The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-13
Able Men Discuss Question at
Big Conference Held in
Nashville
GOV, HEYWARD OUTLINES
QUESTIONS At ISSUE
Negro Must Be Protected, But Politl-
cal Rights Must Be Taken Away
From the Low and
Vicious.

Nashville, November 12.-The Southern
Immigration and Quarantine conference,
aside from the appointment of commit
tees, gave the day over to speeehmaklng
by men representative of every section
of the south and its varied business in
terests.
While the conference, which was pre-
sided over by it's president, john |. Cox,
governor of Tennessee, was called pri-
marily for the consideration of matters
pertaining to immigration and quaran-
tine, the action of the federal govern
,nent III taking charge of the quarantines
two years aSo eliminated almost entirely
that subject from discussion, and the del
egates devoted the time to a consider
a,,on of methods necessary TO securing
proper share of the immigrants arriving
in this country from foreign shores.
Race Question Comes Up.
The discussion had not proceeded far
when 4he race question came to the FORE
and it occupied the attention of the dele
gates off and on throughout the two ses-
sions of the day The sentiment of the
delegates on the negro question was man
ifest early III the day in the burst of APP
plduSC WHICH SittlSu OoNtihoi Iva .
statement liz his address of welcome. The
south must deal with the negro; that the
negro must be protected and his rights
preserved, but that political rights must
be taken away from the low and vicious
of the race.
This sentiment was further endorsed
when Governor Hayward of South Caro-
lima, who made the principal speech of
the day, was gwen an ovation at the con-
clusion Of his address, which declared that
immigration would yet solve the negro
problem. Taere Is one sentiment tonight
in favor of holding the next annual con-
ferenca in Charleston. The following COM
mittees were appointed by the chair
man:
Committees Appointed.
Immaerat.on-J. C. Hemphill, Charles
ton, 5. c.. cnairman the Rev. Charles +.
Eedencr Mlryland J. j. Jonsonius, Ten
nessee; Il. NJ. Fuller, Mississippi; S. {.
Dunlap. Georgia; George H. Smith, Louis
lana; NJ. V. Richards, District of Column
ba; +. Y Anderson, Alabama; G A.
Park, Kentucky; William Smith. Jr., Ten
nessee: F. j. Thompson, Alabama; A.
T.. Hill Tennessee; George w. Ford, Ten
nessee: ]. B. Young, Tennessee; A. S.
Kyle, Mississippi c. l.. Stone Kentucky;
c. J.. Stickney. Alabama Frank "
Evans, Al5bama Col. B. f. Buck, New
York; James II. Patten, Massachusetts;
l.. p. Fellah, tennessee; Gabe Filleul,
Louisiana; il. j. Schwietert, Iowa.
Organization-N. F. Thompson, Chatta-
nooga. chairman; +. VILLAIN Vogt, Ken
lucky; Thomas f. Parker, South Caro-
lima; w. l.. Mc11erris, Georgia; f. Y.
Anderson, Alabama.
Quarantine-Dr. C. Fl. Irion, New Or
leans, chairman; DR.. George r. Dean,
South Carolina; Erwin Craighead, Ala
l1ama; A. McAlpn. Mississippi; FL. ]. Fos-
dick, Tennessee.
Educational-Dr. J. r. Mo Julien, Ala
bama, chairman; j. M. Shafner, Tennes-
see; E. G. Tollet,, Tennessee: f. j. Cline,
Tennessee; DIR. Fred J. Mayer. Louisiana;
N. II. White, Tennessee.
Good Roads-W. n. Ruffin, Virginia,
chairman; II. III. Hyatte, South Carolina;
A. F. Dal1is Georgia; w. b. Romaine,
Tennessee; w. s. Ingram, Louisiana.
Governor Cox opens Session.
Governor Cox, who is the permanent
chairman of the conference, called the
delegates to order, and in his address OF
welcome advocated the establishment of
a bureau of immigration by each south
ern state, with sufficient appropriations
to send agents to the north. to Ireland,
Switzerland, England, Scotland. France,
Germany, Wales and Sweden to induce
the laborer to locate in the south. The
crying need of the south, Governor Cox
said is more and better labor, especially
Governor thought it would be a good
move to send agents to the northwest
states in an effort to turn the tide of
immigration from Canada and British Co
1umbia to the south. But conditions in
the south, the Governor said, must first
be made favorable for the new class, the
race question at this time standing as
a menace to peace and hindrance to south
ern development The problem must be
solved by the north, but the aid and SYM
pathy of the north is most essential.
..If they will not help us, continued
the Governor, 'if they will not repeal the
fourteenth and fifteen amendments to the
constitution, then let us here resolve that
we will write in the fundamental law of
every southern state guarantee to the
negro for protection of life liberty and
the pursuit of happiness. but forever
denying to the vicious and ignorant all
political rights (Applause).
He urged the adoption of more string
ent vagrancy laws.
The response was made by Dr. c. II.
Irion of New Orleans. who represented
Governor Blanchard of Louisiana.
Heyward's Address a Feature.
There arrived in Charleston, S. c., ten
days ago shipload of immgrants-the
first arrival direct to a southern port of
immigrants from foreign lands, and in
telling Of this and the trials incident to
the establishment of state department
of immigration, Gov. ID. c. Hayward of
South Carolina opened his address, which
was the feature of the morning session.
Governor Hayward said the coming OF
immigrants to the south had a bearing
upon the practical and direct solution of
the race problem. He said there was too
much tneorizing. 1t was time for action.
lie said
without a precedent in the history of
the world TO be guided by: nearly always
misunderstood and misiudgcd the peo-
pie OF the south have for more than
forty years sought to reconcile differences
which were boun To arise between two
races living upon the same soil. These
races differ widely in Intelligence and
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