Show American Citizens Equal Rights Association CINCINNATI May 5The American Citizens Cit-izens Equal Rights association composed of colored men had a convention today They adopted a series of resolutions affirm seres afrm ing their purpose to secure the full and free exercise of every right given them by the constitution They entered a protest against the efforts of a few socalled lead ers of the race t induce the administration to recognize them to the exclusion of the more progressive class whose aim it is to work in the interest of the whole people They also called the attention of the organ ization to the fact that colored men are appointed to office mainly in the south where tho only political service the colored man can render is to send delegates to national conventions and are denied to those In northern states whose votes are necessary to the success of either party James M Townsend Indiana was elected president Among the vicepresidents is Rev J E Johnson of California |