The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.5, page 429, Feb. 1900, U. of Illinois Press

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FEBRUARY 1 goO in Montgomery, Alabama, which is perhaps one of the most conservative towns in the South ant} formerly the headquarters of the Confederate government, means a great deal. These three gentlemen have already enlisted a hundred leading business men in Montgomery in this movement. We read together many of the letters received from these business men and almost everyone who was asked to join the movement heartily responded in the affirmative. The most discouraging letter that I read came from a Methodist minister. You must not expect too much from this first conference. In order not to get itself in bad odor with the fire eating element of the South the Conference is going to give the anti-Negro element the opportunity to state their case at the first conference. Of course there will be speakers to represent the pro-Negro element, and these gentlemen are determinecl that the conference itself be kept always in the hands of the pro-Negro element. Almost nothing in the last dozen years has served to give me so much hope and encouragement as this movement. The three ministers to whom I have referred have the most earnest and satisfactory convictions regarding the elevation of our people and are determined to devote a great part of their time and strength in the future to this end. At the same time, in order that they may accomplish the most good they want to be sure to so conduct themselves in a way to keep their hold on their congregations which are by far the most aristocratic and influential in Montgomery. I plan to be in Boston about the middle of the month and hope to talk this matter over with you. Yours truly, Booker T. Washington TLS Francis I. Garrison Papers NN-Sc. Edgar Gardner Murphy. ~ Neal L. Anderson, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, was also an asmrinre of Murphy and George B. Eager in child labor reform in Alabama. George Boardman Eager. 429