The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-08-04
NEGRO REPUBLICANS OF SALINE
COUNTY REFUSE TO BE
SNUBBED.

Marshall, Mo-, July 2S.-Thursday
night Prince Albert Parrish, colured
man. addressed the cOiored voters upon
the action of the county republican
central committee in removing his
name from the ticket as the regular
nominee for coroner and substituting
the name of u brother republican with
q whittier complexion. Parrish is y
shrewd, educated man, is school
teacher, and has been engaged for over
two years In one neighborhood, enjoy
ing the esteem and confidence of his
people. June 9th he was delegate to
the county republican convention and
took an active part, and he was noini-
mated for coroner. He requested The
convention to reconsider its action and
stated that he was not seeking political
preferment, but the convention urged
him, and he was finally nominated
over DIR. A. LII. Snoddy, a white man.
a full month later the republican ticket
did not appear in the only republican
newspaper in the county, and it finally
leaked out that some of the white nom
lnees positively refused TO run on IA
ticket with negro. The negroes con-
stitute twO-thirds OF the republican
party in Saline county, but the central
committee finally removed Parrish and
placed DIR. A. IL. Snoddy, the man de-
teated by Parrish, upon the ticket as
the nominee for coroner. The ticket,
with Snoddy's name upon 1t, imncdi-
ately appeared in the republican paper
Parrish was incensed, and the color
ed people of this city who afiiliat,
with and voted the republican ticket
with undertaking certainty at all times
and under all circumstances, were
humiliated. They called mass meet
ing Thursday night, perfected an Or
ganiZatiOn, and after listening TO Par
rish passed resolutions condemning the
action OF the central committee in re-
their race and color from the ticket
Parrish made u telling speech and
presented the outrageous aud unprcce-
dented act of the committee in a mas
terly manner. Among other things he
said:-"The colored men constitute
two-thirds of the republican party in
Saline county. We are two to one; We
are in the majority, yet we are treated
thus ANONYMOUSLY. Before the war
one white man could control as many
negroes as he could buy, but right here
in Saline county one white republican
controls and works two negroes. You
men who read are familiar with the !
history OF national conventions: you
have noted with astonishment how the
political microscope is applied to the
anatomy of the nominee and how the |
genealogy is searched and traced, and.
if one drop OF Irish blood can he found
in his veins that fact is Landed to the
celestial bodies and hera ded broadcast
over great country and for what
purpose? Simply TO catch the Irish |
vote. Do on ever hear anything with |
reference to the negro? AT the last |
republican national convention there !
stood that grand old man and veteran
statesman, Fred Douglass, who with |
other illustrIous, distinguished and
prominent men of our race, asked and |
begged slight recognition tor our de-
vOtion to republican principles; but |
that blood which courses our veins did |
not come under that political micro
scope. We are simply held and con-
trolled as in Saline county-One white !
republican leading two negroes"
The resolutions, which are quite |
lengthy, were unanimously adopted,
and wind up as iOllows:-"That we !
pledge ourselves not to support the
party SO totally ignoring the acgfo
vote, which constitutes Il majority ni
The republican party OF Saline county"