Arizona republican., 1904-03-29
Injected Into Sundry Civil
 Bill Debate
THE NEGROES CONDITION
Made Worse by the Tobacco Trust Than It Was Under Slavery - The Senate Discusses the Late Executive Old Age Pension Order.

Washington. March 2S.-The sundry civil bill was before the house today, but the debste took a wide range. MT. Gillett of Massachusetts devoted con siderable time to answering some of the statements recently made on the floor by Mir. Spight of Mississippi re- garding the race question.
 Mir. Gillett declared that the feeling in the north toward the negro is strong CT than in the south. In the north, he said. there is a stronger. national re- nugnance toward the negro. At the same time. he said. the people of the north don't recognize the talk of so- cial equality and inequality
 He supposed, he said there were no social grades on this continent Every man, he said, can choose his own friends. and can associate with whom sOever he pleases. He spoke of the Booker Washington incident at the White House. and said no one had the right to say it was a disgrace to in- vite him to the White House.
 MT. Gilleit was asked by Claude Kitchen if he had ever invited a negro to his table. Upon MT. Gillett's an- swerinC that he had never done SO. Mir. Kitchen remarked "I want you to practice what you preach" A state ment by MT. Gillett that 1t is not blood that makes caste brought MT. Slayden of Texas to his feet, who insisted that it does make caste in this country.
 Ut does in some parts of the coun- try replied MT. Gillett.
 You are apologizing for the presi- dent" remarked MT. Slayden. This MT. Gillett denied. but said he ad- mired the president for what he did. "It was he said. "evidence of a b 2 heart. and was done by man who had birth. breeding and cultivation"
 There are ten million negroes in the south. he said. who cannot stay as they are. who either have got to go up or down. Nobody wants the south 10 sub init to. negro domination, he declared, but the outrageous thing was that they say the negroes cannot be developed into the faculty of voting or becoming citizens. He was surprised. he said.th no one of the democratic side of the house had denounced lynchings.
 MT Gillett drew the fire of many Of the southern representatives, who piled him with questions regarding social equality He declared that this kin1 of social equality is artificial, and that in the United States race does not ke superiority. In the south, he said. they appeal to race prejudice to make their section solid against the republicans.
 MT. Burgess of Texas denied that it is the purpose of tho south 10 use the negro question for political purposes.
 Mr Reeder of Kansas. in defense of Booker Washington. said there i3 not person in his section who would not feel it an honor to invite MT. Wash ington to his table.
 MT. DeArmond of Missouri criticized the failure of the republicans to order an investigation of the postoffice de- partment and likened it to the mob rules spoken of by Mir. Gill.'tt.
 Champ Clark, of Missouri, declared that only when men of all races cease committing rape will lynching cease. He had, he said. known white men to be Iynched for rape, and he added. They ought to be lynched, if you want my opinion about it." He then delivered d speech on the tariff
 Mir Trimble, of Kentucky. in behalf of the tobacco raisers of the country, said they should be put on the same plane as the cotton and wheat grow CTS He made a plea for the removal of the tax of six cents pound on this article. that the producer may reach the consumer without paying this enormous tax. The grower, he said, had but one buyer. the tobacco trust, and he said because of this tax, "a foreign corporation is robbing the American tobacco raiser every year on an average of $14.O0O.00O."
 In reply to a question by Mir. Hill of Connecticut, whether by taking off the tax of six cents the foreign corporation would not get that too, MT. Trimble said that what was wanted was com petition. If the government restric lions on raw tobacco were taken off. the farmer could twist his own tobacco and go to the consumer direct. As a result of the tobacco trust, MT. Trim ble said the negro was in q worse fix than when he was slave, because then his master fed and clothed him and cared for him in sickness, but today the tobacco trust had forced on him half rations and let him go hum gry and half naked. and had no com passion for him.
 The bill was laid aside and reso- lution was adopted providing for the printing of 14.O0O copies of the merger decision for the use of members of the house.
 THE SENATE.
 The senate today for three hours discussed the recent crder Hf the pen