Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1901-11-14
INTERVIEWS A SON OF HAM.


From the Louisville CourierJournal.
"Well. Uncle Pete, see that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is going to make the
colored folks equal with the white
folks"
SIS dat so? How is he goin' to do
dat?"
"Why, he has already done it.
Haven't you heard about the Presi-
dent inviting Booker T. Washington
to the White House and eating sheep
off the same bone with him?i
"No; go way wild yo' foolishness.
Dat new President amt going to-
eatln' dinner wild niggers when he's
'spects to be 'lected President mex
| time
eyes, Uncle Pete, am not joking
you. The President has already eaten
dinner with Booker Washington and
has gone with him to a big college to
get some degrees.
"Well, dat do beat de kingdom
come. You don't reckon, boss, dat
President Roosevelt is considerln
marryin' dat daughter o. his'n to this
Mr.. Washington, Is he? II he is,
dat's alright; but IL he's tryln' to git
de po' white folks TO eat wild de mig
gers, de niggersll have to furnish de
dinner"
"No, Uncle Pete, President Roose-
velt is not aiming to introduce his
daughter into colored society. Mr..
Washington is already married. Don't
you know about Booker T. Washing
ton and the great work he is doing for
the colored people?n
Eyes, indeed; we niggcrs know
Booker Washington, and he amt our
kind-he amt no punkins at ALL"
"Why, yes, Uncle Pete, Booker
Washington is your kind; he is all
negro-there is not drop of white
blood in his veins"
"Dat may be, but / know him.
He'd a been all white if he cu'd a
helped hiSself.n
''No, uncle, Booker Washington is
good, sincere man, and he is glad that
he is negro, so that he can lead the
colored people out of the darkness"
"Well, you kin JUS put 1t down dat
he'll never lead de nlggers out o. dark |
ness-dey's been black too long"
"On, Uncle Pete, he don't want to
make them white. Booker Washing
ton runs a big school and he wants tol
educate Them"
"Do what to emp"
educate them, teach them how to
be good men and to make money and
have property like the white people.
swell, he iis' well go out o. dat
business and get him another job. |
Desc here young niggers now days
don't want no property. Jis' shore as
desc new niggers gin to git a little
learnin' dey wants right away to be
preachers or teach some schools, and
some OF iem wants to be lawyers and
make speeches to white folks. Dey's
always huntit' a Job dat amt no
work to it. Besides, it gives 'em de
big head, jls' like Booker Washing
ton"
"NO, Uncle Peter, Booker Washing
ton is a plain man and one of the best
orators in America
"Bes' what?n
"Best orators, a fine speaker
eyes, he is fine speaker to the
white folks, but he don't speak to us
niggers. When he speaks TO US POI
ignorant niggers he talks clean over
u.s.
"Uncle Peter, am afraid you do
not understand Mr.. Washington. Can
you read the papers9r
"No, / don't read none myself, but
woman reads me the Courier-JouInal
and the United States Republic. AMI
den we collud folks gifts together an
forms Republican 'pinions bout
things.
"Dat's de way we nlggers greed dat
Booker t. amt no punkins. He's al
ways been sayin' for us niggers to
keep our place and git respected, and
now de fust chance he gets he's of
eatini wild de white folks. Dat's
Booker. He amt done nothin' now
but git de pO' niggers in heap OF
trouble. | know de white folks jls'
we'll as l know de niggers and dey
amt goln' to 'sociate wild us black
folks
"Well, Uncle Pete, do you think
that eating dinner with Booker is
going to help Mr.. Roosevelt to be
elected President next time.
"It's jis dis way boss; course de
niggers1l vote for him, cause we
amt never learned how to vote any
kind o. ticket but de Republican
ticket. And Niger dat draws a
pension amt got no business leayln
the Republican party But dey's a
whole lot o. white folks dat don't
smell no sweet perfume in de idea o.
eatin' dinner wild niggers. An you
kin jis' say that 'cordin to Uncle
Pete, President Roosevelt a-goin to
wish dat he had dat dinner back to
: eat next time wild white Democrats" "
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