The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-28
COLORED MAN DELIVERS AN ADJ
DRESS TO MAsONS.
HE TALKS ENTERTAINMENT
Grand Master of the Lodge Of the
Northwest Is Honored by Hiss
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Race-Banquet and Dance o
Follow Speech. y

THE Colored Mans Burden" was the
subject on which w. W. Taylor. grand
master of the negro Masonic ORDER adj
dressed a large number of his, people at
the Auditorium last evening. 20
In the course of his remarks the
speaker referred to- the part his race
had taken in the worlds progress in
peace and in war. and of it's expectations
and promises for a better freer, future,
The chairman Samuel Jones. Worship
full master of Silver CITY lodge, A. F. &
A. NJ. introduced Mayor pavey. who
rendered a hearty welcome to the guest.
Mr.. Taylor's address was listened to
with the utmost attention, and very fire.
quently his remarks called forth the APP
plause of his audience. ~. ts,r..-
Honor Won by Negroes.
Referring to the honors which the
negro has won on the battlefield the
speaker said: 1T may be that there is
within the sound of my voice a colored
soldier. either regular or volunteer, who
served in the late war: il so. he saw on
account of the negro burden their blood
saturate the hills around Ell Caney, and
when the New York regiment laid down
in state of frenzy. it was the negro
soldiers who leaped like demons bold
| over them, charged the enemy's trenches
battle of San Juan hill. singing. My
Country. 'Tis of Thee 1t was dra-
matte scene and an extraordinary ex-
ample of citizenship.
They did not stop at that, and it was
the negro burden that caused them to
nurse their white comrades in the yellow
| fever camps at Siboney. and to be with
! Sigsby when the Maine went down in the
harbor of Havana. and to be with Dewey
when he destroyed the Spanish feet in
| Manila bay, and to be with Sampson
when Cervera's fleet was fired in the bay
of Santiago: and their strong arm of
protection would have been thrown
around our missionaries in China had
not the Ninth cavalry received restrain
ing orders when they sailed into port
at Nagasaki, Japan"
Separation Of Races.
In a plea for the separation of the
races, Mr.. Taylor contended that such
measure would bette both races.
'"rhe final issue" sad he, will come
some day, and in m. opinion it will be
better for all the S1lth that segregation
take pace, and thlt 4 billion dollars be
spent by the government for COLOMBIA
ton. Thinking men should get their
! heads together for the separation of the
| races"
! Referring to the noble assistance rem
dered the colored race by white men. he
| said: -"
I'VE as a race must not forget that
! many noble hearted white men have
raised their voices for us. Longfelow
sang his sweetest songs about the Slave
! in the Dismal Swamps.' Whittier wrote
of its hopes and fears: Philips, grand in
| his e,oquence, denounced its wrongs;
Lovejoy gave his life to rescue it from
! bondage; John Brown walked to the
scaffo,d with the dignity of a Roman
| soldier: Lincoln broke it's chains to prove
| that the slave is man created in the
| image of Cod
| Dance and Banquet.
| At the conclusion of the address a
| dance and banquet We're given
The proceeds of the entertainment are
| hall in the city.
The committee of arrangements in
charge of the entertainment was Sam
uel Jones. H. D. Pagan, c. NJ. Watts:
reception committee, Nesby Frazier
John A. James. Harry Ester; floor COM
mittee. William Payne, Profs. Reeves
and Parsons orchestra furnished the
music. .=s...t /
| The local lodge has a membership of
| 20, Samuel Jones is, worshipful mas
ter and c. NJ. Watts is secretary.