The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-02-07
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Declares he Is not Afraid to Repeat In the
II Metropolis Of the south what he Really
said = the Recent Meeting Held in the 4
National Capital 81 81 BIZ

James II. Hayes, the lawyer whose
speech at the meeting Of the AFRO
American Council in Washington, has
created a stir. in the South, ana
brought to him an offer Of $4,000 TO
repeat the speech before q New Or
leans club, mailed an acceptance. OF
the offer, but waving the matter or q
pecuniary consideration. Mr.. Hayes,
letter is as follows: f.. -. ~. =.
Washington, Jan. 20, 1903.
To the Coliseum Club. r: 1885
Gentlemen: I am willing to come
to New Orleans at any time you may
designate, at my own expense, and
deliver before you and in your hall
not the unfair, disconnected, pervert-
ed and garbled statement sent out,
but the verbatim speech delivered
here before the ro-American Coun-
Gil Monday night. @ ~. r.
Knowing that you are Southern gen
tlemen, and although you may not en-
| tirely agree with me, yet Kno"
that I will have nothing to fear at the
! hands of men who compose the Draln,
| culture, refinement and Christianity
of the South, and whose Unborn sense
of fair play will cause them to listen
| calmly, even to a negros cause.
! Respectfully,
| JAMES H. HAYES.
| The offer to which Mr.. Hayes let
ter is the reply was contained In
dispatch to The Washington Post to
this effect:
New Orleans, La, Jan. 2S.t
The Coliseum Club will give Niger
! Hayes $4,000 and trans portation to
New Orleans if he will deliver. in our
hall his speech verbatim as delivered
before Afro-American Council in
Washington on the 26th.
COLISEUM CLUB.
|
UNCLE REST ON ode HAM TRUST"
| Written Expressly for The APPEAL
W'ut's dis ting pepuls ertawkin, erbout?
WITCH all de Worl calls "trust?
Dat statesmen an de country bout.
Jes sho as deyse gWlne ter Dust.
| I KANT jess tell you w at it is,
| I tells you vat it do,
1t do us all, an dat, ghee whiz!
| Is huff for me an you
Dere's Rockefeller's trust OBJ lie,
| Deres HavemeyerS. OBJ sweets
De Steel Trust wifi it's billion pile,
| An ArmOur's trust Of meats.
Den deres de coal "trust,' an de wood,
n f e9!le dey S tr H e all watts good
Or used by you an me-.
So. all de things we hab ter use
We must git FUN de trust
! Sho' faint no use den to 'buse,
Well pay de price or bust
But one de stranges' trusts come roun
| Dat hab- eber seen,
An de mission on which it's boun',
Makes udder trusts look green.
De Ham Trust yes, dat's hits name, -.
1t simply deals wifi Ham.
! TO tell hits purpose, it amt shame,
| Dis shows it amt no sham
Hits speshul organized to pass
On all Hams candidates
! Who long to sap offishul sass
| Fun all de seberal states.
De President he done took stan,
iDeclared watts fair and just,
Dat merits de measure of de man."
| An Presto! De Ham Trust.
Doan make no difference who dey are,
/ Nor w at deere, state folks feel, III
De candidate, eff he's a Ham, .--.N.
Mus TO dis Ham Trust kneel.
De bizness of dis trust ter say
| Wat kim Ell Ham you is,
| Glib de Ham Trust de right OBJ way,
! Trusts trusts, an biz is biz.
UNCLE REST
Recent dispatches from Washington
state some Afro-Americans proposed
to President Roosevelt the formation
of an Afro-American central commit
tee to pass upon the fitness Of all AT
ro-American candidates for Ofticla
recognition. AS soon as Uncle Rest
heard the news he composed the LITTLE
poem above