St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-08-04
HARMONY REiGNS.
The ColOred Democratic National Conven-
tion Winds Up With Both Wings Flap

tion Winds Up with Both Wings Flap
ping.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 27.-The Demo-
cratic Negro National conference reassem-
bled yesterday morning at 10:30, with
Prof. Peter B. Clark, of Cincinnati, in the
chair as permanent presiding officer. The
animosities engendered by the heated con-
test over the permanent organization had
apparently been forgiven and forgotten
during the night, for harmony and fairly
| good order prevailed at yesterdays ses-
| sion until just prior to the final adjourn
ment in the evening, when the conference
| tired out with long session got into a
| wrangle over a motion to adjourn sine die,
which finally prevailed.
Turner moved the appointment Of a COM
mittee on resolutions and address, and the
| chair appointed committee Of ten, with
Mr.. T. Thomas Fortune, Of New York,
chairman. Among the other members of
the committee were: Charles H. Taylor, Of
| Kansas; J. Milton Turner, of Missouri !;
| William T. Scott, of Illinois, and J. Gordon
Street, of Massachusetts,. After an hours s
delay the committee reported set Of
voluminous resolutions. reviewing the po-
| litical conditions affecting the negro and
the promises made by President Cleveland
touching the full enjoyment of their rights,
and continuing as follows:
| ResolDed. That we heartily indorse the posi-
| tion taken by the ST. Louis convention upon
| the tariff question, in conformity with the rec
| ommendation of President Cleveland that II is
sound public policy to tax heavily the Injuries
and lightly the necessities of the people, and
| that We rerrobate the position taken IN the
Chicago platform which would, on the contrary,
| fav Sarin n hn remove
the taxes wisely placed on the lu1uries which
| the few who use them should be made to pay
| for and that we especially find Objectionable
| the declaration Of the Chicago platform that
| rather than surrender any feature OF the pro-
| tective tariff octopus would the Republican
| party remove entirely the righteous internal
tax on the demoralizng luxuries OF whisky and
| tobacco, and would eXpend the redundant rev
| enues of the Government in ways that nave IN
variably led to corruption and peculation in
/ high places and to the debasing OF the morals OF
| the people; therefore. be it
| ResOLred, That the conference OF colored
| American citizens. in the exercise of their God
given and constitutional prerogatives, and for
! the reasons hcreintOfore stated. do pledge them
selves and their best efforts for the success OF
| the Democratic party of the Nation, and its
wise, liberal and progressive standard bearers,
| Grover Cleveland and All, G. Thurman.
| Resolued That we think it is the apex of poll
| tical impudence for the Republican party to ex-
| pect the colored voters Of this country to take
| kindly to their ironclad protection declaration,
when the colored men and women of the North,
| as well as in the South, almost absolutely
| barred from the manufactures which receive
the chief benefits from the protective system.
The report was unanimously adopted.
| At the afternoon session the membership
| of the National Committee was announced
as follows: Arkansas, B. F. Adair; Dis
trict of Columbia, r. B. Robinson; Illi-
nois, w. T. Scott: Indiana, T. H. Shelton
Iowa, Charles Curtis; Kansas, Frank Boyd ;
Kentucky, J. A. Ross; Massachusetts,, G.
H. Plummer; Michigan, George II. Moore;
Missouri, ]. Milton Turner; New York,
Henry F. Downey; Ohio, R. A. Jones;
South Carolina, T. J. Clemmens; Tennes-
see, H. C. Smith; Virginia, G. W. Fisher.
| The National Committee held it's first
meeting last night at the Hotel English
| and elected William T. Scott, of Cairo, ILL.,,
chairman. The following executive COM
mittee was chosen: J. Milton, Turner, Mis-
| souri,, chairman; HI. J. Lewis, Michigan
| Frank Boyd, Kansas; c. B. Plummer, Mas
sachusetts, and r. B. Robinson, District OF
| Columbia. F. s. Anderson, of Pennsylya'
| mia, was elected secretary.