Show I 1 REED AND THE NEGROES ONE 0 of the honors that awaited mr thomas brackett bracket reed upon his arrival in washington was an invitation to be principal guest at a reception and supper given by some of the leading colored men in in the district elaborate programs p were distributed among the colored population of this city announcing that ex speaker T B reed would be present at the reception and ana he was assigned to speak peik on bahi the t L subject has the commander c a aei in chief 0 of f the ar army my and navy the right t to protect an american citizen citi ien at home anil and abroad with the army and navy of th the United Sta states tiar the pastors of the colored area ih churches were as the committee of arrangements arrange me menta and the ap preparations kepaa ti dine forward for waria t local co if tet some oin e corres VIM pon deni dence ee jirah wag obliged ob aport diabin di atin auls tre falie hondro I 1 gau ua it arbing S h to himself to the subject elected for hua jo lr v fi as T ik N j f js j 5 the declination of mr reed heed occasioned casio ned a change in the program and representative benton mcmillin of tennessee is if said to have been substituted this sudden jump from maine to tennessee tenness e e is not fully explained by the cie pro promoters m oters of the entertainment who insist that ft it is thoroughly nonpartisan non partisan in its character mr mcmillin is announced to address himself to the subject lynch clynch law and its remedy 1 exchange the foregoing is a 2 true representation sen tation of the hollow pretenses of this blue blooded yankee from maine reed is a demag demagogue politician and typical new england braggart our colored friends at washington are not the first to be deceived by these republican peck sniffs th the e most natural and appropriate prop ending of this washing ton episode was the turning of the colored folks to a true hear hearted teI southern man to fill the vacancy T the h e democrats and the southern people are the negros riest friends in in time of need they feet feel an interest in their welfare beyond that of getting their votes vote s by false promises |