The Saint Paul globe., 1903-03-01

have ways iv their own. They think
a naygur ought TO be improved slow
| ly. Th' slower tn betther. l was
r-readin' speech be wan iv thin tn
| other day. He was conservative on
IN question. Like all Southern men
ne admitted that something was to be
SAID on both sides He did not boast
/ " ms siction iv tn country. A thrue
Southerner niver does. 1t wud III be-
| come MN TO suggist that tn South is
! anything more thin tn fairest spot on
GaWd's footstOol. inhabited by m
bravest men, tn loveliest an mos var
chous women, tn most tOothsone an
encouragln booze an tn fastest no
MES in tn wurruld. Let others tell Iv
IN beauties iv tn South Ye Will nor
draw tn tale firm tn lips iv a south
ern man. Aven in his cups he scnrDs
70 give more thin three cheers a mfnvIt
tr tn gloryous state iv Mississippi. A
hatSachooSetts man will hit We over
IN head with a Goldfish if We don't saw
that Massachusetts is tn mos noble
Jool in tn bright girdle on tn brow iv
Columbia. Ye can't go into q bar-
room without seein' a man sthandfn'
on table an yellin' fr New Hamp-
shire. Eight or nine bartinders were
shot las year fr rayfusin' to sing I
| was bor-rn in OF Ohio where tn
dhrinkin' wather's blue But a South
efn man is rayluctant TO speak fv his
/ III.
II ye don't listen he merely nudges ys
In IN ribs familyarly with a knife
80 this here representative iV tn
culture an civyliZation iv tn South
begun his speech with a cautious alIu-
sion TO tn well known fact that tn
South is tn bravest, tn freest, tn sun
niest. tn mos intellechool region iy
tn country, peopled be tn mos. chill
aNrous men an tn sweetest women
! that tn green light iv hiven iver shown
! down upon, where tn latch-sthring ia
/ always out to welcome strangers to
a hospital cheer an no wan is touchy
/ about his r-rights. He wint on firm
! this here bald statemlnt Of fact TO say:
/ III thruth iv tn matther is there is
] no race question. Th' toast iv tn eve
/ min is tn Day we Cillybrate or TIL
! Ladies, Gawd Bless Thin, or tn Pin
! Is Mightier than tn Soord, but I feel
! bound at this moment to address a
! few wurruds to tn race question, iv
] which there is none but Ii is tn wan
! question that confronts tn nation to-
! day. We have in tn White house a
| man who II he tver comes South iv Ma
son an DiNon's line will be subjected to
| lndignity worthy iv his Office. l yield
| to no man in admiration iv tn Office
| Nv pTiSidint iv this united counthry-
| united but ye can see where tn seam
was. But l will say that IL this rag
| time prisidint iver ventures into Oga-
|
| nobleSt state iv tn fair diadem iV tn
raypublic, he wants to look out or
| somewan will insult him. TIL race
/ question upon which l did not mean to
! speak but will, can niver be settled
until it IS settled r-rlght. TIL fright
way to settle II is to lave il where h
| is. We give tn nagur ivry fright
guaranteed by tn constichoochion. We
! permit him to vote. only demandin'
! that he shall prove that his father an
| mother were white. We let him per-
| form tn arjoos manyul labor iv our
| fair land We bury him or gather him
| as souvenirs. What more can be ask
| ed? But we insist that though this
| happy fellow citizen may pass us our
| Vittles he shall not fork out our stamps.
! To this ivry intelligence iV tn South
| that can be seen sunnin' itsilf on tn
deepo platform, sthands committed. In
| tn sunny Southland we bow to public
| opinyon, be 1t iVer so noisy. TIL nay
CUR question with us is a burnin' ques-
tion an so it will always be. TIL prisl-
! dint of these United States mus know
that we will defind white supremacy
! to tn las dhrop iv our blood. l wish
| to discuss this question dispashnately
an I say that I am in favor ~ LAWN
it to tn cold light iv raison. An I
thruly indorse tn proposition to fra
few eggs at tn prisidint whin he
comes South, an approve iv tn round
robin sint be those blue -blooded South
ern ladies who ar-re graftln f'r n
church fair in Texas. to tell tn ladies'
iv tn White house that they ar-re no
| ladies'
"An' there ye ar-re. Hinnissy. There's
! tn nagur with his vote an q meal
ticket to tn White house In his hand,
| an he's no betther off thin he was
whin 1 was opposin his ilivatlon on
constichoochnal grOun's an because L
niver liked g. naygur anyhow"
Whats tn throuble?" asked Mr..
| Hennessy.
"Th' throuble is" said Mr.. Dooley.
that tn naygurs iv tn North have
lived too long among tn white people
an tn white people iv tn South have
lived too long among tn naygurs."