The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-24
HONORS WERE EVEN.
AFRo-AMERICANs DEBATE ON
DEMOCRACY AND REPUBLIcANIsM
Durham Champions Democracy and
LindeII Stands TIP for the Party
of High TariR-Both Men Made
Good Talks.


by the two colored orators, Mr.. Dur
ham and Mr.. Lfndell. 1t was a very
hilarious gathering and only lacked a
few vivid Bible quotat tons to make it
an IDEAL protracted meeting. The
listeners were largely colored men.
The advocate of the party of probec-
ton was cheered. There were besides a
large number of prominent citizens of
both parties in the hall, and the we'll
directed sentences and broad-gauge
humor of the Afro-American Democrat
also brought out enthusiastic cheers
and applause from all classes.
Chairman Powers and Chairman Cam
non occupied the platform as repre-
santatdves of the two speakers. Judge
Powers briefly introduced Durham
who took the affirmative Of the ques-
ton, Resolved, that it is to the inter-
est OF the negro race to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket" Durham warmed up
to his subject at once and had his ad-
mirers clapping and yelling vigorously.
He began with a description of the
position of the Democratic party in
the latte war. That was not, he said.
fight of Republicans against Demo-
read long array of statistics from the
New York Herald, showing that in the
northern hosts there We're more ad-
herents of the Democracy than Re-
publicans. OF 100000 Democratic voters
In the state of New York, 300, 600 were
missing at the time of the war, and
the voters must therefore have been
out on the field of battle.
Durham was interrupted at this
point by some lusty shouts of That s
not right" and no" from two notably
colored ladies, but Chairman Powers
quoted the disturbance by saying If
Republicans were not able to stand
good Democratic doctrine they should
not have paid a quarter to come in.
Durham continued by claiming that
Lincoln did not favor the emancipation
of the negro but waged war on the
system as a war policy. He read an
extract from one of Lincoln's letters,
in which he states that he did not be-
lieve in the social equality of the two
races. Lincoln then" continued Dur
Senate as Trumbo does today"
Oaughter) He then quoted Blaine,
whom he dubbed as the uncrowned
king of Maine and wound up with a
forid description of the negro race. He
said that some of them are black, some
yellow and some green-like a flower
garden. He closed by stating that
with Lincoln it was Union first and all
other issues afterwards.
Linden was then introduced for the
negative by Chairman Cannon and
stepped to the front of the platform
with bland smile, which seemed to
give inspiration to the colored people
and they cheered him loudly He told
his audience they had just listened to
a lot of blank dispatches over hot
Democratic wires. He said he had not
come to discuss dead issues but the
speech of his colored brother had
made it necessary On the great con-
stdtution, he said, of which the Demo-
Gratis boast, was hanging prior 10 1865
the perfidy of slavery and it needed the
present Republican party born in 1886,
to come out and remove that perfidy.
LindeH, with fine African sarcasm,
inveighed luridly against the ''solid
south" He said the southerners want
ed slavery extended through all the
states and it was Abraham Lincoln
who fought against its extension. When
they found the opposition of the north
tightening they hung to their strict
construction beliefs ard seeded.
1t was the other gentleman, said
Lindel. who waved the bloody shirt,
but let US see who it was that left the
dirty stains on it. He then con-
demned the action of leading Democrats
in the bred Scott case. claiming that
stephen A Douglass went through the
country lobbying" in support of that
decision.
Lincoln never uttered the words
mentioned by the Democratic advo-
cate The gentleman got the little eu-
logium from the Broad Axe applause
and laughteT, a sheet Instituted to de-
ceive the colored voters. AS to the
southerners enlistfng troops, it is true
they did this. They wanted the colored
race to fight to keep on the shackles
that had bound them fE' over a hun
dred years. The Democrats want the
colored race to aid in fighting their
battles today in direct opposition to
all their best interests.
Durham was then given twenty min
utes for a response. He began with
sideshow performance, which immense
ly pleased the people. Taking off his
coat dramatically, he turned the
sleeves inside out and readjusted it in
this condition on his big form. This
pyrotechnical platform feat was per-
formed so that he could impersonate
Lindell. The latter, he said, was not
really Republican. He had attempted
to get into the Democratic fold about
a month ago, and in proof of this
Durham read one of Lindell's letters
to some prominent Democrats, in
which he solicited their aid in launch
ing a Democratic paper.
He presented some more historical
references to show that Lincoln had
not willingly freed the slaves. He
shorten the war, and the colored peo-
pie, therefore, owe no debt of gratitude
to the Republican party for securing
their liberty. The south spends S.
100000 annually for schools for the
colored people in the south, $5,O0O,0O0
of which is paid by the white Demo-
Gratis. That old cry of the Republicans
about giving the colored men forty
acres of land and a mule always was
farce. It is time for the colored vote
to divide. SO long as the black men
vote soEdly lynch law will prevail in
the south Even the Republican chair
man of this territory admits he has
not entertained a proposition to allow
colored Republicans to go out on the
stump. The Democrats, on the con-
trary, are anxious to accord them this
privilege.
Linden spoke for twenty minutes in
closing. He claimed, in rebuttal of
Durham's statement that he OindelD
was a Democrat, that Durham had
said in a recent Republican meeting
that he himself was Republican,
that his father was a Republican, and
lican cradle and nursed by a Republi-
can mother 81 should like to know"
he continued, "if that is a Republican
coat he is wearing" Oaughte).
He said there is going to be split
in the south on the silver question