The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-28
NEGROES AT FAIR URGE LAW AND ORDER LEAGUES

agriculture. IL you do not prosper
 agriculture will not prosper. and i
 agriculture does not prosper. nothing
 ir the Southland can. This countr!
 absolutely depends upon the success 0
 agriculture. and if this be true. show
 me the man who does not believe il
 the dignity of labor. and I'll show 70. a man who is a traitor to his State.
 T present to you a successful Gov ernor and d successful private citizen l take pleasure in introducing tc you { friend not only of the white man. bu of the black man. a man who dares tf maintain the solemnity of his oath, ane who tries to enforce the law"
 Rising to his feet. Governor Jeiks, ir a few sentences thanked President | Vandiver for the encomiums which "MontRomery's leading sitisen, had bestowed upon him.
 | "He praises me for trying tc make a decent Governor" he said. Il want tJ say, on my word that. so far as have been able. every hour since my in- auKuration, have tried to serve the 1 people. my only object to be of use to the State and to my generation. And l can say that in the conduct of my office. have not known the white man and the black man."
 | Makes Plain Talk. | The speaker then launched into his main discourse of the racial problem as 1t is in the South today. the con,- | plete text of which Is found In another l column of this paper.
 We had best be plain with each other" he said. We are at daggers points in Alabama. We must have a better understanding. We boast that l we are cutting down the illiteracy. It would be far better if we could boast that we are cutting down violations of the law.
 T am preaching a sermon against thieves and loafers," he said, again, and they are the same. What is the reme- dy? I may not know the remedy. But I want to say, that when the people of every street and every block turn out to catch the hief, the tension between the races will be relieved" The Governor stated he was tempted to say that legislation will be enacted against vagrancy at the next session of the Legislature such as the State has never had before. His next mes- sage to that body will contain a recom- mendation that licenses for whiskey selling be placed so high that certain classes shall be prevented from secur- ing them
  in every section of the State to stand for the preservation of the law. I am for the laws of the State cs they are written on the book and as they are written in their entirety. Every one of the statutes has equal sanctity, and ev- cry good citizen should observe them
 When the Governor ceased, R. B. Hudson, principal of the negro high school of Selma, presented the resolu- ton advocating the establishment of negro law and order leagues in every section of the State. It was passed unanimously by rising vote of the cntibe negro audience.
 The chairman then introduced Booker washington as the "here of the negro race" Tho latter vas greet ed with an ovation from the meniSefS of his race as lie rose to respond.
 Thanks for Talk.
 T want to thank the Governor he said, "for his frankness. Today peo- plc are not always frank. l would ten times rather have him speak what is in his heart than to heap praise which must help us in our present DO. sition in Alabama" ..-
 The speaker thanked President Vandiver for his kindness in giving one day of the Fair to the negro race.
 We want to stay in Inc South." he said, and tho white man wants Us to stay here. He sent for us He paid our passage, and now he wants us to stay"
 The speaker referred to the speech of Governor Jelks. "A most important subject for us to consider at every fireside is the development of an in- fuence against lawlessness. l stand by the Governor of Alabama in every thing he has said, and l want you to stand by me"
 He spoke of the negro loafer. Tho idler was idle, he said, because he did not have to work. One hears of the starving Armenian, but one never hears of the starving negro. one or the sources of danger is that it is too easy to make living.
 we want to sec the 1oafer put out of business. We must create sent' ment which will make it shame to loaf There arc many negroes i'd Montgomery who live from the back doors of the white people of the city. I ask the white people to shut off this source of supply
 The people who give the most trouble arc the drunkards and loatcrs, those who carry pistols and those who hang around low dives. And l must say that In many cases those dives are kept by white men. As to thos" who carry pistols, where concealed weapon keeps one out of trouble onc, it gets him into trouble nine times It is the coward who carries the concealed weapon" -+-. . Jelks Praises Address. ..s= .:-
 The speaker then branched into tn" main body Of his discourse. the sub stance of which is given in anothe" column of the paper. In concluding he urged the negro to make d conf dant of the white man in his trou- hles. to ask to learn what he is cx- pected to do. and to let the white man know what he wants to do. White men, he said would stand by them.
 Every man in this audience knows when he gets into trouble. where 10 go," he said. And every one who has been in trouble has gene to white man has received help. If we do right, the strong arm of the whit. man will help us. For Gods sake, don't let us make his task any harder.
 Washington's speech was the sub iect of much favorable comment Sneaking of 1t after the negro leader had concluded his address, Govcrno" Jelks said.
 The speech of Booker Washington is calculated to do more service TOT Alabama than any similar number ol words ever uttered. It was ar epoch making address.
 Assaulted White Woman.
 Gainesville, Fla, Oct. 27.-Mrs. Mott. white woman, was assaulted and murdered at Chiefs nd by negro to-