The sun., 1894-11-11
zFRo-zMERrozN VOTES.


| cally they take the defeat Of their party.
| The defeat OF Congressman George washington
| Murray in the First South Carolina district by Col
Elliott removes from the House Of Representatives IL
only Afro-Americsn member. Mr.. Murray
| school teacher before he became q Congressman HI
| bs coal.blsck man, very long and angular. In the
| House he was not very popular. His most notabl,
speech made IN favor OF the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver 4, said that he made II q con
cession 20 the Popust party Of South Carolina which
gave him the certificate Of election his straight
Democratic opponent He also made . speech against
the repeal OF the Federal Elections laws A com
psrison Of the two speeches led captious critic "a
| question whether the sams man the author Of
both OF them.
Afro-Americsn Republican speiibinders not in
much demand in the late campaign. None OF them
was put the road, except Charles W. Anderson.
who was in demand as an sll.round campaigner The
Rev William D. Derrick d. D.. tho missionary
tsry OF the African Methodist Episcopal church. did
more hustling than any Of the oldtImers There
no big meetings held in New York and Kings counties,
as In former campaigns and good deal OF dssatis-
faction has resulted among the men who like TO hear
themselves talk in Cooper Union and the big Cler.
mont Rink.
The failure OF the sugar. planting Republicans Of
Louisiana TO capture any OF the three Congress dis
trcts they contested and claimed due TO the fact
that Afro American Republicans did not support their
candidates. These candidates gave II out that what
they wanted was the white vote. The white vote did
not matersliEe. There about 900 Of the boiling
sugar planters and about 500 white Republicans in the
State. They may have polled more votes than these
figures represent, but they did not poll many more
The 900 sugar planters employ. in the main. Afro
American laborers They did not command the conn
dence OF thess in the voting This due largely
the influence OF the New orleans Daily Crusader which
has continued 70 come out every day since II
hatched out OF the weekly ohrysalia The result has
nlpped In the bud the movement for q white RepublL
party In Louisiana.
ftis worth mentioning that the Afro Americans of
San Francisco refused to for the Republican
didae for Mayor. and supported rather Adoph sutro
the Independent candidate who elected Two OF
the three newspapers there have supported Mr. sutro
There was also much detection from N. NJ Estes the
candidate for Governor. the Republican ticket
who was defeated because OF his record on the war
amendments while ho was member OF the California
Legislature. Mr.. T. B. Morton President OF the Afro
American League of San Francisco, issued pamphlet
in which he undertook to explain away the objection
able features Of Mr.. Estess record but his defeat
would indicate that he had his labor for his pains
Tho extent to which Afro Americans contributs 70
the support OF church work may be Judged by the
fact that at recent grand rally" at Zion Church,
the corner OF Beecker and West Tenth street, New
York. $500 raised; that at the "annual rally" at
st. Marks Church, In Forty eighth street. on recent
Sunday. $500 was raised; that the Zion Church OF
Jersey City. which has q mortgage debt OF $500,
raised fsy2s3 for church purposes for the quarter
ended Oct 1. and that the Clinton Street Baptist
Church of so small place as Orange. N. j.. raised
sSos on recent SUNDAY. Nearly al the churches are
hea'hy mortRased and the interest charges and pas
tor' ana general cnurch support keep the pastors
clamornsf for more all the time Indeed they do little
eise' ana seem 10 nave great pleasure In do'nsN
Me recent baptist educatonai convention atCor
ncsnh ie.' tne neeus OF baptist schooi al hearne
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test in big circular letter in which ,bey declared
that they had gone out OF tho gratitude bu.,pess
and wanted their preacber, to look after soul, and
leave politics and political MANAGEMENT alone pig
Republican neet,ngs were held IN most of the
churches and the circular charged that thew were
held In OF gfts 70 the Church
Debt Fund by the Republican manaeers