The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-12-11
\ N BUSINESS.
President Roosevelt. the Negro and the
Immigrant.

1t is ali very funny piece of business
this thing of Roosevelt and the ne
gro. When he gave Booker Washin-
ton a drink OF liquor and a sandwich
i'm the White House, a loto people in
the south foamed at the mouth. When
he dismissed a crowd Of murderous
soldiers, a lot of people in the
nirth were thrown into Mysteries.
Since then, the south hasSbeen throw
ling up the B. ooker .W%ashinton incident
Ito the north, bat the north has been
|unheeding, u~nconsolable. Now, some OF
President R~ooseve1ts friends, in an
effort to- discover some incident other
tina nthe Booker buffet affair, have
discovered that Roosevelt is a friend
!ofi the negro from w~ay~back, in that,
while governor of New York he not
lonly forced a mixed school on the
twhite people OF Long Island, but
tglOried1 in the fact that one Of his
Iown children, sat by the side of a
NEGRO. It appears to be- n true bill.
The history. of it in brief, we take
from a New York dispatch to The
baltimore Sun: Dr., .
"The exclusion OF the negroes from
1.-THE white schools, had been a source of
Irritation between the Two races for
Years, particularly in Queens borough,
where the percentage of the black pop
ulation was large, and on the west
Liza, ~F.1II AE1-I,4+o, IIrIo- tho -,
lthority of al old law the local school
boards had erected separate schools
and refused to admit the negroes to
the white schools. At the time Mr.
Roosevelt became governor b matter
had been in the courts for three years,
la negro omar named Cisco. in ia
lmaica, Queens borough, backed by IN
association OF negroes, having contest
led the right of the Jamaica school
board to exclude her child from the
white schools in the vicinity. While
THE negroes gained the decision, the
tissue was somewhat clouded b? tn
possibility that the courts Tullns
would not apply to all classes OF negro
lchildren excluded from white schools
hut only in the case OF those wht
i1tsCu DIT dA u SaaSohooiO oto A1|A
...n--tssa3 apart for negroes"
The account goes on to say that t.
Isecure the rights which the negroe
demanded State Senator Elsebere
with the encouragement OF GOverno
Roosevelt, introduced in the legisla
lture a bill repeating the act which per
United school trustees to set aside sc
parate schools for white and blac1
pupils. The bill was bitterly contest
ed by residents of Queensborouh, VIII
objected to mixed schools. Governo
Roosevelt, however, was quoted a
lsaying that his own child occupied
lseat in the Oyster Bay school next
Ia negro pupil, and that he was prou
-, Iof it. The bill passed finally 0
March 80. 1900, and became a la
) lwit hthe signature of Governor Rooss
welt sOon after that date. 1t is no
reinforced to the letter. L. a-sfs
This reminds us of the immigratio
incident. Roosevelt placed a negro
!. receipt of the customs at Charleston
he entertained a negro in the Whit
House; he created mixed schools an
was proud that one OF his own chile
+, 'ren sat next to. a negro, yet no hoy
was, raised in the north. But the da
that he discharged a lot OF negro ru
fans from the army the heavens WEI
rent.
Since last. January, 1,200,0 900 imm
grants have been landed at Ellis |
and and all was well. Last month 4
2 immigrantsSWer landed in Charlestc
{ apd$6es III Charlotte and a roar Wei
]. upsthat shook the nation. II this
not funny business we o
pleased TO know what is-Charlot
Chronicle.