The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1909-03-13

LETTER
BY JAS. CuBERT CAMPBELL.


dress affected them. Those whom
| have approached for opinions on
this address have seemed so thor
oughly engrossed in the festivities
of the occasion that they did not
seem inclined to talk about it, and
while this is little hard on the cor
respondents desiring to give express
sion to the public opinion regard
ing this reference it evidences con-
clusively that the colored people
have confidence in the new presi-
dent and have no fears that he is
not deeply interested in their wei
fare and their uplift, and are going
on rejoicing with the rest of the
people in his happy induction into
the high office to which they help
ed to elect him.
The following are some of the
prominent colored men from all
parts of the country who have been
in attendance upon the inaugural
ceremonies: Hon. Chas. w. An
derson, collector of the Port of New
York; Col. James Lewis, surveyor
general of New Orleans; Col. II. II.
! Rucker, collector of Ports at At
lanta, Ga; Attorney Henry Lin
coin johnson, Atlanta, Ga; Mr.
Ben. Davis, Atlanta, Ga. Mr.. En-
NETT j. Scott, private secretary to
Dr. Booker T. Washington; Mr.
Chris. Perry, Of the Philadelphia
Tribune; Major John Buckner, of
Chicago, Ill. Mr.. Walter II. Haw-
kins, of Milwaukee, Wis. Hon. c.
l.. Maxwell, of Xenia, o.; Prof. j.
w. Mozee, of Lynchburg, Va. Mr.
W. II. Stewart, Louisville, KY;
Dr. r. f. Boyd, Nashville, Tenn;
Hon. J. c. Napier, president of the
Penny Savings Bank, Nashville,
Tenn. DR.. F.. S. Snelson, Hamil-
ton, o.; Mr.. Edward G. Knox, of
the indianapolis Freeman, Indi-
annapolis, Ind. Mr.. Archie Great
house, indianapolis, Ind; Mr.. n
d. Brasher, of the Cleveland Jour
nal, Cleveland, o.; Mr. Thos. W.
Fleming, of Cleveland, O.; Bishop
Grant, who is the guest of Register
and Mrs. Vernon; Dr. C. O. Bar
nett, Huntington, W. Va; Rev. j.
n. o. Waters, Lewisburg, w. Va;
Mr.. John Slaughter, Milwaukee,
Wis. Mr.. Harry Cummings, Balti
more, Md. DR.. Braswell, Macon,
Ga; and Mr.. Alexander, of the
Alexander Magazine, Boston, Mass
The Inaugural Welcome Club
ball at Convention hall on the fifth,
eclipsed all former affairs of its
kind for brilliancy and beauty, the
superb gowns of the many hand
some women was "A feature, and a
spectacle long to be remembered
The ball of the Monacan club on
the third, and the Cotillion on the
sixth were equally as brilliant. The
Mu-so-lit Club demonstrated again
its ability to be unique and genial
in its hospitality. The smoker given
by this organization on the night
of the fourth was one of the most
enjoyable affairs of the entire in
augural week Mr.. Emmett j.
Scott and Hon w. 7. Vernon were
among those who made eloquent ad-
dresses upon that occasion. On
Saturday, March the sixth, more
than three thousand people packed
the auditorium of the Metropolitan
A. NJ. f. church. The occasion was
the presentation of the Foraker
loving cup, which the colored peo-
pie from all over the country were
offering Senator Foraker as token
of their esteem and appreciation
for the great service and sacrifice
he has made in their behalf. The
cup is "A beautiful work of the sill
versmith, standing nearly two feet
high with three massive handles,
upon each being engraved the let
tiers &C. d. E." Around the base
are the words "25th U. S. Infan-
try ON the bowl the engraver has
quoted from one of his speeches
the senator made on the Browns
vile affair. The words are "They
ask for justice, not because they
are Negroes, but because they are
men" Mr.. Ormond w. Scott made
the presentation speech and Sen
ator Foraker's reply was eloquent
and touching. One of the most
significant utterances of a political
nature was his urging of the col
ored people of the country to sup
port President Taft and his admin
istration, saying to them: Il be
lieve firmly and truly that the pres