Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-28

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NEGRO COL0NIZ 4GION IN INDIANA
The Indianapolis correspondent of the
Chicago Times, man more than ordinarily
observant and impartial, inclining to favor
writes to that journal as follows regarding
the negro emigration to that State:
There is reason to believe that his Mr.. En-
glish's alarm was not greundless, after all;
for unless appearances are deceptive, the ne
gro exodus has broken out in q fresh place.
Every train from the South brings in quota
of colored passengers, and it is not an unue ual
thing for the colored travellers to outnumber
the whites two to one. The African excursion
lists are all going one way, and 1t is useless for
Repu blicans tOproclaim that the incursion is
legitimate, or the result of natural causes
The Times correspondent came up on Oincin-
natl train, last night, on which there were not
less than 100 negroes. They were an intelli-
gent lot and would not interview worth cent,
further than to say that they were to disem-
bark at Lafayette. Not less than 100 negroes
pass through this city alone, every day, from
Southern points, and reports come in from
Richmond, Greencastle and Terre Haute of
fresh arrivals of ''coons." There is no proof
inspiring this movement, and it is altogether
likely it has nothing to do with it directly, but
that the immigration Is guided from some
point beyond the borders of the State. The
presence within the State of the chief of the
exodus bureau at Washington, last winter, is
confederation of this view, and the party ar
rived two or three days ago, and after stopping
in the city few hours began a pilgrimage
among his colonists who have located in the
counties west, southwest and northwest of
here, ostensibly to see how they are getting on,
but more likely to ascertain if room can be
made for more.
The Republican managers and newspa-
pers have all along denied that any negroes
we're Icing taken TO Indiana for the purpose
of voting at the coming elections. The tes-
timony of this correspondent, however,
which is simply coRfrmatory of great
mass of evidence of similar nature that
has been in the possession of the State
central committee for some time, proves the
purposes of the Republican party and ex-
plains the confidence they seem to have in
the success Of their ticket. One reliable
correspondent for the Louisville Courier
Journal says that within the past thirty days
no less than three thousand colored men
have crossed the OHIO from Kentucky and
located in close districts in the southern
portion of Indiana under directions of
members of the Republican committees, and
that nearly as many more have entered the
State from other quarters, and have been
distributed where their votes will do the
most good.
It is unfortunate for the Democratic par
tt that the amendments to the constitution
of the State we're not legally adopted at the
| last election. Under the present constitu-
ton sixty days residence in the State is alone
required to qualify man to vote, while no
residence in the voting precinct is required.
This provision is an incentive to colonial
ton which will prove too strong for party,
as desperate as is the Republican party,to re-
sist. The party managers know that the
loss of Indiana will prove their utter ruin,
and there are no means, no matter how dis
honorable, that they will not adopt that give
promise of averting the doom that is now
hanging over them.
There is abundant knowledge of Republi-
can tactics among the Democrats, and it will
be their own fault if they do not prevent
their success. Local organizations will no
doubt see to it that all illegal voters are kept
from the polls, and if they attempt to vote
they should be promptly placed under arrest.
The laws of the State are stringent enough
and the punishment for illegal voting severe
enough, and these laws should be enforced
vigorously. The Republicans must not be
permitted to steal the State of Indiana by
coionizing lot of voting cattle within its
limits.