The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-09
sCRIvRN,s THIRD PARTY.

An Attempt to Form a Colored Cam
paign Club Causes Fun.
Rocky FORD, Ga, July S.-The PeopleS
party advocates had made a secret appoint
ment to meet with the colored people at
| Spring Head church, colored church near
Ogeeohee, Wednesday. Their programme
was that Capt J. r. Cooper should address
them, and that afterW ard they would form
| a colored Peoples party campaign club.
| The cloud OF secrecy was removed
by a colored man divulgtng it to a
democrat and party Of democrats i'm
medately decided to be on hand and see
the formation OF the first colored Peoples
party club of the county. Consequently, at 10
O'Clock Wednesday morning there assembled
at Spring Head church thirty democrats,
forty three colored people and about forty
members OF the Peoples party. Party feel
ing ran high and one or two personal diff
culties between democrats and Peoples
party men were narrowly averted. The
democrats appointed E. Gross, Jr., a COM
mittee 20 confer with them and
ask for division Of time,
that some democrat might reply to Capt.
Cooper's speech, but they refused to grant
this request, saying that it was Peoples
party meeting aud that they proposed 60
form a oolored club. At this juncture
Capt. Cooper arose and stated that the
colored people objected to political meet
log being held on their church grounds, but
that Nancy who owned land near. did not
object, and requested the crowd
to adjourn TO Mancey's H. G. Kittie
Immediately arose and stated inasmuch as
they had refused to divide time with the
democrats, the democrats and republicans,
would adjourn over 90 the lands Of Robert
Riley (colored) who consented for democrats
and republicans to assemble on his lands but
objected to Peoples party men doing so. In
response to this announcement all tn demo-
Gratis and forty blacks went over TO Riley's
place leaving the Peoples party with only
three colored people.
CoLoRED MEN SPEAK.
Six colored men made speeches. They all
denounced the Peoples party, and said
that 1t neither had the will nor power to
fulfill its promises of relief, and advised
their colored friends to stay out of il. They
said that this was white mans fight, and
the colored people had no interest in it. and
that the attempt by the Peoples party TO
get them in was TO them conclusive evidence
that they were not strong enough to
meet the democrats without the
oolored mans vote They said that
they liked the Democratic party, and had
enjoyed peace and prosperity under the
Democratic administration of Georgia and
of Clevelands administration as President.
4 MS meeting COnbluueu until aLter O'CLOCK
D. M, and at its conclusion a motion was
put to the crowd asking any who were
Peoples party men to hold up their right
hands, and not one did 80. After the meet
ing adjourned few of the oolored people
went over to Mancey's, where the Peoples
party had been laying for them for over
three hours. They were addressed by Capt
Cooper and an effort was made to get them
| TO join the club but they failed to get one
Thnz failad a0lAmA To the 0nlOran
people against their neighbors aud friends
| the Democratic party.
Politics are warm mere. Democrats in the
cities Of the state are undertaking the
strength Of the Peoples party. We will
have a grand democratic rally at Sylvania
on July Is. when we hope to have Gov.
Eorthen, Mr.. duBignon and other distin-
| guished speakers.
Watermelons are being shipped in large
| quantities and bringing fair prices. There
| is plenty Of rain and crops of all kinds are
fine.