The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-29

he said. can choose his own friends and
 can associate with whosoever he pleases.
 All classes socially are equal he said,
 but that don't mean we are all going to
 associate together. Every man, he con
 tnued. selects for his associates those
 nest in sympathy with himself. He spoke
 of the Booker Washington incident at the White House. and said no one had
 the right to say 1t was a disgrace to
 invite Booker Washington to he Eh'te
 Eorse
 l,r. illlette was asked by Mi. Claude
 lsitchin f he had ever invited l rssrn 10
 bis tscle Upon MT. Gllettes answering
 that he l ad not. MT. kitehin Se.narte d: "I want you to practice what you
 preach
 A statement by MT. Gillette that it Is not blood that makes caste. brought Mir. , Slaydon of Texas, to his feet, who insist ed that it does make caste in this coun- try.
 'It does in some part of the country,' retorted Mir. Gillette.
 You are apologizing for the President
 remarked MT. Slayden. This MT. Gillette denied. but said he admired the President for what he had done.
 "It was" he said, "and evidence of a
 big heart and done by a man who had birth, breeding and cultivation.'' The Booker Washington affair. he said,
 was no doubt an accident, but yet from
 that accident has apparently sprung dreadful consequences. Attacked By Southerners. MT. Gillette drew the fire of many of the southern representatives who piled
 him with questions regarding social equality. Mir. Gillette declared that this
 kind of social equality Is artificial and | that in the United States race don't make superiority" In the south he said they | appeal to race prejudice to make their section solid against the republicans | There is race prejudice in the north, he admitted in reply to MT. Slayden. but il | is natural Thoughtful. refiecting men however, he argued, should not feel 1t. 1 MT. Burgess of Texas, denied that it is | the purpose of the south to use the negro question for political purposes. He de- clared that the republican party regarded | the negro as an asset, and said the less said about the matter the better. especial. | ly by those who don't live among the negroes, and who don't know of wha | they speak
 | Mr Reeder of Kansas. in defense oi | Booker Washington, said there is q per. son in his section who would not feel Il 1 an honor to invite MT. Washington to his table.
 MT De Armonu crltlcizeu the 1allurt | of the republicans to order an investi gation of the postoffice department. ano | likened it to the mob rule spoken of by MT. Gillette. In his opinion. those on the republican side, showed little regard foi l law or order, when the party interest is at balance.
 Mir. Clark then delivered a speech or tariff points
 Mir Perkins of New York. criticized the government printing methods, saying il cost too much, in fact 25 per cent above outside competition. MT. Mahon of Pennsylvania. and Gaines of Tennessee. agreed with MT. Perkins that there was an extravagance in the government printing. For Tobacco Growers. MT. Trimble of Kentucky, in behalf of the tobacco growers of the country said they would be put on the same plane ai the cotton and wheat growers. He made a plea for the removal of the tax of six cents a pounds on this article. so that the producer may reach the consumer with
 out paying this enormous and iniquitious