Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-16
DISTRICT SCHOOL BILL
why THE FOSTER AMENDMENTS
PASSED.
Race Prejudfcets Responsible-southern
Representatives Voted In
Body for II.

Race prejudice. II appears. was response
he for the passage at yesterdays session
OF the House OF the Foster amendment to
the school bill. providing that member Of
the local board OF education shall hereafter
be appointed by the Supreme Court Of tina
District. instead of by the District Com
mfssioners, as heretofore. On tho face OF
the vote u would appear that a large ma
Jorify OF those members In attendance yes
terday favored this transfer of the ap.
pointing power. and that this sentiment,
and this alone. carried the Foster amend
ment to victory
not the case. The drawing of the color
line did the JOB. Chairman Babcock OF
the House District committed. and eRp-
resentative Morreii of PENNSYLVANIA. in
charge of the school bill on the floor. were
caught mapping. When they did awaken
to the situation The damage had been done.
This was the why OF It,
The school bill. as reported from the
House District committee. provides that
the control or the public schools Of the
District is hereby vested in board OF ed
three Of whom shall be women. and OF
the nine members three shall he Of the
colored race: ore OF whom shall be
When the bill was first taken up three
weeks ago. this paragraph was amended
on motion OF Representative Foster SO that
1t read. as passed in committee OF the
whole That tire control of the public
schools of the District of Columbia IS here
by vested in a toard OF education to con-
sist of nine members. all of whom shall
have been for five years preceding the APP
pontment bona fide residents OF the Dis
trict of Columbia. The members of the
board OF education shall be appointed by
the Supreme Court judges of the District
of Columbia"
time to considering this proposition as q
whole. inasmuch as 1t not only transferred
the appointing power. but affected the per-
sonnet of the beard. But 1t was held to
be indiyistble and was carried.
Did Some Effective Work.
In the three weeks interval between the
last two District days Representative Fos-
ter and other advocates of the proposition
did some effective work. There is not much
doubt that the proposition to rest the APP
Supreme Court, would. standing alone,
have been defeated at yesterdays session.
Combined as 1t was, however, with the
color proposition, the race probiem-the
elimination from the measure Of the man
datory provision concerning the appoint
ment Of cofored members OF the board.the
Foster amendment went through with
rush. The vote was lab to OF:
Not a single democrat voted against the
amendment, although many believed that
tho transfer Of the appointive power from
commissioners
was Illogical and unwise. But the demo-
Gratis generally evidently felt that they pre-
ferred less logic and more action along the
color line than the defeat of the latter prop
osition for the elimination of the mandatory
provision concerning the appointment OF
colored people
The following members voted for the in
diyisibie amendment" some Of them-a
good many of them-apparently because OF
the race-prejudice snapper: Aiken, Andrus'
Bankhead. Bartlett. Bean lTexas). Bede.
Beldler. Bell tGa-). Bishop, Bonynge, BOW
ers Bowie. Brantley, Brooks tTexas).
SON. Burnett. Br.ler lPa.). Gambler. capron.
Clayton. Cocks, Cole. Cromer. Dale
Dawes, Dawson. De Almond. DENLY.
Dickson m.). Dixon Qndl, Draper,
ter. Vermont; French. Gaines. West VIZ
ganiai Garner. Garrett. gill. Gillespie. GIL
lett Massachusetts,. Glass Goulden. Graf.
Gregg, Hale, Hardwiek, Hay. Hedge. Hef-
lin Henry. Texas: Hill. mississippi: Hoar.
Holiday, Houston. Howell. New Jersey:
Howell. Utah. Humphrey. Washington:
Hunt, Jones. Virginia; Jones, Washington;
Keliher, VIM. w. Kitchin, Knopf, Lafean-
Lamb. Frederick Lands. Law. Lawrence.
Little, Lloyd. Loud. McCreary, Pa; NC
Kinley, Ill: Mckinney. McNary, Macon,
Marshall, Meyer. Miller, Mondell, Moon
Tenn; Mudd, Murdoch. Murphy, Need
Pollard Pams lAe Powers n Prince. Pajo. Ran
dell Tex; Rhodes, Rives, Rixey,
Robertson DAD, Rucker, Rupert. Russell
Samuel, Scott. sherley. Sims. sisyden'
spight, STAFFORD, stephens Tex.l. Sullivan
(Mass.), Sulzer, Taylor tAla-), Thomas IN
c., Thomas (OiIio), Towne. Tyndali. I'm
derwood, .yolstead. Wallace, Watkins
Wood (Ao). Wood On. -. woodward.