Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-03-23
CONGRESSIONAL D0INGS
The Lawmakers Talk of Yariou.
a'hin2s

,"'dIe the South from the charge OF
oarbarism. In the South. lie said. the
HeEro had been denied the right 10 vote
and to hold office but not the right to
work for an honest living. as had been
done In the Northern States 1--WE
sometimes kill them for outrageous
crimes. he said. but never because
,heN want to work" AS for lynchines
lie said that sometimes they have un-
necessarily occurred in the South He
referred to the Wilminston. Del
i!nching last year. and TO tho subse-
QGent attack on the negro settlement
rms never occurred in the South he
SAID When the guilty. wretch has paid
inc penalty of his awful crime. that is
an enu of IT. he continued: "thc mob
Satlsned and does not wreak indis-
Ciininate venbeance upon the nno-
ccnt. because they bel ing to the same
race as the criminal" He said that nm
ike the people of the North. the peonle
ot the South don't go out with q torch
III one hand and gun in the other
ana. pointing the gun at defenseIesS
women and children. shoot them as
they fee for their lives" He said this
had occurred in New York city in 1900
and hc referred TO number OF lynch
iAgs which had occurred in the North
including those at Oanville. Ill. and
springfield, Ohio. and said such race
treJudicc finds no place in Southern
hearts"
Mr.. Spright continued: 80 far as
am concerned. | am opposed TO mob
violence as n general proposition do
not think that lynchings for any other
crime than the nameless one against
Womanhood ought ever to occir. In ali
others the courts of the country are
ample. and generally. with us swift 10
punish.
But in the one class of crimes so
brutal and destructive of all that ~
dear 10 an enlightened people. no one
with spark OF manhood in h m can
doubt that instant death to the Nperpe-
traitor should follow upon the ascer-
ta'nment of the guilty facts. The poor.
SUherins woman who has been the vic
tim OF the devlish lust OF brute. white
OF black. should not be compelled tc
appear in court and repeat before q
jury the horrible details OF the out
rage"
MIR. Spight recited that the burning
az the stake of such brutes" was not
confirmed to the South. but had occur
red N the North as we'll.
Mr.. Spight spoke of the attempt of
certain white persons to put the negro
on social equality with themselves
and referring to the occasion wbec
Booker Washington dined nj the White
House with President Roosevelt. said
this one incident had done more to in
lame the passions Ot the negro and
Sive him perverted idea OF his iri-
portancc and his near appearance to
social equality than anything that had
been done for the lest ten years. He
said Booker WashinetCn had sat down
II .sifh Dc -
ciously as If he had been the Governor
of New York" He was, he continued.
sony that Washington did not have
more sense and self-respect than To ac-
cept the invitation. 1t would have been
Infinitely To his credit had he declined
he more the negroes are nut on So
cial equality" he vigorously asserted
the more dangerous becomes their
position and the surer death by vio-
lcace will overtake them sooner or
later"
Mr.. Spright referred to the arrest in
lndianola Miss. OF white agents ot =
Cincinnati picture company who We're
selling To the negroes indecent pic
tures. In bis opinion the agents shoald
have been lynched.
The granting OF subsidies TO rail
reads for carrying the mails was yig-
orously opposed by Mr.. Robinson. of
Indiana. who characterized them as q
stain and blot upon the bill.
Mr.. Sibiey of Pennsylvania contend
ei that TO deny the subsidy would ba
doing manifest injustice to the inter
ests of the South. heated discussion
followed which was participated in hy
Messrs. Lamb, OF Pennsylvania: Hol-
liday. of Indiana. and Gaines. OF Ten
0essee Mr.. Robinson had charged the
Republicans with being responsible for
Tie subsidy. which brought from Mr..
Lamb an emphatic protest.
Although the Louisville Il Nashville
Railway. one OF the roads benefited by
tine subsidy. passed through his town.
Mr. Gaines eXcitedly declared the sub-
sidy tn be "a le2allzed steal"
Mr.. Finley. OF South Carolina. said
there were rumors OF the abuse o. the
franking privilege. and the commission
should look into that matter.
NJ. Sibley Of Pennsylvania. suggest
co TO Mr.. Finley that if he personally
knew OF any such abuses it w8s his
dnty 10 call specific attention 10 the in
dividual
Mr. Finley declared he WAS not max
inz charges against members OF Goa
gross. but had read the statements in
the public press. He said the public
mni was saturated with ;he charge
that there was corruption in the Post
Ciiicc Department. and the only thing
TO do was to investigate IL. II there
was scandal to be uncovered the ras-
Gals and g;afters." he said "would be
ermeshed in the tolls of the law"
In speech characterized by intense
vigor. Mr. Flood. of Virginia. asserted
that the credit for the establish ment o.
the rural free delivery service belonged
10 the Democrats II had. he said. been
; claimed by Mr.. Perry s. Heath. former
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