Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1891-10-03

crate on Labor day, and whose guest
bowas Now because of this refusal
there is no use for Afro o-Americans to
rive vent to rash expressions or to ges-
ticulate wildly, and claim that they
alone are the outraged set
lisa question Of rights that, happily,
by this incident has been transferred
from the hands of Afro-Americans
,lone TO the hands of the masses, the
toilers, irrespective of race or nation
alitv for redress Civil liberty which
has so long been contended for by the
race is now forced upon the whites for
solution, and in such manner that
they can not shirk the task but must
meet it face to face 1t was an out
rage, admit, but | feel more like
chuckling over it than indignating for
the reason that circumstances were SO
that it was snub on the masses, on
organized labor who are in the major
ity and better able to right the wrong
than we are 1t will do Mr. Green no
harm, but on the contrary it will bring
tohis support the great mass, the toll
ers and in bringing these to his sup
pOrh brings them to the support of
terrace. This incident is showing OF
prejudice that will tend to wipe it out
The cause Of an evil becomes the cure
of an evil
Twice in succession Mr.. Green has
been called to speak on Labor day in
Cincinnati The frs, time last year,
he was refused accommodations at a
hotel Is it not significant that the la
boring men should invite him again
this year? Is this significance not an
evidence that they disapproved of the
first injustice?
Slowly but surely right is gain
Ing over wrong. Hon. John p,
ltSeems tritle grotesque to congratu-
late you upon being refused, but under
the circumstances I do. You and the
race are the gamers. With labor or
eanlzed as it is at present, it is an un-
wise thing to snub the toiler, and in re-
iuslng Mr. Green the hotel proprietors
nave Snubbed the laboring men. It's
barely possible that ! take wrong
view OF this | never did lay claim to
ell the wisdom that circulated in this
ambient world, but fancy that occa-
sonally | ain on the right track, the
washington Pilot to the contrary not
withstanding.
was talking with Bishop Watterson,
" The Columbus diocese, Catholic
enufch, recently, and he narrated an in
oetnt IN which he and little Negro
'i!lu were the principals, but smacked
u 'he pathetic and justice. A few years
ago 'ne bishop was delivering a sermon
~ shs dedication of Catholic church
-Vnio thousands of people had been
s''Fscted there because of the fact that
Il you'd be present and take part in
'Ne aedlcatory services.
A!ter the exercises were over hun
|eus crowded around him to shake his
-eiu and to receive some word of
'ourtesy from him.
among the throng that crowded
r tioqna him was a little Negro child,
va, "-ack as the blackest, dirty and with
.,HSi JlAelnpt attire, attracted there out of
,:.; .;l0iSh curiosity. There was dispo-
o.-, o,',oN on the part of many to snub and
~ ivy pack the innocent little one, and
o'Shop noticing this, he stopped
s.. n~A' plched the little one up in his
,uS ana kissed it there and then be-
1,, I've Vne mighty crowd. the same as did
oar. IN bFown kiss the little black babe
~. ms way to execution. Here was an
tra.: ' :Hae was Christ-like, and an illus
.a'ioh without words that proved the
eVOoaess of the man.
snop Natterson is one of those who
M. nm . oe not tainted in the least with
suulce rb;.U With him, "a mans a man,
ute or black for all of that
,l;I lAaI Mckinley did the graceful
h. ars. al cincinnati on labor day when
csr. aeiqsed to stop at certain hotel be-
tnsas s non John T. Green had been re-
r;n accommodations. Of course there
ior bOs = some who will say that the ma
cand;s Ial no other alternate, that being a
afro. 90 a@ ana depending largely on the
+b;s american vote he was forced bv
Green o"cunstance to stop where Mr.
in tba.. was quartered. We are too apt
puon ny PIPING times of politics to i'm
mar niahs motive. Let it be as it
4" h" .' Whether the circumstances and
sctui," YI'icai situation did or did not
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