Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-30

When the properly constituted leaders
of the colored people Of the State were
ushercd into the chamber OF the COM
mittec on resolutions at the convention
on that day, and in reply to their petition
of claims and grievances, received the
slap in the face, which the annals OF
that occasion show, the deputation re-
tired quietly and without remonstrance.
They knew that remonstrance was use.
less.
ooLoRED PEOPLES DEMANDS.
These demands, which the Republican
convention tacitly considered SO much.
impudence although the sole hope of
the party in Wilmington ia founded
only on the colored vote of the city,
were as follows:
First-In the event of Republican sue
cess in this State, the present code pertain
ing to the State college for colored students
| he revised So as To make the faculty thereof
colored.
Second-That the State approximation
| for colored schools be increased beyond its
| present amount.
Third-Renewal on present building
| fund bill.
Fourth-Increase of teachers salaries.
| Fifth-A maximum and minimum
|
school.
sixth Yearly appropriation to support
our Teachers Institute.
Seventh-That the State shall make up
or appropriate balance of school taxes in
districts where four.iifths of said school
taxes have been paid.
Sinth-Representa on State, county
and hundred tickets
| Tenth-The principal of proportional
representation, all things being equal.
Eleventh-We demand the right to be
called in question or caucus to help make
tickets, and propose laws the party ex-
poets lis to vote for and support, according
to the referendum principle.
The personnel of the committee Of
representative colored people who ap.
peared before the Republican conven-
ton on Tuesday, and were incontinently
switched over to the committee on reso.
lutions to be quickly buried in that
graveyard of negro aspirations, is as
follows: ....I
The Rev. w. I. Scott of the Dover
NJ. L. circuit, the Rev. g. l.. Jefferson
of the colored Presbyterian Church, the
Rev. w. II. Horter of the Frederick A
M. Il. Church, w. II. Banks, teacher in
Frederick colored schools, and L. OthellC
Parker of Dover. All that the Repub
lican committee on resolutions deignet
to promise for these representativ,
colored men was general recommends
ton fol better colored school facilities
They definitely ignored all the othe
demands. They CURLY declined an,
recommendation that the colored race
whose votes in Wilmington constitute
the sole hope for Republican success il
| thn 1ittr tho Stafa q M olh n N nf
l sentation whatever in the makeup o
State, county or hundred tickets; the.
) stralghtly declined the colored voters an,
degree at all of proportionate repre-
t sentation; they repealed, as SO muc
impudence, the logical request of thes
/ yote.holders their right to be called il
t caucus to help to make up tickets or /
/ their demand for participation in til
t formulation of party rules and regula
e tons.
q CoLoRED MEN INDIGNANT.
9 The colored people through thei
!. leaders have formulated their expressio
0 of regret that the Republican party i
: Delaware has again this campaign detel
I. mined at its regular State Conventio
not to recognize their faithful and 10y,
servitors. They are now indignant Owe
Republican perfdy, its promises Of cor
cessions, and its continued breaking {
those promises.
a ADDRESS TO THE CoLoRED RACE.
/ Under these conditions the committe
# sent to Dover BY the colored people, 81
G they have nothing else to do under til
b circumstances, but to make Il formal n
5 port to their people and to make certai
{ recommendations in connection wit
l. their report.
Q To The Chairman and lNenbers IF he Del
lpdre Conference Of COiored -ncn WhO a
@a,bicd At DOuer, August 2la bstam
GEETLEMEN-As members of your bod.
!, appointed to prepare an address protcstii
u against the manner in which the civil an
u political rights of the colored people {
IL this State were ignored by the Repnhlica
e party, in convention assembled, who r
r. fused to commit themselves i'll the part
i, platform to a declaration of principle
N calculated to elevate and advance Il
"A colored race, beg leave to submit the fl
=, lowing to your honorable body.
" After mature consideration, and cal
IL reflection we advise our people TO loc
II after their own interests rs does the par
who assumes that the negro has no 9th
interests than to serve the Republics
party right or wrong.
If Never was this more manifest than {
j. the 2lst inst, when the party met in co
IN vention assembled and considered eve
N every factional interest of every other RI
- and class of people except the color
" people of the State.
IN The stereotyped claim has always be-
TO made that the colored people never d
&C mand their rights at the proper time
10 preparing the party platform, therefor
10 for the progressive negro who puts for
an advanced idea, treason, duplicity, {
mocracy, treachery and ingratitude ha
been laid at his door.
The most recent and conspicuous case
Of that kind is the Brinckly movement.
Or order to avert that peuurious preteXt a
II. place the responsibility where IL belong
q. memorial of principles was prepared Sol
70 months ago and signed by nearly hu
a dred citizens representing the grievant
= of the colored citizens OF tho state, a
" sent by committee to the Republic
w. convention demanding what, i'll realit
the amendments TO the constitution ha
long ago guaranteed to us us citizens OF
United States.
RI II we did not succeed in procuring
- rights of American citizenship we ut lie
- were more than successful in placing
ia responsibility of treason, duplici
re democracy, treachery and ingratitudc"
on the right door at last
RS THE CHARGE OF PERFIpY.
~ Notwithstanding the all-absorbinS to
us that now agitates the Republican party
this State-success next November
that party considered tie negro so ins
niicant and uniformed rs 10 his rig
er that the colored people failed to rcce
;al even so much as u passing notice oi
declaration, No. 10, just and necess.
planks. which we will submit to the
criticism of an enlightened and intellis
public.
THE POWER OF THE NEGRO VOTE.
10 But few years ago the colored V