The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1891-12-19
TIE INDIANAPOLIS DEMO.
CRATIC CONVENTION.
WHAT THE AUTHOR OF THE CALL
sAYs-REASON FOR WRITING
PERSONAL LETTERS FOR
PUBLICATION.

AS my letter of last week ends
with, "MOre next week." l COM
mence this week with a clipping
from the "NOrth Carolina Gazette
published in that paper December
10, 1890, which will show that there
was some cause for my writing as |
did to my home paper:
"I wish | could truthfully say as
much for some of our friends, well
known to me. A study of Ches
terfeld's Etiquet on manners
would be of much benefit to many
gentlemen whom l know.
The commissioner of Pensions
and chief CLERK are not included in
my thoughts with the parties hinted
at, for Gen. Raum and Capt. Fish,
er are both high toned gentlemen
and would not stOop to do a mean
thing, but even they can be de-
ceived."
The gentlemen named then are
deceived yet!
Now I quote from the call for
conference of Negro men at India
napOlIs. In July rs. 1888, signed
by j. Milton Turner aS chairman.
The address which preceded the
call with strong appeal to the
Negro men of the country to look
after their true interest as citizens
winds up in the following lam
guage: "Be it understood that
this call is not made in the interest
Of this political party or that but
purely in the interest of the Ne
grO.'
| am the author of the call; made
so by the earnest solicitations of
Hon. j. Milton Turner who never
let up until complied with his
desire, though none but men of
sense can have the reDOtest idea
of how struggled to gratitv Mr..
Turner and not commit myself. 1u
my mind l succeeded, for when the
conference convened it met with
the approval Off nearly all the del
pgates under the sklllful manipula-
non of its promoters. 1t is graft.
flying to me to know there was one
man in the conference who saw
clearly in the wording of the call ,
the meeting could br turned into
anything other than a partisan
asse M blage under the call and |
attained my end. Mr.. Herbert
Clark of Cincinnati, Quo, saw
through the whole thing at a
glance, ,and, being stauDch sup-
porter of Mr.. Cleveland, denounced
! 1t as trick in strong and fOrcible
terms on the floor of the hall ! Mr..
Clark has more hard sense than
any forty dozen fools who take
pleasure in whispering in the ears
of anybody who they can induce to
listen, "He'S a dImmlcratlc," aud
"don't yey thrust ID him" and such
stuff "ad nausun' enough t.
make me tremble with fear as ]
stumble along! Yet | don't
tremble worth a cent. Strange
amt it?
If my detractOrs only knew thai
some of thu foremost men in poll
tics in this country were fully ad-
vlsed of my movements in 1885
and all l did at that time was ap-
proved by them the knowledge o
which would only increase my
contempt for the creatures which
is impossible ! But | will crafty
the jAbbering monkeys for eUOugt
to say the member of the NatiOna
Republican Executive Committed
from my state was in touch with
NE all the time until | was striker
down Sept. IA, '83, and now my
left hand has come to my rescue
aud be and other gentlemen ar
my friends, it Is a pleasure 10 M
to pull the mask off Ofthe mugs o
those who try to pass off as gen
tlemen and show it by accusing
me of almost everything mean aDt
low in their limited fool billings
gate.
In conclusion it is by permission
of the editor IN chief of this paper
(Mr. Chasp) | say he was my frlenC
through all my truoble and is yet
and l know of the time ID l8S'
when hr was prepared to counter
act any movement that Nigh
initiate against the success OF th'
Republican party and he done hi
work we'll, and no matter what an,
others may say or do, what little
ability l haYe as a ''scribber" i
his to command on all public ques
f tions. On all purely persona
matters relative to the editor in
chief, Mr.. Chase is amply able nc
doubt TO take care of himself.
As a member of the staff o
the BEE l felt it a duty l owet
to the paper to dispel the cloud
nv enemies raised against me as ;
man,-hence the articles over ny
initials "W. V. T.,' and now as
have had my say which / Cal
stand by 1 sign name as Of old.
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