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188 the party with which he claims identity. He was publisher and editor, previous to his departure to Liberia, of The World, published at Kansas City. After his return to America, he edited The Public Educator, which was in the interest of the Democrats in the national contest of 1888. His paper did great service, and the party will yet recognize Mr. Taylor's labors. We cannot say more of him as an editor than Prof. L. M. Hershaw, principal of a school in Gate City, Atlanta, Georgia, says:

" Mr. Taylor is also very well known as an editor. His efforts in this line of work are characterized by his usual energy, enthusiasm and ability. His editorials are strong, pointed and forcible. In replying to an adversary, he is cutting and caustic. However, as the law is Mr. Taylor's first love, no other pursuit has been able to lure him for any considerable time from its practice. Therefore, his history as an editor is short, but exceedingly interesting."

While in his law practice at Atlanta, his time is limited for newspaper work; yet he finds time to write as a special correspondent to The Kansas City Times. While the majority of Afro-American editors do not indorse or countenance Mr. Taylor's editorial fight for Democratic supremacy, yet they all vie in recognizing his ability and worth, in what some may regard as a peculiar field for the Afro-American editor. Mr. Taylor is regular correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution, Nashville American, Chattanooga Times and Birmingham Age-Herald.

The life of this eminent young man is fraught with achievements as a lawyer, politician and journalist. He was a slave, having been born of slave parents in New Madrid County, Missouri, January 12, 1850. Entering his first