Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-27


 merity to indulge in sn attempt to celebrate
 the election of Harrison and Morton. They
 went to Mayor Cooper and asked permission
 to fire couple of anvils and do little yell-
 ing on their own account in the public streets. The permission was granted. May or Cooper did not dare to take upon himself the responsibility of forbidding the demon stration But there was one man in Atlanta who was willing to assume that responsibili- ty. That man was Superintendent of Police Connolly. The latter wandered forth that
 evening to the spot where 8 throng of col
 ored men were innoeently firing off the an-
 wills in the midst of a drizzling rain-a pal
 try privilege surely.
 ssWhat does this meant" he demanded.
 "We have permission to do what we are
 doing," replied those in charge of the jollif-
 cation.
 Permission from whoma'' demanded the
 pusillRnimous head Of the Atlanta police de- partment.
 sePermission from His Honor, the Mayor,"
 was the reply.
 'Well, I can't help that" said Connolly.
 eff the Mayor gave you permission he didn't
 understand what dangerous thing 1t is to
 have anvils fired off in the public streets af-
 ter this fashion. take it upon myself to
 recall the permission which he gave you"
 The negroes thought of the famous ''little
 Constitution cannon" which was fired off so
 promiscuously four years ago in honor of
 Cleveland, but said nothing. Weekly taking
 up the anvils and such other material as they
 had brought together, they dispersed to their homes. But more exasperating instance of intol. erance occurred on Friday night, when the students of Atlanta university sought to in- dulge in little public expression of satis- faction at the result of the election. In the first place they asked permission of the chief of police to parade with torchlights for a distance of three blocks on Mitchell street from the university grounds to Haynes street. Now the end of Mitchell street which was to be thus traversed Is in the heart of populous negro settlement. The march to Haynes street would not carry the stu- dents one-third of the way to that portion of the street along which whites reside. It was surely 8 small boon to crave. But Chief Connolly brusquely informed the delegation of students who waited upon him that he could not give them any permit to make such parade as was proposed. He who had two nights before assumed supreme authori- ty in precisely the same matter, now said I that the Mayor had authority in all such matters-well knowing, as it is said, that { the Mayor was not in town to grant the de- q or's office, but found that functionary absent ] and meekly gave up the coveted pleasure. 5 Fortunately the broad acres of the univer- ' sity campus offered an ample field for the performance of such evolutions as the boys excess of spirits dictated; and while the \ humble black people of the ward could not see the beautiful sight as a body, @ good ! many hundred of them who lived near by I could do so by walking to the university | grounds, as many of them did.
 Early in the morning committee of stu \ dents started out in quest of torches-a rare ] commodity in southern city. As the Dem E ocratic party is really the only well organ E ized party here, it was evident that the torches must be obtained from one wing of E 1t or the other. The boys knew that they ! would be more liable to obtain them from ! the ''antis" than from the 'prohis." The ' antis know the fondness of the average un- 4 educated negro for strong drink, and culti- vate the friendship of the negroes to some extent. Their reason for doing this is obvi- ously selfish, but it must at least be said that they do it. They treat the negroes with some consideration. The "prohis" treat the negroes with lofty cotempt On their "com- mittee of sixty" there is not single colored man. In short they either ignore or openly insult the negroes. This fact it is which ac- counts for the alliances and compromises so often made here by the negroes with the "wet" element in the Democratic party which puzzle northern Republicans. The boys went to the "prohis" because they honored the principles of the "prohis" more than those of the "antis." In the great temperance campaigns of Atlanta the vote eff the Atlanta and Clark university boys has been solidly "dry." The churches in the city have been hopelessly divided on the temperance question-even in local peli- tics; but the students of these two negro universities have given their suffrsges solidly to the side of prohibition (with small p.) More than this, they have given much time and hard work to the cause in each cam paign The boys went to the 'fprohis," al- though painfully aware that their services
 were wholly unappreciated and unreeog-
 nized.
 It may not be amiss to remark here that the only temperance man who can really be relied upon to prove himself at once level headed and grateful is a temperance Republt- can. The northern third party fanatic and the southern prohibition Democrat are both unreliable. I suppose this Is so because it Is the nature of the beast.
 The committee first waited upon Mir. W. T. Turnbull, ex-president of the Young Mems Prohibition club. They laid their cause before him. He received them stand ing, insolently said, "I can't do anything for you," turned on his heel and left them. Then they went to the Superior court room and ferreted ou T. F. Corrigan, anoth-  tened courteously, said it ought to be 50 that the torches could be loaned to the students ! in return for their effective services in the local option canvases, but had not the cour- age to offer them on his own account or re- commend the loan of them to the proper au- thorities.
 Then the boys went to l. s. Mitchell, in whose custody the torches were. The latter said that he would surrender the torches I upon the presentation of an order to him \ from some prohi of recognized influence. Thereupon the boys waited upon Attorney W. A. Haygood, the one southern man who | has been upon the board of trustees of At lanta university. MT. Haygood, although 8 l Democrat in all national campaigns, had So f far lost his influence with the prohibition | wing of his party by reason of his indepen l dentism, by reason of such acts on his pari | as consenting to be trustee of a New Eng l land ssnigger school" that he advised the boys to try some other man, recommending l them to J. J. Falvey. Falvey is 6 city gro cer who has enjoyed large slice of the pa l tronage of Atlanta university, understand | He was very cordial, giving them the re l quired order on MT. Mitchell, hiring a draJ | for the conveyance of the two hundred torch
 es, and furnishing three empty barrels 1T 1 which the torches might be stood in transitu MT. Mitchell deliberately refused to homo | this orderl
 As a dernier ressort, after considerable discussion, the boys decided to go to the an tis. What difference would it make if the, did get their torches from a non-temperancl party? We have to deal with reproachabll people more or less in this world anyway They got note from Colonel Bill Pledge (colored1 to Saloonist Micklebury The lat ter was exceedingly cordial.
 Certainly you may have our torches boys," he said; 'tand what is more, yor needn't bring them back"
 After long hunt the torches were pro nounced lost. A note to ex-Mayor Goodwin
 introduced the boys to another very suav and cordial anti-man. Mir. Goodwin prompt ly gave the boys check for twelve dollar
 as a personal loan, with which torches nigh ba rented of Hoyt & Thomas, a local firm
 The boys had to pay rental of fifteen cent
 piece for one night on torches that retai
 for twenty-three cents, and pay in advance
 Thus after an all day search the torche
 were obtained just in time for the jolli6ca
 tion.
 And the jollifcation was colossal sue
 l cess. The three handsome buildings of th
 l university were splendidly illuminated, th students wore "red, white and blue" badges