The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-03


some conditions which cannot be lynch.
ed away. One cannot lynch diseas Sc, ig-s
norance or idleness; these scondi tons can 4
only be cured by education.
vi All tho conditions to which I have been
referring can DO helped forward immense
1 ly by the best white people and the best !
colored people in each community con Y
ferring ~ frequently together concerning.
their mutual Al interests It Is largely
through such cooperation that g public
sentiment has been created within the 4
last six months. which has nearly blot
| ttedA out the crime OF lynching. It 10 !
matter OF the greatest encouragement that
1 ings In the South, during the past six
| months there have been only thirteen.
lin Novem Der, there was not a stngl one,
| and not one recorded for the month OF
April. IA III
The negro Is often called an Initiative
race. This may be true. but bear IN
Bmind that he usually initiates the best
civilization. You do not hear OF a negro
Initiating a Chinanian ora Filipino. "a n
sthis goes to show that the hite 4 man
4 should set the negro tho very best ex-
ample. s;i5 III ,&5 Z,
/ While we should not overlook the Sc
\ robustness; OF the work that is before US.
/ or the wrongs often inflicted upon US
there Is great cause 1or hope s anu ei
! couragem ent. ~ isHg
A. 81 We have passed through the period OF
/; the introduction OF American slavery:We
/ have passed through tho period OF the
i destruction OF that hurtful institution
we have gone through! the trying perloa
i or reconstruction and have now entered
! upon an era Of construction. In this glorl-
! GUS work all OF us. black and white, North:
4 and South, helped and led by the inspir--3
i ing example OF Hampton, can earnestly
4 unite. al, sa8 f8
Not the Speech Delivered.
such is the speech Of Booker Wash
i ington, as it. was prepared. but not as as
4 delivered. There were many interpre-
\ tations which did not please all the Viz
4 ginians present. and many adverse crit
4 icisms were heard. He spoke plainly,
i He gave the Hampton students some
good advice, but he also criticised the,
i whites in manner that some Of the
i $Virginians thought was 2imperttnent and
4 offensive. .f Z l5g44{i3
l For one thing. he said that he had
4 preached to his race the gospel OF love-
He had told them that although the
( whites treated them wrongfully or I'M
4 Justly, they must not cherish In their
hearts any feeling Of bitterness. but only
love, thereby returning good for evil and
setting the noble example. That Is not
the exact language but the substance
Of It., and some Of the Yirginians re-
:, sented the implication that the whites of
the South had treated the negro lunjustly
y and they resented also the patronizlng
4, spirit and the odlous comparison.
4 Again, he said that In some sections
the negro child got only one dollar for
education against four dollars for 4 the.
white child. But, he added the negro
Is making progress ana may. be he VIII
soon reached point where It will re-
qulre only ono dollar for his education
against four dollars required for the
white child. That speech, was not rel
4 ished by some OF tho whites; although
good humor, and was certainly nc, tmeant
to be offensive, Ii but only as a bit Of;
| good -natured badnage. sS
! Still again. he spoke Of lifting the
negro up and making the negro push the
| white man up, and this suggestion Of
( equality was not altogether relished.f
1 Finally, he related mi Incident which
many did not like. He said that a NUM-
Der OF white womeni'5 had been holding
q religious meeting N Aabama, and no
4 invited them to visit Lskegee, They
accepted the invitation, land when they
came one of them said to mo; Mr.. Wash,
ingtol, I had no Idea until now Of I he;
/ character OF your work, etc. He related
still another Incident In which he repre-
sented a. white woman'' as REQUEST
ing colored. man on Her premises In
I, Richmond to remove a rose bush which
had been planted by the mistress of the
old man. and whlcs-h he declined to dis,
\ turb,
Did Not Intend Offense.
. Il 1T was very far from the Speakers in-
tention5to give offense. But there was Il
certain mannersm and tone OF voice, and
4 all that. to Which our folks have not
been accustomed. and there were men
4 and women from the North who sat by!
and beamed on the colored man and
4 applauded we'll nigh everything he said;'
A of them did not, But there were others,
i prominent Richmond men and women.
1 who said the speech was fine; that he
a was put up to speak his mind. and that.