The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-02-01
ELOQUENT SoUTHRONS,

ELOQUENT SOUIHR0NS,
hooker Washington. the Great coiored
Leader, and Col. sisasss on tho LiTiaE
Questions ut tiIU Bamquet OF the Chicago
Hamilton Club.
CHICAGO. Jnn. s1.-The annual ban
quet of the Hamilton Club in commem-
moratlon OF the birth Of Alexander
Hamilton, wns held Mt the Auditorium
tonight. The great dining room OF the
hotel was decorated in n lavish manner
for the occasion and fully 800 OF the
most prominent men In the city were
present. Many notable men from other
places were also ut the board. Presl-
dent Samuel W. Allerton. of the club,
acted at toaStmaster. It had been ex-
pectel that Governor Levi y. Morton,
OF New York, ex-Secretary OF the In
terror Noble, of Missouri. and Senator
j, u. Foraker, OF Ohio, would be pres
ent, but all three were unnvoldably alb.
sent, Governor Asa s. Bushnell, OF
Ohio, responded to the toast OF "Repub-
lican Ohio" and Bishop Charles p:
Cheny, OF Chicago, to THE Patriot"
Prof. Booker It. Washington, OF Ala-
bama, spoke eloquently upon "0nr New
Citizen"
"You of this generation owe It to the
south, not less than 10 yourselves. an
unfulfilled duty. Surely, surely, II the
negro with all that Is behind him, can
forget the past. you ought to rise above
him in this regard When the south
Is poor, you are poor; when the south Is
ignorant, you are ignorant; when the
south commits crime, you commit
crime; when the south prospers, you
prosper. There is no power that can
separate our destiny. Lot us ascend. III
this matter. above color or race or par.
ty or sectionalism. into the duty OF
man to man, American to American
Christian TO Christian.
let the negro. north and south, do
their duty with d new spirit and n new
determination during this. the dnwn'rS
OF a new century and at the end Of htty
years, a picture Will be painted. What
Is Il? A race dragged from its native
lands In chains; 500 years OF slavery;
years OF fratricldnl war; thousands OF
lives laid down; freedom OF slaves; re-
construction: blunderg; bitterness be-
tween north and south. The south
stnEgers under the burden; the north
rorKetA the past and comes to the res
cue; the negro in the midst teaching
north and south patience, forbeaTance'
long suffering, obedience to law, devel.
opInE in intelligence, character and
prosperity, skill and habits OF INDUSTRY;
the north and south Joining hands with
the negro, take him whom they both
wronRed, help him, encourage him,
stimulate him, in self-help give him the
rights OF man and in lifting up the ne
VT1p lift themselves UP in that Htmos-
6here where there Is q new north. n
new south, q new citizen, n new repub4
lie"
OF the Southern and Western Industrial
Association was wnrmly received when
no rose 10 sneak on "T'he Passing OF the
Solid South" Mr. Skaggs reviewed
the political events OF the past thirty
years and said among other things:
the solid south except the possible, but
not rpobabie, interference OF the Re
publican party. The solid south has
passed beyond the. controhnf the Demo
cratic party, The two factions OF the
Democratic party n the south are now
engaged in d war to the death. The
bInck iIaE hns been raised and no quar-
ter ia given, Furnaces out Of blast,
cotton brought down below the cost OF
production and labor Idle have made
object lessons more impressive than
ali the arguments of the past thirty
years. White man accusing white man
Of stealing his vote has done more TO
purify the ballot than any other cleo
lion law that could be placed on the
federal statute books. There Is no
prospect OF the south changing from q
soIid Democratic TO solid Republican
section. 1 hope Il viii not. Twenty
years OF solid Republican south would
doubtless be as dangerous to American
institutions as twenty years OF solld
Democratic sauth. You may ASH u.
In the passing Of the solid south, there
Is any Improvement in tho purity OF the
ballot. l answer emphatically yes.
Ballot box suffers have served their
day.
lem il not yet solved 1t will never be
solved by negroes who came to q Re-
publican national convention for n
price. il VIII mover be solved by that
class Of white Republicans OF the south
who have no aim beyond the control OF
federal patronngc.i nortby that elnss OF
white Democrats who have no nobler
nurpose than to keep the negro In ig-
nornnce and poverty in order that the
negro NAV still be his slave in fact, II
not in name.
From the old slave quarters OF our
old plantation God has brought forth a
Moses who will lead his people out.
rejoice that the managers OF the At
ioiltn exposition had the foresight to
bring forward this patriot, and teach-
or OF his people. rejoice that You
Rood people OF the north have re-
ce.ved him well. pray God for the
snke OF my people and the snke OF his
people that no designing politician will
ever gain hia confidence and the well
merlted admiration OF a nation will not
turn his course. God speed the noble
work OF Booker washington. lie has
done more for his race than MI M, Re-
publIcnn OfIiceholders of the south have
ever done.
The passing OF the SolId routh is upon
us, But It's Significance is not Sec
tIonal; Il IL national. 1t means that all
the people are the conservntors OF the
union and that this whole country has
entered upon an era Of u greater ana a
broader civilization, against which no
foreign power shall ever prevail.
ANOTHER MINERS STRIKE
Almost sure DrA ArIuItt Rejects the De-