The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-09-28
The NEGRO RALLY
LAST SATURDAY CREATED QUITE A
STIR IN THE CITY.
The Meeting Was Addressed by b. f. Roll
lins,NegrO Candidate for the Senate, aud
Mr.. Martin, the Third Party Candi-
date for the LEGISLATURE,

ins,NegrO Candidate for the Senate, aud
MIR. Martin, the Third Party Candi-
date for the Legislature.
The Republican rally came off in Daw-
son last Saturday as advertised, and the
result was an inflammatory address by
| b. f. Rollins, a negro school teacher of
Randolph county who is candidate for
the State Senate, and speech by
Mr.. VIM. Martin, Third party candidate
for the legislature in this county.
1t has been long time since the tity
has been aroused to such height of po-
litical excitement as resulted from this
meeting. Groups of men were seen
standing on the streets earnestly discuss
ing the station, after the meeting, and
were more determined than ever to de-
feat this fusion of republicanism and
third partyism at the polls on next
Wednesday. They will snow the move
ment under so deep that what is left
of it will never be able to scratch out.
| The Meeting,
| In the call for the meeting it was ad.
vertised that negro and third party
speakers would be present.
At O'clock in the afternoon about
200 negroes assembled in the court house
to witness the show. Fifteen or twenty
white spectators were present.
George Brooks, who seems to have
permanent job of presiding over these
meetings, was elected chairman, and
upon assuming the position of presiding
officer made quite lengthy halangue.
He urged upon them the Importance of
concentrating their forces, paying their
taxes and registering. "The white peo-
pie are now fighting one another" lie
said, 'and while they are fighting let Us
| get together and get some good out of
it," He told his hearers that as long as
there was division among them on cleo
ton days "they would remain at the foot
and be hewers of wood and drawers of
water and diggers of railroads and would
fill the penitentiaries." He next referred
t. the candidacy of r. R. Downs, the
negro preacher who ran for the legisla-
lure lin this county four years ago, say
ing, Clowns was elec ri. 5.c we had no
right to the tally-sli.cts ana lost our VIC
tory. The thing is now coming our way,
and while the democratic party is going
apart we must come together and show
our power"
He closed by saying sit is wisdom for
us to get together and support our friends
who will speak to us this evening""
Congressional Delegates.
The meeting was then declared ready
for business, and Ben DAVIS read call
: from the executive committee of the con
greSslonal district for a convention in
Albany tomorrow for the purpose of nom.
mating or endorsing candidate. Ber
, Davis and lack Laing were elected dele
gates, and were given positive instruc
!, tons to do all in their power to secure
the endorsement for l. III. Hand, who is
running for congress as the third party
candidate.
The endorsement of G. w. Craps, the
third party senatorial candidate, at a
previous meeting, was then reconsidered
and the support of the meeting pledged
to Rollins, the negro who was present to
speak to them.
In a speech Davis said his ticket was
"Rollins for the senate and Martin fol-
the legislature. Mr.. Martins interest is
identically ours, and if he is elected and
ever casts vote against our interest it
will also be enc against his own Davis
! said every step taken by the democratic
party was for continuance of white
supremacy, regardless of the means en-
ployed to maintain it.
johnson Mathews then spoke and
urged the negroes not to "forget their en-
dorsement of Martin. Every republican
is sworn to vote for him. After appeal
ing to the negroes not to be influenced
by campain funds B. F. Rollins, the can
didate for the senate, was introduced
and made
An Infiammatory Speech.
Rollins began by saying that he was
the republican nominee for the senate
and was here to ''accept and congratulate
the senatorial convention for the honor
conferred" He then went off into a
lengthy haiangue that is calculated to
alonse the prejudices of his race against
the whites. His whole effort seemed to
be to array the negro against the white
man. He said that there is open dis
elimination against the negro, depriving
him OF his rights, and the time had come
to make an earnest protest The negro.
he SAID, has right to share equally In
the netits of the government and its
ofhceS de told the negroes that thew
pald hrst-class fare on railroads and
We're forced to ride in separate cars. saw
ing that 1T was lot right and advising
them not to submit to it. AS the negro
warmed up OH his subject he criticised
the whites because negroes are not
allowed TO sit on juries, saying it vas for
the purpose of keeping them from getting
fair trials. He then charged officers of
the court, from judge down, of being un-
far to negroes on trial, while guilty
white man is rarely ever punished. He
carried his hearers back to the times of
slavery and attempted to arouse their
prejudices by telling them of ''the cruel
ties of those times when man of their
own lace, with blood dripping from
hii des, was brutally chased to death
| by LloOd hounds Husbands uriuoc o.,d