The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-18
TIE COLoRED VOTERS.
With Few Exceptions, They Are Loyal to the
Republican Party and to the President

The Evening News last Wednesday pub
lished inverviews had with certain colored
men to ascertain the feeling of the colored
present administration. The tenor of the
opinions given would seem TO indicate
general uprising against the President.
some going so far rs TO say that. should Mr..
Harrison be the nominee in '92. the colored
people would not support him.
Such talk is nonsense. unjust to the Presi-
dent. unjust to the colored people and in
imical TO the best interest of the Repub-
iican party. The colored people are loyal
to the Republican party. and with few.
very few. exceptions areeminentlv satisfied
with President Hsrrison's administration.
And why should they not be? Has he failed
on any occasion to favor and recon-
mend such measures as would secure
to our people their highest and dearest
rlQhtef In his state papers and public
speeches. both North and South. he has not
hesitated to plead for right and Justice.
HIS attitude toward the force bill" So
called by it's enemies. was such as to
bring down upon him the anathema of
every Democrat. mugwump and weak
kneed Republican in the country. No Pres
ident who has occupied the White House
ever manifested q deeper and more kindly
interest in the negrO's welfare than has
President Harrison manifested. No other
President ever went SO far in the matter of
giving our people respectable representa-
ton as President HARRISON, and We venture
the assertion, the country over. no Presi-
dent, since the days of Lincoln, ever held
80 warm place in the hearts OF the col
ored people as President Harri-
son. Who will attempt TO deny
these statementss Then. what is
the cause of the grumblinR of these NAL
contentsf Why are men, who. bnt short
while ago. were the most enthusiastic he
publicans, ready to mob any coiored men
who dared breathe sentiment not entirely
orthodox. now going about trying to stab
the administration. and injure the Repub-
lican partyi Can we afford ltf Does not
the truth still remain that all that we are
and all that we enjoy to-day. politically, Is
due to the Republican partyf lsitless true
to-day that the Democratic party has ever
fSsn the wh sp'T tn. OF gr ns Simply
because q few aspiring gentlemen
have failed to get Office. as
if the sixty-five millions of American
people were maintaining a government
offices. We are willing TO admit that, for
some reason, Mr.. Harrison has not done as
much for the coIored people of Indiana, in
the way OF appointments as we hoped and
expected he would do. We. too. were am
that we felt, and still feel. that We should
have had something" We did not get
II, and yet we are not so blinded by devo-
tlon to our own personal interest as not
to be able to see that the cOlored people
have friend In the present administra-
ton.
We love our race and we are glad to see
colOred men get all of the good places pos
sible but we do not like to see them make
themselves ridiculous. The eight millions
Of fro Aytaa nad nh
something else besides whether this indi-
vidual or that individual gets an appoint
ment. Had the present administration
shown disposition to deal unfairly with
the colored people of the country the
World would not say one word in it's de-
fense. We believe that il would be to the
best interest of the colored people. as well
as the whole country, to give President
Harrison a second term unless something
shOnld occur in the future more than has
occurred In the past to indicate otherwise.
In this statement we believe we are in har-
mony with Einety-nine out of every one
hundred coiored people in Indiana.
1t is true the News quotes one gentlemen
as saying that SO per cent. of the masses of
the negroes are against Harrison. We
venture the assertion that not 40 of per
cent. of them are against him.
This whole business SCENE only to be
concOcted scheme on the part of our enc
mics and the foes of the President to create
dissensiou in our ranks. Who wonders
that the editor of the Freeman takes a
stand against Mr.. Harrisonf The Freeman
is a Democratic paper. and has always OPP
posed Harrison. 1t enthusiastically sup
ported Cleveland and it would not be con-
sistent for 1t now to indorse Harrison. The
excuse made by some that they are not op-
posing the administration, hut are enraged
because of Mr.. Bruce's meddling with In
diana affairs is q miserable snbterfuge, the
merest moonshine.
Rev. It. f. Wilson, the able divine Of
Terre Haute. says that 1t will be half
century before we ever get another mar
the equal of President Harrison. or one
who Will defend the rights of the colored
people as ne has done. Presiding Elder III.
II. Thompson says he has travelled over q
great portion of the State, and he hears no
complaint against President Harrison.