The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-11
REPEAL OF THE
18TH AMENDMENT
Advocated BY Bourke Cochran at
Montgomery Conference.
DETERMINATION is INEVITABLE
Statistician of U. S. Census Says the
Birth Rate Among Negroes VIII
Gradually Decrease and
Deaths Increase.
DETERMINATION is INEVITABLE

MONTGOMERY. ALA. May lo-tfeda
Bourke Cochran. OF New York, tonight
Sc.tred the most or1lIiaut success or u
race conference In the ctosirg grafton
He boldly advocated the rapsa5 OF the
18th amendment to the Federal constttu-
ton, He argued that 1T was raG I.tnn
on the tree, that II nad oeefs ru4-i.:ca o1
the States: that it mad been IyncHea. SC
to speak, by the people of The souSr. lie
declared that the reconciliation OF the
theoretical status OF the aegr" under .he
constitution should be reconc4ied WITH
his actual status in the puolic
opinion OF the country. The re,
peal OF the amendmert was pest TOR tns
negro as well as the Whites. eS both
traces had 10 i've togeyner. 70 prosper 20
source OF Irritation between che two
should be removed and tho fifteenth
amendment was the greatest.
/ At the morning session OF the conference
the discussion chiefly was of the negro in
relation to religion. 1t was opened by P.of.
John Roach Stratton. OF Mercer Js:.vec-
sity. Macon. Ga He discussed the reia-
tons of the races. the superiority and in
feriority of the whites and blacks, rssDec-
lively. and dwelt al length upon the effect
of an inferior race on a superior race.
w a trueIEE- tHtptdtI4 u ttiS Jt!Lt S4 sly
of the South. took the position that negro
teachers could best deal with the co!orcd
race.
One of the most sensation speeches was
made by Bishop Reunick. of Baltimore.
who declared that from five TO eight
negroes in the North, under northern condi-
| tons. committed crimes TO one IN tbs
| South
ULTIMATE EXTERMINATIcN.
wv ~Is ~ taT icri7i9O
| of the United States Census, New
| Yorker by birth and ancestry, made
| speech declaring that the ultimate exterHli-
| nation of the black race was inevitable.
There Will be rapid decrease OF the
| birth rate and slow increase OF the death
rate until the negro race will stand as the
| American Indian stands to-day. said
| Prof. Wilcox
| Prof. Wilcox was followed by Secretary
Herbert Welch, of the Indian Rights As
| ISOLATION.
Az the afternoon session Hon. Alexander
| King. of atlanta. opened the discussion OF
! the lynching question. He spoke on the
Punishment Of Crimes Against Women
| Existing Legal Remedies and Their Sutii-
| cheney" His address treated almost exclu-
| siveIy of the crime of assault and of lynch
! law.
| Mr.. King said it was in those comnluni-
/ ties Wlitie ttIe VI Wv f4i'NS
| was the least secure and the menace OF
| the black criminal the greatest. that lynch
| law is most likely to prevail
| He called attention TO the fact that with
| the passage of time since the abolition or
| slavery, the crime seems to grow in I'M
| portance He said that for fair decision
| on the question of lynching, 1t was neces-
| sary to consider the crime and conditions.
REASON OF LYNCH1NG-
| Mr.. King gave two reasons why extra
! judicial means are resorted to, namely:
The delay of legal punishment and the
| protection of the victim of the assault
| from the ordeal OF the witness chair.
Mr. King suggested two remedies TO-
| mob violence He thought that wien a
| party begins a hunt for fugitive eaef
| member should be sworn in as deputy
| sheriff by the sheriff OF the county and
| memorandum of his name taken In case
violence came to the prisoner, those COM
| hitting it could be detected.
He also suggested that in ascounty where
| a iynching occurred tax should be levied
| by the State authorities of not less than
| $500 upon the citizens and the amount
| appropriated TO the school fund of the
| State.
Mr.. King closed with plea for tn
| domination of law. He was followed oy
| Hon. Clifton r Breckenridge. of ATkan-
sas. who discussed the advisability OF
| ,vnch;ng