The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-13
LETTER FROM CLEVELAND !. 4 q.
DENIES THE ACCUSATIONS
Mr.. Scott, Of Kansas. Bnugts
About the Argument, iVhirA
Stirred Southern Repres.tt+
tatives-Was Said That v
Jefferson Did Not sBart-
4. quet Negro. J.a
(By8 Associated Press


WASHINGTON. D. S c.. April iia2s, IL 11,hs RI
race question again was injected dnto 8 8SS
Tile proceedings OF tie Iouse Of Repre-
sentatlves to-day when Mr., Scott OF @
Kansas, delivered a long address, IN 5$s
which he referred to his previous state fS
iment that t was current In Kansas that
On President Cleveland had dtned 9, Fl. I.ssII I
y, Taylor, a Kansas negro politician. y IIa III
read several letters from Kansas citizens ss
that It had been Taylor d boast that ha sS
had received such attention from Prestr
dent Cleveland
Mr.. Bartholdt N1issourD spoke OF fact q
that Thomas Jefferson had honorsds a. ne-
gro with a formal Invitation to dinner
at his family table Tho on y reason on All ~
that fact Is not generally known, he said = sS
was because nobody thought anything III
OF 1t. end mo one saw fit to criticise Mt
jefferson FOR it. 5 5S G 3a5 sG!sS
Mr. Bartholdt said that II In the tud g-gas
.1rent ur the Democrats President Roo se-sS# eS
welt had made "a mis- ia ke N In inviting "
WAS hing ton I'll to dine with him. hen
aawhn & Thomas effersons did must from
the Democratic standpoint be an Sunl,ar-EE5 !
3dona BILE social situation. "a, s4sE
& The Presidents s luncheon TO Wa shin 81
ton he said. was a hurried improVised
affair. while In the case of il efferson ~
wa S & well ll%arrnngc cd veil prepared bali-ss baliss
Duet He concluded by saying ath heres was vas
Sbut enc alternative, the President critics
have either condemn them as jeff f1erson8i
Or d 3 ologize to Presi identf Roosevelt t5
"a lNr. Scott sent to @tlle desk and had i
read the laws 8 f. Nav Y Yorle signed by
ar cleveland while Governor, pro vld-ss
Ing sor mixed schools. Although Mr..
cleveland had denied this. he said It was
easy tor a man to forget matter or
twenty years ago. He also referred to
by Thomas Watson, of Georgia, that tha
eS- President had nominated negro.
Charles Fl. J.. Taylor, as minister TO q
South can5repubic.9 Mr.. Watson, he !;
said. undoubtedly meant South American
republic, because in 1898 Mr. Cleveland
had nominated Taylor minister TO E'''-'s Bo-s 1
llvla. y, /, H "a n l5i5 si3 sl . ~ u
did not wish to make an ISSUE OF this
negro question. why they init tate Discus
sion of It. He did not understand why
some gentlemen should hold up the buo-
fa.boo az negro domination. gS
S.Are you really afraid?" he inquired
.or are you only pretending l'All lg TO l1a g
afraid 2" ss II M .Sg X 4.
If there was no politics In the aues.ta
ton. ne asked the Democrats, what theirs
was in It. 4is Y ~, 3. .t
..Will they tell us?'' he asked. < that
bit for this cry,{ the South would still
be the solid south7"lll H ;:S8
Mr.. Williams Defends the South
A vigorous defense Of the South for ats
nttItude on the negro 8Questi on was mad
bv Mr.. Williams (AIississtppD. who said
these statements from tho Feepubl1
were "a sharp gam e. It would he sale,
be interesting to know 'wfsether OF NOT
the word was passed down from the He-
publican leader on this floor TO- play
lie game. 1t was also an old game.
l,nuHr n long: time to who knew a nyth1na
about American politics, that when the
Republican party found itself faced with
issues that threatened Its SUPREMACY, ~
began to wave the bloody shirt ono way
or another. lie said, however, there was
one thing nsither the Republican party
nor tho entire world could do. and that
was .to make the South consent to res
gard social equality as a thing to pa
| des,red, (" nor could they make the south
consent to the proposition that the f!shu
Of the negroes consists In giving him
powor 10 govern the white men of the
| South.
Ho declared as absolutely taise tnas
tho nesro's rights in the south are no.
recosnized much more abundantly tt,ah
anywhere ese, .1ais God-glven, ina!ien-l
ahA horn right to earn his living III
| the sweat OF his brow, and the flsht y
| n fair trial" No man. however, no saln. {
not competent TO exercise the T!ght OF
suffrage should be armed With IT, me
| Republican party cannot persuade solth-
ern white men that 1t Is not a good or
| humane thing to purify N the south lns 4
white mans civilization and TO perpetuase
there the things upon which, ne sala. q.
ii Was founded--the white mans eono If
OF ethics and the sanctIty OF the White
man's family,
Al. All the world knows, he said. that
social equality leads finally to the lacR
OF racial integrity and purity
MI. Williams, referring TO Alr, Har-
tholt's statement that President Jeffer,
son had dned with negro provoked
laughter and applause when he said thai
"eVery man knows that II tho niger
ate at Monticello, he ate IN Jeffefson,s Y
kitchen and not at Jefferson's family
table 80. I. s.
Unless the negro race was lifted up,
Mr.. Williams said. the entire race WOULD
20 down. The people of the south ap-
preciated that fact. 1T was going TO llfs
this race gently, sanely and the
proper way. 1t had the klndliest tselins
for the negro, Personally. Mr., Wtlsiasas
said he had this feeling, and Y am "a anaap
Who is popular with the negro.
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