The Washington times., 1901-11-03

| The fear few weeks ago, Just after
the appointment of Ex-Governor Jones
Of Alabama, to judgeship. was that
the Presidents popularity in the Soutf
might strengthen his party. Hence thi.
/ discussion over NJ Washington's enter.
tainment is intended. as some of these
editors virtually admit. to counteract
the influences set in motion. and at the
same time to frighten the negro and his
friends. 1t is simply the negro ques-
! ton in politics in another form. The
attempt is to use this prominent negro
whom the intelligent South admires as
| greatly as Mr.. Roosevelt possibly can
| as a scarecrow. With the declaration
| that the Presidents act in entertaining
a single individual of the race. though
ne be a man of the highest standing anc
! character, will tend to excite or initiate
| the negroes generally and cause them t;
try to enforce social equality upon tn,
| South. they hope to control Southern
| Democrats who are tired of their party
and its methods. Now. that is nothing
more or less than doing the baby act
Are the Southern white people such
poor, helpless creatures as this would
| indicate. or are the negroes such min
nies? No; and there is not a sensible
man in the whole South who believes
/ it."
The Baptist Vanguard" Little Rock,
Ark, Rev. Joseph A. Booker, editor, is
| published at the Arkansas Baptist Col
lege, and says:
Roosevelt did not dine the whole
race, nor did he do this as a precedent
Tor the balance Of the white people to
dine the balance of the negroes. He
simply saw and admired a great. useful
man, and forgetting about his color and
his constituents Cor what is better. dis
regarding these). he asked Mr.. Wash
lngton to stay to dinner. This is not
the first time Mr.. Washington has been
SO treated, nor is he the only negro that
has had such honors from distinguished
white men of this country. The whole
round of discussion is unfortunate. and
detracts that much from the peaceful
relation of the two great races in this
country"
The Georgia Baptist" Augusta. Ga.
Rev w. j. White. ID. D., editor is a
very strong organ Of the negro Baptist
Church which numbers nearly million
communicants among the colored people
of the United States. 1t says:
We do not believe that the action of
President Roosevelt had any social sig
nificance. We cannot admit that his en-
tertainment of Prof. washington was
more than strong evidence of his re-
gard for prominent citizen. a man
whose name and works are familiar in
places of which his critics, some of
them, have never heard. The President
as he Is anyone elses President. as well
as he is any one else's President. and it
is bosh TO say that he was not privi-
legged to entertain him as much as he
was to entertain-well, the Rajah of
Catamorantown."
The "Refcrmer." Richmond Va, rep-
resents distinct business constituency,
as it is the organ of the True Reform
ers, large industrial institution. Saws
the "Reformer:"
The fear on the part Of some of our
southern contemporaries that this af-
fair viii spoil the negro Of the South
and make him elamor for social equali-
ty with the whites is simply mental
hallucination, or the crv of political
trlcksters. We wish to say here that
the great majority of negroes in Vir-
ginia are seeking no social recognition
from the whites: they are content with
their own society Never was this bet
ter shown than when during the recent
carnival here numbers of our largest |
who number their cOIored |
customers and patrons by the hundred. |
had booths with seats, in front of their |
places of business, for the accornmoda- |
ton of tired pedestrians and those who |
wished to view the passing throngs.
Not single complaint was heard that |
the colored people We're forcing them |
selves upon the whites or giving trou-
BILE. On the contrary, the very papers |
that are making the assertion that their |
social fabric will be attempted to be de-
stroyed We're loud In commencing the |
negroes for their very excellent conduct.
IS not single one was arrested for dis !
orderly conduct"
Bishop Turner, of the African NJ. e.
Church, well known agitator for negro
emigration to Africa, thus expresses
himself in the Voice OF Missions" At
anita. Ga:
Most of the stGyhere crowd. in
peakng of the ridiculosity of our emil
ration position, have said: on, it is
lot your color the white people object
o; it is your poverty. Get the dollar
my everything will be right But l
eckon everybody sees now Billions of
Ollars would not remove the curse of
eing negro President Roosevelt
imply dined with Booker T. washing
on. who was a representative of twelve
Millions of his supporters, taxpayers,
ag defenders by land and by sea, and
ct two-thirds of the country are ours
lg believing. vomiting, and disgrac-
lg themselves because a colOred man |
te dinner with white man. We will |
ay no more about the fool stuff uttered
Y fool negroes. We wish they had
ONE sense"
The following papers are representa-
We of various sections:
The Journal" ClarksdaIe, Miss. |
lys: The white people of the South
eeG not be alarmed or afraid that ne
roes will push themselves on them,
eeking social equality. He knows his
lace, and ne other people know the ne
70 better than the Southern white peo
e. We might justly say that had Prof
not been invited, he never
ould have thought Of dining with the s
resident" $
The Dallas World" Dallas, Tex, t
iys: Some argue that the negro will c
rget himself, owing to this episode, t