The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-07-11
NEGROES TO BE PROTECTED.
Gov. Yates Invites them to Re-
turn to EIdOradO.

dboS Will dU OuCt communicate
with the inmates of the Eldorado
normal and industrial institute,
who recently left Eldorado in fear
OF mob violence, and invite them
to return to Eldorado, assuring
them that they shall have the most
ample protection which the state
OF Illinois can afford them. Last
week the governor addressed a
letter to Sheriff Barter, of Saline
county, censuring him severely
for having failed to furnish proper
protection for the colored people
connected with the industrial insti-
tute and for advising them to leave
the place. In the course of the
letter he suggested to the sheriff
that he locate all the parties whom
he had advised to leave and urge
them to return, guaranteeing them
full immunity from further dis
turbance. eff you do not DO so,
l will" wrote the governor "and
if you do not employ all necessary
force to see that they are not dis
turbed, l will consider it my duty
to do so at once"
The governor is in receipt of a
letter from j. D. Alston, president
of the industrial institute at Eldo,
RADIO, under date of July l, con-
firming the reports of violence
against the inmates of the institu-
tion. The letter is written from
Metropolis, Ill. The letter states
that there have been acts of vio-
lence against the colored people of
Eldorado for four or five months.
Prof. Alston corrects a misstate.
ment which has cotton into the
newspapers regarding the residence
of the students. He says tina,
they were not from Kentucky, as
reported, but all lived in Illinois.
He states that the mob violence Oh
May 20 prevented the contemplat.
ed sale of the property. He and
his wife are now at Metropolis
having left Eldorado because they
felt that their lives were in dan
ger. He states that it is the in
tention of the trustees to re-estab.
lish the school elsewh ere.
PROMISE OF PROTECTION.
Gov. Yates this afternoon ad
dressed the following letter tt
President Alston, of the Eldoradt
normal and industrial institute:
Springfield, ILL.,, July 7, 1907
Mr.. jefferson d. Alston Eldoradt
Normal Industrial Institute, Me
tropolis, ILL.,. My Dear Sir-I an
in receipt of your favor of the Is
inst, in which you say that yo1
are now at Metropolis becaus
your wife desires to get away from
place that would endanger he
or your life, and in which you fur
ther state that you owe $500 upoI
the Eldorado property, whicl
could have been paid if you hac
a been allowed to close the schOo
and at the close of which you STATE
that the trustees have agreed t.
y re- establish the school elsewhere
and inquire whether l have an,
F.. suggestions to make.
a In reply l will say that l sugges
that you return to Eldorado ant
open your school at the prope
time, exactly as if no disturbanc
had occurred, with the assuranc
from me that | will furnish yo
by telegraph all such force as ma,
!. be necessary to protect you and al
S inmates of the school from an
: disturbance of any kind whatso
y ever. I note your statement tina
S the inmates of your school lived i
n this state, being for the mos
S part, old residents and that the,
: were not students from Kentucky
Very truly yours,