The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-10-24
A REPUBLICAN RALLY
Of C0l0red Voters in Lincoln
vile, Last Evening, which
Was Shiny Attended.
An Address by a Democratic
Candidate Fails to Touch
q Responsive Chord.
Stirring Addresses by e. j. Smith
and John w. Walker, the
Colored Sop"

According to previous announcement
there was q mass meeting of colOred voters
at Phillips hall in Lincoinville, last night.
But for some reason tho cOlOred brethren
did not mass very heavily. and when q
BAZOO reporter entered the room, about
$50 o'clock, there were just twenty souls
i'm the house, including reporters and can
didates Geo. Longan was holding down
the front door step, aud alter taking peep
inside he concluded that il would be use
less for him To waste his elOquence ON such
slim and unsympathetic crowd, SO he
quietly stole away to disseminate the light
of his .countenance where IL would do the
most good.
Shortly before 9 o'clock the meeting was
called To order by w. Ruby, the president
of the colOred mems club, Or whatever the
organization may be styled. MIR Ruby
announced that the secretary was absent
and requested that nominations be made
for u secretary protein. Mr.. A. j. Adams
was placed in nomination but decline d,
Mr. Lee was nominated but said he was
not near swift enough to fill the bill.
Several other parties were nominated, but
all were backward about accepting the
honor, and after few persuasive words
from the oily tongue of +. j. Smith. Mr.
Adams very reluctantly accepted the
responsibilities ard cares of the secretarys'
desk
TIE organization being thus completed,
the chairman stated that he saw several
OF his democratic friepds present and de-
sired, to know if this was intended
to be jint meeting. Mr. Chssline moved
that the assemblage be joint meeting. A
men her wanted to know what was meant
hy joint meeting. The chair informed
the inquiring brother that Mr.. Longan and
other democrats who would probably want
to address the meeting, were present. The
brother subsidized, but he had NO sooner
dropped back in his seat than another
statesman arose and addressing the chair,
propOunded the conundrum, DO under
stand this to be meeting for republicans
and democrats p
The chair replied that there we're candi
dates present representing both tickets and
it was, therefore, thought best to have d
lint meeting. Another brOti er
explained that this was done
out of courtesy. Mr. Smith said
This is our meeting, but il democrats are
going to speak want them to speak FIRST,
50 that can have chance to reply"
The motion was put and carried and
the jint meeting commenced.
The first speaker was
Mr.. B. .. RIFE,
candidate for justice of the
peace. who stated that he Vas there BY in
vitation of Col. Ritter.
After . motion limiting speeches to ten
had been adopted, Mr.. Rife took
the floor and proceeded to air his eIoq uencs.
He said. without my consent have been
placed upon the democratic ticket 40
candidate for jsstire Of the peace. Idon',
intend to make political speech. am
not q candidate for political Office.
The Office an . candidate fore IN, under
the head OF the Judiciary. II is rxspon-
sibls Office but there is No money in it for
have tried it, having filled the office for
six years in different places. have filed
every Office in the county where / was
corn and raised except th.t of Judge and
, son of lawyer, but am right. follow
he scri pturss, wise man sometimes
changes, but q fool, never. have changed
1t times and am glad of it After promis-
ing to discharge the duties Of
he Office faithfully, If elected, Mr.. Riff.
proceeded to discuss some of The political
issues. He spoke of the extravagance
IF the republican party, Of the president
now receiving salary oil $4,000 per year,
when Washington only go' half "a much,
II congressman getting Sic per day when |
ne would be perfectly willing to do the |
work for s. per day, and of other ruinOns
expenses, and said he was agin any demo-
rat who was in favor of keeping this |
hing up. Il was" said The speaker, Gin |
avOr Of setting your fathers free, but be- |
ause l am democrat you will scarcely
,elieve this"
He then proceeded to relate some war |
and was just grtting thor |
'ughly warmed no to his work, wnen some |
4 the brethren began to grow uneasy and |
he chairman announced that the gentle
mans time was up. .
e voted for Henry Clay for president, in
rider that the cOlOred man might be set !,
rec. the candidate for judicial .honors
'iped the desperation from his intellectual
row, and with . sigh resumed bis seat.
Z J. SMITH,
he great Demosthenes of the republican
arty was called for and proceeded to
the bold, but imprudent demo-
ratio candidate who had thus presumed
, face the republican tiger in his own
lngle. He said: II the house had any
oubts who should be the justice of the
eace before the gentleman spoke, you
sven't any nov. |,
Your first Judgment ~ to who You would
,te for that Office is correct The gentle
an complains OF paying congressman SIG
r. day and offers 10 serve for s. per day. J
y judgment is that If you we're to send him ,
congress, even At that price, you would
worse cheated than you can possibly be !
paying your present member SIC per !
y The gentleman is after an Office and !;
long ways after il. am after an Office =
I'd I think much closer after it than my
friend. This means that /
III be next prosecuting attorney of Pet
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