The morning times., 1896-04-03
HAINER'S HOT REPLY.

Mr.. Hainer replied that whatever might
be the practice III Texas he was neither a
demagngUc in Nebraska nor here.
MIR. Sayers declared that any statement
10 the effect that Colored people in the
South are mistreatcd was untrue.
Subsequently Mr.. Sa yrcs said the negroes
OF the South did not receive fair treat
ment. He saw few BARRIERS aud boot
blacks here, hut no Representatives in Con
greSs. He was n better friend of the
col0red race than the gentleman from Ne
bra ska.
During the progress of the COlloquy.
in which politics predomiuated, the center
aisle and the space IN front of tn" Spea ker's
desk became iiI!ed with interest eel me IA.
hers, and the uttcranCes OF Mr.. Sayres
were frequently applauded, not only on
the floor. but IN the public galleries, which
were crowded with Coiured people
especially concerned IN the pending dis
Gu ssion.
MIR. Hepburn replied 10 what he charge
teriZed the remarkable utterances OF the
gentleman from Texas. 1t was aston
ishing 10 see him pose as the especial
friend AMI defender of the cuored man.
And yet in Texas they were excluded
from equal school advantages, and in adj
dltion, their civil rights. ~,.=>-
Mr.. Hepburn took up the general politi-
cal situation in tile South. and SAID:
There is not superior educational iu-
stitution III he South where the brightest,
brainieSt caiored man in the whole coun-
try can be admitted"
That is untrue" shouted Mr.. Living
stone.
That is not so.'' cried Mr. Sayers.
There is one III Kentucky" yelled Mr..
owens.
At this point the chair found it prac.
tically impossible to preserve order and
protect the speaker from interruption.
Before an opportunity could be given
Mr.. Hepburn TO conclude his remarks his
time had expired.
Mr.. Johnson OF California said the mil
lcnium is evidently at hand when the par
adisc for the cOlored race is found in the
South and when Southern Representatives
are their protectors and defenders The
lion and the lamb have evidently lain
down together In the South, but he be
lieved If an investigation was made the
lamb would he found Ia he inside the lion
NO SECTARIAN FUNDS.
Continuing, Mr.. johnson said the only
proposition at issue was to appropriate
public money for an admittedly sectariar
institution. He would go as far as an,
man to aid the colored race, but ne woul(
not vote for a single dollar to he given
any scctarian establishment, be cared not
to what denomination it belonged.
Mr.. MCRae spoke in opposition to Tn,
amendment and read extracts from judge
| Black regarding religious liberty and Da
tonal freedom.
Mr.. Livingstone sent to the clerks desI
and had read petition signed by ever
| colored minister and presiding elder il
the District, asking that Congressional In
| vestigation he made into charges OF a grave
| character.
The petitioners alleged questionable meth
| ods, unjust discriminate tion, reckless ex
| tTava gance in the disbursement of govern
| ment funds, ,msma na gcmentin va rious wa Vi
| and urging that Congress make an investi
| CATION and take such steps as may b
| necessary to restore Howard University Il
| its position Of former usefulness.
Mr.. Livingstone said the petition wa
| handed to him last evening for presenta
| ton 10 the House. The signatures of NOR
| than twenty colored ministers of this cit
were affixed to the document
Mr.. Andrews spoke in opposition to tn
amendment, declaring that public none
should not be appropriated for an institu
| ton not under the immediate control of th
| government.
! Mr.. Evans closed in favor of the amend
| ment, and declared that it is sought I
! strike down Howard University under tn
| glamor OF crusade against sectariaI
| institutions. He said the charge that an
| portion of this appropriation will be d.
voted 10 sectarian purposes is mer
pretense, II would be impossible for
| penny to he used in promulgating a pal
ticular religious belief.
Mr.. Evans made an eloquent appeal 70
the negro and told how he became a
aboitionist boy in slaye-hoIdiug famil
| and cast his first vote for Lincoln. z--.
Mr.. Hainer occupied three minutes in sun
ming up his arguments to the effect tiId
| Howard University is both private an
sectariaR institution He said the negroe
| are not entitled to exceptional adva ntage!
but that throughout the country, North an
| South, blacks and whites should be treate
| precisely alike.
Mr.. Sayers said page has just brough
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