The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-07

get that this great state, this great center OF
democracy, in the tace OF the TACT That
nine tenlhs Of its people were rebels, that
it was the central pulse OF the nation, freed
its slaves He then went on u 'ba-t lazy
niggers." He said he was glad the Chinese
had got the peoples washing.
1T BOOSTS YOU UP
to something else. A man who can't sup-
port wife has no business to get married.
Touching on politics, h- said that the re-
publican who says YOU ought TO be grateful
to him on account If the war, lies TO You.
And SO does the democrat who tells You
the same thing He said that he had told
President Arthur recently that the col"red
people represented one-third of the repub-
licsn party In Missouri. There's Old man
Dixon, he ought to have the pOstoilice.
He's a more honest man than any oUe ~ mo
has had the postoffice for years. l know
Milo Blair. He's an old
REPUBLICAN SUNK IN THE PIT.
Give old man Dixon the po .,ofiice
Mayb h, can't read and write very well
but he can &c; plenty of deputies 10 do lis
work for him. Anybody will 60 Oh
his bond. We want some of the offices,
and we're going TO have them. Wee
going to say ii in our conventions. Amt
you ashamed of yourselves, you great,
strong men? You ought TO own this park.
but the whole crowd of you don't own 81 q
worth of stock in this or any other park.
You don't get Offices because you don't own
anything. The whole colopd Face In
America don't own a bank, and as they are
going on now, they don't need one. In
heavens name, GO TO work, and do some
thing. You are not kept on; OF Office be-
cause you haven't got the ballot, but be-
cause you have no intelligent conception of
how to use the ballot. Where is your Ell
terprise? Where is your cooperation
You ought to have 1000 persons here, bn:
instead of that you've got an old man IN
a church, down town, frying a piece of
beef, and IT'S
NOT VERY GOOD BEEF, EITHER.
Why don't you do something except
eternslly beg? You ought to have stree;
railroad Of your own. You might have 1t
If you wanted TO. You earn money enough.
You are political slaves to-day, because
you havn't any Independence. There are
500 negroes in St. Louis to-day, passing for
white men. They have married into the
best families, and stand well in business
circles. Why don't you go and do tn.
same thing? All of you put together don't
own S4OO worth of railroad stock, and vet
you grumble because Jay Gould rides in a
palace car. Where's your colOred Jay
Gould? When you get him, he'll ride in a
palace car, too. You have
NO RIGHT TO GOVERN sEDALIA.
You talk as though you had a right to
run the whole town, but you haven't Go
to work. Do something. Why, there is
more ground in Sichers' park than all the
negroes in The country own as park land.
Go out of the towns and 60 to work. Ac-
.cumulate property, and white men will
respect you. Mr.. Turner concluded els
Grafton .mid great applause. While the
Grafton was going on, game OF base ball
was being played between the Sedalia Reds
and the Black Stockings. The attention Of
the multitude being concentrated up N the
orator, the playing was dull and spiritless,
and unattended by applause. The .Reds
scored Ii agsins; the Black Stockings 3
In the evening the festivities were carried
ON until a late hour. Great credit is due
the efficient manner in which their duties
were conducted by the officers of the day,
Robert Brockman. president; Val. Smith,
manager; Will NJ. Ruby, secretary, and
Ed. Isabel, marshal.