The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-17
NEGRO REPUBLICANS
ROAST LILY WHITES
Aforementioned yClark :
son and Roosevelt.
THE BLACKS STRIKE BACK
After They had Been Kicked out of The Con-
yentions Only -Four White MaIcontents
Joined the Revenue Doodle
Assembly.

convention of colored Republicans
was held in Raleigh yesterday. 1t issued
the following address:
To The Colored Republicans of North
Carolina:
As delegates and representatives duly
appointed to issue an address to the
colored voters of North Carolina, we
deem it but fair to state that not more
than ten counties were represented. AS
to the cause:
First. We had to combat the Revenue
doodles in all sections of the State.
Second. The Congressional convention
of the Second district was to meet in
Weldon today
Third. So many of our leading men
being on both sides of this matter, not
having the, manhood and courage to
rise up and crush out a plan, having for
its object the ultimate retirement of the
negro from politics, except to vote for
the white Bosses" which no self-re-
specting negro could do without first
burning his manhood into obscurity for
the sake of being called regular.
But injustice to ourselves and our
people. we deemed the representation in
sufficient in number to choose q ticket
for all the colored voters of the State,
together with the assurance given us in
a letter from General Jos. S. Clarkson
to Hon. w Lee Person, giving the at
titude of the President toward our peo-
pie.
A resolution of thanks was voted
General Clarkson for his timely visit to
the President in our behalf The letter
is herewith given the press for the bene
fit of the colored people in all the South
ern States:
New York Oct. 10, 1902.
My Dear Mr.. Person: I am glad to
have your letter. 1 need no thanks for
what l did in opposing the Jim Crow
party in Alabama and other Southern
States. No self-respecting Republican
can tolerate any such attempted depart
IRE from the cardinal doctrines of the
Republican party. The President has no
sympathy with it, and you may assure
all your friends and your whole race
that he is as sound on the doctrines of
human rights and manhood suffrage as
/ am.
l shall be glad to hear from you when
ever you have anything to communicate
Sincerely yours,
JAS. GARRISON.
After the reading of the above letter
Vi as dispensed with, the following reso-
buttons were unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That in view of the fact OF
the negro registration of our people, the
demands in some places being unjust
and unreasonable, so much so that only
IS of our people in the city of Raleigh,
have been able to register and pass the
exacting scrutiny of the registrars.
where there is voting populatidh oil
500 voters;
And with the report that in the in
terror counties the demands are more
stringent. we deem it imprudent to name
a ticket to be voted for.
'Resolved further. That this eonven-
ton advise each colOred voter to vote
as he pleases at the approaching cleo
ton, not forgetting that Atwater, OF
Chatham and Meekins, of Elizabeth
City. were the first to advocate negro
disfranchisement and deserve to be re-
buked.
I'VE especially ask our people to look
we'll before they again attempt to put
iuto power in this State a set of malcon-
tents.
Resolved further, That we deplore
having to oppose the party management
but we point with pride to the fact that
after the throw down of the negro at
Greensboro, only four malcontents from
the Democratic party came to the Lily
Whites
RESOLVED further, That we view with
adherence the repeated assertion OF
Democratic speakers to limit the source
o fthe negroes education to his taxes
alone We hope the lofty sentiments
uttered by the Hon. James H. Pou dur
ing the Legislature of 1899, will sun
prevail. That all Chirtendom would
look down on our people when we at
tempt to reduce the negro to saNagery.
We point with pride that not within the
confines of this State has one negro OF
ordinary intelligence been guilty of COM