The morning call., 1894-07-03
THE GENERAL MISINFORMED
Afro-American League Is Now
for EStee.
THE PRESIDENTS REVELATION
He Searched for Facts and Found
That the Republican Candidate
Was All Right.

in an enthusiastic meeting held at new
California Hall. Bush street, last evening
President T. b. Merton had come to the
meeting loaded with evidence to convict
General Barnes of gross carelessness, al
least. in the statements he made IN MS
sensational address at Sacramento con-
cerning Estee's relationship to the four
teenth amendment of the constitution.
He had with him copies Of the journals
of the Legislature of California in which
action was taken upon that amendment.
He read from newspaper excerpts. which
he said formed the generals source OF
information. and then he read those por-
tions of the Barnes speech in which he
made the charges against Estee.
Mr.. Morton was at Sacramento during
the convention and was an interested
listener to General Barnes speech. When
the general had finished he (Morton)
shook his hand, he said, and asked him
General Barnes) where the evidence could
be found to support the statements he had
made.
my boy" said the general, you go
right over to the Statehouse and ask the the
librarian for the journal reports or the
Legislature of 1S67-6S."
Mr.. Morton stated that he took him at
his word. went right over to the librarian,
found the reports and found that MI
Estee was not IN the Legislature at that
session when the fourteenth amendment
as defeated.
He found furtner that Mr.. Estee was
member of the session OF 1868 and voted
every time for the resolution indorstng
Pres dent Lincoln's emancipation DrOcla-
nation.
He searched further and found that Mr..
Estee was the author of resolutions cor
demnIng slavery In strong terms. and that
the statement made by Mr. Frank Nj :.
PiXiey to the effect that MIR. Estee had
been delegate to the convention nominal
jig Greeley against Grant WAS not true, and
Mr.. Pixlev must have known 1t was not
true for the History Of Political COnven-
lions" which he searched recorded +. NJ
PiXIey as the first named of these dele
gates-Mr. Estee was not of that conven-
ton al all. He also found evidence in
the hard ana unc0mpromising histories and
journals TO conirnyert all the ugly state
ments about Mr.. Estee having opposed the
liberal education of the colored race in
the public schools.
He had enlisted with him some others in
the search, a colored editor of a news
paper who was bitterly preiudiced against
Estee because he believed the statements.
and who went into the work unwillingly,
but who was completely converted from
his preiudices to ardent support.
In telling all this In plain business
like fashion to the league last night, read
ing from the books be had brought along,
Morton said:
"After this search, and CARRYING these
books under my arm, l was going down
the State-house steps when | met General
Barnes and his son coming UP. He greeted
me with. We'll, young man. did you do as
| told you?'
81 said, Yes. general. and l am sorry
and yet very glad to say that you are not
sustained
WHAT he exclaimed.
"'Yes, SIR said. L have searched the
records and find you are not sustained. l
will show you
"He interrupted me. saying, You have
found it, so you say. Nowdo you mean to
say that these newspapers have been re-
peaiing this story all these years and it is
not true?'
"'Some newspapers may have done so.
| said, but have here the documents
which you referred to. / am on my way
to the convention to show them.'
Very well, young man, il tits not true,
he said, 'you are right to contradict 1t.
Go ahead and do so. 1t ought to be DONE
Now. can say that General Barnes.
whose Republicanism has never been
questioned, intends to get in and stump
the State for his ticket. He has done a
Wioue "hiCh no huo"S y" o0 "i"h9t
and he is going to do the best he can TO
repair it.
Now" said the speaker, ''if Mr.. Estee
had been guilty of voting against US
even II it was ten or twenty or thirty years
aGo-in those troublous times, when it was
rather popular than otherwise to be against
the black man. it would be very hard for
you and | to forgive him. Republicans as
we are and Republican as he is, we would
probably vote against him. now wouldn't
we? Then what is the logical thing TO do
when we find by the facts Of history that
in those times he worked and voted for us?
What should we do now?"
The answer came like a sudden storm
from the audience and was followed by
tumult of applause. "Vote for bimi'
Remember" said the speaker, that
this Fourteenth amendment was rejected
in California by Democrats 10 the Legisla-
ture upon the recommendation OF Demo-
cratic Governor. 1t was not accepted until
after three-fOurths of the total number of
States had accepted it and was part of
the constitution already"
George Dennis moved the adoption of
resolution indorsng the entire ticket from
ton to bottom as named at Sacramento.
The motion was carried by unanimous
standing vote and with applause.
Dennis then moved q vote of thanks to
the president and other mem bers of the
delegation for the work they had done at
Sacramento, which was also carried with
enthusiasm.
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