Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-12
FOR THE CENSUS PLAN.
ELABORATE ARGUMENT me-
~ Tur nEpuBLIoAy LEAGUE.
ar the Lily white View of
IN Texas-The objection
Il. ucpIy That New Primary
.,,,a Law VIII be Eu"cted.

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en- s,nh last night. The chair was
,.sn,ed BY e. r. Meeks, Esq. chair
!, the club, and Mr.. A. q. Gone
~, ,be minutes in the absence OF MT
Wray, the secretary. An
N'sv ",s,nant OF 25 cents per capita was
,.'.o,sd 10 defray campaign expenses
committee of two was appointed
~ ,syIsIon of the membership rolls,
',.,Ing OF Messrs. Arthur Springer
A "a John W. wray.
IN ~. committee on program reported
..oosh Mr. Springer that there would
S,seusslon of the question, Ought
penublicans OF Texas to Unite on
consus Plan?" and that the open
"e rsument for the affirmative would
- - presented by Mr.. Whit. Dryden
,hereupon read carefully pre-
WV" ,aper. Mr.. Dryden in part said:
nh. census plan as advocated by
80 number Of Republicans in Texas
aa,,mplates no change in any party
i ,"clpe. but simply a change in the
'Ars Of holding It's primaries, and In
,sss OF which delegates shall be
.,scted TO the various committees.
ssovldes for separate primaries 10
hsid hy the white and colored Re
.,it,sns each to elect their proportion
M Jalegates to all conventions,
Il al, conventions are to be mixed
ny .e,,nosed OF both white and colored
issatss In the state convention each
Y ,omnty having Republican organlza-
z ian shall be entitled TO two delegates
4 large. one to be white and one col
we'd and also one additional dele
yate for each 200 votes or traction
9ver 100 cast for Harrison IN 1881
bese additional delegates are 10 pc
8dylded between the white ana col0reu
fpsnubllcans in proportion to the white
ma colored population Of the county;
Esbls Tarrant county would have two
||dslegates at large, one white and one
a1coloped. and six additional delegates
Nh lts Harrison vote, five Of whom
Ga vould be white and one colored, max
$Inr eight IN all, or six white and two
N colored. while the white population OF
y he county Is nearly nine times that
n The colored. BY the same method
n Fort Bend county, the colored popula-
"A ton being Ave and one-half times that
N Of the white, would have FIVE delegates,
81 two white and three colored, but If the
A Harrison vote of 1892, IN Fort Bend
county. had been equal to the num-
Der OF negro voters in the county us
n shown by the census of 1890 the cOun-
Inv, would be entitled TO fourteen dele
Hgates Instead of i've, eleven of whom
would be colored and three white, but
a out Of total Of 242G negro voters, plus
N whatever white Republicans there may
4 have been in the county, Harrison only
( received 524 votes, ana Mr.. Rosenthal.
\ the regular Republican candidate for
A congress, only received 265 votes,
In the same way Harrison county Is
\ entitled to nine delegates, six colored
4 and three white, but II the Republican
vote there in 1892 had been equal to
the 1860 negro voters in the county
instead Of only 1455, they would have
been entitled to nineteen delegates in
stead Of nine, Thirteen OF whom would
y be elected by colored Republicans and
A only six by the white. Thus, the adop-
\ ton of the census plan would be an
Incentive 10 the colored people to poll
their full vote for the Republican party.
4. and thereby Increase their representa-
ZION In It's conventions. But the cleo
"A ton returns Of this and other South
T. srn states clearly show that in the
a past they have not polled anything APP
n proxmatlug their full vote for the
u republican, party.
II What is the basis Of representation
In The national Republican nominating
convention? The party vote cuts nc
" hgure whatever there. Each state has
four delegates at large and two fol
each congressional district and thes,
districts, as is well known, are based
n entirely upon population; and the sam,
may be said OF the representation II
me National Republican league. Th'
X practice Of these high authorities in
dloates that representation bnseC
upon population is neither un-Americar
n nor un-Republlcan.
81 Having been raised in the south, and
knowlng the Negroes many good quail
x ues as well as bad. 1t is not my desir,
Z 70 reflect upon them as individuals, o.
ii even rs a whole, many OF them beinl
educated and intelligent But the cen
N gus reports show that the great ma
n lority OF them are illiterate and there
iore incapable of successfully CONTROL
ing any great political party Nam
Of the northern Republicans are mlsle'
II oy comparing the great body OF tn
"A toulhern negroes, where the illiteracl
"A about 10 per cent, with that of tn
northern negroes. where the illiterac!
among them Is only about 10 per cent
~ Is claimed by the adoption OF thi
plan that the negroes will desert tn
Republican party. This they have
81 perfect right to do, but is there an
other party that has done - mucl
q ,,pr them or that now offers to do more
ny accepting this plan and giving
lneif support they will have n hye
ana dsinite representation In all con
II .enuons and viii have absolute con
uol or their own primaries and ca
auopt such tests MS they may see pron
tr for excluding those who have n
knts there. This they would be niue
ueiter prepared to do In primaries q
,helr own than they would in mike
pTlmaries where ignorant and -dishor
n " negroes are used and defended b
n ~nlte men simply for the purpose q
ss.ung their votes. Sut II left to them
I'VE the honest and patriotic colore
n republicans can exclude these elC
anW and may expect some reward fo
n elr honesty and their services to tn
Nriy; and predict that this woul
sesuy Improve tho class Of colore
rHates sent to our conventions; an
~ Wy, w conditions presented In Chicago /
10y VIII never be repeated.
n ,Mhen Mr. Dryden finished his pape
d ,slr Wray. who had been assigned {
wy the discussion on the negativ
4 ssor stated that on account OF IN
a h'ehess OF the hour and the fact tina
"A e,a. uAa not made preparation for a
n s,oorate argument he would rattle
81 ,rrer tis address until another meet
t,s, ! was therefore decided to cor
NJ ing. AZ 'he next nlee
NJ. Frank Stanley however mad
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