The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-18

more s, lid and substantial provender.
| The negro Was now the lat. Ii was
rot always 81. Time was when the
white man lay down with him. He
was first then He VS. money Now
he was last Think of it,
with nine hundred colored votes
in this CT V, their only representative
was one policeman If The colo-ed
voters were treated right, treated like
men and bro hers, there would be no
trouble abeut he election. Give them
what they wan'ei AMI Thy would
stay vita the whit leaders until Cab
lie! flows his trumpt.
Rev. Mr.. Hill, OF Tayior's chanel,
WA tire next spe ker. He said Bro.
Wright hal aouuI covered all he
ground. The lnred men lad been
voting for the white republic ter
tweniy-six years AID now they sssed
them to divide up. If his vie vas
"a g 'od as the r, and the negro c1uld
/ fl the offices the same S the white
man give b m a CHARGE. He d"n't
expect to f the highest Offices, but
there are many hat he can fill. Ey-
erybody, of W. a'ever C, lOr, red. vel
low, white and 81 on, was recognized
for office but The negro. He aud his
race would stand by The ieplb leans
in this cleo ion and t'y item once
more, but if the rrpu" licans sc IN Us
this time, said he, we wi | Ri Iy on
the other side. The white repub
cans ignored The cOl.rei vote, while
the democrats w.re irving to win il.
He closed w,tn couple If amusing
stories, with which he illustrated the
situsii n, and made the application
plan that the republicans must do
something besi 'es prom's 5, for the
C, lore end of the party.
Bro,her Ad,ms WAS cslled upon
and responded. He was born a re-
pu Iican and expected t. die e. He
h d never vo ed The democratic
tickel and he ntver exp cted to see
the sigh that the white republicans
would give tie c"lo'ed repub leans
VIII til v asked fIr. He knew what
under lay he thing, hut would not g VI
It away, just then. He ended
his brief remarks by telling what h.
wanted for the First w.rd-good side
wa Ks on jefferson and other sire is,
more electric lights, and tn'n, as a
finale. that tie crowd in attendance
IN the me ting, 90 to festival which
was in progress N ar by, and spend a
nickel or two.
Rev. Mir. Coleman, lite of Garth
age. addressed the assembl &c, next.
He b lieyed in supporting the noml-
VIA WfftSSr Of af,rsshh e eonvention, no matter
support the whole ticket from the
highest to the lowest He wanted
every republican to vo'e the straight
ticket, and every demo rat to do like,
W Sc for that pariy's ticket. The man
wasn't sound who would do other,
Wis, ct scratch.
MIR. Hamilton, who was born aud
reared in Kansas, bad Away
found progress under the republic.
lc.n admin STATIONS. whether DatlonaI
state or ely. He praised ligen,rit7
for being instrumental iii extending
The limits of the city, snd told a story
about a Fort Scott dead mule, Illus
trative of his remarks. He closed by
J expressing the opinion that there
were not a half-drzen negcOes III tn
, city who would vote the democratic
ticket.
Elder Merritt, the secretlry, spoke
= next. at some length, and the aud
; ence began to thin out, perceptibly
: He had always voted the republ cal
: ticket, but he didn't know how LOT!
it would be befare he would chang
= his tac.ics. The flambeau part,
, hadn't d d for him what he expecte
I it or asked it to do. However, h
t would say, that if the colOret me
e wanted prominent offices, they mus
e quality tnem-elves to fl the positions
Y If he supported the party he wante
e the party TO respect him and his VIII
| and his children. He wanted it t
!. prove that il would do what it said
r would, and that was, to
q nice. clean thing. He wa
o a republican and would be one unit
n he could see his way out and do be
J. ter. Promises were like pie crus
v easy broken. He expected the part
r. tn favor his race not 10 one way only
), but 10 many "Give us something
e do" was the burden of his final r
O marks.
d Anderson Powell made few RI
a marks and then President Phillips,
u the young mems club, announced tn
ID there would be a meeting at his ha
,e next Tuesday evening. Having 6
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