The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-27
Tile NEGRO PROBLEM.
Roosevelt, "The President of the
Bla.k Belt" and Is
NOT ] AN AMERICAN PRECEDENT.
The Prejudice Against The Negro
l53 Is Not local, But Prompted
by Worldwide Race
Sentiment.

Sentiment.
The race question was again dis
cusscd in the United States senate
Wednesday. Mr.. Money OF Mississp-
pi spoke for two hours, his remarks
having direct reference to the action
4 of the president in closing the India
n0la, Miss, posto!licc. Mr.. Money cX-
planned ut the outset Of his remarks
I that II he could secure unanimous CON
sent for leave to print he would not
take up tile time OF the scuatc The
sentiment Of the senate seemed to be
that remarks not delivered should not
be spread in the record. He there.
upon proceeded, and delivered himself
OF 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 prcsi-
dent Of the ''black belt" At times
he was closely interrogatcd by Mcssrs.
Foraker and Spooner.
Tt was the inherent and constitu-
tional right OF 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
lndianOla. 1t was indeed to punish
tile people Of Indai1oia, and iii Ills
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 10 heal the breach and not con-
tinuc stubborn and vindictivc. The
department. has made the people hate
the administration"
Directing his remarks TO President
Roosevelt, he said that in the south
il was believed that Mr.. II loscvclt,
when he succeeded Mr.. Mckinley,
WOULD make an American instead Of il
sectional president, but change had
c)mc over this dream. ''iIe is not
SO much an American president said
Mr.. Money, ''as he Is the president OF
IS the black belt" 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
such general disgust as those made by
~. this administration and, lie said, the
e president lad 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 tile
SOUTH" he said, ";ind | thank God
there is.:'.
The prejudice against the negro, he
asserted, is not local, but prompted
by a universal, worldwide sentiment
Answering MIR. Foraker, he said that
these recent appointments have re-
viyed the race question and while the
people of the south had heretofore toll
Grated negro oillceholders they did not
want any more OF them. "This is a
white mans country and Il white
mans government" said he. st has
been carved out the wilderness and
conquered from the Indians, not for
the African, but for the white man."
mir. Foraker asked Mr.. Money il his
objection to colorcd people holding Of
lice extended to all Offices OF all kinds,
4 and also whether il would include the
enlistment or colorcd men in the army
to defend the flag and the constitu-
tion. 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 cooret! men
held any Official position whatever
Would you dccitiZenizc the negro
as to v0ting?" asked Mr.. Foraker.
and il SO should that be taken into
rof in, f;,-s.>.r I,, i.
in congress-"
That Is another question:" said
Mr. Money. The participation OF tile
negro in the affairs Of the government,
he thought, was dangerous.
Is it the demand OF the SOUTH in
'quired Mr.. Spooner, that The prcSi-
dent Of the United States Shall in no
case appoint Il coorcd 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 III the south
:. that no colored 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.
Mr.. Spooncr remarked that a presi-
dent Of the United States who would
yield to thc demand Of any section
that the right of citizenship should
be surrendered would show himself
unfit to hold the Office 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 M: Money expressed the conviction
that the arnchdaa4l22rt TO the constitu-
tion which made ncgTos!sc voters was Il
tremendous mistake, and nc saia s
vast number Of people Of thcNur'h
entertained the same view. lie S.ira
there has been no objection IN thcSouth
to colorcd man working and none
had been killed for so doing as was
thc 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 conditions in the south. Ap-
pointing negroes To Office in the south