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Show GRANT HELPED OUT. Washington Po3t. Capt Lamb, the Richmond member, always adorns his speeches with numerous nu-merous brief incidents, in which the life of the colored people of the South Is depicted. "The Captain and I spoke from the same platform over in Baltimore the other night," said Mr. "Hank" Smith of Michigan. "He made a speech that took. I think he pleased the audience most by telling of a Democrat's plea hi the last election for the vote of s negro. " 'You mustn't get it into your head that Republicans emancipated the slaves,' said a Democratic candidate to this negro. That was Providence.'" " 'Mebbe it was Proyidence said the doubting colored man, 'but I reckon Mars Grant helped out lots.' |