The San Francisco call., 1903-01-07
COLORED PEOPLE
NOT APPEASED
Ticket Incident Contin-
ues to Be a Source
Of Ranking.
Explanations Do Not Meet
the Situation, Say the
Oaklanders.
Oakland once San Francisco can.


Ills Broadway. Jan 6.
Mrs. George Ingraham. president. and
r1e members Of The Twentieth Century
Club. The select coIored intellectual or
c8uization of this city. are not seriously
impressed with the explanations made by
Mrs Frederic Burk. one OF the managers
oC The lecture TO be delivered by the noted
negro educator. Booker T. Washington.
in san Francisco Thursday. that she did
uot draw the color line or discriminate
agsiust the Twentieth Century Club in
distributing tickets for the address.
in speaking of the agitation that has
deeply stirred white and black educa-
rf0usl circles in TWO cities. Mrs. Ingra ham
said tonight.
Mrs. Burk's explanations do not eX-
plain. nor her apologies apologize for the
insulting snub given me and the members
ot the Twentieth Century Club just be-
cause our cuticlc happens 10 be a shade
darker than hers. I regret that this af-
fair ever occurred and realize il places
Mrs Burk in an embarrassing light but l.
Too, was placed i'm an embarrassing and
hJmilaung position when told that. be-
cause the organization Of which / am
president was composed Il colored peo-
lle. it would be allowed but twenty-five
tickets instead OF - that We asked for
and which Mrs Burk wrote me that she
had sent 10 her fatlers home in East
Oakland. where 7 could obtain them
when 4 called FOR the tickets Mrs.
BUrk had asc-rta.Ged that all the mem
hers " our club were cOlOred and had
Ieft instructions that because Of this /
WAS 20 receive only twenty-five tickets
} have written 20 Mrs Burk. telling her
how We regard her action. but as yet have
received no reply. I have conversed with
nearly all the members of the Twentieth h
century Club and without exception all
are in favor Of returning the twenty-five
tickets 10 Mrs Burk. Tomorrow night
the matter viii come before the club for
official action"
George Ingraham. husband of the club :
president who has ChampiOued the claims
~ her race To be recognized at the Book
or T. Washington lecture. supports his
wife in tie stand she has taken. He said:
awkward management and poor diplo-
macy have been displayed by those in
charge Of the lecture TO be given by Mr.
u NashlngtOn- They have not drawn the
color line with respect to the lecturer on
The contrary. they evince a tendency TO
luoropolize him. They are inconsistent
20 say the least Who has a greater right
tc hear Mr- Washington than people Of
his own blood and color? Suppose that a
prominent German or Irish educator were
billed 10 lecture instead OF Mr.. Washing
ton and that the managers were to draw
tLC German or Irish line and bar out or
limit the attendance Of people OF these
IatiOnaliues at the lecture, would there
uor be a tidal wave OF Indignation roll
Up2 And wouldn't il be justified in roll
ing up? That is exactly the position in
hich the COlored people are with respect
10 Ar. Washingt0u's lecture"
Mrs Ingraham added that she did not
think the excuse that Mr. Washington
would lecture at Zion African Methodist
tlurch in san Francisco valid.
we know about that meeting she
declared and as that one is exclusively
for co-Ored people We are fully competent
to look out for il. What we have vet 10
SNOW is why the line was drawn on the
Zig meeting OF Thursday night"