The bee., 1883-07-14

The convention of representative
colored citizens, consisting of three
delegates from each of the TWENTY-FIVE
legislative districts of the city, met
Tuesday evening at Timms' Hall at s
O'Clock for the purpose Of electing
three delegates to represent the Dis
trict of Columbia at the National Col
ored Mems Convention, TO be held at
Louisville, KY, on September "a next,
for the purpose of promoting the gen.
eral welfare of the colored people of
the United States in all matters of ed
ucation, suffrage, employment, etc.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Holland called the meet
ing to order and stated its object.
The first business being the selection
OF temporary chairman, Messrs. John
w. Freeman and VIM. Calvin Chase
were nominated and Mr.. Freeman was
elected by vote of 43 to 16. Mr..
Chase was then elected secretaty by ac-
clamatiOn.
A committee on credentials was ap-
pointed by the chair consisting of the
following gentlemen. one from each
legislative district: Messrs. E. NJ. Hew-
EFT, r. r. Laws, A. T. Brown, c. F.
Moseby, Randall Bowie. C. c. Free
man, VIM. Joy, George Boston, c. c..
Stewart, i. Burley, Arnold, Lloyd
Brooks, George Martin, A. S. Smith,
George w. Williams, r. E. Gilchrist,
VIM. Lovelatt, Fred Dyson, Walter
Middleton and ID. Stillyard.
The committee retired for dclibera-
tion.
Judge w. J. Whipper, Judge of the
Probate Court of Beaufort, :. c., was
requested to address the convention,
and made some brief remarks upon the
necessity for cooperation among the
colored men, and strongly endorsed the
purpose Of the Louisville convention
Mr.. Anderson and Rev. Robert John
son addressed the convention briefly.
Mr.. William Calvin Chase spoke for a
few moments, calling attention to the
necessity for appointing delegates who
would urge the granting Of suffrage TO
the people of the District. and that
the younger men of this city he repre-
sented among the delegates.
At 9o'clock the committee on Gre
dentials returned and reported no dis
pute or disagreement in the committee
and indcrsed the siXty-six men who
had presented themselves.
The delegates took their seats as
the roll was called.
After some delay the permanent or
ganizatiOn was commenced, and a res
olution was offered TO declare the tenn
porary officers to be permanent, and
after a stormy discussion the Iesolu-
tion was adopted.
Mr.. {. c. Stewart introduced reso-
luton, which was about to lie read,
when Randall Bowie undertook TO al
dress the convention and was SO per
sistent that a Escene of disorder fol
lowed, during which the chair ap-
pointed J. w. Branson as sergeant-at-
arms.
Quiet was at length restored with
ont any trouble resulting, and the rules
introduced by Mr.. Stewart were read
and adopted.
Nominations for the three delegates
were then pronounced to be in order,
and Mr. A. St A. Smith
NOMINATED FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
in the following speech:
| believe | am fully aware Of the
magnitude of the responsibility and
the great requirements necessary to
properly represent this community at
the National Convention. / know. sir,
il will require a man who has given
the six subjects of the call his thought
fnl and careful consideration, and who
has crystalized into some practical
shape that which is to he done with
the grave propositions to be laid be-
fore the convention. / rise to nomi-
nate man that | am satisfied will fill
allthe requirements of delegate from
this, the great Capital of the Nation.
One who is fully able TO cope with the
giant minds that will he there: one
who will give some practical ideas about
the grave questions we have to deal
with: one who will tell of the impor
tance of the negro in this country:
who will speak of his influence, the
upbuilding of this glorious republic
and its gratitude in return: tell of his
fidelity to the Union; say that we have
no Benedict Arnolds and Jeff DayiSeS:
say that we haze no traitors of any
kind within our band. One who will
tell this great republic, this land of the
free and home of the brave, that it has
vet within its household great and
good people still groaning uuder the
iron heel Of oppreSsion-a man who
will tell these things and show the way
to our alleviation. Such man | de-
sire to nominate. | intend to nomi-
nate a man whom the illustrious ChaS.
Sumner delighted to honor; whom the
great Horace Greeley loved; whom the
immortal Lincoln invited to counsel;
whom the great silent man, Grant,
loved to talk with: whom Hayes took
TO his household: whom Garfield held in
kind remembrance; whom the world,
from one end to the other, knows, loves
and yenerates. les. intend TO noml- |
nate man who has given up his
whole life in the interest of his people, !
and who. I know, will not 1orsahe |
them now.
I intend to nominate that white
haired sage, who will 60 to Louisville,
or anywhere else this side of lurld nell, |
and battle for cur rights until the
snow-capped peaks of the AlleghenleS
kiss the pearly gates of the New Jeru-
salem, That man is Frederick Doug |
lass. and the prestige of his illustrlouS