The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-27
1ANGsroNs RECEPTION.

lioW lilo Famous CulOrcu Orator Wa
Treated At pnrkOrsburS = A Register
Fake Exploded,
Fridays Register contained a dispatcl
from ParkcrsBurg alleging that Hon
John NJ. Langston, tho famous Virginia
colorod orator, was not treated with thu
consideration due him by the Republi
cans OF the rarkersburg League con
vention Tuesday.
Tho statement that Mr.. Lansston WA
not cntertainec properly Is on n pal
with tho other assertion that severn
prominent local Republicans wert
snubbed by tho League, when in fac
all except enc OF tho gentlemen mon
toned (tho ono being Ill ut his resi-
dencc) wero present at tho meeting
and ono Of them was elected a delegate
to tho National League.
Tho Register dispatch refers TO Hon. G.
W. Atkinson rs ono OF tho gentlcmer
who entertained Mr.. Langston, and yos.
terday Ill lSrELllGENcER reporter called
that gontlcman's attention to tho oil
legation that tho orator did not receive
proper treatment. Mr.. Atkinson sale
that the story was untrue. Mr.. Langs'
ton was not only treated with marked
consideration, but expressed himself n!
gratilled with tho treatment no received
and as, delighted with his visit t
Parkersburg. nn
Before ii was known that Mr.. Lang.
ston would positively attend the League
meoting,' said tho CONGRESSMAN
the available quarters at tho hotels
were all taken, ind Mr.. Miller, OF the
local committee, was forced to arrange
TO secure him entertainment at q pri.
yate house.. DIr. james Madison, ono oil
the leading and well-to-do colored citi
Gems OF PGrkersburg, volunteered to en-:
terrain the distinguished representative
OF his race at his house. and this ar.
rangemcnt was 4 very satisfactory one.
On Tuesday, however, MIR. Madison's wife
was taken sick and he was obliged to fore.
60 tho pleasure he had anticipated Of
entertaining tho guest. It was then
too late to seek further, and rs no &c
commodations could be secured at the
homes OF other colorcd citizens that
were suitable to imam OF Mr.. Langston's
standing, l agreed to let him have my
room ut tho Commercial Hotel, saying
that would find some other means Of
providing for myself. The proprietor
Of the hotel, Mr.. Nolan, treated Mr..
Langston with marked consideration
and made him comfortable in my room.
Afterward the parlor OF the house was
placed at his disposal.
"While at tho hotel Mr.. Langston
was accorded an impromptu reception,
and received in the parlor not only
many OF tho leading white Republicans
OF various parts OF the state, who were
in attendance upon the convention and
called to pay, their respects to the clio.
quent orator, but also many OF tho lead
ing Republicans OF, Parkcrsburg. AR.
Langston afterwards expressed himself
as highly gratiiicd with the hospitable
manner with which he was treated, and
was profuse in his expressions OF appre-
citation OF the magnificent ovation he
received at the hands OF the great con.
vention when he delivered his speech
at the Academy OF Music.
"All who witnessed tho scene in the
convention hall that night will bear me
out in the assertion that Mr.. Langston
was accorded reception such as any
white orator might be proud OF. and
such as few public men have ever been
honored with by q political gathering
in West Virginia. Tho building fairly
shook with applause throughout his
splendid effort, and at its conclusion a
reception was held on the stage during
which scores Of leading Republicans
from all over The state sought intrqduc.
tons to the orator and warmly grasped
him by tho hand. Afterward, at the
hotel, Mr.. Langston referred to- this
and told mo he could not find words to
express his appreciation of the cordial
greeting he had received from the Re-
puplicans of West Virginia.
u notice tho Register dispatch con-
.cludes with query as TO whether DEM
ocrats would be guilty OF treating a
negro as the correspondent alleges
Langston was treated. How many
Democratic conventions in West Viz.
Einia have ever entertained colored ora
tors in any, manner, and now long,
think you, would . Democratic convcn.
ton DO in session if man with negro
blood in his veins were to be intro
duced Tor the purpose of addressing
them, even though he spoke with the
tongue OF a Demosthenes? Has the
spectacle OF colored man being
introduced to speak by an ex.
STAKEHOLDER ever been witnessed
in Democratic convention in West
Virginia? No? Well, that's what was
witnessed at the Republican convention
in Parkershurg. We should be grateful
to,the Register for atfording us the op.
portunity to call public attention to tho
fact that the Republican party not only
breaches the doctrine OF equality OF
citizenship, but practices it. Mr.. Lang
ston is the peer, intellectually, OF any
man in West Virginia. His color made
no difference in Republican conven-
ton nor to tho members Of it."