The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-30
Washington Recognized
~, Leader in Houston.
J, nd EDUCATION THE THEME.
ma, Citizens at Cotton E*-
~ WE, eoth Races at Auditor
|sg y, e,'.n Cordial Welcome.

me elite negro population
N ~ = south Texas and about 2oO
~ = :, a.bIte citizens of Houston as
,sssu's auditorium last night to
N ! ~, T. washington. And 1t
p p'S ~ n which any orator of mod
''. I'M we'll feel proud.
W - ,sced an audience OF friends
tllsS, ,.ors no doubt, who saw ana
y, ~ : he arst time and who came
" sot who remained to congratu'
~ IN his address, which occupied
= w. ~, and a half, did he lose the
4 y, .sd applause Of his audience, o ana
~ 06,nts in his passionate appeal
ifRo snnarently fearful OF hurting
I. feelings, black or white he
"a ant a period in his happy,
N. manner, with such graceful ges'
XVI" ,,,ouept rhetoric that the audi
.1ass with a burst of laughter or
rrsd applause
\ Y. re Of revision. he appears as
h, representative of the negro race
4 M, race with the advancing knowi-
IN IN world. Those who heard his
n believe this
.,r,nutng to readjust the ancient be-
A., N, emancipation of the slaves
,..v and death. Washington sue
Il ,dnirasly.
J audience knew that before 1t STOOD
s,,rr example OF the new reformation
MA tor negroes. His personality con
N ~ skepdc that evolution is an es-
X tr1th in the Interpretation Of the
'.l,,raut Of man, and in his presence
. IN ,ree from the bondage of political
uEils
nhsron preached a sermon-rein-
u b. the fact that his life and charsc-
-hdy Ruskins view Of true service
~. service OF practical usefulness TO
.,slty, without reference to the life TO
!. without the begging and chanting
,uylns for what man neither wants
REDS
d teaching and preaching took erect
aas be pleaded for righteousness, ana
ilsyd hls race as one driven by a con-
I'D, Io5e OF truth and goodness.
1 yisEsd BY the student of modern re-
. b bis audience last night. Washing
i chef claim to greatness lies in the
. Ar he Is bending all the energies Of
-issrly mind to the task Of preparing
ispe for the period Of fierce Industrial
irhlica ana slavery, now just fairly
n 10 which the black man must com,
With horde from across seas-the
b Of strife which precedes the time
: ITO economic doctrines now crushing
ftst and neck of Christian sympathy
humanity shall be forever overthrow
lls reign Of peace and Justice begun.
l'egnout his address, with antorator's
Y PoTer he stroye nightly to arouse
@lectlye conscience OF his audience
hang the blacks, he denounced tnc
eAqsaey to decadence, betokened by &
- q the race, then, with prophetic
2 ne raised to bold holiness OF
sla the duty Of working, of doing
: q serving God In the only true way
aesiive and useful life.
Y A'o01 Knowing it, perhaps. the orator
: we philosophy Of Tolstoi and Rus
u no when he closed with a beautifn
'a from David not person in tn,
'a's out would have gladly heard hin
st more.
W.. \. Washington began his vort
\. lug the negro along industrial
y tuskegee institute In 1881. begin,
~ ~ stated at the Cotton Fxchango
fng,pNI a with "a hoe and an Old
n IN III. now 400 students In attend.
~ Jus Institute, and the work re-
u. sSpsce OF 1l2, which Includes Off,
oss, sgasrs. clerks and other helpers
M q conducting the Tuskegee Nor
| ~ s,,n fnndnHnstrial institute amounts Il
y, u annually. The property
4 n h my OF 1900 acres OF land and six,
p,Ion 'dlngs. The endowment Of tn,
M, rhup = now $4,000. and the ful
ilng ..siuatlon of the whole concern
Nv, me endowment named. Is nearly
unon "A mere Is no mortgage of AMI
,.tltats ae farm or any other part Of