The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-22
NEGROES QUIT THE pIS'

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Chicago Chronicle.
III the rpubllcan party u.
. demand for justice ~ - not 4
. ought too to do down. We wsr. =, " plss
Una. party was born and our men men n
more sacred than any psyt, w. manhood
ties were made for men Gan BE- 4
ties" NOT men Tor !
Inc voice OF 10000, 900 co,..
tered these words OF deasoofed peopls
yesterday at the Afro- and warn
AT the Bethel church. Thi r.,al.iean cou7
porn streets. The elemaa. and -
the administrators dealins o. politics|
gro received a flayins. ~ with TIE
seems NOS impromptu, bu. IN. ne ou,bj
ton OF long series Of , az .ne culmi}
delegates and leaders ~ ,h..esances.
uiation OF the United Ststsse coiorsd q
iiet that the salvation ~ p,ofessed
not In the dictates or a, ,aelr race
party, but on a middle-of.,hner politl
III fruit Is born Of the resoi,,,rroad pol1
Yesterday relative to th IN adun
black man and II the Indenos ilot Of
~ o", n, ~ .,huividual delegates tsts sEpi
ditionni nus ol tneir constituents s ,t lo0t
nartu paternaiism OF the , ae
psras Tor the negro will receive sepuSlI
PRESIDENT Mckinley himself !. =.
out the pale of the delegates. a,.
ton. His attitude in the dI.,r,s. .
army commissions and in The ,..
OF the National labor bureau q .na
the hesh of the negro ,tbinl.r. sA0'a
In repudiating its alless Asra,
the republican party tho e allegiance
as follows: o COUNCIL resol
i, That whatever of any polltic., ~,
nave snaii be exerted for mo- n,.p 0xsF
party p VINO VIII not In advance ~ ~. y
promise TO use any power giysn w WY
the government State or Ns,i.Mm
make the colored mans path t ~ ~
iot box as straight, smooth ANA ~ zoe
that OF any other American citi,sn s -
Ihen came the resolution. IN A ~h,.,
administration was challenged ~ ~. ~,
ness and In which cowardly W liz. unl
charged with opposing the co,,nn,,
eause ~ would disturb the pesrs !,
republican party"
This resolution was offered hv nj.
Mahoney. " ueel
Kew. R. c. Ransom of Chicago c,u.
ward with a plant concerning the en-.
or things in connection with thu WI
OF the colored man. The following !,
luton, introduced in open session and
ferred to committee, is the work ~
Chicagoan. VITA "
In view of our deplorable condu,,,
the industrial world and OF the ssa
or the president to appoint renrs.s,
1--WE OF our race on the labor commits
and in view of the attitude Of NJ !,
unions and almost every form If ors.sI
labor toward colored laborers IN
United States,
Resolved, That the following con,
tees be appointed by the National 4
American council, towit:
i. committee to confer with thu h
ers OF organized labor in the United 81
to impress upon them the mutual
hts that would accrue to laborers
gardless of race. could their cruel
elimination be set aside to bring abo,
spirit OF fraternity and cooperation am
American workmen of every grade,
gardless of race or section.
%. A committee to meet with ths
tional labor bureau to lay before Il
of negro laborers In the IN
States to keep them informed In rel
to the same and to have them appcu
possible, subcommittee to co-ops
with the National bureau"
~
In discussing the conditions VI b
prompted the introduction Of bis rss
ton. Rev. Mr.. Ransom said:
I'VE have two particular grisrt
against President Mckinley person
We do not mean to become allied d
either party. but what we want is eQult y
If one party can't CIV
10 us, perhaps the other can. We !
Toned the president to appoint one Of y,
race on the National labor bureAy a
lime of its organization. We brought ~
he pressure at our command 10 bear, lE
Ill to no avail. We were unnotice y
he appointment although we made y i
JAIN W MI. lhtlNlAiCS NhhN ''faN-
'ather have labor commissionershlp y.
Ill the political Offices he could grs =
md despite the fact that We put ioH
such men as Booker T. 4"
ngton, Bishop Grant and Bishop
Again, we were totally Ignored ID y
lrmy appointments. During the wal 4
spain the president conferred secona N,
upon ten colored men !.
lose he retired them TO the RANKS ~
Then when the time came ior ms "a
continent of scores of additional oil b A
or service in the Philippines, wnat q Il,
To-? Not one of those colored meu' N,
ried and true, who had done more w
numbers of others who received IVY N.
nents over their head. during tnei -,
ce in Cuba. received commsslv,n,..
olored man after gaining elisloli' ~
he Nations list of heroes, was nO'
ecognized by the title ~
~ w
The dissatisfaction with the rsDaD
,olicy toward the colored man elu
ropped out at the afternoon sS's "
he form of a resolution. which, 'sA y
hat the legislation hitherto aaOy I'm
hat party having been pro'et M
'nited States supreme court 70 - t..
re, continues: .,.. :, 4
"Resolyed, That 1t is the ss q 4 y. =
yational Afro American council ~ y sa
anton assembled In the city OF ~ su'e
hat the renublican party be recoII G
!, Sollow what is believed to Dc ~ ssss
,aj PRINCIPLES of that party, IA .oil
God for enuity Justice, liberty - slll
70, Iooa ri iot sui Unless that is done Nat
re-, that united support 2 p e Il y
ublican party by the voters , ~ n 's.s'
an not be relied upon in the iu'''' :
ie past" lul