Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-07
Educ alton is Admitted to be the Only
True Solution.

Education is Admitted to be the Only
True Solution.
LAKE MoHoNK IN. W, June 6th.-At
! the opening session of the Negro Confer
ence, the Executive Committee presented a
series of resolutions urging education as
| the keynote of the situation-education
normal and industrial. Judge Tourgee
spoke on THE Negroes View of the Race
| Question" He presented series of reso-
lutions much more radical than those OF
| the committee. Hon. Andrew D. White
believed in peaceful solution of the race
| problem, and regretted the defeat of the
Blair bill. Other addresses were made by
| John Glenn of Baltimore, General Brink
erhoff of Ohio, General o. o. Howard of
New York, and Edna D. Cheney of Bos-
ton.
At the closing session tonight a lengthy
set of resolutions were adopted. They re-
cite encouraging progress by the negro race,
| and say that no other race ever made such
industrial progress in twenty-five years.
Much remains to be,done, but there is a
steady material and mental improvement
in the race, and growing tendency to self
| help on their part that gives hope. We
| believe that the welfare of the country re-
| quires that the negro live in relations of good
| will and mutual confidence with his white
neighbors, and only on such principles can
such relations be maintained. To this end
the conference recommends:
| First-Increased facilities for industrial
| training, not only in trades but especially
in improved agriculture, and for girls in
| ton, and urge all school authorities to use
| industrial training, not in order to make
| the negro a mere toiler, but TO make nobler
manhood and womanhood by discipline of
intelligent labor.
Second-Family is Gods unit of society.
| The Christian home is great civilizer
| Ultimately in the homes of the colored
people the problem of the colored race will
| be solved. The girls and women of the
| race must determine the character OF negro
| homes. All influences which tend to
| purity, intelligence and beauty of home
and ennobling of the women of the negro
race should be systematically fostered.
| We believe the one-room cabin is the
social curse of the negro race, as is the
tepee of the Indian and over-crowded tene-
! ment rooms of our cities.
The Conference earnestly urges the build
| ing up of wholesome, cleanly, intelligent
| Christian homes and the inculcation of
sound temperance principles as being of
| the greatest Importance to the race, and to
the upbuilding of such homes all friends of
| the negro in all parts of the land are urged
| to use every effort.
| Third-We recognize most gratefully the
noble work for the education of the race
| already done by the people of the States in
| which live most of our colored fellow -citi-
zens. But this is only good beginning.
The common school should be made more
effective, with greater number of colored
| teachers, who must be still more efficiently
| trained at additional normal schools.
| Higher education must be open to the most
| capable negroes in their character of true
manhood and womanhood, is the object
alike of education, free government and
Christian civilization.
Fourth-We especially urge upon all
who deal with negroes that they endeavor
| to promote self-reliant morality. The cre-
dit system, with store-pay and lien upon
crops, has so Uniformly shown itself to be
| harmful, that we urge its avoidance wher.
ever possible.
Fifth-To promote those habits of thrift
and productive economy which must un-
derlie the acquisition of property and
| ownership of land, as well as all advance
| in civilization, we urge the establishment
| by the United States Government of a
postal savings system.
Sixth-For the entertainment of these
ends we look to the enlightened Christian
sentiment of people of all parts of our
country, to the unselfish service of helping
the negro to help himself, and educate him
| in morality and religion, and thus in civil
| ization and fitness.