New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-23
SPEAK FOR TUSKEGEE.
THEME, NEEDS OF NEGRO.
Washington, Ckoate and Ogden Talk
Clemens Amuses Crozod.


-CLPmeBs AmuSes Cro7od.
Before a large and evidently interested audience
Or Booker T. Washington. Joseph H. Choate
Samuel l.. Clemens Mark Twain and Robert c.
ogden spoke in the interest OF negro Industrial
education IN the South. and especially at the Tus-
keegee Institute in Carnegie Hail. last night II
was the twenty-ffth anniversary OF the founding
OF the institute. which will be celebrated in an
elaborate manner at Tuskeegee the first week in
April Not only was the big hall filed. but there
were at least five hundred persons in the street
anxious but unable 70 get in. Requests for two
thousand moro tickets than the seating capacity OF
the hall were received A negro glee club from
Hampton sang.
1t was stated that It desired to raise the
Tuskegee endowment from 81 10000 to 100000. AS
Dr. washington was entering the hall messenger
handed him letter from Thomas Dixon. IT., offer
ing to contribute $4,000 from the profits Of his
The Clansman." his play now being produced here
provided you give complete and satisfactory proof
that you DO desire social equality for the negro
and that your school is opposed TO the amalgama-
ton OF the races" After the meeting Dr. Washing
ton said he would ignore the letter He refused TO
comment on It.
William J. schieRelin. president OF the Armstrong
Association. introduced Mr.. Choate the chair
man. He said in part:
The success Of Tuskegee ia the triumph and glory
Of Booker T. Washington I know he is one Of
Few Americans whom foreigners regard with
peculiar sympathy because OF the work he is doing
for mankind. remember the reception he got in
London when entertained him in my hired"
house.
Mr.. Choate spoke Of the work Of General Arm
strong. who. he said. victim Of his self
sacrifice In arousing sympathy for negro education
in the North. Don't let this happen again" said
the speaker 'If you leave il TO DIT. Washington
70 get up meetings in the North, 1 am afraid his
fate will be the General Armstrong; We
want him here at the golden jubilee twenty-five
years from now"
MR. CLENIENs's SPEECH.
In introducing Dir. Clemens Mr.. Choate said: IF
should introduce him as Clemens you might not
know him, for after all that is only his family
and private name So I shall introduce Mark
Twain.
MI Clemens spoke in part as follows;
Once a year the American citizen lays aside his
Christian private morals hires ferryboat and piles
up his bonds in a warehouse in NewJersey for
goes 10 he ts once boI5s I bs bsna and
swears he wishes he may never, never, II he's got
the list appears in the papers. a column and a
quarter OF names, In nne print. ana every man n
churches know all these people have friendly
them. They never miss a sermon when they're SOS
to be around. whether they are SOS to be around
the dsintegratn. atmosphere Of this thing. I used
crumbled. When they assessed me at $1,000 a
fortnight ago went out and tried 20 borrow the
J,
York at a third Of the price they were charging l
Is Ihe Ias teansg am hot CONS 6sn no run i,I
SoVEn az Os ~ ma ~ aete-
minutes the dsintegratiOn was complete. In fifteen
minutes was become Just mere moral sand pile;
and experienced deacons and swore on every rag
tax ofiosrs were moved: they we're profoundly
moved. They had long been accustomed to seeing
could endure the spectacle; but they were expecting
m moral ana they We're saddened fell visi5y
in their respect and esteem, and I should have
bottom and there wasn't any place 10 fail TO.
At Ilskegee theE wi! Ju1p 10 mls sg con on
Parkhust. and they Will deceive the student with
9 ook sa az h6sa GOOD Shq5 h0 they gsa
men7 Well they swear. Only once year. maybe,
time ' And DO they lose anything BY It? No they
don't; they save enough IN three minutes 10 sup
The historian John Fiske. whom knew. well and
Christian Eenemen a1q Vet ne soTS 9n ten N 6
that eKacIy Maybe, srii be vs. desrG Tsrsss5
n his work his wife came IN much moved and pro
3l Jobn but must for this is a serious matter
and needs to be attended to at once Then lament
lille she sSn OTs s5s sa sfTS b a that
Aunt Mar NAT r F FIX o reeoted upon the matter
moment. and then said; on, vel; u IS ABOUT the
After the colored singers had given another Sc
lection, Mr. ogden was 4lHOuuNVI' NJ ObueA
said in part;
The duty assigned 70 ne demands some 3T is
intelligence Of the country, North ana south al
hat IS due to the descendants OF the African negro
race that are now part OF our population, ana
especially of our Southern States The South has
done much by public appropriation for negro edg-
10 hear alone. The question is national. other
one more Important than that ncarnate in the call
Of Tuskegee7 Do the results Justify the cost IN
ton Of land, increase Of personal property, many
communities in which the races are Hvlns IA haT-
gent negro leaders all these conditions and more
The responsibility is universal and personal What
will YOU do about it2 Are the principals Of Hanp-
ron Ina tsssE5F constantIy from house TO house
from once to once for the money 70 pay teachers
TO perfect sanitation ana tne needs or tne euuca-
tlonal and Industrial communities dependent upon
men Shoots I1bev are worth too much to the
nation to be worked TO death in this seeking Tor
This is the tventy-hfth anniversary Of Tuskegee,s
life. The remaining aSHV9 Tor endoWnent should
pYbic asset in Tuskegee is too valuable to be risked
upon the life and health Of one man however pow
be the lie Insurance for the institution.
MR. wAsH1NGToNs SPEECH
Mr. Washington was then introduced. When he
spoke Of the property owned by the black man in
the various Southern States, he said. having IN
mind Mark Twains remarks: The black man
has learned from his white brother to conceal the
full taxable value Of his property" DR.. Washing
ton said in part:
We have. at Tgskegee so students from thirty
tries. with los instructors and helpers. We have
property valued at about $4,000 and instruction Is
branches OF industry. combined with thorough