Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 February 1884 — “FIXING” THE OUTRAGE MILL. [ARTICLE]

“FIXING” THE OUTRAGE MILL.

A Dallas (Texas) correspond€nt sends this to an exchange, under date of the 17th inst.: It is learned to-day that there was a secret meeting of negroes in this city last night, at which three leaders of that race, Melvin Wade, Frank Fletcher and Geo. Hawkins, were selected to go to Pittsburg, Penn., as delegates to a national convention to assemble in that city soon to protest against what is known as the shot-gun” policy in the South, and to issue an address to the country demanding that the negroes be protected in their political and other rights. It is said two white emissaries from the North have been in Dallas several days posting the negToJea/lers to act*; and that they are quietly visiting all the leading towns of the state on the same mission; also that they are paid for this service by the national Republican executive committee, and that negro delegates are secured in their expenses. One of the ambitious Dallas darkeys, who was defeated for a delegate, to-day gave the plot and movements away to the reporters. He says they are working up great bloodyshirt stories about the alleged race troubles in East and Central Texas last summer for the Presidential campaign. The country slio’d be warned against these out> rage manufacturing emissar ies, as there is not now, nor have there been, any real race troubles of a political or other character in this section tor everything has been as quiet and peaceable as any part of the North.