The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-06-28
The Color Line i'm Civil Rights
Broken Down.

The excitement in the East; for the past ten
days, has been a turn in the Civil hlgnts
question that was not anticipated. Several
years ago, the late A. T. Stewart built grand
hotel at Saratoga, which passed under the con-
troll of Judge Hilton, with Stewards other prop
erty. 1t was run in the usual way, until recent
ly, when the fashionable season being fairly
opened, one Joseph Seligman, a rich Jewish bank
er of New York, who had stopped at the hotel in
former seasons, applied for the best rooms. The
conductors of the hot tel informed him that Judge
Hilton's orders were to admit no Jews. This
kicked up a big row, and has led to some sh arp
correspondence and many interviews. Up to
date, Judge Hilton has failed to give reasona-
BILE or consistent excuse for his stran &c conduct.
He says he has right to decide who shall be al
lowed to reside in his house, which may be true
enough, if the Civil Rights law doesn't interfere.
He says that the hotel was built expressly for
the Weather class of Americans, who object to
associating with Mr.. Seligman's class of people,
and by admitting them, he loses more and better
patronage than they bring. Thus, it seems the
house was built expressly for the accommodation
of the shoddy srristocracy, who made their
wealth suddenly and easy, and are willing to
scatter it profusely, provided their refined and
fastidious tastes are not shocked by the presence
of the descendants of q people who have been
accused of killing Christi After arguing that he
was justiiable IN excluding Jews, Judge Hilton
then proceeds to prove that Seligman is not
Jew, but renegade, and that he was not debar
red on account of his race or religion. Finally,
he says that Seligman and his class come with
great parade and ostentation, and order the best
rooms in the house; and that they are strangers
to decent living, but when they get where it is
to be had, they insist upon gorging themselves
six times day!
Summed up, the Judges reasons are: LIST. No
Jews are admitted 3D. Seligman is not Jew,
and is excluded because he is q renegade. Sd.
The Jews como with their money, and buy the
best there is in the house, to the exclusion of
rich people. 4th. They eat too much, which is o
violation of the first rule of good hotels-little
grub and big bills. 5th. man has a right to
do % he chooses in his own house.
There has been talk of prosecution under the
Civil Rights law, but it is evident that more
effective mode of procedure will be adopted.
Seligman writes Hilton a letter that reads good
deal like one of Ben. Buffers epistles to Wayne
Mcveagh, in which he reminds the Judge that,
since be took charge of Mr.. Stewards business,
everything has run down fearfully, and that be
will soon bring it to such a condition that the
vast business and wealth of Stewart will exist
only in recollection. He also reminds Hilton
that he once paid him $4,000 for legal advice
which was worth nothing at all.
The Jews all over the country are withdraw
ing their business and accounts from the Stew
art house, and the amounts already withdrawn
run up into the hundreds of thousands. An as
sociation of leading bankers in New York, known
as the Syndicate, of which Mr.. Seligman is
member, certify to his high standing and business
integrity. Altogether, it looks az if Judge Hill
ton had made a bad speculation.