Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-03

any opinion, seemed to be favorsbly
Impressed. The negroes in OEiahOma
have secured section of land which
is set apart for university. Waldorf
Aston has promised 10 endOw il with
$500 600 as soon as the buildings are cd,
and present United States senator viii
give $50 900 toward the buildings as
soon as the territorial government
is established, which will probably be
within two weeks, the president having
urged congress
TO ACT SPEEDILY.
Donations will be secured to put up
buildings within the year valued at
500 200, and there will be established
the greatest negro university in the
world 1t will be located not far from
Kingfsher. This is one OF the fruits OF
the work done by the first Grand indie
pendent Brotherhood, which society is
using every effort to bring the strongest
and best men in that race into the terri
tory, in addition TO the more Ignorant,
whom they propose to elevate. The con-
yention called to meet at Kiuglsher,
which is to take action upon territorial
offices, will be attended 10y the leaders or
the negroes They will then endeavor 70
have that convention recommend McCabs
for secretary of Oklahoma, believing IL
useless to further press his claims for
governor. If this Is done, and there
are %, 900 negroes i'll the ter
ritory claiming it, the following
from a Southern negro paper will be read
with interest: cit would not be long
before Oklahoma would become state
with such a man as secretary Us the Ion.
ID I'm nh hA
would very soon thickly populate Il,
which would mean q safe Republican
state -
If the wishes of these people sre not az
that time considered, they will unite IN
monster petition for
M'CABE BOR GOVERNOR,
and hasten the day when a vote will give
them what they demand when tue whites
will forever be barred from Office. The
negroes now located in Graham county,
among whom are many intelligent men,
are preparing TO move in "a
body to Oklahoma. They will fol-
low the general plan of making
settlement SO that their numbers viii
constitute their strength. As these
were the founders OF the Brotherhood
which has done so much 81 unity the
race. this contemplated movement -
significant. They will take with them
considerable wealth and will have re-
serve to draw from, and will add greatly
to the scheme of founding negro state.
An officer of the Brotherhood to-day
said: awe did not intend to have our
objects and aims given to the public so
soon, but there has been no harm done.
Ill 49, 1r1frar
ity of the voters in Oklahoma, but We
propose, also, to have the entire popula-
ton. There are many now there
who will not live in a "nigger' state.
These We
WILL HELP MOVE OUT.
We will not want a mass of white people
with us, but will welcome those whites
who have money and who are willing TO
come among US for purposes Of trade. If
they wish to make their homes there and
will make our customs their customs,
our people their people, we will
be glad to have them with US. We
have not yet invaded the new cities,
and you will find comparatively
few negroes in Guthrie, Oklahoma City,
Edmund and other towns. However,
We never take n step backward, and only
our own people know how many OF our
race are there, but prefer to Ill the
country with farmers and encourage Gs.-
people to go to the cities only ss our
needs demand. Before the end % ths
year you will find the work of the Broth
erhood in the cities and towns TO
marked degree and will see our race be-
hind the counters and at the desks and
will fiud that they are patronized. We
| are willing to have the whites
BUILD THE TOWN FOR Us,
for we are not as yet builders. They
are doing all they can. We do not pro-
pose to impose upon the whites or abuse
our power. We will simply stand by our
own people, and there can be but one
result and that result will be a solid
negro state, the grandest IN the Union. -
In brief, the power OF this new society,
the Independent Brotherhood, is in fair
way to accomplish its purposes. 1t has
united the black race, and for the hrst
| time the negroes can be said
| to be people guided by one
| impulse. They are determined to have a
state, and Oklahoma being their only
| chance, they are determined to capture
1t By q peaceable conquest, and they are
| likely to succeed. They will have the
power. They will have 100 900 people
| within the borders of that territory be-
| fore the end Of the year, and with
McCebe as a territorial officer, will
| have so 400 more. They are after homes
and government, and are in earnest.
| 1t will not be long before they begin TO
| fill up Guthrie and Oklahoma City, as
we'll as the smaller towns. and then their
! conquest will have beencompletes.