The times., 1898-12-30


of our politics. and we will change our
party II need be to obtain recognition"
The committee on the statements made
by the Hon. John P. Green then reported
and stated that Mr.. Green had stated that
he had had 1t from a person close to the
President. that the President had remained
silent ernan the trouhles in North and
South Carolina because he had been ad-
vised to do so by certain black men. The
names of the black men were not known
by Mr.. Green, and he refused to divulge
the name of the person close to the Pres
ident.
The President Kissed.
T. Thomas Fortune. who made the re-
port, called certain parties black Ju-
dases" and during the melee which fol-
lowed President Mckinley was hissed and
hooted by the audience.
THE Power of Organization" was then
used as the subject Of an address by Bishop
Abraham Grant, of Pennsylvania. Bishop
Grant stated that this was no one mans
country and that the negro had always de-
| Tended the nations flag even when the
country could not defend him.
I'VE should not ask What are you going
| to do with me- but say We will care for
| ourselves When the negro soldiers walk
| ed over the Seventy first New York at San
President of the United States has told,
me out of his own mouth that he would
| take the Ninth and Tenth Colored Cavalry
and would capture anything.
"The white people may do what they
wish with others, but they brought US
here, and we won't be satisfied until we
| have all that the white man has. We
must go ahead and help ourselves to own
| the country. We ask no odds from any
one, and we are as white inside as anyone
| in the world. We have never recognized
| any man but the white man as ahead of
| us, and If We get a decent chance we'll
overtake the white man in short time"
Ida WeIls-Barneu Talks.
Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett, of Illinois, then
| delivered an address on Mob Violence and
Anarchy North and South" Mrs. Barnett
stated that mob violence was on the in
| crease, and that, in three cases in particu-
| lar, negroes have been lynched without
cause or provocation. She referred to the
| case Of Postmaster Baker, and stated that
| the murderers will never be punished.
| The shooting at Virden, ILL.,. was also re-
viewed, as were the race riots in North
| Carolina.
THE greatest menace to the negro is the
indifference of the press to our wrongs.
! The white people have no quarrel with the
! negro who is content to stay in his place
and be servant. But we who are agitat-
ing are not content and will never be until
we get our rights. Not from the Govern
ment may we expect any remedy. The
| President who once had our respect is too
/ busy looking after the Confederates to
bother about the negro We have hereto
! fore made our indignation meetings ridicu-
| lous by our efforts TO show off. but in fu-
| ture we must control ourselves and COM
| mand respect
| we have come to period in our race
history when we must do something for
ourselves. and do IL now. We will sound
the keynote OF hope at this meeting to our
hopeless brethren at home. Our people are
more ignorant than Indifferent. The prop
aganda work is already on in St. Louis,
! and it will go on. Mississippi has now
/ three more Congressman than she is en-
! titled to. and the South thirty more than
/ II is entitled to. because the negro is not
permitted to vote. We are eternally 'ex-
/ posed to expansion until the Government
| can govern the negro race al home. The
negro Will array himself with the party
exposed TO expansion during the next
campaign. The negro is tired of voting by
inheritance. and we will stand by the party
which offers us government by the people"
Mob Violence Discussed.
The question of mob violence was then
! discussed by the Hon. H. P Cheatham, Of
North Carolina The speaker said that the
| convention now meeting would do much to
solve the race problem, and that those
| present should be careful in making state
1 ments which might widen the breach.
The convention then adjourned until IL
o'clock this morning, when the war will
be resumed
The officers and delegates to the coun-
Gil are as follows President Bishop a
Walters; vice presidents. Bishop A. Grant
Pennsylvania; Bishop C. NJ Clinton,
| North Carolina; Bishop B. w. Avulet
Ohio; the Hon. ]. C. Dancy, North Caro-
lima; the Hon. c. ]. Jones'. Mississippi;
secretary. Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett. Illinois;
assistant secretary. r. W. Thompson, In
diana; treasurer, J. w. Thompson. New
York; sergeant arms, B. Mckay, Dis
| trict of Columbia; executive committee
Alabama. A. ]. Warner j. W. Shea; Ar
kansas, E. C. Morris, ]. X. Rector; Cali
fornia, F. B. Morton. James Francis; Col
orado, E. H. Hackley P. A. Hubbard;
Connecticut. J. P. Peaker, G. A. jenkins;
Delaware, o. d. Robinson ]. A. Jason;
Florida, NJ. NJ. Moore, NJ. NJ. Lemey,
Georgia w. A. Pledger. ]. W. Lyons; Illi-
nois, T. 7. Allain, C. F. Adams; Indiana
George L. Knox. R. W. Thompson; Iowa,
J. Frank Blagburn, ]. l.. Thompson; Kan
sas, B. T. Tanner. H. C. Bruce; Kentucky.
W. II. Steward, W. A. Gaines; Louisiana,
p B. S. Pinchback, James Lewis; Massa-
chusetts, Charles S. Morris, R. II. Terrell; ;
Michigan, Robert Pelham, D. A. Straker
Minnesota, J. Frank Wheaton. F. L. Nc
Ghee; Mississippi, John R. Lynch, James
Hill; Missouri, o. NJ. Wood, G. n. Girls
hand; Nebraska o. NJ. Ricketts,: New
York, T. Thomas Fortune, ]. NJ. Hender-
son; New Jersey, Jesse Lawson, H. T.
Johnson; North Carolina, H. p. Cheat
ham, George H. White; Ohio, John P.
Green, II. c. Smith; Pennsylvania. H. C.
c. Atwood, C. ]. Perry; Rhode Island, D.
P. Brown; South Carolina, George W.
Murray, w. d. Cruns; Tennessee P. F.
Hill, J. Thomas Turner; Texas, w. E.
King, H. T. Healing; Utah, julius F. Tay-
lor; Virginia, John Mitchell W. L. Tay-
lor Washington, H. C. Cayton, C. A.
Rideout; West Virginia; ]. R. Clifford. ].
McHenry Jones; Wisconsin, ]. ]. Miles;
District of Columbia E. E. Cooper, Daniel
Murray: Arizona, H. o. Flipper; Okla
homa. E. P. McCabe, S. Douglass Russell.
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