Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-10-31

vors. The white leaders want 10 en-.
courage this belief.
The negroes have demanded in
Maryland that the white people i'm.
pose heavier tax burdens nporr them
selves to furnish greater school facili-
ties for colOred children. They de-
nand that one school be kept open in
each election district In the State for
ten months in each year. and that
blacks as well as whites shall be adj
mitted. They demand that where
the colcred population is not large
enough to have separate school for
colored children. colored children Be
admitted to white schools. They de-
mand admission to the State Normal
School, the Maryland Agricultural
College. and the Manual Training
School. and also to Western Maryland
College. and st. Johns College. In
fact they demand admission TO any
educational institution that is given
any State aid.
In response to this. what did the
State Republican Convention do? It
promised more ample provision for
the education Of the colored race"
Here is the exact language Of the
Republican platform
I'VE recognize with pleasure the
progress made by the coIored rice
under the enjoyment of civil and po-
litical liberty. and we favor guaran-
teeing, by appropriate legislation il
necessary. the employment of colored
teachers in all colored schools, when
BY so doing equal advantages in the
way of education can be afforded
and age advocate a more ample prov:s
son for the education Of The colored
race"
How is this ample provision TO be
mace? White and colored children
have about the same advantages now,
except chat about one in two or three
thousand whites has the advantage az
q college scholarship. Is it proposed
to send colorsd children to colleges
now in existence or to build colleges
fOi them? Or is it proposed to en-
ploy better teachers and instruct the
colored children in higher branches
than the whites are now instructed !?
Let some one of the recognized
Republican leaders over his own sig.
nature, through the newspapers, give
the Republican plan of affording
more ample provision for the educa-
ton of the colored race" while the
white race is to be neglected, for not
a word is said about more ample pro-
vision for the white race.
In our State there is large body
of colored voters, and among them
are some very aggressive ones, and
from asking special laws and special
privileges. they are demanding them.
of the 10000 Republican voters in
Maryland. $4,000 are colored people.
They constitute majority of the PAR.
ty IN the State, and in fourteen ccun.
ties they constitute the bulk of the
Republican party. They begin to
know their strength, aud are ass RI
ing themselves. Unless their demands
are acceded to detection will follow.
Without their vote the Republicans
could not carry single county or
elect a single member of the lecisla
ture. There is not a Republic N hold.
ing Office in this State, that does not
owe his position to the colored vote.
Rather than lose what Offices they
have, and the hope of gaining Others,
the white leaders would grant every
demand of the aggressive cclored
men. The colored people have a-ked
greater educational facilities, admis-
sion to white schools. and the Repub.
lican State Convention have promised
"a more ample provision" They
have demanded a share of Federal
Offices in this State, and the demand
has been met IN part aad Eromise has
been given for the future.