The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-21
aHE JIM csow CAR
A Vigorous Protest Assiast q ms y Grat-
ustous InsuIt % Mack Ancricnss.

uitcss Insult 70 Hack Assericnss.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE Suy-Sh: Ono oil
the most unjust and aegravatinG outrages to
which Afro-Americans are compelled to sub
mitis tho separate car regulations 10 force In
many Of tho Southern States. Il Is high time
should NJ uD ts voice against this system.
common sense. nor public policy. Separate
gia. Louisiana. Mississipni. Tennessee. and
aad Of sex pabe q demand has ursod
| unor tha Too,siotnro tbe adontion of such n
law. / hsys travelled in most Of tho States
where these laws are in operation. but was on
abled to evade their degrading provisions by
service. which has not heretofore come within
the scope and operation Of these state t., mon n
tsa pstrot
ne united s's,es ui .s sht ~ tha ' p,,ma
Company to defy the State law.
The Interstate Commerce Commissioners sIaa re-
have decided that railroad has right lsatt to
furnished It's passengers. provided that the
good law to me that no State has the right to
part and that mo- ssess or other
istion that Violates the conditions Of CON.
tract printed on the face Of ticket. To stipu-
that ana h dos s'sS g ons S %
nowhere found 10 the south pronunciation
travellers and nowhere il. the South have
accepted any such scemmodaton a. sI6s IT,
Viii Be- hoard. When purchase tio Eesia New
t. 0E no fess nS hs @
the right Of any State to cCnfsr any s
estS5ss
4s%sS % NJ ths ssssso =. l.
nS compel r e me-
Less hf % hns X to ye @ after
the separate oar law q Tennessee went into
e ssqRs she nss sn ashsy osr &
-four osher gente%sR q sDss
reserved III aisEsIs w.. =. .n .s 'n' 90. .a'
Ssas
msned the car u should s 30 Visited By
committee o. lynchers o. soon as We bad got
fey ni Su 4H S aal whas: to ss
any. how. But suppose there had been no
Sas ssroh s K the 1.n
sns ' 9syT s ssp
Train entered North 6sTolina,, st Painted Rock,
seats Ia tho oSsr oss and aSe ndns
coach was run on to q .idetrack. II Virginia
hesS ADOPT xSu ys Ssn w ss
again G Pitt ths Yin Crow when
Essa 'fs D'' sa Gs,sTss Ts
apg shs 70 saSS
Ssr sash NS. 6s asssns Ts II s vpsaS
tsierate i9s moment. FL would die arst:
m$ase as q L for the State to main.
@ assss aSi
pected or Where prneipPe eaa be vi SS
S9 shS Msss ss the sst y The more readily
ginning. Of the year went into the jim CroWy
Via ia g see Ehs
with tho smoker at one end. into which black
water. To get this. black women. some OF them
eminentIy respectable In APPEARANCE, were
OF smoke and profanity and pools Of ex pectora-
ton. asked black man in the, car II the
no: they amt"
"Thinkin'."
Discussing the recon- mendatlon Of the Gov
ernor OF Virginia: the Petersburg Daily Indez-
lar demand for a separate car law: that L Was
calculated to intensity race aptagonisms: that
pense, which the travelling public would have
to make good. and that the people who were
black faces: and Il advised the Iexislnture st to
leave the matter alone.
In my travels in the South ! have found that
races seek the smoking car or the second class
car They do not obfrlde themseiyes upon
decent people. They know their level aud seek
sRecsa9le sort 60 where they belong. y
to Pocahontas. en- route for Knoxville. there