Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-03-13
REPUBLICAN 0UTRAGES,
Indiana, Kansas and Missouri
are Their Scenes. 'a

A Negro Butchered Like q Dog-A
Judge TerrorixedA-JudiciaI Pro
ceediBgs Interrupted by a
Armed Mobs. nee #-
A few days ago a young colored man,
who was reputed to be peaceable and
industrious, went into village drug
store, and there got into dispute with
the proprietor. The latter at.last eject
ed him, and the colored boy Is said to
have made threats of vengeance, buC
the druggist can say what he pleases
and the cOlored boy cannot deny any
thing or tell the other side of the story.
The druggist told his neighbors that
the negro had threatened his life, and
the neighbors proceeded to arm them
selves as though hostile force was in
the vicinity. BY and by the negro was
seen coming into the village. He had
gun, and, according to some of the
witnesses, all of whom are hostile, he
had other weapons. AS soon as he was
seen the group of heaviIy-armed white
men, headed by the druggist, began fir
ing at him. He is said to have fired
back; II he did, itlooks like self defense;
there is no dispute about who began the
firing. He retreated, and white men,
dozen or so in number, advanced up
on him firing as they went. A mile
from the village he fell dead, riddled
with bullets. His body was left there
In the middle of the road, a mile from
village, a day or two before even the
burial of q mad dog was accorded to it..
fNhiu fhfnv ho raoanfI- IIol
1t happened in Sonth Carolina or Louis
lana we should have had all the details
of this typical Southern outrage pub
lished in the New York Tribune, the
Philadelphia Press and the Boston Jour-
nal. Senator Sherman would have
made speech about 1t. Senator Hoar
would have written the case up for the
rev Jews Senator Chandler would have
called on the Attorney General for q re-
port on the crime from the local dis
trict attorney and marshal.
| But this outrage on the black race,
as the Republicans would have deemed
it had circumstances been slightly diff
ferent, did not occur in South Carolina
or Louisiana, or in any Southern State,
1t did not even occur in Democratic
community. It occurred near the Re.
publican village of BlountAville, in the
county of Henry, which gave Harrison
and Morton more than 700 majority
and in the State of Indiana, where Ben
ljamin Harrison and William w. Dud
ley, a pair of noble brothers, have theil
home, and whose electoral vote wa
given to Harrison and Morton. ,..
| We print the full story of this Repub
| Iinon nl1frooa fpnFn n Mnnnsn t.
what respect does this differ from tn,
occasional acts ofiawlessness which oc
seS6IaIsfShs sS5 i3 ths sqtah qsha psisStIPtss sS
tion of Southern baEbarities and de
, mands for national election laws an
f national criminal courts and the gen
Q eral substitution Of Federal for Stat
: administration? .n e-- l.ir u
What are President Harrison an
Attorney General. Miller, both OF tn
). State of Indiana, doing about the PR
:, lection. of the colored citizens lof lndi'
y naP The eolored people are not 4
numerous in Indiana that the Whil
neople can pretend that they are q
q AFRAID of them. The white people al
pretty evenly divided between the w
parties. The colored people are pretI
eeneraIly Republicans. The rkepuol
If can party is indebted to its colored CO.
tingent for its majority in the stat
9, We should suppose that col0Eed Repn
llican voters would be safe in the7f
publican counties. ,.. - s.i =,
Or This outrage In the State OF Andial
's Is as bad as anything that has been
oy ported from the South. It Is mu,
o. worse than the Franz case as bru'
murder by dozen men Is worse thar
.. mere assault and battery by SIM
IL drunken rough. But Mr.. ingalls,, a.
M. Chandler, and Mr.. HoAr, and
New York 7rfbuae,, will never say
10 word about the organized bntchery
lie a colored man III q Republ blican cont
of q Republican State. - William
Chandler viii not appeal through
th New York tribune for aid for the fa
"a ily Of the victim Of Indiana, Repul
cans. r.., .-'.s ga. .a;..e. -. a.,
A certain county had voted $25. .O0l
bonds in aid OF . sugar mill. TWO
onl Val towns were competitors for the lc
~ tion of this concern, and last week
- claims Of the two towns came VI
= 'me court in an Injunction case, Now.
how law abing these people are.
nor Afmeu mOU lIOL1 WAY VIVA x9N.NI1N xYSilSS>Ne
pof man who had applied for an injuncl
Sc in the interest OF the other town,
zen. compelled him by threats OF fur'
violence to withdraw his suit. He y
no home, collected 60 armed men and
aes: turned to the county seat where he
ear been seized and ;intimidated, an
II search was made for the leaders OF
mob. Their fellow townsmen tul
"a out with Winchesters and battle
hort sued. One man was killed and ten
ain more or less wounded. y h7fo Q.
.ttc This was not in Arkansas or Al
" MA, or even in Kentucky II was iI
u State Of Kansas, which gave 2,OO(
I'm, publican majority In 1883, in the 9
eeks ty Of Gray, which is Republical
aEket about two to one, and in. the tov
BIT or ingalls,, named for anthe greatoa
tseil James The infamous and bloody
p;ess ord the State OF Kansas, has mad
itself within the past three year
;oss' have published III some detail i
National ;DeDt0crdt. Y No 9Soutilel
pr" Democratic State has any such =
-. history of violent crime. This
new second time ip, q little,Fpore than bar (
bin bin that III town 81 ingalls,, Gray: &
Kansas has Been at war With the u
's4ee' town of Cifnafrop. ! The hght oy'
t-s,t COUNTY seat began In January 4
S"sS - 'SAf1' fka ,sIor1 IN fhA two,