The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
sAN FRANc1sco, Man 9, 1s!

ton issued the following call yesterday:
SAN Francisco, May 9, 1896.
| To the members of the Afro american Leagues of
| California: Pursuant to resolution adopted
| by the Afro-American Congress Augusta, 1895,
! you are hereby notified that the second an
| nual congress of the Afro-Ameriean leagues
| of this State viii convene in the city OF Los
Angeles on Tuesday, August IL, 1896, at l
| P. NJ, and continue in afternoon and evening
sessions until the business of the congress is
| completed
Under section of the constitution you are
| entitled 10 one delegate for every fifteen mem
! bers OF your league TO represent the several
| leagues in the annual congress.
| 1t is highly important for each league to OBJ
| tain and furnish the delegates with the statis-
| ties OF the race, TO be prepared with as much
| accuracy as possible, giving the population OF
| the county from which the delegates come and
| in which the league is located-that is, the
| total number OF men, women and children OF
| the race in each county; the number engaged
| in business pursuits, their different occupa-
| tions; the number of property-owners, the es-
| timated value OF property owned by them, and
any other data that may be important for the
members OF the congress TO possess, and that
| can be used to the advantage of the race his
| torically. This is very important matter,
and it is most earnestly urged upon the differ
ent leagues the necessity of obtaining these
statistics and providing the delegates with
them for use by the congress.
All leagues organized in the State before the
assembling of the congress, Republican in
politics, and who are in sympathy and accord
with the objects, purposes and aims of the
Afro-American leagues OF this State, are
hereby requested to send delegates TO the con-
gress to represent their respective leagues, in
accordance with the provisions herein enum-
| Grated, under which leagues already estab-
| hshed will be represented.
Original credentials must be furnished to
| the delegates, and copy of same properly at
| tested, forwarded TO 7. W. Troy, secretary, 715
| East Third street, Los Angeles, Cal, who will
| ma ke up the roll for the congress.
We call upon our clergy and the press and
every friend of the race to do all in their
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success in every particular and thus benefit
in most practical way race that is loyal to
the Government ana true TO every instinct
| and aspiration of liberty. Every member of
the race should regard it as his duty, even
though some self-sacrifice be necessary, to at
tend the sessions of this congress if possible
We are ambitious to fill places of honor and
trust, and this should be coupled with the
faculty to administer public affairs. Our peo-
pie deserve some recognition politically, and
we must by numbers and united effort de-
mand thatwe shall not be overlooked in the
future as we have been in the past.
T. B. MORTON President,
J. +. SUMMERS, Secretary,
Afro-Amer1can Leagues of California.
The congress will be composed of dele
gates from the following organizations:
Los Angeles County,. C. Jackson, presi-
dent; William Prime, secretary,
Pasadena-A. }. Roberts, president; T. w.
secretary; 7. j. Geary, president; j. Bunch,
| secretary; all in Los Angeles County
Cottonwood. Shasta County-Frank Will
| hams, president; Wilson Bolding, secretary.
| Dos Palos, Merced County-Rev. A. N Bau-
| man, president; Robert Hines, secretary; T.
B. Morton, president; Abraham Strather, sec
| retary, San Francisco.
| Fresno County,. NJ. Bridges, president;
| George w. Gray, secretary.
Anderson League, Shasta County-Rev.
James Greer, president; A. D. Cherry, sec-
Riverside County League r. G. Lamor,
president; ID. s. Stokes. secretary, Riverside.
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president; Joseph Parks, secretary, Hollister.
Chico League-PeteT Powers, president.
Redding League-F. A. Sample. president;
R. H. A. Johnson, secretary.
San Bernardino League-M. c. Rouce, presi-
dent; William H. Duncan, secretary.
Redlsnds League-Rev. J. H. Clisby, presi-
| dent; G. II. Rouce, secretary.
| Woodlands Leagues. II. Hogan, president:
| Rev. q. w. Petway, secretary.
Tulare County League-Wiley Hines, presi-
| dent.
Kern County Lacquer. W. Houston,
president; ]. G. Price, secretary, Oakland.
San Joaquin County League : Dudley
| Alameda County League-Abraham Hol-
land, president; ]. f. summers, secretary,
Santa Clara County League-Jacob overton,
president; Robert Evans, secretary, San Jose.
/ Yuba County League-J. C. jenkins, presi-
dent A. D. Wall, secretary, Marysville
| Red Bluff League-C. E. Christian, president.
Redwood City League-E Coleman, presi-
dent William Mitchell, secretary.
| Hanford League-Charles Stevenson, presi-
| dent; - Woods, secretary.
Colusa League-George Shuggard, president;
| A. E. Drisdom, secretary.
Santa Rosa League-J. II. White, president;
| Francis Helton, secretary.
Paso Robles League-Rev. R. H. Hunter
president; j. G. Roberts, secretary.
"In view of the coming campaign this
session of the congress will be the most
important in its history" said President
| Morton Yesterday. tThpTa ara MANY
matters of interest not only to ourselves
but the public at large to be considered
The colored vote in this State now numbers
about 1000, and we feel that it Is time some
acknowledgment was made for the good
we have done the Republican party"