Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-01-26
The MAJORITY
AGAINST QUAY
Report Declares He Is Not Entitled
To Seat In the Senate.
M'ENERY REPLIESTOPRTTCHARD
Louisiana Senator Makes Appeal
For White Supremacy
In the South.

At the opening of the senate Tues
day, Mr.. Turley, of Tennessee, re-
ported from the committee on privi-
leges and elections resolution on the
case of former Senator Quay. The
resolution follows:
THAT the Hon. Matthew S. Quay is
/ not entitled to take his seat IN this
body as senator from the state of
Pennsylvania"
That resolution was the Judgment Of
the majority of the committee. The
minority of the committee filed re-
port declaring that Mr.. Quay was en-
| titled to a seat in the senate.
The majority report, opposing Che
seating Of Mr.. Quay, was signed by
! Senators Gallery, Pettus, TurIey, Har-
ris and Burrows, the last named the
only Republican signing it. The mi
nority report bears the signatures OF
| Senators Hoar, Chandler, Pritchard
and McComas, all Republicans and
advocates of giving the seat to Mr..
Quay.
Mr.. Pettigrew, of South Dakota, Of
! fered a resolution, which on objection
went over, calling on the president for
! General J. c. Bates report relating to
! the treaty with the sultan of Sulu.
| Resolutions were adopted calling upon
the president for correspondence with
Great Britain concerning the Clayton
Bulwer treaty; with the Colombian
! government as to the Panama Canal
! Company of France.
The Allen resolution calling upon
/ the treasury for information as to all
communication with the National City
! bank of New York concerning the old
! custom mouse transfer was adopted.
Mr.. Turner, of Washington, concluded
his Philippine speech begun Monday
and Mr.. Ross then spoke on his Phil
ippine resolution.
The Ross resolution declared the
constitutional provisions do not, I'M
aided Ivy act of congress, extend over
the Philippines and Porto Rico; that
the United States could take sOver-
eighty of those islands unrestrained by
the constitution, etc. 1t was Mr..
RCss's maiden speech.
Mr.. MCEncry, democrat, of LOuisi-
ana, then was recognized to deliver
his announced speech on the resolu-
ton of Mr.. PritChard, Republican Of
North Carolina, relating to tne pro-
posed amendment to the constitution
OF North Carolina He said the race
D question was one of the most serious
; which had ever confronted the nation
| and said:
80 far the best intellects of the south
: have endeavored to find some remedy
to make the south prosperous, not
outstanding the vast number of
| ignorant blacks, to make her social
position clear and defined in the
separation of the races and to place
her on a political basis that will
''insure stability to her institutions;
vmake the ballot box the sacred
, aprSit9ry Of the liberties of the peo-
of nc To the charnel house where
.O"' - domination they were as
S to Ayd; to prevent them 10y means
inst d boi!ot and superior numbers from
{ getting control of the state and
''lO sgIrating the era of terrorism
thed corruption which prevailed under
carIs government from 1868 to 1877.
Ihe recollection of that period is
uilu Geil-hOrn dream and one is
- - r.
om. e darkest and most shameful
" in the history of the human
dI0' W The wonder now is that by
lere Tit Was not sooner terminated Ivy
.en Itrsged people.
canul the legislation of Louisiana,
ate eh has for its sole object the adj
the ement OF both races, the progress
,o,- re state, socially, politically AMI
.n,:n ~, and iuaugurate again ne
I'VE la''on in that state the tIagic
Inc De Cu1S76 will be re-enac:rd.
tnnever has been any DISPOSE
it IS SIparJ of the people of Louis
by They've the negro of any OF his
nry the Ch, civil rights. There has
49, T,s,yill continue to be deter
~ -, fixed and unaltersble, to
C'Hi m social privileges on equality
nj, ie whites, to prohibit him from
en- I'd au equality in social life
w cVerture forbids."
AK GoOuery said that the suffrage
h.. nedF@rn,-t Louisiana constitution
=, toWrOved by all citizens of the
'"'e mir"From the day that the negro
Dr. : h61chised," said Mr.. McEnery
hen .;negro domination prevailed in
late, until 1876, when it was
brown, there was an era of cor
m vice and tyranny not equaled
a."