The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-28

the Seligman house was lOuhu w po w,
inc business in dangerous excess OF
their actual capital; and that to-day the
Seliemans owe their position in the syn
dictate TO political influence not squarely
secured. instead of to any financial bot
tom; that the position Of the Sellgmans
in the syndicate is just as distasteiul 10
the other members of that organization
as their presence is considered IN the
Grand Union Hotel; that so utterly de-
void of good standing are they in the
syndicate among the really solid men OF
il, that the Rothschilds will only hold in
terviews with the Seligmans when these
interviews are absolutely unavoidable,
and will then only meet them at second
hand or through clerk. Suppose,
should publicly assert these things OF the
Selpmans, would only be making this
a personal controversy, alterthe example
set by themselves, and If should assert
these things, the Seligmans know that
would substantiate every one OF them.
Mr.. Lauterbach asserts thai 80 great ls
the adverse effect of the exclusion OF Sc
lieman Jews from the Grand Union that
to-day 100 Jewish firms have closed their
accounts with A. T. Stewart q Co., iny?l-
wing loss to us of $4 ,000 900 a year. Mr.
Lauterbauh, when he made the state
ment, must have been paid an enormous
fee to feign insanity, or to tell one OF the
hughest of professional lies. But one
such firm has closed accounts. we got
letter to-day from a city merchant, say
inc he could no longer deal with house
that was reyiving the Middle Ages" His
name is Einstein, and he does business
on Church street. We promptly closed
his account. 1t amounted to $2l9. That
leaves So, ,9s9, ,997 81 to be heard from, ana
when we hear from this balance we shall
duly report to the Times. The business
of *. r.. Stewart never was 30 good, nor
has it ever had so many people employed
as now. A visit to any of our establish
ments will confirm this statement.
Should the Selgman Jew be excluded
from first class hotels? say emphatic
ally yes. Not at all because he is a He
brew, but because he is not wanted. Who
don't want him? Those people who sup
port the hotels, and for whose especial
benefit the hotels are built and conduct.
ed. What is there wrong about thlsE
Nothing. Hebrews are not prescribed,
there is no religious standard raised.
Hotels run for particular class OF pat
rons must conform in their management
to the wishes and prejudices OF these
patrons or go down, and such hotels are,
in their very nature exclusive. A hotel
that charges $4 a day proscribes the peo.
pie who cannot pay 81, But they do not
complain, they go elsewhere; $4 hotels
don't want them; they go to the 81 hotels
which do, and that enCs it. But here is
the Seligmpn Jew, who represents moth
ing that is standard Hebrew; he is to the
Hebrew what the shyster is to the law
profession-he is the "Sheeney." he
hos made money: he must advertise it IN
his person. He is of low origin, and his
instincts are all of the gutter-his princl-
pies smell of decayed goods or of decayed
principle But he has extracted cash
out of his gutter, his rags, his principles,
and he shoves his person upon respecta-
bility. He is too obtuse or too mean to
see his vulgarity, or go where it may not
be seen publicly. He is shoddy-talse--
squeezing; financially he is successful,
and that is the only token he has to push
himself upon the polite. He isas audac.
ious as he is vulgar; he is vain and devoid
ofmerit; and heis pulled out With as much
importance as he is poor OF any value.
He comes to the Grand Union big with
himself and little with everybody else in
the decent world; planks down his cash
with his royal order, and having never
seen respectable food, he can't get enough
to eat unless he gorges down his unprac-
tised throat six meals day, and then
for fear folks will not know that he is an
old epicure, he protrudes his illshaped
pod into the gaze of every unfortunate
person in his path who has open eyes,
and then he goes to his room and pre-
pares himself for next days gluttony by
Kidding himself Of his torturing load all
over the furniture, with groans at its loss
that disturb every decent person within
ten rooms on every side of him. They
have deserved the common contempt
they get-and they have brought the in
furious reflection of their vulgarity upon
the true Hebrew. 1t is no Wounder that
Americans are down on the Seligman
"Jew." The richness of this new country
has tended to propagate the breed, and
the breed has cursed the Hebrew race
socially in this country People won'tgO
to hotels where the Seligman Jew is ad-
mitted. And hotels if they must thrive
must keep out those who would ruin
their existence. And the very fact that
the Seligman "Jew" makes such a fuss,
because people don't want his society
and makes such noise to force himself
where he is unwelcome, instead of going
elsewhere, proves him to be just what |
have described him.