Show TRIBUTE TO COLOR ALBANY N Y nov 8 james C matthews colored recorder of deeds in washington in president cleveland Clev elands first administration has been elected judge of the recorders court of this city which office carries with it powers of supreme court judge His majority is over 2000 he was nominated and elected on the regular democratic ticket it is is the highest xa judicial office ever held by a man of his race in this country the above taken from the press dispatches is another illustration of the truth of what the BROAD ax has maintained all along such an aa occurrence is a pleasing incident to the colored people everywhere it shows that race prejudice is disappearing it also shows the liberality of spirit on the part of the demo brats such a thing as the election of a colored man for judge I 1 has never happened in any republican district in the whole united states have we not always said that the 1 democrats were the best and truest friends of the colored peopled people how long will it take to co convince n i the negro that his interests demand that he cut loose from the old false notions of the past |