Show I J J I TOM SHOW TROUBLES I l J r j Hot Blast From Prominent f i AfroAmericans r r L If j PRESS CLUB IS CRITICISED I Ginsurfid for Allsged Burlesque 1 on Uncle Toms Cabin ttn u I I Colored Peoplo Adopt Resolutions on m I Matter Press Club Issues Statement State-ment Explaining Attitude cf tt4 rrr < I The resolutions given below explain IltJ I themselves They were adopted at a meeting of colored men at the Plaint Plain-t dcalcb office on Friday and printed In iiJ l tbit paper Friday evening with theE the-E signatures of tho committee attached I The apology of the Press club Is also m given + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + VshorcaH It has come to our 4 4 + knowledge that tho Press club of + I I + Salt Lake Is preparing to produco + ls j + for tho edlllcatlon of tho public ut + + tim Salt Lake Theater on Tuesday + 4 evening next a hideous burlosino + I 4 on that beautiful classic and dl + + vlncly touching drama Undo + I + Toms Cabin and + + Vhcrcas We understand thnt Its + + It-s the Intention of said Press club + 1 + lo present several choctcrlHtlcs of + j with tlio + 4 the AfroAmerican race + + Idea of bringing acorn contumely + ItI + and rldlculo upon thoso who did + 11 i + moro than all others to upbuild tho + WO + Sunny South and 4 i + Whereas The wonderful book + I + which In to bo burlesqued In this + I + performance was ono of tho chief + 4 Instrumentalities I In loosing tho + 4 shackles from the slave and uplift + a 4 Ing over our dusky heath the clor + I + Ions banner of freedom for which + I + cause tills marvelous novel and Itn + 4 BoJnted author are juntly reverb + t + and their memory sacredly kept l by 1 + II 4 tho descendants ot tho original + + AfroAmerican Immigrants There + J + fore be It + + Resolved That we would bo ret t re-t 4 creant to the sacred trust reposed + p J + In us as ropreuontatlvcs of the II + + luntrloua race which has produced + 1 + Frederick Douglas Touaealnt + I + LOuverture Congressman George + + H White Senator Blanche K + t + Bruco Booker T Washington Maj + 4 J R Lynch P S H Pinchbeck 4 M I + and countless others who have con + 4 trlbutcd their quota to tho enlltfht + h + enmcnt and happiness or tho hu + + man rnce did wo not ralo our + l 4 voices In protest against this propose + 3 t 4 pro-pose traveoty for mercenary pur + + poses upon all that Is regarded as + I1 + sacred and venerable In tho traditIon + + tradi-tIon of tho AfroAmorlcan raceR + I + race-R W W Taylor editor + + E R Hatnold M Edwards D T + + Rcddlck A N Smith W IJ Stone + J + AV D Powell + H 4444444444444444 PRESS CLUB IS SORRY 1 i The members of the Press club ot Salt Lake with ono accord regret that any contemplated act ot theirs should give 4 offense to a people whose friendship they have ever regarded as worthy of I cultivation and whose good opinion they highly prize Nothing could be farther j from the Intention of the Press club than to cast aspersions or contumely upon this noble and honest racea race 1 which as the resolutions set forth has rr produced not only Frederick Douglas Booker T Washington and the other 1 gentleman whoae name we arc unable to pronounce but also siich distinguished i citizen as Peter Jnjckaon Joseph hint Joseph Wnlcott land other gentlemen Ij gen-tlemen whose names are proudly emblazoned em-blazoned upon the black list WILL DRAW NO LINE It Is not tho purpose of the Press s club In the coming dramatic performance yii perform-ance to make caste distinctions or to draw a line either of race color or P previous condition of servitude As pt proof of our warm sympathy for the AfroAmerican race we point to the ER1 fact that we have selected for the leading Zi lead-ing parts gentlemen who although their sllns > may be white have hearts as black aa any that ev < r beat beneath S 1 n woolen plantation shirt OBJECT IN VIEW The Imputation that his play is to be 1 a travesty for mercenary purposes Is a t regrettable error It la n fact not hitherto hith-erto exploited that the Press club has been actuated In this matter wholly by a love of tnio histrionic art Viewing i with sadness and concern the pitiful and Inadequate attempts of theatrical com t panleo to do Justice to thin exquisite masterpiece of Mra Stowc the Press 4 club resolved regardless of expense to Produce something which should ever 3 linger pleasantly In the memories of all i1i1 true lover of the drama ljvL We trust this explanation will be sat isfactory to our friends of the Afro American race of whom we think so hiGhly that wo have associated with I us as Janitor one of their valued num rlo bsr bsrTHE THE PRESS CLUB OF SALT LAKE 1H A heavy seat sale was reported yes fcI11l unlay and the prospect are that the eflI most desirable Seats will be all taken J tomorrow when the sale Is resumed |