The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-19
NIDENTO F
fHE BLACK BELT
Roosevelt Taken to Iask BY Sen.
atOT Money
laOlAHOLA CASE DISCUSSED
OPPOSITION TO THE TREATY
WITH CUBA.

III AsHINGTON. March 1S.-The sem
w ate met az II o'clock today and
soon Mr. Money OF Mississippi.
ia accordance with his notice previous
~ given. spoke on the Indian0la, Miss,
poaionlce case.
\. was The Important and c0nstitu-
.ohal right of great country, said
"f- Money, "to have It's mail handled
regularly" Letters. DE said, which
nave been addressed Co leading men. 10
important county officers residing at
inaianola. have been sent TO Green
VIE. ana this. Dee declared was an un-
Naflanfablc Interference with the ib-
erty and rights of the people of Indian
Ola III ia was intended 90 punish the
people of lndianola I'm particular. the
punishment has gone far enough The
department has shown to the world its
authority and nobody has disputed H.
lie declared that the postmaster gene
era had not done an he could 20 heal
the breach, and iJ was bis duty 90 not
continue stubborn ana vind.ctiVe. THE
utpsrIment has made she people hate
-he administration De said.
A Sectional President
Directing his remarks 90 President
RooseHeit. De said that in the south it
was believed that mr. Roosevelt when
~ succeeded Mr. Mckinley, would
make ana American instead of a sec
uonal president but change had come
+ over bis dream. "He is not So mueh
an American president" said MIR.
Money "as Dee is The president of the
Black Belt" And he added, with some
feeling. eve don't consider him
great American president"
He declared that of an the appoint
meuts made In Mississippi. none had
given such general disgust as those
made by this administration. There had
been raised the question of social equal
ity of the negro. but there never could
possibly be any social equality between
the two races. There is a race pre1u-
dice in the south he said, and I
thank God that there Is"
Race Question Revived.
The feeling against the negro. he as
serted. is not local. but prompted by a
universal. worldwide sentiment. AM
swering AIR. Foraker he said that the
recent appointments had revived the
race question and while the people of
the south had heretofore tolerated
negro 0hlceholders. they did not want
any more of them. This is a white
mans country and "a white mans gov
eminent" said he. "It has been. carved
out of the wilderness and conquered
from the Indians not for the African,
but for the white man.
Nr. Foraker asked SIR. Money Or his
objection td coiored people holding office
extended % all offices of an kinds and
als0 whether it would include tEe enlist
! ment ot coiored men lu the army to de-
Tend the fiag and the constitution. The
reply was that De- had no particular OBJ
section to c0lored men serving BE- the
army. but declared that Do would be bet
Ter if boo colored mar had any official
position whatever.
Would You dee't.z-ulze the negro as
Oh Votingr asked Mr.. Foraker 'aud Dr.
eo shout that bg taken into account iu
llXine th" representation i1 congress-
Danger in It.
rfS iz-rsst1rUr- question. ttid Mr..
rranev Tho participation of khe negro
II fhe affalrs Of lh- s0ssfnmeGl he
- h ne dem5ni OF the south" In-
ruIred sir SpOOner. "tha- the president
I'D fhe United Sta+eT shalt iu no case APP
! point coiorei man to office I'm the
Mr Mone- replied that there was no
demand matt and no authority for BE-.
bus it was the feeling iu The south that
uo caloIed man. no matt 20 what his quail
incatlous NAV be. shah hold federal of
uee The whole truth of history DE de-
clarel shows tht utter Incompetence of
tne colored race Tor sei,-government
Alr Spooner remarked that "a president
OF the United states who would Yield Go
the demand OF any section that the
rights OF citizenship should D. surreu-
4 dered would show himself unfit 10 hold
me office and quite willing 90 violate his
oath as president
White Supremacy.
Air. Money expressed the conviction
that the amendment to The constitution
which made negroes voters was tree
mendous mistake ana ne SAID vast num-