Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-07
COLORED BR0ILES CLUB
THE NEGROES ARE UP IN ARMS
FOR THEIR RIGHTS.
Demanding Employment in the Public
SerVIce-The Sable Sovereigns Make
q Known Their Demands.

The city campaign IS on. It came on
Saturday night. a call had been issued for
a meeting of the colored voters of the city
TO form Broiles club, and seven or eight
of the more active negro politicians got TO-
gether on the corner of Eighth and Calhoun
streets and began business.
A political meeting without its full quota
of "whereases" and resolves could not
be held in free America. The first business
is to adopt resolutions and the next is to ex-
plain why they are adopted So the follow
ing resolutions were offered and adopted.
A colored indurstieal meatting In dausing
DR.. Broiels for Mayor of our panther City.
Section l Whereas be 1t resolved that we
Indauess DR.. Broiels for Mayor first last
and alwayes.
Section Whereas be 1t resolved that we
do notan will not attmit any Person or Per-
sones to Speak In our meattinges But DIR.
Broiels friendes In this coming municipal
champaing. r. II. HAYES, colored
Chairman
Signed by many colored voters
Artical Second Section third Whereas
be it resolved that we demand of our Hon
orable Mayor ]. P. Smith and his Coun-
cleores That colored Labroes be placed on
our city water works in the City Of Fort
Worth Texas at the City Councils earlieS
convenience We have been taught and
do beleave that we are Citizens of this
municipalicey and also OF these United
States and are subject to all of Her LAYERS
and we payeS our potion of Taxes 1t has
been said that we as Race Of Negroes
has never asked for anything to do that we
was qualified TO do But know we are are
only pleading for our potion Of comman
labro such as handling Pickles ands Shov-
eles and Plows and driveing teames to
make an honniest support 1t do appeaire
to US that our potion of this Population
should be taken underconsideration 1t
askes the whites to vote for US but we
votes for them
Section 2 was afterward reconsidered
and defeated. 1t was thought best to give
the other side show.
Then the oratical guns unlimbered. and
the verbal shot and shells few, and carnage
to the English language reigned supreme.
A few more politicians came in and the
meeting was swelled in number to about
fifteen.
Mr. Robinson had been in the city but a
short time and didn't know Broiles or
Paddock, and wasn't aching to holler for
either of them.
Mr.. Terry was for Broiles first, last and
all the time.
Mr.. Hutchinson was called on, but de-
clined in favor of the chairman, who was
loaded. When he pulled trigger the spec
tators lodged. This meeting was called,
he said, to form a Broiles club, and that
was lLS BUSINESS. we want 10 eject brOlIeS
and reform the administration. Retrench-
ment is the watchword. We have great
herd of policemen, twice as many as there
is any need of, and there are other abuses
to be corrected.
Mr.. Henderson here demanded the
reading of the resolutions, but the chair
man refused to read them, and MIR.
Henderson shouted Pm a Paddock man,
and don't you forget hitr'
Mr.. Goodwin was also for Paddock
The chairman was asked if this was
Republican or Democratic meeting, and
foored the questioner by the reply that it
was neither-he had already said this was
a Broiles meeting, and that's what il was.
The meeting adjourned to next Tuesday
night, when the club viii meet on Calhoun,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.