Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-10
COLONiZING COLORED VOTERS.
The Charge Made Against A. st. A. Smith
and Others.

COLONiZING COLORED VOTERS.
The Charge Made Against A. st. A. Smith
and Others.
A REPUBLICAN ALTERNATE TO M1NNEAPoL1s-
capt" ELDER AND HIS pLANs-rHE REV.
Mr.. aILcHRIsr IN NEW RoLE-wAsHINa-
TON POLITICIANS COMING TO THE FRONT.
When a convention of District OF Columbia
republicans elected Arthur st. Aloysius Smith
an alternate delegate to the Mime
apolis convention no one imagined that
the recipient Of such an honor
would within few weeks be on the other side
Of the political fence, safe within the democratic
fold and very near into the democratic pocket
book. There may have been a few people who
doubted Mr.. Smiths political loyalty, but
none of them ever gave utterance to
even a word that indicated suspicion, and the
man would undoubtedly have oeen mobbed
who would have dared insinuate that Mr. Smith
was going to be deeply and personally interested
in the colonization of negroes or who could be
hired to vote the democratic ticket in New
York city. And yet it is now charged that that
is the line OF business which engages Mr.
Smith attention at this time.
STORY FROM NEW YORK.
The story GENES from New York that Mr.
Smith, in company with and subordinate to
Mr.. J. w. Elder. is doing his best to persuade
colored Washingtonians to visit New York
Just about election time for financial
consideration. Associated with Capt"
Elder-who is said to reside here most of the
time-and Mr.. Smith are three other Washing
tonians who, unlike Capt" Elder but like
Mr.. Smith, colored. They are the Rev. Mr.
Gilchrist and Messrs. Glascoe and Cheshire
The allegation is that these men are under
the general control of Mr.. A. B. Upshaw
of Tennessee, who was commissioner of
Indian affairs under Cleveland, and that
through him capt" Elder receives sums of
money sufficiently large to tempt impecunious
and conscienceless negroes who may may
not ba residents of New York city, to vote for
Cleveland and Stevenson. If the repub-
licans of New York have been cor
rectly informed it il the intention of
these practical politicians to ransack this city
and Baltimore for worthless colorcd folks who
will run the risk of being sent to penitentiary
rather than miss an opportunity to do an I'M
lawful but profitable thing.
WHAT MR.. CHASE KNOWS.
W. Calvin Chase knows a good deal about
Arthur st. Aloysius Smith. Mr.. Smith was Mr..
Chase's second in tina. great contest at Min
neapolis and was then the most enthusiastic of
republicans.
To STR reporter Mr. Chase said today
September q he saw Smith at the demo-
cratic meeting which had been called
ostensiby to bring about the formation
of National Democratic Colored League. Mr..
Smith was present democrat. and although
he is a resident of Washington. was down on
the books as the delegate from Virginia. Since
then republicanism appears to have lost all
hold on Mr.. Smith, and now he appears as one
of the pillars Of colored democracy.
Mr.: Smith was for 2 while employed in
the almshouse. but he Soon lost that place.
Ia asserted, on account of an abnormal thirst.
Since the Minneapolis convention he has made
application Tor two or three positions under the
District government, but none of the efforts
amounted to much.
Capt" Elder is not regarded a man to be
feared by either republicans or democrats. Mr..
Chase SAYS that the captain is a man whose
sole mission in life is the stirring uD of griev
ances-real fancied-among the colored
race.
Elder called on me before he went to New
York. said Mr.. Chase, land told me that he
was going to work for the party which would
pay him the most money. He can't do us any
harm"
REV. Mr.. GILcHRIsr.
The Rev. Mr.. Gilchrist might have been a
republican had there been an Office pro-
vided for him. He has always been demo-
crat. but n few days after the renomi-
nation Of President Harrison he called on
a republican of color and prominence and con-
fided to him lack of confidence in :he demo-
cratic party. If a suitable position could only
be found for him he would be one of the most
exemplary of republicans
He was rather CURLY informed that the re-
publican party did not want him, SO he at once
went back to his first love- Parson Gilchrist
is the divine who was arrested at the instance of
Sergeant-at-Arms Yoder of the House of Rep
resentatives. charged with begging cold cash
from Congressman.
HE ALSO LIVED HERE.
Mr. Glascoe, another of tine alleged colonzers.
is resident Of this city. Some say
he is or was q republican; others in
sist he is not and never was. He
represented the seventh district in the Carson
convention, however. He also applied for Office
under the Commissioners, failed to get it, and
is now seeking to uproot the party that de-
clined to put his name on the pay roll.
Mr.. Cheshire, who is also said to be one of
Capt" Elders assistants has not been around
this city for some few days past. He is under
Indictment for altering checks which are alleged
to be bogus and is now out on bail.
CoLoRED REPUBLICANS.
Colored republicans going to keep close
watch on the movements of Capt. Elder ct al.
''In the interest of pure politics and good gov
eminent" said one of them this afternoon, i've
shall have all our eyes wide Open"
The Harrison and Morton League will meet
on Wednesday night to discuss the subject Of
colonization, and by Thursday morning the
greater portion of this citys coiored population
will be doing more or less of detective work.
WHAT DEMOCRATS SAY.
None Of the prominent democrats who were
questioned would admit the existence Of q
democratic colonization bureau.
One of the leaders did. however, say that il
the democrats we're Mt work on such a scheme
they were simply following the example set by
republicans in 1888.
Mr. Lawrence Gardeners remark was, I'VE
don't need to colonize in Now York; the land
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