•i ii CELEBRATION OF THE SEMICENTENNIAL ANNI VERSARY OF THE ACT OF EMANCIPATION HEARING BEFOEE If s. THI-: COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND EXPOSITIONS ♦ HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS Second Session ON H. R. 15733 MAY 27. 3914 * 4 V WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OTTIOB V.'i4 COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND EXPOSITIONS. House of Representatives, sixty-third congress. EDWIN S. UNDERHILL, New York, Chairman. JAMES C. CANTRILL, Kentucky. RICHARD S. WHALEY, South Carolina. WILLIAM A. JONES, Virginia. FRANK P. WOODS, Iowa. COURTNEY W. HAMLIN, Missouri. JULIUS KAHN, California. JOSEPH A. GOULDEN, New York. WILLIAM KENT, California. THOMAS F. KONOP, Wiseonsin. ADDISON T. SMITH, Idaho. WILLIAM B. FRANCIS, Ohio. SAMUEL WALLIN, New York. LAWRENCE B. STRINGER, Illinois. IRA C. COPLEY, lUinois. John H. Gilmohe, Clerk. AUG 23 1915 CELEBRATION OF THE SEMICENTENNIAL ANNIVER- SARY OF THE ACT OF EMANCIPATION. Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, House of Representatives, Wednesday, May 27, 1914. The committee was called to order at 10.20 a. m., Hon. Edwin S. Underliill (chairman) presiding. The Chairman. This committee has been called together for the pur])ose of giving a hearing upon H. R. 1573.3, introduced by Repre- sentative Madden, of Illinois, and tlie bill is as follows: [A BILL Providing for the celebration of the semicentennial anniversary of the act of emancipation, and for other purposes.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever the President of the United States shall be satisfied that the Semicentennial American Emancipation Commission, created by an act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, approved March twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and thirteen, has made provision for an exposition to be held in the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, during the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, to illustrate the history, progress, and present condition of the negro race, and to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of emancipation by President Lincoln, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the President is authorized and respectfully requested to make proclamation of the time and pur- pose of such exposition and celebration, and of such other information in relation thereto as he may deem expedient. Sec. 2. That in furtherance of the object set forth in section one of this bill there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of .$150,000, to be expended under rules and regulations to bb prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and upon vouchers to be approved by him. Sec. 3. That the rules for the conduct of the business and affairs of the exposition shall be subject to the approval and control of the Secretary of Commerce, who shall exercise supervision over the exposition through such representatives of the depart- ment as he shall designate. The committee will now be glad to hear from Representative Madden. STATEMENT OF HON. MAETIN B. MADDEN, A REPEESENTA- TIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Mr. Madden. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, the Legislature of the State of Illinois at its last session enacted a law to authorize the holding of an exposition within the State in. 1915 for the celebration of the semicentennial of negro em;>incipation and for the purpose of giving the negroes of the State and of the country an opportunity to display their progress and (Mlucation in art and the mechanics and in their material growtli, and in the enactment of that law it was provided that the governor should be authorized to ap])oint a commission, of whiih he is, I understand, ex officio chair- man. The commission was appointed and $25,000 was placed at the 3 4 CELEBEATION OF ANNIVEESAEY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATIOlSr. disposal of the commission for the purpose of enabhng it to proceed with the prehminaries incident to the development of the work of the exposition. The commission has been p.ctively at work among the legislatures of the various States, and so far has succeeded in interesting 20 States in this exposition. All of the 20 States, I believe, have appointed commissions to cooperate with the commis- sion appointed by the governor of Illinois, and it is anticipated that many of these States will in the next session of their legislatures make appropriations. The negroes of this country are very much interested in having this opportunit}^ to show to the people of the United States just what progress they have made in the 50 years of their freedom, and it seemed to me to be becoming that the Nation itself should become an instrumentality in enabling the negroes to make this display. The enactment of the law which is pending before this committee would appropriate $150,000 to that end, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and under such rules and regulations as might be formulated by the Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Francis. The question has been raised here that this commit- tee has no authority to make any a]>propriation whatever. Mr. Madden. No, but it could recommend the enactment of the law. The bill might have to be modified so as to simply recommend the appropriation, and then we would have to go, of course, to the Appropriation Committee. But tlie dictum of this committee favor- ing such an appropriation would have the necessary effect, because the Appropriation Committee itself has no legislative jurisdiction and has no j^ower to make an appropriation except by authority of law. But this comtnittee has the power to recommend the law which will authorize the Appropriation Committee to act. I believe that no expenditure on the part of the Federal Government would produce b<>tter results than the expenditure of such a sum as is named in this bill, for it would give to the race about to hold this exposition the opportunity which it has for a long time sought, to pr9sent to the American people an ocnlar demonstration of just exactly what the race has done in the way of progress, both ecaica- tionally, morally, industrially, and in the matter of the arts and sciences, mechanically and otherwise, showing the development of the race professionally, and it would be an object lesson that v\^ould tend to encourage those of the race who have not been able to realize the progress which has ta.ken place among their own people, and at the same time would be, in my judgment, an object lesson to our race which would be iv^ally worth while, and I sincerely hope that such a bill as the committee has before it will be recommended for enactment, and that before the time comes for the holding of this exposition the House and the Senate will take favorable action upon it and that the Prv'sident will be authorized to issue the proc- lamation. Mr. Francis. Has (■hicago done anything financially in this matter ? Mr. Madden. Chicago, up to the- present time, has done nothing, but the city councils of Chicago have recently passed resolutions indorsing the project and will cooperate in every way within their power. It is too soon for the city of Chicago to make an appropria- CELEBEATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OP EMANCIPATION. tion, but the other gentlemen who are })resent here will be able to present the facts. The Chairman. In the Sixty-second Congress there was a resolu- tion or bill i)resented to the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expo- sitions, just a short time before adjournment, in regard to an exposi- tion of this character, tliat was designed, as I recollect it, to be neld in Savannah, Ga., or some place in the State of Georgia, at least. Is there any connection between that project and this j)resent one? Mr. Madden. I do not think there is. I expect the matter you refer to is dead; but this is a live issue, and this would reaU}^ take the place of every other thir,g of the kind that has been thought of and would be the first real exposition held for the purpose for which this exposition has been authorized. All-. Francis. Let me ask you this question: Do you not think the effect of such an exposition at Chicago and giving it a national character removes it about as far from the center of population of the colored race as it could be in the United States ? Mr. Madden. There is no place in the United States that can be reached as readily as Chicago. It is the center of the country; it is a great railroad center of the nation; it has 39 great railroads enter- ing the city, with over 125,000 miles of railroad ramifying into every section of the nation, and within 16 hours' reach of more than 60 per cent of the whole population of the United States. Mr. Francis. All that is true, but at the same time the colored race are more or less not persons of means and there would be long distances to travel to carry them there. The ones that would need such an exposition the most would be the ones fartherst away from it. We all know of the excellent laws of the, different States that have been enacted into law for the upbuilding of the colored race of the North, and they have made great advances there. But how is it with regard to the South, where these people need it the most? Do you not think such an exposition in Chicago would be too far removed from those people who really need it ? ]Mi-. Madden. I really think this: That the men who will attend the exposition, the men and wom.en both, whether that exposition is for the display of the advancement of the colored race or for the display of the genius of the races of the world, will be the men and women v. ho have done the thin.king in udva'^ce of their fellows and who are the megaphones through which the t /pinions of their people are expressed, the men who study and write and ; j^eak and express thoughts that formulate sentiment, and whether the (^xpot^ition be held in Chicago or South Carolina or Georgia or in New York, or any other place, this will be the class of people who will attend it, and it would' be of infinitely greater advantage to have the exposition held anywhere to which this class of people could go than not to have the exposition at all, because what we need is to give them the subject about which they can speak to their people. We want to give them an object lesson. We want to give them the text, so to speak, and this place, Chicago, to my n.otion, is the ideal place to attract the class of people that I have described, and they are the class of people upon whom we must depend for the dissemination of the informa- tion which will interest the people of moderate means, or no means, in studying the questions which ar(^ beneficial to themselves and to 6 CELEBEATION OP ANNIVEESARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. the race, and so I do not regard the fact that Chicago has been selected by the State of IFlinois as the place for holding this exposition as detrimental to the fundamental principle involved. Mr. Francis. Not at all. It is all right for the people of Ilhnois. It is highly comrnendable to them to have such an exposition and to stamp it of a national character. But Chicago as a place for such an exposition does not seem to me to be the right place. I think if we had a national exposition of this kind it should be where the colored people would get the greatest benefit from it in the way of attendance. Mr. Madden. I think they will get it here. The Chairman. When you say here, you mean Chicago ? Mr. Madden. Yes, sir. I will not take any more of the time of the committee. We have gentlemen here who will be able to present this case better than I could do it. Senator Dailey, from our State, who represents the district in which the city of Peoria is located, is present, and I take pleasure in introducing him to the committee. STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN DAILEY. Mr. Dailey. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I wish to thank you for the courtesy you have extended the commission in granting this hearing. I regret at the same time that the chairman of this commission, the Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, who is the pre- siding bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church of the United States and Canada, can not be here to present the cause of the commission in person. Tliis commission was created by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Ilhnois and an appropriation made for its maintenance in the year 1913, The commission was appointed by Gov. Dunne. Its membership is as follows: Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D., president; Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, vice president; Maj. George W. Ford, treasurer; Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph. D., D. D., Hon. W. Duff Piercy, Hon. R. R. Jackson, Hon. Medill McCormick, and myself were appointed members of the commission, and Mr. Thomas Wallace Swann, recommended by Gov. Dunne, was elected secretary of the commission. Bishop Fallovv^s, I think, is peculiarly fitted for this work. Bishop Fallows,, as you laiow, is a man of national and international reputa- tion. He is very conversant with the work of expositions and is chairman of the Congress of Religions for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He is a man approacliing 80 years of age, but active and vigorous, and from the very moment of his appointment he has devoted practically all of his time and thought to making this expo- sition a real benefit, not only to the colored people of this country, but to the white peo])le, and while the commission originally intended a mere State exposition, the vision of a national exposition took hold of Bishop Fallows and the preliminary work of this exposition has been along that line. Whether we receive the cooperation of the Federal Government or not in our attempt to make it national in scope and character and influence, 20 States, as has already been stated by Congressman Madden, already have taken an active interest in the appointment of commissioners to cooperate with us. I will present for the consideration of this committee a list of the honorary vice presidents and advisory council, and you can see at a glance CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 7 the work of organization has been along the line of the leading men of this country, including both the white and colored races, to make this a national exposition, and that it should not only be an expo- sition for statistical information, but be in every particular a prac- tical demonstration of the negro's ability and achievement in every phase of human endeavor. They purpose to furnish to the American public an abundance of evidence in concrete form of just what the past 50 years has meant to th.e freedman and to what extent and with what result he has availed hhnself of the opportunities which have been opened to him. In its work the commission has had the good fortune to be reenforced by two cooperating commissions appointed by Mayor Carter H. Harrison and President Alexander A. McCormick, representing the city of Chicago and Cook County. Our preliminary work, that of enlisting the sympathetic coopera- tion of the American people as a whole, has been highly encouraging in that we now have in our files assurances of support from the President of the United States, Cardinal Gibbons, the governors and Senators of more than 20 States, the bishops and leading ecclesiastics of every denomination, and of a large number of educational and social workers, among them such persons as Miss Jane Addams and Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. ^ In the development of the exposition itself we are working chiefly along two distinct hues: First, the procuring of exhibits; second, the securing of the various negro national congresses and conventions for Chicago in 1915. The exhibits will cover every phase of negro progress, educational, industrial, professional, and in the fine arts. We have been in cor- respondence with every institution of learning in the country instruct- ing the negro people. We are securing exhibits of the work of agri- culturists, manufacturers, miners, etc., and are negotiating with the Patent Office to secure the loan of some 250 patents taken out by negro inventors. The number of exhibits from Illinois alone wiU approximate about 2,000, and the total number of exhibits about 7,000. We are in correspondence with and expect to secure for 1915 the following conventions, which will bring to Chicago nearly 50,000 persons connected with them: Business Men's League, 10,000; National Physicians, Surgeons and Dentists' Association, 12,000; National Educational Congress, 8,000; Young People's Congress, 8,000; National Undertakers and Embalmers' Association, 2,000; Farmers' National Convention, 2,000; Religious Congress, represent- ing every denomination, 8,000. The following estimate of attendance and expenditures of money for the benefit of the city of Chicago during the exposition has been prepared by experts on the subject involved. The exposition wall be open day and night during the entire month of August . In the evenings a large chorus, choir, and regimental and otli*r bands will furnish music. Entertainments and pageants of an attractive and high-class nature will be given. , There will be moving pictures of the highest character, aviators' meets, and competitive drills by military organizations and of every uniform rank of fraternal organizations. Prizes and awards will be given for each class and will be of such value as to warrant strong competition. Prizes and awards will be given for every grade of exhibits. 8 CELEBRATION OF ANNE'^-^ERSAEY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. Estimate of attendance and expenditures for the benefit of the city during life of the exposition. Attendance. Estimate of amount of money ex- pended in Chicago. Attendance from Cook County Visitors from State outside of county Total estimate of visitors from State . Various organizations invited to be in ttie city during tlie exposition: National Business Men's League National Physicians, Surgeons, and Dentists' Association National Educational Association National Undertakers and Embalmers' As.sociation Young People's Congress Religious Congress Total conventions slated and money estimated . Estimated to attend from attractions listed below; Such as President's week, military week. State days, etc . Excursionists en route to Panama Exposition Excmsionists in city during summer season Some of the other large attractions expected but not lieard from: Farmers' convention, delegates, probable number National Baptist convention, delegates, probable number . . . Total, excluding local attendance As given above of Total estimate of attendance . 390,000 100,000 862, 000 $200,000 490,000 10,000 12,000 8,000 2,000 6,000 8,000 100,000 120,000 40,000 10,000 12,000 16,000 46,000 298,000 300,000 5,000 15,000 300,000 50,000 45,000 395,000 2,000 4,000 372,000 490,000 893,000 Mr. Woods. Referring to the question raised b}^ Mr. Francis, as to the location of this exposition, you mentioned the fact that 20 States have already shown an interest in this project. How many Southern States are among those 20 States ? Mr. Dailey. There are quite a number. I received this informa- tion direct from Bishop Fallov/s. I have not seen the list of States, but he informed me that he has received the cooperation of the rep- resentatives of a great many Southern States. Some he has not heard from and, I think, in one or two instances, there was a polite refusal. Is that not so, Dr. Carey i* Dr. Carey. Yes. Mr. Dailey. But, on the whole, we have been surprised at the cooperation which our correspondence wdll show we have received from the different Southern States — from the governors of many Southern States and from the Representatives in Congress repre- senting these different States. Mr. Woods. Do you think the colored people of the South would prefer this exposition being held elsewhere than in Chicago, taking xhem as a race ? Mr. Dailey. That woulci he t\ very difficult thing for me to say. In the first plo,ce, Chicago was selected because the initial step wp.s taken by Illinois in this m;vtter -,nd the scheme developed from a mere State or locp.l scheme to one national in import and in character. Consequently no other State, it seems to rae, could present the same arguments for holding a national exposition in the Sti-.te of Illniois on account of the colored people looking to Illinois as a sort of Mecca, and they look to it with great fondness }>ecause of the history of CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION, 9 Illinois, and because of the iV.ct tluit Liiuolii's ivnuiius lepose tliere tlic State is enshrined in their memories. It is holy gi'ound to them. The exposition means sometliintj: more thiui tlie mere gathering of sUtistics and the gathermg of u concourse of j>eoj)le. It means the sentuneut conn.ectcd witii it tuul the ins}^iratiou that men will receive from this exposition. I thiiik, possibly, that the question of distance, if tliat is urged as tn) objection, could be applied to the Piinama Exposition. I am not saying thcie is no room possible loi- a differ- ence of opinion upon this matter, but 3-011 can s(h> there are a great number of people in the State of IlUnois who would be benefited by visiting that ex])osition but who cini not (]o it. Ml". Francis. Excuse me, but the Paiiama Exposition proposition is somewhat different. Illinois has come here askuig for an appro- priation to make a national exposition. The State of California has put up millions of dollars for the Panama Exposition, and they have made it an assured success whether the Federal Government does any- thmg or not. Mr. Dailey. I might say the case is not analogous, but I can say this, that this < xposition, primarily, as intended by the State, was to be a State exposition, and we also, like California, no matter what it will cost, will see that this exposition is a succtss, aiul, more than the appropriation of a specific sum of money, we desire, no matter what the appropriation may be, that the mere granting of the appropriation will be the approval of the Federal Government of tliis exposition, which will be the first one of its character, so far as I am informed, to receive the approval of the Federal Government. Mr. Francis. Do you not flunk you could make a much stronger case if you came to this committee with an. appropriation of half a million dollars from the second city in the United States for this purpose, and thei; ask us for $150,00()? Mr. Dailey. That might be true. 1 v\-ill say vei-y frankly gentle- men, I do not expect that a half million dollars will be used for this exposition. I do not know what your idea is as to the method of appropriation, but to me it seems t:iat the paramount question is not the amount of tbiC appropriation but the sentiment which this Government will indorse, placing its apj)roval upon tb.e progress of these people, who are an integral part of the nation, comprising 10 per cent of its population, in commemoration of tlu^ pi'ogress tliey have made during half a century. Mr. Francis. We have the sentiment all rigid, but yon do not back your sentiment very strongly in Chicagi^ Mr. r>AiLEY. You have referred to the city of Chicago. This appro- praition of S25,000 was an initial appropriation mach^ in the expirin.g days of the last general assembly for the purpose of a State exposition merely. That was the idea of it. Since that time the idea has grown, and our work, the appointment of subcommittees, the appoint- ment of distinguished men and women to places of honor and posi- tion in connection mth tliis commission is a work of national im- portance, and I am sure tlie next session of the Legislature of Ilhnois will grant an appropriation commensurate \\'ith the character, the worth, and the dignity of this exposition. The city of Chicago, through its common councils, has appointed a commission t( coop- erate with our commission. Tliey have passed resolutions. Like- wise the county board of Chicago; and 1 appeared personally before 10 CELEBEATION OF ANNIVEESAEY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. both of these commissions in the city of Chicago and they have assured us that they will grant to this commission financial support. There is a question under the law of IlUnois whether a municipality legally has the power and authority to grant appropriations for pur- poses of this character, and if the legal question were not in the way we would certainly have by this time secured an appropriation both from Cook County and from the city of Chicago. Personally, I have serious doubts as to whether under our law in lUinois the city of Chi- cago or the County of Cook can make appropriations of this charac- ter, but we are assured if there is any possibility of any such appro- priations being made that they will be made. The Chairman. I notice by a circular I have received that they propose to hold this exposition in a State armory in Chicago. Mr. Daily. Yes. The Chairman. Is that armory of sufficient size so that it can accomodate an enterprise of this character ? Mr. Daily. It is not only proj)osed to hold it in the armory, but there is a large space of ground in the vicinity of the armory upon which temporary buildings will be constructed. That is correct, is it not. Dr. Carey? Dr. Carey. They are arranging for a coliseum. Mr. Daily. I do not live in Chicago, but that was a question that occurred to me at the meeting of our commission. The Chairman. When the question of appropriation was con- sidered I thought if the armory was of sufficient capacity to take care of this exposition it w^ould not be necessary to provide funds for the erection of a building. Mr. Madden. The coliseum has a capacity for accomodating more than 15,000 people at any one time. The Chairman. Then it is intended to use that instead of this armory referred to ? Mr. Madden. Yes, sir. Mr. Dailey. I thank you very much for the information, Mr. Madden. We have already been assured of representatives from Liberia, Haiti, and from the different churches representing the colored people in this country, the A. M. E. Church being the largest. This church w^as set up, as '^jou know, by the Methodist Episcopal Church. It has a membership of over half a milUon. All of its bishops have been consecrated by wliite bishops originally of the Methodist Episcopal Churcli. Through schools and through different organizations they have provided for exhibits. The general confer- ence of the Presbyterian Church is being held in Chicago now. There are 44 colored members — delegates to this general conference. They have now in Chicago the exhibits from a OTeat many of their colored schools — I forget the exact number, but all of these exhibits will be a part of this exposition. The committee in charge of the field work of tliis commission has secured assurances from all oyer the country, particularly in the South, from the colored institutions of learning that they will all be represented by exhibits at tliis exposition. The different departments which have been created so far are the depart- ments of religion, education, industry, social progress, music, soci- ology, military, liberal arts, professional, fraternal, and athletics. CELEBRATION OF ANNIVEESARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 11 In connection with my statement here, which has been somewhat of a rambUng and desultory character, I would hke to present to the committee a copy of the bill passed by the IlUnois General Assembly, which I will mark "Exliibit No. 1" for identification. (The bill referred to is as follows :) [HousebillNo. 919.] A BILL For an act providing for an exhibition and celebration to commemorate the fiftieth amiiversary of the emancipation of the Negro, creating a commission to conduct same, and makius; an appropriation therefor. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, That there is hereby created a commission to consist of the governor and eight other persons, residents of the State of Illinois, two of whom shall be members of the senate and two of the house of representatives, in the State of Illinois, all of whom shall be appointed by the governor, to arrange for and conduct during the year 1915, at a place to be selected by said commission, an exhibition and celebration to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the freeing of the Negro from slavery. Such exhibition and celebration shall be eo conducted as to show the industrial, educational, and religious progress of the Negro inhabitants of this Commonwealth. The commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed such expenses for traveling, clerical help, stenographers, and necessary employees as shall be acttially and neces- sarily incurred in the performance of its duty: Provided, however. That the secretary of said commission, who shall be elected by said commisi?ion, and who may or may not be a member of said commission, shall receive such reasonable compensation as shall be determined upon and fixed by said commission. Said commission shall have full power and authority to collect, maintain, and properly house said exhibit, and pay the expenses thereof. Sec. 2. To carrj-- out the purposes of this act the sum of 825,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. That the said commission shall be allowed the use of the 825,000 thus appropriated, a sum not to exceed $3,000 for the collection and printing for free distribution a suitable compilation showing the progress thus far achieved by the Negroes of Illinois during the pai^t 50 years. All payments shall be made on warrants of the auditor of public accounts on vouchers of the com- mission approved by him. Sec. 3. As soon after the organization of the commission, notice shall be filed with the State treasurer and State auditor of public accounts, of the election of the officers of said commission who, from time to time, shall be authorized through the president and secretary of said commission, to draw warrants on the State auditor of public accounts for such salaries or expenses incurred by the State commi.'^sion, such war- rants, however, to be subject to approval of the governor of the State of Illinois, and the treasurer of the State of Illinois i'^ hereby directed and empowered to pay the same. Sec. 4. The commission shall annually make a report to the governor, and within sixty days after the close of its exhibition, the commission shall make a complete report and statement of all its doings, which shall include all exhibits and represen- tations made, and the awards made on such exhibits, if any, and such other matters as the commission may deem of value to the State of Illinois, together with a list of all receipts and disbursements, with complete vouchers therefor. The commission shall keep a strict account of its receipts and disbursements. Sec. 5. The commission shall in no manner create or incur any indebtedness or obligation in behalf of the State of Illinois in excess of any appropriation herein made. Approved June 27, 1913. COMMISSION APPOINTED. The following commission was appointed by Gov. Edward F. Dunne, July 1. 1913 Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D., president; Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, vice president; Maj. George W. Ford , treasurer ; Rev. A. J.Carev, Ph. D., D. D.; Hon. John Dailey, Hon. W. Duff Piercy, Hon. R. R. Jackson, ITor Medill McCormick; Thomas Wallace Swann, secretary. 12 CELEBRATION OF ANNIVEESARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. Mr. Dailey. I also present a resolution, if it is in accordance with your practice, marked ''Exhibit No. 2," adopted by the city coun- cil of Chicago, as follows: Whereas the said exposition is to be held in the city of Chicago during the mouth of August, 1915, and 26 States of the Union have joined Illinois in making this expo- sition a national exposition, and his honor has appointed a committee to aid in every way possible to make the said exposition a stupendous success; and Whereas Congressman Martin B. Madden has introduced House bill No. 15733, carry- ing an appropriation of $150,000 for said exposition; it is hereby Ordered, That said special committee is hereby authorized to telegraph President Wilson; Vice President Marshall: Speaker Champ Clark; Edwin S. Underbill, the chairman of Committee of Arts and Industrial Expositions; Senator J. Hamilton Lewis; Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, and the Illinois delegation in Congress to urge for Chicago the passage of the said bill. I by the ago the passage oi the said bill. also present Exhibit No. 3, being a copy of resolutions adopted ;he county commissioners of Cook County, 111., as follows: [Resolution by Commissioner Nowak.] I hereby move the adoption of the following resolution: ' 'Whereas it is earnestly desired that the half century anniversary of negro freedom shall be a fitting exposition of the splendid progress of the negro race since its emancipation; and ' 'Whereas the selection of the city of Chicago as the place for holding this exposition of such national and international importance is deemed by this board of com- missioners of Cook County to be great honor to the city and to the State; and ' 'Whereas this board is anxious to assist and cooperate in every possible way to make the exposition a success: Therefore be it ''Resolved, That this board hereby heartily indorses the exposition and hereby ex- presses its appreciation of the earnest efforts of the Illinois commission to make the exposition a fitting one for the purpose, and hereby again extends to said commission, and to all others similarly interested, the promise of every assistance within the power of this board of commissioners, acting through its committee of five, heretofore ap- pointed; and be it further "Resolved, That this board do urge upon the Congress of the United States that it pass the bill recently introduced by Mr. Madden in the House of Representatives, H. R. 15733, whereby funds may be provided for this great work; and be it further "Resolved, That the clerk of this board be instructed to transmit to the Congress and to the several Illinois Representatives in Congress, copies of these resolutions in order that they may be advised of the deep interest of this board of commissioners and of the citizens of Cook County in these matters. " I also present Exhibit No. 4, giving the names and residences of the honorary vii^e presidents and advisory counsils of the commission, as follows : Right Rev. Samuel Fellows, I). D., LL. D., president, 2344 W. Monroe Street. Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, vice president. Maj. Geo. W. Ford, treasurer. Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph. D., D. D. Hon. John Dailey. Hon. W. Duff Piercy. Hon, R. R. Jackson. Hon. Medill McCormick. Thomas Wallace Swann, .secretary. James Hale Porter, chief field agent. W. C. Niblack, chairman general finance committee. Depository: Central Trust Company of Illinois. W, R. Dawes, general treasurer, 125 W. Monroe Street. The governor, president ex officio. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The president, the vice president, the treasurer, Rev, A. J. Carey, Hon. Johii Dailey. CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 13 FINANCE COMMITTEE. Leon Hornstein, chairman, Alderman George Harding, Senator Francis P. Brady, Mrs. L. Bracket Bishop, Dr. A. J. Carey, Albert Nowak, John E. Traeger, Avery Coonley , George W. Dixon . COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT m'cORMICK. OF THE COOK COUNTY (iLL.") BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. Commissioner Albert Nowak, Commissioner Bartley Burg, Commissioner Daniel Harris, Commissioner Avery Coonley, Commissioner John J. Gard, Lawrence A. Newby, S. B. Turner, Joanna Snowden Porter. COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF CHICAGO. Alderman George F. Harding. Alderman F. Gazzollo, Alderman P. J. Carr, Alderman H. L. Pitte, Alderman V. J. Schaeffer, Alderman Hugh Norris, James Hale Porter, Oscar De Priest, A. H. Roberts, Rev. E. J. Fisher. HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS. Miss Jane Addams, Hull Hoase, Chicago. Benjamin F. Allen, Ph. D., president Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. Bishop J. W. Alstork, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Montgomery, Ala. Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson, D. D., Protestant Episcopal Church, Chicago. Hon. Charles W. Anderson, collector internal revenue. New York City. Bishop William F. Anderson, D. D., M. E. Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hon. Henry Andrus, State senator, Rockford, 111. Hon. M. B. Bailey, State senator, Danville, 111. Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, governor of Connecticut. Hon. Richard J. Barr, State senator, Joliet, 111. Bishop J. W. Bashford, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Peking, China. Hon. R. P. Bass, governor of New Hampshire. Rev. William E. Barton, D. D., First Congregational Church, Oak Park, 111. Mrs. L. Bracket Bishop, Chicago. Bishop George L. Blackwell, D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon Francis P. Brady. State senator, Chicago. Prof. J. W. E. Bowen. D. D., Ph. D., Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. Rev. M. P. Boynton, D. D., Baptist Church, Chicago. Hon. William O. Bradley, Unjted States Senator, Kentucky. Hon. Theodore Brentano, judge superior court, Chicago. Hon. Fred A. Britten, M. C, ninth Illinois district, Chicago. R^v'. Aaron Brown, D. D., secretary V. C. E. U. Zion Church, Pensacola. Fla. Hon. Edward Osgood, Brown, judge appellate court, Chicago. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, professor Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Rev. John P. Brushingham, D. D., M. E. Church, Chicago. Hon. Frank Buchanan. M. C., seventh Illinois district, Chicago. Bishop William Burt, D. D., M. E. Church, Buffalo, N. Y. Hon. Frank M. Byrne, governor of South Dakota. Rev. J. C. Caldwell. D. D., A. M. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn. Bishop J. S. Caldwell, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. Stephen D. Canaday, State senator, Hillsboro, 111. Rt. Rev. J. F. R. Canevin, Roman Catholic Church, D. D., Pittsburgh^ Pa. Mr. Thomas H. Cannon, high chief ranger Catholic Order Foresters, Chicago. Hon. Joseph M. Carey, governor of Wyoming. Andrew Carnegie, of New York. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Carey, Chicago. Rev. Lorenzo D. Case, D. D., Universalist Church, Chicago. Hon. T. B. Catron. United States Senator, New Mexico. Bishop William D. Chappelle, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Columbia, S. C. Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago. Hon. William E. Chilton, United States Senator, West Virginia. Hoij. Moses E. Clapp, United States Senator, Minnesota. Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., LL. D., president United Society Christian Endeavor, Boston, Mass. 14 CELEBRATION OF ANNIVEESARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATIOlsr. Rev. George C. Clement, D. D., editor Star of Zion, Charlotte, N. C. Bishop George W. Clinton, D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Melvin E. Coleman, Associated Press, Chicago. Prof. Nathan W. Collier, A. M., Florida Baptist Academy, Jacksonville, Fla. Bishop James M. Conner, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Little Rock, Ark. Rev. William D. Cook, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Bishop Levi J. Coppin, D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. R. C. Copeland, Libertyville, 111. Hon. Willett H. Cornwell, State senator, Chicago. Bishop E. Cottrell, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Holly Springs, Miss. Bishop Earl Cranston, D. D., LL. D., M. E. Church, Washington, D. C. Josiah Cratty, Esq., Chicago. Hon. Coe I. Crawford, United States Senator, South Dakota. Prof. W. H. Crogman, LL. D., Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. Shelby M. Cullom, resident commissioner, Lincoln Memorial Committee, Hon. Albert M. Cummins, United States Senator, Des Moines, Iowa. Hon. Edward C. Curtis, State senator. Grant Park, 111. Dr. x\. M. Curtis, Washington, D. C. Col. Harry Cutler, F. L. Inf., R. I. M., Providence, R. I. Rev. Forrest E. Dager, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Clara J. Dailey, Peoria, 111. Col. Jasper T. Darling, Chicago. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, national organizer, N. A. C. W., Chicago. Rev. Ozora S. Davis, D. D., president Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago. Hon. Charles S. Deneen, ex-governor of Illinois, Chicago. Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, Chicago. Gen. Frank S. Dickson, adjutant general, Springfield, 111. Hon. William P. Dillingham, United States Senator, Vermont. Dr. W. T. Dinwiddie, dentist, Lexington, Ky. Miss Roberta J. Dunbar, recording secretary N. A. C. W., Priovdence, R. I. Mrs. Edward F. Dunne, Springfield, 111. Hon. Adolph O. Eberhart, governor of Minnesota. Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, State senator, Chicago. Mrs. Lucy B. Fallows, Chicago. Hon. Woodbridge N. Ferris, governor of Michigan. Rev. E. J. Fisher, D. D., Chicago. Bishop Joseph S. Flipper, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker, ex-United States Senator, Ohio. Hon. A. Cameron Forbes, ex-governor general Philippine Islands. Mrs. Hattie E. Ford, Riverton, 111. Hon. Edward J. Forst, State senator, Chicago. Hon. H. Robert Fowler, M. C, twenty-fourth Illinois district, Elizabethtown, 111. Hon. N. Elmo Franklin, State senator, Lexington, 111. Hon. W. F. Frear, governor of Hawaii. Hon. Thomas Gallagher, M. C, eighth Ilhnois district, Chicago. Col. John J. Garrity, 2d Inf., I. N. G., Chicago. Hon. Edward J. Glackin, State senator, Chicago. His Eminence, James, Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore, Md. M. F. Girten, Esq., president American Federation Catholic Societies. Hon. F. A. Garesche, State representative, Madison, 111. Mrs. lone Gibbs, vice president N. A. C. W., Minneapolis, Minn. W. H. Goler, D. D., LL. D., president Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C. Hon. Al. F. Gorman, State senator, Chicago. Hon. George E. Gorman, M. C, third Illinois district, Chicago. Rev. James M. Gray, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago. Hon. John H. Gray, State senator, Morrison, 111. Hon. Richard Theodore Greener, LL. D., Chicago. Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, D. D., Arniom- Institute, Chicago. Hon. John M. Haines, governor of Idaho. Dr. George Cleveland Hall, physician, Chicago. Mrs. Theodocia J. Hall, Chicago. Hon. John R. Hamilton, State senator, Mattoon, 111. J. H. W. Howard, journalist, Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop John W. Hamilton, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston, Mass. Bishop C. R. Harris, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, SaUsbury, N. C. Hon. George W. Harris, State senator, Chicago. Rev. William I. Haven, D. D., secretary American Bible Society, New York City. CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION, 15 Hon. H. D. Hatfield, governor of West Virginia. Dr. J. R. Hawkins, financial secretary A. M. E. Church, Washington, D. 0. Hon. James H. Hawley, ex-governor of Idaho, Boise, Idaho. Prof. George E. Haynes, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Hon. Campbell S. Hearn, State senator, Quincy, 111. Prof. Charles R. Henderson, D. D., LL. D., University of Clucago, Chicago. Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, D. D., M. E. Church, Chattanooga, Tenn. Mrs. Charles Henrotin, Chicago. Hon. W. H. Hinebough, M. C, twelfth IlUnois district, Ottawa. Rev. Eniil G. Hirsch, D. D., Sinai Congregation, Chicago. Hon. George H. Hodges, governor of Kansas. Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. John Hope, Ph D., president Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. Maclay Hoyne, State's attorney, Chicago. Hon. Robert S. Hudspeth, Jersey City, N.J. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughe.s, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, San Francisco, Cal. Hon. George H. M. Hunt, governor of Arizona. Rev. Wm. E. Huntington, D. D., LL. D., Newtou Center, Mass. Hon. C. F. Hurburgh, State senator, Galesburg, 111. Hon. F. A. Hurley, State senator, Chicago. Bishop John Hurst, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Baltimore, Md. Bishop J. Albert Johnson, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. Niels Juul, State senator, Chicago. Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, treasurer N. A. C. W., Columbus, Ohio. Rev. J. Simpson Jackson, D. D., financial secretary, A. M. E. Zion Church. Mrs. Eva Jenifer, parliamentarian, N. A. C. W., Chicago. Rev. John T. Jenifer, D. I)., historian, A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Hon. Henry Lincoln Jr)hnson, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D. C. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, D. D., LL. D., Abraham Lincoln Center, Chicago. Mrs. R. R. Jackson, Chicago. Bishop Joshua H. Jones, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. Rev. S. B. Jones, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Peoria, 111. Hon. Walter Clyde Jones, State senator, Chicago. Rev. L. G. Jordan, D. D., se(;retary Baptist Missions, Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Gustave Keller, high treasurer Catholic Order Foresters, Appleton, Wis. Hon. Kent E. Keller, State senator, Ava, 111. Hon. William S. Kenyon, United States Senator, Iowa. Hon. H. H. Kohlsaat, editor Inter-Ocean, Chicago. Rt. Rev. James L. Koudelka, D. D., Roman CathoUc Church, Superior, Wis. Rev. L. W. Kyles, D. D., editor Zion Quarterly Review, Mobile, Ala. Hon. F. A. Landee, State senator, MoUne, 111. Mrs. Victor F. Lawson, Chicago. Hon. Luke Lea, United States Senator, Tennessee. Rev. M. D. Lee, D. D., general secretary A. M. E. Zion Church, Rock Hill, S. C. Bishop Frederick D. Leete, D. D., M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. Hon. James H. Lewis, United States Senator, Illinois. Hon. Ernest Lister, governor of Washington. Rev. J. I. Lowe, D. D., business manager A. M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Col. Frank O. Lowden, former representative, Illinois, Oregon, 111. Bishop B. F. Lee, %D., LL. D., A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. J. Gray Lucas, Esq.^^hicago. Mrs. Jessie Slater Lee, Springfield, 111. Bishop Naphtali Luccock, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Helena, Mont. Hon. Carl Lundberg, State senator, Chicago. Hon. James Mr Andrews, M. C. sixth Illinois district. Chicago. Col. Nathan W^illiam MacChesney, attorney at law, Chicago. Hon. William H. Maclean, State senator, Chicago. Hon. Martin B. Madden. M. C, first Illinois district, Chicago. Hon. Hugh S. Magill. State senator, Princeton. 111. Charles A. Mair. Chicago. Hon. James R. Mann, M. C, second Illinois district, Chicago. Col. John R. Marshall, Illinois National Guard, Chicago. Rev. Hubbard Henry Mavnard, A. M.. D. D.. Ph. D., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Rev. Cleland B. McAfee, D. D.. Chicago. Bishop Francis J. McConnell, D. D., M. E. Church, Denver, Colo, Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Chicago. 16 CELEBEATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. Rev. N. J. McCracken, D. D.. A. M. E. Church, Springfield, III. Rev. .T. Frank McDonald, D. D., editor Western Christian Record, Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Thomas F. McDonald, high secretary. Catholic Order Foresters. Chicago. Mrs. C. R. McDowell, auditor, N. A. C. W., Hannibal, Mo. J?ishop William F. McDowell. D. D., LL. D., M. E. Church. Chicago. Miss Mary McDowell, U. of C. Settlement, Chicago. Bishop Robert Mclntyre, D. D., LL. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Oklahoma. Hon. .John McKenzie, State senator, Elizabeth, HI. Hon. Raymond D. Meeker, State senator, Sullivan, HI. Prof. Charles E. Merriam, University of Chicago, Chicago. Hon. Charles R. Miller, governor of Delaware. Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of arts and sciences, Howard University. Bishop David H. Moore, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Ind. Dean, L. 15. Moore, Ph. D., Howard University, Washington, D. C. Mrs. Ira Nelson Morris, Chicago. Hon. Daniel H. Murray, Assistant Librarian. Congressional Library, Washington,- D. C. Rev. Johnston Myers, D. D., Immanuel Baptist Church, Chicago. Dr. Theo. R. Mozee, dentist, Chicago. Hon. J. C. Napier, former Register United States Treasury, Washington, D. C. Bishop John L. Nuelsen, D. D., LL. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Zurich. Hon. John M. O'Connor, State senator, Chicago. Hon. John G. Oglesby. former lieutenant governor, Illinois, Elkhart, 111. Hon. Frank T. O'Hair, M. C, eighteenth Illinois district, Paris, 111. Hon. W. J. Onahan. Chicago. Rt. Rev. D. J. O'Connell, D. D., Roman Catholic Chmch, Richmond, Va. Mr. Anthony Overton, manufacturer, Chicago. Rt. Rev. Edward W. Osborne, D. D., Protestant Episcopal Church, Springfield, 111. Hon. Carroll S. Page, United States Senator, Vermont. Hon. Boies Penrose, United States Senator, Pennsvlvania. Bishop C. H. Phillips, D. D., C. M. E. Church. Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. W. Duff Piercy, Mount Vernon, 111. Hon. Miles Poin dexter. United States Senator, Washington. Hon. Louis F. Post, v^ssistant Secretary Labor, Washington, D. C. Commodore James A. Pugh, Chicago. Hon. C. A. Purdunn, former manager Illinois State Reformatory, Marshall, 111. Bishop William Quayle, Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minn. Hon. James A. Quinn, Chicago. Rt. Rev. James Rainer, D. D., rector St. Francis (Catholic) Seminary. Rev. J. W. Rankin. D. D.. secretary missions, A. M. E. Church, New York City. Rev. R. C. Ransom, D. D., editor A. M. E. Church Review, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. C. V. Roman, physician, Nashville, Tenn. Rt. Rev. Robert L. Rudolph, D. D., LL. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, New York. Hon. Adolph J. Sabath, M. C, fifth Illinois district, Chicago. President William S. Scarborough, D. D., LL. D., Wilberforce University, Wilber- force, Ohio. Bishop Isaiah B. Scott, Methodist Episcopal Church, Monrovia, Liberia. Bishop C. T. Shaffer, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. Hon. David E. Shanahan, State representative. Chicago, Rev. .John Balcom Shaw. D. D., Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, Cal. L. B. Shepard. Esq., Madison, Wis. Bishop William 0. Shepard, D. D., LT>. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Kan.sas. Hon. Lawrejice Y. Sherman, United States Senator, Illinois. Hon. Benjamin F. Shi\ely, United States Senator, Indiana. Gen. Robert Smalls, Beaufort, S, C. Bishop Charles S. Smith, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Detroit, Mich. Bishop Charles W. Smith, D. D.. M. E. Church, St. Louis, Mo. Hon. Tliomas Sterling, L^nited States Senator, South Dakota. Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, former Vice President United States, Bloomington, 111. Mrs. Frances E. Still, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Mamie E. Stewart, recording secretary, N. A. C. W., Louisville, Ky. Bishop C. W. Stewart. D. D.. Colored M. E. Church. Birmingham, Ala. Rev. H. E. Stewart, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Evanston, 111.' Rev. T. G. Steward, D. D.. A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. Rabbi Joseph Stolz, D. D., Chicago. Rev. .John Timothy Stone, D. D., pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Oliicago. CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 17 Hon. William Sulzer. New York. Bishop J. N. Thobiirn D. D., LL. D.. Methodist Episcopal Church, Meadville, Pa. Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield. D. D.. LL. D., M. E. Church, New Orleans, La. Hon. Charle.s M. Thomson, M. C. tenth Illinois district, Chicago. Rev. Edward Thomson, D. D., general secretary, Sunday League of America, St. Louis, Mo. Hon. F. Jeff Tossev. State senator. Toledo, Ohio. Bishop Henrv M. turner, D. D., A. l\. E. Church. Atlanta, Ga. Bishop Evan's Tyree, D. D., A. U. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Mary B. Tiilbert. chairman executive board N. A. C. W., Buffalo, J\\ Y. Rev. C. R. Uncles, D. D., Epiphany Apostolic College, Baltimore. Mr. Frederic W. Upham. president Consumers Co. Chicago. Rev. J. Milton Waldr.n. D. D.. Baptist Chur Chairman. Will ycm furni h this committre with a list of those State's that have taken action and what their action has been? Mr. Dailey. There has been no action at present a^ to making ap- propriations. I int'^nded to convey that impression. Mr. Madden. I stated that fact. 22 CELEBEATIOX OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. Mr. Dailt Y. I tliink you did, Mr. Madden. The Chaikman. It is just a matter of correspondence with the executives in record to the cooperation of the States? Mr. Pailey. 1 tiiink it is purely a matter with the States. The Chairman. Just a matter of correspondence at this time. Mr. Dailey. Yes. It has not gotten bevond the correspondence stage, but the matter is ol such a character as to warrant us in believing that these executives mil lend their assistance in every Avay to make this exposition a success. I will leave Dr. Carey to speak upon this cjuestion of the appropriation. I can only say that I hope this appropriation for this exposition to be held by the colored people will be passed, and I wish to thank you gentlemen, in closing, for your kind attention. Mr. Madden. I would now like to present Dr. A. J. Carey, a member of the commission, and the pastor of one ol the largest churches in Chicago and one of the largest institutions of its kind in America, who will address the committee. STATEMENT OF REV. A. J. CAREY, Ph. D., D. D. Rev. Carey. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, the idea of this national celebration was born about five years ago in Bethel Church, Chicago, the church of which I then had the honor of being the pastor, and there was held the first meeting in regard to this movement. We were favored with the presence of Gov. Dunne, then governor of the State, and the members of his staff, all of whom made the gathering an inspiration to us with the idea that was then forming in our minds. Subsequently we learned of the attempts being made by representatives of our race from the Southland looking toward the holding of an exposition there in Georgia or in Alabama. For a while we took no further steps, waiting to see with just what success they would meet. In fact, there were those of us in Chicago assisting them as best we could that they might succeed in carrying out their plans. They failed, however, as you all know, and we sought to find the reason why. We discovered, first of all, they lacked their State backing. They did not come before the com- mittee. They did not come before Congress with the actual, sub- stantial backing from the States from which they came. We sought to avoid that, and before doing anything further we sought to get not only the indorsement in a moral way, but in a financial way from the States. We, therefore, appealed to our State legislature and asked them to give their indorsement in the way of an appropriation. We asked them for $50,000. They agreed to start us off with $25,000 and see how well we suceeded with that, and if it indicated that we were going to make a success they were prepared to add to that appropriation. I think thus far the worK accom.plished by the commission appointed by the governor has been such as to commend itself to the State of Illinois and that there will be no hesitation in adding to that appropriaticn. Now, as to the city of Chicago, the mayor himself has already become actively interested in this project. He has had the commis- sion caU at his office, has advised and counseled with them, and has had the city councils pass resolutions and to pledge their support in every possible way. Tlie same thing has been done by the county CELEBRATION OF ANNIVEKSAEY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 23 board of commissioners. It is true that the city council has made no appropriation nor has the board of county commissioners. That is due to the fact that they are not permitted under the law to make such an appropriation. It was suggested that the city councils of Chicago ought to make an appropriation of some $500,000. I am quite sure the city of Chicago, not through its city councils, but through the liberal-minded men and women in tliat city, will make a considerable donation to this exposition. I believe the World's Fair m Cliicago cost about $27,000,000, and yet a smaU proportion of that came from appropriations from National or State Govern- ments. A large amount was raised by individual subscription. Now, the mayor and members of the county board have pledged themselves to begin at once the work of securing individual appropriations and that the amount of money that the councils would appropriate, were it able to do so under tlie law, or the county board would appropriate if it were able to do so under tlie law, they wiU raise that amount tlirough individual subscriptions. The city councils of Chicago would gladly make the appropriation if they could. The mayor has named several members of the city councils as a subcommittee to cooperate with this commission appointed by tlie governor. The county board has done the same thing, and they have expressed the opinion that under the law they are unable to make a specific appropriation, but they have pledged themselves to use theu- indi^ddual efforts, and some of the members of the city councils have ah'eady made their in- di^ddual contributions, and members of the county board have pledged them to do the same thing. So, so far as Chicago is concerned, I am quite sure there will be nothing lacking on the part of the contribu- tions from the city of Chicago. Now, as to the question of location of Chicago, as to whether or not it will be satisfactory to the colored peo]^le of the South. I was born and reared in the South— in Georgia. Mv father and my grand- father were slaves in Georgia, and I lived tiiere long enough to know something of the sentiment of the peo]>le there and came in sufficiently close touch with the peo]>le of Chicago to know that the people of Chicago, of Alabama, of South Carolina, of Florioa, or in fact of the Southern State?, would find no place more to their liking for the holding of this exposition than the city of Chicago. There are several reasons for that, among them being the conveniences of travel that that section affords, for the people of that section will con e not only from the Southland, but from the East, and California and Montana and the other States of the West. They Anil come from every sectic^n of this great land of ours and they will come also from Liberia and Haiti and from the islands of the sea wherever the colored people arc and wherever they are making anj^kind of progress. Not only isCiiicago peculiai'ly adapted for this exp(>&ition en account of its railroad facilities and its hotel accommodations there owned by the peo])le of the colored race, but they can entertain their visitors and friends there in their own homes. Then there will be a large number of people, both white and colored, in 1915 who are going to California and these people will naturally stt)p over in Chicago, and es])ecially if there is an exposition being held there. The rates will be such that the people, both white and colored, \nll have the opportunity of at- tending an exposition in Chicago far better than they would one held 24 CELEBEATION OF ANNIVERSAEY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. in the Southland just at this particular time. We are an ious to commemorate this fiftieth anniversary of negio freedom. Tiie late ex-Gov. Northern, of Georgia, on one occa^io said this: While almost the entire male population of the South was absent from heme in war, the women and children were left without protection except r;S it was furnished by the strong arm of the negroes who were slaves upon the plantations of the Southern States. It never occurred for a moment that there might be any uprising or any in- surrection to destroy our loved ones. We knew their attachmient and their loyalty. Proceeding he said : The South has made one great mistake, attributable I am sure, to poverty and the bitterness engendered by reconstruction, in failing to rear a monument to the slaves of 1860 to 1865, for their unceasing devotion to our homes and the gallant protection they gave the women and children of the South during the dark days of our bloody civil strife. If anything like it has occurred in the history of nations I have never read of it. Now, the question has occurred to our minds when and where and how this monument that Gov. Northern speaks of might be erected. Certainly not of gravel or stone or brass or of bronze, for those would only be passing in their effects, but somehow we feel a great exposition in which the negroes will take part in demonstrating just what they really have accomplished during those 50 years of their freedom will mean more to the negro himself and to tire Nation than any monument of brass or stone or bronze, and then, after all, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, whatever may be demonstrated as to what the negro has accomjDlished will be an exposition of what you have accomplished, for, after all, it is your civihzation that has made it possible for the negro in America to accomplish what he has accom- plished notwithstanding the obstacles against which he had to con- tend. It has been the outstretched hand of the white man, both in the North and in the South, that has helped us, and it has been your civilization back of our people that has made it possible for ten millions of negroes to accomplish more in this half century than any other emancipated people have ever accomplished before in the world, and this exposition will not only be a demonstration of what those negroes have done, but what the white men have done in accomplish- ing through this once enslaved and downtrodden race their restora- tion to citizenship, and we feel you can well afford to make this ap- propriation for their own sakes to demonstrate to all the world that in America it matters not what a man's origin may be or what race he may come from, but that it is possible for him to rise to the heights. It will be the practical demonstration of the possibilities of men here upon American soil regardless of race or color, and we are asking this appropriation, not only for ourselves, not only to demonstrate what we have done, but to give you an opportunity of demonstrating to the world the fact that after 50 years the white men, who were once our masters, have so risen that they are willing to make an ap- propriation of $150,000 that these exslaves may show what progress they have made during these 50 years of their freedom amid American civilization and American institutions. Only last week I attended a convention of colored Methodists m the city of St. Louis. The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church is a branch of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with some 300,000 mem- bers. AU the members of that chin"cli practically live in the South- land. Their general conference, which represented every State, was CELEBKATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 25 in session at St. Louis. Tho general session representing the negroes of the South unanimously voted in favor of the e.xposition hi Chi- cago. That, I think, is the answer to the question, perhaps the hest answer to the question, as to whether the negroes of the South are in favor of holding this exposition in Chicago. That conference, composed exclusivel}' of negroes of the South, voted unanimously in favor of holding this exposition at Chicago, and appointed a com- mittee and made an appro])riati()n to see to it that their committee does its work for the exposition which is to be held in Chicago. Now, I am quite sure you know as well as I that S35,000 for an appropriation in California would not do full justice either to the expo- sition itself, to you, or to us. If distance is in the w^ay, if Chicago is out of the way, certainly California is too far out of the way; and, then, it might be a little embarrassing to both you and ns to have there a sort of annex to your great fair. We would rather have a little fair all by ourselves than to have a small section of a great big- fair off in California. I think you understand just what I mean by that, aud to save both yourselves and ourselves embarrassment, instead of making an annexed a]:)propriation to a California exposi- tion, make a straight-out appro])riation for this exposition to be held in Chicago. We have started out with the purpose of making it national, and we thought the best thing to do vras to get our local people interested first. This we have done. Since then we have had the indorsement of several ot the States, and the representatives of all the colored }>eo]de in the Union are idenitfied with this move- ment. I do not think I have anything further to say, except to thank you gentlemen of the committee for your kind attention. STATEMENT OF MR. DANIEL MURRAY. Mr. Murray. Mi-. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, my connection with expositions since 1900 enables me to say there can be no question that if the opportunity is given the colored people they will make good. I do not know that I need add anything more than that. I was at the Paris Exposition, the Buffalo Exposition, the Charleston Exposition and the exposition at Knoxville and James- town, and on each occasion the part played by the colored people has justified the hope of those who were kind enough to aid them in their endeavors. I am sure if they are given an opportunity now they will justify the liberality and wisdom of the committee in making a favor- able recommendation of the appropriation here asked for. STATEMENT OF MR. GEORGE W. COOK. IVIr. Cook. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I have been South the last month and a half, and I have been surprised at the wonderful strides our people have been making in their moral and material uplift, and I can well see the good that this proposed exposi- tion would do for our people. I was in Mem])his, and I find the people there are growing independent as a people, independent as individuals, because the colored race are really accomplishing things, and if there can be assembled anvwhere in this land the things that have been 26 CELEBEATION OF ANNIVEESABY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. wrouglit by the colored man, I believe as an educator of thirty years' experience it will result in a great uplift to the race. I think it would be a great opportunity for the colored people to have this exposition. You know the sychology of human nature is such that a man can not help but be convinced by what he sees, and every time I see what my people are doing, as I have seen in the last month, I become inspired with higher hopes for the possibility of our race. Wlien I found that Bishop Fallows was heading a movement that meant so much to us I immediately gave my consent to use my name if he could find any way to use it, and with the indorsement of Dr. Carey, whom I know so well, I think there shoidd be no question as to the worthiness of a project w4th such men at the back of it. Dr. Carey. I neglected to say, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of of the committee, that President Wilson has accepted the place of chief patron and in a strong letter to the commission pledges his hearty support in every possible way. Mr. Dailey. For the purposes of the record, I would like it to appear that this exhibit containing the list of names of the honorary vice presidents and presidents of the advisory councils are the names of all those who have indorsed this movement in writing. No name has been put on this list without the express approval of that person of the cause. STATEMENT OF MR. HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON. Mr. Johnson. Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of the committee, I am quite sure that Dr. Carey stated a fact when he said that if this proposition was left to the black man of the South, as to where to hold this exposition, Chicago would be the unanimous choice. I was dovm at my home town of Atlanta just a few days ago attend- ing a meeting of the Shriners. You can not have a large meeting of white people in America without a correspondingly large meeting of colored people, and we took occasion to take this matter up and ascer- tain what the sentiment was. We talked with the bishops and the leading ministers of our Methodist Church, who were in attendance at this meeting, and wdthout one dissenting voice they were unani- mous in their choice of Chicago. They would rather hold an exposi- tion in Chicago than to hold it in Georgia, and we have made some little advance m the matter of expositions so far as the State of Georgia is concerned. We people sort of look to Congress to do something definite in this matter of the commemoration of the freedom of the negro. There is a question of sentiment in it. It is a part of the birthright of this country, and a splendid one. It is not partisan in any respect, and w^e just want Congress to do something in an afhi^mative way that will officially recognize the fact of 50 vears of freedom of the negroes and what the}^ have accomplished. Nothing could be better in doing that than an appropriation of this kind. So far as the San Francisco idea is concerned the plan would not be feasible, because in comparison to what all the people will exhibit there our exhibits could not possibly loom very large. If we had an appr(>]:>riation for an exposition at Chicago we would feel it would be to the interest of all the people of the country, white and colored, and CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 27 show (lofiiiitoly llio eoi:)le to take care t)f all visitors there is ample. The negroes all over this country, as shown by the correspondence with Dr. Carey, and in t)ther ways, are unanimous in their desire to have Chicago as the place for this ex])osition, and it woidd be nuich for us and bring much hope in the hearts of the aspiring ytmth of our race to see some definite exposition of our advancement and ])rogress, as would appear in such an exposition. We can not go out to San Francisco because the exposition there will be an ex])osition of the accom])lishments of the American })eople, both white and colored. This pro])osition for an exposition at Chicago is something unique and definite. I do not think Congress could do anything better than to make an a]ipropria- tion for this purpose, and it will give ils hoi^e. It will make you feel that you have a real interest in our struggles aul convince you that we are trying to be good citizens of the community, law-abiding, home-owning, and home-loving. I thank you, gentlemen, for 3'our attention. STATEMENT OF MRS. A. M. CURTIS. Mrs. Curtis. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I have been a representative of the United States Government at all the expositions since 1892. I would like to say that at each one of the expositions the disbursements of ITnited States Government money for colored expositions has been by voucher. At the James- town Exposition we left in the United States Treasury a little over SI ,400. This money we asked of your committee at that time was the money that belonged to the colored soldiers and sailors, bounty money that was never claimed, and at the time of getting up this exposition I urged them to make an appeal to you to get the money of the sailors and soldieis, as we know there is siill a surplus of over $800,000 that was never claimed. Now, I do not care to say anything about the Califoinia Exposi- sition, as I am a naiive-born Califoi-nian, but I do wisli to say that I am very anxious to see tliis colored exhibii })r()nioted in Chicago, and I hope it may be a grand success, and that you will not object to making this appr(j])iiation. T'lie Chairman. I have jusi been handed the following telegrams, which 1 will read into the recoid: Chicaoo, 111., May 26, 1914. Hon. Edwin S. Underbill, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Earnestly hope that your comniitlee may favorably report House bill 15733. Medill McOormick. Chicaoo, May 21, 1914. Hon. Edwin S. Underhill, House Office Building, Washington, T). C. I am wiring to urge favorable action on House hill 15733. E. D. HULHERT. 28 CELEBRATION OF ANNIVEESABY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. Chicago, III, May 27, 1914. Hon. Edwin S. Underbill, House of Repi'esentatives, Washington, D. C. May I ask for the Madden bill your full support? Bill significant; the end in view worthy; will greatly benefit both races. As president of Bittle University, Charlotte, N. C, am in position to reflect Christian sentiment of southern Christians. H. L. McCrorey, D. D. Chicago, III, May ^7, 1914- Hon. Edwin S. Underbill, Chairman Committee of Industrial Arts and Expositions, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. It is earnestly desired by the people of Illinois that House bill 15733 do pass. Thia exposition is national and will discover the advances made by the Negro since the war and will reflect with credit due this house for their support and encouragement of the negroes industrially, educationally, and religiously. This State may be first appropriation; the National Government should encourage this effort to cement per- manent peace between the two races. William McKinley, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. Thereupon the committee adjourned. X LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 011 933 228 A