The herald., 1896-08-13

| dress well. But III we are treated as pa
riahs and outcasts because of our black
! skins this cannot be.
Il trust that you are more courteously
considered here among the angels than
| in San Francisco, whsre the number of
| angels is quite scarce-that is, right
| good angels. The attitude of trades
unions and the refusal of white men and
women to work with black men and
women is an impediment to the progress
| of our race. The unions refuse to accept
blacks into membership in the skilled
trades and will not work with them be-
cause they are not members. In san
| Francisco the race is denied places IN
the fire, street, police and park depart
| ments.'
The president then dwells upon the
| loyalty of the race to the government,
and argues that they are entitled to bet
| ter treatment than is ACCORDED tnehi'
| Continuing, he says:
Under present conditions of the un-
| willingness on the part of the white peo-
| pie to admit us to all the avenues OF Ia
! Dor, we should adopt mutual system or
| cooperation, by which our people out
| of employment can obtain work ana
| means to gain livelihood IN seil-re-
| specting way We ought to feel II our
| duty to ourselves and for the good of the
| race to contribute by our labor more 10
| the markets of their immediate local-
| ties-to become more prooucers-anu III
| this way be independent and more SELL
| reliant citizens. Make combinations
! so that business enterprises can De en-
| gagged in on moderate scale, acquire
| the knack of manufa curing saleaple
| articles; engage in more industries anu
| more diversified callings.
| 1.-The young people of the race should
be ENCOURAGED to cultivate their talents
| so as to later lit them for any calling
| they may desire to enter upon. we neeu
! to show our ability and receive the rec
| oenition we deserve and disarm many
of prejudice that now exists against us
/ The sight of a colored man successfully
managing a little farm or conducting a
| hook or grocery store is worth more IN
! convincing the world of our worth than
weeks and even months of abstract ar
gument.'
Then President Morton devotes par
aeraph to outrages committed on the
colored man in the south, which he re-
fers to as the lynching craze. He de-
nounces the fad and says that the Re-
publican party in California has con-
demned it,
President Morton then submitted an
annual report, the main points OF which
are as follows:
In opening he dwells upon the impor-
tance of the business to be transacted
by the second congress he states tila'
he has accomplished considerable dur
ing the past year but not as much as
he desired. The work he says he cheer
fully performed, advancing all the ne
cessary funds from his private purse.
This compelled a sacrifice on the part OF
of himself and his family.
A great deal of correspondence mas
been answered and sent out by the pres
ident on subjects having for their OBJ
iect benefit to the race. The recommen-
dation is made that the congress devise
ways and means to raise a fund for the
use of the executive committee.
The president reports that he mas peen
unable to procure for publication COM
pilation of the minutes of the last meet
ing. He considers this of Importance.
/ as comics could be sold and circulated
abroad He recommends that the pro-
ceedings of the first congress be COM
piled and printed in connection with the
one now in session.
The president reports that in the mat
ter of establishing commercial enter
prises throughout the state by members
of his race he has done all that he could.
but has not accomplished much. lie
| advises the congress to devise plan
| whereby co-opera tive commercial insti-
| tutions may be established and main
| tanned by Afro Americans. that the COM
mercial Importance of the race might
| properly become a matter of congratula-
| ton.
The president refers to the persisten-
| cy with which he has labored to have two
( members of the congress appointed as
| members of the Republican state CEN
| trail committee. He says that he thinks
| at an early day two members of the com
mittee will be colored men. and he
| thinks that the congress had better take
action by resolution in regard to the
matter. Thanks is extended to P. B.
Cornwall for assistance rendered.
The president says that he has repeat
edly made requests of Secretary of State
L. H. Brown for positions at the state
capital, but never yet has met with
success. Applications for positions in
the asylums of the state We're also de-
MED. The president recommends that
the league declare themselves, so as to
convince state officers that unless the
race is given a just proportion of the
| patronage, support Will he withheld from
| them in their endeaVors for re- election
The president reports the growth of
the league throughout the state as most
| healthy He says that everything pos
| sible was done by the league to seucre
the Republican national convention for
| san Francisco, but success was lacking.
He recommends that q national conven-
| ton of colored mems organizations be
! held. He reports that Emancipation
| day celebrations on the first of January
of each year are becoming quite popular
| and he urges that they be encouraged.
| Committees NAMED
OnmotiOn of Delegate Collins the chair
! appointed the following committee TO
| consider the suggestions contained in
| his report: A. a. Collins, Alameda: Il.
| F. Talbot, Los Angeles; \. d. Benford,
! san Francisco.
a committee was appointed as fol-
! lows to consider the reports of the other
officers: II, w Turner Pasadena: c.
! w. Warner. Los Angeles; j. II. Kelley,
| Pasadena; r. J. Leman Riverside. and
| w. Oakman.
| The secretary made a statement that
| his annual report would be ready in the
| morning, and he was granted further
/ time. An adjournment was then taken
| for supper.
Evening sessio,
At the evening session, which Pres
! ident Morton called TO order at s o'clock,
! Il committee on resolutions was ordered
| appointed. and the chair named the
/ committee as follows: q. Nena, Mrs A.
! Jones. u. Il. Jones. Los Angeles; W. +.
| Henderson Of san Francisco: J. c. Car
| ter, Riverside; q. w. Gray. Fresno; /.
| b. Wilson. Oakland
\ committee on population and sta
| tistics having been ordered appointed,
| the president named the following: J.
/ j. y. Neimore, G. G. Flint T. w Troy,
/ j. c. c. Jackson. Miss T. b. Weman. C.
H Tells, Dudley Sebree A D. Benford.
/ j.. Jones' j. NJ. BriggS NJ | i. Scott : :