The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-21
ARE NOT TREATED RIGHT
COLORED PEOPLE PLAN A STATE
ORGANIZATION
To Create ii Public Sentiment That
Will Result ia Diminishing the
Wrongs Against Their Race
Resolutions CondemninG the Kill
ing Of Postmaster Rakcr and Ask
ing the President to Take Actiun.

ing the President to Take Actiun
There viii be conference in this
city April Y of the colored people of
the state of Minnesota, for the purpose
| OF organizing a league for the protec-
ton and advancement of the negroes.
! The object eff the gathering VIII not be
enc of conflict but to create a healthy
f! public sentiment that will lessen the
wrong being done against the colored
race.
committee of twenty is in charge
Of the proposed meeting, Of which Jas
per Gibbs, cf Minneapolis. is chairman,
and William A. Hazel, of st. Paul, is
secretary.
a mass meeting of colored people was
held at the Pilgrim Baptist church yes
| terday afternoon, at the instance Of the
COlCred Citi2ers' league, for the pur-
pose Of urging President Mckinley to
II AXE efforts TO bring to justice the
! mrrderers Of F'tasher 3. Baker. the
colored pCstma ter who was brUtally
killed at Lake City. S. c.. Feb. q. There
was a sc attendance.
The assem6lage WIS called to order
by John Ii. Dillingham;, chairman of
tie committee who arranged for the
meeting. Free erck [. McGhee was
elected Chairman, ard William A. Rob-
ersOn. secretary. a motion was made
, to appoint d committee on resolutions.
End the following were appointed: Will
liam A. Hazel. Chairman; j. II. Dilling-
ham, James II. I.oOmis, Harry Rober
son, Allen F7r&I Oh, j. Q. Adams and
Mrs. J. r. White.
While the committee was out pre-.
pairing its resolutions, MIR. McGhee
spoke on the subject under discussion.
! He recited the killing of Postmaster
Baker and child, the manning of the
Wife and his two daughters and the
fact THAI TIE reason now urged by the
people of that section for the killing is
that the cOlCred federal officer was ig
rorant, urcivi and wicked.
LAS against that" said Mr.. McGhee,
lis the fact hat he was school teach
cr in that district for some time, and
resigned from the school to accept his
federal office; he was a member of the
church. l claim that the government
had notice of the fact that a life was
in danger, and it was the governments
duty. having such notice, to send pro-
lection. I am of the opinion that the
national government is altogether too
Vacillating in dealing with such cases.
Had they shown, the proper disposition
in ferreting out the men who had as
saulted Postmaster LOTUS in Georgia,
there would have been no recurrence OF
like nature in South Carolina.
The situation of the negro is most
grave. The Republican party is in
control of all branches of the govern
ment, and not only has it allowed a
federal officer to be killed and the
! United States mail destroyed, it has
allowed a citizen of this nation to be
murdered, without seemingly having
taken adequate steps towards the pun
shment OF the guilty ones.
"Cleveland found authority to
protect the mail and the fed
eral officers in charge of the mail in
Illinois during the railroad strike; Nc
kinley has like authority to send pro-
lection to any citizens in danger in the
state of South Carolina. The negro
composeS one-seN of the pOpula
ticn of this country, and he is potent
within himself to CORE ct all the wrongs
done him. What he needs is to organ
ize to protect his own interests and
hold the national administration strict
~ responsible
Remarks were made by Mrs. T. H.
Lyle, VINO EXPRESSED the sentiment that
the negro should not cease to pray that
God send him relief; that he should
stand up like a man for his rights.
J. r. Allison, of Minneapolis, spoke
to the effect that if the negro was Or
ganized he could easily cure the wrongs
done him. y e..
Dr.. Val DO Turner, who came here
recently from Shelbyvile, Tenn, spoke
of a similar case in Nashville, where
the citizens threaten colored man of
education and good manners if he &C
cepts the p6stmas tership Of a suburban
station. ~
F. B. Parker called attention to the
fact that the governor Of South Caro-
lima rendered troops to the president
in case of war with Spain, and said
that the president should use the prof
fered troops to aid in the discovery of
the perpetrators Of the dastardly deed
and to prevent any more lynch law in
South Carolina.