The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-31
NEGRO QUESTION
 IS AGAIN AIRED Bartlett, of Georgia, Answers Gillette, of Massachusetts. CRUMPACKER ALSO SPEAKS Georgia Representative Says Mob Tar red and Feathe. -d Man and Woman
 In Massachusetts and Were Declared Heroes.
CRUMPACKER ALSO SPEAKS

Washington, March 90 - Substantial progress was made by the house in the consideration of the sundry appropria- ton bill, fifty-one pages being disposed of, laying only twenty-one to be read. No amendments of general importance were made. MT. Bartlett of Georgia brief l ly replied to the statements of MT. Gill 1 lette of Massachusetts made, last Mon day on the negro question. He said that the Massachusetts member had lectured | the south for disregard of violations of the law whereas in the city of Marion, Mass persons who had tarred and feath- ed man and woman, had been acquitted and were paraded through the streets as heroes. He believed that the people of the south are entitled to work out the negro problem "as God shall will it.
 Mr. Crumpacker of Indiana declared that 5000 persons have been mobbed and put to death in the last twenty-five years in the United States.
 1 When the house met today considera- ton of the sundry civil appropriation bill was resumed.
 But few pages had been disposed of when Mir Bartlett of Georgia secured unanimous consent to address the house on the negro question. He said MT. Gill lette, in his speech on Monday, had lec- tured the south for certain alleged out rages and violations of the law. He de- cared that Massachusetts was not free from the charge of disregard of the law, even though that state may claim to be more refined than others. He cited an instance where a mob in Martin Mass, in 1902, had tarred and feathered a man and woman and said the perpetrators of | the outrage had been acquitted and marched through the streets as heroes.
 lntermsrriage of Races. 1 He read from statistics of Massachus- etts showing the number of disgrace l ful' marriages of whites with negroes in 1 Boston. "If these facts are true" MT. Bartlett said, "the teachings of the gen. tleman from Massachusetts and those who believed as he does are coming like chickens home to roost." He did not be- lieve, he declared, that the people of l Massachusetts entertained nor re-echoed the sentiments of Mir Gillette. While 1 the people of Massachusetts may have peculiar notions as to some things and may be stern In their convictions they at least have awakened to believe that the white people of the south are entitled to work out this problem in their own way, 1 ''as God shall will it,' he added These people will work it out with the help of our brethren of the north, if we can have It. but if not we will work it out without their help.
 'To such as MT. Gillette" continued MT. Bartlett, i've will say that your opinion and criticism meet with the calm indif- | ference of our contempt"
 l MT. Gillette, replying to MT. Bartlett, said he believed the Caucasian race as whole is vastly superior to the coored race, but he said it did not follow that every white man is superior to every col ored man. He declared that he denounced such incidents as had been cited in Mas sachusetts as he did those occurring in the south. He asserted, however the l frequency of such occurrences in the l south stimulates similar occurrences all l over the country
 Crumpacker Discusses Subject. The subject was further discussed by MT. Crumpacker of Indiana, who said | that In twenty-five years 3000 citizens of | the United States. who were entitled to the protection of the law, had been seized by lawless mobs and put to death. He believed that throughout the length and | | are a unit In desiring to have the law en- l forced everywhere. Mob law, he declared is not sectional. 'I confess" he said that the record of the last twenty five years will show that my own state has | had it's full share of these disgraceful exhibitions of lack of control on the part l of the people, all of which, he said il- lustrated the weakness of human nature which was about the same throughout the | whole country.
 MT. Maddox of Georgia then demanded the regular order and the reading of the | bill was proceeded with.
 | MT. Robinson of Indiana criticised the 1 appropriation for certain park commits sioners and said that favoritism had been shown. He cited the Rock Creek park commission of this city, which, he said, was a sinecure.
 1 An amendment by MT. Hull of Iowa to strike out the provision In the bill appro- | priating s52359y for a new army post at Indianapolis, Ind, and adding the amount | to the general appropriation for construc- 1 tion and enlargement of buildings at mil- itary posts, occasioned a lengthy debate. | MT. Hull contending that the provision properly belonged in the army appropria- tion bill. The amendment was disa- greed to.
 An amendment was agreed to appropri-
 
 tion of the wagon road into the Mount Rancier National park. of which sum S60oO shall be used in surveying and esti- | mating the cost of a wagon road along the most practicable route from the l eastern boundary of the Mount Rancie- forest reserve into the park. MT. Mad dox of Georgia vigorously protest ed against national park commissioners. Out of the appropriation of $40,00O for the | Chickamauga and Chattanooga National 1 park the commissioners and others re. ceived salaries amounting to S16s63 This. | MT. Maddox claimed, was an outrage on l the government He insisted that three commissioners with headquarters in | Washington could take care of all the national parks, and, if necessary, super intendents could be appointed
 Did Not Secure Increase. | After MT. Mahon had made an unsuc- cessful attempt to increase the appropr- ation for Gettysburg National park from | $6O coo to $100.000, Mir. Hemenway offered an amendment directing the secretary of | war to submit in the annual estimates at l the next session of congress a proposition l providing for the consolidation of exist l ing commissions. and put the national | parks under the charge of one man or a commission.
 MT. Hull of Iowa opposed the amend ment, and said the time had not come when the consolidation should be effected l without injury to the government. | Mir Gardner of Michigan, speaking l particularly of the Chickamauga park, | said that Generals Boynton and Stewart