The Portland daily press., 1896-04-18
COLORED FOLKS OBJECT.
Kentucky Negroes Don't Like Rail-
road Accommodations
WHICH ARE PROVIDED FOR THEM
IN THAT STATE.

Witty Repartee of Congressman Morse in
a Debate-Some Deductions Regarding
the Presidential situation-A Review
of the Fight Over the Board of Mama
gers of the Soldiers Homes.
Washington, April 17.-Leading repre-
sentatives OF the oolored race in the State
of Kentucky are making to Congress,
complaints of the way In which they are
treated by the railroads Of that state. In
1894 the State of Kentucky passed IL law
providing that railroad companies might
provide separate coaches for colored
people. The manner in which this law
has been enforced has caused widespread
complaint.
combination Car has been hauled
next the engine. The fore part of this car
has been parted off for baggage, and thu
remainder for colored passengers. A
sign is put up labelling the compart-
ment, "For Negroes Only" 1t is neoes-
sary for all women of the colored race
to pass through the smoking car in order
to get to the compartments For travel in
such acoomm odations the same price is
charged as for the regular cars. The law
has been declared unconstitut tional; but
the railroads continue the injustice.
There is much complaint among the
oolored people, who hold that they should
have as good cars as the whites have.
since they pay the same.
The retirement Of Congressman Elijah
A. Morse Of Massachusetts,, which has
been announced to take place at the end
of the present term, will remove from the
House very well known figure. Mr..
Morse is chairman of the committee on
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, and in general
represents on the floor the w. G. 7. u,
sentiment. He frequently appears wear
ing the blue or white ribbon badges of
temperance societies. He Is the wealthy
and successful manufacturer of the
Rising Sun Stove Polish, and has conse-
quently been the butt of many jokes on
account of it. All these he has accepted
philosophically, probably rejecting that
although the wit might be poor the
stove polish was nevertheless advertised.
But very often Mr.. Morse has given as
good as be was sent. The other day, in
the debate on the filled cheese bill, Mr..
Morse denounced as injurious to lie the
limitations of cheese and butter, and de-
manded that filled cheese and oleomarga-
rine be taxed. Mr.. Cannon Of Illinois,
agreed that these limitations should
be labelled, but thought they should be
taxed no further than necessary to pay
the expense of the labelling of the
products. To enforce the point, Mr.. Can
non cited the fact that there was a stove
polish manufacturer in Illinois who
claimed that the Morse polish was poison
ing and dangerous to those using it.
This man had not yet come to Congress
to demand that the Morse product be
made the subject of taxation; and If he
did Mr.. Cannon said he should resist the
demand. OF course this argument
created great laugh at Mr.. Morse's ex-
pense, but the latter was not at all dis
turbed. Rising as soon as Mr.. Cannon
had concluded he declared that he did
manufacture the Rising Sun blacking.
1t had good reputation and put a
splendid black polish on iron work. But
black as it was, it would make a white
mark on the man who would advocate
bogus butter and cheese.
The statement made recently by Con-
gresham Aldrich of Illinois, relative to
the claims of General Grosvenor for the
Mckinley canvass, has attracted wide at
tentlon and shown the fallacy of the idea
that everything is going McKinleyward.
There has unquestionably been either
consciously or unconsoiously, an unfair
coloring given to the news dispatches
published in the papers of the Central
and Western States. Mckinley victories