Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-08-26
THEY WERE SNUBBED.
THE COLORED VOTERS THREATEN
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
The Markham Reception Committee Had
No Negro epresentative-Negro
Speakers Names Erased from
the Programme Kick.

The colored troops have fought nobly
in the Republican ranks, but they are
anxious to get out of the file and put on
shoulder straps. They are angry at the
management of the Markham campaign.
They, like some other people, were
snubbed at the pavilion on Saturday
night, and they are about to raise row.
Last night, at the rooms of the Union
Colored Republican club in Downey
block, there was held meeting of rep
resentatives of the four colored Repub-
lican clubs of the county, the Union,
Pasadena, Los Angeles and Central. T.
J. Jeames of Pasadena presided.
Mr.. Soares said ''This is the first
note of independence; unless we are
independent we can never be successful.
For twenty years l have supported the
Republican ticket in California, and the
party has been wonderfully successful,
but the negro has been hardly ever
recognized by it. But when the
Democrats are in power, they in a
measure always recognize the negro.
In San Francisco the Democrats
always gave positions of trust to the
negro. In Los Angeles here there is
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only IA months residence organized an
independent Republican club. He
fought the city administration through
out and what is the result? Tomorrow
morning he lays down his shovel and
takes place in city clerk Teed's office
at the dictation of the president of the
council. The time has come when we
must show the Republican party that
we are independent They give us few
places as janitorsor may be policemen,
and when we ask anything say, "well
do you want the earth?" am in favor
after their county convention of holding
our own convention and nominating our
own ticket and voting for it to man,
and thus show the Republicans that we
amount to something.
Mr.. Slayton said: cat the Markham
reception on Saturday night there was
no colored man on any of the commit
tees, and l thought that bad enough.
There were two colored men there to
speak, but their names were erased. /
was introduced to the mayor, and | told
him that if we were not good enough to
be represented on the reception commit
tee, we are not good enough to vote for
your candidates. A leading representa-
tive OF the press said to NE, If we appoint
one of you fellows on a committee the
others all kick; so, - it, we let them
all go! What we want to do is to show
the managers OF Markham's campaign
that we expect to be respectfully treated.
1t made my blood boil to see that no
negroes were to be found on committees
where every other race in Los Angeles
had representative
Mr.. B. F. Talbot thought that it was
time to stop giving the Republicans
everything and getting nothing. He
moved that committee of three from
each club be appointed to adopt plan
of operation during the campaign, and
to present their plan to mass meeting
to be called. He closed with saying, "Let
us unite and necessary vote Democratic
ticket to a man unless we are assured
of proper recognition"
Mr.. Soares wanted set of resolutions
presented by Mr.. Minor adopted. These
severely scored the Republicans, and
pledged the colored vote to ''such candi
dates as will secure our just rights"
The resolutions were finally passed into
the hands of the committee to be
reported on at the mass meeting. The
committee is made up of the following
Central club, A. J. Bailey, VIM. Samp-
son, G. w. Hawkins, Jacob Soares,
Union Republican club, Geo. Wrenn.
]. G. c. Jackson, George Washington,
B. F. Talbot Pasadena club, J. I. j.
jeans, Joseph Bunch, w. H. Straughta,
H. Boone. Los Angeles club committee
to be appointed.