The age-herald., 1899-08-04
NEGROES RISING
 IN THEIR WRATH Alabama Republican League Club
 Organized FIGHT VAUGHN-Y -Y0uNGBL0 L000 The New Organization is Composed Mostly of Negroes With Few
 Shrewd White Men Be-
 hind the Throne.
FIGHT VAUGHN-Y -YOuNGBL 00D

nave been organizing Tor some monlhs'
 The organization of this league marks the uprising of the negroes against the Vaughan Youngblood combine. While the new organization is composed of negroes, shrewd white republicans are engineering the move. It is to be run on the divide plan.
 The meeting held here was a representa- tive one, all but three districts being repre- sented Officers were chosen as folows
 E. M Dale, president; l. N. Carter. vice. president; w. D. Minor, secretary; J. L. spending secretary.
 District officers were elected as follows:
 First District-George w. Lovejoy. of Mo bile, vice-president.
 Second District-J. W. Giles, vice-presi- dent; J. W. Williams, of Greenville. and Dr. John R. Woods, of Montgomery, con- mitteemen.
 Third District-L- B. Whaley, of Barbour, vice-president-
 Fifth District-Phillip Patrick, of Cham bers, vice-president; c. M. Powell, of Ei- more, and J. C. Thomas, committeeman.
 Ninth Distriot-J. B. Simpson. vice-presi- dent.
 The league passed some hot resolutions, scorching MT. Youngblood and his CO., workers. The full text of the resolutions IS interesting. It Is quoted below:
 We heartily endorse the wise and patrl- otic administration of President Mckinley. both with reference to his home and foreign policies. We endorse his recent modification of the Cleveland democratic civil service sham, and hope it is the be- ginning of the end of the nefarious system.
 We pledge the party our hearty co-opera- tion in securing delegates from this state to the next national convention who favor the renomination of President Mckinley.
 We feel bound by all the sacred duties of a free and enlightened people to make. known to a candid world our declaration of principles and the position which we feel should be, and will be, maintained by the loyal legion of untrammelled self respecting, liberty-loving, negro republi- cans of Alabama.
 Flrst-We feel it our duty to condemn. in plain and unmeasured terms, that sys- tenn of politics which has been practiced in the republican party for the last six teen years, which has caused the party to degenerate into a mere ring of federal of fice-seekers, scrambling among themselves for political supremacy and seeking only to further their own personal interests.
 Second-Believing that all members of
 
 tee are the stewards of the party. bound by sacred obligations to give their time energy and talent to the interest of their constituents, and to their party. we de- nounce the practice of many negro mem bers of the republican state committee of placing their proxies into the hands of men who have not the best interest of the race at heart, but rather use said proxies to the detriment of the race. We call upon all such to surrender their commission and allow such men to be elected who are neither too poor nor too cowardly to dis charge their sworn duty.
 Third-We condemn the system of selling federal offices to the highest bidder. and whenever any one who is the dispenser of public offices has been tried before the bar Ol puUHc OpiluOu idS Uccu louuu SuutJ of selling the influence of the party for corrupt gain he should be stripped of the princely robe of power and honor the party has clothed him in and should be forced to roam before the public a political degen- crate, who justly deserves the contempt of his outraged constituents.
 Fourth-We feel that party loyalty and competency should be rewarded with the fruits of victory, and as the negro repub- Hcans constitute the major part of the numerical strength of the party in Ala bama, and an equal part of the intellectual strength, we feel fully justified in demand ing for the negro republicans in the future the position of register and receiver of both the land offices, collector of port at Mobile, collector of internal revenue, one of the United States marshals. one assist ant attorney for each federal court, assist ant postmaster in the offices att Birming- ham, Mobile and Montgomery, and the postmaster at Marion, Greensboro and Uniontown, besides an equal division of all clerical positions not covered by civil serv- ice, and we pledge the united strength of the State League to any white republicans who are willing to accord us this right and who are willing to connect their political fortune with ours in making the demand
 Fifth-We oppose and condemn the ap- pointment and retention of populists and democrats to positions under the present republican administration to the exclusion of competent and loyal white and colored republicans. Whoever is responsible for these democratic appointments should be severely condemned by the republican par ty of the state.
 Sixth-The league will work in perfect harmony with all white republicans who favor an equal and just recognition being accorded to all alike.
 Seventh-We are opposed to any one be- ing appointed to any office who wilfully ignores the existence of county. district and state executive committees, and who seeks appointment without such endorse ment.
 Eighth-we hold the refusal to appoint