Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-11
The Negro Shut Out.
A New Departure in Southern
Republican Politics.
COLOR LINE IN 4 FRESH PLACE

White Men of Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Arkansas. and Texas Stake Out .
Change of Policy-A Tariff League Com
posed Exclusively OF Caucasians Organ
ized-The Colored Men Protest vigor-
Ously-Rhode Island Elects q Senator.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April ia conven-
ton to organize white Republican party in
the south met here at noon yesterday.
About 300 delegates were in attendance, rep
resenting Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Ar
kansas, and Tennessee 1t is understood that
an effort will be made by few colored Re
publicans and their sympathizers to defeat
the objects of the convention, but they ara
in minority, and can accomplish nothing.
The object OF the convention is to organize
In the south Republican party which shall
be controlled by the best white mon in the
party, and to exclude the negro from all
party councils. The originators of the
scheme are very hopeful of success.
Il. +. Parsons, Jr, in calling the conven-
ton TO order stated that the purpose was to
organize protective league throughout Ala
ALBANIA No negroes would be admitted nor
movement 1t was rot intended to drive
anybody, white or black, from the party
There was no objection to the negroes or
ganizing their own league
The committee on resolutions reported q
series of resolutions declaring the time had
come for the Republican party to organize
on the issue of protection and inviting all
who believe in that principle to join in the
movement Tue resolutions were unani-
mously adopted, as was also constitution
for white Republican Tariff League" of
the staten
Ex-Governor W. H Smith was elected
president; l. E Parsons, Jr., vice presidents;
Charles b. Lane, editor of The Huntsville
independent, treasurer. An executive COM
mlttee and vice president from each county
was also chosen. The vice presidents were
instructed to go to work at once and organ
lie branch leagues in their respective coun-
ties
The followers of DIR. r A Moseley, chair
man of the regular Republican state commit
tee of Alabama, called a rival conferences
The negroes and whites met separately One
hundred and thirty negroes met in the
knights of Labor hall, where speeches were
made protesting against the effort of certain
white Republicans" to exclude the negro
from the party. RESOLUTIONS were adopted
emphasizing the protest, and declaring that
the negro constitutes the backbone of the
party in Alabama, is now capable If holding
office, and ought to have some of the offices.
The committee was appointed to lay the
resolutions before President Harrison
The conference of regular white Repub-
licans protested against the attempt Of the
others to constitute themselves a party
avowed their purpose to stand by the negro
and the old organization, and appointed a
committee to invite the negroes to meet in
joint session at night
There were none of what are called Demo
cratic protectionists present at the white con-
ference. The secretary of the league is
Robert Barber, of Montgomery. The execu-
tive committee met last night and elected
Hon. Charles Turner, ex-chancellor, chair
man, and appointed vice president in each
county to organize local leagues.
Rhode Island Elects a Senator.