The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-30

ntt&&an ranks tr congress
n Ihey claim that be eets everything
/ie 1<kS X0r. We acknowledge That thas
ix st11( Ms resp,ests are In the interest OF
w4t8 0VMsSslf ne gets everything he asks,
W. 4n eepNY rruve that no has been untrue
t0f II Nv. ENnsx and r1xnry Ferguson. for
ne NpN thatAe asked for tho Galveston cus-
fqnY house for Quincy, but Quincy did not
yqt NJ He says h1 tried - hard TO land
'ltrfusctl In the Internal revenue office at
A{lt33n; nut Mr Flanagan got It. IT. Is 80
sfe3nBO that ne did not fail to land one
wSr4e man but falicd with every negro
tliat b. tried to lAndi The TIVE negroes
tnAe Mr.. Flanagan apypxnDgd claim that
Mr. Hawioy had them appointed which
puts Mr.. Hawley in Sill v worse light, for
~ would seem, tn the Light Of reason. II
thftr cjatm be true, chat Mr.. Hawley and
Stang Ing In regard TO these Jobs. and Flan-
atsad got bhe office on q compromise.
There Is another thing to notice in crn-
prctl0n with this and that IL that no
;hegro got what he asked FOR. Rogers
asked for nhe pcstmastershlp at La Grange,
and got an under Job with Flanagan. Web
ster Wilson asked for the marine cierkship
at Galveston, and got the same kind Of q
Job Mr.. Hawley believes that a negro can
work better Under 4 white man.
2. They say that Mr.. Hawlev has given
more negroes Jobs than any ether repub-
ltean congressman. Well. guess 30. because
there has never been anouhar republican,
congressupagD from thig district since re-
construction days As to the number Of
appointments Quincy had thirteen negroes in
thee ustom hot,se, and Hawley, Green aud
Grant have about ter, IN the whole State.
and they hold small Positions.
In Georgia, the most bitter democratic
State To tho South. where there Is no re-
publican congressman to interfere. the me-
groes have twenty -seven appointments.
paying from $1,000 TO $4,000 per year.
Thee have In all about seventy seven po-
sitions. Including tho janators. messengers
and porters. I'm Texas there are about
1000 Federal jobs and the neg foes--who
CONSTITUTES nearly the whole OF the party
have no more than dozen OF the 1000.
Isn't taJalt representation though?
Mr.. Hawley claims that the civil service
stands in the way. Now, my fsllow-ciu-
xens. the civil service holds the same sway
in all parts OF thcse United States; but
1t seems that nobody else in the country
is afraid to trampie on Il but the Texas
leaders and they are not afraid except
when q negro is asiSing for the lob to bio
made vacant.
4. They claim that Mr.. IIawley Is tle
paltys nomnes therefore all negroes
should vote for HIM | would like to ask
many OF you had hand in nominating
the candidates for congress?
In Galveston after they had fixed their
crowd they changed the plaza OF meeting
three or four times and finally called 1t
70 order with WHITE poitcs Officers IN the
| door 10 keep back any one who had not
proanhsed to vote as lhey SAID vote. Ana
yet. after they rep,idatcd the vote Of the
people, which IN one wsTd wns lo' 20 Tor
them, they nave the alldaesty TO command
us to vote for their nominee!
| want 10 give YOU some reasons why
] We should not vote for Mr.. Hawey:
| /. Rstsause ne is too closely allied to
democrats II YOU go 70 Galveston you VIII
| be surprised 10 ftnd tine great NUMBER OF
| democrats who say they are Tor Hawley.
And tlreir reason Il that hey received more
from him than they can from democratic
CONGRESSMAN. He puts democrats before
republicans at all dimes.
| Ile Fought a ]. Rosenthal and kept him
out of the custom house and put 10 Mt
Lee, of whom 1t Is anah he has not voted IN
4 twelve years; and MIR. Lee put in Mr. PEN
land ais cashier and Mr.. Pcnland Ia den-
ocrat. Mr.. Hawlsy alao put a bitter Negro
| hating democrat Into Il good paying posi-
white republicans applyiig at the satns
time.
i Mr.. Hawley's association with and cue
for democrats reminds OF the Old negrt
in Mississippi. lie always went TO his for.
a meg master and asked how no was Eoinl
to vote. Finally the master said sam
n why do you always want to know how
lssm going to vote?" The old man scratched
a bis head and said: "Bedase, Mas John,
knows you Is always agln the niger, so
always wants to know how you is gwln,
ter vote so kin vote luther way"
,. We should not vote for Mr.. Hawle,
because his frisnds In Galveston say the,
don't need your vote, that the white folk
Will elect him without YOU Now. IL he dom
, need YOU. why vote for Mm? Give TO SONS