The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-01
MEMORIAL MEETING HELD
THE NIAGARA MOVEMENT IS
 GAINING GROUND.

DixWen Avenue Congregational Church
 Held Special Meeting in Memory of
 Douglas, Garrison and TOurgee Last
 Night.
 Under the auspices of the Niagara movement, a memorial meeting for the Friends of Freedom and commemora- tive of Frederick Douglas, William Lloyd Garrison and Albion W. Tour gee. was held Thanksgiving night at the Dixwell avenue Congregational church. There was an enthusiastic and appreciative attendance. Short papers were read on the lives of Doug las, Garrison, Judge Tourgee and other great anti-slavery leaders. The meet ing was opened by the singing of the national anthem. My Country, 'tis of Thee,'' and the invocation followed by the Rev. S. H. Cook, chairman of the committee of arrangements. Rev. J. W. Davis delivered an address on Garrison" and MT. Maroney read a very fine address on the life of Judge Tourgee. Miss Pearl Brown followed with song and solo. Then the Rev. William St. A. Lynck read an address on Some Great Anti-Slavery Lead ers." This address was followed by a piano solo, Beethoven's sonata, Pa thetique," allegro, by Miss Helen Ho- gan. The meeting was closed by the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.
 The committee of arrangements com- prised the Rev. L. H. Cook, chairman; M. c. Jennings, E. F. Conf, MT. J. ". Washington, J. ". Stewart and J. A. Hogan, state secretary of the Niagara movement.
 The Niagara movement is an organi- zati0n composed at present of fifty four men resident in eighteen states of the United States. The members of this organization are a self-constituted body of men who held the first meet ing at Buffalo, N. Y, July Il, F and 13, 1905. This meeting for organizing the Niagara movement was the direct results of the trenchant pen of profes- sor Du Bois, a leader of the race which he represents,
 Tlt men hanGed ;ogelhr have com mon aspirations and A"e doYotes to the general interests of the African race in America, This self-consttuent body, pledged to uplift tb@ negro in every condition, does not app|al to then race on their own authority, but through the merits of the principles which they represent. The negro has tFu~ to merit equality before the law. and still dis crimina!ions occur daily. The purpose of the organization are in brief the fol- lowing; ~Ylr
 To press the matter of stopping the cugtailment of our political rights.
 Tosu urge negroes to vote intelligently and effectively.
 To push the matter of civil rights.
 To organize business cooperation.
 To build scnool-houses and increase the interest in education.
 To open up new avenues of employ ment and strengthen our hold on the old.
 To distribute tracts and information in regard to the laws of health.
 To bring negroes and labor unions into mutual understanding.
 To study negro history.
 To increase the circulation of honest, ursubsidized newspapers and periodi- calls.
 To attack crime among us by all civ- ilized agencies. In fact, to do all in our power by word or deed to increase the efficiency of our race, the enjoy ment of its manhood, rights and the performance of it's just duties.
 And in the language of the negroes themselves:
 At the same time we want to ac- knowledge with deep thankfulness the help of our fellowmen from the aboli- tionist down to those who to-day still stand for equal opportunity and who have given and still give of their wealth and of their poverty for our advancement.
 And while we are demanding, and ought to demand, and will continue to demand the rights enumerated above God forbid that we should ever forget to urge corresponding duties upon our people:
 The duty to vote.
 The duty to respect the rights of oth.