The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-03-26

Senate to-day. Mr.. Money spoke fol
two hours, his remarks having direct
reference to the action OF the Presi.
dent in closing the Indianols, Miss.
Post Office. He delivered himself oil
some severe structures OF the Presi-
dent, stating in the course OF his re-
marks that Mr.. Roosevelt was not
the President OF America, but the
President of the "black belt"
PUNISHED ENOUGH.
1t is the inherent and constitution.
al right of a great community, said
Mr.. Money, to have its mail handled
regularly. Letters, he said, which
have been addressed to Heathman
to important county officers residing
at Indianola, have been sent to
Greenville, and this, he declared, was
an unwarranted interference with the
liberty and rights OF the people ofln-
dianola.
II it was intended to punish the
people Of lndianaola, in his opinion,
thepunishment had gone iarenough
The department had shown to the
world its authority and nobody had
disputed it.
He declared that the Postmaster
General should do all he could to
heal the breach and not continue
stubborn and vindictive.
"The department has made the
people hate the administration"
said he.
NOT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
Directing his remarks to President
Roosevelt, he said that in the South
it was believed that Mr.. Roosevelt,
when he succeeded Mr.. Mckinley,
would make an American instead OF
a sectional President, but a change
had come over this dream.
"He is not so much an American
President" said Mr.. Money, "as he
is the President of the Black Belt, !"
and he added, with some feeling, 1--WE
don't consider him a great American
President"
He declared that of all the appoint
ments made in Mississippi none have
given such general disgust as those
made by this administration, and he
said the President had raised the
question of social equality of the
negro, but there could never possibly
be any social equality between the
two races.
"There is a race prejudice in the
South" he said, land | thank God
that there is"
NOT A LOCAL PREJUDICE.
The prejudice against the negro,
he asserted, is not local, but prompt
ed by a universal, world wide senti.
ment. Answering Mr.. Foraker, he
said that these recent appointments
had revived the race question, and
while the people of the South had
heretofore tolerated negro Office
holders, they did not want any more
OF them.
"This is a white mans country and
white mans Government, said he.
at has been carved out of the wilder.
ness and conquered from the Indians,
not for the African, but for the white
man."
Mr.. Foraker asked Mr.. Money il
his objection to negroes holding OF
ficeextended to all offices ofal kinds
and also whether it would include
advertisement Of negroes in the army
to defend the flag and the Constitu
tion. The reply was that he had nc
particular objection to negroes serv
ing in the army, but declared that il
would b. bet ter il no negro held ally
official position whatever.
SOUTH DOES NOT DEMAND.
Would you decitizenize the Negro
as to voling?" asked MIR Foraker
land if SO, should that be taken int,
account in liking the representation
in Congres-?"
THAT is another question:" sai,
Mr. Money.
The participation OF the negro il
the affairs OF government, he thought
was dangerous.
lis it the demand Of the South,