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Morning Session, Thursday, December 29, 1898, 11 o'clock. Invocation. 1. Reading the call,. . . . The Secretary of the Council. 2. Address of Welcome, Hon. J. B. Wight, President of the Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia. 3. Response,. . . Rev. J. M. Henderson, D. D., New York. 4. President's Address, Bishop Alexander Walters, New Jersey. 5. Power of Organization, Bishop Abraham Grant, Pennsylvania. Discussed by Rev. W.L. Taylor, President True Reformers, Mrs. Victoria Earle, Matthews, New York, Hon. J.C. Napier, Tennessee, Prof. George William Cook, District of Columbia, Rev. G.W. Graham, Virginia, Prof. Jesse Lawson, New Jersey. Music. 6. Our Progress in Business, Hon. George W. Murray, South Carolina. Discussed by Hon. John R. Lynch, Mississippi, Mr. A.B. Cosey, New Jersey, Rev. J.T. Carpenter, Virginia, Hon. John F. Cook, District of Columbia, Mr. C.L. Marshall, District of Columbia, Dr. C.B. Purvis, District of Columbia. Evening Session, 7.30 o'clock. Invocation. 1. Protection of American Citizens, Hon. George H. White, North Carolina. Discussed by Hon. John P. Green, Ohio, Bishop H.M. Turner, Georgia, Prof. E.L. Cardozo, District of Columbia, Hon. E.H. Morris, Illinois, Hon. H.C.C. Astwood, Pennsylvania, Prof. R.L. Mitchell, Virginia, Bishop B.W. Arnett, Ohio, Bishop W.B. Derrick, New York. 2. Mob-Violence and Anarchy, North and South, Mrs. Ida Wells-Barnett, Illinois. Discussed by Hon. H.P. Cheatham, North Carolina, Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., Virginia, Bishop J.W. Hood, North Carolina, Prof. L.M. Hershaw, Georgia, Bishop T.B. Tanner, Missouri, Archibald H. Grimké, Esq., Massachusetts, T.J. Minton, Esq., Pennsylvania.

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Friday, December 30, 1898, Morning Session, 1l o'clock. Invocation. The Church as a Factor in Solving the Race Problem in America, Rev. E.C. Morris, D.S., Arkansas, President National Baptist Association. Discussed by Bishop H.L. Holsey, Georgia, Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, D.D., “Editor National Baptist Magazine,” Rev. F.J. Grimké, D.D., Pastor 15th St. Presbyterian Church, Rev. J. Albert Johnson, D.D., Pastor Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, Rev. A.P. Miller Pastor Lincoln Memorial Congregational Church, Hon. John C. Dancy, North Carolina, Rev. Walter H. Brooks, D.D., Pastor 19th St. Baptist Church. 2. The Influence of the Press. Editor E.E. Cooper, “Colored American.” Discussed by Editor Chris J. Perry, “Philadelphia Tribune,” Editor W.H. Steward, President Afro-American Press Association, Mr. L.H. Peterson, “The Washington Bee,” Editor T. Thomas Fortune, “The New York Age,” Mr. H.A. Clark, “Philadelphia Defender,” Mr. R.W. Thompson, Editor “The Colored American.” 3. The Champions of Human Liberty—How shall we Honor them? Hon. Magnus L. Robinson, Virginia. Discussed by Mr. John G. Jones, Illinois, J.C. Asbury, Esq. Pennsylvania. Mr. Ferdinand D. Lee, Virginia, 4. Representation on the Bench, - R.S. Smith, Esq., Washington Bar. Discussed by Edward E. Brown, Massachusetts, T.L. Jones, Esq., E.M. Hewlett, Esq. 5. Industrial Education, Prof. Booker T. Washington, President Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Discussed by Prof. James M. Gregory, Ironsides School, Bordentown, New Jersey, Miss Lucy C. Laney, Georgia, Mr. Daniel Murray, District of Columbia, Rev. R.A. Motley, New Jersey, Dr. J.N. Johnson, Texas. Music. 6. Higher Education. Prof. Kelly Miller, Howard University. Discussed by Prof. G.W. Hays, Virginia, Prof. R.H. Terrell, Washington High School, Mr. William H. Ferris, Massachusetts, Prof. W.H.H. Hart, Law School, Howard University. 7. The Negro in the Department of Letters, Mr. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Ohio. Discussed by Prof. G.N. Grisham, Missouri, Prof. W.S. Scarborough, Wilberforce University, Mr. L. Garland Penn, Virginia.

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Evening Session, 7.30 o'clock. Invocation. 1. Our Place in the Politics of the Country, Col. W.A. Pledger, Georgia. Discussed by James D. Carr, Esq., New York. Hon. Cornelius J. Jones, Mississippi, Mr. Charles W. Anderson, New York, Rev. J. Anderson Taylor, District of Columbia. 2. Work Among Our Women, Mrs. Jesse Lawson, President, Women's Auxiliary Association. Discussed by Mrs. J.M. Layton, Miss Lucy E. Moten. 3. The Negro in the Wars of the Nation, Hon. P.B.S. Pinchback. Discussed by Col. James Lewis, Louisiana, Col. M.M. Holland, Ohio, Rev. J.J. Durham, D.D., Georgia. 4. Our Economic Status, Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, New York. Discussed by Mr. J.T.C. Newsom, Texas, Prof. James Storum, Washington High School. 5. Address to the County, Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury, Chairman of the Committee. At the Second Baptist Church, Third Street, northwest, between H and I streets, Rev. W. Bishop Johnson, D.D., Pastor, Sunday, January, 1, 1899, 3 o'clock P.M., Thirty-six Years of Freedom. Memorial Exercises to our Departed Heroes. Lincoln, Hon. John P. Green. U.S. Grant, Col. James Lewis. John Brown, Prof. George Wm. Cook. Federick Douglass,. Rev. W. H. Scott. John M. Langston, . R.S. Smith, Esq. B.K. Bruce, Prof. R.H. Terrell. George W. Pullman,. Daniel Murray, Esq.