The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-14
CoLoRED VOTERS TURN OUT.
The PARK Meeting Not Large and Post
poned Until Next Week.

| The PARK Meeting Not Large and Post
poned Until Next Week.
On account Of the rain the rally Of Col.
! Lester's colored friends in the Park extern
sion last night failed to materialize to any
great extent
The leaders 70 the movement, however,
gathered at the monument in the Park ex-
tension in spite OF the weather.
The meeting did not seem to be generally
known as more people were attracted by
the lights and the sound Of the speaking
than those who came upon previous infor-
nation. On account Of the weather it was
decided to postpone the rally until Tuesday
night for which time It will be advertised
The leaders, however. were not content to
allow the opportunity to pass without ex>
pressing themselves
Richard Butler mounted a wagon aud
gave the crowd rafting speech. He said
hs bad been fifty-three years in Savannah
and he felt as much Interested in the well
fare Of the city and county as any man In IL.
The colored people had learned something
by experience, he said, and are beginning
TO know who their friends are and where
their interests lay.
The Irish, the Germans, the Jews, the
Italians, and even the Chinese stick to-
gether, Butler said, but the negroes will
not. II they have not done better and Sc
cured more advantages they have them
selves TO blame for it.
Butler said the colored people know the
Democratic party and the Republican
party, and they are both white mems par
ties, and the negro can vote for either
one Just as it suits his interests,
but as for the third party they know moth
ing about il, and he advised them to let it
alone. His idea was that 1t is another white
mans party, and all 1t wanted is the Offices.
The negro, he said, Is the only third party,
and nobody else had any business forming
one.
Butler was frequently interrupted by re-
marks from John Hendrickson, a young
muIatso. Hendrickson was taking notes on
bis speech, and for this reason Butler im-
agined him to be reporter for one of the
negro papers. He pitched into Hendrick-
son and gave his opinion Of reporters In
general and this reporter in particular IN
very uncomplimentary language.
John Williams spoke for about fifteen
minutes and gave Hendrickson hauling
over the GOALS that made him sick.
Williams said there was q screw loose
somewhere and they we're getting ready to
tighten it up He had a good many dis
closures to make with regard TO the actions
OF ths leaders in this place. he said, but
would defer this until he could get a larger
audience. Williams intimated that he
would review the records Of the leaders IN
salty style. He was chafed by Hendriok-
son and others and retorted sharply.
E. II. Simmons announced that owing to
the bad condition of the weather and the
small crowd, tE had been decided to postpone
the meeting until Tuesday night, and for
that reason there would be no discussion Of
the object for which the meeting was
called until that time.
There is general feeling Of friendlinsss
toward Col. Lester among the oolored peos
pie, and now that the occasion has been
well advertised there will doubtless be a
large crowd at the Park extension.