The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-05-17
THE RACE PROBLEM.
MANY ISrERESrING TOPICS DIS
CUssED AT THE CONFERENCE.
The Negro in Relation to Religion
TbeIn Of of an Inferior Race on "a
Supcrfor Racs-NesrO Tfacher~
Can Best Deal with the COlOTed
Racc-The Ultimate Determination
OF the Elack Race Inevitable.

Montgomery, Ala, May 10.-Hon.
Bourke Cochran, of New York. tonight
scored the most brilliant success OF the
race conference in the closing Grafton
He boldly advocated the repeal OF the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Federai
Constitution. He argued that 1t was
bad limb on TIE tree: that it had been
nullifed by the States; that it had been
Iynched so to speak, by the people OF
the South. He decla:eI that the recon-
ciIiation Of the theoretical status OF the
negro under the Constitution should De
rcconciliated 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, Slice both races had to live to-
yether to prosper together or go down
together. EvCTI source OF irritation be-
tween.tie two should be removed and
the Fifteenth Am ndInent was the
greatest.
At the morning session Of the confer
nee the discussion chiefly was of the
tecro il, relation 70 religion. 1t was
'.ratcn, &C Mercer University, Macon.
| a. lie Gisc us-ed the relations of the
| aces. TIE suieriarty and inferiority of
| lie whites and blacks. respectively, and
| iy-elt at itm2tt urn the effect of an
| IfclioI race ca & superior race.
The Rev. T. ti;. Liiley. Of Tusca-
| nCsa. slCI etai- If the Southern Pres
,ytcr.an EuarG ii Negro Evangelical
| ion spoke $50, iticaIi! on the wiser
no no
| and The question icing whether the
| rhite accr,!ts & Csiuled agencies are
| ne letter
! W A. CrtII!, ,haplain of the Uni
| 'ersity- % the South. also discussed this
| question, - : TOOK TIE position that
| ,sgrO teachers; truic b.st deal with the
| Ol0red ice.
The religious conditions of the negro
o-day as compared with those Of
| avery days vas discussed by the Rev.
| :. G. BrGwr. Of Clinton. S. G.. and the
,ery Rev. !. L. Slattery. of Baltimore,
| poke for the ACCESSIBILITY CT raising the
| tandard II ordination.
| One Of the most sensational speeches
.,as made by bishop Rennick. of Balti-
| more, wE" declared that from five to
light negroes in the North under
| |Orthein Conditions committed crimes
| one iii the South.
5tician # the United States census, a
e" Yorker By birth and ancestry,
| ade d speech. declaring that the ulti-
.ate determination of the black race
| as iEe.itable. There will be a rapid
| ,ccrcase Of the birth rate and a slow
| nCIcase Ct the death late until the ne
| 30 lace viii stand as the American
| udian stands to-day" said Professor
| wilcox.
DrI TO- oil hv
| 'ecretary Herbert WEIGH, of the In
| an i'iFhtS Association.
| At the afternoon session Hon. Alex
| ing, of Atlanta. opened the discussion
| { the lynch question. He spoke or
The Punishment of Crimes Against
|omen-Existing Legal Remedies and
heir Sutficiency." His address treated
| lmrst exclusively of the crime Of as.
| a,ult and Of lynch law.
| MIR. King said it .Was in those commu-
tiles where the dominance of the white
ace was the least secure and the men
! -ce of the black criminal the greatest
| Eat lynch law IS most likely to pre-.
| all.
| lie called attention to the fact thai
| 18th the passage of time since the abo
| ton of slavery the crime seems L
| row in inheritance. Mr.. King also
| .pted the apparently inherent prejudice
visiting between the lower class o.
hite people and the negro. who in be
| AZ educated and by imitation wa.
| ,enacinS the social status of this elias.
! white people. He said that THU
rejudice is resented by the negro an(
reduces strong racial animosity.
| Mr. King held that race animosit,
| .:as created by the tendency of tn,
| -cg'oeS to conceal the crimes of mem
| els of their own race. which made tn,
| uestiCn Of assault and iynching prom
| nert'y an inter-racial one He sait
| hat for fair decision on the question O
| :rching il was necessary to conside
| ne crime and conditions. Mr. Kin,
| ave two reasons why extra judicia
| -!@anS ale reSorted to. namely: Tn
| clay OF legal punishment and the pro
| ."ctlon of tie victim of the assault from
| he oraeai of the witness chair.
| Mr. King suggested two remedies TO
| mob violence. He thought that whe]
| party begins a hunt for a fugitiy,
| 7ach men Der should be sworn in as ;
| equity sheriff by the Sheriff of tn
| ounty, ana memorandum of hi
| anne taken. in case violence came +
| he prisoner, those committing it coul,
| detected
|. He also suggested that in a count,
Nhere 'ynching occurred a ia;
| hould be LEVIED by the State authori
les of not less than $4,000 uDon tn
iuzens and the amount appropriate,
| o the school fund of the State MI
| King closed with a plea for the domino
zion of law
-e was followed by Hon, Clifton r
Breckinriose. Of Arkansas, who dis
| tuSsed the adVisability of lynching.