The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-22
BOYD TALKS BACK.
he STILL FIRMLY ADVOCATES SEP
GRAFTON IN THE SCHOOLS.
Rev. Price and Mrs. Anderson Given
Some Nuts to Crack At Their Leis-
ure-He Says That He Was Not
Treated Fairly by the In
dignation Meeting.

"WeIl, am here yon see.' said o. L
Boyd. stepping into the EAGLE office las
night.
1t was reported that Mr.. Boyd had lef,
the city permanently to escape the wrath
! of his colored friends for advocating
| separate schools for white and colored
! children. To protest against this idea Of
Mr.. Boyd's the coiored people held big
mass meeting IA lew nights ago at the
African Methodist Episcopal church and
roundly denounced Mr.. Boyd.
Il want hearing in my own defense
through the EAGLE" said Mr.. Boyd.
Yes, know you people don't like to give
counteuance to local quarrels, but these
people attacked me in my absence and
am sure that tt is no more than right
that | should have hearing"
what have yen to say?'
81 have this 10 say that l am still OF the
opinion that / was before that in-
dignation meeting was held. The
yawpings of a lot of fellows in an alleged
mass meeting Go not change my mind or
opinion one iota."
zone OF your own ministers. supposed
to be a representative man, denounced
you"
do you refer to that man Price? X
you do, yon are mistaken in calling him a
minister aud a representative man. lie
has no church, and could tell you why,
if l thought you would allow US to wash
our dirty linen through your columns.
You drop around some day among the
oil ind hav
think about this man Price. Then again
suppose we will admit for the sake of ar
gument that he is all right: what right
mas he to say that ought to be drummed
out Of town for advocating separate
schools for colored children? Ii his brag
that he wanted his children to stand
shoulder to shoulder with white childr en-
in the school is sincere, why does he not
advocate mixed churches? Hll tell you
why: He would be out Of job then; his
calling would be gone. You ask that
man Price whether he IS In favor OF the
mixture of the white and black peo-
pie in the churches, and he will
tell you unqualiiedly that he is in favor
of seperate churches for the colored people.
By what reasoning then should be drum
uCo Out VI tONu AOl odNOSRtAusy SSpCiotC
schools. If children's souls can be best
cultivated in colored churches, why can't
their minds be best cultivated in colored
schools. The trouble is these fellows work
their mouths and not their brains. IL
they would only reason it would be better
for them. ! know | ought not to abuse
them in any way and l will try and treat
them decently although they were I'M
kind to me in their utterances at what
they called an indignation meeting. But
Mrs. Anderson condemned your ideas:
isn't she regarded as u representative col
ored woman" Yes, l understand that
she did. 1t is quite inconsistent. too, that
she did so in view of the fact that she adj
vocated seperate home for colored chill
dren until she accomplished her purpose.
and now there are separate homes
for white and colored poor children.
don't know how much Mrs. Anderson
makes by reason of being matron of the
Colored Children's home-the city gives it
S33 per month-but | do know that if
there was a mixed home for white and
colored children she would not be 'in it.. -
venture to remark right here that if
Rev. Price and Mrs. Anderson were com
petent to teach school, and could get posi-
tions as teachers, that they, too. would be
enthusiastic advocates of separate schools
for colored children. Why don't Mr..
Price Insist on having his children stand
shoulder to shoulder with white Children
in the churches p Ask him that and
you'll see how he will squirm.
Did you go away because that indigna-
ton meeting was to be held ~
"No, Sir. That indignation meeting was
not thought of when / went away, or if it
was heard nothing of it till | saw an ac
count of it in the EAGLE after it was over.
l would be pleased to attend the meeting
if was in town and meet these people in
argument. Argument on this question
they don't want. The day is gone for
tarring and featheriug man for his
opinion. The day is present for the settle
ment of all questions by argument. They
did me an injustice when they took advan-
tage Of my absence from tue city to abuse
and denounce me for my views; they should
give me a chance to present the other side,
and then If they opposed me l would have
no grievance. You can say that l am in
town to stay: will do business at the old
stand, and my ideas are now the same as
they were when you published my first in
terview. They can't bnlldoze me with
their threats about drumming me out of
town. / am here to stay and am willing
to discuss the matter candidly and openly
With them. | yield 10 no man in my allie
glance to the interests OF my race, and in
the future, as well as in this past, l shall
do everything to elevate my people intel
.ectually, morally and materially.