The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-17
ABIG COL)RED CONVENTION
ro nE HELD IN RALEIGH, AU-
GUST 10TH.

,,,,,Icd 10 the Call.-POliticlan viii.
u,mson,s Views.And His Unadulter-
ntcd Disgust---Some Big Kicking
Against the &. y. +.
Jno II. Williamson, the colored politician
was here yesterday looking after matters
inconnection with great convention OF
colored people TO be held here next
month.
Williams did some plain talking in a
political way. He said the convention
would be held in Raleigh August 10Th,
and that every section of the State would
he represented. He said the object OF
thi convention was to organize the col
ore people so they could escape from
the long "bossism" OF the Republican
party. ~.
ave are tie Republican party in this
State said williamson. "No white Re
publican ever got an office IN any county
or place that we did not help MN geC.
They have been riding on US into easy
places for long time now, and prom
isiug To give us some or the
p,ums now and then, but we don get
any. In fact, we don't have anything
offered us except some knotty, rotten,
measly little plumbs that respectable
man wouldn't pick up off the ground.
Now we are Just tired of this kind OF
business. We are going to show the
marty in this State that whenever he
publican is elected to Office we are the
neople who do the electing. If we with
draw from the party in the Fifth Dis.
trict, Mr.. Brewer won't stand ghost OF
O chance for reelection. If we don't
help the party in Ewart's District,
Mr.. Ewart will certainly go under. we
do nearly oil the voting IN the Second
District, and if we leave the white Re-
publicans to fight alone there, they CAM
make themselves felt. Now, you see
these are the matters we are going tc
look after; aud / tell you we mean busl
ness. Some of us are subject to the
party lash vet, and | know the Republic
cans have emissaries all over this Otatt
now trying to break up and defeat tht'
proposed convention; but they won't az
it. have letters from everywhere
almost, and the colored people are near
ly unanimous for the convention as pro
posed.
All of us feel disgusted at the way W
have been treated by the administrator
Why, President Cleveland treated U
much better than does the present &C
miuistration, which managed to secur
the nomination, and thereby ride Int
Office on our shoulders. Mr.. Harrlso
has appointed a few colored men to Office
bat L.. was forced to do that. he ha
not made one single voluntary recognl
ton e our people as factor or th
marty. Bat don't mean to blame hlr
entirely. know he is subject to part
influence, and what we want to do MOS
Is to break the power of the Republican
in this State. These "bosSeS" are the on'
who have kept us down. They went
Washington and told the President
appoint white Republicans to evel
Office. They said, Mr.. President, ye
need not pay any attention % the q
mand of the negroes. They'll vote
right anyway. They are solid, and W
stay so. Give everything to the viii
Republicans, and let the niggers go
the -.
And the President has done just abo
as they told him to do. Collector Viii
of this district has three hundred M
under him, and only three of them a
colored, and only one of those three G
as much as nine hundred dollars yes
And all this notwithstanding the ia
that without us, the party couldn't ma
an audible noise in this State. Some
us went to Washington to ask some XII
of recognition of our services. We We
told time and again that there were
vacancies, and twenty-four hours aft
wards some worthless, no account wh
man would be given good place.
was offered place, but if have got
clean spttoons and sweep steps a
scrub windows, had rather do 1t h'
than go to Washington and do it as
menal of the government. We have
had pretty much this same treatme
aud that's why We are going to hav
couvention-and big one too. We
going to have an understanding.
don't want to reveal the line of I
icy we have mapped out just yet, br
can say that unless we have more rec
milton than we have had, the repu1
can party in this State will practices
die. We are in the humor to pu
colored ticket in the field, not with
hope of winning, of course, but for
purpose of breaking the strength of
or"anization known as the republi
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some other talk Williamson
ii his unreserved disgust at
he party was acting in State
##Jlal affairs, and vowed that he
. see the democrats keep contr(
.uu ,te than see it fall into the hi
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