The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-09-09
ADDRESS,.
National Afro-American Press Associa
ton to the People of the United
States.

At the meeting OIL the NdllOlldl AllC-
American Press Association the TWEEN
ty-fifth session, held to day, the follow
ing officers were eleced:
President-Cyrus Field Adams. THE
APPEAL, Chicago, III.
First Vice President-F. H. Warren,
The 'Informer, Detroit, Mich.
Second Vice President-W. H. Stew
ard. The Baptist, Louisville, Ky.
Third Vice President-E. J: Scott.
The Student, Tuskegee. Ala.
Fourth Vice President-NickC hiles,
Plaindealer. Topeka. Kan.
Fifth Vice President H. Noble,
Jr., The Times, Galveston. Tex.
Treasurer-Horace D. Slater. Jack
son, Miss.
Secretary-Ralph w. Tyler, The
Journal. Columbus. Ohio.
Executive Committee-John Q.
Adams, St. Paul, Minn.:. T. Thomas
Fortune New York City; M. M. Lewey:
Pensacola. Fla; John R. Clifford. Mar
tinsburg, w. Va; H. T. Johnson, Phil,
adelphia Pa; Charles Stewart, Balti-
more. Md; w. D. Johnson. Louisville,
KY; Chris ]. Perry, Philadelphia. Pa;
John Mitchell, Jr-. Richmond Va: A.
E. Manning. Indianapolis, Ind; George
G.. Clement, Charlotte, N. c.: H. T.
Healing, Philadelphia. Pa; John c.
Dancy. Washington, D. c.; J. l..
Thompson, Des Moines, Iowa; H. Pur-
dee Mariana, Fla: H. Sallie, Spring
La; A. n. McEwen MOBILE. Ala;
j. M. Nimocks Meridian. Miss; J.
w. Griffith Ardmore, l. r.; Jos. S.
Frances, Los Angeles, CAL; A. D.
Griffin, Portland, Ore; j 3. Nc
Crary. Metropolis, ILL.,; P. H. Murray,
st. Louis, Mo-; T. P. Mahammitt,
Omaha, Neb.; J. M. W. De Shong. Fay
cite. Tenn: r. B. Brooks. Jackson:
vile. Fla; w. H. Jourdan, Greenvllle,
H. C. Allen, Ell Paso, Tex; G. G. Will
son. Cairo, ILL.,; R. T. Brown, Jackson,
Tenn; E. A. Williams, Cincinnati. o.;
w. c. Wood Kansas City, Kan: H.
R. Cayton, Seattle, Wash.
Among the distinguished speakers
(nonmembers) who addressed the AS
ISOLATION were: Prof. w. S. Scarbor-
ough president of sWilberforce Uni
yersity; T. W. Thompson of Roches-
ter, N. Y: Hon. J. Douglass Wet
more of Jacksonville. Fla; Mrs.
Mary Church Terrell, Honorary Pres
ident of the National Federation OF
Afro-American Women's Clubs; Wal
ter H. Showers, Esq, Of Michigan;
D. Augustus Straker, Esq, of Mich
igan; Mrs. Lucy Thurman, President
of the Michigan State Federation OF
Afro-American Women's Clubs; Rob
ert Pelham, Esq. of Washington, D.
c.: S. Laing Williams, Esq.,, of Chi
cago, Ill. and others.
Address to the Nation.
The National Afro American Press
Association at it's twenty-fifth session
feels that in the present crisis in the
history of the Afro-American people,
when a thoroughly organized mOveme nt
is working with malignant energy to
utterly destroy the civil and political
rights of those for whom we stand in
part as spokesman. it is necessary to
reaffirm and emphasize the following
principles fundamental in citizenship
and generally championed by all Afro
American newspapers.
We resent the reiterated statement
that this is white MANS country,
for the Federal Constitution specifical'
ly places all of it's citizens on equal
ity before the law. BY right of birth
and intense loyalty to the flag, the
Afro-American claims his equal share
of American citizenship.
The persistent efforts which have
been made and are being made to null
ify the suffrage guarantees of the Four
teenth and Fifteenth Am ndmentS to
the Constitution are fraught with great
danger to the peace and security of
the Union. We do not believe that
the granting of suffrage to the race
was mistake and we deny the
charge that it has proved failure.
We affirm our BELIEF in manhood SUI
frage without any educational or