New-York tribune., 1908-01-18

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and individual worth alone the conditions which
viii secure lasting benefits for society and the
solution Of the grave problems which confront H.
CHEERS FOR COLONEL WATTERsoN.
Resides the Governor, who the first
sneaker of the evening, up from Kentucky came
Henry watterson VINO won his title OF coohel
fighting on the Confederate side in the ClFh
We "a declare that the negro must get his
chance and that the best place for him 10 get
!, MAS in the South. because there the whlte
man and the black man understood each oehei-
Colonel watterson said he had dechneo many
recent invitations speak in various parts oA
-he country but this one he felt down IN ms
heart of hearts he simply could not pass up
The bis audience cheered him heartily for the
sentiment and laughed goodnaturediy at ms
sally at the Fifth avenue provinciaIs, Who are
oxceptionai in their opinion but realiS
only exceptional because they know nothins
outside of the Great White Way Most OF
,hem. opined the colonel, ought TO study geog-
rephv and learn something about their OWN
country.
tn sneak directly for the institution itself.
which has felt the recent financial slump anu
must raise $4,000 before the beginning or us
raxt fiscal year on June ], came Booker l.
Washington himself, and from Kansas Nl's
.1sr,e Bishop Abraham Grant of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. who was DOTH
slave in Florida only thirteen years before tte
outbreak Of the Civil War. and ons OF whose
es-lv memories is his being sold OF IN 'he
slave mart in Columbus Ga, for S6"o In con-
federate money
LITTER FROM. AMBASSADOR BRYCE.
Letters of regret were received from Am
,.~.oor tsr,oe Cardinal Gibbons. Ex-Governor
W + Northen Of Georgia and others MI
Br,-ce's letter follows:
British Embassy. Washington. January IA :,
Dear Mr, PTncipal; To @ my 80 sH3TFe New YORK on the
Eth 70 speak your meeting aos .,,e warm
svmpsthz, which I feel for the aims and the work
There are it seems TO ne. two things which nost
need TO be for the oolored race e 81 Is s,, NJ
provide good college education for ?e mos Ut Js
elergyen Cperaps most Of alb its s., sre
sttc frsininr that which many centuries OF pTac-
rice have done for the whites. viz MAKE us 49,
-,rr out 1rorlnlen able 20 earn their ilVns
hv hsndicraft men with haots oi ,b Tercis
~ skill This is undertaking Of supreme me I'M I'M
nc tsef but also the Interests of the states
which they nhaht II is ine sgrest z MnS 1rne
which the make solid ana en9u1le ,I ~, pr poe
~ For the sake ef it. one ona % o,ltb LIKE fooSng {G Ssf
+t Iozsn lines ME vt1r T1skegee traced.
With hest wishes for succesSTuI me i'
faithfully yours, 'fN'ii1'
SETH LOW .~ES FOR AID
F7--M Seth Low, as TreSlof-Hi ol 'aAe ""0N'~
of trustees of Tuskegee Institute. made the
welcoming speech, in which ne naoe d Pi' "
financial aid. He said
Byt this is Tuskegee-s night, and We are me, met
esnecialIt 10 CONSIDER Tuskegees needs Like ever.
s td - times and ii must needs ask the gen
eTous If they can. be more generous SUI 1 taS
inenfhs ended December 81, 1907 its receipts from
gifts have fallen of $4,000 As neaTIg a. 5 SS not 0
estimated this time, the institute IN oIee[ ne
70 20 behind current expenses must ra1Se o0
Tsiwe i sc,:es f course the deficiency caused by
the falling off of s9ooeO in the receipts OF last a &
1,,r,T I do not weary YOU with other hguTeS 1oI
mis- Is the salient fact 1t proper that You should
snSS % thaa month 6E nPSn ' its bndsef @ and
be kept up 10 the END of me seb dbar r goyIjs
DR. Washington and his associates are sparlhs m & no
yithout too great disadvantage TO the school
COLONEL WATTERSONS SPEECH.
Mr. Low r-aised the Kentucky colonel warm
IN for his display of real interest in the well
fare of the negro and for coming 10 New York
for the sole purpose of helping on the work Of
1uskegee Colonel watterson spoke on The
Negros Future" saying;
The most serious problem for the former slave
most serious problems for the states Of the North
10 consider and help to soiXeIls kho~h d iiT en-,
.f = century Of misleading and error Each side
49;sai1 @ da,e and the error Not until heaven raised
UP in the prescribed race mana leader OF men men
= single of truth penetrate the surround
ing darkness. almost despaiFing, had ceased TO
-neorize throwing myself pack simple child
like faith in Cod. when Booker T. Washington ap-
pesred upon the scene TO tighten the gloom and
point .hc IL Iejoices stand by his side,
10 hold I'D his hands. Nobody to Tuske-
gee and what 7 there and come away
WITHOUT being impressed Ever since went there,
ROW many years sca. ] have been filled with hope.
foT ttouch the Institution of African slavery be
negro Is here; he is here IN increasing MUM
and he il here e. stay All schemes for get
ling rid OF him fantastic. and, ii attempted
would prove abo-tiTa- He must he developed on
new lines educated to an anomalous situation and
resolved into the body Of society, not irri-
1ant. but = natural indispensable component
part. That's the problem
The sections of the American Union were
the beginning. you know. jointly responsible
FOR African slavery Originally the slave trade
North and South. The African was
brought here in Northern ships. When the North
found slave labor Improbable il sold its slaves 10
the South. which mistakenly thought II profitable.
have never heard that the North failed to put
the money il for its slaves in its pocket II
the glory of manhood that. when
r1ent. stipulated that human bondage should
never its border. At last the Institution OF
African slavery precpitated the South intSra ruin
war. and. after this war. il discovered
that slave labor had been more profitable in
the South than the North
During century Of angry contention among the
whites about tho blacks. starting with the suppress
sion Of the African slave trade eliminate with
inc pr0claTna ton of emancipation 1t the black
people. not the white people. who conducted them
hT1el should suddenly blow his horn and the world
should come end this blessed instant many a
white might be found holding UP black man