The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
the Nortf, oil terirs Of social EQUALITY;
Bthnt ho visited his white friends at the

sthe North oil tern.s Of social edunllty;
that ho visited his white friends at the
North and wlned and d!ned With them.
and TINT lii spite of himself he was as say fL!'.
Ing to other members Of his race WAT nat
social couality was IL thing to then, at
ttaifinble, at least In the North and if
III tho North. why not IN tho South
This article Is recalled by n recent IN
lcidcnt related In these columns and py
comments thereon BY prominent southern
crs. Washington, recently made himself
conspicuous BY escortlng ITO dinner a
daughter Of John 1Vaniamaker, OF PM
5ndclphIa. Mr.. lvannanaker is partner
In business OF Robert G. Ogden, and 1t
Is we'll known that Mr.. Ogden has upon
several occasions entertained Washington
In his own home. Tho incident mas mas
naturally attracted attention ut tho South,
and d Birmingham correspondent sends
tho following special to the shnl ig'
Post
.'Thcrc Is much feeling expressed IN
Alabama over the Incident Of Booker T.
washington leading n daughter of John
Waiiamaker to II table in 4 .dtnlng-roon
at Saratoga Springs, IN ono Of the prin-
cipal hotels OF tho place. Among others
who hayo given interviews on tho subject
is lieutenant Governor Cunningham, the
candidate for Governor next yenr. he says say
thnt Booker Washington was indiscreet.
@inasnuch as he sets bad example be-
fore his race knowing exactly the lee '
Ing in the South. jti ,
John r. London, ono of tho most
prominent attorneys in Birmingham, an.
nounces that Washington has destroyed
his usefulness In the South. DR.. John W.
Stagg, Presbyterian minister, who q Re"
weeks ago delivered an address near
Tuskegee, describing Washington WIFI
his Int out constantly, as one OF the
biggest beggars in the world, says the IN
cdent is likely to have q bad effect.
Booker wa hington is & man Of sense nnd
character easily the most distinguished
man Of his race III America. Other mem
bcrs Of his race naturally look up to
him as the excmplar and aturally con-
cludc that what Washington has accom-
pllshed other negroes may accomplish to
d degree, IT. he wants to hobnob with his
northern friends Of the white race, and
IL they want to hobnob with them, 1t II
hIs afraIr ana theirs. We, Of the South,
have no earthly objection. Taste IS not
matter for dispute, But IT goes With
out saying that southerners are not gong
to give aid and announcement to the
head Of a negro school who teaches social
equality, either by preccpt or example
Dispatches OF last week announced that
anxiety over the threatened Chinese BOY
colt Of American goods had resulted IN q
cable from President Roosevelt to Min
ister Rockill, instructlng the American
representative to warn the Chinese GOV
crnment that the United States VIII In
sIst on the strict observance of article 10
OF tho Tien-Tsin treaty of 1855 This MS
article provides that "at each OF the
norts omen to commerce citizens OF tho
United states shall be permitted to I'M
mort from abroad and sell, purchase and
cxport all merchandise Of which the
|importation or expectation is not pro-
| hibited by the laws Of the empire, Tic
mere fact of an anti-American boycott
among Chinese consumers Is not In itself
! of course, a violation OF this provn'on
1 but it is alleged that those having the
boycott movement In charge have planned
| to interfere with tho landing Of Alnerl.
can goods and to prevent stevedores from
removing American goods from vessels II
Chinese ports" Reports as TO the pres
Ont effectiveness Of the boycott are con
flicting and inadequate.
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