The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-23
Full NEGRO TICKET
Nominated for Offices in the
Klngfsher County.
IT Is NEW TO OKLAHOMA
CoIored Men on Republican
Ticket Passed by.
IT IS NEW TO OKLAHOMA

|
hrst tine in the history OF Oklahoma
a fun negro ticket has been nominated
This took place in Kingasher county.
The convention was held In the First
Baptist church There were atty-three
negroes present These in charge said
/ they were for Mckinley and Flynn
but against the Republican county tick
ct They nominted a full ticket. lsgis-
lativs Offices excepted. not even leaving
The places vacant for which two negroes
/ have been nominated on the Republican
county ticket They resolved 20 cali Il
4 the Abraham Lincoln Republican ticket.
The men nominated were as follows.
Fer county treasurer. Alexander Fl Dick
erson; for clerk. NJ ]. Jones: for regis.
4 ter of deeds s S. Jones: for sheriff. w.
S. currin; for assessor. Joseph Rob-:
for probate judge A. J. Gracey: FOR
county superintendent a J. Riley: FOR
i county attorney. e b. Cable; for coun-
/ ty clerk. Stephen Kirk: for surveyor.
Henry Clay; for coroner. B. C. smith
A number OF men who were placed n
nomination declined and their places
were supplied.
In the course OF an editorial jacob Ad-
mire OF the Kingnsher Free Press. IN
dealing with, this movement in KinEasher
county, says; I'VE print IN fun and de-
tail the proceedings OF convention ~
negroes OF this county held last Satur-
| day. We do not believe very many ne
/ groes will be led OF by this mischlsyous
movement As the report shows. the
/ leaders OF II are mostly men who have
been disappointed In either not being
| nominated FOR Office In the Republican
! party, or. having been nominated. have
/ been defeated at the polls. II they were
/ white men They would be called sore
heads" The Republican party organi-
zatiou OK this county Is. and always has
/ been ready 20 accord reasonable reeog-
milton 10 the negro voters. but Il can not
l force men. white or black 90 20 10 tire
I polls on election days and vote for them
/ No man was ever treated better BY any
/ political party than was O. l. Curfin
/ Elected 10 the legislature once. he wa
renominated and defeated by emily thrfe
| votes because members OF his own race
/ took too little interest In his election %
| go 10 the polls Ever since that event
| he has been at war with the Republican
! party. and for no other reason. Sam
/
/ Jones has no better reason for spostscy
| than Curtin has, and McKiniay has no
| better reason for his course than sam
| Jones has. Yet, these men have been
/ able to work W some prejudice against
/ the white Republicans and they are try
/ ing 10 use fl 70 aid IN carrying out their
purposes. The fresh ground Of com
plant IL that the last Republican con
rrfsF ~ Ter
/ for register OF deeds. II was uufortu-
nate that DIR. Brown was a candidate
this year for that Office as there was no
/ good reason under the sun for casting
Mr. Miller aside. who has made as good
an officer as the county ever had Or.
Brown himself does not complain. and
does not countezAncs the course ~ Cur
| rim. Jones. Jordan, McKinlsy crowd. who
are playing into the hands Of the Dem
/ ocrats and Populists. neither party of
/ which would touch negro with forty
foot pole.
This movement can not have but ons
effect. and that might be the defeat -
the Republican ticket. MeKiniaY Jones.
Jordan and Currin know this. and that IL
their purpose.
why then are they not manly enough
TO come out straight for the fusion tick
et7 Simply because they could not deluda
other members OF their race BY such q
straightforward manly course. Their
purpose is to deceive aud misls4d.
but their plans vii be iaid 80 bare BE-
fore they are through with Il that even
Ben Butler will leave them 70 disgust
They know there T. no earthly show for
the election Of a negro ticket In this
county. but they also know that they
can not persuade or drive the negro vot-
ers OF this county into voting the Demo-
cratic or Popuilat ticket. and that s. why
they resort % this game Of deception and
hypocrisy.
what &C. they expsct - gain Unless
they are paid in cash. and in savsnee.
they can gain nothing for Themselves.
Bot their course. II persisted n. wiii %
tf- negroes q ;his county great harm
There IS already TOO. much pTsi3dles
against the negroes ard the - r's 20
Increase and emssttsr this pFsl8eica -
crimiaaL
A negro party may mean. a. e soss
further south white uaan'a party iu
Oklahoma. Mensrs. currin. Jones. Jef-
day ard McKlaiay ran awsy from thst
introduce 81 here7
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