Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-08-26

bility of doubt and the jury has
acted wisely and nobly in bring
ing the verdict of murder in the
first degroe-punlshablo in Illinois
by death. With the exception OF
Parsons, the convicted men are
foreigners, some of them having
only an imperfect knowledge OF
the English language. They came
to America to enjoy tho privileges
of free country and made use OF
the freedom accorded them by
trying to destroy all semblance OF
government and substituting there
fore q state of anarchy; such as
prevailed at tho time they were
throwing bombs among the police
mon. There is freedom and free
dom, and the anarchists will be
taught that freedom can only be
enjoyed by an obedience to the
law. The verdict against these
men will meet the approval OF
every law-abiding citizen through
out the length and breadth of the
United States, and when every
man of them convicted of murder
shall have been hanged, as they
most undoubtedly will, there will
be q feeling of relief that the world
is rid of lot of monsters in hu.
man shape, who were unworthy of
tho name of fanatics or cranks.
The hanging of these men should
teach the remaining anarchists
that the same fate awaits them
whenever they attempt 10 follow
In the footsteps of Spies, Parsons,
Fielden and company.
COLORED REPUBLICANS.
For many years the mass of the
colored voters OF this and adjoining
counties havo blindly followed the
lead of white Republicans, ma
jority of whom became Republi-
cans, not from principle, but for
revenue only. They have been
IN the party so long and acted so
badly that they can't get back INTO
the Democratic party. If they
want to vote the Democratic ticket
the Democrats will be happy to
let them do SO, but they can get no
offices. These white leaders have
led the colored men as they wish
ed and havo profted by so doing.
When the white radicals held the
offices the coIored men always had
to go to Democrats to got them out
of trouble, if they got into 1t.
These white men are noW and have
for months been busily engaged IN
trying to boodWink the colored
men. They have on several &C.
casions called the Republican coun-
ty executive committee, composed
almost entirely.of colored men to-
gether and endeavored to so mani
puIatc the committee and the sub
committee appointed manly at
their instance so as to put in aomi-
nati2n a cut and dried ticket, COM
posed of old radical county Off
calls giving the colofr3d voters one
minor position. The masses OF he
Republican voters have never been
consulted in the matter; open
and above-board precinct meetings
have never been held, and the meet
ings that have been held in Brcn-
ham were held under lock and key,
and none but those supposed to be
true and faithful were admitted.
All the proceedings have been owl
ish and on the dark-lantcrn order
as though they were doing some
thing of which they were heartily
ashamed. Last week an owl meet
ing was called in the Burton neigh
borhood in the interest of q radical
candidate, and the candidate want
ed TO thrash a coIorcd gentleman
who he accused of "gIving the
meeting away" The colOrcd vot-
ers as mass are given no voice
whatever in the selections of can
didates for county officers, but
they are expected TO vote as they
are bid on pain of oxcommunIca-
ton from the Republican party. 1t
is about time the colorcd voters
were beginning to know that the
white radicals have no use for
them beyond their votes, and that
after they are elected they show
the colorod man no favors.
The American Machinist is of the