Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-11
Tendency TOtCard Antt-Je,cish Agitati0,,
In st. Paul.
Editor Daily Globe:

Editor Daily Globe:
knowing that your valuable paper is always
free to receive communications which may
expose intolerance, 1 take the liberty to sub.
NIT the following to the candid Judgment of
the reading public.
Since about year ago, certain young men
of standing and respectability in this city,
organized a social club, called the "Once
a Week Dancing CIub.'' This club
is recognized as a very fash.
ionable society. The parties and enter.
tainments given under its auspices were al.
ways brilliant, and the members all seemed to
be proud of their society. That is well
enough. The object of the club is an honor
able one, and its members worthy gentlemen.
But, however, among Its hundred members,
there is not one Jew, simply for the fact that
person of that race is not tolerated as q
member, and is not invited at their entertain.
ments. This is an open secret, and if
some of the members of the club are broached
upon this topic of excluding the Jews from
the privileges of the club, the reply will be
that there is no such provision in the consti-
tuition or bylaws of the club. Other men,
bers, however, confess that such rule doec
exist, and one fact is established, that the un.
derstanding of the members of the club is not
| to admit the Jews to membership. The club
vests its executive committee with the power
of inquirng into the advisability of admitting
members to the club, and rejecting them
if they deem it fit. The committee never
reported as a member Jew, and the society
| never demanded an account of their doings ir
refusing to present the names of such per.
sons. The fact that among the 100 members
of this club there is not Jew, speaks for
itself. The Jews of st. Paul are an intelligent
and respectable class of people. Some Of our
best citizens are Jews, and
there are many persons who would
be only too glad to move in theiI
society. st. Paul possesses many young Jew.
ish gentlemen, that are not only ornaments of
society, but useful members thereof It Il
about time that the gentlemen forming the
Once Week dancing club knew that in this
country intolerance is not allowed. Alread,
voices have been heard seriously commenting
on their condnct. 1t is no crime to be Jew
and it is better now than never, that the mem
bers of this club be informed that if they con
| tinue upon their line of conduct, in excluding
men from their society, simply because thel
belong to certain race, they initiate the exam
pie of the people of Europe, who for ages hav
prosecuted the Jews, and which to-day is still
carried on to the shame and disgrace of tn
country in which it occurs.
In America the doors of society are open t,
every one, be he rich or poor, Jew or gentle
provided he is worthy OF and entitled to b
classed as gentleman. hope that in th
future such intolerance as displayed by tn
Once-a-Week dancing club will not occu
again, and they may sooner or later disco7e
the error in which they have fallen, a
they must be aware that the great tribunal
public opinion, tolerates no such bigotry
If the fact is established that Jews, or th
descendants of Jews, ara excluded from th
club, it will be the imperative duty of a
thinking men and true Americans, who ar
members, to leave a society whose dogma i
contrary to the spirit of our age.
BRUNO LITTIG.