Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-18
THE COLORED CATCHER
whom the st. James Hotel Refused to
Entertain.

The Steubenyille papers are hot and in
dignant over the refusal of Mr.. Scranage to
entertain Walker, the colored member OF
the Steubenville base ball team. The Gazette
feels moved to say that the refusal OF the
hotel man to allow young Walker to eat at
at the table with the white boys with whom
he was associating, is an outrage. He is q
decent, respectable young man, and agrad-
uate Of the Steubenville High School. He
is cleanly in his habits and scrupulous In
his dress. He is the son of DR.. Walker, a
respected and intelligent citizen OF Steu-
benville. II the young white men, who be-
long to good families in Steubenville, made
no objection to Walker, why should the
hotel man? He belongs to the club, and
the boys all like him, for he is honor
able and manly, and has all attributes OF
gentleman. Had he been some uncouth
white man he could have eaten at the table
with the bows, no matter if they had OBJ
iected, but Scranage refused Walker seat
at his table Just because he was colored 1t
is high time that hotel keepers were learn
ing to discriminate
The Herald branches out in column ed
itoral, portion of which is:
1t is pretty evident that the march OF civ
iliZation has not yet reached Wheeling, at
least some of the hotels as was shown by
the proprietor of the st. James Hotel there
on Tuesday refusing admission to the dim
ing room of member of the Steubenvillc
Base Ball Club, because he was of differ
cnt color from the majority .of high toned
individuals who patronize that clravapsary.
1t will be noted that Mr.. Walker did not
propose to sit at q table occupied by any
person who objected to his presence. There
was separate table for the Steubenvllle
visitors and Mr.. Walker was to sit
with them, it never occurring to any of
the party that difference in this
respect should have been made between
him and the rest VI the nine. Probably 1T
never struck them that the deliCacy which
touching guests while waiting Oh them
would be so suddenly offend.
ed at the possible sight OF an in
dividual OF the same color sitting at table
at the farther end OF long dining room.
We talk of Republican simplicity, equality
and that sort of stuff, and yet there is not
hotel in Europe whose proprietor would
dare to insult party OF guests as the Steu-
benville club was insulted at Wheeling
Tuesday, for the insult was not 10 Walker
alone but to the whole club, and we are
everybody with whom we
have conversed OH the subject that the en-
tire nine did not at once leave the city as
we'll as the hotel, and came home without
laying their game. They were there as
the guests of the Wheeling club, and yet
so far as we have seen the latter does not
not appear to have made any effort TO pro-
vide for them after they were turned away
from the hotel, or to have regarded the
incident as deserving of any special atten-
ton. The bad defeat of the Steubenvilles,
under the circumstances, certainly will
not win very much sympathy the general
opinion being that a little less toadying
little more spirit, and a little more regard
for their own dignity would have been
much more to their credit in this case.