The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-01-12
Conference; ! /; !.
To. be b Held
HisNEtY LINCOLN JOHNSON NV.
fhidssEs WILLINGNESS TO, .7:
ISSUE CALL. .',4%% !.
Executive Session
VI trends OF the administration is
expected to- be- Followed by a pub
lie meeting I'm effort to aex Ne
groes in line. -

washington, D. c., Jan. la.-
Ihat Conference" of friends Of the
adminfstration, of which mention
mas been made in these columns. n
TO De held in this city about the lat
ter portion of January, or early. III
fteDruary. History is being made
rapidly these days and the leaders
are being made aware OF the fact
,that delays are dangerous: Tshe
question as to who will call the
members of the proposed council to-
sether has been partially settled by
the announceed Willingness. of Col.
Henry Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of
Deeds' to issue the call to. arms"
As delegate to the Republican ma
tlonal convention Of 1908, which
nominated Mr.. Taft, and as a promi-
nent factor in the management Of
the campaign Of that year, as we'll
as the first Of the new set of officia,s
gathered. unto itself by the existing
administration, there is annie raa.
son why the call should enanate
from Cot: 5uhnsun. 1t is expectexr1f
tnat the summons will be issued
ABOUT the latter part Of January of
or the first week Of February. and
the Persunnefuf -tte body@-wttt- cor
s1st OF all the principal office holders
now in the federal service. friends
or the administration in private life,
newspaper men who have been dis
posed to accord fair play to the it'll
lar head of the Republican party. A
public meeting may follow the ex-
ecutlVe session of the conferees !.
Some OF those who will constitute
the body are: Collectors G. wi An
derson, Of New York, Whitfield, Nc
kinlay, Of Washington, Charles A.
,Cottrill, of Ohio, and p. IS. Pinch
back, Of New York; Register w. r.
Vernon and his successor, ]. C. Ma,
pier; Assistant District Attorneys w.
H. Lewis, Of Boston; s. Laing Will
liams, of Chicago, and James A.
Cobb, Of the District Of Colum bia;
Auditor Ralph w. Tyler, Former Re-
corder John G. Dancy, Assistant
Register Cyrus Field Adams, Judge
Robert H. Terrell, Col. Henry Lin
coin, Johnson, the present Recorder,
Councilman Harry s.. Cummings, of
baltimore, J. G.. Asbury, Of Phila-
.delphia, and others of like political
weight. -
Those in sympathy with the call
acknowledge the necessity for the
leaders Of the race, who seem to
have the ear of the powers" to get
together. on platform Of harmony
and 1.-THE greatest good to the great
est number. They recognize the
fact that the rank and file of the
race is in bad humor- on num-
Der of matters, and steps must, be
taken to effect a remedy for this
state Of things, If the Republican
party Is to rally the Negro vote in
1912 in the solid fashion Of other
days. fractional chickering's are to
be put aside; personal jealousies are
to be sent to the scrap pile; individ-
ual likes and dislikes are to be a
negligible quantity; In short, all
hands are to get to work to bale
out the boat that has sprung a leak,
to the end that the "ship" that was
once the deck Of the Negr0'g po-
litical safety, will remain so. Not
In panic-stricken spirit, but as a
measure Of prudence and of good
leadership, it has been determined
by the faf-seeing ones to get togeth-I
er in short time and go over the
entire situation in a frank, candid
and open-hearted way. The news
papers friendly to the President and
his Negro advisers are enthusiastic
over the idea, and those somewhat
hostile are offering no objection. All
are anxious that good results shall
flow out Of such meeting.