Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-11-19
MIR. BLAINE AND THE COLORED
VOTERS.
Says.

SOUTHERN coLoRED VOTERS WHO ARE coNKIIN0
srALwARTs-THKY KNIFKD BLAINE IN THE SOUTH
JUST AS THE sTALwARTs KNrfED HIN IN NEW
YoRK-CoNSUL ATWOOD NoMINATES ARTHUR AND
LINCOLN FOR 1888
Henry c. c. Atwood, United States consul to San
Domingo, colored republican politician OF Louis
lana, one Of Kellogg's workers, Ia at the Ebbitt
house He talks freely OF the condition OF the col
ored people in the south. He says he took the
stump and spent money for Blaine In his state, not
because he liked Blaine, but as a party man. The
colored men in the south, he says, do not like
Blaine on account OF his opposition to the Force
bill, and it was impossible to get up any enthusi-
asm for him.
"BouRBoNs" AND "srLK STOCKINGS"
The colored people in the south" /" he said have
been deserted by the party since 1876 and they are
not depressed by Blaine's defeat They think, ON
the contrary, that the election OF Cleveland is
going to prove beneft to them. You see. there
are two factions In the democratic party In the
SILK stockings, Who are the business men and best
citizens in the south. These Will be thrown fur
ther apart by Cleveland's election. They Will form
two parteS and they will be the only parties in
the south. The colored people will divide, some
following the bourbons and some the silk stock
ingS There won't be any race lines. There will
Ing, which win greatly improve the condition OF
recognized by Cleveland, but judging from Mr.
should say they viii Be disappointed. The silk
stockings win come to the 'front.' and the best ele-
ment in the south will reign"
MR. BLAINRs LETTER CRITICISED.
"Have you read Mr.. Blaine's speech?" asked THE
STAR reporter.
eyes, that's all boshi Why didn't he think Of all
that when he voted against the Force bill? II he
had, probably he would not have been defeated.
No, the statement that the c0lored people in
the 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
MI. Blaine has no cause to co.nplain. In the third
Louisiana district he got 5000 majority, while
Kellogg was defeated. The cOlored people vote
as they please. LOOK at BiSbee'S district in
Florida, for instance Bisbee was defeated by re-
publican votes We form fusiOnS in the south and
make tradeS-the colored people are not generally
cOerced. In some OF the country districts where
the White people are as ignorant as the cOlored-
you have no idea how ignorant they are in some
placeS-there are sconfictS, but 1t grows out OF
the ignorance on both sides.
TIE CoLORED STALwARTS.
ssNO, Sir; the south was not made solid by the
democrats this time Blaine lost every southern
state because the colored people are stalwarts and
supporters Of Conkling, Grant and Arthur: we are
nearly all COnkling men; and the slaughter OF Fol-
ger hurt Blaine as much In the south as it did in
New York. The colored people in the south are
going to try TO have Arthur and Lincoln nominated
In 1885, then some OF the southern. states will go
republican. II Cleveland as President, acts as he
did while governor, he will have the support In
1888 OF most OF the northern states, but the
southern democracy Will be against him"