The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-30
NEGROES AT WHITE HOUSE
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE RECEPTION
WHICH CAUSED INDIGNATION.
Roosevelt Carrying His Ideas Of Social
Equality to the Extreme Limit.
Something About the Affair.
New York SUI.

the capitol. Ihe subject under dis
cussion was the presence of several
negro men and women at the White
House reception in honor of Con.
a"gress and the judiciary last night, a
circumstance which caused several
Southern gentlemen, nearly all Of
whom are members of Congress, to
leave the mansion IN a huff. This
incident and the facts which led to it
were the absorbing topics of com
ment today, and indignant inter
views with Southern senators and
congressman are being sent out to
newspapers in the Southern states
tonight.
1t was ascertained today that the
negro guests were John G. Dancy,
recorder of deeds of the district of
Columbia, and his wife and daughter,
who accompanied him; Judson Ly.
ons, register Of the treasury, and six
or eight other negroes, men and
women, whose names are not known.
Officials at the white house declined
today to give the names of the ne
groes who were preseLt, but it was
explained that they were federal
officeholders in Washington, with
members of their families, and that
they were invited according to GUS
tom. 1t was said at the white house
that the families Of negro officials of
the government in Washington are
always invited to the state recep-
tions.
The colored guests had a rather
lonesome time of it at the reception.
After they had shaken hands with
the president and had passed into
the east room they stood for some
time in corner of the apartment talk.
ing among themselves, but not min
CLING with the white guests. They
were as inoffensive as possible, even
from the point of view of sensitive
Southerner, but there was good
deal of comment, and several South
ern congressman got angry and
hastily left the house. This was
after they had had chance to talk
1T over among themselves and express
thr Indignation they felt toward the
presluent for heaping such an alleged
indignity upon them. Representa-.
tives Small and Pou, of North Caro-
lima, were among those who made
their hasty departure from the white
house conspicuous.
Several senators and congressman
from the Southern States declared to
day that they would never visit the
white house again, either socially or
on business.
1t was stated, and the fact seems
to be established, that only in rare
instances in the past has a nego man
attended white house reception,
although invited to do 80, and that
probably no negro woman has ever
been there This statement Of course
applies only to the especially invited
guests, for large number of negroes
of both sexes always attend the pub
lie receptions. The last evening re-
ception of the winter at the white
house has always been open to the
general public.
The Indignant Southern senators
and congressman today declared that
President Roosevelt had sought to
force the social equality of the races
by inviting negroes to last nights
reception and that he offered them
personal insult. They declare that
ii invitations to negroes have been
issued in past years these invitations
have not been accepted, and the fact
that the negroes came this year is
due to Mr.. Roosevelts attitude on the
race question, as exemplifed in the
Brooker Washington incident aud in
many Southern appointments.
Fg9.tt
to the Southern newapaper CORE
spondents today. He said:
"The thing that bothers me most
is the fact that my name was printed
this morning as among the guests
present at the reception last night.
This same mistake was made on the