Daily Republican., 1884-02-13
C0L0RED VOTLES.
NATIONAL HALL LAST
EVENING

! Another meeting of colored voters
was held in Natianal Hail, Ninth and
Walnut streets, last evening, but on 40
count of the unpleasant W, ather was
not very largely attended.
The meeting was presided over by
Kennard L. Bayard, who called it to
order about 8 o'clock, when the min
utes of the last meeting were read by
the Secretary, l.. P. B. Henry, and
unanimously approved.
President Baya,d said the object of
the meeting was to try to iLdnce the
colored people to come together and
organize, for the purpose of obta ming
a recognition of their rights He was
under the impression that If the colored
| voters of this city were once fully or
ganized, they could bring about diff.
ferent state ofatfairs than they have had
heretofore.
James A. Ander son said that the
way the colored voters have acted in
the past, he thought was enough to
show any one that they have always
been loyal to the Republican party
The platform of that party, with the
opening sentence in the Declaration Of
LudO LllCu hIc CTOSb-
ted free and equal" fully expressed
what the colored men are now asking
for. They are tired of being the tools
Of scheming politicians and propose to
show that they have some rights that
must be respected.
ALI that they have been allowed to
do in the past, has been go to the polls,
vote the ticket HANDED to them, and
then go home; this they have done time
and time again, without knowing any,
thing about the men that were on it.
But now they propose to have their
own ward, city, county and State ex-
ecutive committees, SO that when itw as
proposed to nominate man for an office,
they too would be consulted in regard to
his fitness. Some persons say that the
Republican party had done great deal
for the colored race, and SO 1t has, but
he did not want the fact forgotten that
the colOred nfen had done q great deal
for the Republican party.
Tho colored men have been asked to
do their share of the voting, but they
have not been represented or nomina-
ted for Office to be sure, some few
had been appointed to minor Offices,
but they wanted something more than
these crumbs that have been thrown to
them.
Colored men are now clothed with all
the rights of citizenship, and where
there was an office that colored man
was as capable of filing as a white
man, they wanted him to have m
equal chance for it, and net be ignored
merely because he was black. If the
colo red people will consolidate, they
can become power, and will be sought
alert.
1t had been said that these meetings,
were called for the purpose of organic
ing the colored voters, and then selling
out to the Democrats, but that is lie,
as they had no intention to antagonize
the Republican party, but if they were
to continue to be ignored, they will
organize, and compel the Republican
party to recognize them. Mr.. Ander-
son spoke at some length in an earnest
and forcible manner.
Remarks were also made by Joseph
r. Bass, Alfred Bayard and Thomas
Purnell, after which the meeting ad-
jOurued, to meet at the same place next
Wednesday night, when the vacancies
in the City Executive and Seventh
ward committees will be filed.
The Chesapeake Oyster Company, Of