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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
1
Ray Stannard Baker begins a June American Magazine series on this important topic. The article introduces Baker’s exploration of race relations and the role of the Negro in American society, signaling a broader discussion to follow in subsequent installments.
An observer argues that Black political influence in the South has been minimal since slavery. He cites Reconstruction dynamics, disenfranchisement, and the rise of the “Solid South,” while noting a growing, educated Black electorate challenging white supremacy. The letter cites Alabama and Southern views, including Charles P. Lane’s Atlantic Constitution remark, as proof of persistent racial politics and fear of empowered Black citizens.
The Negro Teachers Institute for Central Missouri will convene June 15 1908 at Lincoln High School Sedalia and run ten days. Prof C C Hubbard leads a corps of instructors including Dr J M Harris Hon Homer G Phillips and others with special lectures by G V Buchanan J P Gass and C R Luckett. Certificates to teach after exam. Accommodations available. For more information write C C Hubbard S D Conductor 323 W Johnson St Sedalia Missouri.
A clipped table fragment lists racial voting strength by state for 1900, noting Connecticut and several others with garbled figures. It shows a total around 209,987 in 1900 and a probable total near 250,000 for 1908, implying changes in Black electoral influence across the states.
The excerpt criticizes individuals who glory in others' ruin and seek fame by slander. It suggests prudes distort character to claim merit, behaving covetously for praise and imagining they can transplant the bays of achievement through deceit.
Reverend Dr. J Milton Waldron of Washington DC argues from a practical conservative viewpoint that the Negro should be considered dependent in political life. He cites social order, duty, and the responsibilities of citizenship to justify a restrained, orderly approach to black political engagement.
Reverend J Waldron of Washington spoke in Wilmington urging Negro independence in politics. He praised Foraker and urged support for the Foraker bill reinstating discharged Negro soldiers, while warning that Republican abandonment of equal rights jeopardizes the Fifteenth Amendment and national unity. He urged Northern and Western Negro voters to unite and press for enforcement of constitutional guarantees.
Tuesday event at the Ed itora Convention in Sedalia drew editors including J. W. Wheeler of St Louis Palladium R L Logs of Professional World J H Goins Western Messenger W H Carter of The Advocate and L Huston Conservator editor in Sedalia Mo.
In Sedalia Missouri Rev Richard Davis pastor of Taylor Chapel MHK Church led a strong push for local option. Many church members stood by him and admired his manly and godly stand during the recent local option election.
A poem praising perseverance and resilience as the man who wins endures hardship and helps others rise. It contrasts the winner with the informer and criticizes envy, stressing steadfast dignity and moral lessons drawn from failure.
Prof G V Buchanan longtime Se dalian public schools superintendent has accepted a higher salary job as superintendent of Joplin public schools. He has given complete satisfaction to the board and patrons and will move his family to Joplin in August.
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