The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-19
Senator Gallery Would Take the Philip.
pines CondilionaIly.
4 GOOD PLACE TO COLONlzE NEGROES
Points out several Reasons Why
such n Plan Would ie Good for
Both whites and Hacks.


group, can not receive the necessary two
thirds vote. 1t is great mistake to be-
lieve that the sentiment of the country
rs In favor OF holding the entire archi
pe,ago. The jlngolsts who thought that
thoy had their ear to the ground In up
holding the cause OF the Cubans have
found themselves sadly mistaken, and they
VIII experience the same result II they
try to fasten tho Philippine group upon
us. We have too many negroes in this
country already. There is only one condi-
ton upon which l would consent to the
ANNEXATION of the islnnd''
And what is that one condition."
THAT the 100000 negroes low IN this
country should be depcrted to the Phil
ippines and never be allowed 20 set foot
in this country again. If the South could
be rid OF the negro problem 1t wonll pros
per beyond the dreams o. man VITA its
coal ard iron hidden away IN It's mountains
and with this vast Inducements for capital
which 1t would offer IL tbe negro problem
was settled, IT, would lake a great stride
forward. But" said the senator 'as my
condition Is not likely to pa accepted, I
shall oppose any trt ATTY which anneXes the
Philippines, IL am the only man in the
senate on that side of the question"
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The Washington Correspondent of the
New Orleans Picayune saw him, when the
senator went further into the matter. 0r
being shown the above he said
In the Washington Post of the 10th
instant | am reported as saying that the
$4,000 COO OF negroes iii the United States
should be departed to the Philippines, AMI
never be allowed to come back; also that
would consent to the annexation of those
Islands On condition OF deporting the ne
groes. While the reporter may have
thought that he reported me correctly,
and while the fundamental idea OF get
ting ria OF the negroes is correctly reported.
ye' desire to say that WAS not speaking
Tor publication and tnat this report is but
a crude rendering OF my idea OF the neg o
question and tho Philippines.
My Views are that the only solution
of the negro problem is migration to what
ever portion OF the gioDe Is best suited |
to his development. His presencsi in The
United States viii be the occasion or con-
slant antagonlsm between him and the |
whites.
First is the labor question. Having a !
lower standard of comfort and well being
than The whites and consequently able TO I
live for less and to work for lower wages, /
ne VIII unlercut the white man in every |
occupation IT. which he can work. NOW
he is driving the whites ont of the mines. ,
the canal constructions. railroad embank-
ments din the South barber saops and a I
hundred of other employlnents where man
ual labor only Is REQUIRED So-n he viii |
drive Elm out Of the trades wheua but
little skill Is required | am told that thi )
IS going on in SOME section OF the South.
the whites. driven from their lower /
fields, press upon their brethren in The
~
lower ing oil wages
Second, tho social and political question,
as related to the negro is Il grave one.
There is but little fear of such an amaiga
nation as to seriously threaten the priority
of the white race. No impartial man will
say that the mongrel progeny Is equal to
the original white stock. II IS questionable
whether II imprcsses tho negro. but it Is Il
factor of danger and degeneracy when
ought mot to he allowed to grow
"The political consideration il the most
In the course of thirty years
Tho number OF negroes Will be close to 20
00O OON nj the ordinary increase of p0ptia-
ton. They viii remain mostly in the sou.n.
Such "A number OF inferior people clothed
by ihe siip,ene law with equal n ghts. M
litical and otherwise. with the whites Is a
constant menace To the peace ana security
az society North Carolina. after long wears
OF suppression Of the negroes by force, hnds
herself in the horrors of a race conflict.
South Carolina, after DISTINGUISHING them
selves. finds herself unable to obviate tbs
trouble except by methods which were con
sidered no longer necessary
AS the number OF the negroes Increases.
Tho exigerces and deharmont of politics
NAY N any moment precipitaic race con
1cfs Education liz prescribed rs the rem
,dy. but this is a profound error Ths more {
lie Is educated. the more imperative viii
% his demands for every kind of equality,
ma tho more determined will be The re-
.sinrcc 10 his demands.
'Tha Iilnois miners voiced bv the gov-
'rnor OF the State threatened To- shoot anv
mob "a body of negroes) who would in {
rude into inc state 70 underhid The whir,
miner. Two causes Law al the bottom of ,
his lawlegs proceeding. First. race anti
athy. and. second sqlf-interest. Had The {
esroeq been White the governor would
ot have declared them mob nor thrsnt /
nod 10 shoot them. After more than thirty
ears OF freedom and EDUCATION. the negro I
, more aggressive. intolerant and yapai
nd as incapnble of irteplrent usa of m,
rarchise as he was under reconstrnctIon I
ne facts are abundant N establlsh his,
le votes Tor any candidate and snpport,
nv proposition that will onpress' ths
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