The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-13
.PL0TTER HEARST IS NOT
HONORED IN THE HOUSE,
PARKER IS THE FAVORIIE
Latter's Name Is Greeted with APP
plause When Mentioned by
Mr.. Bartlett.
POLITICS AND NEGROES
Again the Principal Topics-An-
other Letter from Former Pres
ident Cleveland.
POLITICS AND NEGROES
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, April 12.-William Ran
dolph Hearst the so-called yellow kid
candidate for the Democratic nomination at
ST. Louis, the multimillionaire who is en-
riching lis Golfers by posing as the savior
of the toiling masses; the newspaper syn
dicater" who wreaks vengeance on his OPP
ponents by starting yellow" journals in
their cities and denouncing them in poster
ty pes-in brief, the man who is trying 10
buy or browbeat his way into the presi-
Dental chair, is not honored even in his
own house, which just now happens TO be
the Hall of Representatives. If his name
is mentioned at all il is by Republicans in
dersion. The Democrats seem to be for
Parker. The Iatter's name was greeted with
applause this afternoon.
1t was a lively day in the House The
race question again was injected into the
proceedings when Mr.. Scott, of Kansas, de-
livered a long address in which he referred
to his previous statement that IL was cur
rent in Kansas that ex-President Cleveland
had dined C. III. j. Taylor, Kansas negro
Kansas citizens that ii had been Taylor's
boast that he had received such social at
tention from Mr. Cleveland. He also said
that Mr.. Cleveland, while Governor of New
York, had signed a bill providing for mixed
schools In spirited reply Mr.. Williams, or
Mississippi, the minority leader, defended
and said that discussion Of the race ques-
ton by the Republicans was an old game
by which, when the Republican party found
itself confronted with issues that threat
ened its supremacy, ii began to wave the
bloody shirt.
LETTER FROM CLEVELAND.
Mr. Bartlett (Ga.), had read the following
letter from ex-President Cleveland, dated
| March IA, 1904, in reply TO one from himself:
Princeton, n. j., March ii, 1904.
| Hon. Charles /. Bartlett, Washington,
d. c.:
my Dear Mr.. BARTLETT have received
| number of inquiries similar to yours
| touching my invitation TO Fred Douglas 10
a wedding reception and signing while Gov
| ernor of New York of bill providing for
| mixed schools | do not suppose that Mr..
| Thomas L. Watson believed, or had any
| reason to believe, either of the allegations
| when he made them. At any rate they
| are both utterly and absolutely false.
| II cannot afford to devote a great deal
| of time in denying such foolish tales.
| shall therefore attempt to cover every
| phase of the subject now and for all. 1t
| SO happens that have never in my official
| position, either when sleeping or waking.
| alive or dead, on my head or on my heels,
dined, lunched, or supped or invited 10 q
| wedding reception any colored man, woman
or child. IT, however, 1 had decided to do
| any of these things, neither the fear of Mr..
Watson or anyone else would have pre-
vented me. When was Governor. move
ment was made in the Legislature to aboi-
| ish separate colored schools I'm New York
| city. i opposed the measure and it failed.
| i do not find that / interposed a veto and
have forgotten the course the matter
took, but / know that whatever | did was
| in favor of maintaining separate colored
schools, instead of having them mixed
After its reading Mr.. Bartlett said that
| whenever Mr.. Cleveland's name sug-
gested as a possible candidate of the Dem
| Ocrats for President the Republicans
seemed to get very much excited and
afraid. Mr.. Bartlett added: Il know he
will not be nominated. l know, too. that
he does not desire to be nomina ted He
said he also knew that the Democratic
party would nominate some one who was a
true Democrat, and he added. with some
deliberations 1T is not very difficult now
to state who that will be-
Does the gentleman know who 1t will
be?" inquired Mr.. Dalzell.
PARKER is NAMED
YES" said Mr.. Bartlett, 1.-The whole
country knows. Judge Parker, of New
York., which elected Democratic applause
Mr.. Lacey, of IOWA, facetiously asked
Mr.. Bartlett if he was not discourteous to
hiso two colleagues. Williams. of Misss-
sippi, and Hearst. of New York.
Il withdraw in the interest of party har-
mony," calculated Mr.. Williams, with a
laugh.
Mr.. Hearst was not in his seat
Earlier in the debate Mr.. Bartholdt, OF
MISSOURI, spoke or the fact that Thomas
Jefferson had honored a negro with a for
!. NAL invitation to dinner his family table
The only reason that fact is not generally
known, he said, was because nobody
thought anything of it and no one saw fl
to criticise Mr.. Jefferson for it. Mr.. Bar
tholdt said that. If in the judgment of tn,
Democrats President Roosevelt had made
mistake in inviting Mr.. Washington to din,
with him, then what Thomas Jefferson di,
must be an objectionable social sin. AS be
tween Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. Cleveland, h
said, in the one case We have a Presiden
> in office upon whose time. attention an,
consideration every citizen of the Republic
: irrespective of color, party or religion ha
an equal constitutional claim. whereas, il
the other, we have a man out of Office VIII
{ no longer has such obligations but VIII
| lives in the enjoyment of those greater priv
freedom of action. which allow him to MAX
e social determinations. The President
= luncheon TO Washington, he said, was
hurried improvised affair, while in the cas-
D of Mr.. Jefferson il was well-arranged
well-prepared banquet.
Mr.. Mccall, of Massachusetts. chairma,
i of the select committee of the House TO in
| vestigate the connection of members wit
S the matters complained of in the Bristo,
s | report, presented the report of the commit
: tee and it was read at length, the member
i | exhibiting marked interest in its con
d tents. While agreeing with all the repor
e | contained, Mr.. McDermott, of New jersey
[ presented some views of the minority mem
d bers of the committed which were read
: Both reports were ordered printed.
v | ACCUSED OF PLOT TO