Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-09-27
THE STRAIGHT OUTS MEET.
A Large Mass Meeting of Colored
Republicans Assembled in the
Court House-The Purposes
of the Meeting Those
who Spoke.

court house, he purposes
of the Meeting Those
who Spoke.
a mass meeting of the Repub-
lican voters of Wayne county
was called and met at the court
house Monday night and after
the call was read by DIR. E. E.
Smith, be was made chairman
of the meeting aud B. H. Ho-
gans, secretary. The purpose
of the meeting vas explained by
DR.. Smith, who made some
timely and touching remarks in
favor of the negro. He said
among other things, that he had
had the pleasure of grasping the
hands of all the presidents from
Garfield down and many of the
crowned heads of Europe, but
none gave him the joy and pride
that he felt when he grasped the
hand of President Cheeseman,
the negro president of Liberia.
Mr. Smith then introduced
Col. G. t. Wassom, as the cham
pion of the colored mans rights,
and it was he that thrust the
bomb into the camps of Popu-
lists and white Republicans, who
object to the negro being repre-
sented on the county ticket to
be nominated on Wednesday, He
said that there are 1900 negro
voters in this county and that
these votes could not be again
dumped into the Democratic
party, the Third party nor any
other party except the party of
Lincoln, Garfield and Grant. He
reminded the voters of the state
of affairs that existed Immediately
after the last election, and of the
famous cas- of colored women
before the Mayor, and how when
certain Populist leaders were
asked to assist in raising the fine
of 1927, they absolutely refused
and one hobbled off on his
crutch and said, No, [ won't
give a d cent and neither
will I go about them. when
the whole trouble was brought
on solely for the benefit of the
Populist ticket in the county.
The next Speaker introduced
was Rev. G. billiard, who began
his remarks by saying that there
was no cooperation in shim,
and that he could not see how it
was that a mass meeting could
not be called unless some white
Republicans call it. He said that
he was a Republican first. last
) and always, and that as long as
the white Republican leaders re
main within the Republican party
ranks we will remain with them,
but when they begin to stray off
after strange gods then we fail
to follow. The speaker empha.
sized the fact that if a white
Republican or a Populist who
would not vote for him from nc
other cause than that his Skin
was black, all else being equal,
then he would not vote for him.
and urged that the negro race be
represented on the county ticket
1IOI. w. II. DulI lcUUc SpOht
next and stated that the time ha6
; come when the party bosses
i could not roll up the negro vote:
, in one roll and stuff them in his
vest pocket, strut about the
: street and then dump then
whenever and wherever h'
wanted them, but that the negroes
, had begun to think and act TO.
'" themselves.
Mr.. Aldridge, of Dudley, spok'
and said that the South side Of
4 the river was for a straight Re
y publican ticket from "a to lizard
= andthat they were standing OF
! the bed rock bottom of Republi
canism and that no party leader
- could move them into any part,
. except the Republican party.
The meeting was harmoniou
Throughout and the best of feel
ing was manifested. The chair
man then adjourned the meeting
to reassemble on Wednesday
E. E. SMITH, Chin.