Hide Article Text (OCR)
By the National Afro-American Council for Ignoring Lynch ing, Etc. An Appeal for Justice is the Address— Booker T. Washington **Roasted” Officers Elected—The Vari ous Sessions’ Exercises and Work—Personal. Special to The Gazette. Chicago, 1.—This splendid organ ization of but 4 year’s” existence formed of our prominent educators, journalists, ministers, ‘doctors and business men from all parts of the country in Rochester, N. Y., Septem ber 5, 1895, met in Bethel A. M. EF. church, of which Rev. Rt. C. Ransom, formerly of Cleveland, is pastor, Whursday, August 17. Bishop Turner and Prof. W. EK. B. DuBois, of the At lanta University, were the prominent speakers of this opening of the coun cil. Prof. DuBois takes direct issue with the emigration plans of Bishop urner, and he feels that it would be cowardly for 9,000,000 of us to fly from these ills of which we know. These Speakers were followed by Isaiah T. Montgomery, mayor of Mount Bayou, Miss., and Bishop L. H. Wolsey. Bishop Turner closed the first morning session with a speech continuing his emigration views, but it was evident all through the meet ings that the minority are with him. Bishop Walters spoke in the after noon, criticising the president's silence on the southern outrages. Sec retary Ida B. Wells-Barnett read a re port on lynching, etc., Which was re ferred to the executive committee. Mr. J. C. Napier suggested a closer understanding between officials and Negroes of the south to lessen lynch ings. With 53 delegates in attend ance the convention opened with the election of Rev. C. H. Thomas as serg eant-at-arms. City Prosecutor How ard S. Taylor opened the morning ses sion with a welcome to the city. Then Bishop Harris opened the routine pro ceedings of the e convention with prayer. Rev. A. J. Carey, Attorney A. H. Roberts, Bishop Turner, Rev. G. W. Lee, of Washington, George H. White, of Tarboro, N. C. and Mrs. J. St. P. Austin of Boston, filled the afternoon program. The second day’s work net ted some spirited remarks and speeches, both pro and con—anti-na tional administration declarations. The afternoon was given to the discus sion of educational problems. At the evening session “Lynching” was the topic, and was treated admir ably by Hon. H. C. Smith, of Cleve land, O., author of the anti-lynching law, the constitutionality of which has been established by all but one court in Ohio. Bishop Alexander Walters, of the A. M. E. Zion church and presi dent of the council, and Bishop Henry M. Turner, senior bishop of the A. M. F. church, presided over this session. On the rostrum, which was beautified with many potted plants and flowers, were seated prominent Afro-Ameri cans, men and women, from all parts of the country.’ Bishop Walters, in in troducing Mr. Smith to the audience of more than 3,000, called upon the vast audience to give him the Chau tauqua salute for his good work in Ohio against switching and in the in terest of the race and humanity. [It was a grand sight. His address, which consumed about an hour, was listened to with wrapt attention, broken fre quently by applause. At its close he was recalled by the bishop in response to the continued demonstration of the audience. Attorney F. L. Barnett,J. R. Clifford, of the Martinsburg, W. Va., Pioneer Press, Mrs. Barnett and Miss Monye, of South Africa, enter tained the rest of the evening.
Newspaper Details
Cleveland Gazette
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Sat, Aug 26, 1899
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Derrick R.
USA 13 Jun 2026
Other Publications Near Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Enakopravnost
Cleveland Echo Wochenblatt Der Vereinigten Deutschen Socialisten Clevelands
Cleveland Dirva Field
Cleveland Daily Leader
Cleveland Ohio Farmer
