The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-15

authorities, IL simply turning Its money
over to OUR representatives OF govern
inent and permitting then, to spend II IN
their own way. ~
Tho Southern Education Board Is n
mere PROPAGANDA. It Is simply trying
to stimulate publlc sentiment In the In.
terest OF popular education. and to do
sthis has employed Btich men ns Mc1ver,
of North Carolina; Dabney, Of Tentessee
BAldermnti, Of Louisiana; TUCKER and
Frazer, Of Virginia. and SO on. Its Blu
rcan OF Information Is IN charge OF Dab
ney, Of TENNESSEE, who is n native born
Virginia, who was educated at the Uni
sversity OF Virginia, and Who Is Southern
through and through.
rs II has done nothing In d corner. Its
have been able to discover. they have
literature IS scattered all through tho
South, and everybody Is at liberty to see
tho doctrine which 1t Is preaching. AS
for the Southern Conference for Educa-
ton, It does not undertake to do any
thing whatever except to bring leading
educate OF all sections together for
conference and discussion. There are no
rules. there are no 'resolutions.' Every
man comes rs q free lance, Is at liberty
to say what he pleascs and Is Il, no sense
committed to tho views OF any other
man. j,t t II. & 1s "
Tho Northern men who have Interested
4 han, Al t,,t 1,ip o>l, &n ooptl.
mentalists not fad-chasers. They are
practical mon Of affairs, and they have
no private ends to serve so far as we
not attempted to establish new schools,
they have not tried to Interfere In any
way with our customs and traditions,
they have not undertaken to lecture us.
They hayo come IN n spirit Of modcsty,
in a spirit Of friendlihess. in a spirit OF
patriotism, and Have asked the poor
of taking a hand with US in the
work that we are doing. N
! Mr. Robert G. Ogden a man whose
name Is prominently associated with the
and who has been presiding
over the Conference for Education, is
business man Of national reputation, hay
ing for years boon the executive man
ii one OF the largest mercantile estab-
ishments in the United States. and Is
about as far removed from fanaticism
md fadism rs any man in the country.
At a meeting OF the Union League Club.
If New York. the other night when Mr.
John S. Wise and some other rampant
gentlemen Of the North urged the club
q adopt a resolution urging Congress to
.educe the representation of every State
which has eliminated the negro vote, 1t |
sas Mr. Ogden who got up and opposed
md succeeded in defeating It on the
,lea that It was u meddlesome and
hat the South should be permitted
o solve these problems in its own way.
If there Is anything bad In this move
nent we are as much interested as any
n finding 1t out, and If we discover here
Lfter that 1t Is bad or that 1t Is not good
or the South, or even that It is rea-
onably under suspicion, we shall lose
10 time in changing our attitude toward
t, and In making known our discoveries
r. our approximations to the readers OF
his paper. we sincerely hope that the
dlotr Of the Charleston News and Cou-
ier and other editors Throughout the
outh, and all who, having the south's
interest at heart also have their suspi-
ions Of this movement. will come to the,
difference to be held here next week
nd listen to the discussions and talk
Nth the men face to face and draw their
onclusons