San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-24
POLITICAL SKETCH
Of N. W. Quincy : Other Republican
"reminiscences By an Old Re-

Of N. W. Quincy = Other Republican
"reminiscences By an Old Re-
publican.
To the Daily LIGHT.
"Wright Quincy is yet boss; he
will crack his whip over the mis-
cradle, white trash Republicans Of
Texas for many a long day and
year to come, Notwithstanding the
opposition OF John Grant and Gen.
eral Grosvenor."-S Sabine Era, q
Texas Democratic paper.
Answer. True in part only.
Sixteen years ago, Quincy was an
employe under Gen. Malloy, COL
lector OF customs in Galveston he
got the executive committee of his
county aud traded the negro vote
to Fulton, an Independent Demo-
crat, against the regular nominee,
and for his treason got seat in
the city council, by Democratic
votes. Two years later he made
the same trade, but failed, the
Democrats dropping him when he
went into the city council. Malloy
dropped him from the custom SER
vice, as the law required. He then
opened his race fight on Malloy,
and the white Republicans.
Cuney's first local political move
was to have his home committee
to call his county convention to
meet in Sparks hall, then the most
notorious negro bagnio in Calves
ton, Tex. To this every white
Republican and many decent
negroes objected, and they called
separate convention, and sent dele
gates to the state convention.
Quincy carried out his Sparks hall
meeting and sent himself and
others to the convention. In that
state convention, by the bitterest
appeals to his race, and the help
of few whites, he was
seated, and thus began his career.
Getting into the state convention
he was sent to the national con.
vention by the negroes, and by the
same influence became our mem.
Der Of the national executive COM
mittee. Here he remained for
nearly twelve years-trading his
influence every -four years to the
city that would offer the most for
the location OF the convention.
This was most remarkable
career, but when you consider the
facts given below you will under
stand it fully.
Quincy always had opposition at
home, and that opposition usually
defeated him, and commonly, by a
white man, Malloy and others;
but he would come to the conven-
tions as a contestant and wildly
appeal to the negro delegates, that
the white man was trying to
SHOWN Quincy" because of his race.
This was enough for his race, but
even this would have been futile,
but for the fact there was found In
each convention lot of miserable
whites who would trade with him
for his influence with the negroes
and give him their support. This
| Is the secret of his success.
This brings us, in Cuney's course,
to 1896, which will come later on.
In home matters Quincy sold the
vote of his race to the greenback
party, for two campaigns, to Wash
Jones for governor.
He got but little pay aud deliv-
cred but few goods in this Wash
| Iopac nraap ha oh Affair."
He sold his race to Clark, in the
Hogg-Clark fight; but failed to de-
liver the voters in any large num-
bers. This demonstrates the fact
that his influence is gone. He can
sell no more.
In 1896 Quincy attended the meet
ing of our national committee. At
that meeting Clsrkson, Quay,
Plat, Cullom, Elkins, New and
others entered into a combine to
defeat Mckinley for the presiden-
tisl nomination. This combine
took in the boss Pledger, Georgia
negro, and the boss Lynch, Miss
issippi negro, and the boss, Quincy
Texas negro, and other supposed
negro bosses in the southern states
To these negroes they gave Doodle
and instructions to go to their
states and by means, fair or foul,
to bring to the st. Louis conven.
tions anti-McKinley delegates.
Now watch Quincy.
Under his instruction, Quincy
came home to Texas and declared
himself an Allison man. He rush.