New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-21
HITCH NEGRO TO MULE.
SAYS SENATOR SIMMONS.
Senator Depe5c Defends B. T. Wash
;ngton at North Carolina Dinner

Al tire third annual dinner OF the North Caro-
,,ns Society. held last night at the Waldorf
senator r NJ Simmons, the Senator from the
Black Belt" declared that the present system Of
Industrial education for the negro was vast
mistake The negro, instead OF being filed with
aspirations he could never attain should be
.Tharnessed 10 the mule he declared as he was
a++e6 by temperament and education for agrf-
cultural work. To this assertion Senator Depew
said that while he would not argue about II. he
sId not believe Il. He had the profoundsst ad-
-niration for General Armstrong and his sue
cessor a. Hampton. and for that negro who
came I'd to Tuskegee" and he believed that
-washington's line OF work was more likely to
settle this negro question than harnessing the
Hack man TO the mule"
Southern sentiment, natural. ran riot,
but that the greater Americanism," OF which
Senator Depew spoke and proper municipal
rride were not overshadowed by the pride of
birth was shown in the decorations. American
flags galore surTnounting the American arms.
which in turn were fanked by those Of North
Carolina and the insignia OF this city. Over
pu blazed an electric sign. The OLD North State
Iorayar-- The souvenirs were casts Of q negro
lov seated on an old barrel strunnnning banjo
Seated at the guests table with President B.
\ Duke were Senator Simmons. Dr. George f.
winston Of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Raleigh. Senator Depew. DR. J. N
steele. president Of the Maryland Society; Rob
ct c. ogden. president Of the Pennsylvania So
cietv: W E Graybin president Of the Georgia
Society. and John NJ. Harrington, president Of
the Southern Society
Senator Simmons, the first speaker, had for
his subject The Race Problem This. he said.
interested the South almost exclusively. then
continued:
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probems-social. political and industrial. The
social problem has been settled by the soath SO [ar
and al all times they refuse TO even so nauen s as
Intercourse with the negro. In their view that
would mean degradation for the white man. with
oUt compensating benefits for the black. ms is
Southern condition which is inexorable, and aoso-
lutely nothing can change II 49,. ..,,,- -.
ballots from the illiterate negro. not for political
the country's good and for own salvation We
have disfranchised the negro, but we have not
Why then. should they not have the same repre-
sentation in Congress as is gwen 70 0eneF II n da
franchise these negroes. would not the remedy pro-
But If the worst comes TO the worst If the North
IS determined 70 consider this ouesuo9 rom @ 9 Ias
standpoint OF political advantage. ana We HIuSS aS
choose between reduction OF 19 I not
hesitate in making its choice.
Upon the Southern farm the negro is CON
stRntly surrounded and safeguarded py lliliu- y
erces which tend 10 protect him against ule m
temptations to which his weak and creoulous
nature is peculiarly subject Whatever in the
u-av OF Improvement and development ne mas
achieved in the past-and il has not been neon n
sidera ble-has been almost entirely achleReo IN
these circumstances and surroundings
Take the negro from the farm. carry MN 10
the great city place him in the factory. organ
sza him into labor unions, and MS lnoivlduaIty,
which af the best is small and weak. VIII De de-
showed: his identity viii become merged In the
common mass, and his strong tribal propensltles
-,il undermine and supplant many OF the virtues
- hich are now his best and most valuable as
orG Wfn
.7or worse than his first
DR.. George T. Winston in speaking or the
Tar Heels made telling series Of local allu-
SONS Dr. Paul B. Barringer, Of the University
OF Michigan was the last speaker.
Many women thronged the galleries during the
speaking. 80
Some Of the guests We're: Benjamin r: Smith,
Charles 5. Bryan. George g. Allen, wins q.
Tpovd- Dr. Russell Benany, George w Bailey.
ex-Assistant District Attorney George Gordon
Pattle H. w BeaiI, Washington Byron, Dr. H
J Claiborne Lieutenant Frank McCook, H. G
Cowles jr Z ". Cobb and Elliott Dangerheld.