The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.6, page 102, Apr. 1901, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers Write me at my London address until June. I am down here at the Isle of Wight for a short time to enable Mrs. Milholiand to recover from a very severe illness. Sincerely yours, Jno. E. Milholland P.S. What you tell me about money going into the South in big blocks for Educational purposes is most gratifying. But you must spend it JEM TLS Con. ~ BTW Papers DLC. ~ James, Lord Bryce. Arthur Pue Gorman (~839-~906) controlled the Democratic party in Maryland from 187s, when he became president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co., until his death. He was U.S. senator from 18 to 1899 and from 1909 to 1906. Gorman strongly endorsed a Maryland election law in egos providing for a secret ballot on the ground that it would prevent Republicans from aiding illiterate voters at the polls. Gorman argued that ''the colored population has had ample opportunity to learn to read and write . . . and if after these years of honest effort on the part of the white people in supporting these schools at their own expense there are, as is claimed, z6,ooo of them who cannot read or write the fault can only be attributed to their lack of desire to obtain knowledge. If they prefer to remain in ignorance there is no way to compel them to learn, unless the incentive to vote may hereafter encourage them to attend the schools.'' (Baltimore Sun, Apr. I, egos, 7.) Gorman conducted an openly racist campaign for election to the U.S. Senate in egos, using a campaign button depicting BTW and Roosevelt at dinner as an example of what could be expected of the Republican party. 3 John William Colenso (~8~4-83) was the Anglican bishop of Natal from 1853 until his death. The son referred to here was probably Francis E. Colenso, who resided in England, rather than his other son, Dr. Robert Colenso, who lived in Durban, Natal, after 1880. To Wallace A. Rayfieldi [Tuskegee, Ala.] April so, egos Mr. Rayfield: One of the members of the Executive Council reports that he met you smoking on the streets on the public road not far from one of the school buildings a few evenings ago. I hardly need to say that such conduct is contrary to the rules and wishes of the school. The policy of the school is to have no smoking on the part of teachers or students on or near the school grounds or in town. Booker T. Washington TLpS Con. s82A BTW Papers DLC. boa