The herald., 1898-11-04
COLORfD REPUBLICANS HOLD A JUBILEE
All Kinds Of Gage Talk but Woeu Lack Of Enthusiasm and
Numbers
Numbers

In due time the Concordia colored band
came swinging along leisurely and marched
up the central aisle playing Marching
Through Georgia" The band took places on
the stage and a half dozen colored men
climbed up at the opposite end and seated
Washington Hawkins of Second street.
Everyone looked around to see who was CO.
ing to preside. Uncertainty seemed at an
end when a huge black dog came walking
out to the end of the table and gazed de-
iberately over the audience. Not seeing
legs or four, he disappointedly withdrew,
and, coming down upon the floor of the
pavilion, walked disconsolately from one
bunch OF spectators to another.
There was an embarrassing pause, when at
last the band struck up med
ley of national airs. The dog heard
il and quickly mounting the stage
came forward to where the footlights ought
to be, but were not, and lifted up his voice
and howled. This was too much. The au-
dence howled in sympathy Laughter and
cheers greeted this first speaker of the
evening, whose remarks on the political sit
uation were quite as luminous as those of
other orators who appeared later
| When the music had ceased j. j. Neimore,
president of the State league of the Afro
Americans, was introduced as the chairman
of the evening. The dog had retired and
Mr. Neimore made a brief address, which
was not interrupted to any great extent
either by applause or other demonstrations
by the audience. Before introducing the
speakers he said the Crown City quartet
would render one of its selections. The
negro vocalsts came forward in dress suits
and expansive white shirt fronts and with
the melodious voices of the race sung
campaign song which elected an encore.
j. Wayne Amos was then introduced He
hA. rtpt1- Il
Lincoln and mentioned it in his opening re-
marks. A white man, wearing spectacles,
he told of his residence in Washington,
where he soon became known to his news
paper associates as the Incoln of the
press" to the public generally as "Old
Abe and to the ladies as "Mr. Lincoln"
The speaker was so engaged in telling of his
personal resemblance to the martyred pres
ident sthat it seemed doubtful for long
time whether he would get to the political
| issues after all, hut he gradually swung
around to the emancipation proclamation of
the man he so much resembed and turned
this to an appropriate allusion to the sup
posed makeup of the audience. The negroes
who were there 'cheered the speakers ref
erences to Mr.. Lincoln and the white people
present took up the cheer with enthusi-
| asm
This was all so remote from the state cam
paign that there seemed to be no connec-
ton with any local issue. After laborious
effort, somewhat marred by frequent ina
blity to read his notes, Mr.. Amos retired
and after music by the band, William Prince,
Goa alblack negro of Pasadena, made
speech which fairly cast shade over the
slow oratory of his white colleague
He got right down to the city and coun-
ty of Los Angeles and with all the fervor
Of negro preacher at camp meeting poured
forth arguments which were applauded Wig
orously. His wit was provocative of laughter
and he wound up by asking prayers for the
numerous colored men who have taken
stand in the Democratic party, calling by
name the more prominent of those who have
come out as Democrats in Los Angeles.
| The Crown City quartet sung selection
and was recalled, the audience apparently
caring more for the music than for the
speaking. In this it manifested rare dis
elimination and no one could gainsay the
correctness of its Judgment.
G. w. Miller, a young negro of this city,
proved less effective than the Pasadena
orator, but he made up in the length of his
speech and in repetition of party platitudes
what he lacked in eloquence and logic. Rev.