The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-10-18
THOSE ROCKVILLE RESOLU-
TIONS. WHAT THE NEGROES
WILL DEMAND,

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Mr.. Lowndes has not yet replied to
the resolutions of the Republican
Club of Rockville. This is O colored
club composed of 122 voters, which ON
Oct. list passed resolutions in the
shape of questions propounded for and
addressed to Hon. Lloyd Lowndes.
These resolutions were passed against
the earnest attempt of the white Re-
publicans of Rockville to suppress
them. Among other things a full,
clear and candid" explanation of the
following was requested: Whether
he favors mi1ed schools, and if not
whether he is in favor of giving col
ored people better school faeilities;'
Whether he will be able to give re-
cognition to our race in the way OF
places noao held by DemOcrdts;;'
Whether he will use his best endeav-
ors and official influence to carry the
State for the Republicans in the next
presidential election" whether he
would pass such rule as would keep
out or make 1t possible to keep out
colored Republican voters from posi-,
tions us policemen, firemen &C., in
Baltimore city"
The tone of these questions is clear
and unmistakable. Why has not Mr..
Lowndes answered them? 1t is now
over half a month since the negro
club addressed these questions to him.
Furthermore, ON last Saturday Mr.
Lowndes addressed an audience at
Rockville composed of 300 negro
voters, and about so whites, and even
then he did not venture to touch the
questions asked him by the colored
club of that place, except in a most
general and tender manner.
What do these questions mean
They mean a great deal to the Demo
Gratis of Maryland, whether Mr..
Lowndes answers them or not. They
show, in the first place, that the forty
or more thousand Of colored voters in
Maryland mean to be recognized, if
bHc ICpuDllCdh ptilby CciIlCb UIio
State on November the fifth.
These questions suggested in these
resolutions are not bug to
brighten Democratic boilers as the
Sun would make us believe, but they
are actual, living, practical questions
that under Republican rule will be
met and answered in an actual and
practical way.
Let us look at these questions sepa-
rately.
The first one shows Enthusiastically
that mixed schools is what this negro
club wants, but that they would be
willing to compromise on money being
taken from white schools and spent
on colored schools, in case it is i'm
possible for them to get mixed schools.
Secondly, whether Mr.. Lowndes
will give to the negroes the places now
held by Democrats. And yet some
Democrats pretend to believe that
bossism is the only issue in this cam
paign! Could there be anything more
candid and at the same time more re-
voting to any Democrat who has a
spark of Democracy left in him than
this demand? Why has Mr.. Lowndes
not answered this question? Because
he must sit astride the fence. If he
answers in the negative he will lose
many of his forty thousand negro
votes, and if he answers in the affirma-
tive he may lose the Democratic votes
necessary to elect him.
Unfortunately for himself, Mr.
Lowndes answered this third question
before it was asked when he said be-
fore Republican Club in Washington
at the opening of the campaign: IF
we carry the State this fall, We can
keep her in line in 49," And yet this
is only a local campaign. No race
problems. No national issues,
10 nothing involved, except
the Baltimore SUMS personal feud,
and that is the gigantic, the colossal,
the all absorbing issue, says the foxy
Mr.. Lowndes.
And lastly the negroes want to be
policemen, firemen, etc, and if Mr..
Lowndes is elected they will get it.
Does any sane Democrat suppose Tor