The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-19

of the South had heretofore tolerated ne- gro c-holders, they did not want any more of them. This Is white mans country and a white mans government" said he. Tt has been carved out of the wilderness and conquered from the In- white man."
 Questioned by Foraker.
 MT. Foraker asked Mir. Money If his extended to all offices of all kinds: also whether it would include the enlistment of colored men in the army to defend the flag and the constitution. The reply was that he had no particular objection to colored men acting in the army, but he declared 1t would be better if no colored man held official position whatever.
 Would you de-citizenize the negro as to voting?" asked MT. Foraker and if so, should that be taken into account in fixing the representation in Congress?'
 That is another question, said Mir. Money.
 The participation of the negro in the affairs of government, he thought, was dangerous.
 'Is 1t the aemand of the South" in- ouired MT. Spooner. that the President of the United States shall in no case ap- point a colored man in Federal office in the South?''
 MT. Money replied that there was no demand and no authority for 1t, but it was the feeling in the South that no col ored man, no matter what his qualifica- tions may be, shall hold Federal office. The whole truth of history. he declared. shows the utter incompetence of the col ored race for self-government. MT. Spooner maintained that a President of -,a;&1 ,HA t1tA the demand of any section that the right of citizenship should be surrendered would show himself unfit to hold office and quite willing to violate his oath.
 MT. Foraker commented on Mir. Mon ey's statements as being most remark able. because of their far-reaching con- sequences.
 Mir. Money expressed the conviction that the amendment to the constitution which made negro voters was a tremen- dous mistake and he said vast number of the people of the North entertained the same view.
 He said there had been no objection in the South to a colored man working and none had been killed for so doing, as was the case in Illinois. The feeling which obtained in the South, he said. was that if a white man did not think himself so- cially better than the negro, he was not half as good.
 In the matter of these appointments. Mir. Money said, the President should con- slider conditions in the South. Appoint ing negroes to offices in the South was most obnoxious and repugnant to that section. It was impossible. he declared, for any one reared north of Mason and Dixon line to know anything about the negro.
 The Indianola Mass Meeting.
 He concluded by saying that there had been no intention of creating any dis turbance whatever in Indianola, but the idea of holding a public meeting was that 1t would apprlse the postmaster of the wishes of the citizens and that it might lead to her resignation. The basis of all the trouble, he said. was the referee sys- tenn as it prevails in the South.
 At 1:17 the Senate went into executive session.
 The Senate spent the first half hour of the executive session in discussion of the propriety of printing all the speeches with the Panama canal treaty when the off, cial reporters were admitted to the cham Der last Monday. The authority to print included only Senator Morgan's speech and Senator Cullom's closing remarks. There was, however, a general under standing that If the other speeches were ordered, all would be printed. although this was not positively decided. Com paratively little. if any of the running debate will be printed.
 When the Cuban treaty was laid before the Senate. MT. McEnery La) took the floor and made a speech of more than two hours duration in opposition to it. He contended that the treaty is In the in terest of the sugar trust and said its ratification would be a direct blow to the sugar interests of the country. The present tariff, Mir. McEnery said, had greatly stimulated the sugar industry of this country and he predicted that if it should be permitted to continue in force, the time would come when the United States would produce not only sufficient sugar to supply its own wants. but that 1t would export part of the American product.
 In this connection, he asserted that half the States of the Union are capable of producing beet sugar at a profit under proper legislative encouragement. The admission of Cuban sugar at reduced rates, he said. would prove a severe blow to the growth of the beet sugar industry, as it would to the cane sugar production of Louisiana and Texas. Speaking of the effect on his own State of Louisiana. Mir. McEnery said that practically the entire population would be affected by the ap- proval of the treaty.
 When Senator McEnery concluded. Sem ator Newlands took the floor. As part of his address, he presented the follow ing amendment:
 Newlands Has Amendment.
 "The Republic of the United States. realizing the intimate relationship be- tween the Republic of Cuba and itself, and being desirous of still further pro- noting freedom of trade and commercial union, of strengthening the bonds of amity and friendship between the people of the two countries. cordially invites the Republic of Cuba to become a State of the Union under the Constitution and laws of the United States"
 Tn support of this amendment. MT. New lands said that the Democratic party should stand for traditional expansion of the Republic by promoting the volun- tary annexation of Cuba through the free expression of her people. and 1t should emphasize this position at this time by resolutions to that effect. We should. he declared, give Cuba clearly and unequiv- ocaliy to understand that If she wishes union with this country and conditions of commerce with us not en- joyed by other independent nations. she must seek political union with us in the form of annexation as part of the re- public.
 He contended that the theory of reel procity is wrong in principle. because 1t leads to favoritism both in our dealings with nations and among our own people. Furthermore, he declared that the adop- +ioD of a nolicv of reciprocity would lead