The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-05
APPROPRIATION IN
THE BACKGROUND
House Fails to Hell p Lewis and
Clarke Exposition
M0RRELL ON THE NEGRO
Says the Ambitious or Aspiring Negro
Is Treated Like an outcast
In This coun-

under suspension of the rules of the
bill appropriating s4750O0 for the Lewis
and Clark exposition to be held in Port
land, Ore, 1906 failed as the house had
divided several times, and the roll had
been called twice.
The military academy appropriation bill
was taken up and after Mr.. Parker in
charge of the bill had explained its feat
ures briefly, Mr.. Goldfoggle of New York,
spoke in behalf of the Jews of the United
States, for whom he asked equal treat
ment and protection while travelling in
Russia. Mr.. Livernash of California.
made an attack on President Roosevelt
and Mr.. Merrill of Pennsylvania dis
cussed the negro question. Consideration
of the bill was not concluded when the
house adjourned until tomorrow.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill was sent to conference, and Mr.. Taw-
ney then offered a resolution for which
he asked for immediate consideration,
providing that the Lewis-Clark exposition
bill be made privileged. Mr.. Burteson of
Texas, objected.
Mr.. Tawney moved to suspend the rules
and pass the resolution. Carried
Mr.. Burleson made the point of no quo
rum The speaker counted 10 present.
not a quorum, and ordered the doors
closed
At the same time a roll call was order
eu on the 1nOtlOn OF MT. IaW0ey TO SuS-
pend the rules and pass the resolution.
The vote resulted: Yeas, 49, nays, TO-;
present, 20. Two-thirds not voting in the
affirmative. the motion was lost.
Speaker Creates Laugh.
The house also refused to suspend the
rules and pass a resolution offered by
Mr.. vreeland of New York, making priv
LEGGED bill providing for the allotments
of land In severality to the Indians in the
state of New York and to extend the
protection of the laws of the United
States and of the state of New York over
such Indians.
When the vote WAS announced Mr. Sui
ger, who opposed the resolution inquired
of the speaker what its status was. The
speaker created much laughter when, fac
ing Mr.. Sulzer, he said:
IF the chair understands the gentle
man from New York his soul ought to
be filled with happiness"
The house hen on motion of Mr.. Bar
ker of New Jersey went into committee
of the whole for the consideration OF
the military appropriation bill: An agree
ment was reached for two and a half
hours general debate on each side.
Mr.. Parker briefly explained the provi-
sions of the BILL paying particular atten-
ton to the necessity for the proposed APP
preparation of 100000 for completing tho
work of increasing the supply of water
at West Point
Under the license of debate Mr.. Liver
nash of California discussed the labor
question, and attacked President Roose-
welt for having turned the executive arm
of the government against the men who
work That arm, he said, had arrayed
itself on the side of special privilege and
despotism, and armed itself with the men
who hire, and against the men who are
hired
Referring to the Miller case In the gov
eminent printing office, he said that the
President had embraced the opportunity
in a letter to Secretary Cortelyou on
the subject of the findings of the an
thracite coal strike commission to ex-
press himself in language which clear
~ identified him with the open shop"
in. private employment He said that the
President of this country who goes forth
and seeks to place barrier in the way OF
labor unions by encouraging non-unionism
under the guise of an open shop is the
deadiest common foe of labor. In per-
sonal way, he (Livernash) held the Pres
ident in his highest esteem, but he re-
garded him today "as the man of all
Americans, worse than Rockefeller, Car
negie and Morgan as to labor unions"
Attacks House Membership.
Mr. Livernash also attacked the mem
bership of the house and said there was
in that body distinct intolerance of la
boring men and their acts.
Mr.. Goldfoggle of New York spoke on
his resolution introduced January last in
reference to the United States exercising
every effort to secure from the Russian
government uniform treatment of Ameri-
cans travelling in Russia, whether they
be Jews or Christians. He declared that
Russia continues her restrictive policy
against the jew and continues to abuse
and dishonor the American passport
whenever presented at head gates by
Jewish citizens. Whether these citizens
be native born or naturalized he said
the restriction equally applies. This, he
declared, was an affront to the United
States. The time has come. he said speak
ing with much fervor, when the United
States should take measures OBSCURE by
treaty or otherwise uniform treatment
and equal rights for all Americans re-
CARELESS of their race or creed.
Mr. Robb of Missouri delivered speech
against the republican party and said the
postoffice department was reeking with
corruption. while in the general land Of
| flee frauds and crimes had been commit
ted involving millions of acres of land
worth vast sums of money At first he
declared the people stood aghast at the
stupendous official debauchery. but now
they We're demanding searching ana I'M
sparing investigation.
MorrelI on Negro Question.
Using as his text the remarks of Mr.
IIardwick of Georgia, on the negro ques-
ton in the south, delivered In January
last Mr. Morrell of Pennsylvania said
that the ambitious or aspiring negro was
treated as an outcast in this country to
greater extent than the Jew was treat
ed by the degraded peasantry in Russia.
Everywhere, he said, the negro was be-
ginning to be treated as necessarily an
inferior, and was Disseminated against
in the different walks of life. 1t was not
alone in the southern states that the ne
gro was unfairly treated in the enforce
ment of the law In the north, he said.
courts and iuries were his enemies
Always ready to exaggerate his faults
and ignore his virtues.''
The corner stone upon which the demo-
cratic institutions of this country were
founded the hope of all Americans,
whether native born or naturalized, white
or black. was best exemp1ifed he declar-
ed, in the door of hope policy, as ex-
pressed by President Roosevelt. He de-
MED that the state of Pennsylvania i'm
posed restrictions on the negro as charged
by Mr.. Hardwick. The bill was then laid
aside.
Bills were passed authorizing the re-