Indianapolis Leader, Volume 1, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1880 — Page 1

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REPUBLICAN . NOMINATIONS. County Ticket. Sheriff Hakry G." Adams. Treasurer Lee Mothersiieap. Recorder Jacob L. Beiler. Judge Superior Court Byron K Elliott, County Commissioner John- H. Smith. Surveyor II. B. Fatout. Coroner- Allisox Maxwell, M D. SEMI-WEEKLY LEADER. The publishers of the Leader have under consideration the propriety of issuing the Leader twice a week, on Wednesday and Saturdays, after the first of July next. A semi-weekly is something the colored people of the United States have never had, and we in our youth have been somewhat lothe to make the venture. The matter, however, will be thoroughly canvassed, and tho probabilities are that tho adventure will bo made, especially if tho increase in our circulation continues at present rate. A number of valuable communications and other interesting arc crowdod out this week. matters Professor Greener says Whittaker was the best scholar in a class of twenty-five, at South Carolina University. Hon. B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, has been paying his constituents' a flying visit. Ho received an en thustic reception everywhere. We find in the Dayton, O., Journal an interesting article .from Professor Brown, of that city, on the political situation, concerning which we shall have more to say next week. The investigation at West has devolopod the fact that Point Cadet Whittaker is above the average in scholarship, and one of the very best in deportment and manly bearing. With the March winds stilll lingering in the lap of spring, the Cincinnati Commercial's commencement of its crusade against ice-water would seem to be somewhat premature. We give , considerable space this week to Mr. Peter H. Clark's reply to HonGeo. W. Williams. It is due to Mr.: Williams to say that our information on the snbject did not come from him. The sentiment of this community is that tho death penalty passed upon Joe Wade last night for the murder of Brown, is just and right. We trust that the lawyers will make no attempt to defraud justice. Colored young men are treated with courtesy and kindness by the white young men who pay their way ov work it out at our best colleges. They are outraged and treated like brutes by the paupers at West Point. We think Goneral Sherman rushes to tho defonse of West Point with unduf laste. Tho General says that there is no place where there is less prejudice than in the army. This is probably true, but it should bo borne in mind that West Point is not tho army, and also that the army is not made up of West Pointers. Tho army is recruited from the honest laboring classes who sympathize with humanity. Tho West Point recruits are often paupers and dead beats. DEMAND RECOGNITION. Tho time has come for our colored voters all over tho country to urgently demand recognition in tho distribution of patronage from the men whom they elect to office. There aro a largo mim bor of counties in tho State of Indiana and all over tho North and West, in which Republican candidates for office could have no reasonable hope of election, were it not for tho . colored vote; yet .when these men aro elected to office they almost universally refuse to confer any subordinate appointments upon colored men. They will appoint Irishmen, all of whom voto tho Democratic ticket; Germans, who are about evenly divided bctwe m tho two parties; but the Negro, who votes the Republican ticket solidly, gots nothing. ' If ho applies for anything, ho is politely told that it is "too soon" for colored men to hold office, or, possibly, he may be offered an engage-' ment to sweep the office and' polish the spittoons. Vi: This -kind of business should be stopped.' Politicians must understand that discrimination against us simply

ueoauso we are coiorea wm De en dured no longer. We should put forward our best men, and cmphat ically demand that they be recognized in tho distribution of the official hon ors. Let our colored voters in every county in the State, where our vote is of any consequence, put forward at least one honest, well-qualified color ed man for an appropriate positition, ami see that he has tho backing of the whole colored community. If, then, the request for recognition is denied, let the man who denies it be labeled for future reference. Mark you, we do not ask you to hold the party responsible, but the man, the individual, who values you for noth ing uut your vote, ratronage is given to the German element in the Republican party as a recognition of their voting strength; it is given to the Irish, with tbe hope of winning them from the Democrats: and it must not be denied us simply becauso we aro colored. We shall have more to say on this subject as time grows apace. WEST POINT. The colored poople of tho United States havo groat causo for congratu lation and encouragement in the noble sentiment of fair play so boldly ox1 j a pressed Dy tne press ana people Of the country on the West Point outrage. The fact is, the great American heart is in favor of meting out equal and exact justice to all men and it is only the dregs and riffraff of American society that defend this infamous outrage on Whittaker. If tho voice of the American peoplo could bo authoritively expressed to-day, West Point would cease to exist and rightly too. There is really no ' particular need for such an institution. The training given there will not compare at all favorably with that given at our best colleges. There are several reasons for this. Among them is the fact that the material, as a rule, is not first class. As a rule, the students do not, as is generally thought, come from the higher walks of life, nor even from the best of the humbler classes. They are the sons, in many cases, of uncultured army officers and one-horse politicians. They are the young men, who, if left to themselves would never be known outside of their own voting precinct. The method of securing appointments has been of such a character that really worthy young men from the humbler walks of life, who would have been a credit to the army have preferred to work their way through our best colleges rather than sacrifice their manhood by logrolling for an appointment to West Point. Men of wealth and culture as a rule will not permit their sons to be sent to what is rightly considered a sort of pauper resort carried on at Government expense. Codfish and snob aristocracy, who have leaped by some accident or by venality from poverty to wealth in a day, will use their ill-gotten gains to purchase appointments to West Point for their aimless and charaterless sons. These things account for the low standard of equity and morality which prevails among the officers and students there, tho officers being graduates of tho institution. These brainlcsg young men, supported at Govcrnrncnt'cxponso, soon becomo terribly inflated and manifest tho most supremo cotcmpt for all men in civil life, and for Republican Governments in particular. It is time for tho peoplo to' call a halt in this matter, and to inquire whether this institution is not turning out, year after year, a sot of scamps who in time may bocomo a dangerous menace to tho very existence of our liopublican institutions. Lot West Point be abolishod, and let the officers and pampered cubs tlrero bo sent out to the frontiers, where they can have an opportunity of competing with men who have, for seVoral generations, made ear-elitting ind scalp-lifting a profession. For our army officers let us draw on tho best talent and charactor of our best oollcges, and we shall get men who 'are not only the superiors of theso West Point paupers in education and culture, but who love our institutions, and who in all of the essential qualities of head and heart are fitted for a leadership that will bless our land, in that it will respect and defend the rights of tho humblest creaturo who wears tho form of manhood the badge of citizenship. .; '.

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On Wednesday tho Ohio Republicans held their State convention and chööO delegates to Chicago. The opposition to Mr. Sherman was able to muster 200 votes something less than one-third of the whole number of the delegates. The vote for Mr. Beatty, Mr. Sherman's most outspoken opponent is taken as the lost. The convention neither in structed the delegates nor adopted the unit rule, the majority contenting themselves with a resolution "requestft . B ing the convention to support JJr. Sherman. The convention was enthusiastic and harmonious,and though several of the district delegates are Blaine men, the moderation of the majority in the convention will no doubt be the means of securing Mr. Sherman the solid voto of the delegation on the first ballot. HOPE FOR VOORHHES YET. Senator Voorhees on West Point. Judce Bundv ban receivad the following letter from Senator VoorheesU. S. Senatk Chamber, ) Washington, April 16, 1880. I think the time has come for a revolu tion at West Point, and if the poor boy Whittaker never does anything else he will at least cause such on overhauling as to nut an end to the hazin? and similar scenes ot barbarism. He did not cut his own ears, and I wonld not believe it even if he is coerced and brow beaten until he confesses it. Newcastle Courier. The above expression of sentiment from Senator Voorhees, on the West Point outrage, does him great credit. He has struck tho right key-note for once in his life. If ho will only persuade his party in Congress to abolish and wipe out the infamous West Point Academy for the propagation of pimp aristocracy, he will earn tho admiration and respect of tho wholo Negro race. Wo despair, however, of his accomplishing that, when wo remember that he belongs to tho same party as Senator Saulsbury of Delaware, who declared on the floor of the Senate that the co-education of the races is an impossibility. Sena tor Voorhees should tell Saulsbury privately that he is an ignorant fool, and that, for the good name of the American people, he should cut out his garrulous, lying tongue, and use it for fish bait. The Pennsylvania legislative bri bers have been sentenced to a year's solitary confinement at hard labor in the penitentiary. The sentence is a righteous one, aud considering the social standing) and wealth of some of the criminals, it is somewhat remarkable, to say tbe least, and shows a healthy growth of public opinion. Kemble, tho chief criminal, is tho author of the somewhat famous statement used in a letter of recommendation given to one of his henchmen; "He understands addition division and silence." This sentiment fully illustrates the character of Kemble, and the corrupt crew who lor years havo controlled legislation in Pennsylvania by corrupt influences. It is to be regretted that every venal scamp of a legislator who has botrayod his constituents and bartered his voto can not be associated with Kemble for the next yoar as their infamous action richly merits. Editorial Chaff. Arkansas is Garland fed) with senatorial honors. Dead men tell no tales, but Sam Tilden leaves his mark wherever he goes. S. J. T., the champion cjrpherint, ig "froze" on the Cincinnati nomination. This is the season when political giants walk about and "chaw" one another up. Death loves a shining mark, hence it gives the Sage of Oramercy the ''go by.". Ca'ave dat possum, Henry, Ca'ave him to de boue. Au entertainment that would draw; A joint discussion between Joe Cook and Hob Ingersoll. I'm a lawyer, and my name Is E. Daniel W. Blythe, and I live in Tennesaae. How do you like it? We wonder what Mr. Hendricks would think if Mr. Tilden was a rifle target for a good marksman? I say, Mr. Kearney, doesn't that heavy sledge-hammer blister your soft and delicate hands just a little? Blaine to Grant. If you get there before I do, Look out for me, I'm coming too. To timid young men afraid to venture into business; It is better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all. Mechanics are looking up in this country. A Carpenter had the effrontery to tackle Senator Blaine in Congress lately. Where, oh, where is Garcelon? We swear by the God that made us, we will not forget him, even in the heat of this red hot Presidential canvass- Trot him

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looks like since his retirement from pub lic gaze. The Grant mania received heroic tt. ment in Georgia, bnt culminated in a well developed case of Sherman (chill) Blaine. Mr. Rojal Phelps, of Xew York, aged 60, has been sued by a girl 19 years of a?e lor seauction ana bastardy. This is a Royal old case. Who ever heard of a rich, handsome young man marrying a oor, decrepit old woman? We frequently hear of the rovorne, however ine Aiuiumi8 u 00 in teems 10 ue more in the line of an afterthought than anything else. Possibly it is the sober second ti rvl it . , . inougnt. we snail see. t, , . ,,1. People wboare compelled to go to theend of Joe Cook a lectures, generally begin to awui, me iuiuuic ui me uarangue that death may interpose and end all. The St. Louis Anti-Third-Term convention resembles somewhat a convention of old maids protesting against matrimony, c'Firo t n-nni.in't fV. t J tt . ,. , 41 ... A .. , mo yiowi min, tue uy luopiawjiiueuuoiueojiiiiorniaue lounge should not kik because their champion has lallen at the inuttle of his favorite weapon. Hart is the winning card everywhere. mere is nart(mannj the .Nihilist, Hart the walkist, Bret Harte the novelist, and TT TT. .1 . . ' .1 xaenry nan iDe opossum nutcher, and fancy violinist. Senator Jonas is the inau who has swal lowed the Democratic nartv of Louisiana A man who has stomach enough to do that, would not walk around a whale more man twice oeiore getting outside of it. ftÄÄr; 8Ä canvass, Ulysses have a different mental develop .sv..4- it i! r uoj. vyurrccu uui oamuei ana Business reports indicate a decided boom in tbe baby carriage line. Thfs can be accounted for on nq other ground than that the OroSDerons times conneonpnt nnnn the revival of trade have moved a larger nuraoer 01 young people than nsual to pair off. Advice to Whittaker: Get a can of dy namite. place it under the officer's hp.ad Quarters, at West Point, and let it go off. n the court of inauirv that will follow. you can of course swear you know nothing oL.n if nJ U A II 1. I 1 a. ouuub lb, ctuu lll.ll jruu Ua( IUC II II ÜB L IB" spect ior your superior ollicers American barbers need not fall into dispair regarding their social standing. A London barber named Trufitt ha nrranized a joint stock comgany with a capital 5o,uw, witn an English lord as President, for the purpose of carrying on the business. It is said that the receipts from hair-cutting alone in one year, amounted to $35,000. The Census of 1880. Virginia Star. "The census takers should be instructed to go minntely into all the details of the condition of the freed man. The property they own, the form of j that property, the kind of houses they dwell in, the taxes they pay, the education they receive, the churches they support, the watches, jewelry and personal ornaments they wear, the number of children born in wedlock and out of wedlock, the mechanical trades they pursue and the waes they earn as mechanics everything, in short, which can throw light on their condition should be carefully ascer ained and set down for present information, and as the basis of future c mparisons." N. Y. Herald. The above was publish ed in the Herald as early as January or February last year. But long before that the Virginia Star had advocated just such a course as that shadowed forth by the Herald. We have quoted from the Herald to show that we do not stand alone in our ideas as to what the census takers should accomplish. It is of the greatest importance that an accurate and complete list of the property owned by colored people, their products the amount of taxes paid by them, and, as the Herald says, "everything which can throw light on this condition" should be taken. But put the greatest stress upon those enumerated by us, to . wit: amount of property of every description owned by our people, taxes paid an J their productions, because there are time things which our enemies have traduced us about. They have contended that we do not owu any property, that we produce nothing aud that we pay no taxes. And yet they have taken the greatest pains and precaution to mix up our statixtica with tho?e of the white people so that it is impossible to arrive at the truth of the matter. They taken great pains to separate rezi8tration and poll lists, jury lists, etc., but when it comes to those statistical lists which would give clear data as to the amount of property held, taxes paid by and production of colored people, they are most effectually and beautifully mixed. We invite the earuest consideration of those propositions by the colored pres of the country, and if the? be worthy and are of the importance we conceive them to be, let it do its duty in bringing it to the attention of the proper authorities. We invoke the aid of our brethren of the press in this matter. If this opportunity go by unimproved, there, will n t ho another until 1800 -teu years henco. Compliments, New Orleans Observer. We were pleased to greet, at Jackson, Mies., last Sunday night, Hon. James Hill, Collector of Internal Revenue for our sister State, and Senator II. K. Bruce Mr. Hill, from faithful service and sterling independence of character, is deservedly one of the strong Republican leaders in his State. He is, from conviction and a sense of duty to the best interests of his people in the South, opposed to the renomination of General Grant, and from the most conclusive of standpoints spares no pain in so asserting. Senator Bruce was on a short visit home, of a few days only, on personal business. On his arrival Saturday night he was generously serenaded by a brass band troops and of friends, to whom he made an appropriate response of thanks. Tbe Senator has taken a decided stand for the outraged Cadet Whittaker, and in a speech in the Senate, and by letter ta young Whittaker, Mr. Bwce evinced lively interest. Mr. Bruce, has, we learn, returned to Washington,1 leaving Jackson last Wednesday, tQ take part in the resolution of inquiry the Senate directs in the case of Cadet W Mttaker ; -1 ""

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Editor Leader You are too hasty in your conclusions concerning the difficulty between the colored people of Cincinnati and their mis-Representative, George W. Williams. This I hope to show you: In the first place, the meeting in its composition and character was'of the highest. Some of the very best men and women of the city were there; and if it was not composed of respectable and intelligent persons, then there are none such among the colored people of Cincinnati. The meeting was summoned by men, who, while not prominent in politics, are yet in their churches and societies active and universally recognized as leaders. So far from being enemies to Mr. Williams, they have been proud of him, and, till now, his firm supporters. They came together to prevent the consummation of a shameful deed,doubly shameful, because the chief actor in it was one to whom they had a right to look for protection and not outrage. Thirty-two years ago the colored people of Cincinnati were compelled by the prejudice against them to purchase a cemetery in which their loved dead might find a rest, and they not be subjected to insult when seeking a burial place among the whites They selected a spot remote from the city, not lying upon a main road, but approachable only by an obscure lane. Here reposes a generation of our people here many of the citizens hold titles to Srivate lots not vet used ; here hundreds of ollars invested in monuments, fences, etc., and all of this was suddenly and without warning to be closed. Prompt action was needed, for that alone could prevent the outrage. The cemetery is not a nuisance; there remains in it space sufficient for the interment ol newly two thousand . adults, and it can not be objected to on the score of overcrowding. For years the residents of Avondale have tried by various legal and illegal expedients to close it, and for years its managers have been on their guard, and their burials have been made with unusual care to save themselves from just such a charge as is made by this board of health. The objection U not that it is a cemetery, but that it is a cemetery belonging to and controlled by colored men; Adjoining it and with its main gate opening upon the principal thoroughfare of Avondale, U a cemetery belonging to Germans, fuller of graves and no better tended than is the Colored American Cemetery. Why does not the Avondale board of health declare this burying ground a nuisance? and why does not the superserviceable Williams bring forward a bill to close it? Because they dare not! And yet if that German grave'ard should be closed it would bring no hardship to ita owners, for there is not a Protestant cemetery in Hamilton county that would not willingly open it- gates for their accommodation. But, to ns, these same aristocrats of Avondale would bar the gate of Spring Grove as sternly as they did other cemeteries in the past, when we w ere compelled to seek this refuge for our dead which this dastardly Williams would so' summarily close. You ask, why do these men want to keep up the distinction of separate cemeteries? We do not want to keep it up, but are compelled by the prejudice of the white to keep it up, or see our dead treated with indignities that would not be visited upon a good dog. If Mr. Williams tells j'ou that he introduced that bill for the purpose of breaking down a distinction on account of color he lies. He was in Cincinnati on the Saturday Sunday and Monday preceding the introContinued a Third Pa e.