The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-23
WILL VOTE RIGHT
COLORED REPUBLICANS HOLD
ROUSING MEETING.
Biggest and Best Held in Wichita for
Years-Corporal McAfee Makes a
Ringing Address as Well also as
Mr.. stewart-Rev. Grant Makes an
Eloquent Republican Address.

Garfield hall was crowded 10 overfiowine
last night, the event being rally OF the
Republicans of this city. under the aus
pices of the colOred Republicans. The
meeting was called 10 order by ;. W. Jones
at o'clock, and after music by PROF..
Smiths juvenile band that great wheel
horse OF the Republican party in this and
Shawnee counties, and chairman OF the
cciored Republican club of this city, c. r.
Stewart. was introduced, who made n log
zeal and pointed speech upon Republican
ism and the colore! man. Mr.. Stewart
claims to be no orator. but when i, comes
to preaching the doctrines OF the Repub-
lican party c. X. stands without peer,
and was most heartily encored from begin
ming to end. His remarks were well timed,
pointed and bristling with oratory. The
chairman then introduced the Magnolia
quartette. composed of Messrs- W. Ii.
Jones. Robert johnson, Charles Floyd aud
Joe Dunn, who favored the audience with
several vocal selections of high order aud
were heartily encored.
| That Old soldier, both in the ranks OF the
Union army in '6l-'65 and in the ranks of
the Republican party since the ballot was
| placed in the hands Of colored men-Jacob
McAfee-was next intro iuced. Mr.. Nc
| Afee spent few moments i'll preliminar-
| les, skirmishing, ms he termed II, and
! then. warming to his subject. proceeded 10
pour forth such volley of Republican
| truths as would make the most ardent and
| enthusiastic Pop tremble in his boots and
| quail before his fiery eloquence Ii is TO
I lie re GREETED that MIR McAfee for want of
! time could not finish his speech. Owing
! 10 the fact that another gentleman WAS 10
| follow him who had To time his remarks
! L
| for Xenia, o., Mr.. McAfe cut short what
promised be be an interesting speech in
4 order TO allow the orator of the evening as
broad a scope Of time as was possible. Ills
remarks were TO the point and carried with
| them Republican sentiment that brought
| forth enthusiasm from his audience. The
| speaker of the evening WAS Rev. W. l.
! Grant, the eminent colored preacher, ora
| tor aud lecturer of Lawrence. Rev. Grant
| is without doubt the best posted colored
| man in the state of Kansas upon the po
| litical issues of the day. and as nm orator
| he has but few equals in the west. Mr..
| Grant spoke for one hour and a half upon
politics, as they most concern the negro
| American, aud the large audience cheered
him to the echo time and again through
| out bis speech. Not only did he speak
! upon politics rs they most concern the col
ored man, but be handled the issues Of the
| day in mastery way and
1 displayed thorough knowledge
and acquaintance with the questions
| of tariff and finance. Mr.. Grant
| made a speech such AS has not been heard
from a colorsd man since the time when
| Hon. John l.. Waller spoke here last. His
speech showed him to be a scholar, orator
aud man of marked ability, and by the
Great Bend Republican, Is termed the
| Roscoe Conkln of the negro race. Those
| who failed to hear him missed n rare treat.
The meeting throughout was most en-
| thusiastic one, better than any meeting of
| the kind ever held in this part OF the state
\ by colored men. Sam Jones. not the di-
vine however, acted as chairman of the
meeting and conducted the same in a
| creditnble manner. All the prominent
| colOred men of the city were out Ell masse
| Among the more prominent in politics
| who were present were: 5. f. Williams,
| J. VI. Covington, VIM. Written, j. w.
Price Robert Hodge. Joe Dunston, NJ. l..
| Copeland, George Jones and many others
of more or less political prominence.
The white Republicans of the city were
well represented, Mayor Cox. II. L. Gordon.
| Henry Schad, John Dorau, j. NJ. Balder-
| son, Murray Myers. John Kelley. Pat
! rbiugh and Otto Eckstein bling anon x
the two or three hundred other whites
| present.