Show COLORED republicans after the scalp of a candidate taho is against the negro race I 1 east st louis ill feb 29 special the thirty thousand colored voters of this state are against ex coroner henry L hertz for the nomination for state treasurer on the republican vote tote and today a convention of the colored voters voter of the southern part of the state is being held for no other purpose I 1 than to take action for his defeat rev J S woods of peoria who is is president of the state afro american protective league lea ue as erts aerts that hertz is is against the colored people as a race and that while he was coroner of cook county he be made an attempt to prejudice the people against them another meeting of the same nature as conference is to be held at Cla galesburg lesburg between march ath and provo prove enquirer the colored voters of the state of illinois are about as bright and progressive a class of citizens as can be found in any state and perhaps are as free from the old time prejudice as any colored men in in the nation taken as a whole not less than fifteen thon thousand sand of them voted for governor altgeld in 1892 and in fact a large number of them voted the entire demo cratic ticket at that election they know who their real friends are and they are able to distinguish be tween a hypocritical pretender pretend cr and a plain m man an be he oa I 1 checol the coli ya 4 F ore a ahm bal v v ance of power between the two old parties and we await with some in interest to know the result of the above contest the independence cc of the colored men of that state is is well known and they will not stultify themselves by voting for a known enemy although he may bear t tue I 1 ie brand of the g 0 p on his forehead |