The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-28
SOUND REASON IN
OREGON SENATOR.
Senator &c arin Says.
LET South Settle Its
Negro Problem
ALL HEROES HAIL
FROM NORTHLAND
AT Least, History Writers Have
Succeeded in Obscuring About
All Of the Revolutionary
Leaders From South
Save Wash
ington.
(rrom our Regular Correspondent


WASHINGTON, d. c.. December o.
..Ihe people Of the South ought to set
) tic the negro problem themselves, with.
out interference from other sections,
said Senator Gearn, the new senator
from Onegon to-dny. 1--WE Pacific Slope
people arc peculiarly welded to the idea
OF allowing the people Of accticn to
settle such questions. for you know We
have the question of Chinese immigra-
ton always Will, us, and we nsk to be
allowed To settle II with the MD OF the
Federal Government. We want national
aid III the matter Of Legislation, but we
90 not want such Legislation framed to
meet the ideas of people who are not
familiar with conditions with U.s. Let
the South settle its negro problem. If
there be one. and let us deal with our
racial problems
Senator Gearin Is n Democrat some
thing new for n senator from oregon
He Is Il young man. comparatiVclS. anu
one OF The foremost lawyers OF the state,
uppointed solely by reason OF his ability
lie has been q Democrat all his life. and
was a candidate for Congress In 1885,.
when Mr. Cleveland was tho candidate
for the presidency the eecohd time and
was defeated.
tariff Reform was the issue that
year said MIR Gearin. land tariff re-
form was not popular in that year. ,iheg'
voted the sheep against me- You Know
ours is a great sheep raising country. !
was defeated by a large rtae. can
not discover that there Is strong tariff
revision sentiment in the State
Coming to Richmond.
B a. ay-
!. tent whatever" said Senator Germ.
am going to Richmond in n short time
for the purpose Of seeing tn, old city
ard meeting the people. There are q
great many Southern people in Oregon
and they make friends for the south
wherever they go. have come 70 pc u
great admirer OF Southern people WITH
ont ever having been in their section Q!
sathe country
senator Genrln was appointed by Gov
crnor Chamberlain, II Democrat to sue
caed me late Senator John Nipple Mitch
al whose term would have expired IN
1861. Senator EARN is not assured thai
he viii be elected BY the Legislature. Ior
Oregon Is normally Republican State
but it is said the Democrats nre hopeiul
of getting q Legislature which VIII re-
turn Mr Gearn to Washington.
Wants Cowpens Shaft.
~ am interested in tho movement to
erect q monument on the Cowpens battle
field. In Cherokee county, South Caro-
lima" snid Mr.. John A. Davenport, OF
TINT State. at the ne" Miilara 'o-uas'
2 ..I,eprescntative Findley, OF South Caro-
tina. has introduced a bill appropriating
e so5Dn for the purpose. to be expended
under the direction Of the Secretary OF
War IN erecting a monument to General
Daniel Morgan, and those who partici-
patcd with him In the battle. No5money
is to be expended until the Cowpens
battle-ground Association shall have
decided to the government not more thnn
4 ten acres of ground, on which the monu-
ment is to be located"
Mr. Findley has also introduced q bill
sppropriating one hundred thousand dol
lars for the erection OF monument at
King'B Mountain commemorative OF Gen
eral Campbell, Colonel Shelby and others.
who took part In the great battle. Kings
Mountain Is In York county, S. c. The
victory Mt Kings Mountain was one Of
the greatest In results achieved by the
patriot arms during the war of the Reyo-
luton. 1t made Yorktown and the sur
render OF CORVALLIS possible, yet the
field Is unmarked by the national gov
eminent and the commanders on The
American side In the battle are ptacti-
caly unknown to history.
Unjust Discrimination.
man who Is one of the best known
writer's in this country expressed sur
prise the other day when told him
General Daniel Morgan. who was tho
hero Of the battle. of the Cowpens, was
Z buried at Winchester. in the Valley Of
Virginia, but confessed he did not know
4 much about him. The Southern people
have not written history, but have left
It to the writer's OF New England Tho
consequence is that while every achieve
ment OF n Northern company or regiment
in the Revolution occupies page in tho
history of the country. far greater
achievements of Southern rebels in the
struggle against King George are not
mentioned. or arc given but passing
notice. Washington could not be over