Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-01
FAVORED THE COLORED Man
Why the Afro American Delegation Will
Support President Harrison.
WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE RACE
Opinions OF the Leaders of That Element
of the Republican Party ON tho Sub
Jcct - rhey Are Solid for
denomination.
WAsnrNeToy BUREAU OF Tue BEE, !
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 81.
There can no longer be any doubt, If any
there has been, rs to who will have the sup
port OF the colored delegates in the Minne-
apons convention. IL is the unqualified be-
lief of the our great colored leaders of the
country, located at present in Washington
the venerable patriot Fred Douglass;
ex-United States Senator Blanch X. Bruce
OF Mississippi, Congressman Henry +.
Cneatham OF North Carolina and ex-Con-
gresham John Il. Lynch OF Mississippi-that
the colored delegates will, as they have good
cause to, support the president In the con-
vention.
THE BEE correspondent this afternoon
called upon Hon. Fred Douglass at his homo,
which Is rpod a prominent elevation in Ana
costa, near this city. MIR. Douglass accom-
panied the president to Rochester and par
tcipated in the Decoration day exercises
just after an extended trip into the south.
AS he talked he could look down over the
city of Washington with its 100000 colored
persons, who almost worship him, and the
breezes from the peninsula of Maryland cast
about his shoulders his long white fluffy
locks till at times he appeared the ombodi-
ment of all that could be pure and wise in
man.
~ shall attend the Minneapolis conven-
ton" SAID Mr.. Douglass, who has lost none
OF his vivacity OF manner ana vieor of
| speech. land will depart from here on Fri
| day. L am on the wrong side of rs years of
| age so That no one can say truthfally that /
am actuated by selfish motives. | could not
accept political position if it were offered
| to me. am gong for the purpose of doing
what can 10 bring about the denomination
of President Harrison. He has done more
| for the colored man in the way of offices than
any president we ever had. He has done
more than any president to give the colored
man fair recognition in private life and pro-
tect HIS home and family. To my mind we
never had II greater president.
"The position taken by President Harri-
| son upon the election bill, called by his ene-
| mics in the south the force bill, should en-
| dear him to the colored people as long as he
| lives, and they should revere his memory
when he is dead. To the president the
place and then pushing it through the house
| and almost through the senate. His moral
| influence as we'll as his official endorsement
| and assistance were behind tho measure"
DO you think the colored people in the
south very much desired the adoption of that
| billrn
| The old white haired colored patriot raised
| up from the rustic chair, his eyes flashing
earnestly in every word. ''rhat bill meant
| protection TO the lives of every coored voter
| in the south. 1t meant fair political and
| personal treatment as is given the coored or
| white man in the north. 1t meant uniformity
| of the elective franchise"
Solid for Harrison
| "Do you believe the colored delegates
could be stampeded in convention for any
| other man!n
II do not" said Mr.. Douglass. 1.-THE COL
| oreu voter knows his friend aud he recog-
nlzes principle. These colored delegates to
the Minneapolis convention will recall as
! readily as do who'it was six teen years ago
| that left the speakers chair in the national
| house of representatives and took the floor
| to speak with all his power III opposition to
| bill which proposed to arrest kukluxIsm
| in the south and put stop to the wholesale
slaughter of the colored voters at the hands
| of white democrats. They will recall who
! fought and defeated upon the republican
| side of The house the first force bill' intro
| duced in congress, and they will recognize
| in him the same man who permitted his
| name and moral influence to be used only a
| few months ago to defeat the election bill of
| President Harrison.
| mo, sir; the negro delegates to Minneapo-
| lis cannot be taken away from Harrison by a
| stampede"
"Can they be bought for another candi-
dates"
"Money is powerful corrupting influence
| in politics." said he, "but it will not tempt
| men Of principle. II miss not my estimate
Of the negroes who will sit in the Mime
| apolis convention they will stand by the
| man who has made for them the best pres-
| dent since Lincoln and who, In many re-
| spects, has favored colored men and women
| beyond the Lincoln measure. L would be
| greatly disappointed TO find any colored man
| in the opposition"
| Mr.. Douglass then entered into general
discussion of the strong points OF the present
| administration as compared to those Of
Washington, Lincoln and Grant and point
| ing out the manifold reasons why the colored
men should stand as a wall for President
| harrison.
| Advantages of tho Administration.
He said the American and business policies