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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE enfelt las' year has come out agin' him. Th' tide lias turned." As for Mr. Dooley himself : "I don't mind savin' that I'd rather ate with a coon thin have wan wait on me. I d sooner he'd handle his own food thin mine. F'r me. if anny thumb must be in th' grew, lave it be white, If ye please. But this wasn't my dinner an' it wasn't my house, an' I hardly give it a thought" But Mr Dooley realised that with himself as with the president, it was not a matter of what he might prefer to do South," Mr. Dooley expressed satire which does not sound as funny or grotesque as It did then: "Thousand lv men who wudden't have voted fr him undher anny circumstances has declared that undher wud they now vote no circumstances ' He's lost near ivry state In fr him. th' 8outh. Th' gran' af commonwealth iv Texas has deserted th' banner iv th' Republican party, an' Mississippi will cast her unanimous counted vote agin' him. He'll be beat We hear that th' white sure. man in Alabama that votied f'r Ros "I didn't hear that th' guest done annythlng wrong at th' table. Fr'm all I can Urn, he hung his hat on th' rack an' used proper discrimination between th' knife and th' fork, an' ast f'r nawthln' that had to be slnt out fr. They was no mark on th' tablecloth where his hands rested, an' an different version. According to this Inventory iv th' spoons afther his deBy MARK SULLIVAN. version, Roosevelt wrote a note to parture showed that he had used WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28. resthralnt." Of all at the false aphorisms with Washington, asking him to dinner. About the political consequences of realised there was dynawhich the world deluded Itself a Washington In the a to mite realised invitation the and it, prospect that the incident world whose predisposition is to take that Roosevelt did not realize It was "goln' to be th' roonatlon lv Prui-dltoo many things for granted one of fin sense of conTiddy Rosenfelt s chances In th' the most misleading is the adage Washington, with aout Frances Leupp sought which says "history never repeats." sideration, to devise means by which he could When this furore broke out about the engagement without having the presence of the wife of a negro keep get Into the newspapers. congressman at one of a series of it It did get Into the newspapers and afternoon teas given for the wives of congressmen, the first reflection a furore arose similar to the present of the present writer was about the one, but more violent. One cartoon similar furore that attended a sim- about Mrs. Roosevelt went so far decency that southerners ilar episode in 1901, when Theodore against condemned it and Roosevelt, then president, enter- themselves It. A southern senator of that tained at dinner a negro educator, day, TUlman, of South Carolina Booker Washington. There was a difference enough predecessor of the present "Cole" difference to give grounds for the say- Blease), was quoted a saving: "The in ening about history never repeating action of President Roosevelt The difference was in favor of the tertaining that nigger will necessi niggers greater Justification of President tate our killing a thousand Hoover to those who think about in the south before they will learn such things in terms of Justifica- their place again." The Macon, Oa.. "Telegraph,' in tion. Roosevelt did not have to give n a meal to Booker Washington, who connection with the incident, used phrases about was not in official life. The present White House host had to include the "negrophillsts" and social "The Richmond Times" wife of the negro congressman in some one of the series of teas or said "It means that President Roosevelt is willing that negroes shall min else be guilty of a discrimination so wanton that it would be construed gle freely with whites in the social circle." as an injustice. It did not mean that, of course. It In the present case, the colored woman who was among the guests did not mean that In Roosevelt's case, at a White lie use tea is the wife of and It does not mean that in Hoover's a member of a congress duly elected. case. But In the sort of violence that Furore Over Tea for Negress Recalls Roosevelt's Trouble ... ." hermap-teroditea- : Every wife of every congressman has rights which are attributes of hsr husband's official position. Kvery family whose head is in official life has certain rights going with the rank of the husband. Similarly, every family whose head Is a representative of a foreign country has certain rights going with the resoective rank of the representative within the diplomatic corps and the diplomatic corps includes every race and every color. In the diplomatic corps, some aspects of precedence at official functions are determined by relative length of residence in Washington. During the Orover Cleveland administration the foreign minister longest here was the one from Haiti. As a matter-o-f course, every other foreign representative gave precedence, and at an official White House dinner the Haitian minister and his wife had the places of honor. These privileges going with the official status of the head of a family are very important in Washington. How important they are. how much contention can arise over them is illustrated by the furore that arose a little while ago about Mrs. Gann. While the two cases are quite different, of course, Mrs. Gann, in a technical sense, had a less strong case than the wife of Congressman de Priest would have had if she had been omitted from any function designed for all wives of congressmen. Mrs. Gann is the sister of Vice President Curtis. Mr. Curtis has no wife. Mrs. Gann claimed the rights pertaining to a woman who Is the head of a vice president's household. The to her, both by rights were conceded American official circle and by the Whatever whole diplomatic corps. members rights go with the women of anv official family are always concededand are meticulously observed by everybody in official life. The seriousness with which such matters are taken end conceded in Washington is further Illustrated of by the very proper Insistence Speaker Longworth and Mrs. Long-worupon the consideration that goes with his office. Mr. Longworth is head of one of the three coordinate branches of the government. As such he is the equal of the chief Jus tlce of the supreme court and the suof perior of the vice president and everybodv else excepting the president. If Mr. Longworth or his wife should submit to any diminution of their rights at official functions, they would thereby compromise the standing of the legislative branch of the government relative to the others. To maintain that standing, to insist upon their rights and rank at official functions, Is an essential and historically most important part of the duties of the speaker and his wife, Similarly, to concede these rights, to observe them almost religiously, to refrain from trespassing upon or abridging the appropriate rights that go with every official rank in Washington, is the duty of every person In every other official rank. To deny to the wife of any one congressman the rights at. and the access to, official functions which conbelong to every wife of every gressman, would be a discrimination condemned by precedent and tradition, and equally condemned by justice and principle. The de Priest case had no faintest relation to social of the uproar equality. Nine-tentthat arose about It was based on mis. understanding. Roosevelt's case In 1901 was different and weaker. Roosevelt was not obliged to entertain Booker Wash-no ington. Booker Washington had official status, was not inofficial life; he was head of a negro school, the Tuskegee institute in Alabama. do As to how Roosevelt came to It there are two legends. (Incident ally, the present writer, wno is comperiod, would posing a, history of that informed perlike to know from any son which of these legends is correct.) The more familiar of the legends says that Roosevelt wanted to see Washington about a phase of negro education, that he asked Washington to come to the White House office, that when Washington came Roosevelt was busv. and that thereupon Roosevelt said offhand, "Stay to dinner and I'll have leisure to talk with you fin the other hand, one of Roose velt's friends. Francis E. Leupp. had a j; th hs arises over incidents like this, excited persons pay little attention to facts or true meanings. The Raleigh n. C.) News and Observer was one of the few southern newspapers that treated the episode in a spirit of reason. The News and Observer deplored the Incident, but called attention to a phase of It that has application to the present De Priest incident. The News and Observer saM "Mr. Roosevelt has a right to choose his guests without consulting anybody at his private dinners though he has not always the right of choice at state functions." It is the saving grace in human nature that violent emotion does die down, reason does come back. The final phase of the Roosevelt-Washingtincident was Infinitely creditable to the south, to Its generosity, its permanent qualities of fundamental reason and Its sense of jus- unas oaiuraay, iuiy oin, ai v r. m. Just a few savings fully guaranteed "Western Auto" days 18 : Reduced Prices on Western Auto" TIB ES.' Camp Goods Reductions Complete yeur Camping Out' wh.ie these Lew Sal price ar being offered . . . Many mere the reduced seals article Hated Mf tice. At that time the south was still the No state had broken solid south. In no away, not even Missouri. AVeart n . f : versy. getting worked up Into factional passion, with everyone searching the cellar of his voJust when we were cabulary for verbal lumps of coal, Mr. Dooley would come out In the Sunday newspapers with a picture of the situation that made every reader laugh at it and at himself. Mr. Dooley dealt with the incident: "Th' ghoet iv th' other Wash'ton didn't appear to break a soop tureen over his head. P'raps where George Is he has to assocyate with many numbers of th' Booker branch oa terms iv akequality. 1 dont suppose they have partitions up in th' other wurruld like th' kind they have in th' cars down south. They can't be anny I wondher how Jim Crow Hivtn. they keep up race supreemacy? Mayon without be they get it" The colored man's manners. Mr. Dooley felt sure, had been unexcep- tionable : Roosevelt-Wa- shington fFULL BALLOON Saving on Tents The response to these Greater Tire Savings has bees remarkable . . . Thousands have availed themselves of these low Sale Prices to assure long, economical mileage and care-fre- e summer touring at even greater savings than are offered by our regular pleasingly low prices. This Sale is nearly over . . . Act now ! 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Thousands of oar owners have grasped th opportunities offered by this great MidrSeason Sale to economize on seasonable motoring needs, and thousands have stocked up for future requirements. Saturday, July 6th, is the last day . . . so, check over your tires, car equipment and camping outfit today, and take advantage of these low sale prices. mm fJaW Roosevelt-Wa- on of these timely more 4-- Other Accessory Savmgs han ISO Stores In theTfest- - VfestemAuto Supply Co. MS-- - gevth Stole, Salt Lake City 2Se Waahtaften Ave. Ogoea 115 Ceatrr Street, ProT 337 West Center st PocateO ' ' It 7lneh Inferior Mirror 95c - Tire Cut Filler Seal lire cuts now and mako your tire last longer. Lib- - Si - ....7f Mirror 1J5 Princeton Ash Rocaivor. . .49c Pulton Glare Shield $1.67 17c Foeuaino Fiaahlioht Eleetrie Cigar Lighter. .I1.1S Dandy Seoilisht $t. EvorKlean Straw Seat Pada 75c and S1.46 Vglcaniser for ,79c Everlaetik Tube Patch Out "ViaienK- tl. t. Tire Preaaur Gauoc- Baailv read clock face. In leather ease. Reduced ts i Reed, of Missouri, gave Menace ti when be left tad senate oa March 4 last, nor do we need to believe all of Senator Reed's words, which, as reported in the press and quoted from memory, were: "An Englishman in the White House, an Indian as vice president, a Mexican in the senate and a negro In the lower house! It's time for a white man to go wgitr Even so. there Is always hope Probably the country can survive even the retirement of Senator Reed. arutAccessones TkSES'CampGoods of Roosevelt-Wa- shington j little lv It, annyhow." All that, the Roosevelt and Booker Washington incident and the corn- motion that accompanied It hap pened nearly 49 years ago Many of the persons stirred up by the pres- ent Incident had not boen born when the Roosevelt one occurred. We had a pretty good president then, we have a good one now, and we've had some The United good ones between. Slates has had 28 fairly good, years since 1901. Probably there are 28 good years ahead of us. We need not share the cynical mood senator Jim SALE id$e$on P shington southern state at that time was any appreciable Republican vote, and practically no white Republican vote at all. During the height of the episode it was freely said that Roosevelt's action had permanently cemented the solidarity of the south; that Roosevelt would never get one white man's vote In that territory; that Roosevelt would not even dare to visit the south. Actually, within three yean, Roosevelt was generously invited to visit the south, was welcomed there as no president had ever before been welcomed there, and In the next election. 1904, he made the first break in the solid south, carrying Missouri and rolling up a formidable vote In several other states. De Priest Episode Recalls "Mr. Doe ley." When the present De Priest episode arose, another reflection of the present writer was, "If only Mr. Dooley were writing now." "Mr. Dooley" (Flnley Peter Dunne), as a writer of humorous contributions to the Sunday newspapers of the early "90 s, was more than a humorist ne was a philosopher. In an even larger sense, he was a definitely useful Institution to a whole generation of American life. He did more than make us laugh. He made us laugh at ourselveswhich Is something more and different. "Mr. Dooley" used to "kid" everySenator Of Bevertdges body. speeches he said, "Ye could waits to them." When Roosevelt wrote an appreciative book about the experiences of himself and his rough rider regiment in the Spanish war, Mr. Dooley said "If I was him I'd call th' book 'Alone In Cubla.'" At other times Mr. Dooley suggested as a title, "Th' Btographv lv a Hero Be Wan Who Knows," or "Th' Darin' Exploits iv a Brave Man be an Actual Eyewitness," or "Th' Account lv th' iv Spanish Power, as it fell fr'm th' lips iv Teddy Rosenfelt an' was took down be his own hands." Mr. Dooley did not omit himself from ttfs own kidding. Writing about Immigration, he said that he held sound American views, being himself "a Pilgrim father that missed the first boat." "Mr. Dooley" supplied the softening solvent of humor to the American atmosphere in times of acute contro- "An' Tr th' lite rv me, I can't tell which Is right. But I think th' Prisl- dint's place is a good dale like mine. I be- i Mr. Dooley kept a saloon.) lieve that manny an honest heart bates beneath a plaid vest, but I don like a naygur. Howlver, Hlnnissy if Fate, as Hogan said, had condimned me to start In business on th' Levee, I'd sarve th' black man that put down th' money a quick as I wud the white I feel I wudden't, but I know 1 wud. But be in' that I'm up here In this Cowcasyan neighborhood, I spum th' dark com. They se very Western Auto's" 2g PI Roosevelt-Washingto- 7 30, 1929. fit ....... j. Tjr 27oi Rubbortit Patch Outfit .....IS Tub and 29 |