The Appeal., 1889-10-12
C0L0RED CONFERENCE.
Meeting of CclOred Men at
the State House .ei /
= Springfield !.
John G. Jones Leaves His Grip.


the following officers: ......t:
President, E. H. Morris; First Vice
President, S. B. Turner; Second Vice
President, J. J. Bird; Secretary, w. A.
Joiner; Assistant Secretary. j. w. Hen.
derson i; Treasurer, II. 5samuels. II.
I M eAas, in Gall u fsrsacs. .to
order, made a speech al Some length,
speaking mainly of the reasons for call
ing the conference and the desirability
OF having permanent organization
among the Colord people of the State.
The murder of Colored men, women and
children in the South, he said, meant
that the Colored people must organize
If they would protect themselves. He
thought that the condition of the Col
ored people in Illinois was far from
what it should De. He was bitter in his
attacks on the Democratic party, saying
that every law against the interest of
the Coiored race had been enacted by
that party. He said that few Colored
men in Mississippi, Louisiana and the
District of Columbia set themselves up
as representatives of the Colored race,
but they should be given to understand
that they were making mistake. -
The following were the delegates to
the conventions:
John G. Jones, f. II. Morris, William
Baker, A. r. Ward, H. c. Carter, J. @
Grant, J. W.. Henderson, J. H. Magee,
E. P. Wright, S. R. Snowdon, Rev. J.
Chavis, R. NJ. Mitchell, Robert
Waring, T.W. Jones, Richard Moore,
J. w. Moore, William Rankin,
1. G. Armstrong, R. s. Bryan, Chi
cago; Richard Blue, Bloomington; !;
S. B. Turner, Rev. T. w. Henderson,
f. H. Wright, J. w. Oglesby, Hezekiah
Hicklin, Thomas Watts, Willis Smith,
G. w. Birdsong, s. V. Casey, Il. H. Cor
um, Abner Naylor, B. Hillman, H. c.
Clark, Samuel Alexander, Springfield; !;
John J. Bird, John Gladney, Cairo; J..
S. Woods, Pontiac; H. W. Samuels,
Edwardsville; E.. Roey, Braidwood !;
John Fl. Smith, Salem; r. S. Donaldson,
VIII, II. Seals, Quincy; Fleming Gray,
Decatur; Arthur Harris, Miner; H. Del
aware, East st. Louis.
The result of the meeting Monday was
the organization of the Colored Mems
State League Of Illinois, which is to meet
annually in this city on the second Tues
day in October. The following perma'
nent officers of the League were elected
to serve for the term of one year:
President, E. H. Morris, Chicago.
First Vice President, ]. G. Jones,
Chicago.
Second Vice President, J. J. Bird,
Cairo.
Secretary, E. H. Wright, Cairo.
Assistant Secretary, J. w. Oglesby'
Springfield.
Treasurer, E. Roey, Braidwood.
Executive Committee, H. G. Carter,
Chicago; John Gladney, Cairo; w. H.
H. Seals, Quincy; R. H, Gorum, Rev. T.
W. Henderson and s. B. Turner, Spring
field; Rev. Fleming Gray, Decatur; Troy
ton.
The executive committee was author
lied to draft and adopt constitution
and bylaws for the government of the
League and to appoint a person in each
ward in the cities, towns and Villages OF
the State for the purpose OF organizing
branch leagues.
1t was proposed to invite Senator Cul-
lom, Gov. Fiter and Secretary of State
Pearson, to address the conference but
John G. Jones strenuously objected.
Said he This is Colored mems confer
ence there are Colored men of brains
here and would rather hear them talk !"
l.Dr. J. II. Magee resented the language
used by the objector. The speaker ex-
pressed surprise that any man should
have the audacity to object to inviting
these officials, because they are white
and said he was "sorry We have a Col
ored man in the State with gall enough
to do such thing The previous ques-
ton was ordered and the motion to in
vited was unanimously carried except
that Mr.. Jones voted solitary negative.
A decided colnmotion was created by
the discussion of q motion by J. G.. Jones
for the appoint of a committee to inves-
tigate alleged Determinations against
Colored people in the State charitable
institutions.
At night the delegates were enter
talned at Turner Hall by the citizens.
A literary and musical programme was
rendered and banquet followed.
SECOND DAY.
When the conference opened Tuesday
morning, John G. Jones the father OF
the affair could not be found. Searchers
were sent out and after some hours re-
turned with the information that John
G. ha! gone to Chicago Monday night.
1t seems thai the chagrin Of defeat for
the presiding Of the conference together
with the rebuke which Magee had tad-
ministered 80 disheartened Mr.. Jones
that he rushed to the train, leaving his
carpetsack behind.
The conference decided 20 issue let.
ter to the Colored people of the State,
which says the league is organized tc
advance educational interests, to abolish
separate schools and secure the employ.
ment of competent Colored teachers. te