Show JOHN R LYNCH A LITTLE insignificant sheet of this city devoted one column of its worthless space last week to lauding flauding the hon john R lynch to the skies the brainy editor of this little sheet would like to impress the idea upon the minds of all the members of our race that mr lynch towers head and shoulders above the late frederick douglass douglas of course we are willing to admit that a live man is always worth more than a dead man but we can never believe that this gentleman will ever live to see aee the day clay at least in our day and generation that he will be able to command the respect or to exert the influence that mr douglass did it is our firm belief that frederick douglass was the g greatest rea test and the best leader that the race has ever had and now that he has passed away the n next ext and the only true leader of the race is is prof booker T washington mr washington W m hington and his estimable wife are doing more real practical work for the up building of the negro race than what lynch langston brucejr bruce or pinchback ever did or ever can do for the last twenty five years these four would be leaders have made their bring by appealing to the prejudices and passions of the race all of these distinguished gentlemen have become very wealthy yet they have never contributed one do dollar ilar of their wealth for the up building of the race during the reconstruction of the southern states mr lynch was elected to congress from the state of mississippi and he served in that august body for two terms but during that time he never introduced one bill or one measure which possessed the least bit of merit neither did he ever raise his voice voice in behalf of the downtrodden race when the united states supreme court which was composed of all republicans declared the civil rights bill unconstitutional congressman lynch was as mum as an oyster when the members of the republican national convention of 1896 informed the world that they did not wish to associate with their dark skinned brothers any longer the great and aad the only john R lynch was as silent as one of those egyptian mummies which stands in the halls of the chicago art institute about ten years ago this worthy gentleman was united in marriage to miss summerville Sum merrille of alabama at the time of their marriage mi miss iss summerville was a clerk in the treasury department and hll of her white associates were of the impression that she was a white lady and when they learned that she belonged to the negro ram race it created quite a 0 sensation on the night of the wedding a reception was held for mrs lynch lynches a white friends and the night following a reception was held for mr lyncha lynchs colored friends but bat it affords us much pleasure to state that the great majority J of the best members of the ram race refrained from attending mr lyncha black reception we always dislike to pass judgment upon any person pen but we hare co come me to the cond conclusion contusion that mr lynch is very selfish and that h he I 1 is s BS cold blooded as a rattlesnake rattle |