Of the thirty-three members of which the Senate was composed four of them were colored men: H.R.Revels, of Adams; Charles Caldwell, of Hinds; Robert Gleed, of Lowndes, and T.W.Stringer, of Warren.

Of the one hundred and seven members of which the House was composed about thirty of them were colored men.

It will thus be seen that out of the one hundred forty members of which the two Houses were composed only about thirty-four of them were colored men.

But the colored members insisted that one of the three United States Senators to be elected should be a colored man.

The white Republicans were willing that the colored men be given the fractional term of one year, since it was understood that Governor Alcorn was to be elected to the full term of six years and that Governor Ames was to be elected to the fractional term of five years.
In this connection it may not be out of place to say that, ever since the organization of the Republican party in Mississippi, the white Republicans of that State, unlike some in a few of the other Southern States, have never attempted to draw the color line against their colored allies.