The Plan Miscarried

The Afro-American oonveution held at the court house Saturday afternoon did uot pau ont exactly as those who planned it expected. The idea of the convention emanated from Ann Arbor and the idea was that M. W. G-uy, of this city, should be the selection of the oonvention for a oandidate for a olsrkship in the auditor general's oflioe at Lausiug. Bat "the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agee" and when the ballots were counted it was found that Frank .lohnsou, of Ypsilanti, carried the loug pole tbat knooked off the persiiumon and tbat be was tha oandidate for the office by a vote of 18 to 12. Rev. J. D. Barksdale, of Ypsilanti, was chosen cbairman of the meeting, and Jas. Kersey, alio of Ypsilanti, was chosen secretaiy,. It was plainly an Ypsilanti meeting and Ann Arbor was not in it. It waB a hot and stormy meeting and a great deal of anything but h&rmonious feeling was engendered. Tbe following item taken from the Ypsilanti page of the Washtenaw Eevening Times of Deo. 28, may throw sorne light on the uulooked for actiou of the couvention : "Although the colored citizens in their caucus in Good Samaritan hall last Tuesday night had, in a semi-official way, rtiaolved to support M. VV. Gny, of Ann Arbor, for that position in the auditor general's office at Lansing, the entire action was overtnrued at the dance in Light Guard hall Friday evening as easily as a buckwheat cake on a griddle. A number were down from Aun Arbor and gave iutimation to Frank Johnson, of this oity, that he would receive a generons support if be would enter the raae. Mr. Johnsun's frieuds in the delegation to the convention at Aon Arbor rallied about him, and the resnlt of the conference at Ann Arbor on Saturday was tbat Mr. Johnson was selected as the representativo of the colored people of tbiscounty for tbe position at Lansing and his claims will be pushed with zeal. Mr. Johnson is a young man, a gradúate of the Pontiac high school, of extraordinary intelligence and clerical ability, a leadiug churoh member and superintendent of the Sunday school, and if the new auditor general sees fit to appoint him, will make a capable assistant in the office at Lansing."