The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-09
Meeting or White Republicans-War
ON the ColOred Brethren-Denuncfa
zion Of the Blacks by the Truly

Twentieth Ward, y as the call rea0r was heid
last night at HartzelPs Hail, Pennsylvania
avenue. There was good attendance, and,
as stated during the meeting, the audi.
ence embraced persons from several other
wards. The object Of the meeting seemed
To be the formation of " white voters, ~
party, as the proceedings will show, and in
the Organization Of which colored voters are
TO be-iert out . 10 the COOL" Thomas Airey
was called temporarily to the chair, and
samue! Cowman temporary secretary. A
committee consisting of George Smith,
James Brunt, John Stitcher, Sr., Leander
Foreman, and Edward Irving, was appoint
ed on permanent organization, who reported
the following, and they were elected: Pre-
sident Samuel Cowman First Vice-Presi-
dent, James Brunt; Second Vice-President,
George Atkinson; Secretary, A. 6. Cad"al-
lader; Treasurer, Jerome Alrey. For ser
geants-at-arms, William Reese and Peter
Bond were afterwards elected.
Mr.. Cowman returned thanks, and assured
the meeting that be was Republican, and
white Republican. [Applause] They had
been beaten q few days ago by the Tenn
pcrance party and "olher things" but the
principles of the Republican party will never
die. and in 1876 the Republicans would elect
tOer tTesIueDl. lappiauSe'1
James Brunt moved the appointment OF q
committee OF five TO draft resolutions eX-
pres>ive Of the sentiment of the meeting TO
be preserved to the other wards of the city.
John G.. Stitcher was opposed to the COM
mitlee preparing any thing 70 be presented TO
other wards. 1t had been whispered around
that all the wards were going to call meet
irgs TO organize on another basis. As he I'M
al, Of IN
form IA new party, from which the negro was
to BE- excluded. 1t was an important step,
ard ought to be weighed well.
George NJ. Smith agreed with Mr.. Stitcher.
There was not man in the room, he said,
but VINO was satisfied with the Republican
p2rty. They wanted to put the party on Il
sure footing. The object of the meeting, as
be understood it, was that they, as the White
element of the Twentieth ward-and as God
had made them. the predominant party
were going to make the nominations. APP
plausp1 If that don't suit their coOred
friends. let them vote With the Democratic
party. What the Republican party loses
BIZ their not voting with them, they would
gain in those who are standing back on ac-
count of the negroes. There We're six hum
dred and seventy registered colored voters
in the Twentieth ward, yet at the late Coun-
Gil election the total Republican vote was
only seven hundred and eighty-nine. He
had begged, pleaded, and prayed [aughter]
with the negroes to come out and vote, but
they would not come. The object was to
establish white Republican party. If the
colorcd voters he would not call them CO.
Iored Republicans, for he had seen evidences
that they were not snch-desired il, they
could choose between the white Republican
pomipfe and the Irish Democrats. ZAP
plausc.]
John G. Sti.cher said what they proposed
TO do could not be done in day He en-
dorsed what MIR. Smith had said in regard
to tbe negro vote. Mr.. Stitcher said ne
had sailed under three parties already
the Wing, KNOWN othing, and the Re-
pubican-and he was willing to go any
where except in the Democratic party. He
could not 90 there. [Applluse.] They
might not succeed at first, but they would
in ,he eud. They had stood defeat with the
"niggers" in front, for they always would
be in t!.c lead. IApplause.] Had the meet
ing been called for Republicans generay,a
white man could scarcely have gotten his
nose inside the door, and he could not have
been heard at all. [Applause.] He favored
LAYING the "ngger" on the shelf. Nothing
but the lack of the negro vote had defeated
Mr.. Freeman, the Republican candidate for
councilman in the Twentieth ward.
A speaker, whose name was net learned
by the reporter, said he had fought for the
freedom of the " darkieS,' and was not in
favor of their being prescribed because they
were negroes.
Mr.. Smith replied that they did not want
to prescribe any one they wished simply
to say that the white men proposed to make
their own nominations.
1t was finally decided to appoint COM
mittec TO confer with other wards and TO
draw up constitution for the Twentieth
ward. Leauder Foreman, James Brunt.
John &. Stitcher. Sr., George +. Hobbs, and
William Rupp, were appointed upon the
committee.
Some one proposed that the organization
be called the Grant Republican Party"
but that did not seem to take well, and the
matter Of christening the organization was
referred to the committee above, who are 10
report name to be voted on.
Charles Z. AlIenbaugh, who had Just ar
rived, wanted to know the object Of the
meeting. and being informed by the secre-
tary, wanted to know if q negro should
come TO The door if he would be admitted
He was answered in the negative by several,
He said the "niggers" had killed the party
and ruined it. At the congressional cleo
ton the negroes did nothing for Cox. They
stood on the corners and smiled while the
white men did the work.
Jerome Airey made motion that COM
mittee be appointed to wait on Collector
Booth and demand that he dismiss the COL
ored men in the custom house and appoint
white men in their places.
The president, Mr.. Cowman, thought the
time had not yet arrived for such action as
that, and Mr.. Airey Withdrew bis motion.
| 1t was suggested that the object Of the
| meeting be reduced to writing, and the fol.
| lowing was offered by George NJ. Smith and
| adopted unanimously:
"The white voters Of the Twentieth
Ward, in meeting assembled, do declare this
as their platform: That we submit that, in
view of the last elections, we shall control
nominations for our party that while we do
not ostracise any class Of citizens from par.
! ticipating in our election, we submit, in
view OF the manner in which the late cleo
tons nave gone, that the time has now come
| when the white voters Of the ward shall
nominate the candidates Of the party, and
should the colored people see fit not to en-
dolse them they are at liberty to choose be.
tween the nominees Of the white voters
party and that of the Democratic party"
| The word "Republican appeared where
the word "white" occurs in the paper us
passed, but some objection being made to it,
the word "Repubican" was stricken OF,
and white" inserted.
Mr.. Smith was called for, and made some
remarks TAKING fi,r his suhippt IS PINT none