The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-30
VIII the Negro Rule oklanomaP

| It is highly probable that the people Of
this country will have the opportunity at
an early day of witnessing a contest that
| will prove the sincerity or insncerity OF
! northern and western mems professed
| friendship for the negro. Oklahoma will
be the field Of battle, and the negro is pre-
pairing to assume the aggressive. The
southern man will be in a position to look
on philosophically and critioise things. and
return to his transplauted northern friend
some of the advice he has received from
him during the past twenty-five years. The
movement to make Oklahoma a negro
state. which the white settlers were at
first disposed to ridicule, is being Wig"
orously and skillfully promoted by Edwin
P. McCabe tcolored), ex-state auditor Of
Kansas.
McCabe was a republican of republicans
when he was elected to office, but he soon
found that that party's Wanted love for his
race is all sham. As soon as be had
served the purpose Of the politicians he was
socially and politically ostracized, and when
ne asked for a second term as auditor he
was kicked out of the party. Then he vowed
vengeance. He called together all of the
most intelligent negroes of the several Kan
sas cities and the work of organizing col
onies was begun and prosecuted with such
energy that when Oklahoma was
thrown open to settlement 10000
negroes crossed the border to get a
foothold in the new country. They were
largely from the southern states, principally
from Texas and Mississippi. McCabe led
one Of the parties himself, and, to help the
cause, established a newspaper to dissent
nate his views. This paper boldly advocated
the plan of dispossessing the whites of
political power in the territory. The idea
fascinated the negroes, and they fiocked to
the colonies "The plan proposed in the
beginning, says the New York Post, Twas
TO distribute the negroes so that majority
Of black voters would be possible In each
representative and senatorial district.
Whenever a cabin or house became vacant,
a negro was put in by McCabe's managers.
The opening of the Sac and Fox and Pot
tawatomie Indian reservations to settle
ment last fall helped the scheme wonder
fully. and the Cheyenne aud Arapahoe
country will soon be filled with negroes for
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the more ambitious whites"
Hundreds of negroes are said to be arriv-
ing daily. Those who arrive first make
homestead filing, and the land is then di-
vided among those who come later. It is
thought by observers on the ground that
within three years the colored population
will be at least 20 900, distributed under
McCsbe's direction in such a manner that
they will control every election district.
There are now in Oklahoma seven large
colonies of negroes. and within the next
sixty days, McCabe says, there will be sixty
colonies established, if his plans do not mis-.
carry. He claims, further, that there are,
throughout the south, over 200. 900 negroes
organized and pledged to settle in Okla
homa. When he gets everything ready the
fight will be made. aud McCabe firmly be-
lieves he will be able to send two negro
senators to Washington, himself one of
them, In the course of a very few years.