The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27
',l'ltEs NEGRO PROBLEM.
Roosevelt, "The President of the
Black Belt" and Is
NOT AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.
The Prejudice Against the Negro
Is Not Local, But Prompted
by World Wide Race !.
ScntiIi,cnr.

5.S1 i.s5- Sentiment.
- The race question was again dis
cusscd in the United States senate
Wednesday. Mr.. Money OF MISSISSIPPI
pi spoke for two hours, his remarks
having direct reference to the action
Of the president in closing the India
nola, Miss, postoAicc. Mr.. Money cx-
planned ut the outset Of his remarks
that il he could secure unanimous con
= sent for leave to print he would not
take up tile time Of the senate. The
sentiment of the senate seemed to be
that remarks not delivered should not
be spread in the record. lie there.
upon proceeded, and delivered himself
OF some severe structures Of the prcSi-
dent, stating in the course Of his re-
marks that Mr.. Roosevelt was not The
president Of America, but the prcsi-
dent Of the 'black belt" At times
he was closely intcrrogated by MesSrs.
Foraker and Spooner.
1t was the inherent and constitu-
tional right OF d great community,
said Mr.. Money, to have their mail
handled regularly. Letters, he said,
which have been addressed to Heath
man, to important county officials re
siding at Indianola, have been sent to
Greenville, and this he declared was
all ,unwarrantable interference with
the liberty and rights Of the people of
Indanola. 1t was indeed to punish
the people Of Indianola, and in his
opinion, the punishment had gone far
enough. The department. has shown
to the world its authority and nobody
had disputed it. He declared that the
postmaster general should do ali he
could to heal the breach and not con
tinue stubborn and vindictivc. The
department. has made the people hate
the administration"
Directing his remarks to President
Roosevelt, he said that in the south
it was believed that Mr.. II sloscvclt
when lie succeeded Mr.. Mckinley
wolllG make an American instead Of Il
sectional president, but change bad
cJme over this dream. He is not
so much an American president" said
Mr.. Money, AS he Is the president Of
the black bclt,'' and he added with
some feeling, we don't consider him
great American president" He de-
clared that Of all the appointments
made in Mississippi none have given
II such general disgust as those made by
~ ~. r,s.this1adninistration and, lie said, tile
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 Il race prejudice in the
SOUTH" he said, and thank God
there is.',,
The prejudice against the negro, he
asserted, is not local, but prompted
by Il universal, worldwide sentiment.
Answering Mr.. Foraker, he said that
these recent appointments have re-
vlved the race question and while the
people Of the south had heretofore toll
Grated negro otliceholders they did not
want any more Of them. ''This is a
white mans country and white
mans government said lie. ''It has
been carved out the Wilderness and
conquered from the Indians, not for
the African, but for the white man =
{ -Eir. Foraker asked Mr.. Money if his
objection to colorcd people holding Of
flee extended to all Offices Of all kinds,
and also whether it would include the
enlistment OF colored men in the army
to defend the flag and the constitl-
zion. The reply was that he had no
particular objection To colorcd men
serving in the army, but declared that
1t would be better If no colorcd men
+ held any official position whatever.
Would You decitiZenize the negro
as TO voting:" asked Mr.. Foraker.
and If SO should that be taken into
account in fixing the representation
in congress-"
That Is another question:" said
Mr. Money. The participation or the
negro in the affairs of the government,
he thought, was dangerous.
Is it the demand of the south, !" i'll
quired Mr.. Spnoncr, THAT the prcS-
dent of the United States shall in no
case appoint a colorcd man to federal
Office in the South?"
MIR. Money replied that there was
no demand made and no authority for
it, but it was the feeling in the south
(. that no cOlorcd mar, no matter what
his qualifications may be. shall hold
federal Office. The whole truth Of
history, he declared, shows the utter
incompetence Of the colOrcd race self
government.
MI. lopOpllcI IcilltTkctl OIldC IL l)FcSl-
dent Of the United States WHO would
yield to tic demand Of any section
that the right Of citizenship should
be surrendered would show himself
unfit to hold the ollicc and quite will
ing to violate his oath as president.
Mr.. Foraker commented upon Mr..
Moneys statements as being most re-
markablc because Of their far reaching
consequences.
M Nj Money expressed tho conviction
that the arncTda.I1Sent TO the constitu-
tion which made ncEv1otse voters was Il
tremendous mistake, ando nc Said s
vast number Of people OF thc>Nor'h
entertained the same view. lie S.rTl
there has been no objection IN thcsouth
to a colorcd man working and none
had been killed for so doing as was
The cacc in Illinois. The feeling
which obtained in the south, he said, /,
was that if Il white man did not think
himself socially better than the negro
he was not half as good.
In the matter OF these appointments
Mr.. Money said the president should
consider erconditonS in the south. Ap-
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