The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-03-25
SENATOR MONEY
GRI7IC|sES ROOSEVELT.
Saws He is Not President Of america.
BUT RULER OF BLACK BELT"
Race Prejudice is Not Confined
to the Southern People But is
World Wide.

Washington, March 1S.-The race
question was again discussed in the
senate today. Mr.. Money of Mississi p
ri spoke for two hours, his remarks
having direct reference to the action
of the president in closing the In
dianola, Miss, postoffice. Mr.. Money
explained at the outset of his remarks
that if he could secure unanimous
consent for leave to print be would
not take up the time of the senate.
The sentiment of the senate seemed to
be that remarks not delivered should
not be spread in the recrord. He
thereupon proceeded, and delivered
himself Of some severe structures OF the
president, stating in the course Of his
remarks that Mr.. Roosevelt was not
the president of America, but the
president of the "black belt. - At
times he was closely interrogated by
Messrs. Foraker and Spooner.
It was the inherent and constitu-
tional right of a 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
an unwarrantable interference with the
liberty and rights of the people OF
Indianola. 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 all
he could to heal the breach and not
continue stubborn and vindlctive.
ssThe department has made the people
hate the administration.
Directing his remarks to President
Roosevelt, he said that in the south 1t
was believed thai Mr.. Roosevelt, when
he succeeded Mr.. Mckinley, would
make an American instead of sec
tional 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, eve don't consider him
a great American president. - He de-
clared that of all the appointments
made in Mississippi none have given
such general disgust as those made by
this administration and, he said, he
president had raised the question OF
social equality of the nergo, but there
could never possibly be any social
equality between the two races.
"There is race prejudice in the
south,' he said, land thank God
that there is. -
The prejudice against the negro, he
asserted, is not local, but prompted by
universal, worldwide sentiment.
Answering Mr.. Foraker, he said that
these recent appointments have r. re- :
viyed the race question and while the
people of the south had heretofore
tolerated negro oficeholders they dld
not want any more of them. "This
is white mans country and a white
mans government, said he. 1t has
| been carved out OF the wilderness and
coouered from the Indians, not for the
Africa, but for the white man." -
Mr.. Foraker asked Mr.. Money II
his objection to colored people holding
Office extended to all Offices of all kind,
and also whether it would include the
enlistment of colored men in the army
to defend the flag and the constitu-
tion. The reply was that he had no
particular objection to colored men
serving in the army but declared that
it would be better if no colored 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 particip patton of the
negro in the affairs of the govern
ment, he thought, was dangerous.
"Is it the demand of the south, -
INQUIRED Mr.. Spooner, "that the
president of the United States in no
case appoint colored man to federal
Office in the south?"
Mr.. Money replied that there was
no demand made and no authority for
it, but it was the feeling in the south
that no colored man, no matter what
MS qualifications may be, shall hold
federal Office. The whole truth of his
tory, he declared, shows the utter in
competence of the cclored race for self
government.
Mr.. spooner remarked that presi,,
dent of the United States who would
WELD to the demand of any section
tnat the right of citizenship should be
surrendered would show himself unit
to hold the Office and quite willing to
violate his oath as president.
Mr.. Foraker commented upon Mr.
Moneys statements as being most re-
markable because of their far-reach-
ing consequences.
Mr.. Money expressed the conviction
that the amendment to the constltu-
tion which made negroes voters was a
tremendous mistake, and he said
vast number of people of the north en-
tertained the same view. He said
there has been no objection in the
south to a colored man working and
none had been killed for SO doing as
was the csae in Illinois. The feeling
which obtained III the south, he said,
was that if white man did not think
himself socially better than the negro
he was nor half as good.