St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-20
Deserted by the Republicaa Party.

Especial lelegrhn 10 the AplODe.f
New YORK, Nov. ia good deal Of in
terest is evinced in the statements made to-
day by n. c. c. Atwood, a colored Louisiana
Republican, the interest being intensified in
view Of Mr.. Blaine's remarks last night
about the downtrodden and dis
franchised condition of the colored
people in the south. Atwood is United
States consul at San Domingo, and during
the late campaign was on the stump for the
Republican party, though he does not pre-
tend to have been very much of Blaine
man. Mr.. Atwood said:
'The colored people in the south have
been deserted by the Republican party,
since 1876, and they are not depressed by
Blaine's defeat. They think, on the con-
trary, that the election of Cleveland is going
TO prove a benefit TO them. You osee, there
are two factions in the Democratic party in
the south-the ring Democrats, or Bourbons,
and the silk stockings, who are the
business men aud best citizens of the south,
These will be thrown further apart by Cleve-
lands election. They will form two parties,
and they will be the only parties in the
south The colored people will divide, some
following the Burbons and some the Silk
Stockings. There will not be any race lines.
There win be two white parties,
each with colored following, which will
greatly improve the condition of the colored
people. The ring men expect t. be recog-
nized by Cleveland, bat jud gng from Cleve-
lands act as governor ef New York, should
say they would be disappointed. The silk
stocking will come to the front and
the best element in the south
will reign. Mr.. Blaine's speech
at last nights serenade is all bosh. Why
didn't he think of all that when he voted
against the force biIl If he had, probably
he would not nave been defeated No, the
statement that the colored people in tie
south were not allowed TO vote is not true.
There is some intimidation
in the country districts in the
south, but very little in the cities. Certainly
MIR. Blaine has no cause to complain. In
the Third Louisiana district he got 5000 ma
jority while Kellogg was defeated. The col
ored people vote as they please. Look at
Bisbees district in Florida, for instance.
Bisbee was defeated by Republi-
can votes We form fusions in
the south and make trades. The colored
people are not generally coerced in the coun-
try districts where the white people are as ig-
norant as the colored. You have no idea
how ignorant they are in some places. There
are conflicts, but they grow out of ignorance
on both sides No, sir, the south was not
made solid by the Democrats this time.
Blaine lost every southern state because the
colored people are stalwarts and the sup
porters of Conkling, Grant and Arthur. We
are nearly all Conkliug men and the slaugh-
ter Of Folger hurt as much in the south as Il
did in New York. The colored
people in the south are going to
try and have Arthur and Lincoln nominated
in 1888. Then some of the southern states
will 90 Republican. If Cleveland as presi-
dent acts as be did while governor he will
kave the support in 1883 of most of the
northern states, but the southern people will
be against him.