Evening star., 1901-01-09

bankruptcy That is very strange state
capital In the world
You cannot walk 900 yards in this CITY
without seeing the effigy of either Andrew
Jackson or of Abraham Lincoln. To say
tiiat poor whites are dangerous voters In
this country. which holds up those two
lIiustrlous men. sprung from the poorest of
poor whites, as exemplars of American
MANHOOD is absolutely preposterous
Wag out In Missouri told me that when An
dreW johnson was sworn in as Vice Presi-
ueht' IN looking up at the Senate diplomatic
1enres,nt ne happened to catch sight of the
representatives of the foreign government
up there. and, shaking his fist at them
said: Si You aristocratic cockadoodles, go
paok that 10 your royal masters and tell them
,hat IN the land of the setting sun YOU saw
tailor and rail splitter climb to the apex
oi human power. That is a gorgeous sem
tence-a patriotic sentiment
whether he ever said it I dn not knou,
however that may be. it was worthy TO hc
said because in that idea is the genius of
cur institutions: And I want to say, Mr..
ta Snta Ina. II Niger is good enough
i s2 apte against me in the ninth congress
slonai district of Missouri he Is good
enough to elect representative for the civ
Vi washington to sit on this floor
An Anomaly in Human Nature.
we nave always professed that We are
IN favor or home rule Our desire to see
ele Suoans have home rule lay at the root
of
nome rule for Ireland and a vast ma tor,tv
VI the American people. irrespective of
parry ahilations. wish to see the brave
serolc boers win in their unparalleled figbt
~ oi liuiie RUE Yet. with persistency which
10 ,, anla1ihg and inconsistency which is enip
natlcal, we refuse to grant the nracin,1,
boon or home rule to our own felion,niti
neas al our very doors. 1t is not only an
ar,Ciiiais @ ia our system of government: 1t is
al anomaly in human nature "
L do not believe thar tba ,,ao,,, -. -.
Distfict are unit for sef-governmeA They
nt a ni!e opportunity for educating them
a,tis netes IN that difficult art. They hear more
pohtics and talk more politics than tho
people OF any other portion of the renublic
inings are always happening here to in
ctte their patriotic fervor. The monuments
OH III 80 ANT N .ehenIS and our greatness are
an ABOUT them. The visible evidences or
ouf @ power are forever before their eyas
me glorious traditions and fascinating
,esenas nsssaa o., OF American worthless who have
ears. The numberless blessings of our free
institutions are known to them To saw
.lat lnes are unnt to govern themselves is
90 ,totii' toiess that our experiment in repre-
sentative government is a colossal failure.
Mr.. Speaker, you may yruIe this biII out
OF order now, but if sit in this House long
enough intend to bring this bill here In a
way that it will have annie discusstnn
and whenever 1T does | will drive tho ra
publican majority of this House INTO TAX
ing the position openly on this floor that
tne negroes are not fit to vote at all be-
cause that Is the idea that thew have in
dlsfranchising the people of the District of
Columbia though. for political reasons.
tney dare not avOw it. And in this connec-
tlon have only one wish. and that is to
be IN this city on the day that they elect
the first delegate to Sit in the American
Congress.
A Sad Commentary ON Free Govern
ment.
There would be 500 candidates at the
least calculation. 1t would be a battle
royal, to witness which would be worth
ten years of peaceful life; and 1t is the
saddest commentary ever made on free
government that we sit here and refuse to
| these people the right to govern themselves
TO indulge in the luxury Of voting and be-
ing voted for gentleman said to me the
other day that this was the best governed
city on the continent when 1 was talking
to him about this bill. Suppose it is
Every city has right to govern itself as
1t pieases. If 1t wants to let the hoodlums
run it, all well. The only reason that the
hoodlums run any town on the American
continent is that the fine-haired people, the
self-styled better classes think they are
better than other people. They are unwilI-
| ing to be jostled by hoodlum on the day
Of election
The mugwumps?" suggested Mr.. Klutz.
Yes, the mugwumps. or jugwumps.
Sam Jones calls them. These fine-hared
people too good to discharge their
! ness, clothed in his mantle Of self-right-
eousness, while the hoodlum discharges not
only his own political duty, but also the
political duty of the fine-haired citizen. L
| repeat it. Mr.. Speaker. and it is the last
l have to say about it at present, that you
can rule this amendment out of order now,
but the day will come when this bill will
be- must be, considered here"