Azalia E. Martin, "The Western Negro Press" (1902)
In the capital of Kansas in session came
To debate their cause and help the same
Grave, hopeful Editors of the West
The men who rule the mighty press.
They hailed from Utah's barren plain
From Oklahoma's land of Fame
From Colorado's peaks of snow
Made brilliant by the sunlight's glow.
Yes old Missouri's blood was there
With manners quite and debonair
And Kansas Monarch of the West
Shared equal honors with the rest.
They listened to the men of state
Who worthy council did relate
And each deserving Editor
Proved here to be an orator.
And in that band a Miller came
Whose upright courage we must name
And Rivers withe power to wield
Proclaimed his cause with worthy zeal
Chiles, Jeltz and Childers all the three
Were men of just integrity,
Duncan and Pinkney noble men
Prove the swort lesser than the pen.
And then, forsooth, there came a Guy
Whose gifted powers we can't deny
Who there by chance a Perkins met
Who past the zenith has not set.
A Taylor from the Mormon land
A dauntless gallant, made this band
Who formed among themselves a tie
To capture but divide the pie.
But in my memory hovers yet
Which none of us shall soon forget
The tables spread in splendor there
'Mid kind biave men and ladies fair
With toasts and music's reverie
Wa banqueted in laughing glee
May blessings fall upon the hand
Of host and hostess of that spread.
At last the parting came for all
When we must leave that happy hall
with sad farewells the close we saw
So meet next year at Wichita.
In honor of W. N. P. A.,
Aug. 1902
Miss Azalia Martin,
1315 Olive Street,
Kansas City, Mo
Published in The State Ledger (Kansas), August 16, 1902
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