Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-08
JIM GROW GAR LAW
IT rs NOT DESIRED By ooLoRED
WAsHINGToNIANs.
To the Editor OF The Star,

To the Editor Of The Starr
was q little surprised when learned
that Representative J. T. Helm had Of
fered bill providing for Jim Grow cars
in the District Of Columbia OF course, no
one considers him serious in this matter,
but when he asserts that some colored
people are in favor OF his bill am GER
tain that he has been imposed upon The
only way he could possibly know this
would be for the colored people to appear
in person, and am certain that no men,
Der OF the race has done this. II he has
received letters signed in such q way a.
to indicate that the parties writing them
are colored. upon investigating he will
find that tho writer's are not colored and
that he Is being imposed upon. The col
ored people contend that the Jim Crow
cars now entering the District are dis
grace to our nation and ought not to be
allowed to cross the District line. While
am certain that no such bill could pos,
sibly pass, still consider the Offering Of
the same a direct and uncalled for insult
to the. oolored people Of the District of
Columbia. d. NJ. HEWLETT
To the Editor of The Star,
In your columns Of Friday and on the
first page appear under the caption PRO
posed Jim Crow Cars" the startling lines.
Numerous colored residents approve the
proposition" Now. concerning the bill IT.
self. I believe that those who think Its au-
thor was really serious in proposing 1t are
but few. However, the statement that
numerous coiored residents approve IT., H.
to express 1t mildly. positively incredible.
The very fact that no names were given
makes 1t incredible. Why were the names
omitted2 Is 1t customary to Withhold the
ures? therefore ask, through your col
umns that whoever has received these
numerous colored Endorsements of this
proposed law make known their names.
Until this Is done the statement will be
looked upon as an imposition upon the col
ored race. 1t will not only be viewed as
misrepresentation, but it will be regarded
as direct Islander upon the 10000 colored
people Of the District of Columbia. Neither
the white people nor the colored people
want such a law. And 1t Is absurd to talk
about It. believe there is not a self-re-
specting white man n. or c3 h man IN tins
books def1led with SO vicious and dis
NJ GRANT LUCAS.
To the Editor of The Start
saw in your issue Of the 9th instant an
article headed Proposed Jim Crow Cars,
Numerous Colored Residents Approve the
Proposition"
There is evidently mistake as to the
sentiment of the colored people in regard
to separate street cars for negroes In the
District of Columbia. We are indignant at
the proposition and res5nt this insult Of
fered US by Mr.. Heflin Does 1t ever occur
to the white people Of this country that 1t
is cowardly, mean and contemplate to be
thus continually pecking at neighbors whom
force OF circumstances has placed in posi-
ton weaker than their own? We are men
and women with the feelings of men and
women. There are among US men and
women who are the peers, mentally and
morally, OF any in this country. 1t was
through no fault of ours that our ancestors
were robbed and driven and trampled In the
dust. The shame is not upon us, but upon
those who wronged u.s. Have they not
sinned enough?
was talking once to prominent white
lawyer In this city. He looked at me In
meditative way and said: Race prejudice
exists. It exists in narrow minds. and 1t
exists In the savage beast which has no
mind. In him you see 1t in ell Its perfec-
ton Must man glory in his likeness to
the soulless brute2
We desire no social Intercourse with the
whites. In our own race we can find men
and women interesting enough and lovable
enough for all our social needs. We want
however, our rights az citizens. and we
demand the respect due reputable human
beings the world over. What right has the
white man of America to insult and humil-
late usf BARBARA E. POPE.
The paragraph in Fridays Star which has
evoked the letters printed above was fur
nished to the press by Representative
Hef1in.