The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-20
GETTING SOME OF IT.

The experience and worry which cer- tain Northern communities are having with the negroes is somewhat amusing to the people of this section who have had something of the same sort to con- tend with for more than the third of century. It may not evince a strictly Christian spirit to laugh at their troubles or to rejoice at their calamities, but it is human nature, all the same.
 Just now the Republicans, white and black, of Lcavenworth, Kansas. are high ly entertaining. The real trouble is not altogether recent, but it came to head at the Republican County Convention last Monday, when the colored brethren fgu- ratively and literally stood on their hind feet and howled because they failed to get as many representatives in the delega- tioa as their numbers entitled them to, and we infer from what we have read os the proceedings that some of the "coons" said things not altogether pleas ant to the white brethren.
 The Times of that city tries to placate them by admitting that. they were not fairly treated, but lays all the blame on the country members, who refused to ac- cord places on the delegations to the negroes. But The Times while 1t apolo- gizes in kind of half-hearted way, takes advantage of the occasion to administer this by way of advice as we'll as re. proof
 If the colored Republicans of Leaven- worth County want to be represent ed on the delega tions which go to conven- tions, they should be more alive to the interests Of the party and not be lead into following strange gods during city elections and primaries. The time was that the color ed man who voted the Democratic ticket in primary or city election was a marked man and not to be classed with the rest of the coiored voters.
 That is plain enough. If the negroes de- sire or expect any recognition. they must vote the ticket straight and regularly and not get mixed up with the wicked | Democrats. Then The Times rubs it in with this clincher:
 At the State Convention at, Hutchin- son four years ago there were five col ored delegates from Leavenworth Coun- ty out Of a delegation of 2i They were pledged to vote fo, John Seaton for Gov ernoT. They had given their words indi- vidnally to that end and it was supposed that they could be depended upon But it cannot be contradicted that Billy Ed wards. a prominent Republican politician at that time, came over from Topeka and bought fo,r of these five colored dele gates. With such precedents as these the Republicans can place on delegations to conventions only such colored men as arc known to be honest and fair in their political doings
 That Is putting it with brutal frankness. and at the same time displays the child like simplicity of The Times. What these colored delegates did at Hutchinson four years ago is just what their brethren have alawys done at every Republican Convention held in any of the Southern States, and what they have never failed to do in every National Republican Con- vention which has been held since me- groes had places on the delegations They sell out whenever they have an offer, and | the fact that they are pledged to support a particular candidate gives not a shadow of assurance that they will not support somebody else, if they are paid for 1t. That is the record of the colored pol- tcian, wherever he is found, and if The Times has not yet found it out. it is too simple and confiding to be in politics.
 And in this instance. The Times has something else to disturb its serenity. There is to be a municipal election soon in Leavenworth. and though the paper declares that the Republicans have a clear majority of at least 2,OO5. The Times can already see those same wicked Demo- crats standing around with their hands in their pockets ready to buy up the ne- groes. And We can tell our contemporary, by way of conclusion. that if the Demo- crats consider the game worth the candle. they are dead sure to buy enough colored votes to elect their ticket. That you can bet on.
 But, really. what does The Times think of d colored electorate?