The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-01

what ar-re we goin' to do about tn
coons?" asked Mr.. Dooley.
What ought we to do about them?"
asked Mr.. Hennessy.
We've got to do something" said
Mr.. Dooley. Something's got to be
done. When 1 was a young man
raymirnber hearin' people talk iv boost
IN tn naygur up firm his lowly place
as an unforchinit slave an humorist
an making him as good as anybody
an betther thin German be givin'
him a vote. 1 didn't believe it be-
cause was a dimmycrat an didn't be-
lieve anything but Stephen A.
Douglas. But they used to say 1t
ius' tn same an if We didn't say it,
too, it was down to Camp Douglas with
We be tn back iv tn neck as a pris
ner iv war. TIL dimmycrats knew
that a naygur with vote wudden't be
a Willum Shakespeare. 1t wudden't
take amy iv tn dusk out iv his cheeks
to sind him down to tn liv'ry stable
an lave him stick an impeeryal ballot
that he cudden't r-read into box with
a ldlSe DOllOlll. SdIl III tNdllASA NAASNAAoN
his hump? as Hogan wud say. A nay
CUR with a vote is a naygur with
vote, an that's all he is. TIL dimmy-
Gratis knew that forty years ago. His
thry always Vindicates tn dimmy-
Gratis, but niVer in their life time. They
see tn thruth first but tn throuble is
that nawthin' is liver official thrue till
a Republican sees it,
"Th' naygur amt amy betther off
thin he was. Nobody is. But nearly
ivrybody ixpicted afther tn war that
his locks wud become goolden at wanst
an that he wud soon get a Roman
nose. But here he is to-day lookin'
JUS as he did forty years ago. He
amt got amy more money, he amt
amy lighter in complexion, an l some
times doubt whether he's amy happy
er thin he was whin they was takin'
his darlin' Nelly Grey away firm him
an he'd niver see her more till they
met in tn Jim Crow siction iv Hivun.
Down in tn merry chilavrous South
land no basket picnic is complete on
less a naygur is depindin' firm tn
shrubbery Up here in this free North
iv ours where tn wurruds iv Windell
Phillips is still soundin' in tn air we
don't see amy naygurs marryin' into
our ladin' families. We welcome him
as our dk6l III all TdySplClS, UuJ IlOIlS
iv our conservative prize fighters will
put on tn gloves with him.
80 l say something's got to be done
FIR him. but what it is, 1 dinnaw. Tiddy
Rosenfelt's idee is to glad hand him UP
to a higher plane. All we've got to do
to make him tn akel iv his white
brother is to give him a job an have
him UP to tn White House FIR dinner.
Preparations is bein made FIR tn din
10 III ROUa1 x NIGHTS iW tn Or0hpr
iv ORIENTAL Splendher iv Pazazas
whose prisidint is tn Hon'rable Eyre
gious Cass iv Allybama. A wagon load
iV pullets an hams was delivered yis
terdah at tn White House. TIL din
ner will be followed be a musical, at
which tn Prisidnt an Sinitor Hanna
will sing a duet. Both statesmen will
black up in honor iv tn comp'ny. TIL
Prisidint has appinted Hon'rable Lucul-
lus Buffins, tn well-known naygur ora
ther to be marshal at Pianola, Miss.
Frinds iv tn family ARE kindly ray
quisted to omit flowers Immediately
on rayceivin' his commission as post
masther iv Ozaloo. Louisiyany. tn
Hon'rable Napolyon Bliggs, tn cilly-
brated naygur aggytater, took tn night
thrain to tn North. In spite iV tn
lateness iv tn hour a large number iv
Misther Biggs' fellow citizens escorted
him to tn thrain. They wud not per-
init him to walk, but insisted on car
ryin him on a two-be-four restin' on
their shoulders. Misther Bliggs eX-
picts to spend some time in tn North,
when he will consult a prom nent sur
geon an have tn feathers extracted
But tn throube with this here plan
is that tn higher We boost tn naygur
be askin' him UP to tn White House,
tn farther he has to fall whin he gets
about two blocks south iv tn White
House. Wan iv our dusky fellow citi-
zens comes out firm a meal with tn
Prisidint an cake walks to car. He
is not puffed up with tn rayciption.
Not at all. TIL av'rage chest measure
mint iv colored gentleman who has
had three or four fish balls with tn
Prisidint is rarely over wan hundred
and eighty inches. So he modestly
sthruts over to a car. takes seat,
puts his feet in tn lap iv tn lady
acrost firm him any says in a diferin-
che yell to a Confidrate colonel
mex to him: White pusson, give
this here frind iv tn president light