Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-10-06
THE COLORED DEMOCRATS.
various Opinions About Their Mum bel
and Influence - What ColoreA Men
Here Say.

A"E COLOHED DEMOCRATSs
Various Opinions About Their Number
ana Infuence - What C0lOreA Men
Here Say.
statement which Mr. Taylor, ex.United States
minister TO Liberia, Is quoted TO have made, that
the negroes are now in the democratic party for
good; that negro democratic conventions have
peen held In nine states and that 24o 900 OF them
In the Northern states will vote for Cleveland has
excited much comment among colored men here.
RECoRDKR TRorrER SAYS THERE rs AN AWAKENING
But NOT A sTAMPEDR
STAR reporter had q talk this morning with
Recorder Trotter about the statement made by
Ex-Minister Taylor.
There is an awakening among the colored peo-
pie" said Mr. Trotter. 'Tdiscourage boastfulness.
There Is no stampede OF the colored people TO the
pected at this time. But fact that Is generally
recognized Is that there is An awakening among
our people TO the fact that their interests viii be
pest served oy dividing between the two
parties. The number Of colored men who be-
lieve In this is increasing steadily. To say
how many coored people in the North will vote
the democratic ticket IL to make an estimate.
tween 100000 and 800 900 colored democrats and
Douglass and the rest OF the leading men Of the
race who adhere to the old idea, acknowledge now
that there Is q decided movement for division OF
pooed the idea, sneered AT the Indianapolis con-
vention, and said that there was nothing In the
movement; that 1t was not worth q moments no
t1ce. But within q week an appeal signed by Mr..
about dozen other leading colored republican
sns
appealing-to the colored people not TO desert the
republican party. They can no longer poo-poo II.
coOred men are supporting President Cleveland's
candidacy is certainly not an eXaggeration-
subscribe for such papers and know personally
among young men. Among the old men, like MI.
Douglass, adherance TO the republican party
is ground into them. not without reason,
as they are gathered to their fathers.
They are blinded TO the present needs OF the race
but to ss they a
for themselves, according to present conditions,
for tie hest interests OF their race. They know
prejudice and adhering as BODY TO one-half of
the people and making enemies OF the other
half The young men are being edu.
division % between the he parties ties % Tne movement is
pretty strong in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, New York,
and Massachusetts,. There are some very intelll.
gent and able colored men who are working hard
to bring about the divislon-such men as Clarke
in Ohto Fortune in Indiana, and Stewart In New
do not know how far this movement will go toward
affecting the results. ! think that In Indiana
there are enough colored democrats and indepen-
dents to give the State TO the democracy. The
colored men In Illinois certainly ought 10 vote for
Mr.. Palmer without regard TO party. He has
always been their friend. / should not be sur
elect him.
"The point Of the whole thing" he said, in con-
cluslon, us that there Is strong movement
is important enough to force recognition from
Douglass, Lynch, Pinchback and the rest OF them.
The TACT Is that tine republicans have no relief 10
ofIer the cOlored people II they are successful
They have no plan TO propose. We have der-
mite plan TO secure to our people fairness and
equal justice In the South"
Mr.. CARSON SAYS IT Is BosH.
Mr.. Perry II. Carson, one OF the delegates to the
Chicago convention, said: "It's all boshI In the
rst place, the Indianapolis convention was nzzie
SO far as controlling the colored vote. II started
with men OF class who cannot each lead ten COL
0red men IN any one thing from ~ 70 90 street
extent but have lost their prestige with the race,
and great as a colored man may be, when he
he carries none but himself The idea OF any con-
siderable number Of colored men voting the demo-
cratic ticket Is D0sh. My Information Is that all
standing by the republican party as they never
did before, and 1t Is natural that they should work
harder, because they recognize this as their last
chance. There are few soreheads among the
colored people, but they are not leaders-GeOrge
7. Downing, Turner, Taylor, and 0thers-who
have not any considerable following and cannot
carry any OF their into the democratic party.
They are considered by their race as ingrates 70
the party which Took them up and made them
sertion that any considerable number OF our race
Will vote the democratic ticket as oosh."
LAWYER RICKs' VIEWS
81 will keep TO myself" said Mr.. James NJ
Kicks, the colored lawyer, to q STAR reporter,
"what would like to say about Mr.. Taylor.
will say, however, that his figures are too high
1t makes no matter what Mr.. Taylor says about It.
every body knows that there are not near 24O, 600
colored men " no will vUte the democratic ticket.
The only coIorei persons who will vote the demo-
lex al n q " all
tiOns and expect to make some further gains
thereby. AS 10 the nine negro democratic state
conventions which Mr.. Taylor speaks OF, cannot
say. II there were that many, they were ali
alike. They were ade up or disgruntled re-
publlcans and Others "ho expected 10 get some
conference at Indianapolis, why IL was absurd TO
call 1t by such name. 1t was made up by Mil
ton Turner and another 'colored democrat"
LAWYER MOSS SAYS TAYLoR's STATEMENT Is ABSURD
When asked about the ex-ministers statement,
John A. Moss, the coored lawyer, said: "His
statement Is simply absurd. There is nothing like
that number OF colored democrats In the world
AS to the state conventions they amount TO moth
ing, because when fe ofdce-seekers get together
anu hold aconventiOn others are attracted through
Idle curiosity"
Mr.. HKwLErT's OPINION.
"The col0red democrats" said Lawyer E NJ
Hewlett, 'are democrats for revenue only. The
statement that $4,000 colored voters Will cast
their votes for the democratic ticket Is not true
Tlere may possibly Ue 3,OUO Sucn persons They
are all nothing but disappointed ofnce-seekera
They were unable to get what they wanted under
republican rule and SO they bolted. There are
Matthews and others who are all disappointed
office-seekers They probably have following OF
ten or twelve men each. As TO the conventions,
the most successful one held was the Indianapolis
convention, and that proved complete nzzle.'
WHAT Mr. WALL SAYS
Mr.. o. 8. B. Wall, lawyer, said he would like to
know where Mr.. Taylor was going to get his
1000 coored voters from. The whole affair. he
said, was q matter OF money with these colored
democrats The statement that nine colored state
conventions had endorsed the democratic cOnyen-
tion he thought was false. He said that he was
as well posted on colored politics as any other man
living, and referred TO the Indianapolis convention
as q failure OF q few 'bOodle" democratic poiti
clans to capture the coored vote He had no fsith.
he said, in any OF the colored democrats
Mr.. CHASE DIFFKRs WITH Mr.. TAYLOR.
"He has no political standing" said Mr., W. @.
Chase, editor Of the washington Bee, referring IN
ex.Minister Taylor "He cannot get nifty peproes
outside OF the state OF Kansas 70 vote the demo-
cratic ticket In the state OF New York there are
not over nifty colored men belonging 70 the demo.
cratic league. was present when It was orVan.
Ted in the Gilbert House, 24S west 26rh street.
corder OF deeds OF this District; r. IL McIntyre
and four others. There the league was orpanized
Cleveland won't have 500 negro votes in fhe
North. SO far as that International conference
was concerned It was Q nzzle. TAYLOR Vas es
much connected with that aS Turner AZ thst
time he himself condemned Cleveland"
Mr.. L. q. pOUGLAss' vIRva