Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-12

nation. not willing to be REAL true citizens
then, j for one have no more interest in
you. Then you will have simply have en-
shaved yourselves again to your own ma
terfa1 IDEAS. Remember that you are men
and women, by Gods will. which man can
not change. Remember the decree has gone
be citizens and like the laws of Modes
and Persians. it shall not be altered Re-
member you are actingi now for the un-
born Your children are calling to you to
DO this for them. May-the great God of
humanity help you and me. may He ami
mate US with purpose to Hplift the world y
The address was received with great ap-
I plause. long continued. Handkerchief
were waved enthusiastically and many
crowded around the speaker to shake his
hand. ir9-sE
At the conclusion of the speech Rev. Mr..
Scott. pastor of the church in which the
which to collect enough-money to publish
the proceedings and papers of the confer
lected.
DR.. J. R. Wilder of this city read paper
In which he attempted to show that the
negro Is not necessarily inferior to the
white man in mind or body.
The meeting adjourned shortly before II
o'clock.
Appeal to Attorney General.
The negro race. as represented in the Ma
tonal Sociological Society, and the friends
OF the race, will ask Attorney General
Knox within the next few days to defend
the Constitution of the United States in
the Supreme Court against the attacks be-
ing made on the fifteenth amendment A
committee was appointed at the meeting
yesterday afternoon to make the request Of
the Attorney General. The movement was
inaugurated by George c. Gorham, former
secretary or the Senate. He declared that
what the negroes want to do is to take adj
vantage of their political power. He re-
ierred TO the Alabama cases" to come up
De1ore the supreme Court in January, and
suggested that the lawyers in the case be
asked whether they desire help.
Ex-Goy. P1nchback Of Louisiana support
ed Mr. Gorham's motion. He said he did
not want to see the Alabama cases. go
by default, and that he was willing to as
sist in preventing 1t.
The committee referred to is as follows:
Former Representative George II. White
of North Carolina, Prof. Kelly Miller, ex
Gov. Pinchback, Gen. William Birney and
G. c. Gorham
Education, craftsmanship and religion as
factors in the solution of the race problem
were discussed. The principal speaker was
Rev. Dean Richmond Rabbit of Brooklyn,
who said, in part:
The word Of sanity, of prudence. of con-
servatiSm, and yet the word Of strong, in
cisive truth, needs to be said by and for
your race. The latter is going through
transitional period, is on trial, is in the
making of its status in this country. VIII
the American people in the spirit of fair
play, Of right Of humanity. give the colored
race a chance to come to full manhood,
and If so. will the colored race respond
fully to the opportunity?
But for white and black there Is some
thing more valuable than the ballot, as
precious as that is to Americans, and that
is full moral manhood. Education is deep
ly valuable, but as valuable as is the
school, there is something still more neces-
sary and that is character, which comes
from morality and religion. In my judg-
ment the center of power in your race in
the south is not the school ROOM but the
pulpit
Just before the conference adjourned
Gen. William Birney read the report of the
committee on resolutions. setting forth the
alleged wrongs done the colored race and
dealing with some features deemed wise
solutions. -a $50