The broad ax., 1922-12-23
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JULIUS F. Taylor,
Editor of The Broad AK,
Salt Lage City, Utah.
Ny Dear SIR
There will be sent to you by thi:
mail a copy of Senate Doc. No. 1s2 o.
the last Congress. Commencing al
page 76 you will find an able editorial
from your pen. / hope you will be
pleased at the company in which you
find it.
Thanking you on behalf of the men
and bodies named on this letterhead
for your kindness therein, and bespeak.
ing a continuation of your influence in
behalf OF the cause, | am,
Very sincerely and truly yours,
JAY L. ToRREY
1t might not be out OF place to state
right here that only one other news
paper published in Utah at that time
was honored with its editorial in the
senate document referred to and no
other Afro-American editor in this
country contributed anything in favor
of the present National Bankruptcy
Law which found its way into that
document.
The latter part of 1896 Governor
Heber NJ. Wells of Utah, who was a
strong Republican and actually hated
any colored man who dared to think
for himself along political lines, ap-
pointed the following colored men as
commissioners to the Tennessee Ex-
position, which was held at Nashville
in that state in 1897, namely, w. w.
Taylor, R. B. Johnson, P. H. Robin
son. P. c. Howell, Rev. NJ. Jones and
P. W. Jackson.
1t was the duty of the Colored COM
missioners to make an effort to collect
needle or art work or anything else of
value among the Colored people of
Utah and send it to Nashville, where
it would be exhibited in the Negro
building.
After those commissioners had ut
terly failed to raise their little fingers
towards discharging the honor and
trust imposed upon them by Governor
Wells the writer collected a fine min
eral collection consisting of 178 pieces
from 68 of the leading mines of Utah,
Nevada, Idaho and Montana, and it
was shipped to Richard Hill, who had
charge of the Negro building, and at
the close of the exposition the collec-
ton, which was valued at seven hun
bred dollars and a typewriter cata-
logue fully describing each specimen,
was presented to the Fisk University,
Nashville, Tenn, by Mr.. and Mrs.
Julius F. Taylor.
In that connection the following let
tiers speak for themselves.
Nashville, Tenn, July q, 1897.
Mr.. Julius F. Taylor,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear Sir:-The three boxes of min
erals sent to Richard Hill, chief of Ne
gro department, Tennessee Centennial
for exhibit during the Exposition came
to hand day before yesterday and is
being set up and arranged today.
| have been asked to write you for
Mr.. Hill and also in behalf of Fisk
University to which institution the
minerals are to go-saying that they
have come and to express our appreci-
alton of the exhibit. l met Mr.. Piper
the other day and he had good words
to say for you to US who are strang-
ers.
The exhibit is set up as part of the
Fisk exhibit but labeled stating the
facts as to collector, donor, etc, etc.
Very truly yours,
H. H. Wright,
Prof. Math. Fisk University.
o3l Salem St., Nashville. Tenn.
Mrs. Julius F. Taylor,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dear Madam:-Your beautiful pic
lures were received all right.
We like them very much.
As yet we have received no miner
ais.
Yours truly,
Richard Hill,
Chief.
Nashville, Tenn, July 80, 1897.