Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-27

You who remain at the hod and wash
tub?
There are men among You who can
read ovid and Horace. DO they get
any recognition whatever. Why should
they question your right to freedom Of
speech. Why, the Irish, Italians,
Chinese are treated all right, but tits net
SO with anative born citizen Of color.
Was the Hon. Bruce, or tho Hon.
Lynch with his $4,000 a year, treated
this way? They are with the admins
tration and MI right.
There is n case in point. II Is a man
within these walls now. 1t is story
enough to break ones heart. This man
was fricndlcss and in dire distress. He
went to gentleman in the United
States service who gets thousands year
in Wilmington. His position was OBJ
tanned by the negro vote. lie begged
him for help. But it was useless. lie
was hurled aside. lie thcn went to n
Republican candidate who had promised
to save his property from being sold by
auction. This man called out in public
Ego away" The man then went to q
friend Of our race, who on the story
being told Immediately handed the dis
trcsscd colored man what he needed.
That man who helped was a Democrat.
The men whorefuscd were Republicans.
That is for Wilmington.
THE REPUBLICAN NEED.
The Republican party sadly needs
your vote. You don't know the grip
with which you are held. 1t is the
political grip, The good feeling that
has grown up in the south between tho
negro and the white came when the
negro was freed from Republican bonds
OK PROTECTION.
Did ever m infant on mothers knee
need more protection than tho negro
| llhorer? Has he any interest in the
| myriads Of immigrants allowed i'll here
| The reciprocity ! want is exchange and
| interchange with my neighbor. Now,
you do that, MIR. Republican party. ]
| don't care much about South American
products.
forgive that man who rushed into
| my room and published all those things.
know him. He was Just as ugly u
man rs am, with y great long nose
and weighed about the same.
! Chairman Moore next introduced DIR.
| Howell, Of New York. At this time the
audience which had been sitting very
| quietly during the whole of the previous
address, commenced to become rest
less. The speaker confined himself to
national topics.
DR.. Howell continued in saying that
he thought it was the duty Of each
one to think and act for himself.
am broad aud liberal enough, he said,
to support the man who will help the
4 ,,.nl t,,A, tp &c I -
intelligent politics for the negro 1t is
q very easy thing to mislead people.
But the negro is advancing. lie is com
ncncing to act for himself In New
York to-day there are 3,T93 negro
Democrats. The negro divided his vote.
When Governor Flower came into
power there were AZ negroes appointed
to office. In this State if the negro
would divide his vote his school facili,
tics would be better. On Twenty
street, New York, there is u negro ban
ncr stretched across the street and tic
white Republicans and Democrats con.
ccdc we must have our rights.
This talk seemed to be distastcful &c
some Of the audience, who got up and
nOisily left the room. A. number gath,
cred at the doorway, and while the
speaker was talking gave loud cheers
for Harrison. They repeated theii
cheering and drowned the voice Of the
speaker. The policeman at the dool
made no very strong effort to quell thu
disturbance,
1t was now no use for Dr. Howell t
continue his address. In a lull Of thu
disturbance he managed to inform thost
present that before the close Of the cam
paign he and MIR. Syphax would be il
the city to speak again.
1t looked quite possible that som,
trouble might ensue AS the speakers lief
the hall. The hallway and street from
of the Institute were crowded will
negroes, from whom at each momen
cries were heard threatening the tw,
speakers.
A colorcd citizen asked for NOR
police protection for the speakers. A
the latter passed out of the building
they We're met with cries of denuncia
ton A mob of angry negroes followe,
them going west TO fatnall street. rw
policemen accompanied the colorc
! speakers. The demonstrations increase,
as the crowd went west on Tatnal
street. There were cries of "lyncl
thcmW "String up the d-n DcmC
Gratis" just opposite the Tatnall stree
. entrance To WllitcGhApel il looked as
5 there would be an outbreak. A bric
+ came flying across the street, alnos
: striking policeman Three officers ri
/ across the street and spoke to the GROVE
/ when matters We're quiet again. Mean
n time the two speakers had managed