The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-22
WILL RALLY TO DIsAPPRoVE.
COLORED CITIZENS DO NOT LIKE
THE RESOLUTIONS.

An Effort Made to Dissunde Them
From Holding Their Meeting To-
night, But IL Appears IL VIII BE
HeId-They Think They Have Been
InsuIted and Want to DisapprOve
the Resolutions Passed by the Cot
ton Exchange and Board of Trade.
The recent developments in the race for
the collectorship of the port, and concern
ing federal appointments in general In this
section have probably complicated mat
ters to a greater extent than has been
the case at any time before.
Colored citizens were busy in many parts
of the city yesterday discussing the reso-
lutions passed by the cotton exchange and
board of trade at their joint meeting, and
in connection with it the mass meeting
which they are to hold tonight. The ne
groes appear OF look upon the action of
the two bodies protesting against the APP
pointment of a colored man to office here
as a direct insult.
In anticipation of the meeting dodgers
were circulated around the city yesterday
addressed to "all loyal colored men," The
dodger went on to say, your race has
been insulted. Will you resent it? Meet
at Harris street hall on Wednesday night
Dec %, at 8 O'Clock, and stamp your dis
approval Attend yourself and encourage
your friends to do so. Do not allow an in
suit to your race to go by without resent
ing it. Be loyal!!r
An effort was made to discourage r. w.
White, one of the hackers of the meeting,
from carrying out the project The fact
that such a meeting would do no good was
pointed out to him, and the intimation
was made that 1t would be unwise from a
business standpoint for the meeting to be
held. White seemed inclined to give up
the pan, it is stated, but said nothing
definite. 1t appears however, that the
hackers of the project are intent upon
holding the meeting, and the dodgers call
ing il were circulated
Several white republicans were asked
about the meeting, but none of them were
inclined to talk or express any opinion.
IL seemed. however, that there was an
undercurrent of disapproval on their part,
as they do not appear to consider that its
results can be favorable in any way, or
that any good can be accomplished
mere IS uOlnlDg IN tne resolutions.
said one gentleman, ito which the colored
citizens of Savannah should take excep-
uon. The people of this city have been
exceptionally good friends of the race, no
doubt better than can be found in any
other part of the country. This talk about
an insult is all folly. The resolutions
merely protested against the appointment
of a colored man to the position of co.
lector or postmaster for reasons which it
is unnecessary to state over and over
again. The colored people are given en-
ployment by the white people, and they
are educated by the white people 1t is
folly, therefore, for them to talk of re-
senting an insult merely because one of
their race is not desired as collector or
as postmaster"
Another gentleman, who feared there
might be an incendiary speech of some
kind made, wanted to dissuade the color
ed men from holding such a meeting
There are cool heads among them, how
ever, and it is believed they can restrain
others, who may be so inclined, from any
precipitate rashness.
One of those interested in the meeting
said that contrary to the general impress
sion it was not to be held in J. H. De-
VeauX's interests but was to be a general
meeting of the colored people, who felt
that they had not been properly treated
in the resolutions in question. Though
many VI DSNSduA lILeuuS Woulu attend,
no doubt, he insisted that it was not a
meeting Of them alone, but a meeting of
the colored race.
At all events the meeting will undoubt-
edly be an interesting one What 1t is
expected to accomplish is not known, but
from the tenor of the circular distributed
yesterday the colored citizens no doubt
want to express their disapproval of the
action taken with regard to them
There are no new Developments in the
situation, and probably will not be until
January. President Mckinley is going to
take a recess during the holidays, and for
time no further appointments will be
considered.