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them apply the same rule to Massachu-
sets and Rhode Island.


press ary undue affection for him,
why did not some of the Northern
States elect a colored man to Congress
and make a living example Of his fit
ness to make laws for the people-of the
United States? There were number
of States in the North which would
not havea giimmer of chance of be:
ing carried by Republicans except for
the colored race. The colored people
had been full-fedged citizens siuce
1868, and yet in Northern States which
had a colored vote which could keep
the Republican party in or turn it out,
nota single instance had there been of
a man elected to Congress who had a
tinge of color in his blood"
WHITE AND BLACK AT THE NORTH.
'Can you name Northern States, :"
broke in Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois,
"where the colored vote is 20 per cent
of the entire vote?"
"Oh!" replied Mr.. Hemphill, ''then
it comes to this-that unless there are
in the district enough negro votes to
put in a man Of color he never gets
there" lApplause and laughter.]
'If you want colored men to vote for
a white man, and if a colored man is as
good as white man, why does not a
white man occasionally vote for a
colored MANI" Laughter
Mr.. Hopkins: "Do you know of a
Northern State where a colored man
aspires in that direction? Do you not
know that white men there take care
of the colored men?' ...s
"Ohn cried Mr.. Hemphill, sarcastic
ally, II know that. I have never
known a colored man ina district in a
Northern State who had the assurance
or presumption to suppose that they
would elect him to office, even if he did
aspire to it," Applause on the Demo
cratic side.
This last remark Of Mr.. Himphill
aroused the Republicans and Messrs.
Cheadle, Funston, Owen, Rowell and
others were on the feet plying Mr..
Hemphill with questions, which
neither he nor anybody else was able
to hear on account of the confusion in
the House, the mingling of voices and
the persistent demand for the Irregular
order.n -.
Finally Mr.. Rowell's voice was heard
above the rest, declaring that in Illi-
nois colored men had been elected to
the Legislature.
"We elect them to the Legislature of
South Carolina" responded Mr..
Hemphill, $50 commonly that I would
not think about mentioningit. laugh
teri We elect them on the Republi-
can ticket and on the. Democratic
ticket, and the first time was in the
Legislature both my colleagues from
my county and our Senator were col
ored."
Mr.. Johnston, of Indiana, suggested
that the county should have elected
another colored man at the same time.
Laughter.
II do not say" continued Mr. Hemp
hill, "that colored man in the North
does not occasionally creep into the
Legislature, but in the South he gets
into the Legislature all the time, and 1
know that since 1868 there has not
been a Legislature in South, Carolina
that has not contained colored ,uen,
both Democrats and Republicans"
BAD FOR CHICAGO.
Continuing, Mr.. Hemphill said be
proposed to show, from Chicago pa
per, published in 1887, that the colored
man had not as many rights in Chicago
as in Mobile and New Orledns.
This brought Mr.. Adams, of Illinois,
to his feet with a demand for speciti-
cations.
Mr.. Hemphill replied that he would
specify, and he quoted from the paper
to show that in Chicago a colored boy
could not get into trades union, and
could not learn to be- a mason or car
penter.
Mr.. Adams: "Neither can any
American boy"
eff that is so,n exclaimed Mr.. Hemp
hill, "Chicago is worse than I thought
it was" [Laughter.l ''It is bad
enough to treat a poor darkey so, but
when you treat every man that way it
is worse than Thought" Laughter. !
"Iagree with you," was Mr.. Adams
comment.
|, Continuing to show the bad treat
ment of the negro in the North Mr..
Hemphill said he had seen it stated
that in Marion, Illinois; where some
coIored men had recently been en-
ployed in tobacco warehouse notice
had been served on them that if they
did not leave town in ten days they
would receive summary punishment,
and notice had been served on their en-
ployer if they were not discharged his
factory would be burned down.
RHODE ISLANDS ROBBERS.
In Rhode Island, until recently, if a
colored man insured his life and died,
his relatives could not get more than
two-thirds of his insurance money.
Laughter. The Legislature after
twenty years had suddenly become
aroused and had passed laws to pre-
vent insurance companies from swind-
ling colored men out Of one-third of
their money.
At Fort Scott, Kansas, colored chill
dren had been turned out of white
schools.