The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-27
Az HONEST APPEAL.
:, ono Of Robertson County's Colored
III r,,i,ons to His own People.

'" Ciiizens to His own People.
,ho colored Voters of Robertson Count,
am an old time country darkey know
,arv Of YOU. love my race. an
80 have not been able to do moro t,
snce the interests Of my people. try
study my own welfare without forget
. otber colored people, believe | I'M
s,ond what all OF us should do in the
sert state election am sure all OF
.ho,ld vote for the reelection of Gov.
culberson and all of the other State
,ocratlc candidates, for all democratic
makers and judicial officers, except
ere we have republican candidates,
minated by republicans.
oil ask me Why / so advise?
We have no nominated candidates
4, ,,enary committees we fail to under
{rd The democrats have administered
c,s,e affairs economically aud with
nartiality towards us as republicans.
The democratic party of Texas has at
times been the colored peoples friend.
nv yirue of democratic laws. enforced
democratic officers, every young col
man and woman has had access to
free school terms same as whites, and
=, NJ them have an English education
aimed at such schools. They have en-
ID laws favorable TO the colored people
Quoting their own schools, and each
bred pupil has always received as much
snch white one for school purposes. al
ueh most OF the tax is paid by the
dte democratic voters.
That party has been considerate
ush Of us to provide us with ample
lums for our deaf, dumb, blind and
nne, and We are the recipients of some
the best institutions of learning to be
| nd anywhere, and we are permitted to
te our own color placed in charge
them. There is the Prairie View nor
! school, in which one OF our honored
zens, NJ. H. Broyles, holds professor
and numbers of our people have been
Gated.
! Under the democrats we get at this
Il 81 free school fund for each pupil.
3 is the same received by white chill
b and affords us over five months free
ools, All these things we owe to the
bocrats who have made and enforced
laws so favorable to us.
Our State nominating convention held |
Fort Worth by the republican party |
Jed to nominate or indorse the populist
|didates of the State and we are not !
|the least obligated TO them.
They are our real pronounced enemies.
republican platforms denounce popu-
+ and populism. and all populist declar-
Pns denounce republicans and repuhl-
|ism. Popullsts are especially down on
colored man, and against him always.
pits now to take his free school privi-
THE PoPuLISTs IN THEIR STATE
RTFoRM ARE IN FAVOR OF GIVING
WHITE AND COLORED CHILDREN
THE SCHOOL FUND AMOUNTS IN
pPoRTloN TO THE AMOUNT OF
SEs PAID BY EACH RACE IN THE
ATE. AS PER NUMBER or Roth
YES NOW UNDER DEMOCRATS WE
u u FOR EACH CHrLD. ELECT
(ARBY AND THE BALANCE OF THE
fuLlsTS, AND THEN YOU WILL.
\ ONLY 81 CENTS FOR EACH col.
ED CHILD. WHILE THE WHITES
'uLD RECEIVE $500 FOR EACH.
iver us from this class OF legislation
'n"h the populists are pledged.
fopulists declare against the extern ,
OF Prairie View normal school and
Jun at the democrats, who are our
NUS Tor suggesting the donation of 90
acres of the unappropriated domain
tue benefit of the negroes. Yet they
WI votes but they Will ask in vain.
VIII not vote to take our schools away
i, 'uaii we vote to prevent the jrnproy4-
: VI lralrie View normal scbonI b,,t
wa, save our schools and our institu-
!. vi iearhlng by voting for the c.udi-
VI ,he party who has failed ia do
N.Y. narhn but have provided us with
I ,h a'I nave given us good govern
iudi "J aeinocrats for State. legislative
,a.,cia' officers, except where we have
GoSa,o IN the field, We should sun.
e capsis culberson and his associate
jude 'e 1 Mr. Dashiell Mr. Way
v then, Ioliyer and Keys. We
, ,,t 10 nave been our rriends-v.e
Misc n'e ~ them They and their porty
Is ne To continue their friendship TO-
past ma -'t us judge the future by +;
ecisto anu -, De as thankful as the hog-he ,
which 'p h tree that bears the acorn
' sipns ne reeds. Let us for once !,
educs,e, appreciation to those who
n. Wiling 10 do more for u.s. " "''
'e'''uly submitted.
me, Octohor q, .. Ike Ephram.