The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-08-02
PIONEER In THE CAUSE.
He Talks About the Negro Dem
ocrats and the Work Being
Done by Them.
Harrison's Stumbling of the Ne
gro will be Resented at
the Polls.

G. III. j. Taylor, the pioneer
negro Democrat, who, during the adj
ministration of Cleveland, represented
the Government in Liberia, Africa, as
United States Minister, passed
through this city on his way from the
Democratic State Convention at JEFF
ferson City. Mr.. Taylor will be re-
membered as the colored man who de-
livered a very thrilling and eloquent
speech before the Democratic State
Convention in that city in 1888. His
speech was said by many to be the
most effective address delivered be-
fore that body. AT the completion of
his speech he received such an ovation
as no negro has ever received in any
convention before in the history of
this country. Mr.. Taylor was that
same year representative in the
National Convention which met in
this city, having been elected to the
honor by the Democracy of Kansas
by larger vote than that given to
any other alternate delegate. He
made forcible and convincing speeches
during the campaign of 1888 in New
York, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana.
On last Tuesday when he was dis
covered standing in the rear of the
convention hall at Jefferson City a
shout went up for him to come for
ward and entertain the Democrats; a
resolution was offered, which passed
without dissenting vote, asking him
to do so. There is no doubt about the
pleasure it gave the members of the
convention to hear him again.
HE Is CoNvERTtG NEGROES.
Believing that an interview with
such a negro would not only be APP
propriate but highly entertaining, a
Republic reporter asked him to talk on
the impending situation in answer tc
the following questions:
Mr.. Taylor, are you meeting with
any success in getting men of your
race to leave the Republican party?
81 think l am, as these facts will
show. In 1884, when I began the
publication of the first somewhat
Democratic paper, called the Public
Educator, I was roundly denounced
by members of my race, and in 6
number of places was burnt in efiigy
but to-day there are ten outspoken
aggressive negro Democratic journals
the pioneer of which is the American
Citizen, an eight-column folio, ISSUED
by me every Friday from Kansas City
With me have the Atlanta Appeal
Bailey's Sun, California New Age
Cleveland Globe, Springfield Eye
Albany Calcium Light, Brooklyn Mes
sage, Chicago Bee, and the Omahs
Afro-American. All of these papers
are edited by negroes, who are no
ashamed to have it known that they
are for Cleveland and against the Re
publican party. Nor is this all
Nearly all of the hidebound, regularly
issued, Negro-Republican papers hav,
grown to be quite Independent, ant
very often do l read with mucl
pleasure complimentary illusions t.
negro Democrats in their columns. l
is my candid judgment that if Clevc
land had been reelected in 1888 i
would have been hard to find an in
telligent negro in the whole countr,
willing to stand up in the defense o
the Republican party as at presen
managed. The love of spoils contro
my people to the same extent tina
some white men are governed.
large number of negroes refuse to tel
my people the truth for fear it ma,
J keep them from getting into some Lit
tie bread and butter job.
SIN 1888 we held the first Negr
National Democratic Convention eve
held in this country in the city of In
dianapolis. We had in that meeting
thirty -eght duly accredited delegate
and our session, while profitable an,
highly successful, was outrageous
misrepresented by the Republican 10
cal press. In our Chicago Nations