The Colored citizen., 1894-09-10
A WOLF IN SLEEPS CLOTHING.
GEO. MITCHELL A MOUTHY sONDESCRIPT


mouthy, conceited, presumptious and
suffering with a yirulent case of
swell head. He Is a political aero
bat of the worst type. He came to
this city few months ago and set
tied in the first ward. He has done
odd jobs until the campaign opened.
George is slick looking fellow with
Websterian head as smooth as a
billiard ball and with a pair of poodle
dog eyes and large ears on either side.
At first glance he would be taken for
a Louisiana preacher or ballot box
stuffer. His suavity of manner and
soft talk are captivating; hence
George soon ingratlated himself into
the confidence of the simple plain
folks of the First ward and as he car
ries in his side pockets collection of
almanacs, stale congressional records
and the like he soon was looked upon
as the coming man of his ward.
George is very loquacious and long
winded and it is no uncommon thing
for him to spellbind the eager and
attentive First warders for hours at
the time. BY and by the ward pri-
maries came on and George waxed
happy as in the days of yore down in
sweet Iberville where the sugar cane
grows. He marshaled his club to.
gether in shack with beer kegs for
seats and a kerosene barrel for ros.
trum and told his men that now was
the opportunity of their lives and
that they must stand by him for dele
gate to the Republican county con-
veption. On the night of the primar-
les the said George at the head of his
club marched in and took possession
of the First ward, electing himself
and eleven white men as delegates to
the county convention. This is the
way George Mitchell got into our re-
publican county convention. No SOON
er was the convention called to order
than George was on his feet and from
that time on so obtrusive, obstreper-
GUS and obnoxious did he become
that the whole convention as with
one accord ordered him to dry up and
sit down. But George lacks modesty
as well as good sense and with his
ears tapping he persisted n braying
and saving the air with meaningless,
motions. twas at this juncture that
the colored delegates and spectators
ceased to forbear and their pent up
Indignation asserted itself in spon-
taneous outbreak of just retribution
and as the deadly cyclone swooped
they down upon the unsuspecting
blatherskite. They laid hands on
his brawny form and told him he
must go, as he had disgraced his peo-
pie quite long enough. George bucked,
but IN the eyes of these determined
men he saw pent up vengeance, so he
quietly allowed himself to be thrust
bodily out of the convention hall.
Thus ended one of the most embarras.
sing episodes 1t has ever been our mis-
fortune to chronicle. The colOred
delegates to our conventions have
uniformly been men of standing in
the community and who have reflect
ed credit upon us as people, hence a
feeling of modification exists over
this unfortunate occurrence. Better
that the lst send no co!ored delegate
In the future If the men thereof are
so gullible as to allow any tramp, who
may gather about himself following,
to thrust himself forward as the rep.
resentative of the colored people of
that ward, of whom there are many
and emlnently respectable ones at
that. 1t behooves the leaders of the
First to look to their reputation in
the future and shut out men who 60
about snorting and braying and pos
ing as representative colored men.
Representative colored men are not
build that way, neither do they act
that way. Give us straight goods
hereafter or none at all. The colored
citizens of this city will never again
tolerate man like Mitchell to be
palmed off by the First or any other
ward as a selected representative of
their race.