The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-23

~. w. Quincy, the Man who Controls the
RepublIcan Politics OF Tea.

Republican Politics OF Texas.
GALVESTON. Dec. ol.--There are 500, 900 Afro
Americans in the State of Texas. In many
respects they are different from their brethren
in any OF the other Southern States. They arc.
In the main, men OF rare courage and manliness.
They labor under many Instantaneous ~restric-
tions which serve no good purpose whatever
and are enforced in utter disregard OF personal
rights and wise public policy. They do not
accept the condition complacently. They are
what we stvle kickers in New York. They
do not kiss the hand that slnps them. But
they are in the minority, and, ike their fellows
everywhere, they are disposed to obey the law.
even when they know That 1t is unjust and was
intended to be so. In those parts OF Texas out
side the large centres OF population. where an
armed truce may be said to be maintained. the
blacks are as sullen and prepared for action az
the whites. In such parts every man OF both
races travels with his gun. and does not feel
himself safe without 1t.
1t is in their political action that the Afro
Americans of Texas display most courage and
manliness. Those OF them who believe in the
Republican party and its policies stand up for
their convictions against all odds. and do 20
under leadership Of their own selection. Com
prising q vast majority of the Republican men,
bership OF the State, they have not hesitatcd to
assert their right to control the party machinery
the same as the white Republicans do wherever
they have the majority. This assertion Of ma
jority rule has led to a split In the Republican
party In the State strictly on the colorline.
A Black Flag" Republican desplses q Lilly
White" Republican as much as q white Democrat
does a Populist. There can be no truce among
any of the four factions in Texas. 1t
is war to the knife. The Black Flaggers are led
by n. w. Quincy, who was Collector OF Customs
at Galveston under President Harrison. Just
how his followers feel toward him was illus
trated in a convention prior to the November
election. A Black Flagger In tho pay Of the op-
position arose, and was scoring Quincy and his
methods fore and aft when a Tarrant county
patriot jumped up, and, amid great excitement.
claimed the attention OF tho Chairman IN .
point OF order. When he was recognized hs
exclaimed:
Mister Chairman; Dis am er publican, con-
wenchun., and Wright Quincy am its prophet
Lily Mite, wat has ies spoke, be pitched outen
Instead Of ssconding the melton. the Ccpysns
out q the Convention; When order was re-
siEFe pa ne Ur1 Texas 91a ~ w f,Sn questions lhs si tSs r %iG ~
Mr.. Quincy 70 run the Republican party as he
1feS ft Il hn not ds ss a ,I prGPsr He Il T cssD%ss with msr ;n:i
the sort q man who falls under suspicion In the
man who will sacrifice the interests OF his race
in order 10 stand well with white men.
~ ' iOuo ihtI thob in
and the North and the West. prefer the leader
makes the Texas situation ali the more novel
and instructive. II may not argue that they are
lows; il may argue, however. that the man they
swear By and follow Is the sort OF man who
S wEpt son % q isaS OF sS or @sn H I iads sn fSi ra &c s se tb N
case with Mr.. Quincy, after studying the man at
close range. He is an exception TO the general
knows how TO use them. He may be regarded
as a stormy petrol. since he dominates the situa-
a calm prevails, Indeed, / am convinced that
he is more N his native element in q tempest
Mr.. Quincy is about fifty years of age. He is .
man OF 1.-THE hut slender build. He Is generous
as a lion, and has therefore walked into tho
Jaws Of death and still lives. He has been in
OF the National Republicans Committee for ten
years. IL costs a white man a great deal 20 lead
the F sSathsrn I PsT!y but 81 T E sS.ii. as a b i aHs nam IN
more. lie carries his life in his hands, When
Snsre Is a srInPaiEn ~ Pr.SFsl,sst tate Mr. TSTTrSItss
do, not deter him. He go"s where duty
call, hthha; i. is ior thhlSS pSs5ticGT as
resnect him. Courage : h9n"red at It's faeS
value the world over. But the strain upon the
among desperate men Who despise his party
more than They do his race, eau be better imag-
this man of irnl nerve. lWt he is determined 10
stand To his Eu,,s, especially until the last Lily
White ack uowltdEes the error 81 his ways and
gets baC6 INTO he uEulsT OI ganiLatiOn.
Ia galveston, whore h- lives, no man Is better
known aud more respected than Mr.. Quincy.
The best men Of an parties respect him. In TIE
places where Inlltlcians and business men do
most cpIgrcgate he IS regarded As = hail fell
low well met | have been surprised At the eX-
tent of social privilege extended Aim BY tho
Test men ~ GalN estOn. They recognize that no
i one Of The exceptional influences 10 the life Of
Texas. and treat Inn accordingly. His inhu-
sncs fur good tor his race aud Tor Galveston .
felt all along the line.
just wLHIthe n.ai outcome Of the differences
between the Bagk tlAggvTs and the Lily Whites
Will be- remains L. be seen: but II IL safe a. saY
that - lone us y, W, Quincy lives he will dDmi-
nate the Republican politics u Texas. lie =
that SORT Of nan. lie never turns lO11e Es grp.
lie holds uH like "a bulldOs. The LIly Mites
hate him; thc democrats and luuulist. res prut
him. AID tLc BLACK t~1agFr-s viii die b LIN.
Ills race has produced ma political organizer ~
any way coihphraple 10 Inn The tnct that "
has produced him j. a s~utfiCisnt evidence tuat
there are more Of the SANE sort where Le camf
from and that m the Rr9Psr ums thee IN