Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-11-19
The Negro not Wanted.

The Negro not Wanted.
1t is now nearly quarter of century
| since the negroes were given the right of
suffrage i'm Pennsylvania, and during
that period they have, in nearly every
contested election. held the balance of
power between the two great parties alike
in Philadelphia and in the State 1t was
natural that they should vote for the Re-
publican party that had given them. with
emancipation, the iull franchise OF citi-
zenship; but as they gave the party its
whole maj ority in both city and State, it
was only logical that they should claim
| some recognition in the disposal of party
honors and emoluments.
Strange as it may seem, the Republi.
cans of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
have never yet ventured to nominate a
negro for any Office of honor OF profit.
They have given them many of the men,
ial positions in the public offices, but i'm
no instance has colored man been pre-
sented as a candidate for any prominent
office during the nearly % years that his
race has controlled the politics of the STATE
In this State the only elective office given
the colored man was a seat in Council for
the Seventh ward, and then the honor
was awarded to a man who was of no
credit to either race. The only exception
TO this rule was the nomination of col
ored man as a Presidential elector, an Of
flee of "A day, and one that no member of
the Marty oar,ld afford RI yofa on,;cet
ana the additional nomination of The same
man as Delegate at Large to the proposed
Constitutional Convention, that the party
never meant should be held.
The l 800 negro Republican voters Of
Dauphin, who control the politics of
both Harrisburg and the county, have
lately become clamorous fer recognition,
and this year the Republicans nominated
DR.. Jones, a thoroughly reputable and
unusually intelligent man for the office of
Coroner. 1t was assumed on all sides
that he would be elected as matter of
was discovered that while the patty had
nearly 2 800 majority in the county, DR..
Jones was beaten in a square fight by
Frank Hoy, Democrat, There were no
personal objections to DR.. Jones other
than his color. His character aid his fit
ness were not questioned. There was no
war of faction to assail him, but the Re-
publlcans deliberately defeated him be-
cause he is negro. and it is OILY natural
that the more intelligent and sci fre1pect-
ing negroes of Harrisburg and Danphin
county should be aroused to high meas
ure eofresentment.
There is not Republican district i'm
Pennsylvania where colored man could
be elected to the Senate, to the Assembly
or to Congress. Indeed so well is this
fact understood. that we do not recall
single instance OF a colored man seekinga
for any of the responsible rep
offices Of the State, nor has
one ever thought of being a candidate for
ole OF the many lucrative offices in the
various counties. We have seen more
colored men sitting i'm single Legisla-
ture in South Carolina, elected on DEM
ocratic tickets by Democratic votes, than
have been elected to the Legislatures of
all the Northern States since the enfran-
.hise ment of the black man. In only a
single instance has colored man been
nominated for State Office, an1 that was
or Auditor General i'm Kansas. He was
elected, but was saved only by the extra
ordinary party majority, as he fell over
20, 600 behind his party in the State. In
his State no colored man was ever ap-
pointed to the police force until Mayor
King set the example to the Republicans,
md there are more colored school teach
rs employed in any enc of the Southern
states, and paid out of the State Treas
Try, than are employed ia all the North
,rn States from Maine to California. 1t
5 very evident that the negro is not want
ID in the North except on election day.
Philadelphia Times.
The Supreme Court of North Caro-.