The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-13
PROBLEM MUST BE
SETTLED BY SOUTH
Negro Must Recognize Dominant
Authority or He Must Go.
Leading Men Of South
Tell Plainly Of the
Duty OF Both
Races.

NASHVILLE. TENN November H.
Tne Southern Immigration and Quarantine
Conference. aside from the appointment
% committees. gave the day over to
spoech-making bv men representative OF
every section of tn south While the
conference. which was presided over .y
its president. John I cox. Governor of
TcRnessee was called primarily for tic
consideration Of matters pertaining 70 inn
migration and quarantine. the action ot
tie Federal government ga taking charge
* the Quarantines two years ago eiimi-
mated almost entirely that subject from
discussion. and the delegates devoted the
time 10 consideration ~ methods ucccs-
sary % securing proper share ot the iiu-
migrants arriving IN this country from
foreign shores.
The discussion had not proce eded far
when the race qlestion came 20 the fore
and occupied me attention ~ the dele
gates throughout the two sessions o. the
day. The sentiment or the delegates on
the negro question was manifest cary
10 the day IN the burst OF applause which
greeted Governor Cox's statement that
the south must deal with the negro that
the negro must be- protected and his
rights preserved. that political rights
must be taken away from the low and
vicious OF the race. This sentiment was
further endorsed when Governor Hey
ward of South Carolina. who made the
principal speech Of the day and was
given an ovation, declared that isnmi-
grafton would yet solve the negro prob
Glenn.
There IS some sentlmen, tonight IN
favor OF holding the next annual confer
enCe tn |0erie4ton.
The Race Question.
Goveraor Coz. ia the courze az his re-
marks. said
The problem must he settled tv the
south. bur the aid and sympathy of the
North is essential. L they Will not hoiD
U.s.. continued the Governor. If they
viii not repeal the Fourteenth and FIJI
tecnth Amendments 20 the Constitution.
then let Us here resolve that We write
IN the fundamental law q every south
ern State guarantee 20 the negro for
protection OF life. liberty and the pursuit
~ happiness. but forever denying % the
vicious and ignorant ali political rights"
lAppiaUse)
Governor .. C. Hayward. OF South
Carolina. delivered an address. in whi.h
he said the coming OF immigrants 10 the
South had bearing upon the practical
and direct solution OF the race problem.
There had been too much the0rizing. Il
was time FOR action He said.
without precedent in the history OF
the world 20 be guided by. nearly always
misconstrued and misunderstood. the peo-
pie % the South have FOR forty years
sought 20 reconcile differences which Were
bound 10 arise between two races living
upon the. soil The races differ widely in
intelligence and moral responsibility one
being distinctly inferior 10 the other
Only TIL a few years ago the inferior
race was IN servitude 10 the superior.
and. with no preparation whatever WAS
given equal civil and political rights
under the Constitution.
White Mans Burden.
Under such adverse circumstances. no
other people upon this earth could have
succeeded as we'll as the Southern peo-
pie have done ia meeting existing condi-
tions. and this fact alone should not
only give Us courage and hope FOR the
future, but should entitle us TO the trust
and confidence OF the world
"JectiOnal feeling fortunately IS passing
away and our people understand each
other better. Problems which were at one
time peculiarly Southern. are becoming
national We Americans are more and
more mutually carrying the white mans
burden W have been seeking for some
time 10 make some change IN our political
and economic system which will affect the
negro alone and which will at the same
time aid In solving our problem
''The white race is the predominant
race. and the negro must understand once
for all that the bounds OF the social and
political question VIII he determined 10y
the white man alone ana by the white
mans code. lie has a right 20 expect
that his civil status should be the same
in every respect as Is that Of the white
man. a proper understanding of these
fundamental principles by the negro
and there is no reason why ne should nor
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