The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-09-28


not keep him from acknowledging
that there were great many good
Democrats; but, while he acknowl-
edged that fact, he was convinced
that just as good men and just as
capable men to fill the different Of
fees could be found in the Repub-
lican party as in the Democratic
party, "and," said he, cit is the
duty of our party to do all it can to
elect good and true men from
among u.s." But he wasn't going
to talk politics ~ There was a
matter of Importance which he
wished to suggest to the "club,
and that was the election of three
delegates to attend the Senatorial
Convention to be held OF White
Sulphur Springs, and be suggested
that Mr.. GuJnes was one very ap-
propriate person to elect, as he
lived near the place. Some one
suggested mcknight" but he re-
specially declined, and then took
his seat.
Here followed fearful pause,
and everybody seemed to be look
ing for somebody to say something.
At length some one whispered,
FLETCHER" and then somebody else
said right out loud in meeting,
Fletcher" Major Willett was
then presented as the third dele
gate. They were all unanimously
elected and duly declared delegates
to the Senatorial Convention by
the chairman.
This business over, a call was
made for H. r. Kearson. Now,
Kearson, be it known, WAS once Il
member of the Louisiana Legisla-
ture, and feels the great importance
attached to him in consequence
He walked out into the middle of
the floor with majestic tread, his
hands npon his hips and arms
akimbo, and there hes stood. gazing
at the rotund figure of the f,rl
chairman. Presently his lips part
ed and he uttered II single word
Slowly, deliberately, he sounded it.
thusly: "Pow-werl" and then he
raised his foretinger and shook il
at the chair for n full minute OF
time. Some impatient individual
suggested that it took a I,o,cerfui
long time for him to get his mouth
off. But Kearson frowned him
down, and then repeated "Pow
wer powwer! I-tell-you- what-it
is, MIR. President, We want DOW
wer!" The president ;odued bis
head in reply, and the orator pro
ceeded. He knew that the onl,
way to get that power was 10y som,
trick, and that was the reason the, |
were putting up Independent men.
he informed the colored people |
that the independents were Repub-
licans in another form. That was
all. They all understood it. Cries
of Eyes, yes."i They had 10 get
up some trick to beat the D,luo-
Gratis, and the independent dodge /
was just the thing. Applause |
Then he grew eloquent and warned
the colored people to stick together
as one man; that their dearest in !
terests were at stake-nay, liberty
Itself Great sensation The time
would come when they or tLeif
would again become slaves.
if they failed in their duty to vote
for independents and Republicans
He kept up this sort of ridicnlons
nonsense for some time, and final
~, at the suggestion of the chair,
As he took his seat, we
saw smile pass over the faces of
three or four intelligent negro men,
and felt relieved to see that they
saw through his little game of bull
doing.
We had had some opinion of
Kearson's ability and honesty up
to this time, but when lie makes
the assertion that there is the
of a chance for slavery ever
to exist again in these United
States, he insults the intelligence
Of his race by a lie that he. does
not believe himself, and if he does
believe it he is more ignorant than
we thought. In other words he is
either knave or a fool, and in
either case he made a powerful ass
Of himself to make the statement.
There being no further business
TO come before the "club," and as
It was getting late, the meeting