Daily Republican., 1880-07-29
TIE VIRGINIA ORATOR.
Fhe Jefferson Club Cold shoulders
Htm-He Talks About the Atd
he las Becefved.

ne H0B Boce1VoO.
The Virginia Democratic Orator, .ohp
H. Harris, has not met with all the
success he had anticipated. He drop
ped into the Gazette office few days
ago for aid, but the editor politely re-
fused. However, he has been befriend-
ed by such men as Messrs. Victor and
Henry DUPONT, Mayor Almond and
Magistrate O'Niell, and he has a long
list of contributors to his diminished
pocket book.
Harris stood in front of his boarding
house this morning for fifteen minutes
with his hands in his pockets and
talked to REPUBLICAN, reporter about
his plans.
Among other things he said this :
81 am going all through the State Of
Delaware to organize Hancock and Eng
lish clubs among the colored people. In
doing this do not think / shall meet
with much trouble, as find the lead
ing Democrats liberal minded and dis
posed to have me labor for them"
"You have heard Of the NO Niger
Need Apply platform the Delaware
Democrats adopted at Dover in State
Convention some years ago 7"
"Yes ] have heard Of it. 1t may
have been hard feeling was against
the negroes then. But It seems to me
that this feeling has changed consider
ably and the Democrats appear quite
liberal. shall remain in Delaware for
some time and follow out the line Of &C
tion have inaugurated. The appear
ance of things would be encouraging
wers it not that the white Republicans
are opposed to me and sometimes make
| II unpleasant. have travelled through
the South, have organized Democratic
Clubs there and End q strong Demo.
cratic feeling pervsding the Southern
negroes"
"You have been given pecuniary aid
in Wilmington ~
eyes all Democrats have treated me
courteously aud one half of your bust
ness men have helped me financially"
HARRIS TREATED BADLY.
About ten o'clock last evening orator
Harris, accompanied by a dusky oom-
panion, glided out of one of the rear
parlors in the Jefferson Clubs suite Of
rooms, and in troubled state Of mind
ssuntersd down the stairway and halted
beneath the gaslight below.
At the same time a reporter of the
RBPUBMcAy and a companion also
passed down the stairway and when
they had stopped alongside ofthe curb
stone up walked the two gentlemen Of
color.
"This thing will never do" said the
discomitted Harris.
"What thing :" was the query.
Then in saddeued tones the sable
orator related his grievance.
H. C. Turner, and q. R. Pennington,
ESQ.,, of the jefferson Club, were quite
willing that he should be welcomed
into the midst Of the Democracy
With visions Of himself being seated
upon fame's highest pinnacle and sur
rounded by wealth after his labor in
the Democratic vineyard had been com.
pleted, he had visited the Jefferson
Club room, but things were not aus.
piciouE.
Whilst he was in the presence of the
club, DR.. O1le remarked: "We do not
want any niggers to come up here and
speak for u.s." This gentle reminder
Of the true feelings Of the Democracy
toward his race somewhat staggered
Harris and also put his beautiful Wis
ions to flight, whilst in their stead upl
rose dreary pictures of the days when
slavery was pre.eminent.
"But," continued Harris, "such q
man as the one who made that remark
is only floating corpse 10 his party"
Then as If he, himself, was doubtful Of
the truthfulness Of his own words, he
remarked, "But such people have a bad
effect upon men like my companion, for
already he has become discouraged and
has oensured me-"
A large crowd now surrounded the
orator, and this procedure somewhat
encouraged him. "This very day,"I
said he, II could organize a colored
Hancock and English club In shis city
with hundreds Of members" !
Just then Bobby Jones, Janitor of the |
Asksw Building, came up and long
ensued between the two
two men, Harris supporting his pecu.
liar political ideas and Jones knocking
them down as fast as he sGt them up