The American guide., 1896-05-23
ACTING THt FOOL.
II, l.. johnson, DcIernIs at Large from
Georgia and Reed Man. Trying to
Influence Other DeleS Sates.

Gcorgin and Reed mAh' iry"g TO
| Influence Other Delegates.
II. L. johnson, th@colored delegate
at large from the stat OF Georgia, and
by-the-way, a Reed man, is moving
around the circuit u southern states
like n grim specterl from the spirit
world returned to haul his fellow men,
lie is holding quiet ghost-like and
weird meetings with Irresponsible Ne
groes who desire to bd made prominent
by a notice now and tlen through the
public press, trying to confuse and
bring into disrepute the colored dele
gates to the st. Lous convention, by
arraying them against Major Mckinley
for president, and ia favor OF some
other candidateApcrhips Reed. 1t is
so plain 'he who r1nsimay read" that
johnson is acting as the tool of the
combine. and. no doibt, as such he is
being richly rewarded 1t goes with
out saving. also, that BE aud his bosses
are acting in bad faith
This man johnson il an accident. lie
would not have been known outside OF
the borders of Georgia had it not been
for his election rs delegate from
Georgia and his subscd duent tomfoolery
in dcceiving himself BY imagining that
he could-by the use d money or other
wse-handlc the cololcd delegates.
The handful of won be leaders who
met in New York Cit few days ago
can do Major Mckinley no harm, for
their ghostly garb is MT sufficiently su'
pcrnatural to frightcl anybody or TO
hide Johnson's real purposes from a
man who possesses on, grain OF sense.
These color-line N,groes must be
wiped out of existence and the sooner
the better for the race
The st. Lonis con yention is not
Negro or white mhu's affair, but it will
be republican convention, composed
of republicans, without regard 10 race
or color, and as such ii will deal safely
with public questions ,tsuch as will eff
feet the whole people q America. The
Negro question no longer occupies the
attention Of the pm 's AS such. The
American people have n'ved that prob
lem and the answer tor r. that he must
get wealth and hold 10 1t become pro
duccrs in the vinegar Of american in
dustrics; he must entgT U mercantile
field and obtain iina ciai standing in
the commercial world, rie must be hon
est with his neighbor, honest with his
God, honest TO himself, and through
these mediums work olt his own saliva
ton.
Major s'ier, states
man and public o.. .. has p.osen
himself. whenever and dIwhcrever an OPP
portunity offered, has Known that he is
real friend to the Negro, and there
can be no room for complaint along
that line.
johnson says II is the purpose Of the
colored delegates IN hold caucus at
noon on June Il, prior to the meeting
of the convention. lie also claims the
support in his efforts OF the leading
Negroes of the country, and among
others he names Hon, NJ. W. Gibbs, OF
Arkansas. II he misses his mark as
far on all others AZ he has on Judge
Gibbs, the ontcmnlated bolt from
Major Mckinley will be intnitesimal in
It's smallness, The caucus will avail
nothing so IA az Arkansas dele
gates are concerned, and the FOUNDERS
had just Us well stay out of the state.
William Mckinley, as this paper AS
serted four months ago, is the real
choice Of the Negroes He is the choice
Of all republicans by declarations and
instructions. and is now the choice of a
large najority Of the delegates to the
81. Louis convention. Furthermore, he
will be nominated ,on the first ballot,
and the Negroes that are now bobnob'
bing around lighting him are simply
antagonizing the next republican adj
ministration. vcx populi, vox Del.
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