The Grit-advocate., 1906-06-29
coLoRED BUSINESS MEN.
Hold an Important State Convention al
Pueblo.

Pueblo, Colo.-Twenty-five visiting
colored men and women were in the
city Wednesday in attendance at the
second annual convention of the Colo
rado State Negro Business League
The attendance repi esentcd the sub
stantial colored population of the state
as every delegate is engaged in some
business or profession The closing
feature of the afternoon session was
the election of officers The folloyins
being selected:
President, J. W. Jackson, Denver.
First vice president, NJ. B. Brooks,
Pueblo.
Second vice president, W. H. Hooper,
Eastonville.
Third vice president, Mrs. W. A.
Gatewood, Pueblo.
Recording and financial secretary,
w. A. Gatewood, Pueblo.
Corresponding secretary, DR.. ]. H. P.
Westbr6ok, Denver.
Treasurer, l.. l.. James, Pueblo.
State organizer, H. F. Bray, Pueblo.
Executive board. F.. R. Booze, Colo.
rado Springs: J. II. Jackson, Colorado
Springs; S. H. Tarbot. Denver; Rev.
j. A. Ford. Denver; Dr. A. S. Huff,
Pueblo; j. Bates, Pueblo: Mrs. Jennie
Drumm, Eastonville: C. f. jackson,
Aspen: G. w. Gross, Rocky Ford
The convention was called to order
by President w. +. GLADDEN. of Colo,
rado Springs. One of the features of
the morning session was the address
by NJ. B. Brooks, editor of the Colorado
Times, the only paper in town devoted
to the interests of the colored men.
Another feature was the annual re-
port CT the state organizer, Mrs Ida
Joyce jackson of Colorado Springs.
The report says: I'VE now have
three leagues, one in Pueblo, another
in Colorado Springs and one recently
organized in Denver. AS the organiza.
tion is only one year old, this is indeed
good showing, representing, at the
least, seventy-five or eighty well estab-
lished firms in business"
After enumerating the business
houses in different towns Mrs. Jackson
summarizes the result by saying:
From figures compiled the amount of
capital invested in this state equals
about s177,96O in various business pur-
suits"
At the evening session the address
of welcome was delivered by J. ID.
King, president of the City Council
who is acting mayor in the absence OF
Mayor West. An address was also
made by Former Governor Alva Adams
Resolutions We're passed urging the
colored people of Colorado to take ad-
vantage of the splendid opportunities
offered them for profitable investments
in homes, in business pursuits. in min
Ing, and n agrscu .tt.e A!So that
efforts be made to invite our people,
with capital, brains and enterprise, to
come into our state and to become a
part Of the productive force Of Colo.
rado; and with this end in view we
advise that circulars be printed by the
State Business League, giving facts
and figures, showing the wonderful re-
sources of our state, and the many Op-
pOrtunities afforded here for the judi
cious and profitable Investments OF
capital"
Other matters touched upon were:
The publishing of the acts of Negro
criminals to the exclusion of the work
being done by the better class to up
hold law and order; endorsing the
resolutions of the league of Republic
can clubs in favor Of cutting down the
representation in Congress of those
southern states that deny the right of
suffrage to Negroes; approving of the
appointment by President Roosevelt
of our retiring president of the State
Business League, Rev. w. E. GLADDEN.,
to be chaplain of the United States
army"