Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-11-01
Negroes and the Republican Party
From the Westminster Advocate.

From the Westminster Advocate.
The Republican leaders of Carroll don't
like to have the colored man brought into
the campaign in Carroll. They fear that if
the white Republicans are shown that :he
colored man is aggressive, and there is a dis
position upon the part of the Republican
leader TO accede to their demands there will
be large detection OF white voters. Most
white Republicans believe there is no fear of
negro rule in this State, and think the col
ored man is content to vote the Republican
ticket, and cares neither to hold Office nor
about the distribution of patronage and fav-
ors. The white leaders want to encourage
this belief.
The negroes have demanded in Maryland
that the white people impose heavier tax
burdens upon themselves TO furnish greater
school facilities for them They demand that
one school be kept open in each election dis
trict in the State for ten months in each year.
and that blacks as well as whites shall be adj
mitled. They demand that where the colored
population is not large enough TO have a sep
arate school for coored children, colored
children be admitted to white schools. They
demand admission TO the State Normal Schoo
and the Maryland Agricultural College, til
Manual Training School, and also to West
ern Maryland College and st. Johns College
| III ldCl lneJ ueHnhuu aumlSslOH 10 an tuH
cational institution, that is given any State
aid.
In response to this, what did the State Re-
publican Convention do 1t promised -.
more ample provision for the education OF
the cOlored race"
Here is the exact language of the Repub-
| lican platform
''We recognize with pleasure the progress
made by the co!ored race under the enjoy
ment OF civil anN political liberty, and We
favor guaranteeing, by appropriate legisla-
ton il necessary, the employment of colored
| teachers ia all colOred schools, when by so
doing equal advantages in the way of educa-
ton can be afforded, and We advocate u nt0rt
ample precision for the education OF the col
ored race"
How is this ample provision TO be made
White and coored children have about the
same advantages now, except that about one
in two or three thousand whites has the ad.
vantage of II college scholarship. Is it pro
posed to send colored children to colleges
now in existence or to build colleges for themi
Or is it proposed 10 employ better teacher.
and instruct the colored children in higher
branches than the whites are now instructed
Let some one OF the recognized Republican
leaders in Carroll, over his own signature
through the county papers, give the Repub-
| lican plan of atfordiug 'more ample provis-
ion for the education of the colored race, ~
while the white race is to be neglected, for
not "A word is said about more ample provis
ion for the white race. The coored eoplt
of Mary land have demanded fair share OF
the federal Offices. Some have been appointed
to positions and orhers have been given prom
Uses. 1t the Republican leaders in Westmin-
s,er deny this, we challenge any one of then
,,,fh A IL:
own signature
LIST. That David Ireland, colored, of Vest.
minister has not asked Tor federal position
I'd That David Ireland has not been prom.
ised IL place in the Baltimore Custom House,
or has Deen promised the influence of one OF
more OF the leaders foy such place; and
3D.. That no coored man in Carroll will be
endorsed for public position
The colored people are not numerous in
| Carroll, and some Of them are very good
citizeus. But in the State they are numer.
Gus, and among them are some very aggres
sive ones, and from asking special laws and
special privileges, they are deHaGiadiag them
Ot the 80, 900 Republican voters in Mary land
$4,000 are colored people, They constitute
majority of the party in the State, and il
fourteen counties they constitute the bulk Of
the Republican party. They begin to know
their strength, and are asserting themselves
Unless their demands are acceded TO defec.
ton will follow. Without their vote the
Republicans could not carry single county
or elect single member OF the Legislature
There is not Republican holding Office ii
this State that does not owe his position lc
the coored vote. Rather than lose wha
Offices they have, aud the hope of gaining
others, the white leaders would grant every
demand of the aggressive colorod men. Tn,
colored people have asked greater educationa
facilities, admission TO white schools, and the
| Republican State Convention have promised
"a more ample precision" They have dc
manded II share OF federal Offices in this State
and the demand has been met in part and
promise has been given tor the future.