The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-10-26

I Booker 4. Washington a guest at
dinner at the White House formed the
text on which at least -four Chicago
ministers constructed their sermons
| Yesterday They We're as of one mind
in commenting President Roosevelt
and in the forcefulness, with which
they pointed to the error in Southern
criticism <-s.n.. -
Theodore Roosevelt is president of
the whole American people. and he
! gave a practical illustration of that
great fact said Bishop Samuel Fal-
lows. " 49, -sT >%< >, 3
I 1T is a welcome herald of the DAYS
when men shall be measured solely by
the quality of their intellects and their
morals" was the. argument of Dr..
H. w. Thomas. s." EE..-. -.
''The act points to the early recog-
! milton OF the fatherhood of God and
the brotherhood of man. was the com
ment OF the Rev. A L. Murray.
MI. Washington was at the presi-
dents table not as Negro, but as an
American citizen" declared the Rev.
A. J. Carey
| PRESIDENT IS JUSTIFIED. :.
| Speaking of THE Unity of the HUI
AAieAA Ik1SO, 0lol1Op T allows Sdlu.
President Roosevelt has shown his
| Christian manhood in, the invitation
| he gave Booker T. Washington to dine
with him. 1t was purely a personal
act on the part OF the president, but
it it had been an official one he would
have been justified in asking this dis
tinguished Afro-American scholar.
! orator. and educator to break bread
with him. ...~'.-
| Theodore Roosevelt is president of
the whole American people. 1t is alb
! surd to find fault with him for giving
a practical illustration of that great
fact. 1t is ungenerous, to say the least.
| for any one in the southern portion of
the country to criticise him when the
reason of the friendly interview with
| Washington was to benefit the South.
The sober second thought of his
critics will be in the right direction.
The president has committed neither
| a. crime nor a blunder The over
whelming sentiment of the nation is
with him. &
MEASURE MEN BIZ WORTH.
DR.. Thomas took for his subject,
1.-The Greater Man; the Greater Cod"
and in the course Of his sermon said:
THAT time is near when man will
be measured, not by the accidents Of
wealth, or race, or color, but by the
moral qualities Of his being. 1t has
been left to this country to bring
forth the highest Interpretation of the
equality Of man as the son OF God.
The day is coming when the greatness
| of1ma will not be gagged by the in
herited titles Of royalty, nor by the
millions of money, however gotten,
but, by what he. is in moral purpose
and earnest endeavor. Then crowns
of honor will rest on the heads Of the
honest, telling fathers and mothes,
the millions unknown to earthly fame,
but who have nobly done their work"
OMEN OF RACIAL PEACE.
At Bethel A. M. E. church. Thirtieth
and Dearborn streets. the Rev. A. L.
Murray said: s...... -..
while some of the Southern press
is -criticising the act of the chief mag
istrate OF our country, we see in it
Christian evidence OF coming peace
between the races and recognition
OF the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man. The act itself
only portrays to the world the inward
principles of a pure and upright man.
and it has without doubt welded to
him the better class of white people
Of this country and brought him the
undying support forever of the Negro
race. Lynching and mob violence will
soon be eclipsed in the principle OF
the brotherhood of man" ~
CITIZEN AND NOT NEGRO.
At Quinn Chapel, Twenty-fourth
street and Wabash avenue, the Rev.
A. j. Carey said:
Booker T. Washington nor any
other intelligent Negro of this. coun-
try cares not one iota about so-called
social equality We believe the
president invited Mr.. Washington to
his table not as Negro, but as an
American citizen, because he desired
to consult on matters of national i'm
portance. "
I'VE hail this action by the presi-
dent as an omen Of the coming of that
day when we shall neither be favored
nor hindered because of the color of
our skin. All that the Negroes of this
country ask is simply "a mans chance,
and I beseech you that we so deport
and conduct ourselves that fair-mind-
ed men, who are willing to forget the
color Of mans skin and measure
him by his character and fitness. will
find in us no cause for complaint.
ENDORSED BY DOWIE.
John Alexander DoWie also took
stand in defense Of the president in
his discourse yesterday. The presi-
dent has the right to entertain whom
he pleases, said he, and indorse
the stand he has taken. Prejudice
against the Negro race has got to go,
and hope our new president not only
will be president of the white race,
but of the black as well.