The sun., 1901-10-20
The PRESIDENT is UNMOVED.
CRiTICIsHsO or SOyTHERN PAPERS
no NOT WORRY HTu.
RE En,ertainrsi Hooker Y. Washington n,
aPurri, Private Dinner. and H,s Friends
say u h No concern NJ the Public
Queen Victoria Once p.ntert Aimed ,t,r,

/ the negro loader. A. privat. dinner a, the
White House this week In doing .o they
I reflect. 70 sornc extent the presid~nt's -
/ own feeling for they d"clars tha, he h
b not at al worried by the adverse criticism
! To those who hay. monitor ned the incident
to the President. ho has replied In "A way
that shows that he - not disppsec to regard
| the matter very seriously. and he ha. le,l
some Of his visitors To lelisvs that the
criticism of his action In inviting Booker
/ Washington Ca dinner was not altogether
unexpected
Persons who see the President frequently
and are GA Intimate terms with him have
been talking about tho Booker Washington
episode for the lat two or thrcc days. and
especially since somo of the SJuthern ncws-
paper criticisms have appeared They
maintain that tho public hns no right to
cuncern itself In the matter, because tho
Presidents invitation was for private
dinner. where M other guest was to bo
present and where he was under no Official
obligation Rs 30 the character Of the PER
sons he chose to entertain. They Say
further that within the bounds of d,,ceDcy.
thc choioe of ones guests r. a matter in
which individual tastes alone may dictate
Tho in,empcrate CRU tic-ms Of the PRIEST
dent by such pspcrs NJ the Msmphis Com
norcidi- appeal u regarded A. coming with
poor grncc from editors who have hereto
fore spoken Of Booker Washington In the
most cordial terms. prsising his b-nehcent
work and holding him up ~ an example
for his raco
The criticism of tho President has lost
some ~ its efect since attent ION has been
called To other distinguished occasions
on which Booker Washington has been
cntcrt aimed In hh autobiography. Up
From slavery Mr. Washington gives some
account Of his visit to Europe with his
wife In the spring of is99 In Paris he
was a guest OF tho University Club and
was entertained al a banquet which was
presided over 10y United States Ambas-
sador Porter and attended by eN-Pr,ri-
don't Benjamin Harrison. Archbishop
Ireland aud others In England Mr. and
Mrs Washington were entertained by
dist ingui-hed members Of socie'y In
hi- autobiography h. says:
Through the kindness Of Lady Aber.
deen my wife and | were enabled To go
with n party of those who we're attending
the International Congress Of Women.
then IN session In London. Co ses Queen
Victoria nj Windsor Castle. where after
ward we were all the guests 81 her Majesty
at tea
In the concluding chapter 81 his book
he recu,Ints the numerous public rec.p-
tons accorded to him by distinguished
white men in the Southern States In
Richmond Do wGs the sole speaker. by
invitation. at a public meeting at which
,he state Legislature and the city council
wer. present IN a body io hear him.
A local citizen writes 20 the Washington
Sfrr that he ono, h"ard Frederick Douglass
the mot distinguished pred"cc-sor Of
Booker Wa-hiugtpn, -ay that NJ was In
yitod by President Lincoln, In 1894. to take
tea at the White House and that he ac-
cepted
tpIr rMBh, $ C.. OF. 10. - Gov.
McSwocn.y. In an interview for publlCa-
non this evening severely criticised Prtsl-
dent Roosevelt for having Booker L. Wa~l-
inzton dine with him. He was lstouisl-d
he naid. that the President should have
made such a bIunder. The fsOple North
and south he declared, ara not ready for
social equality With the negro. However
much Mr Washington IN admired In the
south. hs wouh not be asked 10 dine n;
;ho family table OF any representative
citizen.
The Presidents act. the Governor said.
would cari ainly hurt the negro IN the South
ana N0npl nuTl lNHNf'NFiAs if 'HiNfIittf
was s,Irurised that Mr. Washington. who
has maintained position opposed To
S0cis equality. should have Accepted the
President Invitation. II would. he
though. inJurc Mr.. Washing on'- influence
in th. South
NoHrULK, Va oct 10 Democratic poll
ticians here express their bclief tha Pr-si-
don't Roosevelt, 10y inviting Boz ker T Wash
ington To din. with him AT the White Hou-.
insured tho election Of A Montague,
Democratic candidate for Governor ~
Virginia. ard the defeat 90 h!s republican
opronent. Hampton Hog, AT the oomirg
eh ction Jutlg- James = Heath said that
IA. lines between the parties almost eraced
Wy President Mckinley, wer" sharply r"-
drawn by rrsidon, Boos-sveli and the white
vot. r.. wavrring and apath"'ic To d"gre,'
Nhich nade Hoges e'eciion quite po-sihlc,
viii nov 60 to the polls almost To n man and
vote ~" nrirOCrai w. ilcket District Demo
cratic Chairman v " D.y, while claiming
that Montagle's eLCt,ou - Csrtain any
WAY, ~ays that hi- majority will H. svelled
largely by the Presidents action
Local newspapers IA editorial articles.
cnndvianing the Presidents action. re-
ilcc'e-i the -en,im"nt Of III" pcopl", many
Of whom showed great anger vhen they
expressed th.ig yievs. They believe gen
,ra'lv that the President action was a
deihrrai, effort to break tho ~olor line
ard maur'nate social equality h"twcen
the raf~~.
CHICAGO. Oct. 10 Because the pr,si-
dent ent.rt aimed this man, sad Senator !
Mason last night g. the fncnbeTs of the !
Young Mems Club Of the fourth Prcrby- |
tcrian Church. In refercncr In Bnoker T. |
" aShing'on dining at th. White Hou-n, hc |
T. l,ring bas-ed ard lRmppuncd from one |
cnd uf tie C,untry Ia the otiS"r by ccrtain !
-ri cd people.
"pid wa ever meet Ru,kor Washing
tom Did YOU ever hrar hifn talk OF learn
~ III, work lie has be-.u dong In
doubt"dlv ,Ju have. and With mr admir-
airi fur his nolihtv art duseli-hne-~ -
character. fut h,- fno'i'-ty aud Christian F,
rt.tud.. and Il y thi- nan who j. tsing .
talAssi at,pui, ami 81 D. urt Pr'-i'ient Whp I
O.. I..iug ,ri'ctSct iIr -itilug - iis' ssnT-
inbl" " ith him ! trll Nuu. NuYuS men q
th,- ,iID, ii - a ti-srac'
Iffhu-las'iG sfpiau-' greeted this psrt I
of tita Ssnatta- tslk o. fs'' th' rrosp- .
soon gwen tlc-r d~rlautiuu- vas m"rv
,mursti,' th,u is'sto~,-l uIs'u a1y otter
90 atrlr...t ua,s l,v the N'nstpr. Nth ih"
r.s..siI D, ,xps.ptiun 90 his -sthing r~l'us"
Z. A.sr.hi-ts afd u- 'hlrGN II Nili'sfn
~, ktrt.Y
Hf,Hnlsp. Va. Ds - Dr EirhArd
Nrtfruir" rrrtirrr of itaHuIsi-',-SidurN
ss.If..H Hirl a utanilssr - rlr un.lruiioual
q ufittfiI tsit. gion s-Aes, iuf ar sfcrNi~v
Ihs N.s winass. v-shi.s,.a. ns