The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.9, page 619, Sept. 1908, U. of Illinois Press

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SEPTEMBER · 1908 To the Editor of the New York Aget Washington, D.C., Sept. 7, 1908 If we may judge by the attendance at the recent meeting of the Niagara Movement, from the District of Columbia, we can safer say that the movement is practically dead. So far as can be learned, no one went from Washington to attend this meeting except Mrs. Wm. H. Clifford,2 the wife of Mr. Clifford, who is an employee in the Treasury Department. We understand that at the meeting of the Niagara Movement, strong resolutions were passed endorsing Mr. Bryan for President. Mrs. Clifford and Dr. Du Bois seem to have been the only people in attendance. The Lott Carey National Baptist Convention held its annual session in Washington a few days ago, and unanimously passed strong resolutions endorsing Secretary Taft for President. This is the convention of which Rev. Dr. Waldron's church is a member. TLp Con. BTW Papers DLC. ~ For proof of BTW's authorship of the editorial see BTW to Fred R. Moore, Sept. 8, 1908, Con. 4~, BTW Papers, DLC. BTW asked Moore to ''leave out of the statement sent you yesterday, the phrase 'only Mrs. Clifford and Mr. Du Bois were present at the recent meeting at Oberlin.''' 2 Carrie W. (Mrs. William H.) Clifford, originally from Ohio, was active in the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and was founder and president of the Ohio branch from egos to 1909. She worked in the anti-lynching crusade and fought against disfranchisement and segregation. In 1909 she urged that the AfroAmerican Council merge with the Niagara Movement in an attempt to strengthen the role of militant protest. In Go she was a member of the NAACP's Committee of One Hundred. Her husband, William H. Clifford, was a prominent black politician in Ohio in the logos who served in the state legislature before moving to Washington, D.C. To William Lukens Ward ~Tuskegee, Ala.] September 8, 1908 Personal and Confidential. Dear Mr. Ward: On the enclosed slip I send memorandum which I think contains suggestions which ought to be carried out. It can 6~9