Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-20
A PROTEST ENTERED.
The Coiored Voters I'm Ohio Want Per'
tion of the Loaves and Fishes-A
Lively Meeting ut Findlay-
Stato Conference Called.

The Coiored Voters In Ohio Want rers
tion of the Loaves and Fishes-A
Lively Meeting at Findlay-
Staio Conference Called.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPAroH.l
FINDLAY, August 19.-The colored
voters of Ohio are in open revolt against
the Republican party on account OF the
general failure to recognize ''the man and
brother" in the distribution of the State
and Federal Offices The mutterings of dis
content have, at last swollen into storm,
which threatens to endanger the success OF
the Republican ticket this fall. A con-
vention of the colored voters Of the
State has been called to meet at
Xenia to canvass the situation
and to formulate an ultimatum to be sub
mitted to the Republican managers, and II
this is disregar6ed, the colored voters OF
Ohio will be organized against the party in
power. and the value of their support deter
mined by the results of election day.
For years, they claim, the Republican
party has fed them on promises, and In but
rare instances have these obligations been
fulfilled. In this city and county the col
ored men have the balance of power. The
Republican party cannot succeed without
the aid of the solid colored vote, and it is
for this reason they had demanded recogni-
ton in the distribution of the local and
Federal Offices, but in no case have they
been given single position.
At meeting of the Charles Sumner Pro-
tective Club, composed entirely of colored
men, held last night to take action on this
state of affairs, some vigorous speeches were
made. One orator, finding from the applause
which followed his effort that he repre-
sented the feeling Of the meeting, said:
1.-THE colored voters of Findlay have been
snubbed at every turn by the Republican
bosses in this city, and it is high time we
were showing them who holds the balance
of power in this county. This fall is the
time to do it. We do not propose to be
lambs for the shambles any longer. We
cannot depend upon a single promise the
white Republican leaders NAV make us.
We all know how we are treated just before
an election, but that game won't work this
year. The Republican bosses will be going
around a couple of months hence with q
big iafy kittle attempting to pour some of
the toothsome sweetness down our throats,
but let us show them this fall that we have
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stuff they have heretofore fed US; and then
let them try to carry the county without our
aid"
This speech, which was made by one of
the leading coiored men of the county, was
adopted as the keynote of the meeting.
With the help of the colored vote, the Re
publicans have a plurality of about 100
in the county. and it can easily be seen
that with this detection they cannot expect
to elect a single man on the local ticket.
This last move has naturally caused con-
sternation in the Republican ranks, and
this open rebellion must be crushed at all
hazards, but the colored men are out for
blood or Offices, and nothing short of such
recognition as they demand will stop the
war. Advices from all over the State in
dicate the same state of affairs, and the
leaders of the Republican party are greatly
alarmed. for rwithout the colored vote they
are lost.