Evening star., 1900-05-25
PROGRESSIVE 5ASSOCIATlON
FORMATION OF "A SOCIETY BY LOCAL
COLORED PEOPLE.
Cablegram to Queen VictOria-Oflcers
ChOsen-Addresses by ThOs. L.
Jones and Others.

An organization to be known as the Ne
gro Progressive Association was formed
yesterday and three meetings were held at
Carroll Hall. on @ street. There was a
large attendance of the members OF the
race and a deal of business was transacted.
including the selection of officers and the
appointment Of standing committee 10
look after the negro's interests
j. w. Patterson was chosen permanent
chairman, and in assuming the direction
of affairs he made brief speech. in which
he spoke of the advisability OF the negro
continuing in alignment with the republi-
can party. The faithful staff upon when
that party had leaned was the negro. The
colored people had always been loyal to
the party. He urged the necessity or es-
tablishng schools and industrial enter
prtSeS for the race, and declared all ne
groes should withdraw their money from
the banks of the white people and estabilsh
like institutions of their own, as well as
factories. mines and other enterprises
where the colored man would always be
sure of employment
The following cablegram was sent to
Queen Victoria:
ITO Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of Eng
land:
I'VE. the colored people of the District Of
Columbia, in convention assembled, after
many days of prayer to High God, beg that
your majesty permit us to extend our neart-
felt sympathy and CONGRATULATIONS TO you
and your army in crushing out the Beers.
so deadly opposed to the black race Of
Africa. We bid you godspeed. and assure
you of our heartfelt sympathy and prayers
The Addresses.
Thomas L. Jones addressed the assem-
blage He denounced the statement that
the negro is the white mans inferior. He
drifted into the subject of lynching. and
declared that nine-tenths of those who SUI
fer violence at the hands of the mob are
guiltless. He said all persons should have
a fair trial by law and the guilty ones
punished to the fullest extent. The ne
gro's salvation does not lie in any par
ticular political party, but in himself. One
of the troubles with the colored man Is
that he has been paying too much atten-
ton to politics and too little to himself
w. Calvin Chase, delegate to the republ1-
can national convention at Philadelphia.
made speech, in the course of which be
referred to the Philippine war, saying that
Aguinaldo is a patriot Ihe man VINO
says he is not is looking for public office,
he continued.
Other speakers of the day were Thomas
II. r. Clark. who paid high tribute to
the administration of President Mckinley
and to William Murrel. author of the ca
blegram to the queen. The officers chosen
were: ]. W. Patterson. permanent chair
man: T. NJ. Dixon. permanent secretary;
Joseph H. Rap:er assistant secretary; vice
w
less. James l.. Turner. Robert Jones. DIR.
c. c. Stewart. James NJ. Toy, Keith Suth-
erland. W. Calvin Chase, William Craw-
ford. William H. Collins. c. H. Watson.
Joseph H. Rapier Joseph d. Jones, DIR.
Philip =. Brooks. James Evans. George
Washington and William II. Brookes.
Standing Committee.
The committee is composed of: Members
at large. W. Calvin Chase. William Murrell
f. B. Welburn. T. l.. Jones and Thomas H.
Clark; first district, f. B. Welburn and II.
c. Carroll; second district. N E. Wealth
erless and Daniel Brias: third district. An
thony Walker and Ralph Hewlett; fourth
district, James Turner and Harry Bell
fifth district. Robert Jones and John H.
Smith; sixth district. DIR. c. c. Stewart and
T. n. Dickson: seventh district, ]. NJ. Toy
and f. Odom; eighth district, Keith Suth-
erland and George W. Smith: ninth district
Benjamin Petway; eleventh district, Joseph
Manning: twelfth district, William Craw-
ford: thirteenth district. w. H. Collins;
fourteenth district, c. H. Watson and
Charles Freeman: fifteenth district. Charles
Clutch and ID. Il. McCary: sixteenth district
Joseph ID. Jones and r. j. Campbell: seven
teenth district, J. T Newman and Dr.
Philip b. Brooks: eighteenth district James
Evans; nineteenth district, Charles Chase
and George Washington; twentieth district
Charles Hill and Robert Holm; twenty
Joyce; twenty-second district w, II.
Brooker and Henry Tasco.
Members of permanent organization COM
mittee. Robert Jones, John +. Smith, Jo-
seph H Rapier. C. H Watson, Charles
Clutch and IL. b. Welburn.