The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-09-25
FORSYTH REPUBLICANS.
They Meet and Nominate Ticket Which
Invites Defeat

| They Meet and Nominate Ticket Which
Invites Defeat.
The various elements that go to
make up the Republican party in
| Forsyth county were all represented
| i'll the county convention held last
Saturday.
The ''cullud gen'mens'' swarmed
| in, captured all the best seats in the
court house, eXpectorated on The
stove and signifed that the conven-
ton was ready for business.
1t was fitting that convention
composed of so many dark-skinned
braves should call '-Hiawatha" to
the chair, SO Mr.. VIM. P. Ormsby
was made chairman, with very great
"eclaw" (whatever that may uean)
Willard Masten and a niger were
made secretaries.
When nominations were in order,
Mr.. Charlie Reynolds nominated Mr..
Edgar Lineback for the House. The
nomination was opposed by ''cul-
lud gen man" named Dabney, on the
ground that Mr.. Lineback was not
competent. He said: 81 poses Mr..
Lineback cause when we sent him to
Raleigh befo' he got drunk or went
to sleep, one or 'tother, an let the
Dimicrats do Jest as dey please"
After "'posing" Lineback and ven
tilating his views on that ''gen man"
pretty freely, he sat down, and some
body arose and nominated preacher
Stultz, from Betha mia. On the first
ballot Lineback beat the parson
badly. On motion to make the NOM
nation unanimous. there was a very
decided 'no" from the midst of
Afrira
Then Prof Martin, the man to
whom the white Democrats of this
town have been payinga liberal sala-
ry to teach in the colored graded
school, arose and nominated Mr.. NJ.
E. league for sheriff, and his nomi-
nation was made by reclamation.
The other candidates likewise had
no opposition, and were nominated
as follows: C. S. Hauser for clerk of
court, J. p Stanton for register, w.
S. Linville for treasurer, J. w. Jones
for surveyor, A. Fogle for coroner.
The best speech of the convention
was made by Prof Martin. He adj
vised ali his race to vote the Republic
can ticket and for Brewer. He said
the Republican party was mainly
composed of negroes, that they did
most of the voting, and that they
had to be recognized and respected.
While this was true, he was glad to
say that this convention had recog-
nized them by giving them promi-
nent seats in the convention and
showing them other ccurtesies.
tits true, AS Prof. Martin says, that
the negroes mainly compose the
Republican party. Since he does the
most of the voting, he ought to de-
mand most OF the Offices. He ought
not to be content with getting IL
good seat and being allowed by the
bosses to nominate n candidate, but
he ought to demand that negroes
should have the offices. As it is now
too late to get Il negro on the county
ticket. they should make Mr.. league,
Mr. Staunton and Mr.. Hauser prom
Use, in writing, to give the place of
deputy to a negro if they are elected.
1t is time for the negroes to realize
that they are serving a few white
bosses in the Republican party who
make them vote and then give them
nothing in return except a seat in
the convention. The Democratic
party has not asked the negro to
vote its ticket, but gives him low
taxes and good schools and helps
him in time of trouble On the other
hand, the Republican party promises
him great things and then gives him
nothing. The negroes all over the
South are beginning to see this point
and we hope the negroes of Forsyth
county will not be behind their bretEe
rem.
Mr.. Lineback made one of his gray
el-lifting speeches in accepting the
nomination. He said that il any
man said he had ever worked or
voted against the interests of the
people he was a -, and so forth
and so on, as usual. 1t is the pur
pose Of this article merely to report
the proceedings, consequently we will
not now intrude an account of Mr..
Lineback's record and his inconsis-
tency, but will give him the benefit
of few facts CLEANED from the re-
cords of the legislature in a future
issue
So far as we were able to judge, the
brotherly love that prevailed in the
between the colored and
the white delegates surpassed even
the historic love of David for Jona-
than, and if the thing keeps up we
expect to see some hugging before
the election.