The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-20
o ursday VIII Be Full Of Mdwee Bargain Oilers
'7'HE NEGROES J i |: I
Will WALK
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sS# JILL VnLN
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began etd ii the course Of tho evening
SPOKE tho chairman In a lengthy speech,
explaining the situation; Walter d.
young, representing the Young Mems
Clvlo League; w. w. Fields, patslo *.
Anderson. h a woman, who excited the
most uhboundcd enthusiasm; George St.
Julian Stephens and others
1'he amount OF relteration by the cons
nany and assurance by others was suf1l.
Client to make plain to these men that the
new laws nvowedly designed to separate
tho races on. the cars means discriminn.
zion against no one, but benefit to all
yifEthcy were permitted to pass success.
,fully into operation. Speaker followed
speaker. and the keynote of one was the
clarion call Of tho other-that another
invasion OF the rights Of the black man
was thrcatcned, and that the only way
TO prevent clash in which he must
inevitably 20 down was to avoid any
contact with the alleged malicious and
3pcrnIcous thing This meant simply
that the negro man and woman and
children should walk, and this was In.
fact the sum total Of the meeting.
IA Gives Good Advice.
l.E"I beg YOU In the name OF the God
that sits on high said Mitchell, amid
great applause, Ia to be conservative and
law abiding, but 70 walk. 4
eve, the women beg you to walk"
said Patslo Anderson. the only woman
sspcakertu whom was given the most
enthusiastic reception.
Negroes usually. talk too much. Don't.
argue the question:; don't get into con-
trovery. Don't say anything. but walk"
Each man that followed ended as hc
had begun, with the Same significant
word echoed at every interval by the
deep voiced audiencewalk.
IS The Instructions issued by the COM
pany To the conductors were read, and
with this ms q basis the speeches fol-
lowed. q It was i held that the new law
would breed discomfort and discord, and
would end Il, a clash between the races.
The charge wa even made that the
law was am attempt to do this very ,
Ething-force O race riot IN Whlch gthe
negroes would suffer.
8.'Thcn you will see their guns. their
,Winchestcrs, said Mitchell. But we
don't want guns. We want peace, and
tho way to keep litni is to let the white
people have their cars. entrcat you
all to stay of tef cars. = as
Ri Shortly after II p. NJ. the COMMITTEES
on Resolutions ma de report and the 1oi-
lowing formal paper, signed BY 4. ~
Jones, FL L. Harris, III. T. Jonathan.
j. 4. Pollard, e. "A. Washington ana
Thomas H. Wyatt, was enthusiastically
adopted: s$, a} !. ,E
"Whereas, tho Legislature of Virginia
has enacted law permitting the street
railway companies to separate the pas
Ssengers on the basis Of theis Color. me ne
enforcement Of which enactment Is not
7conoulsory, but is left to the action Of
The company. and, I !,
l5si5 ..NFhereas. we deem the enactment OF
s,1ch a law as a hardship upon Q UT race
and calculated to do girreparable ha Marin
nv u making 1t possible to provoke un-
necessary claahes between the races ana !
b WHEREAS We deem the enactment q
such 4 a law 4as unnecessary and :ttn#ar--
RI cl IN view Of the relation which 5eN-
lists between the races In this STATE STATE
therefore. be 1t B. u s94s J. :
"Resolved, That ne, the citizens OF
Richnnond. In nlass-me citing assembled.
enter our solemn protest against the en-
5forcementsof this law by any and - pup pup
lie service corporations, recognizing as
Ne do that the enforcem ent Q T. the law ~
cuestio is left to the option Of IS such lt:
companies.
b In the course OF the meeting there We:
also announced the action of the lou
negro banks OF Rtchmond,s suggesI,is o {
lS.,sloe movement for other means o. 9.
transit for the negroes. This paper rely
Grated that 1--WE desire to emphasize .t'
fact that we stand for law ana ora t
and advise our people VINO p rl ncx on suef
rules and regulations as may have peer
announced" and concluded as follows:
z w e. therefore, pledge our personal an
official influence TO me &c sI .r1 ~ an;
and all persons who must ride and nay
no other1means of reaching their res psct
i've destinations; provided y that any suci
aNdesire TO promote harmony between tn
races and peace and GOOD VII I, a11lons ~
white and colored citizens OF this coinmu
nity$in which we live. ~
ment shall have for its purpose the 1n)ur'
of the Virginia Passenger and Powe
Company or the interference Of the u tr a.,
4 fic on any OF ITS lines. - . . . 3 \,
meeting. The others kept away, but \
useless to conceal that the gather1ng wa
a representative one. and that the yer
sHlatnt s'e declare they wiil1Walk
+ ma mes Of few of those present will ind
cate ca the class OF men there: ], I. ,
j 4. r.. sDiggs, ProlessGrr,ht ~ y ~ ~,
pr asGei t' Of True Reformers Banks wal
ter ID Jones' president, OF Young Men,
Tixis STREET as t. baptist Church: 5. {
e at Unl9 aho v Resmon
4 Division Of True Performers John Mitch
q the sev Pane a aRa 5 R5SSdsR
B Benfa nfG SaeKson. NV
Taylor. chief Of Old Eoks H9}nI.ts. = ir Z =,
Jones' Tu1u physician, and president Of Negr'
business League: p WIDER '4ya a s%In II ton
cashier Nickle Savings Bank, and man'
Others 55.
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