Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-18
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA.
The Petersburg Herald on the Thorp-Mc-
Kenney Contest--Ciood Advice.


Kenney Contest--Good Advice.
PETERSBURG, VA, December H.
Special 1.-THE annual meeting of the
Petersburg Branch. No. $40. OF the Catho-
lie Knights of America, was held Sunday
afternoon, and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Spiritual
Director, Rev. Father O'Farrell Presi-
dent, =. II. Curtis: Vice-President, James
II. Barley; Recording Secretary, ]. p.
Powers: Financial Secretary. J. p. Xiii
martin; Treasurer, ]. +. Moran; Trustee
for the year, T. V. Collins Delegate to
the State convention, which meets in
Roanoke In January. J. II. Bale.
THE FOURTH CONTEST
The Petersburg Herald, a staunch Re-
publican paper, and the ablest represen-
tative OF the colored race in the South
Side, in its issue OF this week, has this
to say of the contest for Congress in this
district
Evidence is nightly being taken In
this city by Mr.. r. L. Thorp, upon which
to base the contest which he proposes
TO make for Mr.. McKenneys seat in the
Fifty-fourth Congress. The case will at
tract considerable attention when IL comes
up In Congress. because this is a big
black district, ana both the contestant
and contestee are white men veing for
the honor Of representing district
with large black population. MIR. Thorp
expects to be seated on account of the
large colored vote In this district and
It appears to US from the campaign that
he made, that he went into the cam
paign with the express purpose OF making
a contest. The negro speakers were few
and far between. The effort on the part
Of the management seems to have been
to eliminate the colored brother as much
as possible from prominence. During the
days Of the campaign Mr.. Bats and a
few others were sent to deliver their
stereotyped cut and dried speeches; but
the progressive young element of the
party was completely side-tracked and
given the go-by Now we are expected
to whoop them up on all sides. But the
negro is learning some common sense.
We are not whooping so much these
cold December days. But the colored
voter is doing a pile OF thinking. The
Herald will hereafter help them 10 think
more than ever. We are Republicans
but we do not like the methodical manner
with which the negro Is snubbed and
are to be given out. The negro is the
Republican party in this black belt,
and he intends to suit himself in the
future"
The Herald is a conservative paper. and
In every issue advises its colored patrons
TO vote their honest sentiments: to make
friends with those who are able and
willing to help them in their work; to
let tricky politicians pass by; to educate
their children; beautify their homes: en-
courage race enterprises, and TO help one
another. This means. II It means any
thing, that the negroes will support those
who are their true friends.
It is understood that the recent per-
sonal difficulty between Police-Officers
Reuben Ragland and Robert Chandler
will be the subject OF an investigation
by the next grand Jury.
President Cleveland and party. who
passed South through this city Sunday
night, were not visible 10 friends The
door OF the car was locked. and mo
admittance" was granted.