The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-22
NEW YORK NOTES.
NER YORK NEWS.
items OF Interest Gathered from Our Tx
changes of Yesterday.

items OF Interest Gathered from Our Ex-
changes of Yesterday.
Hundreds Of colored Democrats crowded
the Excelsior Assembly rooms at Twenty
sixth street and Seventh avenue last night
and shouted themselves hoarse for RoswellP
Flower.
The occasion was q mass meeting held I'M
der the direction Of the Roswell Z. Flower
Colored Democratic Association of the
Eleventh district which has 800 members.
The president of the ass citation, II. i.
Downing, who was Consul at ST. Paul de
Loanda under the Cleveland administration,
said: In 1876 there were only two colored
Democratic voters in New York, aud | was
ono. This year there are thousands"
Amos j. Cummings said, among other
things: II have been asked bv your presi-
dent for my opinion rs TO the solution OF the
negro problem. Ny answer is that the negro
will settle that for himself. Let him become
educated and wealthy, and let him walk on
an equality with his fellow men, and there
will be no problem. recognize no color
line in politics and the Democratic party
recognizes no color line. The Republicans
assume O colored man must be kepubi-
can because his skin is black On that basis
they say his vote must be counted whether
he votes or not. The Democratic party
recognizes that the colored man has the right
Of independent thought"
MIR. Cummings then went on TO discuss the
different issues of the campaign. The tree
ballot, he said, had been settled, but not the
equality Of the ballot. The distribution of
the districts was entirely unequal and
unfair to the city population. Governor Hill
had repeatedly called attention TO this fact
but the Republicans would make no move TO
change the sntiquated spportionment OF Six
teen years ago,
His speech occasioned great enthusiasm.
and every mention of Fassetts name was
Kissed by the colored men.
Other speakers were. Senator Cantor. Gen
eral Martin Il. McAlahon. James A. Morehead
and the Rev. @. n. Grandson.
Resolutions were adopted denouncing Fas-
eett as an enemy OF labor, and especially for
bis opposition to the Worlds Fair bill. and
pledgng the support Of the association 10 the
Dsmocracy's State and county candidates.
SHOT HER BETRAyER.
Carrie Bowers, eighteen years old, of No.
81 GreenpOint avenue. Brooklyn, shot aud
mortally wounded William Foster. twenty
years old. Of No. 1853 Cslyer street at o'clock
last night. III the street in that city. The
shooting was the result of Fosters betrayal III
the young woman When the shot was fired
Foster was within block of bis IA me-, and
the shot had even attracted his aged mothers
attention. Carrie Bowers is pretty glrl ana
the daughter OF poor parents. She met los
ter two years ago and they engaged to marry
each other. Two months ago Foster began
60 show cool feeling toward his betrothed.
and at last his visits ceased altogether Three
weeks ago the young woman had Foster Ue-
fore Justice Goettlng, but he was discharged.
bho threatened to ayengs the wrong done hsr.
SEEKING AN ENTRANCE INTO WHEELING.
The dispute between the Wheeling and
Lake Erie railroad and the Wheeling Bridge
and Terminal Company has reached point
where speedy settlement or total break of
relations will occur. If. ID. Woodford presi-
dent OF the Wheeling and Lake RE, is IN the
CITY on business relating 10 the question.
The railroad has been dslay cd in the opening
of its connections at Wheeling with the Balti-
more and Ohio by what il declares to be de-
nands by the bridge company that are ex-
cessive and in defiance Of its charter restric-
tions The railroad is prepared to seek other
poans for entering Wheeling in case the
bridge company is intractable
Mr.. Woodtord said that the Wheeling and
lake Erie had made important progress in