The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-05-26
THE TICKET ENDORSED
co'orsd Clubs Urge ThsIr People 10 Vols
For the Democratic Nominees,
AND RoAsTTHE cITIzEHs.REFORnTIcgETI
Potent AlIusions TO Rro Il en- r q m / ser
ana Attempted Impositions a !
Good Word FOR the Atlantic Cify
ward Local Roard-mr. Dey and
Others ComplImentcd.

ci,s. n,erqseiam Baptist Church, in Atlanta
on 1ity ward, was crowded to its utmost
oa,Sisy nSSaieIty iast night with an erI;husta stIa
nsa1snce neonla composed Of white and colored
peopie' met under the auspices az Pa
publican Club No for the purpose of
etmuorslns the present local board a.
that ward. -s'. i'et.r'u13 otltu VA VA
,,,,d, Gnalrnan Thompson presided and I'M
iam' the well-known coloreJi sna.1,l.ss -
~, m'" Urged the voters of his own "a a6e flot
10 vote the Citizens -Refornip tIotst
,h,. - irspresented the clement OF a paUrfys:
had had r,a mMa peen false to every promise Ii
nit, r.uu made to the colored people of the
G,y, II, argued that The colored voters
~ Noriolk held the balance Of pou,a,.'9
i,f Dn thelr suffrages they mad put the pro-.
,~o.'iUn.heforns WAS t,,s, people In power and Ia
qut. he alluded to the personnel ott'tha
, democratic ticket as being such M sois
oTed men could safely vote without saoz
s,,ra ns nsa any principle, and with The as
looked after. Incidentally. he rna stex Wets
',r 0iliGer curtis In an ane2dote which wa
reSelVeG with much applause ~. 49,,
MI. MI. camp spoke next devo.ine h,s
n, 81 raso as s.tirely to the Local Board, its
eu or 1t In the future. = 'AissS'sss
mopert Y. Siith. Of the Third Ware. I
.oIIowed briefly with a comparison ar ,tr,s
mU emU eanaidates for Commissioner Of Rev
NJ try ~, ",SSu MS people to vote for
MT. w w, Dey, the Democratic non,i.S
nee; VINO. In his eight years occupa nay
on Hhat Office. has proven in ma nv va Nc,
MS friendship for the colored peonie,
wnich' ne predicted, would have IL
street IN the coming election. He reayi q
GU which appeared In a morning. paner5
not iong ago signed "A Voter. in yvhichG
MI. ", G. Cobb. the "Cltiens' n FORM
canaidate, was PLACED before she cItizei,s
uL Norioik as Democrat and etn3e5
| ..NR,l .Iat ,tnis gentleman was now tryinpsiog
iiake ,,s tIe colored people believe tha Sl,s.
was Republican. Mr. Dey made mo
suchl pretenslons or attempted no e,1,s,s
imposition. The speaker also comm
mented Mr.. A. p. Thom chairman Of .tf,a
I'enocratic panty of Norfolk. ana nagS
u glowing tribute to the different ran-
tlemen whose names are ON the ,i,ss,,r a. a
cratic ticket. ',s"uliD-,
The unanimous sentiment of the r,,eat.
ig ,ng was In favor OF endorsing the, board
Dut owing to the lateness OF ,the hoiit, thia
,'.i,s WAS not formally done, and a meeting
WV W. 9e heid In the rooms of Club No
"euhesuay night for this purpose.
AND YET ANoTIIER.
- While the Atlantic City Ward Renub.
.icahs were endorsing ehe Democratsc
a,Shet last night. the Independent Citi-
aens Cluo was holding an enthusisastici
Ttimee.ins at their hall, on Brewer and
voters REPRESENTING the hest 4 roIo,a,s
people of the ward who endorseli ;, ,t5,s.
Deinocrastc ticket and roasted the "csifi-
Zens REFORM party In toto all aroi,nn
JameS Bland presided and made o.
Speech, as did also Mr.. j. F.. Duncan M
smith and John Lee. Another neat,no
VIII be held Tonight. ,'