The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-22

Academy Bin-Mr. Gilbert, of Tom nessse, Declares tho Most Ignorant
 White Girl in His State Would Not Marry tho Most Cultured Negro tn the
 WorId-Treatmsnt of Mr. Washing
 ton in Northern Hotels.
 Washington, April 21-The house to-
 day entered on consideration of the
 military academy appropriation bill
 In addition to the regular items it con
 tains provision for the extensive inn
 provement of the grounds and build ings at West Point. These improve ments are to cost $6,500,OO0 of which a little over s3.OO0,0O0 Is appropriated in pages of the bill were completed.
 During the general debate on the mill itary academy bill MT. Gilbert of Ken lucky precipitated discussion on the race question, which was participated in by MT. Gillett of Massachusetts, Blackburn of North Carolina, c. w. Kitchen of North Carolina, and MT. Gaines of Tennessee.
 MT. Hull, in charge of the bill, in brief preliminary statement explained it's features, the increase in the pay of cadets and the adoption of a plan for extensive Improvements at West Point These improvements, MT. Hull said, would cost when completed $6,500000, of which $3,090,326 was appropriated by the bill.
 MT. Cannon, chairman of the commit tee on appropriations. characterized the proposed expenditure at West Point as the "rankest kind of rank extrava- gence"
 MT. Gilbert of Kentucky took occasion to reply to some remarks recently made by MT. Gillett, of Massa chusetts, MT. Cromwell of Ohio and General Funston, which he thought reflected upon his state. In the course of his remarks, MT. Gilbert said that in Kentucky and in fact in all the south they looked with equality of the races. The most ignor- diib WiiltC Siii III IiS SIdtc WOulu Illl- nitely prefer to marry the lowest, meanest, most ignorant white man in the world to the most cultured negro in America. The prejudice against social equality was as strong in the north as in the south, he declared, and all talk to the contrary was "hypocritical rot and rant."'
 Mir. Gilbert's remarks drew reply from MT. Gillett of Massachusetts Mr. Gillett said he was willing to admit the against the negro in New England. Te thought that, perhaps, there was greater physical repug- nance toward the negro there than in the south. But because one man per sonally felt a prejudice against the negro, he did not think he had a right | to attempt to enforce them upon others. 1
 MT. Bartlett of Georgia interrupted to ask whether some time ago Booker | Washington was not refused lodging at l the hotels of Boston.
 MT. Gillett replied that tsse incident | referred to occurred at Springfield, not 1 Boston, and he explained that MT. | was refused lodging at two | hotels because they were full and could | not accommodate him, but he said the | of one of them made every l effort to secure lodging for him else- where and invited him to come to the | hotel for his meals
 MT. Gaines of Tennessee asked if the governor of Massachusetts when he went to the Nashville exposition de- clined to take with him member of | his staff who was a negro.
 ''If he did" replied MT. Gillett, '1t was because he did not want to wound the sensbilities of the people of Nash v..!a'
 Proceeding, MT Gillett explained that in New England they could under stand the prejudices in the south against the negro and against negro but the people of his sec ion insisted that social ostracism should not be visited on those who did not share these prejudices. When a leero man raised himself above his fel- ows and led pure, clean manly life le thought his worth should be recog- 1ized. He did not sympathize with a state of society which accepted a man
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