New-York tribune., 1900-05-11
AGAINST NEGRO SUFFRAGE
BoURkE COCHRAN ADVOCATES THE RE-
PEAL OF THE XvTH AMENDMENT
RACE CONFERENCE ENDS

Aontsonery. Ala. May 1o-Bourke Cochran Of
Nev-York- made the closing Grafton at the Race
Conference to-day. He boldly advocated the repeal
OF the XVIII amendment 20 the Federal Coust-
tuition He argued thar Il bad limb on The
tree; that IL had been nuIded by the States: that
it had been lynched. So TO speak by the people OF
the South He declared that the reconciliation of
the Theoretical status OF the under the Con-
stitution should be reconciliation with his actual
status in the public opinion OF the country. He
maintained that this repeal was best for the negro
as well as for the white man. since both races had
20 live together to prosper together or go down
together. Every OF irritation between the
TWO should be removed and the XVIII Amendment
the greatest.
Mr.. Cochran asserted that the path of the negro
to political and social rights lay through the deve-
opnent OF the individual and that the only means
by industrial education He Landed the gen
erosity of the South for spending in thirty-ive
after its devastation and out Of its poverty
over SOoGoo,0ao for negro education. and pointed
out that II the duty of the Federal Govern
ment to assist in preparing its wards for the
duties of citizenship He said 1t would be far more
defensbIe for the country spend 100000
s2oo0o,Oeo IN helping to upIift the black
OF the South instead OF SO00oo0oO in putting down
the brown OF the East His Grafton
ceived with great favor by the audience.
AT the morning session Of the Race Con-
ference the discussion centred about the negro
in relation 20 religion. Professor John Roach
Rev. D. Clay LilIey OF Tuscaloosa secre-
tary of the Southern Presbyterian Board of
Negro Evangelization and ". A. Ciuerry. chaplain
OF the University of the South. took part in the
debate. The Rev. c. c. Brown OF Clinton, 5. c,
and the Very Rev J. r Sattery OF Baltimore,
spoke on the advisabty OF raising the standard
of ordination
Bishop Rennick. OF Baltimore. declared that from
i've to eight negroes in the North under Northern
conditions committed crimes in the South
Professor W. +. WILCOX statfSrician IN the
Census Bureau, declared that the ultimate
termination OF the black inevitable.
There WIFI be a rapid decrease OF the birth rate
and a slow increase Of the death until the
negro will stand as the American Indian
stands to-day" he said
Professor Wilcox followed BY Herbert
At the afternoon session Alexander e King OF
Atlanta, opened the discussion OF the lynchins
Against Women--EXisting Legal Remedies and
Their Suffciency. He said IL was IN those com
was the least secure and The menace OF the black
GEimnal The gTeaTssf G a5 ma ynen 9W vas % @
that with the passage OF time since the abolition
MIR King also noted the apparently inherent pref
udCe existing between the lower class OF white
By imitation % was menacinE the social status Of this
class OF white people He said that this preJudice
is resented by the negro and produces strong raia
aninosty ----. .,--- --s,. ,,,--a +,,,,-.,,
means are resorted TO- namely: the delay OK segal
punishment and the protection OF the victim OF I9e
assault from the ordeal OF the witness chair He
suggested TWO remedies tor moo Vl~otenee- ~ e., Iis :
thought that when a party begins a nunt Tor a
deputy sheriff by the sheriff Of the county and
memorandum of his name taken In case i9 vlosnee &c
detected. He also suggested that on every county
w tha s,a+e ant5oTfties OF not less than 5000 and
the amount appropriated 70 the school tnd OF the
state Mr. King closed with plea for the dornina-
He was followed by Clifton R Brsekinridge, & OF
Arkansas who discussed the advisahiliry OF lynch