The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-11
Interests of the Poor Whites Not
So Well Looked After as
Those of the Negroes.
so SAYS DOCTOR LYMAN WARD.
Notable Addresses Made at the
Meeting of Armstrong Asso-
citation at New York
City.

New York. Feb. 10.-The Armstrong Asso-
citation of New York, which has for Its pur-
pose the fostering of education in the south
and the advancement of Hampton lnsti-
tute. Hampton. Va, in particular. usoaiiy
holds an annual meeting just before LIN
coins Birthday. to arouse interest in its
work. This year. instead of the annual
meeting. this evenings service In the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church was utilized. Pleas
for the education of the ignorant whites,
blacks and Indians of the South were made
by Doctor Charles Mcfvor, president OF the
North Carolina State Normal School; Book
er r. Washington, president OF the Tuske-
gee Institute; the Reverend Lyman Ward.
president of the Industrial School for Whites
at Camp Hills. Ala. and II. B. Frissell, the
principal of Hampton Institute. Daniel {.
Gilman. president of the Johns Hopkins Uni
verslty Of Baltimore, presided.
A feature of the service was the singing
by forty students. including whites. blacks
and Indians. Of both sexes, of the Hampton
Institute. -
The Reverend Doctor Lyman Ward, the
first speaker. referring TO Lincoln. remarked
that he was sure that there was no one In
the South but feels that the best friend he
had was slain by a misguided and fanatical
man He said It would be difficult to find in
the South to-day any one who believed that
there was any real profit in the slave traf-
DC. Doctor Ward paid a high compliment to
the Southern men. saying that the more he
saw of them the more he was convinced
OF their rectitude. integrity and manhood.
Needs of the Poor Whites.
While he admitted the great need of edu-
cation for negroes. he said that his pur-
pose was to speak of the needs Of the poor
whites, and he asked:
IF industrial training can be made
profitable for the poor. ignorant blacks:
what may it not do for the white mann
Then he pleaded at length for the poor
white boys and girls of the South.
Doctor McIyOr. the next speaker, Sal0
that the South understood the North better
than the North understood the South. and
the reason was that a large per cent OF the
North's population was condensed in the
cities. while In the South the popalationswas
s sSis reason over 8 sh srsat visit dars to t a,s'I North f re-
vealed much. but one to the South little
but we are getting out of the woods in
the South" exclaimed Doctor Mclvor.
why, recently We had a strike in my
town. The reason we have not had strikes
before is because we did not have any cap
ital. to strike against. / am glad, In a way,
to see the strike. 1t means Industrial de-
veiopment."
approved OF their being educated. but he
said their women had been better cared Tor
than the white women in the matter OF ed
ter had in obtaining the education she
wanted. and the ease with which negro
servants game theirs. A school or college
ten years before one for white woman. For
this state Of arairs. he said. the preachers
pOlllcldnS ana Stdte anu Ecucidi eoscihF
Doctor FrisseII spoke very briefly, be-
slowing great praise upon Booker L. wash
ington. who followed him.
Booker T. WashingtOn's Addreea.
Mr.. Washington said he would not refer
to Lincoln as the "emancfpator OF my
the emancipator Of both the white and
black races."
In the discussion of the negro problem
He declared that Southern slavery wrought
almost as much injury to the white man
as to the black. man: AS long as the Soutn-
p~retexts. The white mar would be dragged
down also
schools for the education of blacks was of
a two-fold nature. he said. that of uplifting
the black race and that Of converting tie
cation Of the negroes was desirable. This
last. he declared, was gradually and surely
being accomplished. We must expect. he
erty means license for the first generation,
but 1t is not the educated class Of men and
but the uneducated class. He pleaded that
the colored race be not judged by Its WORT
examples. but by its best.
New York. he asked IF it was judged BY
its worst men? He quoted figures to show
the extent TO ,S wn'e sa1 nssro sna are aedd sedpui!nl yesf
to heathenism."
property, character and possessions. he
will be respected by the whites.
"Jf you want to help negroes to be re-
spected in their own communities" he de-
clared. help to teach them to be useful
citizens"
He had never been discouraged. he said.
for he trusted in God and knew that his
race had come out of slavery American
citizens; had gone into slavery. with no
Language and come out speaking the Anglo
Pagans and come out Christians
A wave of applause swept over the con-
9re1ation when Mr.. Washington concluoeo-