Watertown republican

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in the face about

ton’s dinner at

———iJ the white house

J. N. Leger.. ths Haytian would not think of

Minister, uttering a word of

criticism if this other negro were to sit

down with the Roosevelt family.

The difference all comes from the iact

that Mr. Leger —for that is the negro’s

name —happens to be a member of the

diplomatic cqrps. He represents the di

minutive and turbulent republic of

Hayti, and he has been its representa

tive here for seven years.

It is a curious commentary on the

Washington prejudice against the nego

that it should halt before the sacred uni

form of an insignificant negro republic.

But there is no such thing as argument

with the feeling of caste.

Mr. Leger is really a very accom

plished and charming gentleman. He is

rather small of stature with a finely chis

eled, delicate face, and a manner sug

gestive of refinement. There is not a

feature of his face that betrays bis Afri

can ancestry, and his complexion is

hardly dark enough to distinguish him

from any one of the Central or South

American diplomats. But there are

scores of negroes in Washington, fully

as accomplished, with a greater share

of Caucasian blood and in no respect

his inferior, who would be refused a

seat in the dining-room of any hotel

in the city.

A Growingr University.

Columbian university, which for

many years has been the leading educa

tional institution

of the national

capital, is about to A

true proportions

ot a university.

Hitherto it has ffWisri C\

had only lecture f(

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Watertown republican. (1903). Watertown, Wis., 1903-07-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85033295/1903-07-22/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Watertown republican, 1903-07-22.