The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1894-08-25
THE INDIANAPOLIS CONVEN
TION.
THE MEETING OF TIE CLANs.-wHAT
THE BEES SPECIAL CORREsPON
DENT SAW AND HEARD.
TAYLOR WINKED HIS EYES.
Indianapolis, Aug. 10th, "94.
(Snerial to td.e BEE

L
Especial to tie BEE.
The Negro Democratic League con-
venti0n isa thing OF the past. Z. ii. j.
Taylor had stated that all delegates OF
| the district were to be his guests during
his stay in indianapolis and that they
would leave here in a private car at his
expense. The party, which was COM
posed of TAYLOR, AStWood, McLauren
| Curtis and Koonce took a sleeper at
their own expense, for Cincinnati
Sunday at II clock noon. Curtis and
Knoonce supplying the lunches and
whiskey. Although Taylor and Ast-
wood claimed that they had private
car it has been proven to be falseheod
pure and simple. | should have
thought that Taylors' present position
and AstwoodS' previous oneswould pre-
clude them at least from travelling as
| they did. They were on one OF the =. u
o best equipped trains with.all cOnven-
fences, yet they spread chicken and
| whiskey lunch on the seats and enjoy
ed themselves like d party OF Negro
camp meeting eXcurSiOniStS going on q
| 10 miles trip with grub enough to sat-
| iSfy regiment all to be eaten before
the train arrived. v hen they arrived
at Cincinnati the delegates private
car was switched off and they We're
| compelled to take Ian ordinary car for
indianapolis. Arriving at the city
they Were met at the depot by Nh
Manning the only representative OF the
Indiana democracy who meterlallZed
during the convention. The Accident
al was made the League Headquarters
each delegate paying his own eXl enSe.
Mr.. Barnes regular elected delegate
to the convention and representative OF
the BEE reached the city at o'clock.
After registration and being shown to
a room adjourning Taylors party: WOO
was sent to the room that his proXlmi-
ty to raylors party was distasteful to
the "Zar'' and that he would be
given another location. After arrang-
ing toilet for dinner Barnes inquired as
to the trouble and was told that Tay-
lor had informed the proprietor that
the representative Of the ARLINGTON
BEE, (BarneS and himself could not
occupy the same Hotel. The proprleG-
OF informed him, that While he would
be sorry to loose such dignified (?)
parsonage as himself and party
that it would be impossible to eject MI.
Barnes. On second thought Taylor
concluded that he could exist in the
same Hotel. Monday night Taylor
held caucus in a room over saloon,
supposed to be the State League head
quarters. White acted as doorkeeper,
AStwood as chairman, naturally lay
lor was unanimously reelected presi-
dent of the League. After Taylor had
seen that every man voted yea, he had
the delicacy to leave the room and
walk over to the hotel where MI.
Barnes who was excluded from the eau
cuS) was lounglng on the pOrticO and
and while waiting for the committee to
come over and inform him of his elect
ion, he used his eloquent tongue in
trying to persuade Barnes to retract
an article published in the News of
the 18th instant. Barnes refusing. he
then informed him that he was going
TO have Car load of Kansas goats to
come down on Tuesday, who would
make it SO hot for him that he would.
-. = l-,,.-c IL,
nave 10 leave. Inis ulu not have the
desired affect. Barnes was then given
to understand that this was Taylors !
convention and that he would not be
admitted as there would be beautiful
red badges and red tickets given to |
each delegate and that he (BarneS
would not get any, consequently lie !
could not get in to the convention aS
the doors would be locked and guard |
ed by two big Kansas negroes with |
guns. True to his word the pretty !:
red badges and tickets were given |
out, the doors were locked and guard /!
ed as stated. ON Tuesday morning
day of convention Is delegates mater
ia!iZed. Convention was called to Or :
der at noon. Manning made an ad-
dress of welcome, this being a good
chance to tell who Manning was and
what he had done, he started right in
10y welcoming the delegates to his
town and then gave them Il complete
history of his lie (omitting a little
incident that occurred before he left
Washington for the Nooly West J
He told them what his furniture cost,
his houses, his clothes and in fact he
told them everything except what he
dld with tie eighteen hundred dollars
raised to pay expenses and entertalng !
the delegates, all this was omitted. FL
nally becoming exhausted and not be-
ing posted on any other topic other
than self he sat down. Astwood then
read all address prepared by Taylor
and was applauded at prescribed ill
tervals by Curtis who was assigned to
the duty Of furnishing applause, he
having front seat Where he could
see Taylors eye. Where one eye wink
ed, moderate applause, both eyes
winked, vigorous applause, shake of
the head prolonged and vigorous ap-
plause. Curtis filled his duties well
during the first part of the conven
ton, but feeling i'll from the effects
of indulging in lemonade at the eau
Gus the night before (he being Bap~
tlst and a democrat he has always
drank the stick and left the lemon
ade to republicans and Methodists to
drink. he was unable to watch lis
masters eye thereby getting his ap-
plause i'll at the wrong time; he was
saved from utter disgrace by al ad-
journment. The evening session was
free for all this permitted our repre-
sentative to be present. Still, Ast-
wood, had a good old time campmeet-
ing speaker by the name Of AtWater
lit was remarked by some one that
he looked like he spent most of his
me at WhiSkey), were to be tie