The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-10-26
COLORED VOTERS
ACCUSED OF HAVING NO MINDS or
THEIR OWN

A Colored Map, From Cleveland, Seems
to Entertain this Opinion and Local Ool-
ored Men Consider IL an Inault-An H.
logical Talk at 5ohaefef's Opera House
The use OF Republican money, of which
Chairman Eawcett has 8 big surplus, got
up big amount OF noise last night and q
couple Of hundred voters and two hun
dred and eleven boys assembled at Sohae-
fer's opera house last night to hear Hon
orable Harry Smith, o good looking color
ed man, from Cleveland, tell bis colored
brothers why they should vote for Nc
Kinley this fall. Smith 10 q bright talker,
and is quite entertaining but bis arau'
menis are utterly fallacious. He knows
little about the situation In general, his
ideas OF the tnriH are very narrow, his
pension talk WAS not statement OF facts
and he doesn't know as much about
finance as McKinley, which means that his
case is utterly hopeless. The one great
achievement of the colored orator was the
successful manner In which he waved the
bloody shirt. He believes that ell
Democrats are rebelb and that any
colored man who votes other than the
party bosses dictate, nay make mistake.
He thinks colored man has no miod Of
bis own. The meeting, with all the
drumming and noises did not result in O
logical discussion of anything that is OF
issue In the present administration. One
thing In particular the Honorable Harry
neglected TO mention was why our estl-
mable fellow citizen MIR. Jackson did not
get his appointment under Mckinley, that
was faithfully promised TO him and why
some of our other colored friends didn't
get what they asked for. III Smith thinks
he can come TO Canton and insult colored
men by telling them they don't know how
to vote, without being called down, he IL
nightly mistaken. He didn't fool any OF
our colored citizens, who have senae
enough to vote their convictions and re-
fuse TO listen to man who draws salary
for distributing campaign fallacles in
large doses.
At the Barnett house after the meeting
the Honorable Harry, who Is a very clever
pleasant gentleman when he isn't agitat-
ing the atmosphere in some hell at SO
much per agitate, was surrounded by
four colored men aud juvenile member
of the Rep. staff. The party leaders
didn't have anything to do with Mr..
Smith after the ozone saving at Schae-
fer's. Mr.. Smith stated 10 the four colored
men and the Rep.'s special secret service
department that he never yet voted for o
Democrat. A travelling man, who stood
near, suggested that though he was o
Democrat he was not 40 bigoted.
A colored man In the party whom the
Reps special artist was at that moment
engaged in sketching. said be had Dem,
ocTatic friend, man who had done him
much good and for whom he wanted to
vote. Smith scoffed at the idea.
The travelling man had by this time be-
come disguHted aud was moving
away. "Say,n said one of the colored
men, calling after him, "You are going 20
vote for Mckinley this fall nren't you ?n
mckinley 2" questioned the travelling
man doubtfully mckinley? What's he
running for ?"
"WhY, for Governor of Ohio" said the
colorec' man.
"Oh." responded the commercial man,
"Thaps the fellow that hasn't found out
that the wars over. No, don't think l
can vote for such fellow az that' and he
retired.