Evening journal., 1892-10-17
DAZZLING IN POLITICS.
A Railway Official Seeks to
Disturb the Peace.
CONDUCTOR PARKER's STATEMENT.


preached Him This Morning g-The Con-
ductor Said ''Yes" with Fire In His
Eyes.
The Independent Colored Republican
party has had stormy time down the
state. It's representative a colored man
named Brinckley mas been threatened,
mobbed and driven away from several
towns. These lawless mobs have been
composed of riotous colored men.
Respectable citizens have der ed all con
nection with them
Today it is duty to bring TO the at
tention of the public and to the consid
Grafton of the Pennsylvania officials, the
astonishing fact that a conductor run
ming on the passenger trains of the
Delaware division has had a hand in the
persecution of Brinckley.
That conductor is Isaac Thomas
Parker. Mr. Parker is mild hammered
and obliging man He is a devout mem
Der of the church and does not pormit his
light to be hidden under bushel. Every
body who knows him. is made aware Of
his Christian profession. He is also an
ardent Republican His political opin-
| ions are red hot-if anything a little
hotter than his religious opinions.
So much for the mani What he has
done is in sharp contrast with the gen
tie doctrines of the gospel which he pro
fesses.
When Brinckley went 10 Seaford. Del
he went on Isaac Thomas Park ers train.
The train stopped but a moment, the
conductor found time to call
parties to him, point out Brinck-
| nd hot tfue
ger who is starting the Independent Col
ored party. You ought to run him out
of town"
Brinckley is an offensive colored man
in appearance and manners. All the Of
fense, he has given to any one is because
of his political action. Isaac
Thomas Parker is professed
Christian and servant of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Yet, Mr. Parker
points out the inoffensive and unsuspect-
ing colored traveller and invites the mob
to assemble with bricks and clubs, and
drive the poor colored man in
terror of his life from town.
If some flying bricks had
killed the man, Isaac Thomas Parker
might have felt pretty guilty in part Of
the murder. AS his train rolled out Of
Seaford, doubtless Isaac Thomas Parker
smacked his lips, gave thanks to God
and took courage, because he had done
something to help the Republican party.
But had he done something to help
the Pennsylvania company2 How about
this2 Travellers white and black
Democrats and Republicans, ride on the
Delaware division railroad trains. Shal
! the conductors be permitted, for politica
reasons, to hop off of their trains a
SeafOrd or any other station, and {,
point out their passengers TO tn,
vengeance Of mob2 If Brinckley pays
his fare. is he not entitled to better
treatment from the conductor than that
given by Isaac Parker?
BrinclIley may not amount to much
Possibly his party may not amount Il
much But the question whether a MAJ
is to be mobbed in Delaware for politica
opinions sake, amounts TO a great deal
The question whether our railroad con
ductors may do with impunity so crue
and ruthless thing amounts TO much tC
the public and, if we mistake not tn
temper of the times, it is of equal i'm
portance to the railroad.
We make this statement on no hearsa,
evidence. II is too grave matter fo
that. It reflects upon his manly
and Christian character. 1t points
g him out as utterly unfit to be
a railroad conductor. II win bring upoi
him, we suppose, the condemnation o
his official superiors; and certainly
will bring upon him the condemnation o
( ali good and right-thinking men.
q This statement is based upon lsaa
I Thomas Parker's own confession. II
not only confessed that he had done tn
deed. but defended il as right and proper
His statement was made this morning ii
the presence Of l.. l. Handy and Rober
Henry at the Pennsylvania station il
this city.
The Conductors' Statement.
Conductor Parker was seen by al
EVENING JOURNAL reporter this morn
!. ing as he was about to take charge o
; the Ills Delaware express train. H
4 said, when asked for a statement: II an
= dumbfounded to know that my friend
should think that / was Of a riotOu
|, turn of mind or desired even to incit
. bad feeling. When l stepped from tn
y train at Seaford on that day, met an oil
y friend, Democrat by the way, and
in a humorous vein | said TO him 'Tha
fellow there is Brinckley, the cOlore
agitator of the Independent party NOV,
ment, you ought to drive him out q
- town. My friend replied, oh, that
him is it, That's all that was said {
r heard of the matter, and TO my know
IS edge there was no disturbance at SeaforC
/. had no idea of raising disturbance {
d melting mob and kno
le that my friends do not suspe'
IS me of anything Of the kin'
e hope that the EVENING JOURNAL, b.
fore attempting to blast my reputation
will weigh my standing in the con
munity"
N Here the conductor stopped to boar
b, his train which was about to pull out.
d. Mr.. Handy's Statement.
8: 81 heard on Saturday." said Charms
s. Handy this afternoon in Dover eth
y; Conductor Parker had pointed ol
r: Brinckley when he alighted from Il
is train at Seaford and had advised son
ne one to run him out of town. This NOR
ing when l reached Wilmington, l m
at the station incidentally Robert Henr
who was formerly in Superintendent
N. Mills's Offices at Clayton. While N
ra Henry and were exchanging greetin
)n and chatting | observed Conduct
ha parLar standing near the bao rare rOol