Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-24

and n revealed the poetry and sentt
ment OF this patient. toiiings loving
race. as they CROPPED their way out OF
their captivity. singing as they eames
with faith In their God and confidence
In the day-star which was rising out
OF their night OF gloom.
Many time have heard the dc
tum laid down By oser-confident
prophets like Thomas Nelson Page.
that the negro was capable of a mod
crate degree OF academic education.
but could never go very high. IN 70
buttal. let me say that one OF the
members of Dr. Washingfon'H party
through Florida was young coiored
man who ia a graduate Of Harvard.
also OF Oxford as q Rhodes scholar.
and / have rarely met any man. OF
any race las a Harvard man apeakD
=ho possessed g more genuine and
unostentatioua cultivation Of minG
than does this young man. not IA man
ners and voice alone. but in taEfes
and inner standards he 50 among ghe
best graduated from our universities.
Somebody will respond. "sfe Is only
"a exception" Such wae the comment
made ten and twenty years ago. ae
young negro men came up. singIy ano
By twos and fhre@a. into the ranks Of
the professions: 0ue 2aoss ''e1cep
tons" are now Zoo numerous go DC
longer called exceptions anaae are
scoraa and hundreds OF them IN ahe
south: and sGmilag results wfIi Dc
reached il ina esss Of eoiora6 mea Of
literary ane sssAsasc caste: ane apsa-
Der IS steadily inere&stns.
& Is high time snas We sa96 sa1G@
sne busnboo og -soc9al equality D9.
Washington sad other educaaa0 SOS.
ored men condemn aIl movements Of
their rRca IN this direction: sasy urge.
with great aarneagneaa. that ehs ne.
groes keep 20 their owa aocisl life.
that they develop ala shsy can OF csvIs-
izatfon. sifhin their owa borders.
whatever mingiiRg Of the races gnaga
may be IN ahe business life sa easily
arranged. but. socially. coiored mes
and women are arged 10 keep apart
By themselves. and already. IN sew.
eraI southern cities have been az.
ms;fed. on my roundn OF journalistic
Inquiry, into many charming negro
homes. where good taste vas shs rule
and the good Offices OF genuine nno
tactgul hospitality we're extended 60
me
AZ the close Of Dr.. waaniaKsoa'a
address q Tampa. ! aecosted. pleas.
aniiy. two white men coming OUT OF
the hail. and one said. Booker WASH.
ingson IL a. great q man "a can Do
found So the world today" And gne
other man said. The whole situation
and Internationally o. the tao races
can be summed ap N that story wnscn
Washington told shout ane culorezs
bishop and sne white Aack driver.
And this is she story ia brief: az 3
town Ia North Carolina. q eoloYm9
bishop OF ng. washirgfon'r party vas
anxious 30 Catch srEtn. DO addressed
q white hsckman. Take ne 60 she
depot. please. and Win pay you Q
quarter the hacknsan replied. 4
would like the quarter. but can't
drive negro IN any hack. Then tho
FesouFcesuI bishop suggested. ~very
goodi Nov you aaAc she bach scar
and ride. an6 III sake shs front aeas
and drSvs." And this was done: sna
the coiore6 bishop so< ats train and
che white hacAmAa soe as quas9sg;
eNeh gained By tao transaction. Tnss
Is tho basis OF q: Intelligent. FeAaon-
sbIs sslq4assrsss upon unieh me ~.
gurs relations of tina ego Fncsa Ia sno
souEh must os established. an6 sbovs
shsiR heads viii DOSE she sGaai OF ne.
man brotherhood. whscA. in sgns. witt
come into sfn was--Sgssaazsela lssass.s
Republics.