The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-04-12
LEADERS OF
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WILT. ADDRESS NATIONAL CONVEN..
TION OF AFRO-iMERICANS.

CoIorcd Men and Women of Note
Secured for tho Sessions to BE
Held in ST. Paul Next JuIy-Top-z
les Of Vital Interest to the Race
to Be Considered.
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More of the leaders of the colored rac e.
than have ever assembled before will
gather at the national convention of the
Afro-American council to be held in st.
Paul, July 0, 10 and II. During the same
week, as has been already mentioned, the
tenth annual convention of the Afro
American Press association will be held
in st. Paul, and many colored delegates
will be present from the convention of
the National Educational association to
be held in Minneapolis, July I to II.
Recent additions to the program of the
council include the names of eminent col
ored men representing every department
of intellectual activity.
Among these prominent men not al
ready announced will be Thomas Fortune
editor of the New York Age, who is
likely to- be the next United States min
lister to Hayti. Equally well-knowE is
Coll William a. Pleader of Atlanta, Ga.
editor Of the Atlanta Age. Col. Pleader
has been recently in Washington en-
deavoring to secure a reversal of the adj
mnistration's policy Of appointing white
men only to federal positions in the
South 1t is said that the effort has re-
suited in the retention of many negro
0ffceholders who were reported to be
slated for dismissal. John Dancy Of
North Carolina, who will address the
council, is considered one of the most ag-
gressve among the younger, leaders of
his race. He is register of deeds at
Washington
Emigration to Africn.
federal
son B. Lyons, register of the treasury.
Much profit is anticipated from the argu-
1nents to be presented by Bishop Turner
of Georgia, who is the principal advocate
of coored emigration from the United
States to Africa. But Bishop Grant of
indianapolis. also of the A. M. F. church,
will be heard in defence of the movement
for establishing the colored emigrants
upon Western farms. Archbishop Ireland
and James j. Hill have been invited to
speak at the unanimous request of the
council, for it is felt that the archbishop
and Mr.. Hill are specially competent to
advise the colOred man as to the eX-
pediency of his becoming Western
farmer.
Still another bishop with separate
plan for establishing the colored race in
d new home is Bishop Clinton of the A.
NJ e. church. He comes from North
Carolina. He believes it would be wisest
for as many colored people as possible to
6ettle In Southern CaffOrnla.
From the same state will be Bishop
1Iarrie of Salisbury.
Among the well-known women present
will be Mrs. Jesse Lawson Of Washing
ton, D. c., who is a prominent organizer
of the w. c. It. u, and Mrs Leighton of
Philadelphia, who has worked with spe-
cial success in organizing for religious
work the young people of the Baptist
church. Miss Lydia P. Morgan. principal
of one of the Washington Cd. c. schools,
will read paper, as will Miss Cruise.
principal of the cOlored schools of Will
mington, Del.
Former Minister to HnEti.
Promises 'of papers upon special sub
jects have been obtained from Dr. M. B.
c. Mason, general secretary of the Freed
mems Aid society, and Attorney Durham
of Philadelphia former minister to Hayti.
Mr.. Durham is expected to obtain a
judgeship in the Philippines He will
speak OF THE Power of the National
Government to Protect It's Citizens.'
Harry c. Smith, formerly a member of
The Ohio legislature, will tell of his sue
cess in obtaining the passage of an anti
lynchng law. The subject Of lynching
will also be discussed by John Mitchell,
editor Of the Richmond Pilot. The white
mans position as to lynchng and other
race problems will be defended by Prof.
w. c. Counsel, coloced member OF the
normal school at Atlanta. Ga.
be Rev. j. A. F. Moreland, or Chicago.
enc of the International secretaries Of
the y. NJ. c. A: Editor Perry of the
Philadelphia Tribune. Editor Manning of
the Indianapolis World. the principal
Democratic organ of the cOiored race;
Rev. r. G.. Unces of the Epiphany Apos-
tolic college at Baltimore, the only col
cred Catholic priest in the United States;
Rev. A H. Lealted, an Episcopal rector
of Chicago, and perhaps the most elo-
quent among the colored churchmen.
The music of the evening meetings at
the Central Presbyterian church will be
in charge Of Mrs. Ida Crawford Minor. a
soprano who is said to equal Black Patti,
and c. D. Jackson, an excellent tenor.
Selections from Coleridge Taylor's 'Hia-
watha' will be sung. In the number of
assistant musicians will De A. Robinson,
Violinst. and Mrs. Crawford. pianist.
The matter of arranging for the en-
tertainment of the conventions and
their members is in charge of a gen.
eral committee composed of citizens of
Minneapolis and st. Paul named be.
low. The officers of the general COM
mittee are:
OFFICERS.
Friedrich l.. McGhee, chairman.
Mrs, George Barnett, vice chairman.
j. Q. Adams, secretary,
Geo. W. Day. treasurer.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
DR.. o. D. Howard, chairman, Rev.
Thos. A. Printon, Rev Timothy Reeves,
Rev. ]. c. Anderson, Thos. H. Lyles,
ID: E. Beasley, Mrs. Lulu H. King, Mrs.
Nj. Plummer, Miss Scottie Davis, Sid
ney Cuthbert, F. D. Parker, John
Wright, Henry Moseley, Rev. NJ w.
Withers, Rev. D. E. Butler, Rev. w. D.
Carter, Mrs. T. H. Lyles, w. J. Utley,
Chas. E. James, R. C. Minor, Robert
Lee. Harvey Burk. Scott R. Walker,
Harry Howard Geo. W. Nelson, Miss
Fannie Dodd, George Wills, John ALI
son. Ralph Grey. Chas. Miller, Jasper
Gibbs, P. H. Reid.
ACCOMMODATIONS COMMITTEE.
George w. James, chairman, T. H.
Lyles, Mrs. r. c. Howard, Chas E.
James. Miss Fannie Dodd, John
Wright, J. H. Dillingham;, George
Wills. DR.. v. D. Turner. Sidney Cuth-
bert, Mrs. Lulu H. King Robert Lee,
j. B. Johnson. Sergt. J. W Harper.
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE.
Rev. Timothy Reeves, chairman.
Rev. Thos. A. Printon, Ralph Grey.
Miss Fannie Dodd. Mrs. T. H. Lyles,
Henry Roberts, Chas. Miller, w. R.
Norris, Prof. L. E. Allen, Mrs. J. v.
Kemp, Allen French. ST., Mrs. r. C..
Howard, Miss Mary Morgan. Mrs. ]. v.
Kemp, Chas. F. Coleman, Miss Scottie
Davis. Jasper Gibbs. Mrs NJ. Plummer,
Rev D. Butler. Rev. NJ w. Withers,
George Brady. Chas. Yancey, S. E. Hall,
Dr. K. S. Brown, r. c. Marshall, Cas-
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