The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-01-31

have taken a long time ago, and men
are talking to men, and are speaking
right out in church. This IS the way
!, should be, and when men go to
talk about me and mine now they in
wife me to come in and hear what
they have TO say and then permit me
70 speak right out and say what I
have to say.
This has been brought to life more
than one time and so MANY things
have been the result. have told you
sbout the talk or the conference held
IN Little Rock called by Governor
Brough. and the committee continues
10 meet and discuss the matter be-
tween the races, and a few days ago
the Southern Governors had a big
meeting in New Orleans. and invited
Dr Robert R Motion to come to
them and tell about his people and
their needs and what they were think
ing about.
II you could have heard the plain
tactical talk that Dr. Motion made
for US, you would be willing to carry
him around over the country on a
silver platter, and since that is not
nossibIe give him a place in your
heart. for he truly is representative
Of this race of ours and is speaking
right out in church for us in places
where we cannot get an opportunity
n sneak. DR.. Booker T. Washington
has left us, and we shall never miss
him. because he will ever be with US
IN thought. He was succeeded by a
real man about whom l shall speak
lust a little later.
Since | wrote that other letter, l
have been going some, and kept on
roinC until l landed right here. /
have been through Mississippi, and
since | am out of the state ! shall
not say any "cuss" words but save
them until l go back to that part OF
the world and you need not be sur
prised at anything l may say or
think. | am thinking now and unless
| put them thoughts on paper you
will never know, and / don't intend
for YOU to know this week / have
met one of the most remarkable men
in the race. and right by his side IS
his wife, and both of them doctors,
and both are kept busy all the time
looking after the sick, Drs- S. A Mil
lcr, husband and wife.
1t strikes me that Drs. Miller are
getting ready to remain in Jackson,
Miss. until the Lord tells them to
leave for the other world, for they
have recently put over $4,000 in
property, erected a half block of
buildings, with stores, and every one
of them rented. There will be in the
new building now being finished his
private hospital for the treatment OF
their patients, and they will also
have in another part of that half
block living quarters. / shall have
something to say about them later
up in life.
We have been able to do great
things in this world, and / am the
most shotingest man in the world
l am on shouting grounds and as you
look upon this wonderful monument
OF the late Dr. Booker T. Washing
ton, you are forced to fan upon your
knees and thank God for his life
TuSkegee Institute with its many
buildings IS the monument to Booker
I. Washington, and the world will
ever recognize it. He lived IN the
hearts Of his people. His life was .
life OF service. I walked over to his
grave. ] just had to stop and drop
a tear, tear of JOY, because such
a man ever lived.
America has given to the world
some real men who will live on and
on, and would Just name four Of
them now-George Washington, Alb
raham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass
and Booker T. Washington, and il
permitted l would name. the fifth
one, Crispus Attucks, but viii not dc
so now He has not had a fair
chance in history. He was a Negro
and slave, yet the first to shed hi:
blood for America He died for his
country at a time when dying meant
so much. We did not have many
Americans to spare.
What do you think Of one school
with nearly two thousand students
But l am not going to talk about ths
student body, but about the Negro
Conference which was started by DR.
Washington and which brings TO
gether more brainy men and womer
in year than any other one thing
This is one place where white mer
and black men with vision, mer
with thoughts, come together foi
two days together with the common
people. the farmers. then men who
are playing an importzn part in the
world, men who are making II pos.
sible for US to live. You do not read
OF them in the paper. but they are
doing their part just the same. and
often are worth more to civilization