The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-09-14
NEGRO MASS MEETING.
THEY FUSED WITH THE THIRD PAR
TY SATURDAY,
AND Through Them Expect to Get In the
jury Box, Hold Office and Split the Solid
South--White Supremacy in Danger.

Jury BOX, Hold Office and Split the Solid
south--White Supremacy in Danger.
Negroes in the jury box.
Negroes filling the offices.
The solid South broken.
And the country under negro rule.
Such is the intention of the renubIi-
cans, and they propose to accomplish it
through the third party.
The negroes boldly asserted as much
IN their mass NEE ing at the court house
last Saturday, when they Joined the
thlrd party and endorsed it's candidates
1t is time for the good men who have,
gone into the third party to stop and
thlnk, and see what they are being led
into. II they will do this they will see.
thatsWhite supremacy in the South is en-.
dangered, that they will be under negro
rule, possibly, and that the new party
will be responsible for it.
The Negro Meeting.
There were fifty or seventy-fiye negroes
in the republican mass meeting Satnr..
day. The object of the meeting was to
consider the recommendations of the
county republican executive committee.
one OF those recommendations was
that the republicans pul -
legislative candidate, but Ell
one of the other candidates. ,e,
recommendation was that the oaer atic
nominee be not consideTea Ia con
nection with the endorsement
The meeting was called to order bv
chairman Nero Clark, of the executive
committee, who was succeeded by George
BROOKS as permanent chairman. Ben
Davis was elected secretary and the fun
began.
The first motion made was to adopt the
recommendations of the committee.
E. B Fitzgerald interrupted the meet
ing TO ask who was the democratic NOM
lnee. He was under the impression that
Or. hendnck was not, because there had
been no primary, and saw no reason whv
the doctors name should not be consid-
cred in connection with the endorsement.
Emanuel Greer did not want the meet
ing to consider the names OF either Ken
drick or Hoyl. He said there was no
difference between them. They were
both democrats. He wanted to put out
straight republican or endorse another
party. de thought the latter was the
best thing to do
johnson Mathews explained to Fitz-
gerald why DR.. Kendrick was the demo-
Fitzgerald moved to table the report Of
the committee, but it was lost.
Some democratic darkies were caught
voting, and the chairman stopped the
pow-wow long enough to request them
to refrain from participating in the
meeting, remarking that ''such sneaks
ought to be kicked OUT
Advice From Brimberry.
Johnson Mathews produced letter
from Major B. f. Brimberry, who he re-
ferred to as the republican ''boss' of the
Second district The letter advised the
republicans of Terrell not to put out anv
candidates of their own, but to support
the third party candidates for county,
officers, for the Legislature, state officers
and congress and Harrison for president.
After delivering this advice from Boss
Brimberry Johnson told the negroes that
for the first time in more than 20 years
they now had an opportunity to revent
ballot box stuffing and get their rights
by helping the third party They also
had an opportunity to fight white
men and the democratic party with white
men, and they proposed to do so. This.
sentiment was received with some de-
monstrations of approval by the brethren
in the amen corner.
Third Party Endorsed.
A motion was then made to endorse
DR.. Hand Cor congress, the third party
ticket for state officers, the legislative
nominee and candidates for county
officers.
The question was open for discussion
and Ben Davis advocated it in a speech
that should open the eyes of the white
men who have gone to the new party.
Davis said he did MOI endorse the third
party platform, it would ruin the coun-
try if enacted into law, but that party is
playing in new role and has offered the
negro recognition Endorse the third
party fOl the purpose of defeating the
democrtic party. That was the aim of
every true republican. He said he want
ed the negroes to understand that voCe
for the Third party was
Vote for RepubIicanism.
All Republicans should work in that
direction and the the result will break
in the solid South. When that is done
the negro will come to the front and be
on top. There is big satisfaction for us
in seeing whiteEmen voting against each
other.
Want to Get in the Jury Cox.
Continuing, Davis said that the ne
groes wanted to get in the jury box,
hold Office and preside over elections, and
they expected to do so through the aid
of the third party.
His speech was attentively listened to
by his hearers and made marked i'm
preston upon some of them.
johnson Matthews then held forth
again and said the negroes of the south
wanted office, and as they couldn't get it
by themselves they must get some other
party to'help them.
The motion to endorse the third party