The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-08-02

"The negroes who form the opposi-
ton the Republican party are the
ablest negroes of the country. Their
peers are not to be found within the
race, not even excluding Frederick
Douglass. We have James G.. Math-
ews, lawyer of eminencc before the
Albany bar; DR.. j. E. w. Thompson,
a graduate of Yale College; Mr.. Will
liam Still, Jr., also university man !;
j. Milton Turner of this city, who for
pure eloquence is not surpassed by
any living negro; A. A. Whitman,
the only negro poet of real merit the
negro race has produced in quar-
ter of a century; L. V. j. Hill, law
yer of prominence in indianapolis,
Ind, and III. G. Smith, an able law
yer of Birmingham, Ala. To these
must be added such Independents as
Bishop III. M. Turner, Bishop Grant
and Bishop Petty. Also DR.. Grandi-
son, president of negro college, and
the logical DR.. j. G. Price, the great
Prohibition negro orator, and who
has been for many years and is now
the president of Livingston College.
/ must not forget to mention also the
name of T. McCants Stewart, one OF
the ablest, if not the ablest, negro
lawyer my race has given to the his
tory of this country. He is full
fiedged negro Democrat, now active
ly engaged in the practice of his pro-
fcssion in New York"
''Mr. Taylor, are you not yourself
college graduate and lawyer"
81 am, was admitted to the bar OF
the United States Supreme Court
about seven years ago, and having
been an admitted attorney for nearly
fifteen years. Al the time Mr.. Cleve.
land gave me an appointment l wa:
the Assistant City Counselor of the
! consolidated cities at the mouth of the
Kansas River, called Kansas City
Kas. The citizens of that town al,
ways regarded me while was in
office there as the City Counselor
So, in learning, morals and financia
worth the Republican party canno
J trot QUIZ and equal number OF, negroes
who can measure arms with these
In this last statement do not include
myself, as l have never desired tc
pose as anything but plain, nonpre
tentious member Of my race"
AS He SEES THE SITUATION.
"What do you think of the politica
situations this year?"
whatever I may say in answer tC
|, this question may have little weight
as l will be regarded as somewhat
biased and prejudiced, but it is my
, opinion. earnest and sincere. 1 dc
t believe Harrison will carry 10 States
, in the Union. l believe that thu
tPopulists will carry more States thar
the Republicans. If the Democrat
: cannot win with Grover Cleveland
and Adlai Stevenson they cannot viii
with anybody and deserve to be de
/ feated.
The country will not indorse Mr.
Harrison's position on the influence
welded by Federal officeholders il
/, political conventions. He will los,
!, many thousand votes on account o
: the Foster appointment, as well as tn,
4 Raum and Crum appointments. Hi
5 selection of Campbell, the great lob
t byist, for Chairman Of the Nationa
' Committee will rise up to worry hin
: much, Notwithstanding the fact tina
he turned him down for Carter, one o
Y his officeholders. The presence o
e Reid, the kid-gloved aristocrat, on tn
| ticket will not tend to strengthen MI
a Harrison. The whole affair is
0 stencil in the nostrils of sober minded
t proper-thinking men. The turning
: down of Morton for another one O
t his ofiiceholders, which ofliceholde
: was bolter in 1872, will be resente,
y by the stalwart Republicans of Ney
f York who form the Conkling schoo
t His position on the Lodge Bill wi
il overwhelmingly defeat him, and
t ought to do so. 1t is not alone whethe
\ each male over 81 years of age sha
Il vote and have that vote counted tina
Y this infamous 'bilP has to do will
: but another matter of much create
importance hangs upon the enactmer
o of that law. The country has see
l. the disgraceful spectacle of a Pres
i dent of this splendid country of oul
g attempting to perpetuate himself j
S power by mastering his hireling
d paid out of the pockets of our ia,