St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-24
SOUTHRONS INSULTED
Senator Ingalls, Says South
ern Democrats Stand on
Volcano.
Negroes Never Allowed to
Vote South of Mason and
Dixon'S Line.
Even White Republicans Are
Forced to Sneak in Back
Alleys.
Five Methods Proposed for
the Solution Of the Race
Question.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-The an
nOuncement that Senator Ingalls,. of
Kansas, would address the senate on
the race question drew large crowd to
the capitol to-day. In preparation for
its coming, the number of dOOrkeepers
at the doors of the senate galleries had
been increased. Under ordinary con-
ditions gallery running more than a
quarter of the distance around the
chamber is reserved for ladies and their
escorts. but this morning One-half OF
this gallery had been reserved for the
friends of senators. AT 11:30. there
fore, when the doors of the galleries were
thrown open, the crowd in the corridors
was more than sufficient to fill the linn
tied space allowed the public, and be-
fore noon the additional congregation
in the corridors had rendered passage
around the galleries extremely difficult.
The reserved galleries too. filled quickly,
and at 1:30. half all hour before the hour
set for MI. ingalls, to speak. almost
every seat had been taken. The diplO-
matte gallery alone looked empty. In
the front row of the reserved gallery sat
NILS. lllSdllS anu tsiuSlleSIs 4hls
Ingalls, did not appear in his seat dur
ing the morning hour. The senate
droned along through the routine of the
morning work. There was 4 constant
buzz of conversation in the galleries.
Senator Dawes and Senator BiOdgett
were reading newspapers, Senator VOL
colt examining magazine. Members
from the house of representatives
walked about among the senators, chat
ting with them, or
CURIOUSLY WATCHING THE CROWDS
in the gallery. At 1:49 Senator Ingalls,
entered the chamber from the Republi
can cloak rooms. A silk handkerchief
bound around around his throat gave
evidence of the attack of influenza from
which he is still Suffering. On Mr.. In
gals desk were piled four bound vol
umes of the Congressional Record. he
placed on them the portfolio containing
his notes and sat down. In few min
utes he changed his seat to the one di
rectly behind. where he exchanged
few words with Secretary Rusk and
Gen, n. P. Banks. Then he returned
to his own seat and opened a newspa-
per. Before the time announced Tor
the delivery of his speech lie removed
from his neck the silk kerchief and ad-
justed his cravat while he engaged SEN
ators Hale and Henderson in conversa-
ton. A few minutes before 2 O'clock
Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Morton entered
the executive gallery. The wife of
the attorney general and her two
daughters and E. w. Halford.
the presidents private secretary,
were also in the private gallery.
At2 o'clock exactly. Senator ingalls,
arose and moved that the senate pro-
ceed to the consideration of the bill to
assist the emigration of people of color
from the Southern states. He asked
that it be read at length. A cry Of
Hush" went around the gallery as the
senator from Kansas arose and the vice.
president raped sharply for order.
Chief Clerk Johnson read the bill slowly
and distinctly. AS the reading pro-
ceeded the crowd on the floor increased
so rapidly that all the available chairs
in the cloak rooms were brought out.
"Mr. President, the race to which we
belong is the most arrogant and preten-
tiOus. the most exclusive and indOm-
liable in history" were MIR. Ingalls,
opening words. Individualisni, liberty.
fraternity and equality, he said, had
been that races contributions to the
state. Every other race had been its
enemy or its victim. At every step of
| its progress from barbariSm to- enlight-
eminent the Caucasian race had refused
to assimilate with the MongoIian and
African.
THE ABLRsT sooTHsAYER
| could not have foretold the wonderful
| development of the first century of
American independence. The frontier
had been abolished. the climate con-
| Quered and the deserts Subdued. From
| the latent resources of the American
constitution had been evoked great and
| tad In, If arpni
| had found a sanctuary, every wrong a
| redress. Upon Ihe threshold of our
second century the people of the United
| States were confronted by the most por-
tentous problem ever placed before a
| free people for solution. 1t involved in
the belief of MANY (but not in his) the
| permanency of our form of government.
! 1t must be considered frankly and
| freely. without subterfuge and without
reserve. MIR. ingalls, paid glowing
tribute to the late Henry W. Grady,
in December last he quoted.
He sent to the clerks desk a
| liberal extract from MIR. Grady's
speech to be read. At the conclusion
of the reading he continued his re-
marks. He would discuss the arIthme-
thic of the question. He said: In
1860 there were in the United States
| 4.440,00 in 1870, 4,4S0,000; in 1880.
| $3.50 900 negroes. He wished to say in
passing that it was his belief that the
increase shown from 1870 to 1880 was a
deliberate. premeditated fraud upon the
census, committed for the purpose of
obtaining an increased representation.
To complIcate the problem, the negro
was gregarious. The line of cleavage
between the white man and the black
was distinct and clear. There was
neither amalgamation, absorption or as.
similation between the races. Fred
Douglass, the most illustrious living
representative of his race Greater, he
thought by his Caucasian reinforce.
ment than by his African blOod), had
said to him that when prejudice disap
pea1ed the
RACES WOULD BECOME HOMOGENEOUS
He did not believe it. Such a solu
tion of the difficulty he thought would
be impossible; If possible, most deplor.
able. History showed that where the
white and black had come together dur
ing the period of slavery it had been by
compulsion. The children born had
claimed white fathers and black
mothers; never black fathers and white
mothers. There was no poisoning sc
fatal as the adulteration of race. The
leaders of the South had come to the
conclusion that the present state of
affairs could not exist. They asked that
the matter he discussed amicably. The
senator from South Carolina, (Mr. But
leT deprecated animadverSion. They
| would not hear il from him The most