Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-19

New YoRK, June 1900 Wednesday last
Jos. Segmau, the we'll Known banker of this
city and member Of the Syndicate, to place the
Government loan visited Saratoga with his
vile aod family. For 10 years past he has
spent the summer at the Grand Union Hotel.
Mr.. Seligman weot to the manager to make ar
raugcmeps tor rooms. That gentleman said:
Mr.. ScIigman am required to inform you
that Mr. Hilton has given instructions that no
lsraviites SHALL be permitted in future to stop
a: ibis hotel" Mr.. Sciigman Said :-"You
mean to till me that you will not entertain
was the reply The reason is simply this -
'Busncss at lh2 hotel was rat good las. season
and We bad large lumber Of Jews here. Mr..
Hilton caue 10 the conclusion that Christians
did not like their company and for that reason
shunncd the hotel lie resolved 10 run the
Union on a different principle this season and
gave III Instructions to admit nc jew.
Mr.. SclgmaD felt outraged and returned to
New York. lie pcnred letter 10 Mr.. Hilton
couchcd in very bitter and sarcastic terms; also
telling Mr. Hilton to publish the letter II he
chose to do 50 and informed bis acquautanccs
cl what had belaIlen him. Yesterday alter
! noon an Informal meeting OF MIR. Selgman' 5
friends and ;.tunaintanc@s WAS held 10 consider
what arI!un waI desirable under the cIrcun
sauces
The chairman said that lie Jews Of this city
and country could not afford to let this matter
rts!. \ long discussion followed AZ to what
course SHOULD b. pursued. Tie programme Is,
| 70 call y mass meeting Of the Jewish residents
OF this city al au early day and also to invite IL
number Of leading cliZans, ccrgymen and
others, ID lay facts before them and take such
measures as will, II 10 believed, alter the pres.
cnt opinion Of the proprietor ui the Grand
Union Hotel.
Judge Hilton said to Il reporter last night,
| that Mr. SIIignan was not cjG3tcd from the
Grand Union. lie in an osteutaious manner
IL sorms, demanded the best apartments. Ii
Mr.. Saheman had come to me, | would, per
haps, have seen to his accommodation. But
the management Of the house had bcou placed
absolutely iu tho hands Of Nlessr5. Claire and
| Wilkinson, because Of their special ability TO
take care Of So vast and valuable q property,
and they had been instructed to carefully dis
criminatc rs 70 their guests. Mr.. Soligman
Tell under this Discrimination.
Judge Hilton does not consider Mr.. JOS.
Srhgulan Hebrew, aud says Mr.. Sclieman Is
| q jew ID t'lC tTau* hcnHt vi luC "Vlu auu
the Cll4 of Jaws he represents, while
they arc Got forbidden to cJme to the Grand
Uniou, are not encouraged to come. The pro
prcturs have good discrimination. Judge
Hilton said tho house OF a. i. Stewart former.
Iy did . great deal OF It's foreign banking bust
ucss through SaIismau's firm, aud nearly al!
Of their foreign bills OF exchange were pur-
chased there. hu finding good and sufficient
reasons Tor disseminating its patronage, it trans
lcrrpI it to other houses. Ever since this, Mr..
Suligmln has been spelling for a fight with
Stewart Il Go. Mr.. Seligman, Judge Hilton
said, bruncs to class Of not Hebrews, but
Jews. 1t is the fault OF this class OF Jews
themselves that they arc Disseminated against.
Families like the Hendricks aud Nathans arc
welcome everywhere, while those Jews (not
urbrcws) CT whom JOS Scligman is y repre-
sentative, are not wanted any more.