The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1880-09-04
EVANSVILLE DEPARTMENT.
PrittIe, Pr sttIe, POlittcs-COnference
Notes.-The YOuog Mem and the squire
-AIy and Everything.


-Asy and Everything.
1t was said last week in this column tha
the party traces were not holding the col
ored man as securely as sit used to was
There is blood on the moon. And the Re
publicans who vainly imagine that the mig
GER or as leading Republican calls the
colored man, the "darkey" will vote the
ticket anyway-so no effect should be made
to keep his vote intact Men are in a great
measure like sheep; as the ebellwetherjumpss SC
does the drove. The leading colored men
have declared among themselves that they
intend to vote against )ne or two men on
the county ticket.
One of the parties is the nominee for Cor
oner, Hermeling. Not because this man has
done anything wrong, but because the party
ignored their right to representation on the
ticket. The Republican party can hold no
one responsible but its own misdoings if
the colored vote is all broken up this fall.
and last spring they allowed the Republican
nominee for Mayor to be beaten by their
foolishness in insisting that they would vote
for whom they please irrespective of party
ties. The colored man is initiative. He
now intends, from the lesson received, to
practice the device of scratching" Four
years ago the Young Mems Republican
Club had Hebrew for President and en-
Anglo African for Secretary, but the pinl-
pied aristocrats couldn't stand that combin-
alton This year the Y. NJ. K. G. has no
negro officers and will not have
The different ward clubs used to have col
ored Vice Presidents and Secretaries; but
now no more alas are negro faces seen In
high positions. In the County Central
Committee the negro is merely figure
head. He is not admitted into their secret
"confabs." It is too true. The Republican
party has drawn the color Incl For the
first time in this county the Republicans are
placed on the defensive. The Democrats
are making an offensive lin more ways than
one) campaign. They have fair chance Of
winning if they dot will purge the party
of II lot of political lepers, chlorotic inbeciles
who are of the party for what it does for
them. 1t Is they who growl about the col
ored man. 1t is they who said at the salt
well "we like darkey to stay in his
place" and that place is in the rear.
The Republican party, North, generally
makes fair promises to the colored man
only to break them after the election. 1t
reminds me of story 1've read somewhere.
In certain canal town was bad man who
was captain of canal boat; his name was
Bill. Bill would lie, steal, get drunk, play
five up" 'shoot craps" and do every thing
else bad. His boat got aground; her bow
was stuck high and dry but the stern was
floating in deep water. Bill cursed, but the
boat didn't move. SO he reformed and told
all the good people of the town that he had
''got religion and to celebrate the event
proposed to have prayer meeting on his
boat All the good people came. The
Baptists, the Methodists and Fresbyterians
all came Bill stood on the bow and invited
them as they came to ''go aft" as the meet
ing would be held there. The many
righteous" there sunk the stern of the boat
and raised the bow clear of the mud and the
boat swung out into deep water and foatedl
As soon as Bill saw his boat was all right he
shouted 'Out of here, you ID hoosiers,
this pra'r meetin' is adjourned" The story
is good and the application Is "gooder." The
colored man lifts the Republican craft out
of the mire, and then they are told that
reformation in that vessel is put of until the
next election.
Senator John A. Logan speaks here next
Tuesday night, at Turner Hall. 1t is not
known at this writing whether the Republi-
can club will initiate the foolishness of the
Y. NJ Paralytic Democratic club by giving
a procession and yelling like mad men. 1t
would amuse you to see the look of import
ance that the hoodlums Of this club assume
while in procession. 1t is painful. 1t is re-
ported that they are maturing plan which
will keep numb Der of colored men from the
polls on election day Tho editor of the
"Cur"- "-rier, who is endeavoring to be semi
Denis Kearney of California Sand-Lot no.
toriety, is yelling to his hoodlums "The
Negro must CO." On all subjects except
those of the Negro and T. II. r. r., Mr..
Shanklin is rational, but on these two he is
really daft The colored people who read
The Leader were complimenting the Evans
vile department in its handling of the Salt
Well set-down-on. The little sheet here
had nothing condemnatory to say. There
is one man in this State who, if he were an
out and out Democrat, would get the vote
of the colored man. This man is Honorable
William Heilman, our present and next
Congressman He is the colored mans tru-
est friend.
CONFERENCE NOTES.
For the past eight days dragon with al
Unsuitable greed has filled the pews of oul
church. 1t was handed like Breareus, head
ed like Hydra, and footed like centipede
1t gorged PRAYER, hymns, exhortations anC
sermons When, in the morning, the preach
er did all he could for it, it crawled back il
the afternoon with its nav just as empty
its feverish eye Just as expectant, its moutl
Ia for
more prayer, more hymns, more sermons. l
crawled back in the evening to glut, or tr,
to glut, it's horrid greed. Sermons, sermons
sermons They were swallowed whole
without mastication or digestion. With on
knowledge of the human mind, we are Ger
tain that no more than one good sermon cal
be digested by congregation in day; an,
that every added word goes to the glut G
intellect and feeling and confusion of i'm
preston. 1t is merely intellectual german
dizing, and no activity, no rest or reflection
the people sit upright and hear the word
but they make no impression upon the hear
or mind; for no time was no time given TO
reelection. We should like to know wha
the Master thinks about this.
Every sermon that man hears after h
first strong impression, and his first hungr
reception is a disturbing, distracting and d.
pressing force A delight in endless preach
ing is no evidence of piety. Let our mini
tiers improve the character and quality
preaching, and reduce thequantity. Wh'
does the Christian Recorder think of tn
proposition.
The Conference closed with eclst SUI
day services were held in the Temperan
Temple, Evans Hall. Bishop Shorter, L
Jeniter and Rev. Simpson held forth
large audiences Of white and colored pc
sons.
On Monday the Conference Sabbath Scho
anniversary was held. The school appear'