The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-25
SHRI0-COMIC POLITICS.
Founder Bradley Holds a
Colored Mass Meeting
at Red Bank.

RED BANK, Oct. rs. 1S93.-Founder
Bradley of Asbury Park opened here TO-
night what might. with propriety, be
called his serio-comic campaign. with
a me citing for colored men at the Opera
House When the curtain went up as
eight o'clock Mr.. Bradley was discovered
4. o., as the play books say, sitting in
a plush arm chair beside "a table WITH a
large pitcher of Ice waller. upon 1t. The
usual order Of things was reversed as to
the audience. The boxes and orchestra
were Tiled with colored people while the
While folks were slowed way in The
gallery.
The meeting was opened with au over
ture by a colored band. which occupied
the musicians place, and was led by an
energetic darkey witt Dundreary whis.
kers. Then Mr.. Bradley advanced to the
footlights aud began to talk OF the undv-
ing affection he has always had for the
colored brother.
O He LOVES H NEGRO.
He told how. when he Vas a child, he
loved to 90 to African churches. He said
he learned lots of thsir negro hymns, aud
thai he once stood with a negro
and sang John Saw the Holy Angel Sit
ting OH the Holy Altar"
Then he pointed with pride to the fact
that he had once slept with his negro
~coachrnan, and related how he had be-
triended u moral brushmaker who was
a negre, and who had learned his trade
in the Massachusetts, Pepitentiary,
where ne was serving al unoStentatious
term for al indiscretion in the man
slaughter line.
Then he produced from the wings two
small Ethtopians in Knickerbocksrs and
TREY loudly proclaimed In answer so HIS
questions that they wers not afraid Of
him.
sALTING THE HOUSE.
Suddenly u look of the greatest aston
ishment spread over the good founders
face and he exclaimed as he pointed to u
colored gentleman who hal been sitting
10 front of him with an exDectant look
upon his face all the evening, and eX-
claimed: why. bless me is that you
| George Morrow"
Eyes. sahl OATS me- said George. rls-
Ing with the air of men whose tune had
come.
Yes. / thought So" continued Mr..
Bradley. II didn't know you were up
| here George. Hadn't an idea you were
coming, bad 1, GeorgeP George, how did
you get up heref'
'I'se druv up sah.'' said Gsorge.
sob, you drove up, Pm surprised to see
you here George, happily surprised.
George: how long have you worked for
me? Seventeen years, Is 1t not2"
Nineteen years and six months, sah,H
replied George, in a recitative :one, which
might have raised the suspicion that
George was q property Ethi Ipian planted
in the audience. This might have beea
suspected il Brother Bra Hey had not
been so much surprised To seq George In
the house. Indeed. had he known George
to be In the antipode, day Def,re yesGer-
| day, he could nor have manifested more
Rmazement THAI he did TO see George
p csent.
NEVER CALLED GEoRG NIGER.
1T Is altogether such an astounding
| thing that o maa who lives in Asbury
| Park should he seen in Red Bank. ten
miles away, George" continued Mr..
Bradley, in u voice apparently shaken by
suppressed sobs. George, did | ever
call you 4 nigger?"
mo, sab" said George, in a r~ecitatiye
tone.
George" said Mr.. Bradley, in a voice
still more choEed with emotion. "Gsorge,
II o will get up mere and say I
ever called you a Niger. / will give you
$780,"
A m%ercenarv CLEAN shot off the whites
of Georges eyes. but he controlled HIM
self, putting ihe tempter behind him. aud
spoke no bravelY:-
II coultn'I do it, sah."
Brother Bradley then spoke some moro
| about Ills love Tor the negro. Then he
adjourned the meeting for luncn, and
ham and beef sand wicnes. crackers aud
les water were served 10 the coiored men.
When they had gorged themselves to
their hearts content there was a variety
show.
II Is said thar the debts of all The colored
| since Mr.. Bradley MAS nominated.