The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-10-28
MAKEUP OF THE PETITION.
Democratic Politicians, Candidates
and OAicehoIders Sign It.
THEY JOIN THE NEGRO PARTY
Notwithstanding Their Lifelong Hatred
Of the Colored Mau-Queer
Political Chapter.
Columbus, O., Oct. 1S.

Jason M. Tilley, who is the candl-
date for lieutenant governor on the
Negro Protective ticket, is not even
voter in Ohio. Last year he registered
and voted in the Twenty-eighth cleo
tion district of the Twenty-fifth as
sembly district of New York city, CIV
ing his residence as III West Thirty
first street. President Lemuel E. Quigg
of the New York organization furnish
es this information. Mr.. Tilley will
not be allowed to vote in Ohio.
An examination of the petition filed
with the secretary Of state to procure
the addition of the Negro Protective
ticket on the Australian ballot brings
to light the fact that has been SO we'll
known here in Columbus, namely, that
the whole scheme was carefully laid
tion. Not over 10 per cent of the
names upon the so-called petition are
those of colored voters, the other 80
per cent being made up of Democrat
ic politicians who are simply working
the scheme to fool Afro-Americans
into deserting the Republican party.
An examination of the list, by coun-
ties, made by those familiar with To-
cal names and politics, simply empha-
sizes this fact.
In Allen county it is found that the
petition Is signed by four Prohibition
lists and eighty-five Democrats. All
the signatures, except one, are from
the towns of Bluffton and Lima. The
name of no colored man is among
them. They are all those of white
Democrats.
In Fulton county seventy-four names
were obtained. Not one is that of
colored man. Three are the names Of
free silver Republicans, two are Pop
ulists, one an anarchist, one Pro-
hibitionist and sixty-five are Demo-
Gratis. Seventy-two of the seventy-four
voted the Democratic ticket last year.
The Democratic names include those
Of the Democratic county organiza-
tion of Fulton county. the chairman
of the committee, candidates for rep
resentatives, the prosecutor and COM
missioner, all upon the Democratic
ticket this year.
OF the 131 names procured in Brown
county not one is that of a colored
man, and every one is that of a Demo-
crat
In Pickaway county the total num-
hnr Nf oh ira
is that of colored Democrat, and all
but 6 of the remaining names are
those of white Democrats.
OF the 141 signers in Hardin county
25 are colored, but one of the 25 has
his name down t and one is not a
voter One hum and twenty-sx
are Democrats, one being the editor of
a Democratic newspaper. The name
Of every Democratic saloon keeper and
bartender in Kenton is on the list. One
cOlored man whose name appears up
on the list says he never signed the pc
tition at all.
In Trumbull county the 70 names
furnished are all those of prominent
Democrats, not the name of a negro
voter being among them.
In Medina county 26 signers were OBJ
tained. Every one of the 26 is Dem
ocrat, not one being negro.
In Harrison county were obtained "a
signatures, and not one of them is that
of colored man. The list includes
the names of the ex-chairman of the
Democratic committee, secretary of the
Bryan-Sewall club, candidate for sher-
iff on the Democratic ticket, ex-candi-
date for county auditor on the Demo
cratic ticket. eX-candidate for repre-
sentative on the Democratic ticket eX-
candidate for congress on the Demo-
cratic ticket, ex-candidate for prose
cutting attorney and probate judge on
the Democratic ticket, ex-chairman of
the county Democratic executive COM
mittee, editor of Democratic news
paper, and so on.
In Erie county l16 signatures were
obtained Not one is the name of a
colored voter. The list is made up
mostly of Democratic officials, eX-Dem-
ocratic officials, committeeman, etc.
In Fayette county 210 names were
obtained. Of these 210 were Democrats.
Not one of them is that of a Repubii-
can, colored or white.
In Jackson county there were 81 sig
natures, of which SO are those of Dem
ocrats, and notsone is that of a colored
man
In TGscarawas county ia signatures
are found, not one of which is that OF
colored man. They are all known
Democrats. One of the signatures is
that OF the editor of a Democratic
newspaper at Canal Dover. The last
two signatures is on the list from Tus-
carawas county are not residents OF
| the county, and were not in the county
when the petition was circulated. One
name is on twice.
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