The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.9, page 450, Feb. 1908, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers tried to do in the past, to try to carry out any policy or any wish that you and the President may desire. I telegraphed you as I did because I felt strongly that the dividing up of the state would tend to emphasize, and perhaps keep alive longer, the differences between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Scott. Before leaving I fulfilecl my promise to make another effort to get Mr. Thompson arid Mr. Scott together. I succeeded in getting Mr. Thompson to modify his demands in certain directions; one was, Mr. Scott had the idea that Mr. Thompson wished to secure his place as National Committeeman; Mr. Thompson said he would not make any such claim before the state convention and would not agitate that question. That was the point that seemed to be agitating Mr. Scott most. I got hold of Mr. Nathan Alexander, the colored Receiver of Public Money in Montgomery, whom both of these men very highly respect. He will put this phase of the case before Mr. Scott and make an effort to get him to work in harmony. Of course, no one can tell what the final outcome will be, but I have felt that the dividing up of the state would mean a permanent breach. As soon as I return to Alabama, which will be within a few days, I am going to continue to work in the direction of getting them to harmonize, no matter what is done in the meantime. They are both strong men, and it is too bad to have them apart as they are. I attended the Anderson banquet here on Thursday night. It was a magnificent success. There were more than five hundred men present from different parts of the country. It was a deserved tribute to Anderson. The point I want to mention, however, in this connection, for the information of the President is that whenever the President's name was mentioned by any speaker, or even directly referred to, it was cheered most heartily, and I was pleased to note with that group of colored men present, the Brownsville matter seemed to have had very little permanent influence. Yours tTU]y, tBooker T. Washington] TLc Con. 7 BT1N Papers DLC. Joseph Oswalt Thompson and Charles Herrington Scott. 45O