The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-01
WHAT coLoRED DELEGATES COST.
Hidden Mysteries of the Chicago Con-
vention Revealed by an Expert.

vention Revealed by an Expert.
Montgomery (Ala.) Special to the New York Herald,
There has been much humorous com
ment here since the Chicago convention as
to the price paid for colored delegates by
two prominent candidates. The white dele
gates came high, on account OF their in
fuence, but the colored man was cheaper
than i'll slave times.
Ben De Lemos is shrewd politician Of
the Hebrew persuasion, and always goes
to national Republican conventions Us a
patron saint to the coored delegates and a
wet nurse to the deliberative body. AL
though not delegate, he got there all the
same. lie bought off one delegate whose
alterate he was, and rumor says paid yet
another to stay at home. When the Ala
bama delegation left here Mr. Sherman
had a mortgage on twelve votes and Alger
was hardly known to the delegation rs
possibility.
DE Lemos says the plan Of securing votes
at Chicago was 10 offer so much apiece for
the tickets of admission. Each delegate
had four besides his personal card. The
outside market was nominaily low for these
tickets, compared 10 the prices bid by the
Sherman management who opened the
deal by agreeing to pay the Alabama ne
groes 500 apiece for their tickets so much
down, the balance when the convention
adJourned-and also to pay their hotel ex-
penses. The Alger manipulators saw this
and went S25 additional, and the colored
men are said to have accepted the propo-
sltion from both candidates. William
foungblood, q member of the national
Republican committee, very popular with
the delegation on account OF his cotton
gimlet article abilities to pull hunks OF
greenbacks from plethoric purses, was the
Sherman representative in the Alabama
delegation. J. Bryant filed like posi-
ton for Alger, even looking after such
Small items rs railroad fares and expenses
en- route. The progression of the Alger
vote in the Alabama delegation was re-
marked OH here at the time with amusing
comment. DE Lemos does not think any
delegate received more than 800, though
there was something due on account when
the convention adjourned from Sherman
and Alger TO the delegates, and due from
somebody 10 tho Sherman house for board,
ali OF which remains unpaid. Here il a
copy OF one vi the. six bills now before
me:
ITO sherman House, Chicago, Dr-Bill
payable weckly-June %, lSSS-Eight
aud one.hai days board, S25 80; laundry,
80 cents; do 10 cents; bath, 80 cents.
Total, S27.T5."
The cntcrprising colored delegates ex.
spcctcd that between two liberal purscd
and big promised candidates their hotel
bills would he paid II is certain that the
Ranking delegates from Alabama were
literally paid in cash.
DE Lemons says word was sent out by
the Blaine management 10 kill sherman,
rs hc was the only man who blocked the
program. They counted 60l votes for
Blaine when Depcw Withdrew. De Iemos
was present at the all night Blaine con-
ference Sunday night. Doutelle and
Manlcy tried 10 suppress Baine's first cable.
gram with view 10 carrying out the Mon.
day program. Senator Hale sent that
night n cablegram 10 Blaine telling him he
ought not to allow his name 10 20 before
the convention. This brought the second
aud more positive cablcgram TO Boutelle
and Manley, and they even then desired
10 ignore IL, but stronger influences pre-
vailed.
II was said in the caucus that there was
some misunderstanding between Blaine
and Hale and the latter desired to see him
defeated.
The coIorcd delegates from Alabama are
happy. They enjoyed fine trip 20
ChicTgo, plenty Of money, n bath. unpaid
hotel bills and equality with white folks
during the convention-the thing dearest
20 n colorcd mans heart