The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-25
Special train leaves Main
Street sDepot at 9 A. N. for
Charid -sviiIe, where confer
ence WILDE guests OF University
of Virginia.
Addresses at University by
Or. Dabney, Of Tennessee; Pros
fessor Dabney, of University of
Virginia; DR.. Kent, Or. Bar
ringer, and Others.
Returning, special train VIII
reach Richmond about g. p. IN II

Never since the early days of the Re-
public have the. Northern and Southern
heart beat in such perfect union and tina
spirits OF Northern men and Southern
men rested together in such perfect tran y
quillity as last night, when Dr.. Lyman
Abbott one of the wisest and best men
| III America, representing the North, said;
| to Southern audience that as at the
close of the war the negro ought not to-
have had suffrage, because he was unit
for It. those Of his race ought not to
have 1t to-day who were unfit for IT.
This Is what the South Is contendins
to-day. and this is why many States have
incorporated into their Constitutions
clauses which seek to prevent tho illt-8
orato and Irresponsible negro and white
alike from voting. He cannot control
himself, and until no can he should net
be given the right to control others DR..
Abbott's logic was TINT II one man had
no self-control, n million OF his fellows
would have nothing. because nothing
multiplied by million is still nothing.
Negro Disfranchisement.
Mr. r. Fulton Cutting. OF New York.
declared the dsfranch!sing Of the negro
arbitrary. but believed that the sympathy
for the negro was not only not deadened /
In the South. but had been quitkened
into new life.
The last session OF the sixth Conference
for Education In the South held In Rich.i
mond eclipsed all other meetings OF thd
great body, and the audience which y
crowded into the Academy of Music was
tho largest probably ever gotten under
tho roof OF that building. Certainly. nt
$50 o'clock not one foot OF space even
for those only too glad for place to
stand could be found. Hundreds stood.
and many who saw the great pressure
about the doors and the impossibiity OF
being reasonably comfortable inside. re-
turned to their homes. From the $t!rsI
session of the conference on Wednesday,
afternoon tho attendance has been In
creasing. The interest aroused In Rich
m0nd by Its presence exceeded all ex-
pectations.
In the Same Gallery.
A notable fact about the audience lasd
right was that for the first time. 80 fnr
as known, In tho post-bellum history OF
Richmond whites and blacks sat side pY
side In the same public hall, with no ms
OF demarkation save that OF nature. ms
colored people throughout the conference
nave occupied seats In tho second. or
..peanut," gallery, as It Is commonly
called. Last night they came as usual
and scattered about this galery' Tres
entity the white people, eager to near tna
addresses oyerilowed the dress circle gat-
lery 10 the second gallery. and the re-
markabe spectacle was presented OF fash1
,cnahly dressed men and women OF first
social standing In Richmond sitting Side
by by side with those OF tho colored race.
II is true that white and colored people
have many time sat In this gallery
at tho same time, but then tho WMtss
had their section. into when me hes,pss ,."ss
could not come. The line OF deInarkatior
was drawn last night by Sergeant FaF-
lev with the aid of n string. ~,
To-day the final business session OF the
o,nference will be held at the University
OF Virginia,