The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-08

ana good HERALD ana 10 lls lnOuehl
and medltatlye reporter, all Of which
were generously attributed TO his L.
norance and association, aud condo
soondlngly overlooked, He claimed to
be Republican, was going TO support
the Republican ticket for State officers,
aud Jerry Brown for Sheriff aud Bob
West for County Judge; dey was de
men dat suited him, and dey was de
men he war goln' TO vote for aud
wanted every coiored man to vote
for niggers and Republicans
must stand shoulder TO shoulder
In this thing and while they would
make no nominations, they must all
support Brown for Sheriff and West
for Judge they were the colored mems
friends, and the colored men must
stand by them. The sable President
orator repeated, parrot'like, several
plantation anecdotes, which seemed
to be as heartily enjoyed by his white
associates ~ his ebony auditors. He
wound up with brilliant pereoratlon
for his favorites-Brown for Sheriff
and West for County Judge, ut the
conclusion ofwhich the Council Cham
Der resounded with cheers and calls
for West, but Mr.. West not being
present, no response was made.
Hon. II. l.. Ray followed the dis
tlnguished individual "from far across
the sea, from Afric's burning slopes"
He referred to the great and grand
Republican party to the great
good 1t had done the nation /;
to the national debt, which
was, In the language of the apostle of
Radical honesty, Jay Cooke, blessing
In disguise to the intelligence Of the
lordly blacks of the Radical party and
the ignorance Of the poor whites Of
the Democratic party ; referred to the
monstrous lies set on foot by the
Democratic leaders, and promulgated
by a lying Democratic press. In fact,
Mr.. Rays speech was made up of
abuse of white Democrats and praise of
negro Republicans. Was opposed to
the new Constitution, and everything
else the Democrats had, have or ever
will have anything to do with. Get
ting short of wind, Mr.. Ray was com.
PEELED to take his seat, and was i'm
mediately followed by the irrepressi-
BILE Cromwell, the ex-Congressional
aspirant from Louisiana. Cromwell
also put himself on record as West
man, and desired an expression of the
voice of the meeting, but the meetin g
refused to express.
The immortal Cromwell was follow.
ed by DIR. Mckay, who propounded q
legal question as to the selection OF
jurors by the Sheriff, involving the in-
terrogation as to why Sheriff Barkley
did not put colored Republicans on
juries. The question having been sat
isfactorily answered by Mr.. III. l.. Ray,
u gentleman whose Illegal lore and ju-
dicial attainments amply qualified him
for the task, q buck who looked as il
his days task in buckskin times might
have been two hundred and fifty rails
or three hundred pounds of picked cot
ton, took the stand. His villainous
and abortive attempts at wit, together
with his.tilthy, obscene and disgusting
language, forced the modest and med.
itative reporter to vacate his seat and
slowly and sadly wend his way Office.
ward. Whether the mob broke up il,
a row, or whether salute was fired in
honor of the candidates of the prefer.
ence of this sweet-scented assem- blage
the reporter knoweth not.
The reporter has since learned that
the tattoo was beat, and the warriors
adjourned to meet in mass convention
at the Courthouse next Saturday even.
ing. But let them meet The mild,
modest and meditative reporter will
not be there. His soul bankers not OF
things martial or warlike. He is fol-
peace.