirjoy comfort and happiness dependedupon it and they must go at anycost of money or even Ifthey have to go on the roof and look-down the chimney And now Manser Chase is boasting that last week wasthe greatest financial success of theseason and the insulted Negroes madeit so He says that this is a Southerncity and it will remain so and South-ern methods must prevail here If theninetythousand Negroes here allow

they deserve to be slaves Patron-ize Jv M ions Build you

as you do your churchesand you will find talent enough toput into them The time is at handwhen we should think seriously ofthis matter Are we forever to be de-

pendent upon tbe whites for theatershotels cafes and stores of all

Can we ever escape thsse indignities BO long as we continue toflood their pockets with our money

look up to them beseechingly forour every want I think not

arrAS R rOUQLAES

in Memory of J Frank BostonAt their last monthly meeting Ban

neker Relief Association held memorialexercises in honor r their late presi

ed testifying to the high character findworth of the deceased and touchingaddresses were delivered by MessrsHamilcar Tnrloy Aaron Russell SrLeon Turner and several othera

Mr Giles I Cufley and Miss Sarah-S Wells were married last Wednesdayevening by Father Dougherty at thebrides residence 163 lX street northwest Many valuable and useful pres

were received by the happy pairwho left on a wedding tour at 11 p mThe reception will take place onTnaksgiving Day at Portmouth Vatho home the groom They will residein the future in this city

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