Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-07
Buying UP THE BUNS.

1hcU Vote Any Wan Upon the fke-
cetpts 10 the Person, Named es1
SOt TuTn tp-A Meeting Decided
NOT 10 Accepi noney-Ieepubhcu cans
Not Paying Realty Taxes.
The Republican suffrage mill. which Is
located in the Republican headquarters,
northeast corner Of Seventh and Market
streets, is still OF work furnishing money
to colored men with which to pay their
county taxes, and, wherever possible,
procuring the tax receipts from the sable
citizens thus enfranohised by party funds,
and filing them away for uBe on election
day.
That this deliberate purchase Of COL
ored voters is not relished by many of
the intelligent and representative oolored
people of the city was shown by an edi-
torial from the last issue of the Deldware
1tDtiight, O paper circulated among the
oolored people of this city and vicinity,
which ia copied into the columns of
the GAZETTE in this issue. In this
editorial the practices followed by the
Republican committee were denounced as
"a diabolical contract to virtually pur-
chase votes IL months previous to de-
livery" Yesterday the editor OF the
1toilight, A. Worthington Brinckley, was
interviewed bya GAZETTE AND JOURNAL re
| porter upon the REASONS that led to the
vigorous and pointed editorial denun-
citation in the last issue of his publica.
ton.
SIT was meant" snid Mr.. Brinckley,
as protest against the attitude in which
the methods pursued by the Republican
committee are placing the colored citi-
zens Of this community. / know that
many of the more intelligent and pro-
| gressive Of them are opposed to this
system. l was present, about week
previous to the commencement Of the
committees operations, at meeting OF
the Twelfth Ward Republican Club, al
which the subject was discussed and il
was decided not to accept money from
the Republican COMMITTEES. This is the
only oolored organization in the city that
meets regularly for the discussion Of
political questions. They have hal
and their meetings are we'll attended.
They have created q fund among them
selves for the payment Of one another'i
taxes.
"Do you believe that the opinions ex
pressed in your editorial are endorsed
by the representative colored men of th'
city,"
swell, have not consulted personally
with them, but / believe the colored mel
of this city whose opinion is worthy o
consideration, who own property and pa!
their own taxes, will refuse to endorse
the deliberate purchase of the votes o
colored men. / mean such citizens o.
Robert Graves, James Harding, STAINS
bury, Murray, Jr., VIM. e. Grinnage, A
E. Williamson, Albert Byard, Georg,
Anderson, Joseph Postles and James e
Thompson. These men. I believe, woul,
condemn, privately il not publicly the
effort of the politicians to organize To-
the purpose of furnishing money to thei
henchmen with which to bring up tn
bums-for that's all they get-pay tnei
taxes and hold the receipts until election
day, and then vote any men they ca,
secure for the purpose on these receipts
il the real owners do not turn up"
Mr.. Brinokley said he wrote the con
demning editorial on his own RESPONSE
bility, and without consultation will
any one. "Asbury o. Sterling he said
'attacked me about it this afternoon an,
said his opinion of 1t was that it was no
, fair to consider him as one of the part,
workers and ''unscrupulous politioa
| uuuChubh " al tuO uuitOEtdts
. 1.-THE class Of men who are reoeivin
this aid from the Republican committee,
/ continued Mr.. Brinckley, care general
/ buns and COASTERS and the worst. of
is that they help to confirm the unjut
criticism that their acts tend to thro,
upon the colored people of this oity as
, class. We're to publish list of th
, oolored men who have been led into th
J trap by lending their aid to the Reput
lican committees work they would OF
ject, and probably would not endors
I the views set forth in the TptGght
not think, however, that this oou rtesy c
, paying taxes ia extended to the colore
! people who own property. think the
nave to pay their own taxes"
Q Mr.. Brinckley said he had bee
3 publishing his paper for two years-fr
b as the Peoples Witness and later as IL
Q Delaware zuiight. He said 1t had
y circulation OF about / 800 in Wilmington
: New Castle, Newport and other surroun'
!. ing towns, and was read by the most il
q telligsnt coiored people Of these comm,
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