Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-09

duatry." said no In opening ms lemsrKs,
" aud no man ir free man until ne nas
built home for himself md family. tneie
can 10 no character uniess theres no"o.
rhould have begun twenty years ago"
referring 10 politics. he said that none
who devoted themselves exclusively 10
fhis could improve themselves. Whefe
Snss the coiored race stand to-day?" ask.
Oh no "All the burdens have been heaped
upon M. The Democrats have roboed US
az our votes and the Republicans nave
robbed US OF participation IN the'r Woo
RES. One loves you for your vote anu '"o
othe- don't love YOU at all"
"You NAV talk about being den'eu pr'si.
lece. IN hotels and on railroads. Now. let
me tell YOU when You will get your privi-
leges thcre-whcn you own them yoursen.
Now. you haven't any money, ana you arc
not considered"
AND THE BAND rLAYFD.
A. this point q brass-band OF considera-
b,o mower proved n counter-attraction TO
the orator and he lost many OF his auditors.
Int finally ouiet was restored. ana ai,cr
continuing for some time, hc said that he
had been o soldier himself once and liked
them, but there was q time for all th'hgs'
and now was the time for those soldiers 10
stop playing; h UNA
L -
proud of being q negro. 1t Is to-day. con-
tiuuei the speaker.
In tie course of his remarks he said that
nothing wouid be more conductive 10 the
moral welfare of his race thnn proper,
homes where families would not be mixed
up, twelve IN o room. as Is now too often
the case. 3:
TEE pANvILLE ORATOR.
This address was followed BY selection
.l,xn RI
Peasants. of Danville, was introduced.
He commenced by urging the audience 10
remain seated and To keep quiet. ne theIt
said that as he understood 1t the ob)ect Oh
the FAIR was TO create generous riVaiIy,
regardless of color or race. can make
myself the superior of another man oy tnc
possession of intelligence and wealth. We
are not here rs an inferior people. Dut Us +"
part of the human family. ! want you 70
90 awav determined that If ever called
AGAIN YOU will return fully represented IN
every branch Of trade. so ws can satisfy IN, q,
people what we can do OF our own WILL
CLOSING ADDRESSES.
The next address was made by Rev; Il.
]. Perkins, Of Huntingdon. W. va. III Is
not natural" SAID he, referring to the as
sociation. THAT babe born three months
ago can walk at present. but YOU can see
ina, we are going to do something, AFTER
such a grand start "a we have maze there
is no telling where we Will STOP. we hluS.
learn 20 trust and have confidence In each
other. and TO realize that colorea pe9Pic
Rev. X. Spiller. of Hampton. though not
mt down on the programme. was lntro-
dnced lie said he didn't know what TO
say. but was going TO say what he pieaseu;
He believed q man with education anu
some properly stood better chance OF
going to Heaven than Others. Inc sen'i,
nent concerning our people,, cohlinucu
he, lis being changed every DAY. ana we
are able TO bring about still greater
changes. Education, religion, and money
are necessary to these changes. ne tneu
sketched the good work done by buildlng
and loan associations among the coioreu
people in Hampton, and urged co-opera-
ton.
WE'RE NOT PRESENT.
II had been expected that addresses
vould be made before the meeting by Gov,
ernor Mckinney. Mayor Ellyson. ana
Fred. Douglass. but none or THESE were
present. and nothing was sald concerning
their absence. A.. .o
"Pinaforc" was rendered IN the Music
Hall by a colored troupe. who sang anu
acted very well. The chorus was very
good. while the parts of Captain Corcorah
and Buttercup were especially we'll rem
dered.
last NIGHT the colored tragedian DAVIS.
of Washington. rendered Richard III. De-
fore good audience.
VISITING MILITARY.
Hundreds of colored excursionists were
in the city yesterday. and in addition 70
these the First separate battalion 81 the
National Guard. of the District OF CoIun-
bia. and the Baltimore Rifles attended inc
FAR. The former organization numbers
twelve officers and one hundred ana
TWENTY-FIVE men. and has drum corps Oh
twelve pieces
Io-Dsy's Programme
The Fair will continue until Saturday
and TODAY the special feature Will be the
competit,ve drill of the military. which
will occur this afternoon. A prize OF Sloo
will be gwen to the company VINO earns
the best record.
w. X. DAVIS and his Dramatic Concert
Company will give two performances To-
day-one ut =. NJ. and the other at l.;
NJ. and grandson of Fred. Douglass VIII
he heard on the violin. Davis Will recite
on horseback and in full uniform the
Charge of the Light Brigade.
Other features will be a baseball game
at IL A. NJ. and u bicycle race at ~ A. NJ.