The Greenville times., 1890-12-06
INTERESTING coxrRoTERsY.
Dog EaI D0g-Lyneh Goes for Kellogg
and Vice Versa.

Dog EaI D0g-Lyneh Goes for Kellogg
and Vice Versa.
@What Is your theory, Governor, of
the November elections y asked Post
reporter of Ex-Governor Kellogg, of
Louisiana.
-Back of al others there has been
one very potent factor operating |
against Republican success.
Il refer to the eolored vote. called |
attention to this in The Post both be-
fore and after the election of last year.
The colored people, In my opinion, are |
not generally satisfied with the present
administration. They feel that they |
have not been properly recognized by
an administration which could not
have been elected in 1888 without their
vote. The retention of many Demo-
Gratis in office, the appointment of
white men to most of the oiiices-all
of the most important-especially in
many portions of the South, where the
colored people know they have among
themselves as competent material, and
that which would be quite as accepta-
BILE to the people generally, is distaste-
full to them.
1Again, as a rule, they are not satis-
fed with the defeat of the Blair bill,
aud who can doubt, had the admins
tration shown the anxiety and zeal
which was often displayed in securing
support in favor of some less worthy
and important objects that the flve or
six recalcitrant Republican Senators
who voted against the Blair bill could
have been induced to support it.
"Again, the colored people feel that
they have been slighted in various
ways-for instance, the failure of the
President to recognize them OH the
Chicago exposition commission. They
naturally ask why one at least Of their
people was not selected, and why here,
as in other respects, they have been
ignored.
"No. do not think the colored
people are by any means satisfied with
the present administration. Ask prom
mont colored men, not in office, from
New York, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylva-
mia, and other Northern States, also
from Virginia, West Virginia, Mary
land, and other Southern States, how
the colored people feel and how they
acted during the recent elections.
ain West Virginia the white Repub-
lican vote was relatively as large as
usual. The same may be said Of Vir-
ginia-save, perhaps, in Langston's
district--yet the recent elections show
a great falling Off in the Republican
vote. Look at Maryland, Here there
was about the usual white Republican
vote, but the colored vote was inert,
and much of 1t stood aloof In all
these last-named States solid Demo-
cratic delegation was the result.
ain Louisiana the large federal
patronage was used, as hardly ever be-
fore, to bring out the Republican vote
and in tho populous First and Second
districts 1t is conceded all could vote
who desired to do so; yet the entire
vote of the State ut the recent election,
was nearly 1000 less than | received In
the Third district when last ran for
Congress in 1884"
Especial to Tho Times-Democrat.l
! Washington, Nov. 27.-Fourth Au-
ditor John II. Lynch, of Mississippi,
comes back at Gov. Kellogg as follows
= "The Ex-Governor seems to be
. anxious to be looked upon by the pub
: lie as the representative aud the
exponent OF the feelings and political
: sentiments of the colored people. This
y would no doubt be deemed harmless
!, amusement II II were not that he Il
y disposed to lay at the door of the col.
: ored race every misfortune or defeat
: that befalls the Republican party.
= TO read what the Ex-Governor sayi
= II would seem that even In the Con
y gressional distric where there were
= no colored voters, and IN which the
= Republican candidates were defeated
y their defeat was due TO the coloret
= vote.
= The ex-Governor's espousal of thu
: !, cause of the colored race Is entirel,
: = unsolicited: his advice is gratuitous
u and his admonltions are unappreciated
My sources of information, | think
are equal to those of ex-Goy. Kellogg
and from what | have been able {,
learn, the colored voters North, South
Ia East and West never supported th
p Republican party more solidly than Il
Il the recent election. The Republican,
y defeat, therefore, was not dae to dis
l. satisfaction among colored voter
That there are some disappointed can
d didates for Office among the voters Q
b that race Is true, but | venture th
s. assertion that, relatively speaking, thi
Al state of things is much less true of tn
q colored than of the white Republicans.
n In reading Lyn chs rejoinder to Ke
y = logg's arraignment, IL Is to be borne /
:. mind that he Is pleading his own case
d He, Bruce, Douglas, and a Unite
IS number of others are the stall-fed dc
q coys for the @colored vote.' Thci
= places are the consideration for thi
" vote and If the vote fails SO does th
T. force of the consideration.
U Help comes to Kellogg from rathe
= a an unexpected quarter:
" james IL. Townsend, The colore,
d man from Indiana, who was appointe'
II recorder of the land Office soon altc
!, the Harrison administration came In
q boldly flies in the face of bis provi
:. dence by stating that the Republican
n. party In general, aud President Harrl
son in particular, has not kept faitl
with the colored brethren. lie says: /:
sit is true there is general dissatis
faction among the people. / am YER
sorry 10 see Mr.. Lynch coming ou
c' with denial of what Mr. Kellogg ha
~ charged. II is really too bad tina
10 every time some friend of the rae
Gu speaks In unmistakeable terms of th
=. wrongs they have to bear politicall
ne aud otherwise there rises up som
= cringing apnIogist for the condition
~ against which we complain.
oe aMr. Lynch assumes but he canno
believe that because he, Douglass