The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-28
HAS
HARMED NEGRO
HardWick Declares It Unfts
Him for Work.
AIRSH|PS UNDER DISCUSSION
Representative Hitchcock Asks Why a
Modern Darius Green Should Be
Established at National
Expense.
A|RSHIPS UNDER DISCUSSION

Washington, January 27.-General de-
bate in the house today on the urgent
deficiency bill digressed to a discussion
of political topics, the race question and
aerial navigation Mr.. Burkett, Nebra-
ska, led off with discussion of the po-
litical situation from a republican view
point. and Mr.. Cochran, Missouri, spoke
for the democrats.
Mr.. Hardwick, democrat, Georgia, made
an extended address on the race prob
lem.
Mr.. Overstreet, Indiana. from the COM
mittee on postoffices and post roads, at
the opening of the session called up a
privileged resolution supported by the
committee, calling on the postmaster gen.
eral for a statement giving the serial
number of all postal cars for which the
postoffice department is paying rental, in
addition to the amount paid for carrying
the mails, the name of the railroad COM
pany owning the cars, and the time OF
service of each car from III, date of the
original construction, and lil'st use, to-
gether with information as . the condi-
tion of cars on June 80, 1908.
The resolution was adopted.
On Flying Machine Expenditures.
Mr.. Hemenway, Indiana from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported the
resolution requesting the secretary OF
war for a statement showing the amount
of money dsbursed by his department
in DrOunOfiOn of xyfn .a,f.
ments, whether under direction of Prof
S. p. Langley or otherwise. with a rec
ommendation by the committee that IL
be laid on the table
The committee in its report said the in
formation sought was fully given in the
report of the board of ordnance and for
tihcations.
Mr.. Hitchcock of Nebraska author OF
the resolution, eontended ass4insl extrava.
gance he asked why a modern Darius
Green should be established at national
expense, and insisted that the information
sought in his resolution should be fur
nished the public.
Mr.. Robinson, Indiana, said:
we should strike directly at that
queer scheme of aerial navigation where
by a scientific promoter encouraged by
executive officers If not by congress
raised the high expectation of the public
and his demands for money only to have
the venture fall Hat"
Not an Engine of War.
He declared the Langley airship was
not an engine of war and that "a reei.
ment of them would not conquer the Fiji
islanders except perhaps by soaring them
to DEATH.
Continuing, he said:
We should frame our bills so that the
iDcnapfinO
be susceptible to party influences by sci
entific dreams and led away
Mr.. Hemenway said it was contended
many years ago that it would never be
possible to talk by telephone with New
York, but he said this resolution had
nothing to do with appropriation OF
money for flying machines, but called for
information which, he said, had already
been supplied.
Or his motion, the resolution was laid
on the table.
The house went into committee of the
whole with Mr.. Tawney of Minnesota. in
the chair, and resumed consideration OF
the urgent deficiency bill.
Mr.. Burkett of Nevada speaking on
party issues, said the democrats would
not know whether they will talk free
silver or the gold standard until after
their convention at St Louis and they
tlemen from Nebraska or the organizers
Republicans Fight Trusts.
Were the republicans going to stand
for the pl osecution OF trusts? Mr. Burkett
declared that every antitrust law on the
statute books had been enacted by re-
puhlicans and every prosecution brought
under republican administration.
Mr.. Hardwick said the negro can no
longer stand as the political ward of the
government, but must start on his merits
as a citizen.
There rever had been disposition in
the south to deprive the negro of his
political rights-the right to earn living
or the richt of protection to life and prop
erty There cannot be political equality,
he added. He quoted statistics and said
it was shown that as illitcracy decreased
among the race, criminality increased
from which he deduced that education
lad been detrimental rather than bene-
fetal to the negro.
Mr.. Watson of Indiana, ASKED If he be
lieyed abolishing schools for the negro.
Mr.. Hardwick replied that higher edu-
taticn untitled the negro for work, that
1t gave him an ambition too high to be
realized in the south or elsewhere. Com
ing again to the laws of number of
states including Ohio, Vermont, Massa-
chusett5. Connecticut Name, Oregon.
California, Wyoming and Idaho, he said
II the representation of The southern
states were TO be reduced because OF the
voting qualifications imposed the repre-
sentation of the states named would have
to be reduced for the same reason.
Was Good Presentation.
Mr.. Grosvenor of Ohio remarked to Mr..
Hardwick that it was the best presenta-
tion of bad case he had ever heard.
Mr.. Barnes of Arkansas made an argu-
ment for a bill in which the object was
made to prohibit the sale of liquor in any
district of any state or territory where
the sale of liquor is prohibited by state
legislation.
c. b. Tawney of Indiana said the DEM
ocratic party was in the midst of demor-
alization and humiliation; that 1t was
without leader and with reference to
election methods in southern states IL
precipitated numerous colloquies between
Mr. Lands and Mr. Williams OF Miss
issippi.
Asked how much Of the s500000 could
be expended in the prosecution OF trusts,
Mr.. Burkett said all that was necessary.
Mr. Landis Of Indiana Interrupted with
a speech praising the president.
Mr.. Cochran of Missouri, In reply to
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