The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-02-25
The I'm CROW" CARS.

H. Washington as@ aware Gt me fact that
s.sep ta,ngs ~ Jim crow cars. OF al
sss4s cars 10 are psrty Sim Crow. run
istse sne D3assaE ri Columbia" SAD ~
a.azanSess usap ssout se a-lexandrlans
are .t~svsoaxaly familiar With ths faet.
And ffoIa ssie sort 81 thing that tns eoa-
tiuctpsa OF isrs NJ. Vernon line 1f trolley
cars itaE= 70 30 through every aay IN en-
forcing The J&ga Grow car law Of VIZ
sitGa& IT'S fngEt sts&p certain tffat J
wouldn't accept one OF tnoeS
bffleSs II sa.y pals ne ga ns.aDte instead
- The az 8 dos aanieH. ! understand. they
axe p&is, don't sh Z r4iR indulge tn
gloomy p-roafcattca Sort, bnt ] ar not
aigns IL pfsdictirg thay there Ia going -
Ae a Tragedy seEfle Of these days, owing
70 the efforts Of those Mt Vernon trolley
bins conductors Is comply sfEh the rites
pf the foad and 10 enfoscs the virginia
jim Ctow' iaE. THE conductors nave Al
| ready lad al sorts Of trouble IN gas mat
ser, ard j an told titst the persona Of
cqtors lc rsasssafGe 70 the law. have 81
m.es 9a4.sSsa EsapenE
u LEAVING III IF confederation any view
farEicu / sSay entertain at 80 the osoesstty
| or the peops!tts Of the ls~-sesiss the.
fSsas 4 ~-ss-Ar@s,s. e s~ yys@-t q 4 taat
the difficulty is the way Ct The prspsr
sasns9 ~ Z II 4g ~ Il 'aG4
| soes' iii Virginia, pgt az sooi AZ the cars
get 10 ftis Hiae ~ the Long bridge Is ts
, Tt.atasa aud tfFe occupants NJ tbs jim
Crpw Seals 10 the rear Of the cars are
/ privileged To take any s@ats 81 the cars
that su4t thegn best Or better. Needless
| 70 say. aes take advantage 81 this sktu-
/ alton every ttple. afad they 90 II pretty
ostentataoasIy TOO.
n Ias 'ha IS good oaiy On a part @. &
railroads. dnes. ard no good along tie
remainder Of tee route, se bopDd 10 be
provocative Of trousie. and thai IS why
ahe JAZZ Crow car law q Virginia ie so
/ difficult Of enforcement Dg Iae conductors
III the trolley cars that opeHa4e both a
Virginia and In the District 81 Columbia
In my aalaton, Virginia ought 10 either
"a bregats tEe lea altogether AZ IL applies
10 cars running tntD tae District Of Co
lQfnbta, 81 tns DIS ret o. Columbia ehpuid
make a ec-xDa.ion ordinance, 80 that the
4l2BG nS&rs he operative along the en-
nre strGt1A 81 The trolley road.
AZ Is &Safs nov, While the cars are
III 1873 S&te of Virginia The eolored folks
aye esuarsd 10 take s+sts IN tbs rear Of
the cass, <og. Virginia lsa't saite aeas
enough to the real south to mako such a
law oasy 81 enforcement The blacks re-
scat u WITH ali thetg might. not only IN
Inc District II Columbia. but down in The
old 5oua1.aIa as well. Ard ale conductors
arc eonsaant,y placed Ia dangerous sitta-
lions ewing TO This fact.
The blacks unfamiliar with the Law
board tae cars down IN Alexandria. say
sn1 lake se&tg wherever til@S End room
| Bosas II them cAn't read, and 10 the sign
letting foeta the fsct that the rear seats
Tor colorto' mean nothing TO rhsm, The
fopapctor approaches them and tells
them the law. and informs Ihsm that
tne4'n have 10 go 10 the rear. Some OF
She uld-fashlof2Ed blacks take this good
natDrhdly enough, but rhc. younger gener-
| alton Of blacks take IL with mighty evil
looks, 40 often as not, they absolutely
refuse to move 70 tho rear seats, and then
The conductor has got to have his nerve
about Him. Euch a situation h usually
ksttied when Lhe motormaH Is m
10 the conference, and make his appear
itnce through the front door Of the car.
balancing his motor handle somewhat
fneafinGly in his hand. But some of the
younger blacks never take the rear seats
without violent protest.
THE younger women of cGior are pref.
~ Liable TO resist the law, too, and ther.
the conductors difficulty Is even worse.
ills only way Ia TO threaten 10 stop the
tay and 10 put the yiolntors OF the law off.
This usually has It's effect. but 1t has been
tnown to fail, and not a few OF the wom-
.n uf color have %stubhorn:y clung to their
heats In the white sections all the way
70 washington. These, however, are not
nahlt 10 repeat Their violations of the law,
Tor they are marked by the employees of
tnt company, anu they are not allowed to
rae again unless thHy promise to abide by
l1e law Az II stnlds upon the statute
DOCKS. ROW II often happens that, while
there 10 plenty OF room III the white sec
tiohs All Of Inc celoFod seats In the rear
OF tns ehfs ara occupied, so that the col
nteu pefuoii6 sent 10 the rear have to stand
fip throughout their Journey, or until the
,sitin whiazea INTO me District. where the
IA" Ia imperative, ana they are priYi-
lesea 10 take seats wherever they ind
mem vacant rms Is unjust, and the only
ieiaeny | ahoW ifF that situation Is to
E1foV'ee seiafate 'AHa Tor the blacks, II
ne Jaw 10 20 e0Nt.siee IN operation.
lhere ~ even @fe trouhie on the part
y .he p'achs ieah as WASHINGTON on the
aroteS cars 70 x mo me old dominion.
th.ae ., thshl w. are NOT familiar with
is'hia : Sim ~ car law take seats
- 'ns Mhi's seol RS, aha iotfiifg il said
= tnen. w ,nS eoH13etofs' IN accordance
mln 'nei ~ils'tuS'Sehs, untit the Long
pt"'s1 ANS oeeh crossed, ihen they are
po.nSiy tpqusstsa pS me conductor to.
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