Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-11-01
Ninth Ward COLORED
VOTERS HEAR issues.
Nelson Walker, ]. S. Coage
and T. H. Clark Urge
Solid Republican Support
PROTECTOR OF ALL
CLASSES. THEY SAY

The Ninth Ward Colored Republican
Club held a rousing mass meeting
last night at Bantums Hall, with the
structure crowded to its capacity.
Colonel Robert Shaw Post, of Spanish
war veterans band was on deck to
make things go.
The meeting was called TO order
and presided over by Nelson Walker
staunch Republican worker of the
Ninth ward. The chairman intro
duced Attorney T. II. Clark, Of Wash
ngton, who gave the voters a fine ad-
dress. Mr.. Clark asserted that the
Republican party is the only party
that the colOred citizens of this county
and especially Delaware, could hon
orably support and expect protection
He cited many cases that had been
brought to the Southern courts, in
tended to shear the Negro Of his civil
rights and closed by requesting the
colored voters of Delaware 10 solidly
support the Hon. II. A. dupont for re-
election to the United States Senate.
Chairman Walker told the audience
that he was proud that he was able tc
present to them one Of the "old home
boys" who was loved and admired. He
had gone to school with him and
knew him to be a jewel among the col
ored people. He then introduced JEFF
ferson S. Coage. of Washington.
Mr.. Coage said:
Mr.. Chairman and fellow voters
of the Ninth ward: ! am glad TO have
the opportunity to address you upon
this occasion. Being at home ! shall
begin to tell you just what we would
like for you to do.
Tonight you sit here enjoying the
freedom and liberty that your fathers
made possible under guidance Of the
old Republican party. The Thirteenth
Amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States made you men. The
Fourteenth gave you the rights OF
men. the Fifteenth gave TO you the
protection in the exercise Of those
rights, and all this came about and
to you through the old Republican
party whose cause I am here to es-
pouse tonight. The old party that has
stood so Loyalty by you when you
were not able to help yourself Is
now in trouble. And like any other
benefactor It now solicits your aid.
What are you going to do in this
! crisis, help the party that helps you,
or sit still and see your old party
go to defeat?
81 am morally certain that every
black man in here will be true to his
trust. know you and ! am certain
that you will be men on Tuesday, the
seventh Of November. and cast your
ballot for the whole Republican ticket
"Alen, want you 10 vote straight
so that Del,vl.e may once more homo
that stalwart old Republican Henry A
! dupont with another commission 20 tn
! United States Senate. Now men | wan
you to look az this situation as ] see It
The state of Delaware has commercial.
| prospered more since the advent of tn'
business of the duPonts has made III
headquarters in Wilmington than thu
one hundred years preceding. We pros
per as all the people prosper or w
suffer as all the rest suffer.
"Senator dupont and T. w. Miller arr
in need of our support and | am urging
you to give them your very best support
on next Tuesday. 7 have personally talk
with many Of the boys in this ward anC
they have assured me that there is only
one thing for us today and that is vote
the straight republican ticket"
In dismissing the meeting the chair
man requested the men to get in th'
! parade Saturday night.