Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-19
Democratic Politicians, Candidates
and 0ficehoIders Sign It.
THEY JOIN THE NEGRO PARTY
notwithstanding Their Lifelong Hatred
of the CoIored Man-0uecr
Political Chapter.
Columbus, o.. Oct. 1S.

NCSIO IlOltCllNt llChOi, 10 nCI CNNh q
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 well
known here in Columbus, namely, that
the whole scheme was carefully laid
plan of the Democratic state organiza-
ton. 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. Net one is that of
colored man. Three are the names OF
free silver Republicans, two are Pop
ulists. one an anarchist, one a Pro-
Gratis. Seventy-two of the seventy-folr
voted the Democratic ticket last year.
The Democratic names include those
Of the Democratic county organiza-
ton 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 Demo-
crat.
In Pickaway county the total num-
ber of names obtained was 17S. Ono
is that of a colored Democrat, and all
but 6 Of the remaining names ere
those Of white Democrats.
OF the 141 signers in Hardin county
25 are colored, but one OF the % has
his name down twice, and one is not a
voter. One hundred and twenty-s.y
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 10 names
furnished are all those Of prominent
Democrats, not the mama of a negro
voter being among taem.
In Medina county 26 signers were OBJ
tained. Every one of the 26 is a Dem
ocrat, not one being a negro.
In Harrison county were obtained "a
signatures, and not ore of them is that
of colored man. The list includes
the names Of the ex-chairmaa of the
Democratic committee, secretary of the
Bryan-S wall club, candidate for sher-
i'll on tl.e 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-canoidate for prose-
cutting attorney and probate Judge on
the Democratic ticket, ex-chairman OF
the county Democratic executive COM
mittee, editor of a Democratic news
paper, and so on.
In Erie county 116 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 21O were Democrats.
Not one of them is that of Republi-
can, colored or white.
In Jackson county there were 81 sig
natures. of which SO are those of Dem
ocrats, and not one is that OF colored
man.
In Tuscarawas county ia signatures
are found, not one Of which Is that OF
a pnlOrAd man They are all known
Democrats. One of the signatures Is
that of the editor of Democratic
newspaper at Canal Dover. The last
two signatures Is on the list from Tus-
carawas copnfy are not residents of
the county, and we're not In the county
when the petition was circulated. One
name Ii on twice.
Two hundred and thlr4y-nine sigma
lures were obtained in Butler county,