The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-27
NO USE.
Full of Promises but Votes the Other
 Way When the Time Comes.

Way When the Time Comes.
 The Democrats may try every means, may make every possible exertion and still the average negro will vote against them. It makes ns difference if the Democrats do strive to show the col ored man that he is 8 dear brother, it matters not how persuasively the Democrat assures the colored man how much the country is indebted to the non.revengeful dark citizen, the negro, when the time comes, votes the Repubh- can ticket. Oh, yes, the negro assures the colonel that he will vote for him. He says:
 Lemme tell yer whut's CT fack, boss, desc heah niegers aint got no sense bout dis heah matter. Da thinks dat de Pub lican's is done CT big thing fur lem, but 3a ougateE see dat dc Publican. IS g;ttin' all de offices. De folks whut we libs er- mung is de ones whut puts bread in our moufs. Da's de folks whut we kno~s- whut we's been raised wid. Da un'er- stan's us. Desc heah men rum de norf doan know whut we needs. Da doan kere fur us so we puts 'em inter office. l'se tired let me sklaim. l'se been wuckin' fur desc folks laung ernuff. Dis is de fust time hab squealed, but when ole Caleb squeals, he means it. His hon hab dun been blowed mighty loud an somebody got ter take de consequences. Wall, sab, hopes ter see yer agin' fore de leckshun. hopes ter git CT mighty heap O D ints rum yer fore de skrim. mage comes otf. Somebody g~ine ter heah suthin' hit de groun' wid CT ker bip r
 "I am pleased to hear you speak so," the colonel replied. "Neber mine, I'se got ernuff."
 "I am glad to hear it. have long thought that you celored people were standing in your own light You ought by this time to know that the Republican party uses you like man would use corkscrew."
 l dat's whut l tells 'em."
 "lt is ,ime," the colonel continues, "that you are asserting your independ. ence. You have been a cata-paw long enough"
 "Dat's whut tells lem, boss, dat's whut tells 'em."
 "Do they pay much attention to you ?"
 "Do daa Wall, yer Jes' oughser heah 'em. Da's wild, sah, dat's whut da is. Da tells me dat da's gwine wid me, sah De 'Publicans is sittin' skeered an is wantin' me ter stick ter em', but 1 ain't gwine ter do it."
 @I am delighted, sir, to hear you speak with such independence"
 "Yer gwine ter heah suthin' hit de groun' tells yer"
 -You are thinking about becoming Democrat, suppose"
 "DA's whut 1 is"
 "You have doubtless heard that am candidase?"
 "Neber hearn CT pref O it, sah not CT bret"
 Well, I am. and infer from wha. you say that can rely on your support"
 Wall, sah, l gins you my word. gins it, dat's ali"
 How many votes do you think that you can cen,rol5"
 "W'y, sah, it 'od tickle yer ter know. All dem niggers down in de bottoms is un'er obergations ter me. DA doan know which way ter turn lessen tells 'em'
 "Caleb, here is twenty dollar note. You'll doubtless know how to use it. After awhile will give you some more money"
 "Thankee, sah. Pm goin' right down an stribit dis money. Oh, I'se got ii in mighty deep fur dem 'Puolicans an sim ners case de bible gins us warnin' in dat regard"
 "I can depend on you, can IF"
 "Ken yer5 Wy reckon yer ken. Man neber los nothin' by putin confer dence in me"
 Shortly afterwards the colonel again meets the old negro. "Caleb, how am running among the oolored people7"
 How yer runnin2 runnin' like CT skeerd wolf, da,'s how yer's runnin." "Think l'n get there. do you ] "Git dar2 Wy yer's dar already fur