The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-01-23
T PRO- / !. I G;.IR|ES':S / / / | /
- .frt. a :. NJ q ny u. & T., 80 &,
OF Coloresd Citizen
+. | Dis c;iuss.ed I /.
liz Monster Meeting Held i'm Interest
or Tdskegee Institute--Gover-s
- nor Hughes Unites in Plea. ~

Il Li ,
T. New York. AIN. ia northern
governor, a southern. editor and an In.
tellectual leader, whose activities are
connned TO no section, gave (sympathet-
ic expression to the needs, aims and
hopes OF the colored race before q
nUoteEworthy> =. audience at Carnegie. Hall
I tonasht To these personally delivered
addresses; were added similar sentt
l1nents In the form %of messages from
/ Cardinal Gibbons and British Ambas::
sador James Bryce. With unanimity
4 these men advocated further oppurtun-
itEf for this less fortunate %peopie.
through popular support of, the Tuske-
tgee Institute. in the Interests. of which
| the meeting was held. ......E#. r.
= I'VE can never afford TO lose sight
1 OF the fundam entaI objects. alike OF
enlightened self.interests.o of philanthro-
py and of patriotism" said Governor
Hughese These are first to- give op.
portunity and: stimulus, so that each
1 man may make the most Of himself.
A'feW centuries ago the ancestors Of
moot of us were living savage life
I In the forests OF northern Europe. The
! black man is entitled to his chance
The other formal addresses were by
Editor Henry Watterson, who. spoke
on The Negro's Future" and. Booker
| TX Washington. who told of the, work
I OF the educational institution of which
he $s~ the head. The meeting was ar
| ranged .ky the Armstrong association.
its purpose being y launch campaign.
fpf money raising foE, Tusksgee the
association was founded by General
tArmstrong,I It's ayowed object; being
the support of ~Tuskegee and, similar
educational Institutions. ~ -. Z
- ( - >Money%is Needed IS -: =.
f. Sgth Low, VINO presided tonight, saia
that Tuskegee was seriously. IN need Of
funds In order to, continue dts work,
andI that It was imperative that $40 900
be given to the inst tuition before Man
tS1 next 4 ayho is trnateaSo
Hbe 3nst owdng fo the
financial stringencT the receipts + or
Tuskegee had falten off $4,000 dur
ing the past seven months ~. r.
| Among the auditors the business
and social life of the city was well
| represented. = Those In the boxes in
cluded Horace White, Isaac N. Selig-
man, the banker; Mrs. John D. Rock
| efeller, Mrs. Henry H. Rogers, Mrs.
Douglas Robinson, Mrs. Robert C.. Og-
den and Mrs. Walter FL Page.
In introducing Governor Hughes,
Chairman Low said that he presented
man who was too busy with his Off
cial duties to devote any attention to
his personal interests, present or flu
| tule, but was not too busy~to lend his
aid IN the cause Of Tuskegee institute
Governor Hughes began by declar.
ing that from a proper point, OF
yiew' the work done for "our fellow
citizens of the black rce!- is FOR our
| own benefit as WE'LL" and essential tc
the interests of the people as whole"
| Continuing. he said in part:
I I'VE want neither slaves nor serfs
ncr any body Of citizens permanently
below the standards which must be
| maintained for the preservation of the
republic. We cannot maintain our
| democratic ideals as to one set Of our
people and ignore them as to others"
| "o'NA"o A1osohSS Pdlu IllUulc w lnS
work of Tuskegee and. to Booker
| Washington and wished godspeed to
the work of this and all similar insti-
tutions.
Good Words From Watterson.
Editor Henry Watterson said that
though the white man seemed to have
got along faster than his colored
neighbor. all were creatures of evolu.
| ton and education, and added:
I'VE have had no race war or serious
race conflict In Kentucky. The feud-
lists Of the mountains, the night riders
Of the tobacco belt are all Writes not
blacks. Reasonable white people and
reasonable black people find it easy to
get along much as if there existed no
color line. Each is inspired by q
sense Of duty to the other under which
the behign' influence Of religion aud
humanity mag yet blossom into the
old domestic relations of confidence
and affection, the mau-ownershp
clause succeeded by manhood
clause, at once self-respecting and re-
ciprocally respected"
The letter from the British ambassa,
dor, read by the chairman, was as fol,
lows:
"To my sincere regret it Is not pos
sible for me to come to New York on
the 18th TO speak at your meeting.
Most gladly would have extended
the warm sympathy which ! feel for
the aips and the work OF the Tuske.
gee Institute.
There are. 1t seenl9 to me, two
things which most need to be done for
the COlored race. One IS to provide a
good education for those Of superior
talents who are to 10 its physicians.